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Geoffrey (VII) DE NEVILLE

Male Date of birth unknown - Abt 1242


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Geoffrey (VII) DE NEVILLE was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 1242.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also known as: Geoffrey Fitz Robert or Fitz Robert Fitz Maldred
    • Event: Took his mother's family name because of the vast estates she had brought with her, notably Brancepeth and Sheriff-Hutton, now in North Yorkshire, together with land in Lincolnshire.

    Family/Spouse: Joan DE MONMOUTH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert (I) DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 20 Aug 1282.
    2. 3. Geoffrey (VIII) DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 26 Mar 1285.
    3. 4. John DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert (I) DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Geoffrey1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 20 Aug 1282.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: - Feudal lord of Raby and Brancepeth. - Commander at Henry III's forces beyond the Trent.
    • Event: 1257; Campaigned against Welsh.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1258; Keeper of Bamburgh, Newcastle(-upon-Tyne), Norham and Werk Castles.
    • Occupation / Profession: From Jan 1258 to Nov 1258; Sheriff of Northumberland
    • Occupation / Profession: 1261; Justice of the forests beyond the Trent
    • Occupation / Profession: 1263; - Captain for the defence of Yorkshire. - Sheriff of Yorkshire.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1265; Chief Justice of the forests beyond the Trent
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1267 to 1268; Commissioner to hear please of disinherited persons.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1275; Chief assessor of the fifteenth (a tax) in Northumberland and Westmorland.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1277; Keeper of Scarborough Castle

    Robert married Ida about 13 Apr 1273. Ida was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 18 May 1315. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Robert (II) DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1271.
    2. 6. John DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Geoffrey (VIII) DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Geoffrey1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 26 Mar 1285.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Event: He acquired Hornby Castle, Lincolnshire through his marriage to his wife.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1264; Fought for Henry III at the Battle of Lewes against Simon de Montfort.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1270; - Governor of Scarborough Castle. - Chief Justice of the please of forests beyond Trent, Cumberland, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1277; Called for military service against the Welsh (also in 1282 and 1283).

    Geoffrey married Margaret DE LONGVILLERS about 1267. Margaret (daughter of John DE LONGVILLERS) was born in Date of birth unknown; died about Feb 1318/9. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Geoffrey (IX) DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 8. Robert (I) DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 9. Edmund DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 10. William DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 11. Margaret DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 12. John (V) DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Aug 1269; died about Apr 1309.

  3. 4.  John DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Geoffrey1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: Priest, held living of Badsworth.



Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Robert (II) DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1271.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Event: By marriage to his wife, he acquired the lordship of Middleham together with extensive holdings elsewhere in Yorkshire, as well as some in Norfolk

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died in the lifetime of the father.

    Robert married Mary FITZ RANDOLF about 1260. Mary (daughter of Ralf FITZ RANDOLF) was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 11 Apr 1320. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Ralph DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. Robert DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 15. Randolph DE NEVILLE, 1st Baron Neville  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Oct 1262; died after 18 Apr 1331.

  2. 6.  John DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1)

  3. 7.  Geoffrey (IX) DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1)

  4. 8.  Robert (I) DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: 1296; Fought in Scotland.
    • Event: 1303; Defeated Scots raiders.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1312; Called for military service in Scotland (also in 1324).
    • Occupation / Profession: 1324; Called to Great Council

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Sir Robert (II) DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died about Jul 1373.

  5. 9.  Edmund DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1)

  6. 10.  William DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1)

  7. 11.  Margaret DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Margaret Northmilford

    Family/Spouse: Sir Robert DE NORTHMILFORD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. John DE NORTHMILFORD  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 12.  John (V) DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born on 10 Aug 1269; died about Apr 1309.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: Feudal lord of Hornby

    Family/Spouse: Pernel. Pernel was born in Date of birth unknown; died between Sep 1346 and Jun 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Sir John DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Nov 1299; died before 1 Dec 1355.


Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Ralph DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Membership: Clerk


  2. 14.  Robert DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: Clerk


  3. 15.  Randolph DE NEVILLE, 1st Baron Neville Descendancy chart to this point (5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born on 18 Oct 1262; died after 18 Apr 1331.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also known as: Ranulf de Neville
    • Title: 24 Jun 1295; 1st Baron Neville (of Raby) [England. 1295]
    • Event: 1313; Found guilty of incest with his daughter Lady de Faucomberge (Anastasia).

    Notes:

    Title:
    Created (according to later doctrine) by writ of summons to Parliament.

    Family/Spouse: Eupheme FITZROGER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Robert NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died in Jun 1319.
    2. 20. Sir Alexander NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 15 Mar 1366/7.
    3. 21. John NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1333.
    4. 22. Thomas NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 23. Anastasia NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 24. Mary NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 25. Ida NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 26. Eupheme NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    9. 27. Ralph NEVILLE, 2nd Baron Neville  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1291; died on 5 Aug 1367.

    Family/Spouse: Margery DE THWENG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 16.  Sir Robert (II) DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (8.Robert3, 3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died about Jul 1373.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: Feudal lord of Hornby
    • Event: 1342; Summoned to the Great Council at Westminster.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1344; Justice of the Peace (JP) in West Riding in Yorkshire (also in 1346).
    • Event: 1344; Knigted
    • Occupation / Profession: 1346; Fought at Crécy.
    • Event: From 1346 to 1347; Was at the Siege of Calais (successfully conducted by Edward III).

    Family/Spouse: Joan DE ATHERTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Robert (III) DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 4 Apr 1413.
    2. 29. John DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 30. Giles DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 31. Thomas DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 32. William DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 33. Geoffrey DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth DE ST. LAURENCE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 17.  John DE NORTHMILFORD Descendancy chart to this point (11.Margaret3, 3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1)

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died without issue.


  6. 18.  Sir John DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (12.John3, 3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born on 30 Nov 1299; died before 1 Dec 1355.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Event: Member of the household of Thomas, 1st Earl of Lancaster of the 1267 creation (grandson of Henry III).
    • Event: 1324; Called to the Great Council.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1325; Called for military service at Guienne.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1326; Justice of the Peace (JP) in (North and West Ridings of Yorkshire)
    • Honor: 1326; Knighted
    • Occupation / Profession: 1335; Called for military service against the Scots.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    or 1300.

    Died:
    Died without issue.



Generation: 5

  1. 19.  Robert NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (15.Randolph4, 5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died in Jun 1319.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also known as: The Peacock of the North
    • Event: 24 Jun 1314; Captured by the Scots at their victory of Bannockburn.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Killed by Sir James Douglas (known as 'the Good', but also, especially by the English, as the 'Black Douglas' from his dark complexion) outside the walls of Berwick in single combat, a contest arranged in revenge for the killing by Neville and his brothers the previous December of Richard FitzMarmaduke.


  2. 20.  Sir Alexander NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (15.Randolph4, 5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 15 Mar 1366/7.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Event: 1319; Taken prisoner by the Scots with his elder brother Ralph and younger brother John on the occasion of his eldest brother's death. Their ransoming cost their father a crippling sum.


  3. 21.  John NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (15.Randolph4, 5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1333.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Event: 1322; Imprisoned at York, probably because he was one of those opposed to Edward II.
    • Event: Abt 1322; Pardoned for his complicity in the killing of Richard FitzMarmaduke.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill (English victory over Scots).


  4. 22.  Thomas NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (15.Randolph4, 5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: Prebendary of St. Patrick's Dublin
    • Occupation / Profession: 1340; Archdeacon of Durham


  5. 23.  Anastasia NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (15.Randolph4, 5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Anastasia de Faucomberge

    Family/Spouse: Sir Walter DE FAUCOMBERGE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 24.  Mary NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (15.Randolph4, 5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1)

  7. 25.  Ida NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (15.Randolph4, 5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1)

  8. 26.  Eupheme NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (15.Randolph4, 5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1)

  9. 27.  Ralph NEVILLE, 2nd Baron Neville Descendancy chart to this point (15.Randolph4, 5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born about 1291; died on 5 Aug 1367.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: 1322; Constable of Warkworth Castle
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1331 to 1337; Steward of the Household
    • Title: From 18 Apr 1331 to 5 Aug 1367; 2nd Baron Neville (of Raby) [England. 1295]
    • Occupation / Profession: 1332; Keeper of the Forest beyond Trent
    • Occupation / Profession: 1334; Warden of the Scottish Marches
    • Occupation / Profession: 1336; Appointed for life as Keeper of the Forest beyond Trent.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1338; - Keeper of Bamburgh Castle (also in 1340). - Participated in English sieges of Dunbar.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1338; Participated in English sieges of Dunbar.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1339; Participated in the relief of Perth when besieged by Scots.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1343; Commissioner of the peace in Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1345; - Joint commander in repelling Scots invasion of Westmorland, as well as perenially involved in warfare and negotiations with Scots generally, also in diplomatic negotiations on the Continent. - Deputy Sheriff of Westmorland.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1346; Commanded 1st Division at victory of Scots of Neville's Cross near Durham where David II, King of Scots, was captured by English.

    Family/Spouse: Alice DE AUDLEY. Alice was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 12 Jan 1373/4. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Alexander NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 16 May 1392.
    2. 35. Robert NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 1345.
    3. 36. Ralph NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 37. Sir William NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 1389.
    5. 38. Eufeme NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died between Oct and Nov 1393.
    6. 39. Katherine NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 40. Margaret NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died between 11 May and 13 May 1372.
    8. 41. Isabel NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    9. 42. Eleanor NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    10. 43. Elizabeth NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    11. 44. John NEVILLE, 3rd Baron Neville  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1330; died on 17 Oct 1388.

  10. 28.  Robert (III) DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (16.Robert4, 8.Robert3, 3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 4 Apr 1413.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: - Feudal lord of Hornby. - Member of Black Prince's household.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1356; Served at the Battle of Poitiers.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1377; Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1378 to 1379; Sheriff of Yorkshire

    Robert married Margaret DE LA POLE about 1344. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 45. Sir Thomas DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 1387.
    2. 46. Margaret DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 47. Joan DE NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point

  11. 29.  John DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (16.Robert4, 8.Robert3, 3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1)

  12. 30.  Giles DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (16.Robert4, 8.Robert3, 3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1)

  13. 31.  Thomas DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (16.Robert4, 8.Robert3, 3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1)

  14. 32.  William DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (16.Robert4, 8.Robert3, 3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1)

  15. 33.  Geoffrey DE NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (16.Robert4, 8.Robert3, 3.Geoffrey2, 1.Geoffrey1)



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