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Notes for Sir *Ralph NEVILLE | ||||||||||||||
Knight of the Garter, Magna Charta Surety Descent & Descendant of Charlemagne. 1st Earl of Westmorland. He took part in the Earl of Buckingham's expedition to Brittany, where he was knighted at St. Omer in July 1380. He succeeded his father on 17 Oct 1388, and was summoned to Parliament from 6 Dec 1389, by writs directed Radulpho de Nevyll de Raby. From 1389 till 1424 he was continually employed on the border in negotiating truces and peace with Scotland. Joan was his 2nd wife, who was widow of Robert Ferrers, 2nd Baron of Wemme. Sir Ralph was created Earl of Westmoreland 29 Sep 1397. His near alliance to the House of Lancaster, being son-in-law of John of Gaunt, led him to forsake the King, and take a prominent part in the elevation of Henry of Bolingbroke, the exiled Duke of Lancaster to the throne as King Henry IV. Knight of the Garter, active on the border with Scotish affairs; life tenant of the Honor of Richmond after 1399. He took no part in the French wars of Henry V but was one of his executors and a member of the Council of Regency for Henry VI. He fathered 23 children by two wives. 220 Sir Ralph Nevill, 4th Lord Nevill, who in 1398 was made Constable of the Tower of London, and shortly afterwards advanced by the Parliament to the dignity of Earl of Westmoreland. The Ear. was afterwards Governor of the town and castle of Carlisle, Warden of the West Marshes towards Scotland, and Governor of Roxborough. He was also a Knight of the Garter, and a descendent of the Magna Charta Sureties Richard and Gilbert de Clare. | ||||||||||||||
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