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Neville, Cecily (1425 - 1450)

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Beauchamp, Tiptoft

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1425
Death Date: 1450-07-28

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Beauchamp, Henry de (1424/5 - 1446)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1434
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: One part of a double marriage including the marriage of Henry's sister Anne to Cecily's brother Richard.
  2. Tiptoft, John (1427 - 1470)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1449-4-3
    Union ended: exactly
    Note: Marriage license date

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Duchess of Warwick

Titles

  • Duchess of Warwick
    Assumed: 1445-04-05 (date of 1st husband's creation to dukedom)
    Vacated: 1446-06-11 (date of the death of her 1st husband, Henry Beauchamp, whereupon the Dukedom of Warwick became extinct [CP XII/2])
  • Countess of Worcester
    Assumed: 1449-07-16 (date 2nd husband created to earldom)
    Vacated: 1450-07-28
  • Lady Le Despenser
    Assumed: 1434 (date of 1st marriage)
    Vacated: 1439-04-30 (date 1st husband succeeded to earldom)
  • Countess of Warwick
    Assumed: 1439-04-30 (date 1st husband succeeded to earldom)
    Vacated: 1445-04-05 (date 1st husband created to dukedom)

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Keeper, Hampshire 1447 -5 -22 1st husband had held this office. Forest also in Wiltshire
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1449 -6 -5 1450 -07 -28 Hereditary office of 1st husband

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hanley Castle, Worcestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1434
    Divested: 1450-07
    A residence of 1st husband
  • Elmley Castle, Worcestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1439-12
    Divested: 1450-07
    A residence of 1st husband

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire: Olney Manor
  • Cornwall
  • Derbyshire
  • Devon: Langtree & Widdecombe; South Tawton Manor
  • Dorset
  • Durham: Barnard Castle; Gainford Manor
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire: Chedworth & Lydney Manors
  • Hertfordshire: Flamstead Manor
  • Lincolnshire
  • London (city-county)
  • London (city-county)
  • Middlesex
  • Northamptonshire: Long Buckby & Moulton Manors
  • Northumberland
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Rutland: Preston & Uppingham Manors
  • Somerset
  • (city-county) in Hampshire: Ashley & Mapledurwell Manors
  • Surrey
  • Sussex
  • Wales
    Lands in the March adjacent to Gloucestershire
  • Wiltshire
  • Worcestershire: Beoley, Elmley, Elmley Lovett, Grafton Flyford, Ribbesford, Salwarpe, Shrawley, Stoulton & Wadborough Castles & Manors; Worcester Castle & Hundred; Upton on Severn & Yardley Manors
  • (city-county) in Yorkshire
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Hatham Manor
  • Yorkshire: West Riding: Kimberworth Manor

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Duchess of Warwick's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duchess of Warwick's Minstrel Neville, Cecily (1425 - 1450) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Elmley Castle Worcestershire Private Residence
Hanley Castle Worcestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • Calendar of the Fine Rolls [1272--1509]. 22 vols. London: HMSO, 1911--1962
  • 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
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.