Maurice Berkeley (died 1581)
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Maurice Berkeley (died 1581)
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Sir Maurice Berkeley of Bruton in Somerset and of Berkeley House, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, served as Chief Banner Bearer of England to Kings Henry VIII and Edward VI and to Queen Elizabeth I, and rose rapidly in the Tudor court. He came from a cadet branch of the great Berkeley family of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, but in his career, his initial advantage was due to his mother's second marriage to Sir John FitzJames, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1526–1539, which by 1538 had brou
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English politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Berkeley_(died_1581)
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2012-09-26T15:58:24Z
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2024-08-29T09:00:28Z
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