Ranulph Neville, 1st Baron Neville (18 October 1262 – c. 18 April 1331) of Raby Castle, County Durham, was an English nobleman and head of the powerful Neville family.
Ranulph Neville 1st Baron Neville | |
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 Arms of Neville: Gules, a saltire argent | |
| Born | 18 October 1262 |
| Died | c. 18 April 1331 (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire |
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| Children | Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville (among others) |
| Parent(s) | Robert de Neville Mary FitzRanulf |
| Family | Neville |
Origins
editHe was the eldest son of Robert de Neville (who predeceased his own father) by his wife Mary FitzRanulf, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of Ralph FitzRanulf (d.1270) of Middleham Castle in Yorkshire.[1] Ranulph was heir to his grandfather Sir Robert de Neville (d.1282) of Raby.
Marriages and children
editNeville married twice:
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- Firstly to Euphemia de Clavering, daughter and heiress[3] of John de Clavering or of his father Robert fitzRoger de Clavering[4] of Warkworth Castle in Northumberland. By his wife he had fourteen children including:
- Robert Neville (c. 1287 – June 1319), the "Peacock of the North", eldest son and heir apparent who predeceased his father, having been slain in a border fray outside the walls of Berwick by James 'The Good', Lord of Douglas (c.1290–1330).[5] His cross-legged crusader-style effigy survives in St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth;
- Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville (c. 1291 – 5 August 1367), eldest surviving son and heir;
- Sir Alexander Neville (d. 15 March 1367);
- John Neville (d. 19 July 1333) who died at the Battle of Halidon Hill;
- Thomas Neville (c. 1306 - before June 1349), Archdeacon of Durham.
- Anastasia Neville (c.1285), wife of Sir Walter Fauconberg (d. 24 June 1314) who died at the Battle of Bannockburn);
- Mary Neville;
- Ida Neville;
- Eupheme Neville.
- Secondly he married Margery de Thwenge, daughter of John de Thwenge and Joan de Mauley. Her effigy survives in St Mary's Church, Staindrop.[6]
Death and burial
editRanulph died shortly after 18 April 1331 and was buried in the choir of Coverham Abbey, the patronage of which had been inherited from his mother.[7]
Footnotes
edit- ^ 'Parishes: Middleham', in A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1, ed. William Page (London, 1914), pp. 251-257 [1]
- ^ FitzHerbert, R.H.C (1886). "Original pedigree of Tailbois and Neville." The Genealogist, 3, pp. 31. Walford Dakin Selby, Ed. London [2]
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 40 Neville, Ralph de, by James Tait [3]
- ^ FitzHerbert, R.H.C (1886). "Original pedigree of Tailbois and Neville." The Genealogist, 3, pp. 31. Walford Dakin Selby, Ed. London [4] (or perhaps daughter of Robert fitz Roger of Clavering (5th Baron of Warkworth & Clavering) and Margaret la Zouche, daughter of Alan la Zouche (source needed)
- ^ Tait, DNB "the Earl of Douglas" (sic)
- ^ See image
- ^ Tait, DNB
References
edit- Cokayne, G.E.; Doubleday, H.A. & Howard de Walden, Lord, eds. (1936). The Complete Peerage. Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). London: St. Catherine Press. p. 497.
- Fitz Herbert, Reginald H.C. (1886). "Original Pedigree of Tailbois and Neville" (PDF). In Walford Dakin Selby (ed.). The Genealogist. New Series. Vol. 3. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 34.
- Richardson, D. (2011). Kimball G. Everingham (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Tuck, Anthony (2004). "Neville, Ralph, fourth Lord Neville (c. 1291–1367)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online) (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19950. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Young, Charles R. (1996). The Making of the Neville Family, 1166–1400. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0-85115-668-2.