General Notes

REFN: 11734AN
Lord of Raby; Governor of Norham, Werke, Bamborough, York & Pickering Cast
les
Warden of the forests north of Trent in 1261; Captain-General of the forc
es north of Trent; Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1263.
Son and heir
1st wife Unknown
2nd wife widow Mrs. Ida Bertram
Inherited Ashby and Toynton in Lincolnshire, England from his grandmothe
r, Isabel De Neville FitzMaldred De Brakenberg.
ROBERT DE NEVILLE, son and heir, had succeeded his father by Michaelmas 12
42. In 1251 he and his brother Geoffrey were taking venison in the fore
st of Galtres for the King's Christmas larder. He did fealty, 7 May 125
4, after the death of his grandmother Isabel de Neville, and had live
ry of the lands of his grandfather Robert FitzMaldred. He was on active se
rvice in Wales in August 1257. Sheriff of Northumberland, January-Novemb
er 1258. In April of that year he was in Scotland on the King's business w
ith William le Latimer, sheriff of Yorks. He was acting as justice of t
he Forest beyond Trent, June 1258; and appointed justice, during pleasur
e, June 1261; chief of the eyre in Yorks, &c., March 1262. Neville stood f
irmly for the King in his troubles with the barons, and was made captain f
or the defence of Yorks, 12, and sheriff 13 June 1263. He was among the ma
gnates, headed by Prince Edward, who declared themselves equally willing w
ith the King to accept the arbitration of the King of France, at Windso
r, 16 December 1263. After the barons' victory at Lewes (14 May 1264
), he was summoned, with 5 other Northern barons, 3 June 1264, to give cou
nsel at a meeting in London, and on 18 July to come with horses and ar
ms to repel a threatened invasion. In 1267-68 he sat with Henry de Bratt
on and others as commissioners to hear pleas of disinherited persons. In 1
275 he was chief assessor of the 15th in Northumberland and Westmorland; a
nd was present at the Council at Westminster, 12 November 1276, which deci
ded to proceed to war against Llewelyn, being summoned for the conseque
nt campaign. He married, before 13 April 1273, as his 2nd wife, Ida, wid
ow of Sir Roger BERTRAM, of Mitford (see BERTRAM), and died shortly befo
re 20 August 1282. His widow had writs for assignment of dower October 12
82 and May 1283, and married, 3rdly, before 8 May 1285, John FITZMARMADUK
E, of Horden and Ravensholm, co. Durham, who died shortly before 16 Augu
st 1311. She was living 18 May 1315. [CP 9:495-6],
Lord of Raby; Governor of Norham, Werke, Bamborough, York & Pickering Cast
les
Warden of the forests north of Trent in 1261; Captain-General of the forc
es north of Trent; Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1263.
Son and heir
1st wife Unknown
2nd wife widow Mrs. Ida Bertram
Inherited Ashby and Toynton in Lincolnshire, England from his grandmothe
r, Isabel De Neville FitzMaldred De Brakenberg.
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db=utzing) [30 August 2002].
ROBERT DE NEVILLE, son and heir, had succeeded his father by Michaelmas 12
42. In 1251 he and his brother Geoffrey were taking venison in the fore
st of Galtres for the King's Christmas larder. He did fealty, 7 May 125
4, after the death of his grandmother Isabel de Neville, and had live
ry of the lands of his grandfather Robert FitzMaldred. He was on active se
rvice in Wales in August 1257. Sheriff of Northumberland, January-Novemb
er 1258. In April of that year he was in Scotland on the King's business w
ith William le Latimer, sheriff of Yorks. He was acting as justice of t
he Forest beyond Trent, June 1258; and appointed justice, during pleasur
e, June 1261; chief of the eyre in Yorks, &c., March 1262. Neville stood f
irmly for the King in his troubles with the barons, and was made captain f
or the defence of Yorks, 12, and sheriff 13 June 1263. He was among the ma
gnates, h