Peerage Record – 78

     Ives de Neville was the son of Alan (I) de Neville.¹ He died before 1191.¹

     Ralph de Neville was born before 1178. He was the son of Alan (I) de Neville.¹ He married unknown Rafin, daughter of Bertram Rafin.¹

     unknown Rafin is the daughter of Bertram Rafin.¹ She married Ralph de Neville, son of Alan (I) de Neville.¹

     Hugh (I) de Neville was the son of Ralph de Neville and unknown Rafin.¹ He married, firstly, Joan de Cornhill, daughter of Henry de Cornhill and Alice de Courcy, before 30 April 1200.¹ He married, secondly, Beatrice de Turnham, daughter of Stephen de Turnham, before April 1230.¹ He died before 21 July 1234.¹ He was buried at Waltham Abbey, Essex, England^G.²
     Hugh (I) de Neville also went by the nick-name of Hugh ‘the Farmer’.³ He fought in the King Richard’s Third Crusade in 1190.¹ He fought in the siege of Jaffa in 1192.¹ He held the office of Keeper of Marlborough Castle in 1194.¹ He held the office of Sheriff of Essex from 1198 to 1199.¹ He held the office of Chief of the Itinerant Justices of the Forest before 1199.¹ He held the office of Sheriff of Hertfordshire from 1202 to 1203.¹ He held the office of Sheriff of Essex from 1202 to 1203.¹ He held the office of Forester in 1203, for life (possibly Chief Forester of all England.)¹ He held the office of Treasurer before 27 January 1208/9.¹ He held the office of Keeper of the seaports between Cornwall and Hampshire in 1213.¹ In June 1215 at Runymede^G he was a member of King John’s entourage at the signing of the Magna Carta.¹ He surrended Marlborough to King Louis VIII of France when the latter invaded England at the behest of the barons ranged against King John, this forfeiting his lands and offices.¹ In October 1217 his lands and the Forestership were restored to him.² He held the office of Chief Justice in 1224.¹ He held the office of Keeper of the Forest in 1224.¹ He held the office of Chief of the Commissioners in 1225, to take evidence as to the bounds of forests thorughout the country, preparatory to the disafforestation of large tracts.² He held the office of Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1227.¹ In December 1233 he was directed to fortify the defences of Stoke Courcy, Somerset, to prevent the landing of an enemy.²

     Joan de Cornhill was the daughter of Henry de Cornhill and Alice de Courcy.^1,2 She married Hugh (I) de Neville, son of Ralph de Neville and unknown Rafin, before 30 April 1200.¹ She died between December 1224 and 1230.¹ She was buried at Waltham Abbey, Essex, England^G.²

     Henry de Cornhill is the son of Gervase Fitz Roger de Cornhill.²

     Beatrice de Turnham was the daughter of Stephen de Turnham.¹ She married, firstly, Ralph de Fay before 1223.¹ She married, secondly, Hugh (I) de Neville, son of Ralph de Neville and unknown Rafin, before April 1230.¹ She married, thirdly, Hugh de Playz after 1234.¹ She died before December 1245.¹
     From before 1223, her married name became de Fay.¹ She was excommunicated.²