Background
He was the son of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley and Eve la Zouche.
He was the son of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley and Eve la Zouche.
In 1327 he was made joint custodian of the deposed King of England, whom he received at Berkeley Castle, but being commanded to deliver over the government to his fellow custodians, Lord Maltravers and Sir Thomas Gournay, he left there to go to Bradley with heavy cheere perceiving what violence was intended. As an accessory to the murder of the deposed king, he was tried by a jury of 12 knights in the 4th year of King I of England, but was honourably acquitted.