Roger
(Roger I)
de Berkeley
formerly Berkeley aka de Berchelai
Born in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Rissa (Montgomery) de Berkeley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Unknown Berkeley and Roger (Berkeley) de Berkeley
Died
at age 53
in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Aug 2011
This page has been accessed 10,809 times.
Biography
Roger I Berkeley was a member of the aristocracy in England.
Entry in Domesday People is called "Roger De Berchelai. Keats-Rohan writes: In 1086 he was already reeve of Berkeley with his brother Ralph.
- He died about 1091-3 as a monk at Gloucester.
- Probably the father of Roger II of Berkeley and his brother Eustache of Nympesfield.
- It has been suggested that the family come from Aumale, Seine-Maritime.
Complete Peerage:
- Uses the word provost instead of reeve and states that the castle was under Earl William fitzOsbern.
- "He was tenant in capite of Dursley, Cubberley, Dodington, &c., and (not improbably) was identical with " R o g e r , " farmer of Barton Regis, Bristol."
Sources
- Complete Peerage, 2nd ed, Vol.2, pp.123-4
- Keats-Rohan, Domesday People, p.401
- Sanders, English Baronies, p.114
- Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (Gloucester, England, 1884) Vol. 8, Page 222: "held Manor of Berkeley in fee-farm 1086, became a monk in Gloucester Abbey 1091, being styled in Chartulary Roger, Senior"
Is Roger I your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA
No known carriers of Roger I's DNA have taken a DNA test. Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
No known carriers of Roger I's DNA have taken a DNA test. Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Images: 1
Comments: 4
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Andrew Lancaster
Andrew Lancaster
Andrew Lancaster
Andrew Lancaster
I will disconnect the parents
posted
by Andrew Lancaster
Andrew Lancaster
Anyone see a reason NOT to disconnect the parents?
posted
by Andrew Lancaster
Andrew Lancaster
Any source for the parents?
posted
by Andrew Lancaster
Roger Williams
This profile has been identified as within the scope of the Berkeley family clean-up I am undertaking, under the umbrella of Project: British Isles Royals and Aristocrats 742-1499. Significant changes may be made to the biography (in particular) or other areas where details are disputed or unsupported. Please refer to Berkeley Family clean-up for further details.
posted
by Roger Williams
Rejected matches › Roger (Berkeley) de Berkeley (1069-1136)
Featured Auto Racers: Roger I is 32 degrees from Jack Brabham, 34 degrees from Rudolf Caracciola, 28 degrees from Louis Chevrolet, 27 degrees from Dale Earnhardt, 43 degrees from Juan Manuel Fangio, 25 degrees from Betty Haig, 35 degrees from Arie Luyendyk, 31 degrees from Bruce McLaren, 29 degrees from Wendell Scott, 29 degrees from Kat Teasdale, 29 degrees from Dick Trickle and 36 degrees from Maurice Trintignant on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
B > Berkeley | D > de Berkeley > Roger (Berkeley) de Berkeley
Categories: Domesday Book | Berkeley, Gloucestershire | Early Barony of Dursley