I98960: James Matthew ALEXANDER (ABT 1750

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Richard Neville was knighted in 1420. He was 26 years of age in 1425, when he married Alice Montagu, who had just reached her eighteenth year. She was the only child of Thomas de Montagu (d. 1428), 4th Earl of Salisbury (Warwick the Kingmaker, pgs. 22-23). Ramsay, Lancaster and York, Vol. II, Table I, gives the year of birth as 1400.

Salisbury was the architect behind the Neville's rise to power. He engineered a series of brilliant marriages for his brothers, sisters, sons and daughters so that no other noble house could compete with the junior house of Neville. But this brought resentment from others, particularly the Percies who were the Nevilles' main rivals in the North. The Neville/Percy feud helped spark the violence of the Wars of the Roses.

1420/4, Richard was Warden of the West March toward Scotland. In 1425, while serving as Constable of Pontefract, he married Alice de Montacute, heiress to the Earl of Salisbury.

In 1429 Richard was created Earl of Salisbury in right of his wife. He served as proxy for the Duke of Bedford at Henry VI's coronation. During 1429/30, he went on an embassy to Scotland. In 1431, he served in France.

1432/3 found Richard Warden of the West March again and rewarded with the office of Keeper of the Forests North of the Trent. In 1434, he was made sole Warden of the Northern Marches but resigned a year later. 1436 found him in France again with the Duke of York. In 1440, he was in conflict with the senior branch of the Nevilles over estates in Durham and Yorkshire in his mother's jointure. The Court intervened in Salisbury's favour and the Earl of Westmorland was permanently impoverished by this result.

In 1447, Salisbury helped arrest Duke Humphrey of Gloucester at Bury St. Edmunds.
In 1452, he sided with the Court against York and helped persuade York to lay down his arms at Dartford. But in 1453, he was permanently alienated by King Henry's attempt to give the Lordship of Glamorgan to the Duke of Somerset. (Glamorgan was considered part of the Earldom of Warwick.) Salisbury was also told to keep his sons in order after clashes with the Percies. Salisbury became Chancellor in York's first protectorate in 1454 but was replaced in 1455 when the King recovered. Salisbury and Warwick both fought with York against the Court at St. Albans.

1457 saw more Percy/Neville conflict. In 1458, Salisbury paid his share of the wergild for those killed at St. Albans. This was followed by "Loveday", Salisbury being paired with Somerset. At Blore Heath, in 1459, Salisbury defeated a larger force under Lord Audley but fled Ludford Bridge to Calais with his son the Earl of Warwick and the Earl of March, York's heir. Along with the other rebels, he was attainted by the Parliament of Devils.

In 1460, Salisbury landed at Sandwich with Warwick. He held London for the Yorkists during the Northampton campaign. Going North with York at Christmas, he was captured at Wakefield and beheaded.

children:

ii Thomas NEVILLE.
iii John NEVILLE Marquis died 1471.
iv George, Archbishop of York NEVILLE.
v Joan NEVILLE was born about 1423 and died before 9 Sep 1462.
vi Cecille NEVILLE died 28 Jul 1450.
vii Alice NEVILLE Lady died 1503.
viii Eleanor NEVILLE.
ix Katherine NEVILLE Lady died 1503.
x Margaret NEVILLE.

10. Richard Nevill, 1st Earl of Salisbury (d 12.1460) m. Alice de Montacute, Countess of Salisbury (d 1463, dau of Thomas de Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury)

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d. 31 DEC 1460 in Pontefract Castle executed.

My Southern Family

James Matthew ALEXANDER

ABT 1750 - 29 Jun 1814

ID Number: I98960

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James BOYDSTON

1760 - BEF 1830

ID Number: I88789

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Samuel BOZEMAN I

ABT 1730 - ____

ID Number: I102692

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William EAST

1700 - ____

ID Number: I90335

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Arcadia HIGGINBOTHAM

BET 1848 AND 0000 - ____

ID Number: I42356

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William KIRKE

ABT 1690 - ABT 1732

ID Number: I65131

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John LINDSAY

ABT 1700 - ____

ID Number: I61810

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Brandon MEADE

RICHARD de NEVILLE 1st Earl of Salisbury

ABT 1400 - 30 Dec 1460

ID Number: I26435

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Ruth REEVES

ABT 1770 - ____

ID Number: I51639

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Mary THORNTON

ABT 1850 - ____

ID Number: I17152

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