Sir John Neville, Baron Neville

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Constable of Middleham Castle
• Occupation: Sheriff Hutton Castle
• Military: Battle of Ferrybridge
• Military: Battle of Towton

Notes:

John Neville was born about 1410,[1] the second son of Sir John Neville (d.1420) and Elizabeth Holland (c.1388 -3 or 4 January 1423), the daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, and Alice FitzAlan (d.17 March 1416).[2]

He had two brothers, Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, and Sir Thomas Neville (died c. 1461) of Brancepeth, Durham, and one sister, Margaret, who married Sir William Lucy of Woodcroft, Bedfordshire.[3]

Sometime before 5 February 1442 Neville married Anne Holland, widow of his nephew, Sir John Neville (d. shortly before 16 March 1450), the son of Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland and his first wife, Lady Elizabeth Percy. Anne Holland was the daughter of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter by his first wife, Anne Stafford, the daughter of Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford and the widow of Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March .[4] John Neville and Anne Holland had one son, Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland.[5]

According to Cokayne, John Neville was summoned to Parliament 20 November 1459 and 30 July 1460 by special writs directed to Iohanni Nevill, Domino de Nevill, whereby he is held to have become Lord Neville. In another writ of 20 January 1461, attested only by the Council, he is referred to as 'Sir John Neville of Neville'. He was absent from the Parliament at which Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, proclaimed himself King.[6]

Originally a supporter of the Duke of York, Neville went over to the Lancastrian side just before the Battle of Wakefield. York gave battle, thinking Neville would arrive to reinforce him, but being attacked instead was defeated and slain.[7] Neville's half-uncle, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, was killed shortly after the battle, and by his testament[citation needed] Neville became Constable of Middleham Castle and Sheriff Hutton Castle.

He was one of the Lancastrian commanders at the Battle of Ferrybridge,[citation needed] and was slain shortly thereafter at the Battle of Towton. The barony was forfeited by attainder on 4 November 1461, and Neville's lands escheated to the crown, leaving his widow, according to Cokayne, 'sadly unprovided for'.[8] Neville's son and heir, Ralph Neville, obtained a reversal of the attainder on 6 October 1472.[9]

After Neville's death his widow, Anne, married James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas (d. shortly after 22 May 1491), but had no issue by him. She died 26 December 1486, and was buried at St. Anne's in the Blackfriars, London.[10]

John married Anne Holland before 5 Sep 1442 in Castle Raby, Raby-Keverstone, Durham, England. Anne (daughter of Sir John Holland, Knight, 2nd Duke of Exeter and Lady Anne Montacute) died on 26 Dec 1486; was buried in St. Anne's in the Blackfriars, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family

Ralph Neville, born about 1456, was the only child of John Neville, Baron Neville, younger brother of Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, and Anne Holland, daughter of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter.[1]

Career

Neville's father was slain fighting for the Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton on 29 March 1461, and attainted on 4 November of that year. On 6 October 1472 Ralph Neville obtained the reversal of his father's attainder and the restoration of the greater part of his estates, and thereby became Lord Neville (1459 creation).[2]

On 18 April 1475 Neville was created a Knight of the Bath together with the sons of King Edward IV.[3] He was a justice of the peace in Durham.[citation needed] For his 'good services against the rebels', on 23 March 1484 King Richard III granted Neville manors in Somerset and Berkshire and the reversion of lands which had formerly belonged to Margaret, Countess of Richmond.[4] In September 1484 he was a commissioner to keep the truce with Scotland.[5] On 3 November 1484 his uncle, Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, died, and Neville succeeded as 3rd Earl of Westmorland and Lord Neville (1295 creation).[6]

After the Yorkist defeat at Bosworth, Westmorland entered into bonds to the new King, Henry VII, of ¹400 and 400 marks, and on 5 December 1485 gave the King the custody and marriage of his eldest son and heir, Ralph Neville (d.1498).[7]

Westmorland held a command in the army sent into Scotland in 1497[8] after James IV supported the pretensions to the crown of Perkin Warbeck.[9]

Death

Westmorland's eldest son died in 1498. Westmorland died at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, the seat of his son-in-law, Sir William Conyers, on 6 February 1499, allegedly of grief for his son's death, and was buried in the parish church there.[10] His grandson, Ralph Neville, succeeded to the earldom as 4th Earl of Westmorland.

Marriage and issue

Before 20 February 1473 Neville married Isabel, the daughter of Roger Booth, esquire, and niece of Lawrence Booth, Archbishop of York, by whom he had a son and a daughter:[11]

Ralph Neville, Lord Neville (d. 1498). As noted above, on 5 December 1485 his father had granted his marriage to the King. Accordingly, Ralph Neville married firstly, in the presence of King Henry VII and his Queen, Elizabeth of York, Mary Paston (born 19 January 1470), the eldest daughter of William Paston by Anne Beaufort, daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. She died of measles at court about Christmas 1489. There were no issue of the marriage. Ralph Neville married secondly, again in the royal presence, Edith Sandys (d. 22 August 1529), sister of William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, by whom he had two sons, Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, and a son who died young, as well as a daughter, Isabel, who married firstly, Sir Robert Plumpton, and secondly, Lawrence Kighley, esquire. After Neville's death in 1498, his widow, Edith, married Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Darcy, who was beheaded on Tower Hill 30 June 1537.[12]
Anne Neville, who married firstly William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers, and secondly, Anthony Saltmarsh.[13]

Footnotes[edit]

Jump up ^ Richardson III 2011, pp. 251–2.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, p. 551; Richardson III 2011, pp. 251–2.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, p. 551.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, p. 551; Richardson III 2011, p. 253.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, p. 551.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, p. 551.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, pp. 551–2.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, p. 551.
Jump up ^ Doyle 1886, p. 632.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, pp. 551–2; Richardson III 2011, p. 253.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, p. 551; Richardson III 2011, pp. 251–2.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, pp. 552–3; Richardson III 2011, p. 253.
Jump up ^ Richardson III 2011, pp. 253–4.
References[edit]
Cokayne, George Edward (1959). The Complete Peerage, edited by Geoffrey H. White. XII, Part II. London: St. Catherine Press.
Doyle, James E. (1886). The Official Baronage of England III. London: Longmans, Green.
Pollard, A.J. (2004). Neville, Ralph, second earl of Westmorland (b. in or before 1407, d. 1484). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 1449966381
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 144996639X

Ralph married Isabel Booth before 20 Feb 1472 in (Sawley, Derbyshire, England). Isabel (daughter of Roger Booth and Catherine Hatton) was born about 1456 in Sawley, Derbyshire, England; died on 20 Mar 1483 in (Durham, England); was buried in Brancepeth, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir William Conyers, Knight, 1st Baron Conyers. William (son of John Conyers and Alice Neville) was born on 21 Dec 1468 in Settrington, Yorkshire, England; died on 14 Apr 1524 in Hornby Castle, Hornby, Bedale, DL8 1NQ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ralph Neville, Lord Neville (d. 1498). As noted above, on 5 December 1485 his father had granted his marriage to the King. Accordingly, Ralph Neville married firstly, in the presence of King Henry VII and his Queen, Elizabeth of York, Mary Paston (born 19 January 1470), the eldest daughter of William Paston by Anne Beaufort, daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. She died of measles at court about Christmas 1489. There were no issue of the marriage.

Ralph Neville married secondly, again in the royal presence, Edith Sandys (d. 22 August 1529), sister of William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, by whom he had two sons, Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, and a son who died young, as well as a daughter, Isabel, who married firstly, Sir Robert Plumpton, and secondly, Lawrence Kighley, esquire. After Neville's death in 1498, his widow, Edith, married Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Darcy, who was beheaded on Tower Hill 30 June 1537.[12]

Family/Spouse: Edith Sandys, Lady Neville. Edith (daughter of Sir William Sandys and Margaret Cheney) was born in ~ 1471 in Saint John, Hampshire, England; died on 22 Aug 1529 in Stepney, London, England; was buried in Friars Observant, Greenwich, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Weston. John (son of William Weston and Alice Edshaw) was born in 0___ 1482 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England; died in 0___ 1574 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

note: knighted 1523; Knight of the Garter 1525; Deputy Captain of Berwick and Vice Warden of the East and Middle Marches 1525-26; Privy Councillor 1525/6; one of the peers who tried Queen Anne Boleyn 1536; member of the Council of the North 1536/7

Ralph married Katherine Stafford(Yorkshire) England. Katherine (daughter of Sir Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Lady Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham) was born in ~ 1497 in (Yorkshire) England; died on 14 May 1555 in (Yorkshire) England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mildred married John White in 0___ 1549 in Timsbury, Hampshire, England. John (son of Mark White and Margaret LNU) was born in 0___ 1510 in Timsbury, Hampshire, England; died on 1 Feb 1579 in Timsbury, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: ~ 1546, (Yorkshire) England

Dorothy married John de Vere on 3 Jul 1536 in Holywell, Shoreditch, London, England. John (son of Sir John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth Trussell) was born in 0___ 1516 in (Castle Hedingham, Essex, England); died on 3 Aug 1562; was buried on 31 Aug 1562 in Castle Hedingham, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Manners. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Isabel Bawle in 0___ 1570 in (Staffordshire) England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Bawle and Rosanna McIlhany) was born in 0___ 1552 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England; died on 30 Sep 1601 in Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Edward Windsor, Knight, 3rd Baron Windsor. Edward was born in 0___ 1532 in (Windsor, Berkshire, England); died on 24 Jan 1574 in Venice, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY OF MARTHA WHITE, Sister of John White the Patriarch of Dorchester

Martha was born about 1575, possibly in Stanton St. John, Oxford, England. according to her marriage record in Stockton, Wiltshire, she was the daughter of John White, gentleman, of Stanton St. John. Martha's new husband was William Cooke, soon to become the vicar of Crediton, Devon. The rector of Stockton, where they were married, was John Terry, husband of Martha's sister, Mary.

Martha and William had seven children, all born in Crediton. William died in Crediton between February and April of 1615. Marftha remained a widow until sometime between 1620 and 1627, when she married a man named Moore. The will of her sister Mary Terry, dated 1637, names her sister Martha Moore as well as niece Elizabeth Walton. Martha was still living in 1649 when her brother John White, the Patriarch of Dorchester named her in his will.

Martha married Reverend William Cooke, Vicar on 27 Apr 1597 in Stockton, Wiltshire, England. William was born about 1562 in Stratton, Dorsetshire, England; died before 26 Jun 1615 in Crediton, Devonshire, England; was buried in Holy Cross Churchyard, Crediton, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Seaton, Devonshire, England
• Baptism: 0___ 1605, Crediton, Devonshire, England
• Birth: 0___ 1605, Seaton, Devonshire, England
• Death: 1682-1689, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Birth: 1602
Crediton, England
Death: 1682
Marblehead
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA

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This biographical information was added by the first Memorialist, with thanks:

Born about 1602 in Crediton, Devon, England to William & Martha (White) Cooke. Married Rev. William Walton 10 Apr 1627 in Dorchester, Dorset England. Died 1682 or 1683. They had 7 [8 - SEE BELOW] children: John, Elizabeth Conant, Nathaniel, Martha Mountjoy, Samuel, Josiah & Mary Bartlett.
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The following biographical information has been added by Richard Baldwin Cook #29952166:

The parents of Elizabeth Walton were Vicar William Cooke (1562-1616)and Martha White (1577-1649)

The eight children Of Elizabeth and William Walton are

John (1627/8-b/f 1699)
Elizabeth (1629-?)
Martha (1632-?)
Jane (1634-?)
Nathaniel (1636-?)
Samuel (1639-1717)
Josiah (1641-?)
Marie (1644-?)

Elizabeth Cooke Walton immigrated to Massachusetts with her husband, probably in the early 1630s. The family settled in Marblehead by 1637.

Elizabeth's son, Samuel, married Sara Maverick (1630-1714), daughter of Elias Maverick (c. 1604-1680) and Anna Harris (c. 1613-1697).

Elizabeth may have been buried in the Old Burial Hill Cemetery.

NOTE ON SOURCES:

Walton children transcribed by A Morrow, posted at Roots Web - search "Connections Morrow, Porter, Sanders, etc" - this source credits: Essex Court Files at Salem, MA, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex Co, MA, Salem: Essex Institute, 1911,(NEHGS). With thanks!

All other biographical information has been taken from the book, ALL OF THE ABOVE I (Nativa 2007. 2009) by Richard Baldwin Cook (#47181028).

Elizabeth's ahnentafel ... http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Cooke-896/9#54

Buried:
Old Burial Hill is an historic cemetery in Marblehead, Massachusetts. It is located on the high ground between Marblehead's colonial-era residential and retail district, called "Downtown" by longtime ... Wikipedia

Elizabeth married Reverend William Walton, The Immigrant in 1626 in (Devonshire) England. William was born on 13 Sep 1605 in Seaton, Devonshire, England; died on 6 Nov 1668 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; was buried on 9 Nov 1668 in Old Burial Hill, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]