bal med ▁and ▁remained ▁lying ▁in ▁state ▁at ▁Ber keley ▁for ▁a ▁month , ▁in ▁the ▁Chap el ▁of ▁St ▁John ▁within ▁the ▁castle ▁keep , ▁before ▁Thomas ▁de ▁Ber keley ▁esc orted ▁it ▁to ▁Gl ouc ester ▁Ab bey ▁for ▁bur ial . ▁Thomas ▁was ▁later ▁charged ▁with ▁being ▁an ▁access ory ▁to ▁the ▁murder , ▁but ▁his ▁defence ▁was ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁the ▁agents ▁of ▁Roger ▁Mort imer ▁while ▁he ▁was ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁castle , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 3 3 7 ▁he ▁was ▁cleared ▁of ▁all ▁charges . ▁ ▁Later ▁history ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century , ▁the ▁Great ▁Hall ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁new ▁roof ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁here ▁the ▁last ▁court ▁j ester ▁in ▁England , ▁Dick ie ▁Pear ce , ▁died ▁after ▁falling ▁from ▁the ▁M inst rel s ' ▁gallery . ▁His ▁tomb ▁is ▁in ▁St ▁Mary ' s ▁church yard ▁which ▁stands ▁besides ▁the ▁castle . ▁Ad jo ining ▁the ▁Great ▁Hall ▁was ▁the ▁Chap el ▁of ▁St ▁Mary ▁( now ▁the ▁morning ▁room ) ▁with ▁its ▁painted ▁wooden ▁v ault ed ▁ce il ings ▁and ▁a ▁bib lic al ▁passage , ▁written ▁in ▁Norman ▁French . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁Queen ▁Elizabeth ▁I ▁visited ▁the ▁castle ▁and ▁played ▁bow ls ▁on ▁the ▁bow ling ▁green . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁English ▁Civil ▁War , ▁the ▁castle ▁still ▁held ▁sufficient ▁significance ▁for ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁captured ▁in ▁ 1 6 4 5 ▁by ▁Colonel ▁Thomas