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Sir John de Neville

Male 1328 - 1388  (60 years)


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  • Name Sir John de Neville  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 1328  Raby, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1346 
    Fought under his father at the Battle of Nevill's Cross 
    Occupation 1349 
    Served with the army in Gascony (France) 
    Occupation 1360 
    Knighted by Edward III after an exploit under the walls of Paris 
    Occupation 1367 
    3rd Lord Neville of Raby 
    Occupation 1367 
    Campaigned with the Black Prince in Spain 
    Occupation 1368 
    Joint Ambassador to France 
    Occupation 1370 
    Admiral of the North 
    Occupation 1372 
    Besieged in Brest by Bertrand du Guesclin 
    Occupation 1372-1381 
    Lord Steward of the Household (for Edward III and Richard II) 
    Occupation 1378-1381 
    Seneschal of Gascony 
    Occupation 1387 
    Joint Commissioner to treat for peace with Scotland 
    Died 17 Oct 1388  Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Nevill Chantry, Durham Cathedral, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5427  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Ralph de Neville,   b. 1291, Raby Castle, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1367, Raby, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Alice de Audley,   b. Abt 1304, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1375, Greystoke, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married 14 Jan 1326  Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maud de Percy,   b. Abt 1335, Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 18 Feb 1379  (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Married Jul 1357  Alnwick, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sir Ralph de Neville,   b. 1363, Raby Castle, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1425, Raby Castle, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     2. Eleanor de Neville,   b. Abt 1365, Raby, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1441, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2782  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume VIII, p. 270; Vol. IX, pp. 502-503 & Vol. X, p. 462 (a).

    2. [S728] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, Esq., (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1831), 326 & 386.

    3. [S721] The Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564, William Flower, Esq., Norroy King of Arms, edited by Charles Best Norcliffe, M.A., of Langton, (The Harleian Society, Mitchell and Hughes, Printers, 140 Wardour Street, W., London, 1881), 59, 189, 222 & 242.

    4. [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 6:2-32.