Neville, George (1469 - 1535)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 17
Total events naming patron - 10
Troupes - 2
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1469
Death Date: 1535-06-14 (possibly died 13 June 1535)

Notes

Indicted and fined for illegal retaining and forbidden to visit Hampshire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1507; pardoned and fine canceled upon accession of Henry VIII (1509). Chief Larderer at the coronations of Henry VIII (24 June 1509) and Anne Boleyn (1 June 1533). Imprisoned in the Tower ca. May 1521 for complicity in the Duke of Buckingham's treason and surrendered all offices; pardoned for misprision of treason 29 March 1522

Siblings

Male

Neville, Edward (1482 - 1538)
Neville, Thomas (1484 - 1542)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Fitz Alan, Joan ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Brent, Margaret ( - 1515)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Stafford, Mary ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1519-6
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: According to the ODNB, this union produced 5 other surviving children, while the DNB notes that the union produced 2 other sons (John and Thomas) and 5 daughters
  4. Brooke, Mary ( - 1535)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1530-1-24
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Mary had previously been George's mistress

Offspring

From Stafford, Mary ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Neville, Henry (1527 - 1587) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Neville, Dorothy (d. 1559)

From Fitz Alan, Joan ( - )

  1. Female offspring: Neville, Elizabeth (n.d.)

Primary Title

5th Baron Bergavenny

Titles

  • Knight of the Bath
    Assumed 1483-07-06
    Vacated 1535-06-14
  • 5th Baron Bergavenny
    Assumed 1492-09-20
    Vacated 1535-06-14
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1513-04-23 (installed 7 May 1513)
    Vacated 1535-06-14

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Kent 1485 n.d.
JP, Kent 1485 1521
JP, Essex 1485 1508
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1490 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wales 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Marches of Wales 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1493 1515
JP, Herefordshire 1493 1496
JP, Shropshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1493 1507
JP, Gloucestershire 1493 1508
JP, Surrey 1494 1520
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1495 1496
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1495 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1496 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1496 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Kent 1496 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Sussex 1496 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Kent 1498 n.d.
Keeper, Kent 1499-12-1 1508-05-30
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Berkshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Oxfordshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Berkshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Berkshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Buckinghamshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Berkshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Oxfordshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1503 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1503 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Kent 1509 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1512 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1512 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1512 n.d.
Warden, Kent ca. 1512 1515 Cinque Ports in Kent & Sussex. Acting Warden in the absence of Edward Poynings; Nevill had been granted the reversion of this office 5 Nov. 1510, but was forced to surrender it in 1521
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1513 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, London 1513 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Kent 1515 n.d.
Keeper, Sussex 1515 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1515 1521 (possibly held this office until this year)
JP, Surrey 1522 1532
JP, Sussex 1524 1532
JP, Kent 1524 1532

General Lands Note

Licence to enter lands 27 Aug. 1492

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Burgavenny House, London (city-county)
    Parish of St Martin, Ludgate
  • Birling, Kent
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony. Forced to sell to the Crown 1521; permitted to buy it back in 1530
    Acquired: 1492
    Divested: 1535
  • Eridge Place, Sussex
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: ca. 1525
    Divested: 1535

Lands

  • Essex
  • Herefordshire
  • Kent
  • Monmouthshire: Abergavenny Castle & Lordship
    Acquired: 1512-12-18
    Granted
  • Norfolk
  • Shropshire
  • Somerset
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Sussex
  • Wales
  • Warwickshire
  • Wiltshire
  • Worcestershire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1530-1531 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Bergavenny's Juggler/s
Performance 1509-1510 Mr Fyneaux's, Dover , Kent Lord Bergavenny's Players
Performance 1510-1511 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Lord Bergavenny's Players
Performance 1514-1514 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Bergavenny's Players
Performance 1516-1516 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Bergavenny's Players
Performance 1516-1517 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Lord Bergavenny's Players
Performance 1517-1517 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Bergavenny's Players
Performance 1517-1518 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord Bergavenny's Players
Performance 1517-1518 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Lord Bergavenny's Players
Performance 1517-1518 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Bergavenny's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Bergavenny's Juggler/s Neville, George (1469 - 1535) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1
Lord Bergavenny's Players Neville, George (1469 - 1535) Players 9

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Birling Kent Private Residence
Eridge Place Sussex Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Eeles, Henry S. Frant: A Parish History. Tunbridge Wells: Courier Co., 1947.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)