Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 8
Troupes - 5
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1406-09-17 (possibly born 22 Sept. 1407)
Death Date: 1484-11-04 (possibly died 03 Nov. 1484)

Siblings

Male

Neville, John (1410 - 1461) (patron)
Neville, Thomas ( - 1461)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Percy, Elizabeth ( - 1437)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1426-11-28
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Cobham, Margaret de ( - 1471)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1442-2
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Percy, Elizabeth ( - 1437)

  1. Male offspring: Neville, John (d. 1450)

From Cobham, Margaret de ( - 1471)

  1. Female offspring: Neville, Margaret de (n.d.)

Primary Title

2nd Earl of Westmorland

Titles

  • 2nd Earl of Westmorland
    Assumed 1425-10-21
    Vacated 1484-11-03
  • Baron Neville (of Raby)
    Assumed 1425-10-21
    Vacated 1484-11-03

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1432 1433
JP, Westmorland 1432 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1433/4 n.d.
Capt, Marches towards Scotland 1436-8-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Array in the North, England 1436 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1436/7 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1436/7 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1437 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1437 1441
JP, Northumberland 1438/9 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1439 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1440 1443
JP, Northumberland 1442 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1443 1444
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1443 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1444 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1447 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1448 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1449 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1451 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1451 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1452 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1453 1460
JP, Westmorland 1453/4 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1455 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1455 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1456 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1457 1460
Commissioner of Array in the North, England 1459 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1459 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Array in the North, England 1461 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Brancepeth, Durham
  • Raby, Durham
    Acquired: 1443

Lands

  • Northumberland

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1446-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Westmorland's Fool
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Westmorland's Lutenist
Performance 1430-1431 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Westmorland's Minstrel
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Westmorland's Minstrel
Performance 1439-1440 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Westmorland's Minstrel/s
Performance 1430-1431 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Westmorland's Minstrels
Performance 1446-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Westmorland's Minstrels
Performance 1448-1448 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Westmorland's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Westmorland's Fool Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Westmorland's Lutenist Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Musicians 1
Earl of Westmorland's Minstrel Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Earl of Westmorland's Minstrel/s Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Westmorland's Minstrels Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Entertainers/Minstrels 3

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)