Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley Henry VII and his heirs male. The crown's right having expired with Edward VI, they were restored to Henry, the 11th Lord Berkeley in December 1554." On 13 May 1555 he had livery of his lands, although still underage. Berkeley is said to have rebuilt Caludon Castle about 1580, which had fallen into disrepair after the banishment from England in 1398 of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, by Richard II. He was Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire from 1603 until his death. Berkeley died 26 November 1613, leaving a will dated 20 December 1612. He was succeeded by his grandson,
Berkeley family Berkeley and of Robert Fitzharding either adopted, or continued the use of, the surname "de Berkeley", the former retaining the truncated feudal barony of Dursley, the latter establishing his line as feudal barons of Berkeley Castle. Both lines of Berkeleys therefore originated as cousins, but it was the line of the feudal barons of Berkeley, descended from Fitzharding in the male line, which was by far the more powerful and which would play the more prominent role in British history in the next several centuries. The Scottish Clan Barclay may or may not be descended from the family; however, the