MOTHER: Cecily
She was the daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, by Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (
SIBLINGS:
1 Joan
She was born in 1438, and died the same year.
2 Anne
She was born on 10/11 August, 1439, at Fotheringhay Castle, Northants. She married firstly Henry Holland, 4th Duke of Exeter (1430–drowned at sea 1475), before 30 July, 1447, and had issue.
1 Anne ( c.1455–1475); she married Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (1455?–1501), son of Elizabeth Wydville, wife of Edward IV.
Anne was divorced from her first husband on 12 November, 1472. She married secondly Sir Thomas St Leger (executed 1483) in 1472/3, and had issue:
2 Anne (1476?–1526); she married George Manners, Lord Roos ( d.1513).
Anne died on 12 or 14 January, 1476 (or 1482?), in childbirth (?), and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
3 Henry
He was born on 9/10 February, 1441, at Hatfield, Herts., and died young.
4 Edmund
He was born on 17 or 27 May, 1443, at Rouen, France. He was created Earl of Rutland on 29 January, 1446. He forfeited his earldom by Act of Attainder in 1459, but was restored to it in October, 1460. He was killed on 30 December, 1460, at the Battle of Wakefield, Yorks., and was buried at Pontefract. His remains were later removed to the Collegiate Church of Fotheringhay, Northants.
5 Elizabeth
She was born on 22 April, 1444, at Rouen, France. She married John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk ( d.1491), in c.August, 1461 (or, less probably, before October, 1460), and had issue:
1 John, Earl of Lincoln (1462/4?–1487: killed at the Battle of Stoke); he married Margaret ( d.after 1493), daughter of Thomas FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, and had issue.
2 Edmund, Earl of Suffolk (1471/2?–executed 1513); he married Margaret ( d.1515), daughter of Sir Richard Scrope, and had issue.
3 Humphrey, Rector of Leverington, Cambs., and of Hingham, Norfolk (1474?–1513).
4 Edward, Archdeacon of Richmond, Yorks. ( d.1485?).
5 Richard, styled ‘Earl of Suffolk’ or ‘The White Rose’ (killed at the Battle of Pavia in 1525).
6 Geoffrey.
7 William (1478?–1539), a knight; he married Katherine ( d.1521), daughter of William, 2nd Baron Stourton.
8 Anne ( d.after 1495); she was a nun at Sion Abbey, Middlesex.
9 Katherine; she is said to have married William, Baron Stourton (1457–1524).
10 Elizabeth ( d.after 1489); she married Henry Lovell, Baron Morley ( d.1489).
11 Dorothy ( d.unmarried).
Elizabeth died between 7 January, 1503, and 3 May, 1504, and was buried in Wingfield Church, Suffolk.
6 Margaret
She was born on 3 May, 1446, at Fotheringhay Castle, Northants., and married Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1433–killed at the Battle of Nancy, 1477), on 3 July, 1468, at Damme, Flanders. She died on 16 April or 28 November, 1503, at Malines, Flanders, and was buried in the Church of the Cordeliers, Malines.
7 William
He was born on 7 July, 1447, at Fotheringhay Castle, Northants., and died young.
8 John
He was born on 7 November, 1448, at The Neyte, a house near Westminster, and died young.
9 George
He was born on 21 October, 1449, at Dublin Castle, Ireland. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1461, and a Knight of the Bath on 27 June, 1461. He was created Duke of Clarence on 28 June, 1461. He was created Earl of Salisbury and Earl of Warwick, in right of his wife, on 25 March, 1472. He was attainted on 8 February, 1478, and by this Act of Attainder forfeited all his estates and titles and the rights of himself and his heirs to the succession. He was privately executed on 18 February, 1478, in the Tower of London: tradition has it that he was drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine. He was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucs.
George married, on 11 July, 1469, at the Church of Our Lady, Calais, France:
Isabella
She was the daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, by Anne, daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; her sister Anne married firstly Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI, and secondly Richard III. Isabella was born on 5 September, 1451, at Warwick Castle. She died, it was rumoured by poison, on 21 December, 1476, at Warwick Castle, and was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucs.
Issue of marriage:
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i
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Anne
(?)
She was born on 16 April, 1470, in a ship off Calais. She was either born dead or died soon after birth, and was buried at Calais. Some sources state that the child born at sea in 1470 was a son.
(ii)
Margaret
She was born on 14 August, 1473, at Farleigh Castle, near Bath, Wilts. She married Sir Richard Pole (
d
.1505) on 22 September, 1494, and had issue:
1 Henry, Marquess of Montagu (1495?–executed 1538); he married Jane (
d
.1538), daughter of George Neville, Lord Bergavenny, and had issue.
2 Reginald, Cardinal-Archbishop of Canterbury (1500–1558).
3 Geoffrey, a knight, of Lordington, Sussex (1501–1558); he married Constance, daughter of Sir John Pakenham, and had issue.
4 Ursula (
d
.1570); she married Henry, Lord Stafford (1501–1563), and had issue.
5 Arthur (
d
.1570); he married Jane, daughter of Sir Roger Lewkmor, and had issue.
Margaret was restored to her father’s earldom of Salisbury on 14 October, 1513. She was attainted on 12 May, 1539, and all her titles were declared forfeit. She was executed on 28 May, 1541, in the Tower of London, and was buried in the Royal Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula within the Tower.
(iii)
Edward
He was born on 21 or 25 February, 1475 (or 1474?), at Warwick Castle, and was styled Earl of Warwick from birth, in right of his mother. He succeeded his mother as Earl of Salisbury in December, 1476, but was never so styled. He was confirmed as Earl of Warwick in 1490. He spent the greater part of his life in confinement, Henry VII resenting his proximity to the throne, and was executed for treason on 24 or 28 November, 1499, on Tower Hill, London. He was buried in Bisham Abbey, Berks.
(iv)
Richard
He was born on 6 October, 1476, at Tewkesbury Abbey,
Gloucs., and died on 1 January, 1477, at Warwick Castle. He was buried in Warwick Church, by the Castle.
10 Thomas
He was born in 1450/1, and died young.
11 Richard III(
12 Ursula
Described as the youngest child, she was born on 22 July, 1455, at Fotheringhay Castle, Northants., and died young.
13 Katherine(?)
14 Humphrey(?)
Katherine and Humphrey are described by Cecily as her children in her will, although they are not included in any other contemporary list of the children of Richard, Duke of York. The entry in Cecily’s will may therefore refer in fact to her grandchildren, Humphrey and Katherine de la Pole, the issue of Cecily’s daughter Elizabeth.