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Name:
John, Lord Neville
 Relationship to Ruth Mainwaring
Birth:
1328 Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England
Father:
Ralph de Neville, Lord Neville
Mother:
Alice Audley
Married:
Maud de Percy JUL 1357 Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Children:
= Neville
Born:
Thomas de Neville, Lord Furnival
Born: ABT 1362
Died: 24 MAR 1407
Ralph de Neville, Earl of Westmoreland
Born: 1363 Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England
Died: 21 OCT 1425 Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England
Death:
17 OCT 1388 Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England aged 60
Remarks:
fought in the Battle of Neville's Cross on 17 October 1346, where he was a Captain in the division commanded by his father.«sup»1«/sup» He was invested as a Knight in April 1360.«sup»3«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»3rd Baron Neville, of Raby [E., 1295]«/i» on 5 August 1367.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Joint Ambassador to France in 1368. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1369. He was joint commissioner to treat with Genoa in 1370. He held the office of Admiral of the North in July 1370. He held the office of Steward of the King's Household between 1372 and 1381. He held the office of Joint Warden of the Marches between 1377 and 1383. He held the office of Keeper of Bamburgh Castle in December 1377 for life. He held the office of Seneschal of Gascony in 1378. He held the office of Keeper of Fronsac Castle in France in 1378. He held the office of Warden of the East Marches in 1381. He was joint commissioner to negotiate peace with the Scots in 1383. He held the office of Warden of the East Marches in 1385/86. He was joint commissioner to negotiate peace with the Scots in March 1386/87.

Lord Nevill gave the great Nevill Screen to Durham Cathedral, and built the greater part of the present Raby Castle


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