30422824. Lord Ralph de Neville & 30422825. Alice de Audley
~1291, Ralph born in England, s/o 60845648. Ranulph de Neville
& 60845649. Eupheme de Clavering.
~1305, Alice born in England, d/o 60845650. Hugh de Audley
& 60845651. Iseult de Mortimer.
Alice 1st married to Sir Ralph de Greystoke.
2/25/1308, Edward II crowned king of England.
1311, Ralph de Neville summoned to serve in Scotland.
1319, Ralph de Neville fought in Scotland. King Edward besieged
Berwick-upon-Tweed. He had not brought siege engines and had to have them
brought by ship. Learning of the invasion of York and the defeat at Myton of
the Archbishop, Edward abandoned the siege and returned to England.
2/14/1322, Ralph ordered by the King to join him at Coventry to
oppose Thomas , Earl of Lancaster.
3/10/1322, Edward defeated the forces of Earl Thomas of
Lancaster [his cousin, grandson of Henry III] at the river Trent.
3/16/1322, at the battle of Boroughbridge, northwest of York,
Edward defeated the forces of the Marcher lords and Thomas of Lancaster. The royalist forces were defending their
position with dismounted men-at-arms and archers against an attacking calvary.
7/14/1323, Ralph de Greystoke died.
1/14/1326, Ralph de Nevill married Alice.
1326, Ralph, Steward of the King’s Household, was given custody
Thomas de Berkeley, implicated in the death of King Edward II.
2/1/1327 at Westminster, Edward III, age 14, crowned king of
England.
1327, Thomas de Berkeley was arrested and put into the custody
of Ralph de Neville for possibly being involved in the death of King Edward II.
1331, Ralph age 40 at the death of his father.
2/1/1332, Exemplification … for the release of Hugh son of Hugh
le Despenser they younger, and the discharge of his mainpernors, Eble
Lestraunge, Ralph Basset, … Richard Talbot, … Ralph de Nevil, … and Robert de
Thorp. (S) CPRs.
1333, Ralph and Alice received a papal indult of plenary remission.
8/4/1333, Commission to Ralph de Nevill and Geoffrey le Scrope
in the county of Cumberland, to hear the complaints of J. bishop of Carlisle
and Anthony de Lucy of the one part and Ranulph de Dacre of the other part
touching dissensions which have arisen … (S) CPRs.
1334-5, Ralph de Neville fought in Scotland. King Edward,
leaving from Carlisle, ravaged towns throughout Scotland.
7/13/1338, Appointment, on the advice of the council, of
William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, Richard, earl of Arundel, and Ralph de
Nevyll, to attended Edward, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, the king’s
first-born son, as members of his council. (S) CPRs.
4/10/1340, Commission to Ralph de Nevill, … the king of late
learning that … indicted of homicides, larcenies … commanded Hugh de Hastynges,
… keepers of the peace … to take and imprison all persons guilty … and that by
pretext of such mandate these have taken … and imprisoned them in York castle,
… (S) CPRs.
5/15/1342, “The king greets … when William de Roos, son of our
beloved and faithful William de Roos of Helmsley, marries Margaret, daughter of
our beloved and faithful Ralph de Neville, William the son is of so young an
age that he cannot consent to the marriage. Therefore a divorce between him and
Margaret could possibly by chance occur in the future, and William’s marriage
could belong to us if his father, who holds of us in chief, died during his
minority. … we have granted him [Ralph de Neville] of our gift whatever belongs
or could belong to us in the aforesaid marriage. … Witnessed by the king at
Westminster. (S) Women of the English Nobility, Ward, 1995, P37.
4/7/1344, John de Wylughby, lord of Eresby, knight,
acknowledges that he owes to Ralph de Nevill, lord of Raby, knight, 600£ … (S)
CCRs.
8/20/1346, Proclamation of array, archbishop of York, Henry de
Percy and Ralph de Neville to command the forces in the north. (S) English
Hertiage Battlefield Report, Neville’s Cross, 1995.
10/17/1346, While Edward III was fighting in France, Ralph
command a division, with his son John, at the victory of Neville’s Cross
against the invading Scots. King David II was captured and ransomed for 100,000
marks.
9/1347, Donkal Makduel [Duncan Macdowell], a captured Scot,
handed over to Henry de Percy and Ralph de Neville at York castle. (S) The
Anonimalle Chronicle, Galbraith, 1970, P159.
1348, The Black Death entered the west countryside of England
[likely entering through Bristol].
1357, Wardship of Philip le Despenser given to Ralph de Nevill
for the remaining 6 years of Philip’s minority for 200 marks a year. (S) CPRs,
6/19/1357.
9/6/1357, Henry, Lord Percy and Ralph, Lord Neville, appointed
as representatives of the Black Prince to a treaty between his father the King
and the nobles of Scotland. (S) Britannia Biographies.
10/8/1363, Henry de Percy, ‘le fitz,’ going beyond seas, has
letters nominating Ralph de Nevill … (S) CPRs.
8/5/1367, Ralph, 2nd Lord Neville of Raby, died.
1/12/1373, Alice died; both buried at Durham Cathedral.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P617.
Children of Ralph and Alice: [6 sons, 4 daughters]
i. John Neville (15211412), born ~1329 in England
ii. Margaret de Neville (7605293), born ~1335 in England.
iii. Katherine Nevill, born ? in England.
Katherine married William de Dacre, s/o Baron Randolph de Dacre
& Margaret de Multon.
