its parkland has now been intersected by the M32 motorway from which the present house of 1750, painted yellow, is a very prominent sight. Lands held In 1564 he purchased the Gloucestershire manors of Stapleton, adjacent to the south, and Rendcomb, a considerable distance to the north, 5 miles north of Cirencester. Between 1563 and 1567 he sold the manor of Rockhampton, first acquired in 1354 by Sir Thomas (or Maurice) Berkeley of Uley (d.1361), to its several farmers-in-fee. Marriage and progeny Berkeley married twice: Firstly to Elizabeth Read, daughter of William Read of Milton(or Mitton), Esq., by whom he had issue: Henry Berkeley (died 1606), of Stoke Gifford, who married Mary (or Mirryell) Throckmorton, daughter of Thomas Throckmorton of Coughton Court, Warwickshire. He was father of Richard Berkeley (1579–1661), MP. Elizabeth, (or Ellen) who married, as his first wife, Sir Thomas Throckmorton of Tortworth, Gloucestershire. She was mother of: John Throckmorton(died young, c.1591, not to be confused with John Throckmorton (1572–1623) MP for Gloucestershire 1601 and 1604, on the latter occasion after winning a by-election for the seat vacated by the death of Richard Berkeley in the same year.) Sir William Throckmorton, 1st Baronet (c.1579–1628), of Tortworth. Mary Anne who married Hugh Lygon (d. 1599 at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire) Dorothy Secondly Eleanor Jermy, daughter of Sir Robert Jermy and widow of Robert Rowe, son of Sir Thomas Rowe, ambassador. Death and burial He died on 26 April 1604, as his monument in The Gaunt's Chapel, Bristol, records. He was replaced on 30 May 1604 as one of the pair of MP's for Gloucestershire by John Throckmorton (1572–1623), of Lypiatt, whose parentage is unknown, but who was alive in 1611 as recorded in the proceedings of the House of Commons, and should not therefore be confused with his grandson John Throckmorton of Tortworth who died c.1591 as a boy. Effigy in The Gaunts Chapel The recumbent effigy of Sir Richard Berkeley is situated to the immediate right hand side on entering The Gaunt's Chapel, Bristol. He is dressed in plate-armour, with his hands placed together in prayer pointed heavenwards. The effigy probably had originally an elaborate sculpted canopy above it, which has now been lost, following the repositioning of the effigy to its current location against a wall. On an entablature on the wall behind the effigy, surmounted by the arms of Berkeley of Stoke Gifford (Gules, a chevron ermine