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 18 ABERGAVENNY. III. 1450. *Sir Edward Nevill, (") three years after the death of his wife (as above), obtained, on 14 July 1449, license from Hen. VI to enter on the lands, &c, of Abergavenny, and, from 5 Sep. (1 4. r >0) 29 Hen. VI to 19 Aug. (1472) 12 Ed. IV, was sta». to Pari, as a Baron [LORD BEKGAVENNY], the write being directed sometimes " Ed ward 'a Neville, Militi, Domino tie Eert/uecnny," and sometimes " Edieardo DfemU de lienjavcnny, militi" though he does not appear to have been seized, excepting for a short time, of the Castle and lands of that name. tSce p. 16, n. (•<).) He m., secondly, by Bpec. dispensation 15 Oct. 1448, Katharine, da. of Sir Robert HOWARD, by Margaret, da. of Thomas (Mowbray) Duke of Norfolk, with whom he hail cohabited in the lifetime of his first wife, and who was related to him in the third degree. He d. 18 Oct. 1476, and was probably bur. in the Priory church at Abergavenny, where there is a monument of a warrior, at whose feet is a bull, the crest of Nevill. IV. 1478. 4- ^George (Xevilu) Lord Lergave.wvv, 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. by first wife, 6. at Raby Castle, anil bup. at Staindrop, co. Durham, aged 36 iu 1476. On 12 Jan. (147C-7) 16 lid. IV, he had lively of all lands of his father and mother, but none are specially named ( b ). He was one of the Barons at the coronation of Richard III, and served in the wars against France. Sum. to Pari. 15 Nov. 1482 to 12 Aug. 1492. He m. firstly, .Margaret da. and fa, of Sir Hugh Fenne, of Scultou Burdeleys in Norfolk, ( c ) and of Braintree, Essex, Treasurer of the Household to Hen. VI. She d. 28 Sep. 1485. He m. secondly, Elizabeth. He d. 20 Sep. 1492, and was bur. at Lewes Priory, Sussex. Will dat. I Juiy 1491 and proved 1492. (See "Test. Vet.," p. 406.') His widow m. (secondly) Richard N.wi.oii. citizen of Loudon, who is our. at St. Martin's Outwich, London. She m. (thirdly) Robert Bassett. She m. (fourthly) John Stokkeh. She d. 1500, and was bur. at St. Martin's Outwich afsd. Will dat. 14 April 1500, iu which she describes herself as of Berghdenue, in the parish of Chartham, Kent, widow; nr. 19 June following. (See "Test. Vet." p. 441.) V. 1492. 5. *George (JSevill), Lord Bercavex-vy, s. and h, by 1st wife. He had been nom. K.B., 4 July 1483, v.p. He was sum. to Pari. 16 Jan. 1496-7 to 5 Jan. 1533-4. He served in the wars against France, and was in the battle of Blackheath against the Cornish rebels. Was Constable of Dover Castle and AVarden of the Cinque Ports. K.G. 23 April 1513, &c. To him the king (apparently Henry VIII) granted the castle and lands of Aberg.ivenny, &e., ( ll ) which, in 1391, had been inherited by William Beauchami', Loud Beroavenxy (1392), whose representative he, through his grandmother, was. His vast ostates, derived chiefly from the Beauchamp family, he entaiied on himself and the heirs male of his body, with rem. to his brothel's Thomas and Edward respectively in like manner, and this entail, made by his will, being confirmed by Acts of Pari. (30 Hen. VIII and 2 and 3 Ph. and Mary), has preserved them intact to the succeeding Lords. He m. firstly, Joane, da. of ( a ) Some dates and facts (not to be found elsewhere) are in an "Account of the noble family of Nevill, particularly of the House of Abergavenny, by Daniel Rowland, Esq.," London, 1830, folio. The account in Drummond's "Noble British Families " as to tliis branch of the Nevill family is very jejune. ( b ) Abergavenny appears to have been theu in the possession of the heirs of the Earl of Warwick and never to have come into this nobleman's possession. [See p. 16, n. (*).] P) This manor is held by Grand Serjeanty " as Chief Larderer." Hugh Feune d. in 1476. Service was performed accordingly by the Lords Abergavenny, or their deputies, at the coronations of Jac. II, Queen Anne, and Geo. I, Geo. II, Geo. Ill, and Geo. IV. ( d ) It was in the possession of Jasper (Tudor), Duke of Bedford, till his death in 1495. [See page 16, note ( b ).] The statement that this George Nevill was not seized of this castle, made in '"' Nicolas " [p. xxxvii], is not true as to him, though, as is cor- rectly stated by Sir N. H. Nicolas, it is true as to his immediate predecessor ; the passage therein referred to, as being in " Collins' Baronies by Writ " (p. 96) only says, "It shall be proved," &c, but does not refer to any proof. The account of the Barony of Bergavenny given in "Nicolas" (pp. xxx to xxxvii), is much fuller than that given in the subsequent edition, edited by Courthope, .-is regards the nature of its tenure and the proceedings concerning it iii 1604. See also Collins' "Baronies by Writ," 1734, pp. 61-140.