Katherine, Lady Berkeley
Katherine, Lady Berkeley | |
|---|---|
detail from her effigy | |
| Known for | founding Katharine Lady Berkeley's School |
| Born | Katherine de Clevedon |
| Died | 13 March 1385 |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse(s) | 1. Sir Peter Veel 2. Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley |
| Issue | 1. Peter le Veel - Joan (wife of Sir Henry Moigne of Owermoigne), John, Thomas Veel 2. Thomas de Berkeley - John, Maurice, Edmund de Berkeley |
| Father | Sir John de Clevedon of Somerset and Worcestershire |
| Mother | Emma of Somerset and Worcestershire |
| Occupation | Philanthropist |
Katherine Berkeley, Lady Berkeley (born Katherine de Clevedon; 1300s – 13 March 1385) was an English benefactor and school founder in Gloucestershire. In 1384 she obtained a royal licence for a chantry school that today is called the Katharine Lady Berkeley's School. The school is said to be the first founded by a lay person, the first founded by a woman and the first to offer free education to anyone.