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unusual facts about Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland



1405

May 29 – In England,Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, meets Archbishop Richard le Scrope of York and Earl of Norfolk Thomas Mowbray in Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their rebellious army home and then imprisons them.

Battle of Wakefield

By another account, the Annales Rerum Anglicorum, John Neville himself obtained a Commission of Array from Richard of York to raise 8,000 men to fight on York's side under the Earl of Westmoreland, John Neville's older brother and the most senior peer in the family.

Nevill baronets

He was a descendant of Sir Robert Nevill, of Eldon, fourth son of Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby (great-uncle of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland).

Ralph Neville

He died in his London palace, built on a street later renamed Chancery Lane owing to his connection with the chancery.

They are currently in the National Archives of the United Kingdom, having previously formed part of the Public Record Office.

Ralph Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby

# Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby (c.1291 – 5 August 1367), married Alice de Audley and had issue

Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby

# John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby (1322/8–17 October 1388), married firstly Maud Percy and secondly Elizabeth Latimer and had issue with both

Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby (c.1291 – 5 August 1367) was an English aristocrat, son of Ralph Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby and Euphemia de Clavering.

Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland

Lady Joan Beaufort died in 1440, and eventually a settlement was reached in 1443 which, according to Pollard, represented a 'crushing defeat' for Neville, who regained the barony of Raby but was forced to concede the rest of the disputed lands to Salisbury.

He had two brothers, John Neville, Baron Neville (c.1410-1461), who was slain at the Battle of Towton on 29 March 1461, and Sir Thomas Neville (died c. 1461) of Brancepeth, Durham, and one sister, Margaret, who married Sir William Lucy of Woodcroft, Bedfordshire.

Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland

As a young man, Westmorland was among those who attended King Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in June 1520 and at his meeting with Emperor Charles V at Gravelines in July.


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