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Birth1468
Deathbef 28 Dec 1530
General1st s. 2nd baron. A soldier.
FatherHenry Neville (-1469)
MotherJoan Bourchier (-1470)
Notes for Richard Neville Lord Latimer
m. (2) Margaret, widow of Sir James Strandwishe,  & had 15 children in all.
DNB Main notes for Richard Neville Lord Latimer
Neville, Richard, second Baron Latimer 1468-1530

Name: Neville, Richard
Title: second Baron Latimer
Dates: 1468-1530
Active Date: 1508
Gender: Male

Spouse: Anne, daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton, Worcestershire
Sources: Rowland's Family of Nevill; Materials for the Reign of Henry VII...
Contributor: W. A. J. A. [William Arthur Jobson Archbold]

Co-subject: Neville, George
Dates: 1509-1567
Active Date: 1549
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Religion and Occultism
Occupation: Divine

Article
Neville, Richard, second Baron Latimer 1468-1530, born in 1468, was son of Sir Henry Neville who was killed at the battle of Edgecote in 1469. His mother was Jane (d. 1471), daughter of John, first baron Berners [see under Bourchier, John, second Baron Berners]. His grandfather, George Neville, brother of Richard, earl of Salisbury [q.v.], was created Baron Latimer in 1432, married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick [q.v.], and after some years of partial insanity died in 1469 [see Neville, Ralph, first Earl of Westmorland]. Richard succeeded him as Baron Latimer; but he was not summoned to parliament until 12 Aug. 1492. He held some command at the battle of Stoke in 1487, was a witness to the treaty with Portugal in 1487, and in 1492 obtained special livery of his lands; he subsequently served on the northern border under Surrey. He was distinguished as a soldier. After taking part in the relief of Norham and the battle of Flodden, he was in 1522 made lieutenant-general, and in 1525 a commissioner for the north. Under Henry VIII he was a prominent courtier, taking part in the ceremonial attending the reception of Wolsey's cardinal's hat in 1515. On 13 July 1530 he signed the petition to Clement VII, praying him to hasten his decision as to the divorce. He died before 28 Dec. 1530 (cf. Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, iv. iii. 6776). Latimer married Anne, daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton, Worcestershire, who predeceased him. He contemplated marrying Mary, widow of Sir James Strangwishe, in July 1522 (ib. iii. ii. 2415). By his wife he had issue John, third baron Latimer [q.v.], William, Thomas, Marmaduke, George (see below), and Christopher, with four daughters. Susanna, one of the daughters, married Richard Norton [q.v.].
The son, George Neville 1509-1567, was born on 29 July 1509, graduated B.A. at Cambridge in 1524, and subsequently became D.D. He was appointed rector of Well, Richmondshire, and of Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, on 17 July 1552, receiving about the same time the mastership of the hospital at Well, which was in the gift of the family. In or before 1558 he was made archdeacon of Carlisle, and one of the queen's chaplains. He died in 1567, when he also held the livings of Spofford, Bolton, and Leake, Yorkshire; Rothbury, Northumberland; and Salkeld and Monland, Cumberland (cf. Cooper, Athenæ Cantabr.; Richmondshire Wills, Surtees Soc. xxvi. 20; Whitaker, Richmondshire, ii. 78-83; Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, 1529, 1537, 1547; Brydges, Northamptonshire, ed. Whalley; Dugdale, Mon. Angl. vi. 702; Journal of Yorkshire Archæol. and Topogr. Association, vol. ii.).

Sources
Rowland's Family of Nevill; Materials for the Reign of Henry VII (Rolls Ser.), ii. 475; Burke's Extinct Peerage; Letters and Papers of Henry VIII; State Papers, iv. 393.

Contributor: W. A. J. A.

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