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Ralph (de Neville), 1st Earl of Westmorland

Ralph (de Neville), 1st Earl of Westmorland

Male circa 1364 - 1425  (~ 61 years)

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  1. 1.  Ralph (de Neville), 1st Earl of WestmorlandRalph (de Neville), 1st Earl of Westmorland was born circa 1364 (son of John (de Neville), 3rd Lord Neville and Hon. Maud de Percy); died on 21 Oct. 1425 in Raby Castle, Staindrop, Co. Durham, England; was buried in Staindrop, Co. Durham, England.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: 17 Oct. 1388; 4th Lord Neville [E., 1295]
    • Hereditary Title: 29 Sept. 1397; 1st Earl of Westmorland [E., 1397]
    • Decoration: circa 1403; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)

    Notes:

    Decoration:
    In place of Edmund, Duke of York, who died 1 August 1402.

    Ralph married Lady Margaret de Stafford before 29 Nov. 1396. Margaret (daughter of Hugh (de Stafford), 2nd Earl of Stafford) died on 9 June 1396; was buried in Brancepeth, Co. Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Lady Joan Beaufort. Joan (daughter of John (Plantagenet), of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Katharine de Roet) died on 13 Nov. 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Lady Eleanor Neville
    2. George (Neville), 1st Lord Latimer died on 30/31 Dec. 1469; was buried in Well, Yorkshire, England.
    3. Lady Anne Neville died on 20 Sept. 1480; was buried in Pleshy, Essex, England.
    4. Edward (Neville), 3rd Lord Bergavenny died on 18 Oct. 1476.
    5. Lady Cecily Neville was born on 3 May 1415; died in June 1495.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John (de Neville), 3rd Lord NevilleJohn (de Neville), 3rd Lord Neville (son of Ralph (de Neville), 2nd Lord Neville and Alice de Audley); died on 17 Oct. 1388 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.

    Other Events:

    • Decoration: circa April 1360; Knighthood
    • Decoration: 1369; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
    • Will: 31 Aug. 1386, Middleham, Yorkshire, England
    • Hereditary Title: 5 Aug. 1367 – 17 Oct. 1388; 3rd Lord Neville [E., 1295]

    Notes:

    In October 1367, he had writs of livery of his father's lands in England and Scotland, after doing homage.

    He was a captain under his father at the battle of Nevill's Cross, 17 October 1346.

    Decoration:
    After a skirmish near Paris.

    Will:
    With codicil at Newcastle, four days before his death.

    Directs his burial at Durham with his 1st wife (cp. Hist. Dun. Script. Tres, loc. cit.), and mentions his younger son Thomas.

    He was a benefactor of his father's chantry at Sheriff Hutton (Cal. Patent Rolls, 1367–70, page 366); the Friars Minors of Richmond (Idem, 1381–85, page 234); the Carthusian houses of Hull and Coventry (Cal. Close Rolls, 1377–81, page 229, and his will); Sherburn Hospital, co. Durham (Surtees, Hist. of Durham, volume i, page 287), and Durham Hall, Oxford (Cal. Patent Rolls, 1381–85, pages 239, 371–2). His munificent gifts to Durham Cathedral, including an alabaster foundation for the shrine of St. Cuthbert, made in London and shipped to Newcastle in cases, are detailed in Hist. Dun. Script. Tres, pages 135, 136.

    John married Hon. Maud de Percy. Maud (daughter of Henry (de Percy), 2nd Lord Percy and Hon. Idoine de Clifford) died before 18 Feb. 1378/79; was buried in Durham Cathedral, Durham, Co. Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hon. Maud de PercyHon. Maud de Percy (daughter of Henry (de Percy), 2nd Lord Percy and Hon. Idoine de Clifford); died before 18 Feb. 1378/79; was buried in Durham Cathedral, Durham, Co. Durham, England.
    Children:
    1. 1. Ralph (de Neville), 1st Earl of Westmorland was born circa 1364; died on 21 Oct. 1425 in Raby Castle, Staindrop, Co. Durham, England; was buried in Staindrop, Co. Durham, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Ralph (de Neville), 2nd Lord NevilleRalph (de Neville), 2nd Lord Neville died on 5 Aug. 1367; was buried in Durham Cathedral, Durham, Co. Durham, England.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: From June 1319 to 5 Aug. 1367; 2nd Lord Neville [E., 1295]

    Ralph married Alice de Audley. Alice died on 12 Jan. 1373/74. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Alice de Audley died on 12 Jan. 1373/74.
    Children:
    1. 2. John (de Neville), 3rd Lord Neville died on 17 Oct. 1388 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.
    2. Hon. Margaret de Neville died in May 1372.

  3. 6.  Henry (de Percy), 2nd Lord PercyHenry (de Percy), 2nd Lord Percy

    Henry married Hon. Idoine de Clifford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Hon. Idoine de Clifford
    Children:
    1. Henry (Percy), 3rd Lord Percy was born circa 1320; died circa 18 May 1368; was buried in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
    2. 3. Hon. Maud de Percy died before 18 Feb. 1378/79; was buried in Durham Cathedral, Durham, Co. Durham, England.



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