Sir John Neville ( 1387 – May 1420) was the eldest son of

Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Earl Marshal (c. 136421 October 1425), was an English nobleman of the House of Neville. Origins Ralph Neville was born about 1364, the son of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville by his wife Maud Percy (d. ...

(c. 1364 – 1425), a powerful

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, and Margaret Stafford (d. 1396), his first wife. As

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to the

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, he was styled ' Lord Neville'.

Life

John was born in or before 1387. Little is known of his upbringing or youth, but he was clearly expected to inherit his father's powerful position in

. John acquired a castle at

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, which was about 13 miles north of his father's

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