Thomas Berkeley (died 1488)

Sir Thomas Berkeley
Sir Thomas Berkeley
	Berkeley of Wymondham arms:- Quarterly. 1&4: gules, a chevron between ten cinquefoils argent. BERKELEY: 2&3: gules, a lion rampant ermine, crowned or. HAMELYN.
Sheriff of Rutland
	In office; 1443–1444

Last updated March 20, 2023

↑ John Hamelin's great grandfather William Hamelyn is thought to have gone on the Third Crusade with Richard the Lionheart. He is now thought to be the knight represented in a stone effigy in Wymondham church and not, as Nicholls suggested, the John Hamelyn who only appears to have taken part in the Scottish wars.^[6]

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1 2 3 4 5 6 Josiah Wedgwood (1936), History of Parliament 1439-1509 Biographies, London: HMSO
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↑ History of the Hamlin family with Genealogies of Early Settlers of the name in America, page 27-31
1 2 3 Ralph Penniston Taylor (1996), A History of Wymondham, Wymondham: Witmeha Press
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1 2 Descents and Pedigrees of Families in Lincolnshire, London: British Library, Harl MS 5874
↑ Maddison, A. R. (1903). Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Vol. 2. London. p. 526. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

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[7] John Hamelin's great grandfather William Hamelyn is thought to have gone on the Third Crusade with Richard the Lionheart. He is now thought to be the knight represented in a stone effigy in Wymondham church and not, as Nicholls suggested, the John Hamelyn who only appears to have taken part in the Scottish wars.^[6]

[Visit_Leics-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Visitation of Leicestershire 1619, London: Harleian Society, 1870

[Parliament_Biogs-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Josiah Wedgwood (1936), History of Parliament 1439-1509 Biographies, London: HMSO

[Extinct_Baronetcies-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 John Burke & John Bernard Burke (1844), Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, London: John Russell Smith

[Commoners4-4] 1 2 John Burke (1838), A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 4, London: Henry Colburn, p. 227

[5] History of the Hamlin family with Genealogies of Early Settlers of the name in America, page 27-31

[HistWymondham-6] 1 2 3 Ralph Penniston Taylor (1996), A History of Wymondham, Wymondham: Witmeha Press

[8] History of the Hamlin family with Genealogies of Early Settlers of the name in America, page 37

[Lincolns_Inn-9] Lincolns Inn Admission Register, London: Lincolns Inn, 1897

[Leics_Villages-10] 1 2 George F. Farnham (1929–33), Leicestershire Medieval Village Notes, vol. II, Leicester: W.Thornley & son, p. 275

[Will_Eliz_Hussey-11] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Will of Elizabeth Huse 1504, National Archives Kew: Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1504

[Holles-12] 1 2 3 4 5 Holles Lincolnshire Church Notes, vol. I, Lincolnshire Records Society, 1910

[Kellys_Lincs-13] 1 2 3 E.R.Kelly, ed. (1885), Kellys Directory of Lincolnshire, London: Kelly & Co, p. 605

[Leics_Villages_4-14] George F. Farnham (1929–33), Leicestershire Medieval Village Notes, vol. IV, Leicester: W. Thornley & son, p. 316

[Harl_Ms_5874-15] 1 2 Descents and Pedigrees of Families in Lincolnshire, London: British Library, Harl MS 5874

[16] Maddison, A. R. (1903). Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Vol. 2. London. p. 526. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

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Sir Thomas Berkeley
Berkeley of Wymondham arms:- Quarterly. 1&4: gules, a chevron between ten cinquefoils argent. BERKELEY: 2&3: gules, a lion rampant ermine, crowned or. HAMELYN.^[1]

Sheriff of Rutland
In office 1443–1444^[2]