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Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484)

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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)

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 2nd Earl of Westmorland

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Brancepeth, Durham
  • Raby, Durham
    Acquired: 1443

Lands

  • Northumberland

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Westmorland's Fool
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Westmorland's Lutenist
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Westmorland's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Westmorland's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Westmorland's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Westmorland's Minstrels
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Westmorland's Minstrels
Performance - 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 Minstrel Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Westmorland's Minstrel Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Westmorland's Fool Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Westmorland's Minstrels Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Westmorland's Minstrels Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Westmorland's Minstrels Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Westmorland's Lutenist Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Musicians 1
Earl of Westmorland's Minstrel/s Neville, Ralph (1406 - 1484) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

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.