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John Nevill, 10th Baron Bergavenny
John Nevill, ''de facto'' 10th (''de jure'' 3rd) Baron Bergavenny (c. 1614 – 23 October 1662) was an English peer. The son of Henry Nevill, 9th Baron Bergavenny and his second wife Catherine Vaux, he succeeded to the Barony upon his father's death. He married Elizabeth Chamberlaine, daughter of John Chamberlaine of Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire. He died on 23 October 1662. As he died without issue, the Barony passed to his younger brother. In the following year, his elder half-sister Anne Neville Anne Neville (11 June 1456 – 16 March 1485) was List of English royal consorts , Queen of England from 26 June 1483 until her death in 1485 as the wife of King Richard III. She was the younger of the two daughters and co-heiresses of Richard N ... who was a senior nun in Ghent came to England to collect the convent's debts. She stayed for four years and stayed some of the time with the dowager Elizabeth. References 1610s births 1662 deaths John Barons Bergavenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Bergavenny
The title Baron Bergavenny (or Abergavenny) was created several times in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain, all but the first being baronies created by error. Abergavenny is a market town in South East Wales with a Abergavenny Castle, castle established by the Normans, Norman lord Hamelin de Balun . The English feudal barony, feudal barony of Abergavenny came into existence shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The barony by writ was first created in 1392 for William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny, Sir William de Beauchamp, a younger son of the Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, 11th Earl of Warwick. This creation passed to his son, who succeeded as Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, 2nd Baron, and who was subsequently created Earl of Worcester. On his death, the Earldom of Worcester became extinct, but the Barony passed to his daughter, who by modern doctrine succeeded as Elizabeth Nevill, 3rd Baroness Bergavenny, 3rd Baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Neville
The House of Neville or Nevill family (originally FitzMaldred) is a noble house of early medieval origin, which was a leading force in English politics in the Late Middle Ages. The family became one of the two major powers in northern England and played a central role in the Wars of the Roses along with their rival, the House of Percy. Origins The great Neville family traces its origins to Geoffrey “de Neville” (d.circa 1242), the son of Robert FitzMaldred and Isabel de Neville, who adopted the family name of his mother. Male line of Robert FitzMaldred The male line of the Nevilles was of native origin, and the family may well have been part of the pre-Conquest aristocracy of Northumbria. Following the Norman Conquest, most of the existing Anglo-Saxon aristocracy of England were dispossessed and replaced by a new Norman ruling elite, and although such survivals are very rare, continued landholding by native families was more common in the far north of England, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Nevill, 9th Baron Bergavenny
Henry Nevill, ''de facto'' 9th (''de jure'' 2nd) Baron Bergavenny (c. 1570 – c. December 1641) was an English iron founder, soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1622 when he inherited the Baron Bergavenny peerage. Life Nevill was the son of Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny and his wife Rachel Lennard, daughter of John Lennard. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1586 and was awarded BA in 1589. He was incorporated at Oxford University and awarded MA in 1594. Recusant He then travelled abroad and was at Venice in July 1594 where he was approached by English Catholics, presumably with the intention of involving him in one of the numerous conspiracies against Elizabeth I which were rife in that decade. Nevill conformed outwardly to the Church of England, but was generally believed to be a Roman Catholic at heart. His first wife, Lady Mary Sackville, was a confirmed Catholic who taught her children to follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirburn
Shirburn is a village and civil parish about south of Thame in Oxfordshire. It contains the Grade I listed, 14th-century Shirburn Castle, along with its surrounding, Grade II listed park, and a parish church, the oldest part of which is from the Norman period. The parish has a high altitude by county standards. Its eastern part is in the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Shirburn, the largest civil parish in the district, is forested to the south. A motorway cuts across one edge. Manor and castle Shirburn is a spring line settlement at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment. The Domesday Book of 1086 records that the manor of Shirburn was divided equally between Robert D'Oyly and his brother in arms Roger d'Ivry. The building of Shirburn Castle was licensed in 1377. It was owned by the Chamberlain family for many generations. Shirburn Castle became a centre of Recusancy throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The castle was renovated and remodelled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Gloucestershire to the west. The city of Oxford is the largest settlement and county town. The county is largely rural, with an area of and a population of 691,667. After Oxford (162,100), the largest settlements are Banbury (54,355) and Abingdon-on-Thames (37,931). For local government purposes Oxfordshire is a non-metropolitan county with five districts. The part of the county south of the River Thames, largely corresponding to the Vale of White Horse district, was historically part of Berkshire. The lowlands in the centre of the county are crossed by the River Thames and its tributaries, the valleys of which are separated by low hills. The south contains parts of the Berkshire Downs and Chiltern Hills, and the north-west includes part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Neville (abbess)
Anne Neville born Mary Neville (1605 – 15 December 1689) was an English Roman Catholic nun and royal debt collector who became the abbess of Pontoise near Paris. Life She was born in 1605 in Nevill Holt in Leicestershire and she was baptised Mary. Her parents were Lady Mary (born Sackville) and Sir Henry Neville who would later become Lord (A)bergavenny. Her mother was an enthusiastic Catholic who provided her with an education. Her mother died before 1616. Her father married again and her step mother, Catherine Vaux, was from another recusant family. In 1634 she made her profession as a nun at the Benedictine monastery in Ghent presided over by Mary Vavasour. She was quickly given positions of responsibility. In 1640 there was a new abbess named Mary Knatchbull. While the exiled Charles II was in Europe, Knatchbull enjoyed a close relationship with the King. The monastery played host to the court and received and passed on letters. Despite the monastery's poor finances, Knat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Nevill, 11th Baron Bergavenny
George Nevill, ''de facto'' 11th Baron Bergavenny (c.1615 – 2 June 1666) was a '' de facto'' English peer. The younger son of Henry Nevill, 9th Baron Bergavenny and his second wife Catherine Vaux, he succeeded to the Barony upon the death of his brother, John Nevill, 10th Baron Bergavenny, who had died without male issue. He married Mary Gifford, daughter of Thomas Gifford and Anne Brooksby, and they had the following children: * George Nevill, 12th Baron Bergavenny (1665–1695) *Bridget Nevill (b. bef. 1666), who married Sir John Shelley, 3rd Baronet (her mother's stepson) and had issue. Lady Abergavenny later married Sir Charles Shelley. She died in 1699 and is buried in Old St Pancras Churchyard References 1640s births 1666 deaths George George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1610s Births
Year 161 ( CLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Aurelius (or, less frequently, year 914 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 161 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * March 7 – Emperor Antoninus Pius dies, and is succeeded by Marcus Aurelius, who shares imperial power with Lucius Verus, although Marcus retains the title Pontifex Maximus. * Marcus Aurelius, a Spaniard like Trajan and Hadrian, is a stoical disciple of Epictetus, and an energetic man of action. He pursues the policy of his predecessor and maintains good relations with the Senate. As a legislator, he endeavors to create new principles of morality and humanity, particularly favoring women and slaves. * Aurelius reduces the weight of a goldpiece, the aureus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1662 Deaths
Events January–March * January 4 – Dziaddin Mukarram Shah I of Kedah, Dziaddin Mukarram Shah becomes the new Sultan of Kedah Sultanate, Kedah, an independent kingdom on the Malay Peninsula, upon the death of his father, Muhyiddin Mansur Shah of Kedah, Sultan Muhyiddin Mansur. * January 10 – At the age of 19, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Louis Grimaldi becomes the new Prince of Monaco upon the death of his grandfather, Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, Honoré II. * January 14 – A Portuguese garrison invades Morocco and kidnaps 35 women and girls, then steals 400 head of cattle. The Moroccans counterattack and kill the garrison's commander, 12 knights and 38 other Portuguese soldiers before the surviving Portuguese are given sanctuary inside the English Tangier, English fortress at Tangier. A brief war ensues between England and Morocco. * January 22 – Former Chinese Emperor Zhu Youlang, Yongli, who had surrendered to General Wu Sangui in December, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neville Family
The House of Neville or Nevill family (originally FitzMaldred) is a noble house of early medieval origin, which was a leading force in English politics in the Late Middle Ages. The family became one of the two major powers in northern England and played a central role in the Wars of the Roses along with their rival, the House of Percy. Origins The great Neville family traces its origins to Geoffrey “de Neville” (d.circa 1242), the son of Robert FitzMaldred and Isabel de Neville, who adopted the family name of his mother. Male line of Robert FitzMaldred The male line of the Nevilles was of native origin, and the family may well have been part of the pre-Conquest aristocracy of Northumbria. Following the Norman Conquest, most of the existing Anglo-Saxon aristocracy of England were dispossessed and replaced by a new Norman ruling elite, and although such survivals are very rare, continued landholding by native families was more common in the far north of England, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
