19962462.
Baron John de Neville & 19962463. Lady Hawise de Courtenay
~1195,
Hawise born in England, d/o 121683712.
Lord Robert de Courtenay.
~1196, John
de Neville born in England, s/o 39924924.
Hugh de Neville & 39924925. Joan de Cornhill.
~1213, John
married Hawise.
10/19/1216,
Henry III, age 9, succeeded John as King of England. Louis of France also
claimed the throne.
1229, John
de Nevill in possession of the estate at West Harnham as a grant from his
father Hugh.
1231, John
de Nevill, son of Hugh, in possession of Harnham, had a grant of 2 oaks in the
forest of Pancet for the repair of houses.
1234, John
de Nevill, the king’s valet, had a grant of 2 oaks for the construction of a
new chamber at Harnham.
By 7/6/1234,
John’s father died leaving him as his heir.
7/25/1234,
Mandate to all sheriffs to arrest those offenders of the forest, whose names
John de Nevill will let them know. (S) CPRs.
By 8/1/1234,
John heir to his mother.
10/21/1235,
Appointment during pleasure of John de Nevill as chief forester and justice of
the whole forest of England; writ de intendendo for him. John paid a fine of
300 marks for the office, and was granted £20 yearly.(S) CPRs.
1235-36,
John de Nevill rendered 4 marks, by 3 tallies, to the aid of fees in Somerset
for 2 knights’ fees.
4/5/1236,
John de Nevill, justicary of the royal forests. The Reliquary, V23, 1883, P147.
5/4/1236,
The king has granted to John de Neville, justice of the forest , that, of the
£480 19s. 2d. which he owes him at the Exchequer for Hugh de Neville, his
father, for several debts that Hugh owed the king, and of the £50 which John
owes at the Exchequer for his relief. (S) FRsHIII.
1237,
Letters of acquittance … to Robert de Lexeden’, baliff of John de Nevill, son
of Hugh de Nevill, …
1240, John
de Nevill covenanted with Roger de Quincey (19989506), earl of Winchester, for
the marriage of his son Hugh with Isabel daughter of Roger. (S) De Nova Villa:,
Swallow, 1885, P246.
1236-41,
Dnus John de Nevill presents Edmund de Nevill to Gayton, co. Linc. (S) The
Genealogist, 1908, P70.
4/7/1242,
Protection with clause volumus for as long as he be beyond seas with the king …
John de Nevill …. (S) CPRs.
5/20/1242, King Henry III arrived at Royen, France
with a small contingent; but with 30 tons of gold. They were soon joined by
French nobles against the forces of the Count of Poitou and King Louis IX.
9/27/1242, King Henry returned to England.
1242-43,
John de Nevill held Harnham by barony of the king of the honor of Stoke Curcy.
1244, John
accused of malpractices as forest justice, and subsequently removed from office
and amerced 2000 marks.
6/1246, John
died; his sons John and Hugh underage. (S) CPRs.
[––Hawise––]
8/28/1246,
Grant to John de Curtenay [John’s brother-in-law] of the custody [for 2500
marks] during the minority of the heirs of and land and heirs of John de
Nevill, with the marriage of the heirs … saving only this that Hawise late the
wife of the said John may not marry without the king’s licence. (S) CPRs.
Hawise
married 2nd John de Gatesden. (S) The Victoria Hist. of the Co. of Northampton, V4, 1937, P32.
1253 Lady Hawisia de Neville and her husband Sir John de Gatesden made
a grant of 40 marks to the abbot and convent of St. Silvester at Skirpenbeck. (S) The White Canons in England, Colvin, 1951.
1254, Hawise and John de Gatesden named in a fine relating to the manor
of Trotton, acknowledged to be the right of John.
1257, Letters of acquittance … the abbot and the convent of meldon, to
Dame Hawisia de Nevill, wife of Sir John de Gatesden, of 40 marks given to
purchase land.
1258,
Hawise’s son Hugh was on crusade in the Holy Lands. Hawise was never given the
500 marks promised for Hugh’s participation. Hawise wrote a letter to Hugh
encouraging him to appeal to the pope for the money: “We know well that it
would be very great dishonor and it would be as we think a great sin to suffer
that you and yours be disinherited by your negligence.” (S) Women in England in
the Middle Ages, Ward, 2006, P75. (S) The Gentleman’s Magazine, V26, 1846,
P265.
1258, Grant
by J., abbot, … of the Premonstratensian order, to Dame Hawisia de Neville,
wife of Sir John de Gatresdene, of participation in all the prayers of that
order, and confirming the grant of the abbot and convent of Maldon of
permission to have a priest to celebrate divine service in that church.
1258, Lady
Hawisia de Neville a benefactress of Beeleigh abbey. (S) The White Canons in
England, Colvin, 1951, P258.
1260, A
settlement of Compton was made on John de Gatesden and his wife Hawise de
Nevill, daughter of Robert de Courtenay, and widow of John de Nevill. (S) The Victoria Hist. of the Co. of Surrey,
V3, 1911, P17.
Bef. 4/11/1262,
John de Gatesden died.
6/11/1262, Indenture of lease for term of 4 years by Dame Hawisia, wife
of sometime Sir John de Gatesdene, guardian of John, son of Sir Miles de
Beauchamp, ….
6/26/1262, Hawise, widow of John de Gatesden, assigned her dower. (S)
Complete Peerage of England, V10.
1265, The
earl Warenne seized the land of Nigel de Broc and Hawise de Nevill in Bevendean
[who a jury later declared “were never against the king”.] (S) Sussex
Archaelogical Collections, V6, 1853, P219.
10/17/1265,
Simple protection until Easter for Hawise de Nevill. (S) CPRs.
3/28/1267,
Simple protection for two years for Hawise de Nevill. (S) CPRs.
1268, Hawise
de Nevill levied a fine to exonerate her lands from the claim of murage. (S) A
History of the Western Division of the Co. of Sussex, V2, Pt2, 1830, P300.
1269, Hawise
died.
Bef.
4/10/1269, Order to John le Moyne, escheator, to take a valuation of all the
manors of Hawisia de Neville, widow, deceased, as well as what was held in
dower of John de Gatesden, her late husband. (S) Proceedings of Somerset,
Vs27-28, 1882, P197.
(S) Honors
and Knights’ Fees, Farrer, 1923. P142,324. (S) Reports from Commissioners,
House of Commons, 1874, P23&24.
Family
notes:
·
John de Nevill the heir of Henry de Cornhill [maternal
grandfather, 39924924] who was given a charter by Richard I. (S) Reports of
Commissioners, House of Commons, 1870, P12.
Child
of John and Hawise:
i. Joan de Neville (9981231), born ~1215 in
England.
ii. Hugh de Neville, born ? in England.
2/1240, Hugh married Elizabeth de Quincy (23640741), which by 1254
ended in divorce.
