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Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1428-11-22
Death Date: 1471-04-14

Notes

Attainted 20 Nov. 1459; attainder reversed Oct. 1460

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1434
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: year of betrothal

Primary Title

  • 16th Earl of Warwick

Titles

  • Lord Bergavenny
    Assumed: 1449
    Vacated: 1471-04-14
  • 16th Earl of Warwick
    Assumed: 1448/9-01-03 (patent of confirmation 23 July 1449)
    Vacated: 1471-04-14
  • 11th Earl of Salisbury
    Assumed: 1460-12-30 (possibly succeeded to title on 31 Dec. 1460)
    Vacated: 1471-04-14
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1445-08-06

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Master Forester, Lancashire 1445 -8 -6 Held jointly
Steward, Yorkshire: West Riding 1445 -8 -6 Held jointly
Warden, Marches towards Scotland, West March 1446 -4 -4 Held jointly
Warden, Cumberland 1446 -4 -4 Held jointly
Chamberlain of the Exchequer, England 1450 -12 -6
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1450 -7 -28 1470 Hereditary office
JP, Warwickshire 1452 1455
Privy Councillor, England 1453 -12 -6
Warden, Marches towards Scotland, West March 1453 -12 -20 Held jointly
JP, Westmorland 1454
JP, Cumberland 1454
JP, Derbyshire 1454 1458
JP, Gloucestershire 1454 1458
JP, Leicestershire 1454
JP, Northamptonshire 1454
JP, Nottinghamshire 1454 1463
JP, Staffordshire 1454
JP, Worcestershire 1454
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1454 1462
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1454
JP, Herefordshire 1454/5 1459
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1455
Steward, Monmouthshire 1455 -5 -31
JP, Staffordshire 1455/6
JP, Westmorland 1456
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1456
JP, Leicestershire 1456 1458
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1456/7
JP, Warwickshire 1457 1461
JP, Northamptonshire 1458 1471
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1458
JP, Worcestershire 1458 1459
JP, Staffordshire 1458/9
JP, Westmorland 1459
Chief Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1460 -12 -1 Held jointly
Governor, Channel Isles 1460 -8 -8
JP, Cornwall 1460
JP, Leicestershire 1460 1461
JP, Lincolnshire 1460 1461
JP, Kent 1460 1461
JP, Gloucestershire 1460
JP, Norfolk 1460 1466
JP, Derbyshire 1460 1463
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1460 1462
JP, Oxfordshire 1460 1462
JP, Shropshire 1460 1462
Keeper, Monmouthshire 1460 -11 -4
Keeper, Brecon 1460 -11 -4
Steward, Leicestershire 1460 -11 -18
Chamberlain of England, England 1460/1 -1 -22
Chamberlain of England, England 1461 -5 -7
Chief Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1461 -12 -15
Constable, Kent 1461 -5 -7
Constable & Steward, Staffordshire 1461 -11 -4
JP, Westmorland 1461
JP, Somerset 1461 1463
JP, Worcestershire 1461
JP, Southampton 1461
JP, Herefordshire 1461 1463
JP, Staffordshire 1461
JP, Suffolk 1461 1468
JP, Surrey 1461
JP, Cumberland 1461
JP, Bedfordshire 1461
JP, Northumberland 1461
JP, Huntingdonshire 1461 1462
JP, Hertfordshire 1461
JP, Essex 1461 1465
JP, Rutland 1461
JP, Dorset 1461
JP, Devon 1461 1466
JP, Wiltshire 1461
JP, Sussex 1461 1464
JP, Cambridgeshire 1461 1466
JP, Buckinghamshire 1461 1464
Keeper, Monmouthshire 1461 -5 -7
Master Forester, Derbyshire 1461 -11 -4
Master Forester, Staffordshire 1461 -11 -4
Steward, Worcestershire 1461 -5 -7
Steward, Yorkshire: West Riding 1461 -12 -15
Warden, Marches towards Scotland 1461 -7 -31 East & West Marches
Warden, Kent 1461 -5 -7 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
JP, Gloucestershire 1461/2
JP, Cornwall 1461/2
Lord High Admiral, England 1461/2 -2 -13 1462 -07
Capt, Cumberland 1462 -4 -5
JP, Westmorland 1462/3
JP, Lincolnshire 1462/3 1471
JP, Wiltshire 1463
JP, Dorset 1463
JP, Southampton 1463 1468
JP, Cumberland 1463
JP, Staffordshire 1463 1465
JP, Rutland 1463/4
JP, Worcestershire 1463/4
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1464 1468
JP, Surrey 1464
JP, Warwickshire 1464 1466
JP, Northumberland 1464
JP, Huntingdonshire 1464 1466
JP, Hertfordshire 1464 1465
JP, Gloucestershire 1464
JP, Leicestershire 1464
JP, Berkshire 1464
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1464 1468
JP, Kent 1464 1465
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1464/5 1467
JP, Cornwall 1465 1467
JP, Dorset 1465 1470
Sheriff, Westmorland 1465 -4 -11
JP, Somerset 1465/6
JP, Wiltshire 1465/6
JP, Shropshire 1465/6
JP, Sussex 1465/6
JP, Cumberland 1465/6
Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent 1466 -11 -21
JP, Surrey 1466
JP, Buckinghamshire 1466
JP, Oxfordshire 1466
JP, Nottinghamshire 1466 1468
JP, Staffordshire 1466/7 1470
JP, Bedfordshire 1466/7 1471
JP, Derbyshire 1466/7
JP, Berkshire 1466/7
JP, Leicestershire 1467
JP, Kent 1467
JP, Essex 1467 1470
Constable & Steward, Kenilworth 1467/8 -2 -14
JP, Devon 1467/8 1471
JP, Surrey 1467/8 1470
JP, Sussex 1467/8 1470
JP, Warwickshire 1467/8 1470
JP, Gloucestershire 1467/8 1470
JP, Oxfordshire 1467/8 1470
JP, Buckinghamshire 1468
JP, Somerset 1468 1470
JP, Shropshire 1468 1470
JP, Cambridgeshire 1468
JP, Norfolk 1468/9 1470
JP, Derbyshire 1469 1471
JP, Kent 1469 1471
JP, Worcestershire 1469
JP, Cornwall 1469 1471
JP, Leicestershire 1469 1470
JP, Berkshire 1470
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1470
JP, Wiltshire 1470
JP, Southampton 1470
JP, Rutland 1470
JP, Huntingdonshire 1470 1471
JP, Hertfordshire 1470
JP, Cambridgeshire 1470
JP, Buckinghamshire 1470 1471
JP, Herefordshire 1470
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1470
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1470
JP, Suffolk 1470
JP, Nottinghamshire 1470
JP, Worcestershire 1470/1
JP, Oxfordshire 1470/1
JP, Middlesex 1470/1
JP, Cumberland 1470/1
JP, Westmorland 1470/1
Keeper, Brecon 1470/1 -2 -14 Held jointly
Keeper, Monmouthshire 1470/1 -2 -21
Lord High Admiral, England 1470/1 -1 -2

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Middleham, Yorkshire: North Riding
  • Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire: North Riding

Lands

  • Cumberland
  • Monmouthshire: Abergavenny Castle & Honour
    Acquired: 1449
    Acquired via marriage
  • Wales
  • Westmorland
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Sandwich (Unknown), Sandwich, Kent Earl of Warwick's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Warwick's Bearward
Performance - Launceston (Unknown), Launceston, Cornwall Earl of Warwick's Bearward
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Earl of Warwick's Bearwards
Performance - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Warwick's Entertainer
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Earl of Warwick's Entertainers
Performance - Launceston (Unknown), Launceston, Cornwall Earl of Warwick's Fool
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrel
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - King's College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Warwick's Performer
Performance - King's College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Warwick's Performer/s
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Earl of Warwick's Performers
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Warwick's Performers
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Warwick's Taborer
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Performers Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Performers Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Bearward Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Warwick's Bearward Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Warwick's Bearward Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Warwick's Fool Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Performer/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Entertainer Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Performer Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Bearwards Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Warwick's Entertainers Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Taborer Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Musicians 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel/s Neville, Richard (1428 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • 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.