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ABERGAVENNY
COMPLETE PEERAGE
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of Parl. (31 Jan. (1555/6) 2 and 3 Philip and Mary),[1] preserved them intact to the succeeding Lords. P.C. 1516. He m., 1stly, Joan, da. of Thomas (Fitzalan), Earl of Arundel, by Margaret, da. of Richard (Widville), Earl of Rivers. She d. s.p.m., 14 Nov.[2] He m., 2ndly, Margaret, da. of William[3] Brent, of Charing, Kent, 'gentleman.' She was living 1515, but d. s.p.s. He m., 3rdly, about June 1519, Mary, da. of Edward (Stafford), Duke of Buckingham, by Eleanor, da. of Henry (Percy), Earl of Northumberland. He m., 4thly, Mary Brooke, otherwise Cobham, who had formerly been his mistress, and who survived him. He d. 1535, and was bur. at Birling (his heart being bur. at Mereworth), Kent. Will dat. 4 June 1535, pr. 24 Jan. 1535/6.

VI. 1535. 6. Henry (Nevill) Lord Bergavenny, s. and h. by third wife, b. after 1527. He was sum. to Parl. 23 Jan. 1551/2 to 15 Oct. 1586. He was one of the 26 peers who signed the letters patent, 16 June 1553, settling the Crown on Lady Jane Grey; K.B. 29 Sep. 1553; Chief Larderer at the coronation of Queen Mary 1 Oct. 1553. On 6 Oct. 1586 he was one of the Peers who tried Mary, Queen of Scots, at Fotheringhay.[4] He m., 1stly, before 31 Jan. 1555/6, Frances, da. of Thomas (Manners), Earl of Rutland, by his 2nd wife, Eleanor, da. of Sir William Paston. She is mentioned as being among the "noble authors." She was bur. Sep. 1576, at Birling. He m., 2ndly, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Stephen Darrell, of Spelmonden, in Horsmonden, Kent, Chief Clerk of the Royal Kitchen, by Philippe, da. of
  1. The "Act concerninge the restitucion of the heirs males of Sir Edward Nevyll knight" recites the petition of his eldest son Edwarde Nevill esquier, that the sd. Sir Edward, 4 Dec, 30 Hen. VIII, was atteynted of highe treason and for the same was putt to execucion of deathe, and in the Parl. 28 Apr.–28 June 31 Hen. VIII attainted and all his estates forfeited: that in the Parl. 22 Jan. 33 Hen. VIII–12 May 35 Hen. VIII, the petr. was restored in name and blood and made h. to the sd. Sir Edward and to all others to whom the sd. Sir Edward was h. or might have been h. if he had not been attainted: and also enabled to inherit all such honours, lordships, etc., which at any time should descend to him as h. of the body of the sd. Sir Edward or of any of his ancestors, but not to any honours etc. which were the late sd. Sir Edward the father or which the King then had or was intitled to have by reason of the atteyndour. The petr. now seeks that, for lack of heirs male of the body of Henry N., now Lord a Burgavenny, he may have etc. all the honours, baronies, etc., which by the will of George N. kt., Lord a B. decd., were for lack of heirs male of his body, or of the body of Sir Thomas N. kt., decd., entailed etc. on Sir Edward N. kt. and the heirs male of his body. And that for lack of heirs male of the body of the petr., the rem. should be to his br. Henry and the heirs male of his body, rem. to his br. George and the heirs male of his body, rem. to the heirs of the body of the sd. George, Lord a B., rem. to the heirs of the body of Sir Thomas N. kt., rem. to the Queen—Soit baille aux communz—A ceste bill lez communz sount assentuz—31 Jan. [1555/6] 2 and 3 Ph. and Mary. (ex inform. G. W. Watson.) V.G.
  2. Coll. Top. et Gen., vol. i, p. 281.
  3. In the Visit. of Kent (1619) his name is given as William John Brent, but the date seems too early for a man to have borne two Christian names. V.G.
  4. For a list of these see note sub Henry, Earl of Derby, [1572].