George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny
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| George Neville | |
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| Baron Bergavenny | |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Fenne |
| Issue George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny William Neville Sir Edward Neville Sir Thomas Nevill Jane Nevill Sir Richard Nevill Elizabeth Nevill |
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| Noble family | House of Neville |
| Father | Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny |
| Mother | Lady Elizabeth de Beauchamp |
| Born | 1440 |
| Died | 20 September 1492 |
Sir George Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (c.1440 – 20 September 1492) was an English nobleman.
George was the son of Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Elizabeth de Beauchamp, Lady of Abergavenny. He was knighted by Edward IV on 9 May 1471,[1] after fighting for the King at the Battle of Tewkesbury. He succeeded his father in 1476.
He married Margaret Fenne, daughter of Hugh Fenne, Esq., Treasurer of the Household to King Henry VI, Escheator of Norfolk & Suffolk.[2] George and Margaret had seven children:
- George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny (c.1469–c.1535)
- William Neville
- Sir Edward Neville (1471–1538)
- Sir Thomas Nevill (c.1480–1542), Speaker of the House of Commons
- Jane Nevill (bef. 1485 – c.1538), married Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu.
- Sir Richard Nevill (bef. 1485 – c.1515)
- Elizabeth Nevill, married first Thomas Berkeley and second Richard Covert
He married secondly, Elizabeth Naylor, he had no children.
Bergavenny was a captain in the English forces at Calais in 1490, and died in 1492.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Doyle, James Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England. vol. I. London: Longmans, Green & Co.. p. 4. http://books.google.com/books?id=MjAwAAAAYAAJ.
- ^ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 168-169.
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| Peerage of England | ||
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| Preceded by Edward Nevill |
Baron Bergavenny 1476–1492 |
Succeeded by George Nevill |
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