George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny

George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny

He was the son of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny (died 20 September 1492) and his first wife, Margaret (died 28 September 1485), daughter of Hugh Fenn, Under-Treasurer of England.^[2]

His younger brother Sir

The trial and execution in 1521 of his father-in-law Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, led to his own imprisonment for a year in the Tower of London. After admitting he had concealed the duke's treason, he was stripped of all his offices, fined 10,000 marks and had to sell his house to the king. He was then pardoned, being allowed to continue serving at court, in Parliament and in war, but regarded with suspicion. In 1530 he signed the petition asking Pope Clement VII to dissolve Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and was allowed to buy back his house.^[1] At the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533, he once again was Chief Larderer and was allowed to officiate.^[3]

On 4 June 1535, he made his will at

• Elizabeth Nevill, who married Henry Daubeney, 1st Earl of Bridgewater.^[8]
• Jane Nevill, who married Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu, elder brother of Cardinal Reginald Pole, executed for treason on 9 January 1539.^[11]

He married secondly, before 5 September 1513, Margaret, daughter of William Brent of Charing in Kent, without any children.^[8][10]

He married thirdly, about June 1519, Mary, youngest daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, and his wife Eleanor Percy, with whom he had three sons and five daughters:^[12]

• Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny.
• John Nevill.
• Thomas Nevill.
• Mary Nevill, who married first Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre; secondly John Wootton, of Tuddenham; and thirdly Francis Thursby, of Congham.
• Catherine Nevill, who married Sir John St Leger.
• Margaret Nevill, who married first John Cheyne (died 1544), eldest son of Sir Thomas Cheyne, and secondly Henry Poole, of Ditchling.
• Dorothy Nevill (died 1559), who married, as his first wife, William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, with whom she had a daughter, Frances Brooke, who married first Thomas Coppinger (1546–1580), and secondly Edward Becher.^[13]
• Ursula Nevill, who married Sir Warham St Leger, second cousin once removed of her brother-in-law Sir John St Leger.

Mary, Catherine, Margaret and Dorothy were married to heirs, whose wardships their father had acquired.^[14]

He married fourthly his mistress Mary Brooke, the aunt of his son-in-law William Brooke, who was pregnant at his death.^[1] with a daughter whose name is unknown.^[15] Mary was the daughter of Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham, and his first wife Dorothy, daughter of Sir Henry Heydon, of Baconsthorpe, and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, of Hever. This made her a second cousin of Queen Anne Boleyn.^[10]

Arms

Ancestry

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Ancestors of George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny
16. Constance of York 1. George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny 24. Hugh Fenn 12. Thomas Fenn 25. Christine 6. Hugh Fenn 3. Margaret Fenn 7. Eleanor

Notes

References

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