Ralph DE NEVILLE

1364 - 1425  (61 years)

• Name	Ralph DE NEVILLE
  Birth	1364	Of Castle Raby, Durham, England
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LD91-3SZ
  MilitaryService	[1]
  	After the death of Henry IV Westmorland was mainly engaged in the defence of the northern border in his capacity as Warden of the West March (1403–1414). In 1415 he decisively defeated an invading Scottish army at the Battle of Yeavering. Westmorland play
  TitleOfNobility	1403	England   [1]
  	Knight of the Garter
  MilitaryService	1415	Northumberland, England   [1]
  	Battle of Yeavering
  Title	England   [1]
  	Lord of Richmond
  Name	Ralph de Neville  [1]
  Name	Ralph Neville  [1]
  Occupation	England   [1]
  	Constable of the Tower of London
  Occupation	England   [1]
  	Marshal of England
  _UID	FF2B25253DA44FE183FCCE86F34F5B534873
  Death	21 Oct 1425	Raby Castle, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham, England   [1]
  Person ID	I26935	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Sir John NEVILLE, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby,   b. 1328, Of Raby With Keverstone, Durham, England d. 17 Oct 1388, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Maud DE PERCY,   b. Abt 1335, Of Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d. 18 Feb 1378-1379, Staindrop, Durham, England (Age ~ 44 years)
  Marriage	Jul 1357	Of Alnwick, Northumberland, England
  Family ID	F12006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret STAFFORD,   b. 1 Jun 1364, Brancepeth, Durham, England d. 9 Jun 1396, Raby Castle, Durham, England (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1382	England   [1]
  Children	1. Maud NEVILLE,   b. 1383, Raby Castle, Durham, England d. Oct 1438, Yorkshire, England (Age 55 years)   2. Alicia DE NEVILLE,   b. Abt 1384, England, d. Yes, date unknown   3. John DE NEVILLE,   b. Bef 1387, Raby, Durham, England d. Bef 20 May 1420, France (Age ~ 33 years)
  Family ID	F536732204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Joan DE BEAUFORT,   b. Abt 1375, Chateau DE Beaufort, Meuse-Et-Loire, France d. 13 Nov 1440, Howden, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1396	Chateau DE Beaufort, Meuse-Et-Loire, France
  	NOTE MARRIED
  Children	1. Eleanor NEVILLE, Countess of Northumberland,   b. 1398, Raby Castle, Durham, England d. 11 Aug 1472, Raby, Durham, England (Age 74 years)   2. John NEVILLE,   b. Abt 1398, Raby, Durham, England d. Abt 1399, Durham, England (Age ~ 1 years)   3. Richard NEVILLE, 5th Earl of Salisbury,   b. Abt 1399, Raby Castle, Durham, England d. 31 Dec 1460, Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 61 years)   4. Katherine NEVILLE,   b. Abt 1400, Raby, Durham, England d. 1483 (Age ~ 83 years)   5. Henry NEVILLE,   b. Abt 1402, Raby Castle, Durham, England d. 1425, Raby Castle, Durham, England (Age ~ 23 years)   6. Sir Thomas NEVILLE,   b. Abt 1403, Raby Castle, Durham, England d. Raby, Durham, England   7. Robert NEVILLE, Bishop of Salisbury,   b. 1404, Duram, England d. 8 Jul 1457, Durham, England (Age 53 years)   8. Sir William NEVILLE, 1st Earl of Kent,   b. 1405, Raby, Durham, England d. 9 Jan 1463, Alnwick, Northumberland, England (Age 58 years)   9. John NEVILLE,   b. Abt 1406, Raby, Durham, England d. Abt 1406 (Age ~ 0 years)   10. Lady Anne NEVILLE,   b. 1407, England d. 20 Sep 1480, Pleshy, Essex, England (Age 73 years)   11. George NEVILLE, Lord Latimer,   b. 1409, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham, England d. 30 Dec 1469, Well, Yorkshire, England (Age 60 years)   12. Joan NEVILLE,   b. Abt 1412, Raby Castle, Durham, England d. 8 Jul 1453, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England (Age ~ 41 years)   13. Sir Edward NEVILLE,   b. 16 Sep 1412, Raby Castle, Durham, England d. 18 Oct 1476, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 64 years)   14. Cecily NEVILLE, Duchess of York,   b. 3 May 1415, Raby Castle, Durham, England d. 31 May 1495, Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F12005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2024

  
  

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  Ralph Neville Knight of the Garter

  
  

• Notes

  Ralph Neville (nicknamed Dawraby after Raby in County Durham, which he held), K.G., 4th Lord Neville of Raby, son and heir of John de Neville, K.G., 3rd Lord Neville of Raby, and Maud de Percy, was born about 1364-1367 (aged 21 or 24 in 1388,[1][2] according to his father's Inquisition Post Mortem).[3][4] Ralph married twice and had 23 children that included four peers, three duchesses and four more were peeresses, by modern standards. Of the duchesses, his daughter Cecily, Duchess of York, was the mother of two kings, Edward IV and Richard III.[3] From 1404 to 1407, Ralph and his two brothers, Thomas, Lord Furnival and John, Lord Latimer, sat together in the House of Lords.[3] Between 1450 and 1455 at least 13 members of the family (sons, sons-in-law and grandsons) sat together in the House of Lords.[3] Titles and Timeline 1380: Took part in the Earl of Buckingham's expedition to Brittany,[2] where he was knighted at St. Omer, July 1380[3][4] 26 October 1385: Joint Keeper of the Castle and city of Carlisle,[3] along with Thomas, son of Lord Clifford[4] 27 March 1385/6: Joint Warden of the West March toward Scotland[3][4] 1386: Ralph was a legatee in his father's will[2] October 1388: 4th Lord Neville of Raby,[2] succeeding his father, the escheators giving him seisin of his lands on 17 Oct 1388, the King taking his homage and fealty on 9 November 1388[3] 25 October 1388: Joint Surveyor of Fortifications in the Marches[3] May 1389: Joint Warden of the West March toward Scotland on 8 May,[3][4] Keeper of the Forest beyond Trent for life, on 24 May[3] 6 December 1389: Ralph was summoned to Parliament by writs directed Radulpho de Nevyll de Raby (to 30 November 1396)[2][3] 1389-1424: Ralph was continually employed on the border, negotiating truces and peace with Scotland[2][3] 3 June 1391: He obtained the lands of Gilbert de Umfreville, titular Earl of Angus, including Harbottle Castle, Northumberland, holding them until January 1409/10.[3] Gilbert married his daughter Anne, by his first wife[2] 1393/4: Justice of the Peace in the North and West ridings of Yorkshire and at that same time, he took part in the negotiations for peace with the Scots following the negotiations at Leulinghem in the early 1390's for a final settlement with France[4] May 1395: Ralph was retained as a king's knight by Richard II[4] February 1396/7 - September 1398: Held Wark Castle, Northumberland,[3] a temporary acquisition[4] 21 September 1397: Constable of the Tower of London until 30 October 1397[3] 29 September 1397: created 1st Earl of Westmorland,[2][5] for his support in the King that year against the Duke of Gloucester and the Lords Appellant[3][4] 28 November 1398: Guardian of the truce in the East March[3] July - September 1399: Ralph played a key role in Richard II's abdication and the elevation of his exiled brother-in-law, the Duke of Hereford, to the throne as King Henry IV[2][3][4] 30 September 1399: On the day of Henry IV's accession, Ralph was made Marshall of England for life, a position he resigned in or before 1412/3[3][4] in favor of his son-in-law, John, Earl of Norfolk[6] 13 October 1399: Carried a Sceptre at the Coronation of Henry IV and the next week, Ralph was given a grant for life of the Honor of Richmond,[4] but was not given the title of Earl of Richmond, which was created during Ralph's lifetime and given to Henry IV's son, John, Duke of Bedford[3] in 1414[4] 4 December 1399: Made Privy Councillor, approved by Parliament on 1 March 1403/4[3][4] 13 February 1400/1: Commissioner to treat with the King of the Romans for the marriage of the Princess Blanche[3] 16 March 1401/2: Keeper of Roxborough Castle[4] until 12 November 1408, when his son John was appointed[3] 14 September 1402: Ralph was with the King in Wales when the Scots were defeated by the Percys: for this service he later (ca. May 1405) received their forfeited lands, known as "Lucylandes", for life[3] ca. 1403: Knight of the Garter,[3][7] filling the vacancy created by the Duke of York's death the previous year[4] (see Order of the Garter) July - August 1403: After the King defeated Hotspur and his uncle Worcester at Shrewsbury, Ralph was in the field against Northumberland in the North,[3] driving Northumberland back to Warkworth Castle.[4] On 29 July 1403 he was made Warden of Berwick and the East March until 6 August 1403,[3] when he was made Warden of Carlisle and the West March, serving until 15 May 1414[3][4] 29 May 1405: He intercepted the Archbishop Scrope and Lord Mowbray at Shipton Moor, York and arrested them;[3] five days later, they were executed. Ralph was granted the Percy Lordships in Cumberland and their barony of Langley in Northumberland, for life.[4] 1410: Founder of the collegiate church at Staindrop, Durham[4] 17 April 1415: Ralph was appointed one of the Council of Regency under the Duke of Bedford, with a special responsibility for the Scottish Marches, and took no part in the invasion of France at the Battle of Agincourt that year[3] (see Research Note below) 1417: Ralph played a part in the negotiations that led to the restoration of the Percy family's honours and lands to Henry Percy, grandson of the first earl of Northumberland, who married Ralph's daughter, Eleanor[4] December 1422: Served as a member under Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester of the Council of Regency;[2][3][6] established for the infant King Henry VI.[4] Ralph was also one of the executors of King Henry V's will,[3] in which Ralph and his wife were each left a gold goblet[4] First Marriage and Children Ralph first married Margaret Stafford, daughter of Hugh de Stafford, K.G., 2nd Earl of Stafford and Phillippe de Beauchamp.[2][3] They were married by papal dispensation dated 19 June 1382.[1][2] They had two sons and six daughters: John, Knt.,[1] born before 1387, died in France before 20 May 1420, married Elizabeth Holand and had issue,[2][3][4] including Ralph, who succeeded as 2nd Earl Westmorland[6] Ralph, Knt.[1] of Oversley, Warwickshire, married Mary Ferrers[2] (his step-sister). Ralph died in 1458.[4] Maud, (or Matilda) married Peter de Mauley, 5th Lord Mauley.[2][4] Maud died in 1438.[8] Alice, married Sir Thomas Grey of Heaton, Northumberland[2] and second, Sir Gilbert Lancaster[4] (this second marriage is not found in Richardson's works) Philippe, married Thomas Dacre, Knt., 6th Baron Dacre of Gilsland[2][4] Elizabeth, Minoress nun[1][2][4] Anne, married Sir Gilbert Umfraville[4] of Harbottle, Northumberland[2] Margaret, married first Sir Richard le Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton, and second to William Cressener, Esq. of Sudbury, Suffolk[2][4] Another possible child, not named by Richardson: Anastasia, Complete Peerage, citing "Genealogist" N.S. vol. iii, pages 109-110, states that Anastasia, who probably died in infancy, was Ralph's 9th child, being the youngest by his first wife, was omitted from the "Genealogist" list of children. ODNB states that Ralph "may have had another daughter, Anastasia, who died in infancy or childhood".[4] Margaret was a legatee in the 1385 will of her father, Hugh de Stafford, K.G., 2nd Earl of Stafford.[2][6] She died 9 June 1396 and was buried at Brancepeth, County Durham.[2][3] Second Marriage and Children Ralph married his second wife Joan Beaufort[4] some time before 29 November 1396,[1][2][3][9] possibly at Château de Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou,[10] but the place needs further verification. Joan, born about 1379, was the widow of Robert Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Wem, and legitimized daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester (younger son of King Edward II) and his third wife, Katherine de Roet,[2] widow of Sir Hugh Swynford.[3] They had nine sons and five daughters:[1][4] Richard, K.G.,[1] 5th Earl of Salisbury, married Alice Montagu.[2] He lived from 1400-1460.[4] Henry,[2] died in infancy[4] Thomas,[2] died in infancy[4] Cuthbert,[2] died in infancy[4] Robert, clerk, born 1404, died testate in 1457, Bishop of Salisbury and Durham,[2] Salisbury from 1427-1438 and Durham from 1438--1457[4] William, Knt., Earl of Kent, 6th Lord Fauconberge, married Joan Fauconberge.[1][2] He lived from 1401-1463.[4] John,[2] died in infancy[4] George, Knt., 1st Lord Latimer, married Elizabeth Beauchamp.[1][2][6] (NOTE: ODNB has different information on George - see Research Note). Edward, Knt., Lord Bergavenny, married first to Elizabeth Beauchamp[4] and second to Katherine Howard[1][2] Katherine, married first John Mowbray, K.G., Earl of Norfolk and Nottingham; second, Thomas Strangways, Esq.; third, John Beaumont, K.G., K.B., 1st Viscount Beaumont; and fourth, Sir John Wydeville;[1][2] she was their eldest daughter[4] Eleanor, married first to Richard le Despencer, second to Sir Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland[2][4] Anne, married first to Humphrey Stafford, K.G., 1st Duke of Buckingham, and second to Walter Blount, K.G., K.B., 1st Lord Mountjoy[2][4] Cecily, married Richard Plantagenet, K.G., 3rd Duke of York,[2] mother of Kings of England Edward IV and Richard III[3][4] Joan, nun[2][4] Joan and Ralph were legatees in the 1397 will of Joan's father, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Joan was a legatee in the 1421 will of her nephew, King Henry V of England.[2] Death and Burial Ralph died testate at Raby Castle on 21 October 1425 and was buried at Staindrop, Durham,[9] at the collegiate church.[2][3][4][11] His widow, Joan, Countess of Westmorland, died at Howden, Yorkshire on 13 November 1440 and was buried at Lincoln Cathedral with her mother.[2][3][9] Her will was dated 10 May 1440.[3] Ralph's will, dated 18 October 1424, was signed at Raby Castle and proved at Durham.[3] Apparently, Ralph's first will, made 8 August 1400, did not reduce the inheritances of the children of his first marriage, however the 1424 will did. In the 1430's, Ralph's grandson Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, had a dispute with Joan and her children over the inheritance as his grandfather had virtually disinherited the children of his first marriage.[4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Oct 2024), entry for Ralph DE NEVILLE, person ID LD91-3SZ. (Reliability: 3).