Geoffrey de Neville , Lord of Ashby 
Geoffrey de was born before 1140 in Ashby, Lincolnshire, England. Geoffrey de's father was Gilbert II de Neville. He was an only child. He died before September 29th, 1193 in Brancepeth, Durham, England.General Notes
Geoffrey (VI) de Neville; had attained his majority by 1161, a justice in Yorkshire 1184; married by Michaelmas 1176 Emma (died by 1208), only daughter and ultimately heir of Bertram de Bulmer, feudal Lord of Brancepeth, Co. Durham, and widow of Geoffrey de Valoignes, and died by Michaelmas 1193. [Burke's Peerage]
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Must have been of age in 1161. From 1162 he was receiving fifteen pounds yearly revenue from a grant of Ashby and Toynton. He gave lands for churches, among which was St. German's Church of Raby, In 1176 he was a circuit justice in Yorkshire. He married Emma, widow of Geoffrey de Valoignes and daughter of Bertand de Bulmer, before 1176. By the heiress of Bulmer, he acquired extensive estates, which after the death of his son Henry, without issue, devolved upon his daughter. Geoffrey was on the circuit as a Justice in Yorkshire. His lands passed to daughter Isabel.
Royal Justice 1183-1184
In charge of Berwick Castle
Marriage brought Bulmer lands in Durham and Yorkshire as permanent base in the north.
Established branch of Neville's in Durham and Yorkshire.
‌Geoffrey de and Emma de were married in a religious ceremony before September 29th, 1176 in 2nd husband. They had a daughter named Isabel de.
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Children
Isabel de Neville
Isabel de was born about 1175 in Burreth, Lincolnshire, England. She died in May 1254.
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