Sir Knight, 2nd Lord Neville of Raby, Knight of Raby, Durham and Middleham. Sheriff of Hutton, Snape, Sutton in the Forest, Well and Yorkshire. Warden of the Scottish Marches, Justice of the Forests North of the Trent.
Second but eldest surviving son of Sir Ranulph de Neville, 1st Lord Neville of Raby by Eupheme FitzRoger de Clavering, daughter of Lord Robert FitzRoger. He was born at Raby Castle.
Second husband of Alice de Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, descendant of King Henry II, and Iseult de Mortimer, descendant of King John. They married by royal licence dated 14 Jan 1327, and had six sons and four daughters:
* Sir John, 3rd Lord Neville, married Maud Percy & Elizabeth Latimer
* Sir Robert, married Clara Pinckney
* Alexander, Bishop of York
* Thomas, Canon of York
* Sir William, married Elizabeth Waleys & Alice St Philbert
* Sir Ralph, married Elizabeth de Ledes
* Margaret, wife of William de Ros & Henry Percy
* Katherine, wife of Lord William Dacre
* Eleanor, wife of Geoffrey le Scrope & Abbess at Minories London
* Eupheme, wife of Robert de Clifford, Reynold de Lucy and Sir Walter de Heslarton
Some sources list three additional children: Elizabeth, Isabel and Alice.
Ralph fought in Scotland 1311 to 1335, supported King Edward II against Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and was ordered to join the King and his forces at Coventry 14 Feb 1322 during another rebel campaign. He commanded the English Army against the Scots at Neville's Cross 17 Oct 1346, where they defeated a larger number of Scots and King David was captured.
For the next twenty years, Ralph was employed in Scottish affairs, as a Commissioner or as a Warden of the Marches.
Sir Ralph died at Raby Castle, he and Alice were buried at Durham Cathedral, the first layman ever allowed burial in Durham Cathedral. His funeral chariot was drawn by seven horses, and his body carried into the cathedral on the shoulders of Knights. Their tomb being utterly destroyed by Scots imprisoned inside the cathedral in 1651.
Second but eldest surviving son of Sir Ranulph de Neville, 1st Lord Neville of Raby by Eupheme FitzRoger de Clavering, daughter of Lord Robert FitzRoger. He was born at Raby Castle.
Second husband of Alice de Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, descendant of King Henry II, and Iseult de Mortimer, descendant of King John. They married by royal licence dated 14 Jan 1327, and had six sons and four daughters:
* Sir John, 3rd Lord Neville, married Maud Percy & Elizabeth Latimer
* Sir Robert, married Clara Pinckney
* Alexander, Bishop of York
* Thomas, Canon of York
* Sir William, married Elizabeth Waleys & Alice St Philbert
* Sir Ralph, married Elizabeth de Ledes
* Margaret, wife of William de Ros & Henry Percy
* Katherine, wife of Lord William Dacre
* Eleanor, wife of Geoffrey le Scrope & Abbess at Minories London
* Eupheme, wife of Robert de Clifford, Reynold de Lucy and Sir Walter de Heslarton
Some sources list three additional children: Elizabeth, Isabel and Alice.
Ralph fought in Scotland 1311 to 1335, supported King Edward II against Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and was ordered to join the King and his forces at Coventry 14 Feb 1322 during another rebel campaign. He commanded the English Army against the Scots at Neville's Cross 17 Oct 1346, where they defeated a larger number of Scots and King David was captured.
For the next twenty years, Ralph was employed in Scottish affairs, as a Commissioner or as a Warden of the Marches.
Sir Ralph died at Raby Castle, he and Alice were buried at Durham Cathedral, the first layman ever allowed burial in Durham Cathedral. His funeral chariot was drawn by seven horses, and his body carried into the cathedral on the shoulders of Knights. Their tomb being utterly destroyed by Scots imprisoned inside the cathedral in 1651.
Sir Knight, 2nd Lord Neville of Raby, Knight of Raby, Durham and Middleham. Sheriff of Hutton, Snape, Sutton in the Forest, Well and Yorkshire. Warden of the Scottish Marches, Justice of the Forests North of the Trent.
Second but eldest surviving son of Sir Ranulph de Neville, 1st Lord Neville of Raby by Eupheme FitzRoger de Clavering, daughter of Lord Robert FitzRoger. He was born at Raby Castle.
Second husband of Alice de Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, descendant of King Henry II, and Iseult de Mortimer, descendant of King John. They married by royal licence dated 14 Jan 1327, and had six sons and four daughters:
* Sir John, 3rd Lord Neville, married Maud Percy & Elizabeth Latimer
* Sir Robert, married Clara Pinckney
* Alexander, Bishop of York
* Thomas, Canon of York
* Sir William, married Elizabeth Waleys & Alice St Philbert
* Sir Ralph, married Elizabeth de Ledes
* Margaret, wife of William de Ros & Henry Percy
* Katherine, wife of Lord William Dacre
* Eleanor, wife of Geoffrey le Scrope & Abbess at Minories London
* Eupheme, wife of Robert de Clifford, Reynold de Lucy and Sir Walter de Heslarton
Some sources list three additional children: Elizabeth, Isabel and Alice.
Ralph fought in Scotland 1311 to 1335, supported King Edward II against Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and was ordered to join the King and his forces at Coventry 14 Feb 1322 during another rebel campaign. He commanded the English Army against the Scots at Neville's Cross 17 Oct 1346, where they defeated a larger number of Scots and King David was captured.
For the next twenty years, Ralph was employed in Scottish affairs, as a Commissioner or as a Warden of the Marches.
Sir Ralph died at Raby Castle, he and Alice were buried at Durham Cathedral, the first layman ever allowed burial in Durham Cathedral. His funeral chariot was drawn by seven horses, and his body carried into the cathedral on the shoulders of Knights. Their tomb being utterly destroyed by Scots imprisoned inside the cathedral in 1651.
Second but eldest surviving son of Sir Ranulph de Neville, 1st Lord Neville of Raby by Eupheme FitzRoger de Clavering, daughter of Lord Robert FitzRoger. He was born at Raby Castle.
Second husband of Alice de Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, descendant of King Henry II, and Iseult de Mortimer, descendant of King John. They married by royal licence dated 14 Jan 1327, and had six sons and four daughters:
* Sir John, 3rd Lord Neville, married Maud Percy & Elizabeth Latimer
* Sir Robert, married Clara Pinckney
* Alexander, Bishop of York
* Thomas, Canon of York
* Sir William, married Elizabeth Waleys & Alice St Philbert
* Sir Ralph, married Elizabeth de Ledes
* Margaret, wife of William de Ros & Henry Percy
* Katherine, wife of Lord William Dacre
* Eleanor, wife of Geoffrey le Scrope & Abbess at Minories London
* Eupheme, wife of Robert de Clifford, Reynold de Lucy and Sir Walter de Heslarton
Some sources list three additional children: Elizabeth, Isabel and Alice.
Ralph fought in Scotland 1311 to 1335, supported King Edward II against Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and was ordered to join the King and his forces at Coventry 14 Feb 1322 during another rebel campaign. He commanded the English Army against the Scots at Neville's Cross 17 Oct 1346, where they defeated a larger number of Scots and King David was captured.
For the next twenty years, Ralph was employed in Scottish affairs, as a Commissioner or as a Warden of the Marches.
Sir Ralph died at Raby Castle, he and Alice were buried at Durham Cathedral, the first layman ever allowed burial in Durham Cathedral. His funeral chariot was drawn by seven horses, and his body carried into the cathedral on the shoulders of Knights. Their tomb being utterly destroyed by Scots imprisoned inside the cathedral in 1651.
