Sir Edward Neville (died 8 December 1538) was an English courtier. He was born at
Abergavenny
Abergavenny (; cy, Y Fenni , archaically ''Abergafenni'' meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a ''Gateway to Wales''; it is approximately from the border wi ...
,
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...
. He was the son of
George Neville, 4th Baron Bergavenny and his wife Margaret, daughter of
Hugh Fenn. He married Eleanor Windsor, daughter of
Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor
Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor (Wyndsore, Wyndesor) KB (1467–1543), was a Member of Parliament, English peer, and Keeper of the Wardrobe, knight banneret and military commander.
Name
In manuscript and printed sources dated before 1650 hi ...
and Elizabeth Blount, before 6 April 1529. He was the brother of
George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny
George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny KG, PC (c.1469 – 1535), the family name often written Neville, was an English nobleman and courtier who held the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Origins
He was the son of George Nevill, 4th Ba ...
and the two of them became close to
King Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disag ...
(their distant cousin) and the Queen,
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, ; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until their annulment on 23 May 1533. She was previously ...
.
Edward Neville was
Esquire of the Body, and Sewer Keeper (official overseeing service to Henry VIII's household). He lived at
Addington Park
Addington Park is a park situated in Addington in the London Borough of Croydon. The park covers an area of .
History
The park was originally part of the manor of Addington and the area was used by Henry VIII for hunting purposes. The origin ...
,
Surrey
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, England. On 25 September 1513 he was invested as a Knight and in 1516 held the offices of Master of the Hounds and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.
The Nevilles and their cousins the Courtenays supported Catherine of Aragon's marriage and for the Pope's authority in England, which alienated King Henry. But Edward seems to have kept the King's favour as late as 1535. He was Henry's Standard Bearer in 1531, and in 1534 he was Constable of
Leeds Castle
Leeds Castle is a castle in Kent, England, southeast of Maidstone. It is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the east of the village of Leeds.
A castle has existed on the site since 857. In the 13th century, it came into the ...
in Kent.
But a few years later Henry turned against him. Early in 1538, Henry's chief minister
Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell (; 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charge ...
was warned that Edward Neville was secretly trying to obtain the estates of
Moatenden Priory, which had been
recently dissolved. However, Cromwell had already marked these lands as his own and made a payment of £3,500.
Cromwell, after the death of the
Earl of Northumberland
The title of Earl of Northumberland has been created several times in the Peerage of England and of Great Britain, succeeding the title Earl of Northumbria. Its most famous holders are the House of Percy (''alias'' Perci), who were the most po ...
in 1537, had marked its property for his own. After the
Pilgrimage of Grace
The Pilgrimage of Grace was a popular revolt beginning in Yorkshire in October 1536, before spreading to other parts of Northern England including Cumberland, Northumberland, and north Lancashire, under the leadership of Robert Aske. The "most ...
, many conservative nobles were accused of treason.
[Eric Ives, ''Anne Boleyn'' p.416] Neville was arrested on 3 November 1538, for conspiracy, along with his cousin
Henry Pole. They were charged with high treason for conspiracy with Henry's exiled brother, Cardinal
Reginald Pole
Reginald Pole (12 March 1500 – 17 November 1558) was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and the last Catholic archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558, during the Counter-Reformation.
Early life
Pole was born a ...
: "devising to maintain, promote, and advance
ardinal Pole late Dean of Exeter, enemy of the King, beyond the sea, and to deprive the King." Neville was sent to the Tower, tried at Westminster, and beheaded on 8 December at
Tower Hill
Tower Hill is the area surrounding the Tower of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is infamous for the public execution of high status prisoners from the late 14th to the mid 18th century. The execution site on the higher grou ...
.
A patent was issued to Cromwell confirming his estate, possession and interest in the site of the late priory, of Mottenden, and the manors of Mottenden, Plushenden, Plomford, and Delmynden in Kent; the rectory of Lancing, Sussex, and all tithes thereto belonging; the advowson of the parish church of Lancing and the vicarage of the same church; a saltmarsh in Canwynden alias Derwishop, Essex; and all lands, &c., in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Essex, late of John Gregory alias John Harietsham, late minister of the Trinitarian priory of Mottenden. While it looked as if Cromwell had planned to end Neville for the lands, payments for the area predate any conspiracy theory.
Children of Sir Edward Neville and Eleanor.
*
Edward Nevill, 7th Baron Bergavenny
Edward Nevill, ''de facto'' 7th Baron Bergavenny ( – 10 February 1588) was a ''de facto'' English peer.
The son of Sir Edward Nevill, he was considered to have succeeded to the Barony upon the death of Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny, his ...
(d. 10 Feb 1588/1589)
* Sir
Henry Neville Henry Neville or Nevile may refer to:
*Henry Neville (died c.1415), MP for leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency), leicestershire
*Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland (1525–1564), English peer
*Henry Neville (Gentleman of the Privy Chamb ...
d. 1593
* Katherine Neville, married
Clement Throckmorton. Had issue.
[Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham. ''Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families.'' pg 639.]
* Elizabeth Neville
* Mary Neville
* Frances Neville, (b. 1519, d. 18 Oct 1599), who married
Edward Waldegrave
Sir Edward Waldegrave (c. 15161 September 1561) was an English courtier and Catholic recusant.
Family
Edward Waldegrave was the eldest son of John Waldegrave (died 1543) by Lora Rochester, daughter of Sir John Rochester of Essex, and sister of ...
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References
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1471 births
1538 deaths
People executed under the Tudors for treason against England
Executed Welsh people
Edward
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
People from Abergavenny
Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber
15th-century Welsh politicians
16th-century Welsh politicians
People from Surrey (before 1889)
People executed by Tudor England by decapitation
People executed under Henry VIII
Esquires of the Body
Younger sons of barons