11817120. Baron Geoffrey de Neville & 11817121. Joan de Monmouth
~1190,
Geoffrey Fitz Robert de Neville born in Raby, Durham, England, s/o 23634240. Lord Robert Fitz Maldred &
23634241. Isabel de Neville.
4/6/1199,
John succeeded Richard I as King of England.
~1203, Joan
born in England, d/o 23634242. John de
Monmouth & 23634243. Lady Cecilie Waleran.
~1210, Geoffrey
adopted the name “Neville” because of his mother’s vast estates including
Brancepeth, and Sheriff-Hutton in North Yorkshire, and land in Lincolnshire.
1213, Joan’s
brother William died; her brother John the heir.
2/1214, King
John landed at La Rochelle, France in an expedition into Poitou.
1214, Geoffrey appointed seneschal of Poitou by King John.
1214-15,
Geoffrey a royalist during the Barons’ rebellion.
6/19/1215 at
Runnymede near Windsor, King John forced to agree to the terms of the Magna
Carta.
1/1216, Charter
by John, constable of Chester, … Witnesses:—R. earl of Chester, Geoffrey de
Nevill, Hugh le Despencer. (S) Ancienct Deeds, V5, 1906, A.10794.
1216,
Geoffrey, a royal chamberlain, appointed Sheriff of Yorkshire by King John. [Geoffrey
would hang men in Yorkshire without reference to the king’s judges on the
grounds that he had behaved like that in Gascony.]
10/28/1216
at Gloucester, Henry, 9 years old, crowned King Henry III.
5/1217,
Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hads the manor of
Laceby, which Geoffrey de Neville held by bail of King John. (S) FRsHIII.
5/1218,
Geoffrey, Sheriff of Yorkshire, again appointed seneschal of Poitou to replace
the Archbishop of Bordeaux who was going on crusade. Geoffrey went to Poitou
leaving Simon of Hale of Lincolnshire, his under-sheriff, in charge in York.
[Geoffrey was unable to pay any money at this time into the exchequer from the
farms of Yorkshire because of the war that had been going on amongst the
barons.]
3/13/1219,
Letter from King Henry III: “It is commanded to G. de Nevill, seneschal of
Poitou and Gascony that he make sure by his power that the lady queen
Berengaria and all those she might have brought with her, have a safe and
secure conduct to cross through Poitou and Gascony towards Spain if they wish
to, both going and coming”. (S) Patent Rolls of Henry III.
4/1219,
Geoffrey, seneschal of Poitou and Gascony, in formed the King and his council
of the plight of Elyas Ridel, lord of Bergerac; informing the king that he
would lose his lands to King Louis without help being sent. Geoffrey also
informed the king of the the devastation caused by his barons causing
discontent with his rule.
5/1219,
Geoffrey informed the king and council of incursions by Hugh de Lusignan,
specifically against the town of Niort. Geoffrey informed the king, that if
nothing was done, he would leave for the Holy land on June 24th.
7/24/1219,
King Henry III informed Geoffrey that he was to obey Hugh de Lusignan in the
King’s affairs.
8/1219,
Geoffrey, “compelled by great want of money”, was planning to return to
England. Hugh de Lusignan loaned Geoffrey 160 marks so that he could stay in
France. [Geoffrey owed £904, including £414 from farms and £223 from
amercements in York.]
11/1/1219,
Geoffrey returned to England, landing at Dover; and leaving his deputy the
rents of Poitou and Gascony amounting to £50.
1219-20,
Geoffrey, with the earl of Salisbury and others, was an advisor to Pandulf, the
Bishop of Norwich in his dealings with Hubert de Burgh.
1220, Hubert de Burgh effectively ended baronial
opposition to King Henry with the siege and defeat of the Earl of Aumale at
Bytham castle in Lincoln.
5/8/1220 at
York, Geoffrey, a norther loyalist during the barons rebellion, was a pledge
for the £100 fine of William of Lancaster [William de Albini].
9/14/1220,
Because of the 1220 tax, Geoffrey summoned an assembly of earls, barons, and
free men to York, where only stewards of the magnates came declaring “their
lords knew nothing about giving this aid and tallage to the king.”
12/1220,
Hubert de Burgh, the earl of Chester, Geoffrey de Neville, Philip de Albini,
William de Cantilupe, Brian de Lisle, Hugh de Vivonne, and others wrote a
letter to the Pope warning against returning to England a person whom he had
earlier excused for “immense malice”.
5/7/1222,
The “writ of liberate” by the royal council made important concessions to
Geoffrey de Neville, the earls of Chester and Pembroke and the Count of Aumale.
6/13/1222,
Geoffrey de Neville and Richard de Alençon have made fine with the king for
having the custody of the land and heir of Alexander de Neville by rendering
the £100. (S) FRsHIII.
6/24/1222,
Sheriffs were given a specific list of demesnes that should be taken into the king’s
hands including some belonging to Geoffrey. [The list was of 49 properties of
37 individuals.]
7/14/1223,
Louis VIII succeeded as King of France.
8/1223,
Geoffrey sent to Hugh de Lusignan to negotiate a peace agreement with the
French King; and was appointed seneschal of Poitou.
1/1224,
Geoffrey returned to England with Hugh’s response, which was a demand for more
concessions.
5/6/1224,
2,000 marks were provided to Geoffrey to outfit a force of at least 15 knights
of the king’s household to be sent under his command to La Rochelle.
6/1224,
Geoffrey and the knights reached La Rochelle.
7/15/1224,
Geoffrey commanded the knights under Frenchman Savari de Mauleon as King Louis
began the siege of La Rochelle.
8/3/1224, La
Rochelle, as decided by it citizens, surrendered to King Louis of France. The
English knights, commanded by Geoffrey, were allowed to go free.
2/11/1225 at
Westminster, Geoffrey a signer of the Magna Carta and the Charter of the
Forest. [Essentially a reaffirmation of the charters of 1217. These would be
reaffirmed as written again in 1237, 1253; and by Edward I in 1297.]
12/1231,
Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the demand he makes
from Geoffrey de Neville from his land in Cadney for a murder fine. (S)
FRsHIII.
11/13/1232,
Geoffrey de Nevill has letters directed to his knights and free tenants
requesting them to make hima reasonable aid to discharge his debts. (S) CPRs.
Bef.
9/29/1242, Geoffrey died.
[––Joan––]
Joan’s
brother John died leaving her as his coheir.
4/12/1257, IPM of John de Munemuth. Lady Albretha de
Boterell' alias de Botereaus [Joan’s maternal aunt], aged more than 60, and
Lady Joan de Nevil alias de Novilla (11817121), aged more than 40, are his
heirs. Wilts: Langeford and Grimstede towns, 3 carucates land held of the king
in chief by service of 1 knight. Dorset: Pidele Bardolfeston town, ⅓ knight's
fee held of Sir Alfred de Lincoln by service of ⅓ knight's fee. (S) CIsPM.
Joan died.
(S) The
Minority of Henry III, Carpenter, 1990.
Family
notes:
·
A Geoffrey de Neville, s/o Ala de Neville, died
in 1225, leaving a son John as heir.
Children
of Geoffrey and Joan:
i. Agnes de Neville (30424581), born ~1220 in
England.
ii. Robert de Neville (243382592), born ~1225 in
England.
iii. Geoffrey de Nevill (5908560), born ~1230 in
England.
