Born about in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas (Berkeley) de Berkeley
and Joan (Somery) Berkeley
Sister of
Maurice (Berkeley) de Berkeley, Thomas Berkeley, Robert Berkeley, Henry Berkeley, William (Berkeley) Harding, Richard Berkeley and Isabel Berkeley
Wife of
John FitzMatthew
— married
1255 in England
Wife of
Anselm Basset
— married
before 1265 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Matthew FitzJohn, Edmund Basset, Isabel (Basset) Punchardon, Margaret (Basset) Valeirs and Catherine (Basset) Biset
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2010
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Biography
Sources
- Book: "A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct ..." By Sir Bernard Burke (Google Books) - p44
- Thomas De Berkeley ( - 29 Nov 1243) s/o Maurice De Berkeley [s/o Robert FitzHardinge] & Alice [d/o Roger de Berkely]
- md. c1217 Joan d/o Ralph de Somery, Lord of Campden of Gloucester.
- chn: Maurice, Thomas dsp, Robert, Henry dsp, William, Richard, Margaret who md Sir Anselm Basset
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- Book: "Berkeley Manuscripts: Abstracts and Extracts of Smyth's Lives of the ..." By Thomas Dudley Fosbroke
- p93 (p94 has chart of Thomas De Berkeley & wife Joan's children)
- Gives the 1243 death date for Thomas, saying 76 yrs. at death.Giving him approx. birth year of 1167.
- .............
- Medieval News - Friday, July 25, 2014
- Article: "Anselm Basset: hunting and his life" by Niall C.E.J. O’Brien
- celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.com/.../anselm-basset-hunting-and-...
- Indicates that Margaret and Anselm were married between 1261 when her first husband (Sir John FitzMatthew) died, and October of 1265 when she was pardoned for marrying Anselm before she had obtained a licence. (Footnotes [14] & [15])
- [14] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Henry III, 1258-1266, p. 467
- [15] George Edward Cokayne (ed.), The Complete Peerage (Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1987), Vol. II, pp. 1, 126-7
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See Also:
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- On-line: Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
- http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p394.htm#i11834
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Maurice - Idabel Fitzjohn
Margaret -(1) John FitxMatthew and (2) Ansel Basset
The other children need to be removed.
https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#MargueriteBerkeleyM1JohnFitzMatthew
edited by Rod Piper
Margaret De Berkeley, married (1st) John Fitz Matthew, Knt. They had one son, Matthew, and one daughter, Joan (wife of Walter Beke). Margaret, married (2nd) in 1265 Anselm Basset, Knt. They had issue.
Thank you!
Removing death year for this Margaret due to the conflation of the 2 Margarets.
edited by Z Fanning