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Richard Neville

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Richard Neville

Birth
Death
31 Dec 1460 (aged 59–60)
Burial
Bisham, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England Add to Map
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Nobility and a Yorkist leader during the early parts of the Wars of the Roses. Born the third son of Ralph Neville Earl of Westmoreland and his second wife Joan Beaufort. He married Alice de Montacute sometime before February 1421 and succeeded his father-in-law (jure uxoris) as fifth Earl of Salisbury as well as 7th and 4th Baron Montacute. He was executed after the Battle of Wakefield. First buried at Pontefract and moved to Bisham where his son erected his effigy. This effigy is today at St Mary's Church, Burghfield, Berkshire.

Note: Could people please google the meaning of cenotaph or read the actual bio, BEFORE telling me AGAIN that this memorial is a duplicate. That would be great.
Nobility and a Yorkist leader during the early parts of the Wars of the Roses. Born the third son of Ralph Neville Earl of Westmoreland and his second wife Joan Beaufort. He married Alice de Montacute sometime before February 1421 and succeeded his father-in-law (jure uxoris) as fifth Earl of Salisbury as well as 7th and 4th Baron Montacute. He was executed after the Battle of Wakefield. First buried at Pontefract and moved to Bisham where his son erected his effigy. This effigy is today at St Mary's Church, Burghfield, Berkshire.

Note: Could people please google the meaning of cenotaph or read the actual bio, BEFORE telling me AGAIN that this memorial is a duplicate. That would be great.


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  • Created by: Lutetia
  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94570877/richard-neville: accessed ), memorial page for Richard Neville (1400–31 Dec 1460), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94570877, citing Bisham Priory, Bisham, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England; Maintained by Lutetia (contributor 46580078).