John De Neville 
John was born in 1328 in Raby With Keverstone, Durham, England. John's father was Ralph De Neville and his mother was Alice De Audley. His paternal grandparents were Ranulpf De Neville and Euphemia De Clavering; his maternal grandparents were Hugh De Audley and Isolde De Mortimer. He had four brothers and six sisters, named Ralph, Robert, Thomas, Alexander, Catherine, Eupheme, Eleanor, Margaret, Elizabeth and Isabel. He was the oldest of the eleven children. He died at the age of 60 on October 17th, 1388 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.General Notes
REFN: 11831AN
Admiral of the fleet in 1370; Governor of Bamborough Castle in 1377; Lieut
enant of Aquitaine and Seneschal of Bordeaux in 1378; Warden of the East m
arches in 1387.
K.G. [Lord of Raby; 3rd Lord Neville]
Admiral Sir
Son and heir
Knighted 1360
BARONY OF NEVILLE of Raby
III. 3. JOHN (DE NEVILLE), LORD NEVILLE, son and heir, had writs of live
ry of his father's lands in England and Scotland, after doing homage, Octo
ber 1367. He was a captain under his father at the battle of Nevill's Cros
s, 17 October 1346, and was knighted about April 1360. His life of publ
ic service was as active as his father's; he served in Aquitaine, 1366 a
nd the following years, and numerous commissions issued to him, December 1
367 onwards. In 1368 (September, October) he was joint ambassador to Franc
e. K.G. 1369. In 1369 and 1371 trier of petitions in Parliament; Admir
al of the North, July 1370, and in November following joint commission
er to treat with Genoa; steward of the King's household, 1372. In July 13
72 he sailed for Brittany on an expedition protracted for want of reinforc
ements. He was then for several years engaged in Scotland and the Marche
s. In December 1377 he had a patent of the keepership of Bamburgh Castle f
or life; and in 1378 licence to castellate Raby and Sheriff Hutton in 138
2. He was made keeper of Fronsac Castle, on the Dordogne, 3 June, and Sene
schal of Gascony io June 1378. Returning to England, he became Warden of t
he Marches (as above), and in 1381 conservator of the peace, co. Durham a
nd Sedbergh; joint commissioner to treat of peace with Scotland, May 13
83 and March 1386/7. In July 1385 he was under orders to accompany the Ki
ng to Scotland. He married, 1stly, Maud, daughter of Henry (DE PERCY), LO
RD PERCY, by Idoine, daughter of Robert (DE CLIFFORD), LORD CLIFFORD. Sh
e, who died before 18 February 1378/9, was buried in Durham Cathedra
l. He married, 2ndly, before 9 October 1381, Elizabeth, according to mode
rn doctrine suo jure BARONESS LATIMER, daughter and heir of William (LE LA
TIMER), LORD LATIMER. He died at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 17 October 1388. H
is widow had writs for dower, and livery of her inheritance, November 138
8, July and November 1389. She married, 2ndly, as his 3rd wife, Robert (
DE WILLOUGHBY), LORD WILLOUGHBY of Eresby, and died 5 November 1395. [CP 9
:502-3],
John completed the building of the present Raby Castle. He was apparent
ly a very good captain. He died in 1388 and is buried in the Durham Cathed
ral in the Nevill Chantry. Although, during the Civil War of 1650, his to
mb experienced damage due to the Scottish prisoners.
Knighted 1360
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b: Available: [Online]: (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?
db=utzing) [30 August 2002].
BARONY OF NEVILLE of Raby
III. 3. JOHN (DE NEVILLE), LORD NEVILLE, son and heir, had writs of live
ry of his father's lands in England and Scotland, after doing homage, Octo
ber 1367. He was a captain under his father at the battle of Nevill's Cros
s, 17 October 1346, and was knighted about April 1360. His life of publ
ic service was as active as his father's; he served in Aquitaine, 1366 a
nd the following years, and numerous commissions issued to him, December 1
367 onwards. In 1368 (September, October) he was joint ambassador to Franc
e. K.G. 1369. In 1369 and 1371 trier of petitions in Parliament; Admir
al of the North, July 1370, and in November following joint commission
er to treat with Genoa; steward of the King's household, 1372. In July 13
72 he sailed for Brittany on an expedition protracted for want of reinforc
ements. He was then for several years engaged in Scotland and the Marche
s. In December 1377 he had a patent of the keepership of Bamburgh Castle f
or life; and in 1378 licence to castellate Raby and Sheriff Hutton in 138
2. He was made k
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1197 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.1242
- b.~ 1223 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.1282
- b.~ 1198 in Monmouthshire, Wales d.>Nov 1247
- b.1240 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.06 Jun 1271
- b.~ 1186 in Castle Mitford, Northumberland, England d.~ 1242 in Castle Mitford, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1220 in Durham, England d.>18 May 1315
- b.18 Oct 1262 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.>18 Apr 1331 in England
- b.~ 1180 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England d.07 Dec 1251 in England
- b.~ 1210 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England d.31 Mar 1270 in Spennithorne, Yorkshire, England
- b.1184 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d. in Middleham, Yorkshire, England
- b.1244 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England d.<11 Apr 1320 in Coverham, Yorkshire, England
- b.1185 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.1245
- b.~ 1216 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d. in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1197 in Stoke, Devonshire, England d.~ 1216 in England
- b.1301 in Raby Castle, Durham, England d.05 Aug 1367 in Durham, England
- b.~ 1194 in Warkworth, Northumberland, England d.~ 1240
- b.~ 1229 in Warkworth, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1206 in Barnard Castle, Durham, England d.29 Jul 1251 in Stokesby, Durham, England
- b.1247 in Clavering, Essex, England d.29 Apr 1310 in Whalton, Northumberland, England
- b.1173 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England d.> 1239
- b.~ 1220 in Northumberland, England d.> 1256
- b.~ 1205 in Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1268 in Warkworth, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.1329 in Raby Castle, Durham, England
- b.~ 1182 in Ashby De La Zouche, Leicestershire, England d.<14 May 1238 in Molton, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1190 in Ashby De La Zouche, Leicestershire, England d.10 Aug 1270 in England
- b.1179 in Coombe Biset, Wiltshire, England d.28 Jan 1232
- b.~ 1247 in Ashby De La Zouche, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1195 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.25 Apr 1264 in Palestine
- b.~ 1222 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.<20 Aug 1296 in England
- b.~ 1200 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.>21 Nov 1245 in England
- b.1328 in Raby With Keverstone, Durham, England d.17 Oct 1388 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1147 in Heleigh, Audley, Staffordshire, England d.> 1203
- b.~ 1175 in Heleigh, Staffordshire, England d.<19 Nov 1245 in Mainwaring, Bersted, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1153 in England
- b.~ 1225 in Heleigh, Audley, Staffordshire, England d.11 Jun 1272 in Ireland
- b.1155 in Warmingham, Chestershire, England
- b.~ 1196 in Mainwaring, Bersted, Sussex, England d.> 1249 in England
- b.~ 1167 in Kevelioc, Wales
- b.~ 1250 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England d.>Nov 1325 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1176 in Woodstock Manor, England d.07 Mar 1226 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.1207 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.07 Feb 1250 in Al-Mansura, Egypt
- b.~ 1188 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England d.24 Aug 1261 in Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire England
- b.~ 1226 in Chitterne, Wiltshire, England d.22 Nov 1299 in England
- b.~ 1177 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1206 in Brattleby, Lincolnshire, England d.01 Jan 1251
- b.~ 1176 in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1300 in Hadley, Staffordshire, England d.11 Jan 1373 in Greystoke, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1099 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.1185
- b.~ 1155 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.24 Jun 1214 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
- b.1117 in Egremont, Cumberlandshire, England d.> 1190
- b.~ 1190 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.06 Aug 1246 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Oakham, Rutlandshire, Wales d.<21 Oct 1190 in Acre, Palestine
- b.~ 1172 in Oakham, Rutlandshire, Wales d.<31 May 1252
- b.~ 1140 in Eggington, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1246 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.> 1336 in Upper Arley, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
- b.1130 in Aberffraw, Anglsy, Wales d.1184
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1140 in Aberffraw, Anglsey, Wales
- b.~ 1205 in Caemarvonshire, Wales d.1251 in Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1139 in Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1178 in Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.~ 1141 in Menai, Anglesey, Wales
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They had two sons and five daughters, named Thomas, Ralph, Maud, Alice, Eleanor, Idina and Elizabeth.
Family Notes
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Children
Alice De Neville
Alice was born about 1359 in Raby with Keverstone, Durham, England. She died on June 20th, 1433.
Thomas De Neville
Thomas was born about 1362 in Raby Castle, Durham, England. He died on March 14th, 1407.
Ralph De Neville
Ralph was born in 1364 in Raby Castle, Durham, England. He died at the age of 61 on October 21st, 1425 in Raby Castle, Durham, England. He was buried after October 21st, 1425 in Collegiate Church, Staindrop, Co Durham, England.
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