George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny

George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (c. 1440 – 20 September 1492), was an English nobleman.

George Neville
Baron Bergavenny
Bornc. 1440
Died20 September 1492 (about 52)
Noble familyHouse of Neville
Spouse(s)Margaret Fenn
Elizabeth Brent
IssueGeorge Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny
John Neville
William Neville
Sir Edward Neville
Sir Thomas Neville
Sir Richard Neville
Elizabeth Neville
FatherEdward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny
MotherElizabeth Beauchamp

Career

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George Neville was the son of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Elizabeth Beauchamp. He was knighted by Edward IV on 9 May 1471,[1] after fighting for the king, who was his cousin, at the Battle of Tewkesbury. He succeeded his father in 1476.

Marriages and issue

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Neville married firstly, before 1 May 1471, Margaret Fenn (d. 28 September 1485), the daughter and heiress of Hugh Fenn, by whom he had six sons and a daughter:[2][3]

He married, secondly, Elizabeth Brent. She was the widow, successively, of Richard Naylor, Sir Robert Basett and John Stokker. There were no issue with his second marriage.[2][3]

Bergavenny was a captain in the English forces at Calais in 1490, and died in 1492.[1]

Ancestry

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Doyle, James Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England. Vol. I. London: Longmans, Green & Co. p. 4.
  2. ^ a b Cokayne 1910, p. 31.
  3. ^ a b c d Richardson I 2011, pp. 168–70.
  4. ^ a b Richardson I 2011, p. 168.
  5. ^ a b c Richardson I 2011, p. 170.

References

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Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Bergavenny
1476–1492
Succeeded by