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Neville, John (1431 - 1471)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1431
Death Date: 1471-04-14

Notes

Attainted 20 Nov. 1459; restored 17 Oct. 1460

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1457-4-25
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • 1st Baron Montagu
    Assumed: 1461-05-23 (date summoned to parliament by this title )
    Vacated: 1471-04-14
  • 7th Earl of Northumberland
    Assumed: 1464-05-27
    Vacated: 1470-03-25 (date compelled to resign title)
  • 1st Marquess of Montagu
    Assumed: 1470-03-25
    Vacated: 1471-04-14
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1449-12-25
    Vacated: 1471-04-14

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Chamberlain of the Household, England 1460
Privy Councillor, England 1460/1 -1
Commissioner of Array, Cumberland 1461
JP, Norfolk 1461 1466
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1461 1462
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1461
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1461 1462
JP, Westmorland 1461
JP, Hertfordshire 1461
JP, Cumberland 1461
JP, Cambridgeshire 1461 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norwich 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1461/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1461/2
Chief Steward, Durham Diocese 1462/3 -1 -20 1464 -04 -23
JP, Westmorland 1462/3
Commissioner of Array, Westmorland 1463
JP, Cumberland 1463
Warden, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1463 -5 -26 1470 -07
JP, Suffolk 1464 1468
JP, Hertfordshire 1464 1465
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1464 1468
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1464 1468
JP, Northumberland 1464
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1464/5 1467
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1465
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1465
JP, Cumberland 1465/6
Sheriff, Northumberland 1466 -7 -28
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1466/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1466/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1468
JP, Cambridgeshire 1468
JP, Lincolnshire 1468 1470
JP, Norfolk 1468/9 1470
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire 1469/70
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1470
Commissioner of Array, Northumberland 1470
Commissioner of Array, Westmorland 1470
Commissioner of Array, Cumberland 1470
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1470
JP, Hertfordshire 1470
JP, Nottinghamshire 1470
JP, Huntingdonshire 1470 1471
JP, Suffolk 1470
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1470
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1470
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1470
JP, Cambridgeshire 1470
Lieut, North of Trent 1470 -12 -21
Warden, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1470 -10 -22
JP, Cumberland 1470/1
JP, Westmorland 1470/1

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Devon: Tiverton Castle
    Acquired: 1470
    Divested: 1471-04-14
    Granted
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Norfolk
  • Northumberland
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Suffolk
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire John Neville's Juggler
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir John Neville's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
John Neville's Juggler Neville, John (1431 - 1471) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1
Sir John Neville's Minstrel Neville, John (1431 - 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.