Richard Berkeley (died 1661)

Berkeley was the only son and heir of Sir Henry Berkeley (died 1606) of Stoke Gifford and Rendcomb[2] (son of Sir Richard Berkeley (1531–1604) of Stoke Gifford, who in 1553 rebuilt the manor house at Stoke Gifford (rebuilt again in 1750 as survives today) and whose effigy survives in the Gaunt's Chapel in Bristol) by his wife Muriel Throckmorton, a daughter of Thomas Throckmorton (1534-1615), of Coughton Court,[3] Warwickshire, twice MP for Warwickshire (in 1558 and 1559) eldest son and heir of Sir Robert Throckmorton (d.1581) of Coughton by his wife Muriel Berkeley, a daughter of Thomas Berkeley, de jure 5th Baron Berkeley (1472-1532).

He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 4 February 1592 aged 12.

On 1 August 1649, he was to be discharged on payment of £60 but, on 5 December 1651, he was ordered to pay £80 extra on old rent.

Having paid it, on 30 January 1652 his assessment of £100 was discharged and sequestration was taken off his estate.

[7] Berkeley married twice: His mural monument survives in St Michael's Church, Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, inscribed on a brass tablet as follows:

Mural monument to Richard Berkeley (died 1661), St Michael's Church, Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire
Arms of Berkeley of Stoke Gifford: Gules, a chevron ermine between ten crosses pattée six in chief and four in base argent . These are the arms of the Barons Berkeley of Berkeley Castle with the difference of a chevron ermine in place of a chevron argent
Stoke Hall, Stoke Gifford, seat of the Berkeley family, view of the old Tudor manor house built in 1553 by Sir Richard Berkeley (1531 – 1604). Drawn in 1707 by Johannes Kip (1653-1722). The site is today occupied by a large Georgian house known as "Stoke House/Stoke Park" or "The Dower House"
The present Georgian "Stoke House/Stoke Park" or "The Dower House", built in 1750 by Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (d.1770), which replaced the earlier Tudor manor house. It was inherited by his sister the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort (d.1799), and then passed into the ducal family, of Badminton House , Gloucestershire. The 8th Duke of Beaufort died at Stoke House in 1899