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Thomas de Neville, 13621407 (aged 45 years)

Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
Name
Thomas /de Neville/
Given names
Thomas
Surname prefix
de
Surname
Neville
Also known as
5th Lord of /Furnival/
Family with parents
father
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
13291388
Birth: 1329 38 27 Staindrop, Durham, England
Death: 17 October 1388Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
mother
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
13351379
Birth: 1335 37 35 Warkworth, Northumberland, England
Death: 18 February 1379Staindrop, Durham, England
Marriage MarriageJuly 1357Alnwick, Northumberland, England
18 months
elder sister
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
13581433
Birth: 1358 29 23 Staindrop, Durham, England
Death: 20 June 1433Blankney, Lincolnshire, England
3 years
elder sister
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
13601447
Birth: 1360 31 25 Staindrop, Durham, England
Death: 16 July 1447Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
3 years
himself
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
13621407
Birth: 1362 33 27 Staindrop, Durham, England
Death: 14 March 1407Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
1366
Birth: 1366 37 31 Staindrop, Durham, England
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
1368
Birth: 1368 39 33 Staindrop, Durham, England
Death:
4 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Elizabeth Latimer
father
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
13291388
Birth: 1329 38 27 Staindrop, Durham, England
Death: 17 October 1388Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
stepmother
13571395
Birth: 1357Scrampston, Yorkshire, England
Death: 3 November 1395Lincolnshire, England
Marriage Marriage1379
4 years
half-brother
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
13821430
Birth: 1382 53 25 Staindrop, Durham, England
Death: 1430
7 years
half-sister
13881400
Birth: 1388 59 31 Guisborough, Yorkshire, England
Death: 1400
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Address: Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
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Address: Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
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Address: Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
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Address: Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
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Address: Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
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Address: Durham Cathedral, Durham, England.
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10 May 202201:18:09
Author of last change: Danny
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Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England.
Note: Raby Castle is near Staindrop in County Durham, England, in 200 acres of deer park. It was built by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, between approximately 1367 and 1390. Cecily Neville, the mother of the Kings Edward IV and Richard III, was born there. After Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland, led the failed Rising of the North in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1569, Raby Castle was taken into royal custody.

Raby Castle is near Staindrop in County Durham, England, in 200 acres of deer park. It was built by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, between approximately 1367 and 1390. Cecily Neville, the mother of the Kings Edward IV and Richard III, was born there. After Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland, led the failed Rising of the North in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1569, Raby Castle was taken into royal custody.

Sir Henry Vane the Elder purchased Raby Castle in 1626 and neighbouring Barnard Castle from the Crown, and the Earls of Darlington and Dukes of Cleveland added a Gothic-style entrance hall and octagonal drawing room. From 1633 to 1691 they were the Dukes of Cleveland and they retain the title of Lord Barnard. Extensive alterations were carried out in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is the home and seat of John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard. It is famed for both it's size and its art, including works by old masters and portraits. It is a Grade I listed building and open to the public on a seasonal basis.

History

The house of Neville held the manor of Raby from the 13th century, and although the family had no formal title from 1295 they were summoned to Parliament as Barons of Raby.

Ralph Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby, was the first to be summoned to Parliament. His heir, John Neville (1299/1300-1335), became a member of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster's household, beginning the family's link with the Earls of Lancaster. Raby was the family's caput, their seat of power, and there may have been a fortified house on the site of the present building from around 1300. In the second half of the 14th century the Nevilles began rebuilding several of their properties in northern England, including Raby Castle between roughly 1367 and 1390. In the closing years of the century the Nevilles were becoming one of the most powerful families in northern England, comparable to the House of Percy, who had been made Earls of Northumberland in 1377.

In 1378 Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham, granted John de Neville a licence to fortify his property at Raby. John died in 1388 and was succeeded by his son, Ralph. Almost nothing of the family's papers survive from this period so there is little documentary evidence of Raby Castle's construction. The dating is based mostly on architectural details. In the words of historian Anthony Emery, the work "converted it from a defendable house into a palace-fortress".

Ralph was created Earl of Westmorland on 29 September 1397 by Richard II as a reward for his loyalty in the face of political unrest. However his family's traditional association with the Earls of Lancaster meant that when Henry Bolinbroke of the House of Lancaster invaded in July 1399, Neville sided with Bolingbroke. Neville helped persuade Richard II to abdicate and Henry was crowned as Henry IV. Neville was made Earl Marshal of England on the day of Henry's coronation and a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1403.

Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland, died in 1564 and was succeeded by his son, Charles. The Nevilles were Catholics and Charles was one of the leaders of the failed Rising of the North in 1569 against England's Protestant Queen Elizabeth I. Owing to the severity of the threat to the Crown, more than 800 rebels were executed and Charles Neville and Thomas Percy (Earl of Westmorland and another leader of the rebellion) fled into exile. In 1571 an attainder was issued against Neville and his lands were forfeited to the Crown

After the Rising of the North the castle became the property of the Crown for more than forty-three years before being bought by Henry Vane the Elder. He was impressed by the size and lands, contrasting with Barnard Castle, which was hemmed in by the surrounding town. The House of Vane was responsible for much of the modernising of the castle, especially the interior. This included renovation of the medieval chapel and drawing room.

The family drove a carriageway though the castle, causing much damage to its medieval fabric. Architect William Burn carried out alterations to Raby Castle between 1843 and 1848, including adding new roofs to the great hall and the chapel and adding a drawing room to one of the towers in Jacobean style. The present family is responsible for the great collection of art in the castle.

On 17 March 1849, William the then Prince of Orange, succeeded to the throne of the Netherlands. He was at that moment a guest of the Duchess of Cleveland in Raby Castle.

In 1890 the former 4th Duke of Cleveland died, leaving the line of succession to the castle and its vast estates unclear. The case was decided in 1891 when the Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords deemed his relative, Henry de Vere Vane, to be the 9th Baron Barnard and inheritor of the vast estates of Raby. He did not, however, inherit the title of Duke of Cleveland, which became extinct.

Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard divested himself of all but 1,713 acres (693 ha) of the 53,000-acre (21,000 ha) Raby estate. Raby Castle is open to the public every year between May and September and at Easter.