| George Neville | |
|---|---|
| Baron Bergavenny | |
| Born | c. 1440 |
| Died | 20 September 1492 (about 52) |
| Noble family | House of Neville |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Fenn Elizabeth Brent |
| Issue | George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny John Neville William Neville Sir Edward Neville Sir Thomas Neville Sir Richard Neville Elizabeth Neville |
| Father | Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny |
| Mother | Elizabeth Beauchamp |
George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (c. 1440 – 20 September 1492), was an English nobleman.
Career
George Neville was the son of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Elizabeth Beauchamp. He was knighted by Edward IV on 9 May 1471, after fighting for the king, who was his cousin, at the Battle of Tewkesbury. He succeeded his father in 1476.
Marriages and issue
Neville married firstly, before 1 May 1471, Margaret Fenn (d. 28 September 1485), the daughter and heiress of Hugh Fenn, by whom he had six sons and a daughter:
- George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny (c. 1469 – c. 1535)
- John Neville
- William Neville
- Sir Edward Neville (1471–1538), who married, before 6 April 1529, Eleanor (née Windsor), widow of Ralph Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope (d. 17 September 1515), and daughter of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor
- Sir Thomas Neville (c. 1484 – 1542), Speaker of the House of Commons, who married, firstly, Katherine Dacre, and, secondly, Elizabeth Bryce
- Sir Richard Neville (bef. 1485 – c. 1515)
- Elizabeth Neville, who married, firstly, Thomas Berkeley, esquire, of Avon, Hampshire, and, secondly, Richard Covert, esquire, of Slaugham, Sussex
He married, secondly, Elizabeth Brent. She was the widow, successively, of Richard Naylor, Sir Robert Basett and John Stokker. There were no issue with his second marriage.
Bergavenny was a captain in the English forces at Calais in 1490, and died in 1492.
Ancestry
Notes
- ^ Doyle, James Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England. Vol. I. London: Longmans, Green & Co. p. 4.
- ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 31.
- ^ Richardson I 2011, pp. 168–70.
- ^ Richardson I 2011, p. 168.
- ^ Richardson I 2011, p. 170.
References
- Cokayne, G. E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Ab-Adam to Basing). Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- Davies, Catharine (2004). "Neville, Sir Thomas (b. in or before 1484, d. 1542)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19964. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1449966379.
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| Preceded byEdward Nevill | Baron Bergavenny 1476–1492 |
Succeeded byGeorge Nevill |
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