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,
Dudley Castle Somery, died in 1321. It is thought that the fortifications were complete by this date. The castle and estates passed to John Somery's sister Margaret and her husband John de Sutton. Subsequently, members of this family often used Dudley as a surname. John and Margaret were only in possession of the castle for a few years before the property was seized by the younger Hugh Despenser, a favourite of King Edward II. Despenser owned the castle from 1325-1326, being dispossessed when the king fell from power. The castle was returned to John and Margaret in 1327. It was probably during