Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer (c.1468 – c. 28 December 1530) of
Snape, North Yorkshire, was an English soldier and
peer. He fought at the battles of
Stoke
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and
Flodden
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.
Richard Neville was the eldest son of Sir Henry Neville, who was killed on 23 July 1469 the day before the
Battle of Edgcote
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, and Joan Bourchier (d. 7 October 1470), daughter of
John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, by Margery, daughter and heiress of Richard Berners, esquire. He had a brother, Thomas Neville, and a sister, Joan Neville, wife of Sir James Radcliffe.
Neville's maternal grandfather,
John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, was the fourth son of
William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu in Normandy, and his wife
Anne of Gloucester, daughter of
Thomas of Woodstock, youngest son of
King Edward III
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. By her second husband,
Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford,
Anne of Gloucester was the mother of
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 6th Earl of Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford (15 August 1402 – 10 July 1460) of Stafford Castle in Staffordshire, was an English nobleman and a military commander in the Hundred Years' War and t ...
.
On his father's side, Richard Neville was the grandson of
George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer (d. 30 or 31 December 1469), and Elizabeth Beauchamp, the daughter of
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (25 or 28 January 138230 April 1439) was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.
Early life
Beauchamp was born at Salwarpe Court Richard Gough, ''Description of the Beauchamp chapel, adjoi ...
.
Career
When he was only a year old, Richard Neville inherited the barony together with lands in 24 counties, including
Snape Castle in Richmondshire, at the death of his grandfather,
George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer, on 30 or 31 December 1469. His wardship and marriage were purchased for £1000 in May 1470 by his great uncle,
Thomas Bourchier,
Archbishop of Canterbury
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, while his lands remained in the hands of the crown. He was made a
Knight of the Bath
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on 17 January 1478.
Neville had livery of his lands without proof of age on 8 May 1491. From 12 August of that year until 3 November 1529 he was summoned to Parliament by writs directed to 'Ricardo Nevill de Latimer chivaler'. However, in about 1494 his inheritance was contested by
Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke
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, who although summoned to the 1491 Parliament by writs directed to 'Roberto Willughby de Broke chivaler', nonetheless claimed that he was entitled to the Latimer barony and lands through his great-grandmother's brother, John Willoughby. Neville ultimately prevailed, and a
herald
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Heralds were originally messengers sent by monarchs or noblemen ...
recorded that 'the Lord Brooke had made a wrong claim'.
Neville's father-in-law, Sir
Humphrey Stafford (c.1426/7 – 8 July 1486) of
Grafton, Worcestershire, was a staunch supporter of
King Richard III
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. After Richard's defeat at
Bosworth, Stafford and
Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell
Francis Lovell, 9th Baron Lovell, 6th Baron Holand, later 1st Viscount Lovell, KG (1456 – probably 1487) was an English nobleman who was an ally of King Richard III during the War of the Roses. Sir William Catesby, Sir Richard Ratcliffe and ...
, fled to
sanctuary
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at
Colchester
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Colchester occupies the ...
. In April 1486 they attempted to stir up rebellion against the new King,
Henry VII, with Stafford trying to raise forces in the
West Midlands, and Lovell in
Yorkshire
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. When the rebellion collapsed, on 11 May 1486 Stafford again fled to sanctuary, this time at
Culham
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, but was not allowed to claim the privilege, and for his part in the insurrection was executed at
Tyburn
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on 8 July 1486.
In contrast, Neville appears to have supported the new regime. According to Ford, Neville's strengths were 'loyalty to the crown and military service'. On 16 June 1487 he fought at the
Battle of Stoke
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with Henry VII's forces which put down the rising of the pretender,
Lambert Simnel. He served with the army in the north after the
Earl of Northumberland
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was assassinated in 1489, and was with the King's forces in
Brittany
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in 1492. In 1499 he attended the trial of the pretender,
Perkin Warbeck
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. In 1513 he was with the
Earl of Surrey
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at the
Battle of Flodden
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, where he fought in the
vanguard
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...
. In September 1522 the
Earl of Shrewsbury
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consulted him regarding war against the
Duke of Albany
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History ...
.
Neville also served in non-military capacities. He was appointed to a number of commissions, and is recorded as being in attendance at festivities at court in 1488 and 1499. In 1503 he was among those who escorted
King Henry VII's daughter,
Margaret Tudor
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, between
Tadcaster
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and
York
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on her journey to Scotland to wed
James IV
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. In November 1515 he was among those present at
Westminster Abbey
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when
Thomas Wolsey
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was made Cardinal.
On 13 July 1530 Neville was one of the signatories to the letter petitioning
Pope Clement VII
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to grant
Henry VIII
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a divorce from
Catherine of Aragon
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historical Spanish: , now: ; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was List of English royal consorts, Queen of England as the Wives of Henry VIII, first wife of King Henry VIII from their marr ...
. He died shortly before 28 December 1530 at
Snape Castle, and was buried with his first wife, Anne Stafford, in the church of St. Michael at
Well, North Yorkshire.
Marriages and issue
Richard Neville married firstly, about 1490, Anne Stafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford of
Grafton, Worcestershire, and Katherine Fray (d. 12 May 1482), the daughter of
Sir John Fray,
Chief Baron of the Exchequer
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, by Agnes Danvers (d. June 1478), the daughter of Sir John Danvers (died c.1448), by whom he had six sons and six daughters:
*
John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer, who married firstly, Dorothy de Vere, daughter of
Sir George Vere by Margaret Stafford, and sister and coheir of
John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford
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; secondly, Elizabeth Musgrave; and thirdly,
Catherine Parr
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, later Henry VIII's sixth Queen.
*
William Neville (15 July 1497 – c.1545), author of
The Castell of Pleasure, who married, before 1 April 1529, Elizabeth Greville, the daughter of Sir Giles Greville, by whom he had a son, Richard Neville of Penwyn and Wyke Sapie,
Worcestershire
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, and two daughters, Mary and Susan. After the death without male issue of
John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer
John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer (c. 1520 – 22 April 1577) was an English peer, and the stepson of Catherine Parr, later the sixth wife of King Henry VIII.
Early life
John Neville, born about 1520, was the only son of John Neville, 3rd Baro ...
, William's son, Richard Neville (d. 27 May 1590), wrongfully assumed the title of Baron Latimer.
*Sir Thomas Neville of Piggotts Hall in
Ardleigh
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, Essex, who married Mary Teye, the daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Teye, by whom he had a son, Thomas.
*Marmaduke Neville of
Marks Tey
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, who married Elizabeth Teye, the daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Teye, by whom he had a son, Christopher, who died young, and a daughter, Alianore, who married Thomas Teye, esquire, of
Layer de la Haye
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The vill ...
, Essex.
*George Neville,
Archdeacon of Carlisle, (born 29 July 1509, buried 6 September 1567 at
Well, North Yorkshire).
*Christopher Neville.
*Margaret Neville (born 9 March 1495), eldest daughter, who married, by papal dispensation dated 22 November 1505, Edward Willoughby (d. November 1517) of
Alcester
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, Warwickshire, son of
Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke
Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke and ''de jure'' 10th Baron Latimer, (1472 – 10 November 1521) was an English nobleman and soldier.
Robert Willoughby was born about 1470–1472 (aged 30 in 1502, 36 in 1506), the son of S ...
(d. 10 or 11 November 1521), by his first wife, Elizabeth Beauchamp, by whom she had three daughters,
Elizabeth
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(buried 15 November 1562), who married Sir Fulke Greville (d. 10 November 1559), Anne (d. 1528) and Blanche (d. before 1543), who married Francis Dawtrey.
Elizabeth Willoughby and Sir Fulke Greville (d. 10 November 1559) were the grandparents of the courtier and author,
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (; 3 October 1554 – 30 September 1628) was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman who served in the House of Commons at various times between 1581 and 1621, when he was raised to the peerage.
Grevill ...
. After Edward Willoughby's death in November 1517, his widow Margaret Neville married her 3rd cousin Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe (as his 2nd wife; his 1st wife was Alice Frognall), son of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe and his wife Lady
Margaret Percy, 4th daughter of
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland. They had two children - Sir John Gascoigne, Lord of Louth in Lincolnshire, who married Barbara, and Dorothy Gascoigne who married Robert Constable of Flamborough, son of Sir Marmaduke Constable, Member of Parliament, by his 1st wife Elizabeth, daughter of
Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Darcy
Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Darcy or of Temple Hurst ( 1467 – 30 June 1537) was an English nobleman, the only son, and heir, of Sir William Darcy (1443 – 30 May 1488) and his wife, Euphemia Langton, the daughter of Sir John Langton. Darc ...
.
*Dorothy Neville, who married John Dawnay
*Elizabeth Neville (born 28 April 1500), who married, before 1531,
Sir Christopher Danby (c.1505 – 14 June 1571), of
Farnley, West Yorkshire, only son of Sir Christopher Danby (d. 17 March 1518) and Margaret Scrope, daughter of
Thomas Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Masham (d.1475). They had six sons, Sir Thomas Danby, Christopher Danby, John Danby, James Danby, Marmaduke Danby and William Danby, and eight daughters, Dorothy, who married Sir John Neville; Mary; Joan, who married Roger Meynell, esquire; Margaret, who married Christopher Hopton, esquire; Anne, who married Sir Walter Calverley; Elizabeth, who married Thomas Wentworth, esquire; Magdalen, who married Marmaduke Wyvill; and Margery, who married Christopher Mallory, esquire. Anne Danby and Sir Walter Calverley were the grandparents of
Walter Calverley (d.1605), whose murder of his children is dramatised in
A Yorkshire Tragedy, attributed on the title page to
William Shakespeare
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. It seems likely that Anne's brother, William Danby, was the
William Danby who served as coroner at the inquest into the death of
Christopher Marlowe
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in 1593.
*Katherine Neville.
*Susan Neville (1501 – c.1560), who married the rebel Richard Norton (d. 9 April 1585), esquire, the eldest son of John Norton (d. 1557) by Anne Radcliffe (d. before 1557).
*Joan Neville.
By licence dated 5 July 1502 Richard Neville married secondly, Margaret Danby (d. 16 December 1521), the widow of Sir James Strangways.
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External links
Neville, John, 3rd Baron Latimer, History of Parliament Danby, Sir Christopher, History of ParliamentWell Village Website
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15th-century English nobility
16th-century English nobility