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Lord of the manor of Staindrop, County Durham, Northumbria: Meldred FitzDolfin c. 1130: Geoffrey de Neville: Renata de Bulmer: Robert FitzMaldred c. 1150: Isabel de Neville: Geoffrey FitzRobert de Neville b. c. 1197: Baron Neville of Raby (1st creation by tenure), 1295: Geoffrey de Neville b. c. 1225 1st Baron Nevill of Raby: Robert de Neville ...
The House of Neville or Nevill family (originally FitzMaldred) is a noble house of early medieval origin, which was a leading force in English politics in the Late Middle Ages. The family became one of the two major powers in northern England and played a central role in the Wars of the Roses along with their rival , the House of Percy .
While Durham House remained an episcopal palace, Catherine of Aragon lived as a virtual prisoner there between her marriages to Arthur, Prince of Wales and King Henry VIII. [1] Eventually, Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall relinquished it to King Henry VIII, who contracted to give the bishop in return Coldharbour in Dowgate Ward, London, and other ...
Northumberland and Durham Family History Society is a family history society that covers Northumberland, Durham, and Tyne and Wear in the North-East of England.. It was created in 1975, and its aims are to "promote interest in family history amongst its members and the general public.
The Eden Baronetcy of West Auckland was created in the Baronetage of England on 13 November 1672 for Robert Eden, subsequently Member of Parliament for County Durham. He was the son of Colonel John Eden, a supporter of the Royalist cause in the Civil War. The second and fourth Baronets also represented County Durham in the House of Commons. The ...
Primary title Family seat Former seats Duke of Norfolk: Arundel Castle, Sussex and Carlton Towers, Yorkshire: Framlingham Castle, Bungay Castle, Clun Castle, Norfolk House, Worksop Manor
Ralph Neville was born about 1364, the son of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville by his wife Maud Percy (d. 1379), a daughter of Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick, Northumberland, by his wife Idoine de Clifford, a daughter of Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford. [1]
The Bowes-Lyon family descends from George Bowes of Gibside and Streatlam Castle (1701–1760), a County Durham landowner and politician, through John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, chief of the Clan Lyon.