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Parl.[1] 15 Nov. 1482 to 12 Aug. 1492, by writs directed Georgio Nevyle de Bergevenny chr. He m., 1stly, Margaret, da. and h. of Sir Hugh Fenne, of Sculton Burdeleys, Norfolk,[2] and of Braintree, Essex, Treasurer of the Household to Henry VI. She d. 28 Sep. 1485. He m., 2ndly, as her 4th husband, Elizabeth, widow of John Stokker, of St. George's, Eastcheap, (whose will was pr. 1485) and before that, widow of Richard Naylor[3], citizen of London (who was bur. at St. Martin's Outwich, London, and whose will was pr. 1483), and before that widow of Sir Robert Bassett, Lord Mayor of London [1475–6.]. He d. 20 Sep. 1492, and was bur. at Lewes Priory, Sussex. Will dat. 1 July 1491, pr. 1492.[4] She d. 1500, and was bur. at St. Martin's Outwich afsd.[5] Will, in which she describes herself as of Berghdenne, in the parish of Chartham, Kent, widow, dat. 14 Apr. 1500, pr. 19 June following.[6] | |
| V. 1492. | 5. George (Nevill), Lord Bergavenny, s. and h. by 1st wife, aged 16 and more at his mother's death. He was dubbed K.B., 4 July 1483, v.p. He was sum. to Parl.[1] 16 Jan. 1496/7 to 5 Jan. 1533/4. He served in the wars against France, and was in the battle of Blackheath, 17 June 1497, against the Cornish rebels. Was Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports. Chief Larderer at the coronation of Henry VIII, 24 June 1509, and again at that of Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort, 1 June 1533.[7] K.G. 23 Apr., and |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 There is proof in the Rolls of Parl. of his sitting.
- ↑ This manor is held by Grand Serjeanty "as Chief Larderer." Service was performed accordingly by the Lords Abergavenny, or their deputies, at the coronations of James II, Queen Anne, and George I, George II, George III, and George IV. Hugh Fenne d. in 1476.
- ↑ "Alicia Naylor vidua Baronis de Abergavenny" is shown in the Visit. of Kent (1619) as wife of Walter Roberts. Query if this refers to this lady. V.G.
- ↑ See Test. Vet. p. 406.
- ↑ There has been much confusion as to the order of this lady's husbands. V.G.
- ↑ See Test. Vet. p. 441.
- ↑ Sir Roger Wilbraham, temp. Eliz., relates a smart retort, made apparently by this Lord, to Henry VIII. "The L. of Burgaveny had morgaged that house; the King having an ynkling thereof at his meeting with him said 'God morow my L. of Burgaveny without Burgaveny;' the Lord more boldly than discreetly said to the King 'God morow my liege Lord, King of France without France.' This tale is not only amusing, but has a practical bearing; for if Abergavenny were a Barony by tenure, and if the fond "conceipt that the Castle and Lordship of A. should draw the stile and dignity" were true, then a mortgage, which transfers the legal ownership, would have also transferred the peerage; but the Lords having no notice of the transfer would have continued to summon Mr. Nevill, and by so doing would, (according to modern peerage law) have conferred a new peerage on him of the same date as the summons, while as soon as the mortgagee had foreclosed on Abergavenny and taken possession, they could not refuse him his writ of sum. to the ancient Barony. It is clear that such a process might recur, and that by now we might have a collection of Lords Abergavenny of various dates, which, as Euclid says, is absurd.If it were possible for a Barony by tenure to exist in modern days, we should have from time to time the scandal of sales, and see advertisements such as this.—"At
