Henry Neville, 6th and de jure 4th Baron Abergavenny

Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny

Henry Nevill, 6th and de jure 4th Baron Abergavenny K.B. (between 1527 and 1535 – 10 February 1587) was an English peer. He was the son of Sir George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, and Mary Stafford (daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham). He succeeded to the barony upon the death of his father, George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny.

Henry, sixth (sometimes fourth) Lord Abergavenny, had summons to parliament on 23 January 1552, to 15 October 1586. He was one of the peers that sat in judgment on Mary, Queen of Scots, at Fotheringay. He died at his seat called Comfort, near Birling, Kent, on 10 February 1587.

He married first, Frances, daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland; he married secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Darell, of Spelmonden, Kent (she remarried to Sir William Sedley, of Southfleet, Kent, Knt. and Bart.); by his first wife, he had an only daughter Mary Neville who married Sir Thomas Fane.

During the Wyatt's rebellion of January–February 1554 Henry and Robert Southwell, the High Sheriff of Kent married to Henry's niece Margaret, led the loyalist forces against the rebels. According to D. M. Loades, "Sir Robert Southwell and Lord Abergavenny were almost the only significant gentlemen in the country whose loyalty was never in doubt";[1] "Southwell, Abergavenny and Cheney were the most active royalist leaders."[2]

Henry and Southwell began recruitment of loyalist forces on 24 January, one day before the outbreak of the rebellion, although at this stage they had little success.[2] On 26 January Wyatt declared Henry and Southwell "traitors to God, the Crown and the Commonwealth" for "stirring up the Queen's most loyal subjects of the realm."[3] By 27 January the loyalists's position improved, and their combined forces in Kent matched the numbers of Wyatt's force in Rochester, at around two thousand men on each side.[4] Henry and Southwell with six hundred men blocked the road from Tonbridge to Rochester to prevent consolidation of the rebels.[4] On 28 January Southwell defeated Henry Isley's company of rebels at Wrotham, taking around sixty prisoners.[5] However, on the same day the army of Duke of Norfolk deserted to Wyatt;[6] Henry and Southwell fled to London.[7] Wyatt marched to London himself with around three thousand men,[8] but lost the initiative; Southwell and Thomas Cheney managed to raise another loyalist company in his rear.[9][10] On 4 February Henry and Southwell marched to Greenwich. Wyatt was cut off from his base in Kent, and could not count on reinforcements while the loyalists' forces gained strength every day.[10] By 7 February Wyatt's army disintegrated. Amongst Wyatt's supporters who were later sentenced to death was Thomas Fane, later Henry Nevill's son in law. Fane was pardoned due to his youth and he went on to become a loyal supporter of the crown, member of parliament and son in law to Neville.

Mary Neville, Baroness le Despencer, died 28 June 1626, aged 72, buried at Mereworth, Kent, having married at Birling, 12 December 1574, as second wife, to Thomas Fane (d 1589), of Badsell, Kent[11] (whose son, Francis, was created Earl of Westmorland), knighted at Dover Castle, 26 August 1573, died 13 March 1589, w.d. 12 March 1589, pd. 10 February 1590. Lady Fane claimed the barony of Abergavenny against Edward Nevill, the heir male upon whom the castle of Bergavenny was settled as aforesaid, and as a compromise, she was by letters patent, 25 May 1604, confirmed in the name, style, and dignity of Baroness le Despencer, to the heirs of her body, with the ancient seat, place, and precedence of her ancestors.

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Nevill,_6th_Baron_Bergavenny

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• Henry Neville, 6th Lord Bergavenny1
• M, #52529, b. after 1527, d. 10 February 1587
• Father Sir George Neville, Lord Abergavenny, Constable of Dover Castle, Warden of the Cinque Ports b. c 1469
• Mother Mary Stafford1 b. c 1503
• Henry Neville, 6th Lord Bergavenny was born after 1527 at England.1 He married Frances Manners, daughter of Sir Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, Lord Ros and Eleanor Paston, before 31 January 1556.1 Henry Neville, 6th Lord Bergavenny died on 10 February 1587 at Comfort, Birling, Kent, England.2 He was buried on 21 March 1587 at Birling, Kent, England.2
• Family Frances Manners b. c 1532
• Citations
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. I, p. 33.
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. I, p. 34.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1748.htm#... ______________
• Sir Henry Neville, 4th Lord Abergavenny1
• M, #14240, b. between 1527 and 1535, d. 10 February 1586/87
• Last Edited=18 Jan 2011
• Consanguinity Index=1.17%
• Sir Henry Neville, 4th Lord Abergavenny was born between 1527 and 1535.1 He was the sonof Sir George Neville, 3rd Lord Abergavenny and Lady Mary Stafford.1 He married, firstly, Lady Frances Manners, daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland and Eleanor Paston, before 31 January 1555/56.1 He married, secondly, Elizabeth Darrell, daughter of Stephen Darrell and Philippe Weldon, before 1586.1 He died on 10 February 1586/87 at Comfort, Birling, Kent, England, without male issue.1 He was also reported to have died on 9 February 1587.2 He was buried on 21 March 1586/87 at Birling, Kent, England.1 He died intestate and his estate was administered on 9 May 1587.1
• He held the office of Chief Larderer at the coronation of Queen Mary in 1553.3 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 29 September 1553.1 On 6 October 1586 at Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England, he was one of peers who tried Mary, Queen of Scots.1
• Child of Sir Henry Neville, 4th Lord Abergavenny and Lady Frances Manners
  • 1.Mary Neville, Baroness le Despenser+ b. 25 Mar 1554, d. 28 Jun 1626
• Citations
• 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 33. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2.[S3239] Owen Taylor, "re: Abergavenny Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 13 August 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Abergavenny Family."
• 3.[S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 17. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p1424.htm#i14240 _______________________
• Henry NEVILLE (4° B. Abergavenny)
• Born: ABT 1530, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
• Died: 10 Feb 1586/7, Comfort, Birling, Kentshire, England
• Notes: He succeeded to the title of 4th Lord Abergavenny in 1535. He held the office of Chief Larderer at the coronation of Queen Mary in 1553. He was invested as a Knight of the Bath on 29 Sep 1553. On 6 Oct 1586 at Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England, he was one of peers who tried Mary, Queen of Scots.
• Father: George NEVILLE (3° B. Abergavenny)
• Mother: Mary STAFFORD (B. Abergavenny)
• Married 1: Elizabeth DARREL ABT 1550, Spelmonden, Kent, England
• Married 2: Frances MANNERS (B. Abergavenny) ABT 1553 /BEF 31 Jan 1555/56, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Mary NEVILLE (B. Despencer)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/NEVILLE4.htm#Henry NEVILLE (4° B. Abergavenny) _______________________
• BROOKE, alias COBHAM, George (1533-69 or later), of London.
• b. 27 Jan. 1533, 2nd s. of George Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham, by Anne, da. of Edmund, 1st Lord Bray; bro. of Henry†, John†, Thomas† and William. educ. Venice 1546-7. m. by 1558, Christina (d.1608) da. and h. of Richard Duke of London and Otterton Devon, 3s. 2da.1
• .... etc.
• After this episode, it is not easy to account for his return to the Parliament of 1555. Hedon lay in the lordship or seignory of Holderness, which was then in the hands of the crown but which was to be granted in February 1558 to Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland. There were various connexions between the Nevilles, both the Lords Bergavenny and the earls of Westmorland, and the Brookes: thus Cobham’s elder brother married Dorothy Neville, sister of Henry Neville, 6th Lord Bergavenny, who had been one of the leading opponents of the Wyatt rebellion. Neville influence in the borough, perhaps exercised Constable family, may have predated the grant of 1558. .... etc.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/br... ________________________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 18
• Fane, Thomas by Gordon Goodwin
• FANE, Sir THOMAS (d. 1589), politician, was the elder of two Thomas Fanes, the sons of George Fane of Badsell, in the parish of Tudeley, Kent, by his wife Joan, daughter of William Waller of Groombridge in the same county. Having engaged in Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion of 1554 he was committed prisoner to the Tower, attainted of high treason, and a warrant issued for his execution; but the queen, pitying his youth, pardoned him by a bill addressed to her chancellor, Stephen Gardiner, from St. James's, on 18 March 1554 (Rymer, Fœdera, edit. 1704–35, xv. 373). A week later he was restored to his liberty and estate (Stow, Annales, edit. 1615, pp. 622, 623). Fane was knighted at Dover Castle 26 Aug. 1573 by Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth. In November 1580 he was appointed a deputy-commissioner within the county of Kent for the increase and breed of horses, and for the keeping of horses and geldings to service (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1547–80, p. 685). When the Armada was expected he did good service in disposing forces along the coast of Kent (ib. 1581–90, pp. 478, 501, 502). He died on 13 March (not on 28 Feb. as on his tomb) 1588–9, and was buried at Tudeley, whence his body was afterwards removed to Mereworth, Kent. His will, signed at Badsell on 7 March 1588–9, was not proved until 10 Feb. 1590–1 (registered in P. C. C. 10, Sainberbe). Fane married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Colepeper of Bedgebury, Kent, who died childless; and secondly, on 12 Dec. 1574, at Birling, Kent, Lady Mary Neville, sole daughter and heiress of Henry, baron Abergavenny, by whom he had a numerous issue. In her right he became possessed of the castle and manor of Mereworth, Kent. His widow, by letters patent bearing date at Westminster on 25 May 1604, was restored to the name, style, and dignity of Baroness Le Despencer and to the heirs of her body, with the ancient seat, place, and precedency of her ancestors. As far back as 1588 she had claimed the barony of Abergavenny against Edward Neville, the heir male. James I compromised the matter by allotting the barony of Le Despencer to the heir general, and the barony of Abergavenny to the heir male (Collins, Baronies by Writ, pp. 61, 136). Papers relating to her case, with copious marginal notes and observations by Lord Burghley, are preserved in the Record Office (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1581–90, pp. 564, 574, 1591–94, p. 404). She died 28 June 1626, aged 72, and was buried with her husband at Mereworth. Their eldest son, Francis Fane, was created K.B. at the coronation of James I, 15 July 1603, and was advanced to the titles of Baron Burghersh and Earl of Westmorland 29 Dec. 1624. He died 23 March 1628, aged 45.
• Collins's Peerage (Brydges), iii. 290–4; Hasted's Kent (fol.), ii. 265–7, 353.
• From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fane,_Thomas_(DNB00) _____________________