Peerage Record – 2797

     Elizabeth Massingberd was the daughter of John Massingberd and Cecilia Pettit.¹ She married George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley, son of George Berkeley, 8th Lord Berkeley and Elizabeth Stanhope, on 11 August 1646 at Morden, Surrey, England^G.¹ She died circa December 1708.¹ She was buried on 10 December 1708 at Cranford, London, England^G.¹ Her will (dated 26 August 1706) was proven (by probate) on 20 December 1708.¹
     Her married name became Berkeley. After her marriage, Elizabeth Massingberd was styled as Countess of Berkeley on 11 September 1679.

     Sir Harry Burrard, 1st Bt. was born in 1707.¹ He was the son of Paul Burrard and Lucy Dutton-Colt.¹ He married, firstly, Alicia Snape, daughter of John Snape, in 1731.¹ He married, secondly, Mary Frances Clarke, daughter of James Clarke, in 1754.¹ He died on 12 April 1791, without surviving issue.¹
     He held the office of Gentleman Usher in 1728, to the Prince of Wales.¹ He held the office of Collector of the Customs of London.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Lymington between 1741 and 1778.¹ In 1742 he purchased Walhampton Manor.² He was created 1st Baronet Burrard, of Walhampton, co. Southampton [Great Britain] on 3 April 1769, with a special remainder to his brothers.¹

     George Berkeley, 8th Lord Berkeley was born on 7 October 1601 at Low Leyton, Essex, England^G.¹ He was the son of Sir Thomas Berkeley and Hon. Elizabeth Carey. He was baptised on 26 October 1601 at Low Leyton, Essex, England^G.¹ He married Elizabeth Stanhope, daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope and Anne Reade, on 13 April 1614 at St. Batholomew’s-the-Great, London, England^G.¹ He died on 10 August 1658 at age 56 at St. John’s, Clerkenwell, London, England^G.¹ He was buried at Cranford, London, England^G.¹
     George Berkeley, 8th Lord Berkeley also went by the nick-name of George ‘the Traveller’.¹ He succeeded as the 8th Lord Berkeley [E., 1421] on 26 November 1613.¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 4 November 1616.¹ He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, on 10 June 1618.¹ He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, on 18 July 1623 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.²
     

     Elizabeth Stanhope was born on 21 December 1604.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope and Anne Reade.¹ She married George Berkeley, 8th Lord Berkeley, son of Sir Thomas Berkeley and Hon. Elizabeth Carey, on 13 April 1614 at St. Batholomew’s-the-Great, London, England^G.¹
     Her married name became Berkeley.

     Sir Thomas Berkeley was born on 11 July 1575 at Callowdon, Warwickshire, England^G.² He was the son of Henry Berkeley, 7th Lord Berkeley and Lady Katherine Howard.^1,3 He married Hon. Elizabeth Carey, daughter of George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon, on 19 February 1595 at Blackfriars, London, England^G.^1,2 He died on 22 November 1611 at age 36 at Callowdon, Warwickshire, England^G.² He was buried at St. Michael’s, Coventry, Warwickshire, England^G.²
     He was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.)³

     Hon. Elizabeth Carey was born on 24 May 1576.¹ She was the daughter of George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon.¹ She was baptised on 7 June 1576.² She married Sir Thomas Berkeley, son of Henry Berkeley, 7th Lord Berkeley and Lady Katherine Howard, on 19 February 1595 at Blackfriars, London, England^G.^2,1 She died on 23 April 1635 at age 58.² She was buried on 25 April 1635.¹
     From 19 February 1595, her married name became Berkeley.² In 1618 she purchased the estat eof Cranford, Middlesex for £7,000 from the coheirs of Sir Richard Aston.¹

     George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon was born before 1556.¹ He was the son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon and Ann Morgan.¹ He married Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Sir John Spencer and Katherine Kitson, on 29 December 1574, by licence from the Archbishop of Canterbury.¹ He died on 8 September 1603, without male issue.³ His will was proven (by probate) on 27 September 1603.³
     He was appointed Knight on 11 May 1570 for his military services at Berwick.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Hertfordshire in 1571.¹ He held the office of Marshal of the Queen’s Household on 18 March 1580/81.¹ He held the office of Knight Marshal and Captain of the Isle of Wight between 1582 and 1603.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Hampshire between 1584 and 1587.¹ He was Vice-Admiral of the Southampton Fleet on 2 February 1585/86.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Hampshire from 1588 to 1589.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Hampshire in 1593.¹ On 1 April 1594 he bought the site of the disused monastery of Clerkenwell from Walter Blount.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon, co. Hertford [E., 1559] on 23 July 1596.¹ He held the office of Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1597 and 1603.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 17 April 1597.¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 23 April 1597.¹ His last will was dated from 10 May 1599 to 26 April 1601. On 3 May 1600 he had special livery of the lands of his late father.¹ On 15 February 1603/4 at East Greenwich, London, England^G, a post mortem inquest was held.³ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴
     

     Thomas Berkeley, 6th Lord Berkeley was born in 1505 at Hovingham, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He was the son of Thomas Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley and Eleanor Constable.¹ He married, firstly, Lady Mary Hastings, daughter of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Lady Anne Stafford, in 1526.¹ He married, secondly, Anne Savage, daughter of Sir John Savage and Anne Bostock, in April 1533.¹ He died on 19 September 1534.¹ He was buried on 22 September 1534 at Stone, Warwickshire, England^G.¹
     Thomas Berkeley, 6th Lord Berkeley also went by the nick-name of Thomas ‘the Hopeful’.¹ He was educated at St. Omer, France^G.¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1533.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Lord Berkeley [E., 1421] on 22 January 1532/33.¹ He held the office of Constable and Porter of Berkeley Castle on 8 March 1532/33, and Keeper of the Park.¹

     Anne Savage was born circa 1506. She was the daughter of Sir John Savage and Anne Bostock.¹ She married Thomas Berkeley, 6th Lord Berkeley, son of Thomas Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley and Eleanor Constable, in April 1533.¹ She died in October 1564 at Callowdon, Warwickshire, England^G.¹ She was buried at St. Michael’s, Coventry, Warwickshire, England^G.¹ She died intestate and her estate was administered on 21 January 1564/65.¹
     From April 1533, her married name became de Berkeley.¹
     Gibbs records that she was “overpowerful with her husband and seldom at rest with herself… Of complexion of a comely brown, of a middle stature. Betimes in winter and summer mornings, she would make her walks to visit her stables, barns, day house, poultry, swine troughs, and the like.”¹

     Lady Mary Hastings was the daughter of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Lady Anne Stafford.¹ She married Thomas Berkeley, 6th Lord Berkeley, son of Thomas Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley and Eleanor Constable, in 1526.¹ She died in March 1532/33, without issue.¹
     From 1526, her married name became de Berkeley.¹