George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (c. 1440 – 20 September 1492), was an English nobleman.
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 |
Career
editGeorge Neville was the son of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Elizabeth Beauchamp. He was knighted by Edward IV on 9 May 1471,[1] after fighting for the king, who was his cousin, at the Battle of Tewkesbury. He succeeded his father in 1476.
Marriages and issue
editNeville 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:[2][3]
- George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny (c. 1469 – c. 1535)[3]
- John Neville[4]
- William Neville[4]
- 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[3]
- Sir Thomas Neville (c. 1484 – 1542), Speaker of the House of Commons, who married, firstly, Katherine Dacre, and, secondly, Elizabeth Bryce[5]
- Sir Richard Neville[5] (bef. 1485 – c. 1515)
- Elizabeth Neville, who married, firstly, Thomas Berkeley, esquire, of Avon, Hampshire, and, secondly, Richard Covert, esquire, of Slaugham, Sussex[5]
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.[2][3]
Bergavenny was a captain in the English forces at Calais in 1490, and died in 1492.[1]
Ancestry
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Doyle, James Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England. Vol. I. London: Longmans, Green & Co. p. 4.
- ^ a b Cokayne 1910, p. 31.
- ^ a b c d Richardson I 2011, pp. 168–70.
- ^ a b Richardson I 2011, p. 168.
- ^ a b c Richardson I 2011, p. 170.
References
edit- 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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