Edward Neville , KG, Baron Bergavenny, Sir 
Edward was born about 1413 in Raby Castle, Raby with Keverstone, Staindrop, Durham, England. Edward's father was Ralph de Neville , KG, 1st Earl Westmorland and his mother was Joan Beaufort. His paternal grandparents were John 3rd Baron de Neville , of Raby, KG, Sir and Maud de Percy; his maternal grandfather was John Plantagenet of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Richard, George, Katherine, Eleanor, Anne and Cecily de. He was the second youngest of the seven children. He had a half-brother and three half-sisters, named Ralph de, Maud (Mathilda) de, Philippa de and Mary de. He died on October 18th, 1476 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales (dspm).General Notes
Edward Nevill(e), 1st Lord (Baron) Bergavenny or Neville de Bergavenny, so created by writ of summons 5 Sep 1450; granted license by Henry VI to take possession of the lands of Abergavenny but in possession of the castle at Abergavenny for only a short while; married 1st by 18 Oct 1424 Elizabeth Beauchamp, according to later doctrine Baroness Bergavenny or Beauchamp de Bergavenny in her own right, and had issue. The 1st Lord (Baron) Bergavenny married 2nd 15 Oct 1448 his 3rd cousin Catherine, daughter of Sir Robert Howard and sister of 1st Duke of Norfolk, and died 18 Oct 1476, having had further issue. [Burke's Peerage]
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Sir Edward de Neville, KG, d. 18 Oct 1476, Lord Burgavenny; m. (1) bef. 18 Oct 1424 Elizabeth Beauchamp, b. 16 Sep 1415, d. 18 Jun 1448, only daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, KB, Lord Bergavenny, b. by 1397, being 14+ in June 1411, dsp in France 18 Mar 1421/2 (son of William Beauchamp, KG, Lord Bergavenny, and Joan Fitz Alan), and Isabel le Despenser, m. 27 July 1411, (daughter of Thomas le Despenser and Constance, daughter of Edmund, Duke of York). [Magna Charta Sureties]
Note: According to the above citation, Richard de Beauchamp, "dsp" in France 18 Mar 1421/2, but had an "only daughter"!? (I assume he was "dspm".) Also the Bergavenny spelling wins 2 to 1 over Burgavenny.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1331 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.17 Oct 1388 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England
- b.< 1364 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.21 Oct 1425 in Raby Castle, Durham, England
- b.~ 1344 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.BEF. 18 FEB 1378/79
- b.~ 1413 in Raby Castle, Raby with Keverstone, Staindrop, Durham, England d.18 Oct 1476 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales (dspm)
- b.MAR 1339/40 in Bavon Abbey, Ghent, Flanders d.3 FEB 1398/99 in Leicester Castle, London, Middlesex, England
- b.1375 in Beaufort Castle, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England
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Edward and Catherine were married in a religious ceremony on October 5th, 1448 in 2nd wife - special dispensation date.
Family Notes
Marriage
Date: 15 OCT 1448
Place: 2nd wife
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