t The second wife of Sir Thomas de Berkeley, jun., is called "iUice" by Sir 

 Robert Atkyns, in his History of Gloucestershire (under Cubherley). She is said by 



him to have remarried, after her husband's death, to Browning; to have held 



the Manor of Cubbcrley in jointure ; and to have died 2 Henry V., A.D. 141o. 

 But in \hQ Calendar. Inqiiis. p. m., 7 Henry IV., A.D. 1406, the wife of Thomas 

 de Berkeley, of Cubberley, is called "Margaret," and is described as seized of 

 one-third of the Manor of Childecote, in Derbyshire ; one-third of the Manors of 

 Stoke Archer and of Cubberley, in Gloucestershire ; and of the Manor of Elders- 

 field, in Worcestershire. I confess I do not see how to reconcile these differences, 

 and can only suppose that there must be a mistake in the Christian names and 

 dates. It is not probable that the Calendar. Inqiiis. p. m. should be in error, and 

 therefore the presumption is, that the mistake lies with our worthy old County 

 Historian, whose general accuracy is unquestionable. It is, however, just possible 

 that there may have been a third Sii- Thomas de Berkeley, of Cubbcrley, in 

 succession, who has been overlooked by both Atkyns, in his History of Gloucester- 

 shire, and Fosbroke, in his edition of Smith's Lives of the Berkeleys. In this case 

 the pedigree should probably run thus : — 



(1) Sir Thomas de Berkeley = Jo.v>', daughter of "William Mansell, 



mother by her fust husband (or ac- 

 cording to some her second husband) 

 of Richai'd Whittington and his 



brothers, obt. 1373-4. 



I First Wife. Second Wife. 



(2) Sir Thoalas de Berkeley = Elizabeth, Margaret, outlived 

 obt. 1404. sister of her husband, and 



John Lord held Cubberley as 



Chandos. her jointure, obt. 



1406. 



I First Husband. Second Husband. 



(3) Sir Thomas de Berkeley == Alice = Browning. 



outlived her 

 husband, and held 

 Cubbcrley as her 

 jointure, obt. 1415. 

 I 

 Alice de Berkeley = Sir Thomas Bbydges. 



This solution of the difficidty, however, is scarcely reconcilable with dates. 



