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Margaret <I>de Stafford</I> Neville

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Margaret de Stafford Neville

Birth
Brancepeth, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England
Death
1396 (aged 31–32)
Staindrop, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England
Burial
Brancepeth, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England Add to Map
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Margaret de Stafford de Neville

Margaret de Stafford was born in Brancepeth, County Durham, England. She was the second daughter of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and Philippa de Beauchamp.

Margaret married Ralph de Neville in 1382. She and Ralph de Neville were parents of eight children:
* Maud de Neville (d. October 1438), married Piers de Mauley, 5th Baron Mauley
* Alice de Neville, married first Sir Thomas Grey of Heton; married second Sir Gilbert Lancaster
* Philippa de Neville, married Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre
* John de Neville, Lord Neville (d. 1420)
* Sir Ralph Neville, married Mary Ferrers, daughter of Sir Robert Ferrers and had issue
* Elizabeth de Neville, a nun
* Anne de Neville, married Sir Gilbert Umfraville
* Margaret de Neville, married first Richard Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton, married second William Cressoner
She died at Raby Castle, and is interned in St Brandon Church, County Durham, England.

(This bio and memorial was created for Margaret de Stafford by 14th great granddaughter, Audrey DeCamp Hoffman)

The contract for their marriage was signed before 1370, and as a result of her marriage, she became known as Lady Neville on 17 Oct 1388.

Per G E Cokayne's The Complete Peerage, she was buried at Brancepeth, County Durham, England.

Per Brancepeth Archives, the effigy at St Mary's, Staindrop is the burial site of Sir Ralph de Neville, neither of his wives are buried with him. Margaret de Stafford de Neville, the first wife of Sir Ralph was buried at Brancepeth where her wooden tomb, built above her actual grave in the centre of the chancel of St. Brandon's Church in front of the altar.
Margaret de Stafford de Neville

Margaret de Stafford was born in Brancepeth, County Durham, England. She was the second daughter of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and Philippa de Beauchamp.

Margaret married Ralph de Neville in 1382. She and Ralph de Neville were parents of eight children:
* Maud de Neville (d. October 1438), married Piers de Mauley, 5th Baron Mauley
* Alice de Neville, married first Sir Thomas Grey of Heton; married second Sir Gilbert Lancaster
* Philippa de Neville, married Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre
* John de Neville, Lord Neville (d. 1420)
* Sir Ralph Neville, married Mary Ferrers, daughter of Sir Robert Ferrers and had issue
* Elizabeth de Neville, a nun
* Anne de Neville, married Sir Gilbert Umfraville
* Margaret de Neville, married first Richard Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton, married second William Cressoner
She died at Raby Castle, and is interned in St Brandon Church, County Durham, England.

(This bio and memorial was created for Margaret de Stafford by 14th great granddaughter, Audrey DeCamp Hoffman)

The contract for their marriage was signed before 1370, and as a result of her marriage, she became known as Lady Neville on 17 Oct 1388.

Per G E Cokayne's The Complete Peerage, she was buried at Brancepeth, County Durham, England.

Per Brancepeth Archives, the effigy at St Mary's, Staindrop is the burial site of Sir Ralph de Neville, neither of his wives are buried with him. Margaret de Stafford de Neville, the first wife of Sir Ralph was buried at Brancepeth where her wooden tomb, built above her actual grave in the centre of the chancel of St. Brandon's Church in front of the altar.


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