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Richard NEVILLE, 16th Earl of Warwick

Male 1428 - 1471  (42 years)


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  1. 1.  Richard NEVILLE, 16th Earl of Warwick was born on 22 Nov 1428; died on 14 Apr 1471.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also known as: The Kingmaker
    • Occupation / Profession: Envoy to negotiate at various times with Brittany, Burgundy, France and Scotland.
    • Event: Succeeded in right of his wife (following her niece Anne's death on 3 Jan 1448/9) to the major part of the vast Warwick estates, including, as well as Abergavenny, Barnard, Cardiff, Elmley, Neath, Warwick and Worcester Castles, also the feudal lordship of Glamorgan.
    • Title: 16th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl of Salisbury
    • Honor: Bef 6 Aug 1445; Knighted
    • Occupation / Profession: 1446; Joint Warden of Carlisle and West Marches towards Scotland (also in 1453)
    • Title: 23 Jul 1449; Confirmed as Earl of Warwick [England. 1088] with remainder to his wife's heirs with the precedence of Premier Earl enjoyed by her ancestors as Earls of Warwick.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1450; Confirmed as Hereditary Chamberlain of Exchequer in right of his wife.
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1450 to 1470; Hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire
    • Event: 2 Mar 1449/50; He later exchanged the patent of confirmation (23 Jul 1449) for creation as Earl of Warwick and (his wife Anne as) Countess of Warwick, each for life, though with remainder after both their deaths to Anne's heirs of the body, with further remainder, should she have died without issue, to Anne's eldest half-sister Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury and the heirs male of her body, failing which remainder to the heirs general of her body, failing which remainder to the heirs of her father the late Earl of Warwick.
    • Occupation / Profession: Bef 6 Dec 1453; Privy Council (PC)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1455; - Yorkist commander at victory of St. Albans. - Captain of Calais
    • Occupation / Profession: 1458; Naval commander in maritime actions against Spaniards and Hanseatic merchants (from the north German coast) (also in 1459).
    • Event: 20 Nov 1459; Attainted with other Yorkist leaders.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1460; Governor of Chanel Islands
    • Honor: 1460; Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)
    • Occupation / Profession: 10 Jul 1460; Led Yorkists to victory over Lancastrians at the Battle of Northampton.
    • Event: Oct 1460; Pardoned after he led Yorkists to victory over Lancastrians at the Battle of Northampton (10 Jul 1460) and obtained custody of Henry VI.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1461; Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of Cinque Ports for life.
    • Occupation / Profession: Jan 1460/1; Lord Great Chamberlain
    • Occupation / Profession: Feb 1460/1; Commander of Yorkist army defeated by Lancastrians at 2nd Battle of St. Albans.
    • Occupation / Profession: Mar 1461; Commander of central block of Yorkist army at victory over Lancastrians of Towton.
    • Occupation / Profession: May 1461; Lord Great Chamberlain for life
    • Occupation / Profession: Jul 1461; Warden of East and West Marches towards Scotland.
    • Occupation / Profession: Dec 1461; Lord High Steward of England
    • Occupation / Profession: 1462; Admiral of England
    • Event: 1469; Put down Lancastrian rising in North under his relative Sir Humphrey Neville.
    • Event: Between Sep 1470 and Oct 1470; Having switched support from Edward IV to Henry VI in early 1470 he proclaimed Henry as king.
    • Occupation / Profession: Nov 1470; Joint Lieutenant of the Realm
    • Occupation / Profession: Jan 1470/1; Admiral of England, Ireland and Aquitaine

    Notes:

    Died:
    Killed at the Battle of Barnet, whereupon the earldom of Salisbury reverted to the Crown while the Earldom of Warwick remained vested in his wife according to the dual grant of 1450 (although a separate earldom of Warwick was conferred in 1472 on her son-in-law by patent). Died without male issue.

    Family/Spouse: Anne BEAUCHAMP, 16th Countess of Warwick. Anne was born about Sep 1426; died about 20 Sep 1492. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Isabel NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Sep 1451; died on 22 Dec 1476.
    2. 3. Anne NEVILLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jun 1456; died on 16 Mar 1485.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Isabel NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born on 5 Sep 1451; died on 22 Dec 1476.

    Isabel married George, 1st Duke of Clarence on 11 Jul 1469. George (son of Richard PLANTAGENET, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily NEVILLE) was born on 21 Oct 1449; died on 18 Feb 1478 in Tower of London, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Xx PLANTAGENET  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 5. Margaret PLANTAGENET  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Aug 1473; died on 28 May 1541.
    3. 6. Edward PLANTAGENET, 17th Earl of Warwick  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 21 Feb 1474/5 and 25 Feb 1474/5; died on 28 Nov 1499.
    4. 7. Richard OF CLARENCE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Oct 1476; died on 1 Jan 1477.

  2. 3.  Anne NEVILLE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born on 11 Jun 1456; died on 16 Mar 1485.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title: From 26 Jun 1483 to 16 Mar 1485; Queen consort of England

    Anne married Edward OF WESTMINSTER, Prince of Wales in Aug 1470. Edward (son of Henry VI, King of England and Margaret OF ANJOU) was born on 13 Oct 1453 in Palace of Westminster, London, England; died on 4 May 1471 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Anne married Richard III, King of England on 12 Jul 1472. Richard (son of Richard PLANTAGENET, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily NEVILLE) was born on 2 Oct 1452 in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England; died on 22 Aug 1485 in Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Edward PLANTAGENET, Prince of Wales  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Dec 1473; died on 9 Apr 1484.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Xx PLANTAGENET Descendancy chart to this point (2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1)

    Notes:

    Died young.


  2. 5.  Margaret PLANTAGENET Descendancy chart to this point (2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born in Aug 1473; died on 28 May 1541.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Margaret Pole
    • Occupation / Profession: 1509; Lady of the Chamber to Catherine of Aragon
    • Title: 1513; Countess of Salisbury
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1520 to 1533; Governess to Princess Mary (later Queen Mary I)
    • Event: Between 20 Mar 1539 and 20 May 1539; Was imprisoned in the Tower of London.
    • Event: 12 May 1539; Attainted (whereupon her honours were forfeited).

    Notes:

    Title:
    Declared by Parliament in her own right.

    Died:
    Executed by beheading.

    Margaret married Sir Richard POLE between 1491 and 1492. Richard (son of Sir Geoffrey POLE and Edith ST. JOHN) was born in 1462; died in Oct 1504. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Sir Arthur POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died after 10 May 1527.
    2. 10. Henry POLE, 1st Baron Montagu  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1492; died on 9 Jan 1538/9.
    3. 11. Reginald POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Mar 1500; died on 17 Nov 1558.
    4. 12. Sir Geoffrey POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1502; died in Nov 1558.
    5. 13. Ursula POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1504; died on 12 Aug 1570.

  3. 6.  Edward PLANTAGENET, 17th Earl of Warwick Descendancy chart to this point (2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born between 21 Feb 1474/5 and 25 Feb 1474/5; died on 28 Nov 1499.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Event: 1485; Imprisoned in the Tower of London by Henry VII.
    • Event: 1487; Impersonated by Lambert Simnel.
    • Title: 20 Sep 1492; (2nd/)17th Earl of Warwick
    • Event: 21 Nov 1499; Found guilty of high treason.

    Notes:

    Title:
    Succeeded his maternal grandmother (of the 1450 dual grant and the original 1088 creation).

    Died:
    Died without issue being executed by beheading. Whereupon his honours were forfeited (they were also subject to posthumous attainder Jan 1503/4, this attainder being in its turn reversed in 1513 so that his sister Margaret could have restored to her the title Countess of Salisbury).


  4. 7.  Richard OF CLARENCE Descendancy chart to this point (2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born on 5 Oct 1476; died on 1 Jan 1477.

  5. 8.  Edward PLANTAGENET, Prince of Wales Descendancy chart to this point (3.Anne2, 1.Richard1) was born in Dec 1473; died on 9 Apr 1484.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also known as: Edward of Middleham
    • Title: 1478; Earl of Salisbury
    • Title: 8 Sep 1483; Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died in the lifetime of the father.



Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Sir Arthur POLE Descendancy chart to this point (5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died after 10 May 1527.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: Lord of the Manor of Broadhurst, Sussex
    • Occupation / Profession: 1518; Gentleman of Bedchamber to Henry VIII
    • Occupation / Profession: 1520; Esquire of the Body
    • Honor: 1523; Knighted

    Arthur married Jane LEWKENOR about 24 Oct 1522. Jane (daughter of Sir Roger LEWKENOR) was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 12 Mar 1562/3. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 10.  Henry POLE, 1st Baron Montagu Descendancy chart to this point (5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1492; died on 9 Jan 1538/9.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Honor: 1513; Knighted
    • Title: Abt 12 Oct 1514; Baron Montagu [England. 1514]
    • Occupation / Profession: 1526; Steward of manors belonging to Tewkesbury Abbey
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1530 to 1538; Justice of the Peace (JP) in Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset and Sussex
    • Event: 4 Nov 1538; After being imprisoned in the Tower of London, attainted (whereupon all his honours were forfeited).
    • Event: 2 Dec 1538; Declared guilty of treason.

    Notes:

    Title:
    Was called by this title which by something like a consensus among modern historians is taken to constitute a new creation.

    Died:
    Executed by beheading.

    Henry married Jane NEVILLE about May 1520. Jane (daughter of George NEVILLE, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret FENNE) was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 26 Oct 1538. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Henry POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died after Sep 1542.
    2. 15. Catherine POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 23 Sep 1576.
    3. 16. Winifred POLE  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 11.  Reginald POLE Descendancy chart to this point (5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born in Mar 1500; died on 17 Nov 1558.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: - Charterhouse, Sheen - Magdalen College Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: - Dean of Wimborne Minster - Prebendary of Salisbury
    • Academic degree: 1515; Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Magdalen College Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: 1527; Dean of Exeter
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1532 to 1535; Vicar of Piddletown, Dorset
    • Occupation / Profession: Dec 1536; Cardinal
    • Occupation / Profession: Feb 1536/7; Papal Legate to England (also in 1553-57)
    • Event: 1539; Attainted in absentia
    • Occupation / Profession: 1549; Appointed by Pope Paul III as Abbot of Gavello or Canalnuovo
    • Event: 1554; Attainder reversed
    • Occupation / Profession: 1555; Archbishop of Canterbury
    • Occupation / Profession: 1555/6; Chancellor of Cambridge
    • Occupation / Profession: 1556; Chancellor of Cambridge and Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: 20 Mar 1555/6; Ordained priest

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died without issue.


  4. 12.  Sir Geoffrey POLE Descendancy chart to this point (5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1502; died in Nov 1558.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Honor: 1529; Knighted
    • Event: 29 Aug 1538; Imprisoned in the Tower of London.
    • Event: 4 Dec 1538; Pleaded guilty at his trial for treason.
    • Event: 4 Jan 1538/9; Pardoned.
    • Event: 1541; Fled abroad following his mother's execution.
    • Event: 1553; Only returned to England after Mary I came to the throne.

    Geoffrey married Constance PAKENHAM about 9 Jul 1528. Constance (daughter of Sir Edmund PAKENHAM) was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 12 Aug 1570. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Thomas POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Date of birth unknown; died between 12 Aug 1570 and 22 Nov 1570.
    2. 18. Henry POLE  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 19. Arthur POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1531; died between Jan 1570 and 12 Aug 1570 in Tower of London, London, England.
    4. 20. Edmund POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1541; died about 12 Aug 1570.
    5. 21. Geoffrey POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1546; died on 9 Mar 1590/1 in Antwerp, Belgium.

  5. 13.  Ursula POLE Descendancy chart to this point (5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1504; died on 12 Aug 1570.


Generation: 5

  1. 14.  Henry POLE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Henry4, 5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died after Sep 1542.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Event: Imprisoned in the Tower of London from an early age.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died without issue.


  2. 15.  Catherine POLE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Henry4, 5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 23 Sep 1576.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Event: Restored in blood (i.e., her father's attainder reversed as regards ability to inherit honours) by the Parliament of 1554-55.


  3. 16.  Winifred POLE Descendancy chart to this point (10.Henry4, 5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Winifred Hastings, Winifred Barrington

    Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas HASTINGS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas BARRINGTON, of Barrington Hall, Essex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Sir Francis BARRINGTON, 1st Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1560; died on 3 Jul 1628.

  4. 17.  Thomas POLE Descendancy chart to this point (12.Geoffrey4, 5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born in Date of birth unknown; died between 12 Aug 1570 and 22 Nov 1570.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: West Stoke and Lordington, Sussex

    Family/Spouse: Mary. Mary was born in Date of birth unknown; was buried on 27 Mar 1576. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 18.  Henry POLE Descendancy chart to this point (12.Geoffrey4, 5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1)

  6. 19.  Arthur POLE Descendancy chart to this point (12.Geoffrey4, 5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1531; died between Jan 1570 and 12 Aug 1570 in Tower of London, London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Event: Conspired, sometimes with his younger brother Edmund, to advance his own or Mary, Queen of Scots' claims to the throne of England.
    • Event: Oct 1562; Arrested with Edmund.
    • Event: 26 Feb 1562/3; Found guilty, again with Edmund, of treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London.

    Arthur married Mary HOLLAND between 15 Sep 1562 and 27 Jan 1563. Mary (daughter of Sir Richard HOLLAND and Eleanor) was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 16 Nov 1570. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 20.  Edmund POLE Descendancy chart to this point (12.Geoffrey4, 5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1541; died about 12 Aug 1570.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died imprisoned in the Tower of London.


  8. 21.  Geoffrey POLE Descendancy chart to this point (12.Geoffrey4, 5.Margaret3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1546; died on 9 Mar 1590/1 in Antwerp, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Lordington, Sussex
    • Education: Winchester

    Geoffrey married Catherine DUTTON about 1573. Catherine was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 1608. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Arthur POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1575; died on 23 Jun 1605 in Rome, Italy.
    2. 24. Geoffrey POLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1577; died before 7 Jan 1619 in Rome, Italy.



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