[3] It is famed for both its size and its art, including works by old masters and portraits. Cecily Neville, the mother of the Kings Edward IV and Richard III, was born here. It is strengthened periodically by buttress towers[15] and formed the second line of defence, the moat being the first. In the closing years of the century the Nevilles were becoming one of the most powerful families in northern England, rising in prominence to the rival House of Percy, Earls of Northumberland. Joan The House of Vane was responsible for much of the modernising of the castle, especially the interior. Annabel RADCLIFFE, Married:William MAULEVERER Wothersome, Yorkshire, England, 1. Before the Norman Conquest, the lands around were controlled by Gilpatrick. A great fortress standing proud and defiant, its history rolls back almost a thousand years. An Unique structures within the landscape are typical features constructed as part of an eighteenth century landscaped park, including a bath house, ice house, folly, temple and model farm. [14] He was impressed by the size and lands, contrasting with Barnard Castle, which was hemmed in by the surrounding town. There is evidently a witness list of one of Gilberts charters that Alice In 1403 he helped suppress the Percy rebellion in the North, and in 1405 he intercepted rebel forces at Shipton Moor, near York, and tricked them into surrender: the rising in Yorkshire thus lost much strength. expedition overseas. The Raby Nevilles led by Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland had taken up the Lancastrian cause, from the outset, Westmorland's brother John Neville, Lord of Raby was killed at Towton. [8], In 1378 Thomas Hatfield Bishop of Durham granted John de Neville a licence to fortify his property at Raby. The family include the When Geoffrey Fitzrobert de Neville was born in 1225, in Raby Castle, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Geoffrey de Neville 1st Baron de Neville, was 28 and his mother, Joan Longvilliers de Monmouth, was 23. Castle, Durham, England, Died: 1242 / 1249, Raby Her son Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland inherited the very old title Baron le Despencer; to him, the Neville family's senior title Earl of Westmorland was recreated and the peerage remains with his male-line descendants. [1], The family's wealth and power grew steadily over the following centuries. John DEINCOURT of Blankney (d. BEF 14 Oct 1257), 3. end the differences between the Earl of Stafford and Sir Hugh Shirley, [28], Junior lines of the Middleham Nevilles also survived, including the holders of the Latimer and Bergavenny baronies, based, respectively, at Snape and at Abergavenny Castle. In 1469 Warwick seized control of government, in conjunction with his brother George Neville, Archbishop of York, and Edward's own brother George, Duke of Clarence. John NEVILLE (Archbishop of York), Father: [8] Almost nothing of the family's papers survive from this period so there is little documentary evidence of Raby Castle's construction. England, Married 2: Reynold Mary Neville, the daughter of Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny fought a long legal battle to be recognised as heiress to all the remaining Neville estates and eventually these lands were split between herself and her cousin Edward Nevill. Round, Sanders, I.J. In 1069, William the Conqueror granted them to his Breton cousin Alan Rufus, who built a wooden motte-and-bailey castle above the town. France. He would eventually be deprived of his title by Act of Parliament in 1478, ostensibly on the grounds that he lacked the wealth required to maintain the standing of a duke. Modern genealogists have speculated about theories to connect Uhtred with his purported forebears, but none of these is supported by any direct evidence. Another early record shows Ranulph de Nevill of Raby, Durham, being summoned to Parliament as a Baron on June 8, 1294. [9] Raby was the family's seat of power, and there may have been a fortified house on the site of the present building from around 1300. Married: Emma The Nevilles' emergence into the highest echelon of the aristocracy received formal recognition in 1397, when the Lord of Raby Ralph Neville was created Earl of Westmorland by Richard II. He chose to make Raby his principal home and de-roofed and removed stone from Barnard Castle to repair and maintain Raby. Recognizing this Ralph Neville accordingly hastily switched sides, deserted the king and joined the rival Lancastrian claimant Henry of Bolingbroke when he landed in England to overthrow Richard's government in 1399. Raby Castle ( grid reference NZ12912177) is a medieval castle located near Staindrop in County Durham, England, among 200 acres (810,000 m 2) of deer park. Charles Neville and the Earl of Northumberland, Thomas Percy (whose noble families were once enemies), placed themselves at the head of the movement. TALBOT (1 E. Shrewsbury) BEF In 1569 the Nevilles and Percys buried their traditional rivalry to undertake the Revolt of the Northern Earls, an attempt to overthrow Elizabeth I and replace her with the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots. Father: William Deincourt, 2 B. Deincourt, and Margaret De Welles) BEF 1380, Raby, Durham, England, 1. [8], Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland, died in 1564 and was succeeded by his son, Charles. The case was decided in 1891 when the Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords decided his relative, Henry de Vere Vane, to be the 9th Baron Barnard and inheritor of the vast estates of Raby. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. Raby Estates embarks on the biggest restoration project in decades Click HERE to find out more. TALBOT The Nevilles, Earls of Westmorland, acquired it through marriage to a female descendant of Ribald in the 13th century. The story of the Rising of the North lands us with Charles Neville, the 6th Earl of Westmorland, born in 1542. She died s.p., 26 Aug 1446, and was buried in Roche Abbey, have actively participated in the suppression of the Earls' rebellion of Jan She died on 6 January 1548, in Salisbury . The monarch, whose power base was located in the south, had to rely on powerful lords from both houses to protect the border from Scottish invasion. Clanvowe's own relationship with Neville. Treasurer of England, Father: Burton Agnes implies she married It shared with a vast church estate some limited common land of 14,000 acres (5,700ha). and lies in the church there. Clarence, whose claim was founded on his marriage to Isabel Neville, gained the earldoms of Warwick and Salisbury. Alice Terrington. Service in the wars of the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries against Scotland and later in the Hundred Years War in France further increasing the House of Neville's standing. Bolingbroke took the throne as Henry IV and in reward for the instrumental part he played in the defeat of Richard II, Westmorland was given the new king's half-sister Joan Beaufort, as his bride. This meant depriving John Neville, who had remained loyal to the king when his brothers rebelled, of his title, lands and offices. Raby Castle, once the stronghold of the powerful Neville Family, guards the entrance to Weardale. c. 12671426), gentry", "(A)bergavenny, Baron (E, 1604 - dormant 1641), Creation: writ of sum. From her he was divorced Notes: her husband was slain at Hastings on Their alliance had been sealed by Clarence's marriage to Warwick's daughter Isabel. Richard I who was regent of Normandy in 1040. When Alexander de Nville II was born in 1210, in Raby Castle, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, Alexander de Neville I, was 35 and his mother, Margaret de Neville, was 30. Castle, Durham, England, Buried: Church of the Friars Minor, Yorkshire, England. Back in England, he was convicted of High Treason, and as a result his title Earl of Westmorland became extinct and Raby Castle and its estate fell into possession of the crown. pilgrimage near Constantinople, Neville two days later than Clanvowe. For In Aug 1402, he and Henry Euphemia Neville, b. Joan Beaufort was the illegitimate daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster by his mistress Katherine Swynford. Edward Married 1: Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). De NEVILLE, 2. NEVILLE (3 B. Neville of Raby), 7. Warwick and Clarence imprisoned the king and sought to rule in his name, but the new regime was unable to impose its authority, and Edward was released. At this time the Neville family's power in the north of England was matched only by the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland, with whom they developed a bitter feud. [7] In the second half of the 14thcentury the Nevilles began rebuilding several of their properties in northern England, including Raby Castle between roughly 1367 and 1390. In addition to Raby, they acquired or built important castles at Brancepeth near Durham and at Middleham, Sheriff Hutton and Snape in Yorkshire. 1155) BEF Dec 1176, Married 1: [3] This locality remained the principal seat of the family until 1569, their chief residence being at Raby in the north of the parish of Staindrop, where in the 14th century they built the present Raby Castle. De NEVILLE (Sir Knight), 5. The castle sits in a 200 acres (810,000 m2) deer park. [4] Architect William Burn carried out alterations to Raby Castle between 1843 and 1848, including adding new roofs to the great hall and the chapel and adding a drawing room to one of the towers in Jacobean style. Waleys, 2nd Baron Le Waleys, and Alice De (dau. NEVILLE (Sir), 1. Their Norman surname was only assumed in the thirteenth century. There is also a deer park, ipressive walled gardens, a coach and carriage collection, woodland adventure playground, picnic area and gift shop. Thomas WILLOUGHBY, Buried: St Mary's Abbey, York, Yorkshire, England. Gospatric, allied to Edgar theling, the Saxon heir to the throne and Earls Edwin and Morcar led a failed uprising against William the Conqueror in 1068. In 1569, many meetings were held at Brancepeth and Raby Castle between the rebelling Earls to plot their campaign. Warwick, who became known as 'the Kingmaker' the richest and most powerful man in England after the king, was the power behind the throne in the early days of Edward's reign, but the king's secret marriage in 1464 to the commoner Elizabeth Woodville, humiliated and angered Warwick and led to an increasingly bitter rift between the cousins. Willoughby, 4 B. Willoughby of Eresby. Henry would appear to married a niece of Gilbert Compte De Brionne, a grandson of duke Extensive alterations were carried out in the 17th and 18thcenturies. Gloucester acquired the old Neville estates in the north, establishing his claim by marrying Anne Neville, who had been widowed by Prince Edward's death in the final Lancastrian defeat at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471. days later, for on the eve of the battle he witnessed the agreement intended to Northumberland, England, 5. Skelbrooke, LUMLEY (Bishop of Carlisle and Lincoln), Married 2: In the mid-14th century, the Nevilles became involved in naval defence as well, holding the post of Admiral of the North. His youngest daughter Cecily, known as the 'Rose of Raby' or the 'Mother of Kings', married Richard the Duke of York in 1429 and found herself at the heart of the Wars of the Roses. Sir William Clinton), Born: ABT 1362/1367, of Prestwold, just a mile away, and property nearby at Cotes, as well as landed Neville of Raby, Knight, builder of the greater part of Raby Castle which is In the words of historian Anthony Emery, the work "converted it from a defendable house into a palace-fortress". While it increased the prestige of the Nevilles, the royal marriage also led to a serious rift in the Neville family. Robert De NEVILLE of Hornby (Sir), Married: Neville played cricket for Greenmount Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket League during the 1980s. Dolfin FITZUCHTRED of Raby, Married: Dau. Origins [ edit] Elizabeth LATIMER (B. Latimer of Corby), Married 1: Cecily Neville, the mother of the Kings Edward IV and Richard III, was born here. The male-line origin of the Neville family first appears in surviving records not until decades after the Norman Conquest of England (1066) and Domesday Book (1086), which did not cover County Durham, the area of their earliest recorded landholdings. We have very little evidence left from the time of the Nevilles as a result of the rebellion. there is a gay undertone to the Robin Hood legend. Isabel of John Danville), 1. Edward Nevill's descendants were raised to the status of Earls and then Marquesses of Abergavenny. Nevell, but the prevailing form is Nevyll or Nevill. genealogists, Admiral of the fleet of William the Conqueror. Maud [23] The family also acquired the barony of Latimer through the marriage of the first Earl of Westmorland's father, later passed on to one of the first earl's younger sons, and the baronies of Fauconberg and Bergavenny through the marriages of two more of those sons. [10] In the closing years of the century the Nevilles were becoming one of the most powerful families in northern England, comparable to the House of Percy, who had been made Earls of Northumberland in 1377. Bassingbourne), Married: Walter De FAUCONBERG (Sir Knight)(son of Sir Walter De Sussex ordered Bowes to raise his forces at Barnard Castle and be prepared to counter what was now an open rebellion. He married Joan Longvilliers de Monmouth about 1218, in Raby with Keverstone, Durham, England. Conqueror on his The king, whose court was based in the south, had to rely on powerful lords from both houses to protect the border from Scottish invasion, counterbalance each other's influence, and help with general governance. Disagreements arose amongst the leaders, and orders were given to return North. John married Maud de Percy, daughter of Lord Henry Percy, the first Earl of Northumberland. Besides their original powerbase in County Durham, they possessed a large block of lands in northern and central Yorkshire and significant holdings in Cumberland and Northumberland. The Neville or Nevill family (originally FitzMaldred) is a noble house of early medieval origin, which was a leading force in English politics in the later Middle Ages. [15][22], The castle is famous for its works of art, mostly collected by the Vane Family, including old masters and family portraits. Nonetheless, the victorious Yorkists did not allow the process of inheritance to follow its normal legal course. The Nevilles remained steadfast in the Catholic faith and Henry, 5th Earl, as a boy took part in the Pilgrimage of Grace a rebellion against Henry VIII's religious reforms. During the Middle Ages, the Neville family had great influence and saw both military and marital success. f. 159v, Gilbert is identified as his brother by Alan in Harley The Earl of Northumberland went back to his castle at Alnwick, while the Earl of Westmorland decided to attack George Bowes at Barnard Castle. Thomas He, Warwick, and Salisbury's younger son John Neville, now ennobled as Baron Montagu, directed the suppression of lingering Lancastrian resistance in the north, where the ousted dynasty clung on for three years after their decisive defeat at the Battle of Towton in 1461. Maud CLIFFORD Neville and Clanvowe died on Mother: [3] [4] His date and place of birth are unknown and are estimated (see Research Notes ). Thomas The youngest of his children by Joan Beaufort was Cicely, known as the "Rose of Raby" she married Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, the Yorkist claimant to the throne, and became the mother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III. Alton, Staffordshire, England, Married 2: [2] Similar passages can be found at York Castle and around the city of Oxford. STUTEVILLE (dau. Her son Francis Fane inherited through her the very old title of Baron le Despencer; to him, the Neville family's senior title of Earl of Westmorland was recreated, and remains with his male-line descendants. The Vanes Eleanor NEVILLE Sir George Bowes, a friend of the Earl of Westmorland but also a Protestant, was keeping watch for trouble in the North on behalf of the Queen and reporting back to the Earl of Sussex based in York. of Walcher, Bishop of Durham), Father: Auborn, [3] [4] Ralph HESELARTON (b. Thomas BEAUFORT (D. Exeter) BEF 15 Feb 1403/4, Hornby, The mid-fourteenth saw the family begin to hold high office at the court and in the Church. William NEVILLE (Esq. Ralph Neville had previously been married to Margaret de Stafford, and the earldom of Westmorland passed to his son by this first marriage. the Garter. News of the approaching Royal forces reached Raby, where Neville documents were gathered and taken away. Through her granddaughter Elizabeth of York, Queen of Henry VII, Cecily is an ancestress of the Royal family. The Castle is particularly famous for its works of art, mostly collected by the Vane Family, including old masters and family portraits. (d. before his father, Bourdeaux). AUDLEY (B. Neville of Raby) 14 Jan 1326, Stratton Audley, The eldest son of John, 3rd Baron Neville, he was knighted during a French expedition in 1380 . [4] Dolfin was succeeded by his son Meldred. The rebels returned to the Tees where forces divided. After the Rising of the North the castle became the property of the Crown for more than forty-three years before being bought by Henry Vane the Elder. [1] Following the Norman Conquest, most of the existing Anglo-Saxon aristocracy of England were dispossessed and replaced by a new Norman ruling elite, and although such survivals are very rare, continued landholding by native families was more common in the far north of England, including in County Durham, than in the south. They had also found their regional power weakened by losses suffered in the Wars of the Roses, and by the growing power of central government. Raby Castle, seat of the Neville family. of John associates her with all of the best acts of her noble husband. Ralph NEVILLE Baron Neville or Nevill was a title of nobility in England, relating to and held by the Neville family, a noble house in northern England. Dolfin was succeeded by his son Maldred and he in turn by his son Robert, who married the Norman heiress Isabel de Neville. His youngest daughter Cecily, known as the Rose of Raby or the Mother of Kings, married Richard the Duke of York in 1429 and found herself at the heart of the Wars of the Roses. Castle, Durham, England. Notes: he took his Cross on 17 Oct 1346. Alan also built the castle at Richmond. In further reward for the instrumental part he played in the defeat of Richard II, Westmorland was given the new king's half-sister Joan Beaufort, as his bride. of John De Stuteville and Agnes ? Katherine Neville The Life Summary of Katherine When Katherine Neville was born in 1399, in Raby Castle, Durham, England, United Kingdom, her father, Ralph de Neville 1st Earl of Westmorland, was 36 and her mother, Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmorland, was 20. The family became one of the two major powers in northern England and played a central role in the Wars of the Roses along with their rival, the House of Percy . Willoughby, 4 B. Willoughby of Eresby) BEF 9 Oct 1381, Raby, Their tombstone was sculpted with two helms kissing Westmorland's wife, Jane Howard, had played an active part in the rebellion, hoping to arrange a marriage between her brother Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk and the Scottish Queen. names his two sons William and Walter and includes Alan, son of Salisbury's own eldest son Richard became Earl of Warwick by the same means. Westmorland, to the exclusion of his heir, his sister of the whole blood, Each bore similar Coat of Arms with the Motto "NeVile Velis" meaning "Form no Vile wish or thought." Onthe spelling of the surname Neville, the Abergavennybranch reject the final "e", while the Braybroookebranch retain it. The paintings in this room are mostly portraits of members of the family or associates. Burke (peerage under Furnival) 1324) Ralph Neville, Robert Neville, William Neville, Catherine, Eleanor, Euphemia and Margaret Neville, who married Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland the son of the renowned Harry Hotspur. De NEVILLE (1 B. Neville of Raby), Married: The Castle was defended in the Civil War but remained relatively unaltered until three stages of rebuilding occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries. Married: Elizabeth They also held scattered estates in Lancashire and further south in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Essex. The Nevilles were Catholics and Charles was one of the leaders of the failed Rising of the North in 1569 against England's Protestant Queen ElizabethI. Owing to the severity of the threat to the Crown, more than 800rebels were executed and Charles Neville and Thomas Percy (Earl of Northumberland and another leader of the rebellion) fled into exile. Neville had now become very experienced in Scottish affairs, having long been a warden of the West March of Scotland, and was charged with the safekeeping of the northern border during Henry Vs absences in France. Please follow the signs on entry. William HARRINGTON (Sir Knight), Father: To commemorate the English victory, Ralph Neville ordered a cross erected on the battlefield, from which the battle derives its name. NEVILLE of Hornby (Sir), Married: He had five brothers, including Alexander Neville, Archbishop of York, and four sisters . holdings across the border at Bunny and Nottingham. John Neville was made Earl Marshal of England on the day of Henry's coronation and a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1403. Lord of Raby; Lord of Brancepeth. The monarch, whose power base was located in the south, had to rely on powerful lords from both houses to protect the border from Scottish invasion. His daughter Tracey cites this as her earliest sporting memory. Public Catholic worship had been prohibited Queen Elizabeth. By hanging these portraits side by side it highlights the two main families who have owned Raby Castle since its creation in the 14th century. Montagu's estates should have passed to his son George Neville, Duke of Bedford, along with the considerable portion of Warwick's inherited possessions which had been entailed to heirs male, giving Bedford precedence over Warwick's daughters.
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