Ranulph Neville, 1st Baron Neville (18 October 1262 – c. 18 April 1331) of

Raby Castle Raby Castle () is a medieval castle located near Staindrop in County Durham, England, among of deer park. It was built by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, between approximately 1367 and 1390. Cecily Neville, the mother of the Kings Ed ...

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, was an English nobleman and head of the powerful

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Origins

He 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 Middleham Castle is a ruined castle in Middleham in Wensleydale, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It was built by Robert Fitzrandolph, 3rd Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne, commencing in 1190. The castle was the childhood home of ...

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. Ranulph was heir to his grandfather Sir

Robert de Neville Robert de Neville, 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (c. 1223–1282), was a medieval English nobleman. Background The Neville family in England go back to at least the 11th century, and the historian Horace Round speculated that they were part of the ...

(d.1282) of Raby.

Marriages and children

Neville married twice: *Firstly to Euphemia de Clavering, daughter and heiress of John de Clavering or of his father

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de Clavering of

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in Northumberland. By his wife he had fourteen children including: RobertNeville PeacockOfNorth Died1319 BrancepethChurch

**Robert Neville (''c.'' 1287 – June 1319), the "Peacock of the North", eldest son and

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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). His cross-legged crusader-style effigy survives in St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth; **

Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville of Raby ( – 5 August 1367) was an English aristocrat, the son of Ralph Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby by Eupheme de Clavering. Neville led the English forces to victory against King David II of Scotlan ...

(''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

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; **Thomas Neville (''c.'' 1306 - before June 1349),

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. **Anastasia Neville (c.1285), wife of Sir Walter Fauconberg (d. 24 June 1314) who died at the

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); **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,

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Death and burial

Ranulph died shortly after 18 April 1331 and was buried in the choir of

Coverham Abbey Coverham Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, was a Premonstratensian monastery that was founded at Swainby in 1190 by Helewisia, daughter of the Chief Justiciar Ranulf de Glanville. It was refounded at Coverham in about 1212 by her son Ranulf f ...

, the patronage of which had been inherited from his mother.Tait, DNB

Footnotes

References

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neville De Raby, Ralph Neville, 1st Baron Of 1262 births 1331 deaths 13th-century English nobility 14th-century English nobility Barons Neville of Raby People from Staindrop