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Berkeleys, Lords of the Honour, Castle and Manor of Berkeley, in the County of Gloucester, from 1066 to 1618. First published 1618. Smyth attributed to each Berkeley lord a nickname, some favourable, some less so. Shortened to William 'the Wass all'(Lundy, 2011, p2795,
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Berkeley inheritance returned to the family. Therefore, on the death of the 1st Marquis, only the
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27:English peer
1619:1492 deaths
1614:1426 births
1547:Westminster
1405:Queensberry
1370:Northampton
1291:Londonderry
1231:Isle of Ely
979:Clanricarde
958:Catherlough
935:Carisbrooke
893:Breadalbane
761:Abergavenny
173:of Berkeley
114: 1438
99: 1486
62:, Bristol.
1608:Categories
1576:Winchester
1569:Willingdon
1531:Wellington
1486:Titchfield
1426:Rockingham
1340:Monthermer
1312:Malmesbury
1284:Linlithgow
1188:Hartington
1049:Dorchester
1014:Cornwallis
1000:Clydesdale
943:Carmarthen
907:Buckingham
673:1481–1485
634:1463–1492
615:1481–1492
604:1483–1492
584:1489–1492
553:1486–1492
480:References
447:6 December
364:Lundy 2011
333:Lundy 2011
276:Lundy 2011
1584:Worcester
1539:Westmeath
1523:Wellesley
1516:Waterford
1509:Tweeddale
1493:Townshend
1471:Tavistock
1433:Salisbury
1263:Lansdowne
1118:Dungannon
1081:Downshire
1035:Dalhousie
1007:Conyngham
993:Cleveland
951:Carnarvon
921:Cambridge
869:Blandford
833:Bambreich
803:Annandale
768:Ailesbury
522:24 August
505:24 August
1455:Stafford
1447:Somerset
1391:Pembroke
1363:Normanby
1348:Montrose
1217:Hertford
1210:Headfort
1203:Hastings
1179:Hamilton
1088:Drogheda
1042:Donegall
886:Brackley
861:Beverley
847:Berkeley
789:Anglesey
746:Abercorn
677:Extinct
588:Extinct
239:magnates
216:de facto
208:by right
171:Marquess
152:Berkeley
150:Viscount
136:Viscount
1592:Zetland
1562:Wigtown
1555:Wharton
1479:Thomond
1463:Suffolk
1412:Reading
1384:Ormonde
1333:Montagu
1305:Macduff
1298:Lothian
1277:Lindsey
1246:Kildare
1196:Harwich
1171:Halifax
1064:Douglas
965:Chandos
900:Bristol
212:de jure
201:de jure
189:Wraxall
1377:Ormond
1224:Huntly
1156:Granby
1132:Exeter
1095:Dublin
1056:Dorset
928:Camden
825:Atholl
817:Argyll
810:Antrim
236:feudal
204:barony
105:Titles
56:Nibley
1440:Sligo
1419:Ripon
1398:Powis
1319:March
1073:Douro
1021:Crewe
986:Clare
782:Alton
775:Ailsa
471:Cooke
245:Notes
94:, in
1238:Kent
1164:Grey
1139:Fife
914:Bute
840:Bath
524:2012
507:2012
449:2009
52:peer
1125:Ely
78:in
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