Neville family by Jeff Thomas Mon Oct 26 1992 ------------------------------- Well, fresh with confidence over genealogical discoveries in England and with new knowledge obtained from the John of Gaunt book, my wife and I went to the Library of Congress last weekend to try to find something I've wanted for a long time - a definitive, authoritative genealogy on the Neville family. Yep...you guessed it. I found it! :-) The book, published in 1830 is called "An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Noble Family of Neville" etc... by Daniel Rowland, Esq. What's in the book? Everything you could hope for. There are detailed stories on all the Nevilles in your family line, going back to Gilbert De Neville (De Nova Villa), an admiral of William the Conqueror who came to England during the Norman conquest of 1066, all the way to Eleanor Neville(the last Neville in your line), who married Thomas Stanley, earl of Derby. There's even a portrait of Eleanor's father Richard Neville(before he lost his head), along with pictures of the various Neville coat-of-arms and seals of Raby castle. The genealogy below is from the book, and agrees with page 20 of that old trusty computer printout I sent.(The printout also traces the Fitz-Maldred line) NEVILLE ANCESTORS GILBERT DE NEVILLE, a noble Norman, an Admiral under KING WILLIAM the CONQUEROR, with whom he came to England in 1066. = | | | GEOFFREY DE NEVILLE, Son and Heir = | | | GEOFFREY DE NEVILLE = EMMA, daughter and heir of Bertram Lord of Branspeth, etc.| de Bulmer of Sherifhoton, with died 5th Richard I | whom the Lordship of Branspeth, 1194. | Sherifhoton, and other large | possessions, came to the NEVILLES. | | ISABEL, only daughter of = ROBERT FITZ-MALDRED, Lord of Raby Geoffrey de Neville, and | in the Bishoprick of Durham, and heir to her brother Henry. | in right of his wife of | Sherifhoton, Branspeth, etc. | | | GEOFFREY FITZ-ROBERT, Son and Heir, Lord of Raby, who upon succeeding to his mother's inheritance, relinquished his paternal name and assumed that of NEVILLE. = | | | +----------------------------+-----------------+-------------+ | | | ROBERT NEVILLE = Isabella, daughter of GEOFFREY NEVILLE JOHN NEVILLE Lord of Raby, | Roger Bertram, Baron d.1285 = = Captain Gen.of | of Mitford. | | the King's | | | forces, Henry | | | III. Died 10 | NEVILLE OF HORNBY NEVILLE Edward I 1282. | CASTLE, etc. OF HOLT | | | ROBERT NEVILLE, Son and heir, died = Mary, one of the daughters and 55 Henry III 1271(before his | eventually sole heir of Ralph father) Buried at Coverham, County | Fitz-Randolph, Lord of of York. | Middleham. Died 14 Edward II | 1320. Buried at Coverham. | | | RALPH NEVILLE, Son and heir, Lord = Eufamia, daughter and coheir of of Raby, etc. Summoned to | John de Clavering. Parliment as BARON NEVILLE of | RABY from 23 Edward I 1294-5 to | 5th Edward III 1331, in which year | he died. Buried at Coverham. | | | | RALPH NEVILLE, Lord of Raby, Warden = Alice, daughter of Sir Hugh Lord of the forests north of Trent, | Audley and sister to Hugh, Earl and of the Scotch Marshes. | of Gloucester. She married Summoned to Parliment as BARON | second Ralph Greystock. Died NEVILLE of RABY from the 5th to | 1374. the 39th of Edward III. Died 41 | Edward III 1367, buried at Durham. | | | | SIR JOHN NEVILLE, Son and Heir = Maud, daughter of Henry Lord Lord of Raby. Summoned to | Percy and aunt to Henry First Parliment as BARON NEVILLE of RABY | earl of Northumberland. 42 Edward III 1368. Admiral of | England 1370. Lieutenant of | Acquitain, Seneschal of Bordeaux | 1378. Warden of the East Marches | 1387. Died at Newcastle upon Tyne | 17 Oct 1389. | | | | RALPH NEVILLE, Son and Heir = Joan Beaufort, daughter of John Lord Neville of Raby, Lord of | of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, Branspeth, Middelham and Cover- | and widow of Robert Baron ham. Created earl of Westmorland | Ferrers, 1398. Died 19 Henry VI 21 Richard II 1397. Constable of | 1440. Buried at Lincoln. the Tower of London, 1398. Earl | Marshall of England. Died 21 Oct | 1426. Buried at Staindrop. | | | | RICHARD NEVILLE, Warden of the = Alice, daughter and heir of Marches towards Scotland, created | Thomas Montacute, earl of EARL of SALISBURY May 20 1442, | Salisbury. Died 1462 Governor of Carlisle, 1448, Lord | Great Chamberlain of England, 1460.| Beheaded at Wakefield by the | Lancastrians, 2 Edward IV, 1461. | | | | ELEANOR NEVILLE = Thomas Stanley, earl of Derby This confirms the Neville-Stanley connection. When I get a new cartridge for my photocopier, I'll send you a copy of what I copied. That should be around the 2nd week in November. I tell you, the information just keeps flooding in, and I'm happy to say that each new piece I get is just as interesting(or more)that what preceded it. Next: The De La Pole Family. 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