タウトンの戦い
In December 1457, Berkeley was appointed as one of Leicestershire's Commissioners of Array. The commissioners raised 226 archers to help repel Richard, Duke of York's Yorkist rebellion and again in 1459. Berkeley was knighted by November 1460—perhaps having taken part in the Battle of Northampton, When the Battle of Towton ended Henry VI's reign, Berkeley accepted Edward IV as King.