William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington

William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington

William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington (1442 – 30 December 1460) was an English nobleman who was a loyal adherent of the House of York during the dynastic conflict in England in the 15th century known as the Wars of the Roses. He was executed following the Yorkist defeat at the Battle of Wakefield, leaving his six-month-old daughter, Cecily Bonville heiress to his barony.

William was born in Chewton Mendip, Somersetshire, England to William Bonville and Elizabeth Harington. His paternal grandparents were William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville and Margaret Grey. His maternal grandparents were William Harington, 5th Baron Harington of Aldingham (c. 1394 - 1458) and Margaret Hill.

In 1458, he succeeded his grandfather as the 6th Baron Harington of Aldingham by right of his mother, who had died in her father's lifetime.

The same year in which he gained his title, William married Lady Katherine Neville, a younger sister of military commander Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, known as Warwick the Kingmaker. They had one child, Cecily Bonville.

William survived the Yorkist defeat at the Battle of Wakefield, but was executed on 17 February 1461 immediately after the Second Battle of St Albans by the troops of the Queen consort, Margaret of Anjou, who headed the Lancastrian faction.[2] The Bonvilles were loyal adherents of the House of York.

His widow, Katherine married secondly William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, another Yorkist nobleman, by whom she had six more children. Cecily succeeded to William's barony, becoming the 7th Baroness Harington of Aldingham suo jure, on his death.

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bonville,_6th_Baron_Harington

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• Sir William Bonville, 6th Lord Harington1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20
• M, #39330, b. circa 1442, d. 31 December 1460
• Father William Bonville, Esq.1,2,3,21,13 d. 31 Dec 1460
• Mother Elizabeth Harington1,2,3,21,13 d. b 3 Mar 1458
• Sir William Bonville, 6th Lord Harington was born circa 1442 at of Chewton, Somersetshire, England; Age 16 in 1458.1,2,3,21,13 He married Katherine Neville, daughter of Sir Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, Lord Monthermer, Constable of Pontefract Castle & Portchester Castle, Great Chamberlain of England, Joint Chamberlain of the Exchequer, Lord Chancellor and Alice Montagu, after 10 May 1459; Date of her father's will; they had 1 daughter (Cecily, wife of Sir Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, & of Sir Henry Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire).1,3,22,23,21,6,7,8,13,16,17,18 Sir William Bonville, 6th Lord Harington died on 31 December 1460 at Battle of Wakefield, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Beheaded after the battle along with his father.1,2,22,21,7,13,17
• Family Katherine Neville b. c 1435
• Child
  • Cecily Bonville+2,1,24,25,4,21,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,26,14,15,16,19,20 b. 1461, d. 12 Apr 1530 or 12 May 1530
• Citations
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VI, p. 320.
• [S11583] The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, by Vernon James Watney, p., 111.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 127.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 43-44.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 336-337.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 304-305.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 370-372.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 163.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 50-51.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 157.
• [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 327-328.
• [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 464.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 435.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 168-169.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 248.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 160-162.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 367-368.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 125.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 655-656.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 105.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 257.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 385-386.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 510-511.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 127-128.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 359.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 577.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1309.htm#... _______________
• William Bonville, 6th Lord Harington1
• M, #137546, b. before 1442, d. 31 December 1460
• Last Edited=27 Jan 2013
• Consanguinity Index=0.05%
• William Bonville, 6th Lord Harington was born before 1442.2 He was the son of William Bonville and Elizabeth Harington.1,3 He married Katherine Neville, daughter of Richard de Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montagu, Countess of Salisbury, circa 1458.4 He died on 31 December 1460 at Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, slain, without male issue.4
• He succeeded to the title of 6th Lord Harington [E., 1326] in March 1457/58.2 He fought in the Battle of Wakefield on 31 December 1460.1
• Child of William Bonville, 6th Lord Harington and Katherine Neville
  • Cecilia Bonville, Baroness Bonville and Harington+5 b. c 1461, d. 12 May 1529
• Citations
• [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 II, page 219. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1789. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S37] BP2003. [S37]
• [S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 17. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
• [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 130. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p13755.htm#i137546 _________________
• Sir William Bonville
• Birth: unknown Shute, East Devon District, Devon, England
• Death: Dec. 31, 1460 Wakefield, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
• Son of Sir William Bonville and Elizabeth Harington, grandson of Sir William Bonville and Margaret Gray, Sir William Harington, Lord Harington and Margaret Hylle.
• He was the first husband of Katherine Neville, daughter of Sir Richard Neville and Alice Montagu. They were married after 10 May 1459, the date of her father's will, and had one daughter, Cecily, who would marry Thomas Grey.
• William and his father were captured and slain at the Battle of Wakefield, a major battle in the War of the Roses when the Duke of York was killed and his army destroyed.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• William John Bonnville (1420 - 1460)
• Elizabeth Harington Bonnville (1423 - 1458)
• Spouse:
• Katherine de Neville Hastings (1442 - 1504)
• Children:
  • Cecily Bonville de Grey (1460 - 1530)*
• Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial
• Specifically: Buried near the battlefield
• Find A Grave Memorial# 106457552
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106457552 ____________________
• Catherine NEVILLE (B. Ashby-Zouche)
• Born: ABT 1435, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
• Died: 22 Nov 1503 / AFT 25 Mar 1504
• Buried: Ashby de la Zouche
• Notes: left a widow at the age of eighteen. She did not, however, remain a widow for long; shortly before 6 Feb 1462 her brother Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, arranged a marriage between her and William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, a close friend of Edward IV. On 9 Apr 1483, King Edward died; his son Edward V and kingdom were placed under the guardianship of his youngest brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester. It was Catherine's husband William Hastings who advised Richard to take the young King Edward V into protective custody immediately following the death of Edward IV. It was about this time that Catherine's husband became the lover of Jane Shore, a former mistress of both the late King Edward IV and her son-in-law, Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset. She encouraged him to enter into a conspiracy with the Woodville family against Gloucester. Richard, upon discovering Hastings' treachery ordered his immediate execution, which took place on 13 Jun 1483 at the Tower of London. Several weeks later, Richard sealed an indenture, swearing to take Catherine directly under his protection and to "secure for her the enjoyment of her husband's lands, goods, privileges, and the custody not only of their heir until the boy came of age but also the wardship of the young Earl of Shrewsbury who was married to their daughter, Anne". Richard assured Catherine that Hastings would never be attainted, and that she would be defended against any attempt by intimidation or fraud to deprive her of her rights. Shortly after Hastings' death, on 22 Jun, Richard proclaimed himself King of England. Catherine never remarried.
• Father: Richard NEVILLE (1° E. Salisbury)
• Mother: Alice MONTAGUE (C. Salisbury)
• Married 1: William BONVILLE (2° B. Bonville and 6° Harrington) (b. ABT 1442 - d. 30 Dec 1460) (son of William Bonville, 1° B. Bonville, and Elizabeth Harrington) BEF 1458
• Children:
  • 1. Cecily BONVILLE (M. Dorset) (b. 30 Jun 1460 - d. 12 May 1529) (m.1 Thomas Grey, 1° M. Dorset - m.2 Henry Stafford, 3º E. Wiltshire) (See her Biography)
• Married 2: William HASTINGS (1° B. Ashby-Zouche) 6 Feb 1461, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
• Children:
  • 2. Ralph HASTINGS (b. ABT 1463)
  • 3. Elizabeth HASTINGS
  • 4. Edward HASTINGS (2º B. Ashby-Zouche)
  • 5. Richard HASTINGS (b. ABT 1468)
  • 5. William HASTINGS
  • 7. Anne HASTINGS (C. Shrewsbury)
  • 8. George HASTINGS (b. ABT 1472)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/NEVILLE2.htm#Catherine NEVILLE (B. Ashby-Zouche) __________________

1 William Bonville Lord Harrington [46, Bonville art, Vol II, p.218-9], [46, Harington art, Vol VI, p. 314 seq], [46, Dorset article, Vol IV, pp. 418-9], Half 2C16R

Death 31 Dec 1460, Slain at battle of Wakefield

General dspm. 6th baron.

Father William Bonville (-1460)

Mother Elizabeth Harington (-<1457)

Children Cecily (ca1460-1529)

BARON BONVILLE

(From Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Bonville )

The title of Baron Bonville was created once in the Peerage of England. On 23 September 1449, William Bonville was summoned to Parliament. On his death in 1460, the barony was inherited by his granddaughter Cecilia Grey], née Bonville [*], who one year before succeeded as Baroness Harington, with which title the barony merged until 1554, when both baronies were forfeited. From her death in 1530 to the forfeiture in 1554, the baronies were merged with the title of Marquess of Dorset.

Barons Bonville:

William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (1392-1461)

• Cecilia Grey, 2nd Baroness Bonville,

  7th Baroness Harington (c.1459-1530) 

Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, 3rd Baron Bonville, 8th Baron Harington (1477-1530)

For further Barons see Marquess of Dorset.

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