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  WESTMORLAND - LoveToKnow Article on WESTMORLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ralph Neville, 4th Baron Neville of Raby, and 1st earl of Westmorland (1364-1425), eldest son of John, 3rd Baton Neville, and his wife Maud Percy (see NEVILLE, Family), was knighted by Thomas of Woodstock, afterwards duke of Gloucester, during the French expedition of 1380, and succeeded to his fathers barony in 1388.
Charles, 6th earl (1543-1601), eldest son of the 5th earl by his first wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st earl of Rutland, was brought up a Roman Catholic, and was further attached to the Catholic party by his marriage with Jane, daughter of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey.
Westmorland may thus be said to be divided in the middle by uplands ranging in a general south-easterly direction, and to be bordered all along its eastern side by the elevated moorlands of the Pennine chain.
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 Earl Marshal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Earl Marshal of England is a hereditary Royal officeholder under the King or Queen of the United Kingdom.
In the Middle Ages, the Earl Marshal and the Lord High Constable were the officers of the King's horses and stables.
In conjunction with the Lord High Constable he had held a court, known as the Court of Chivalry, for the administration of justice in accordance with the law of arms, which was concerned with many subjects relating to military matters, such as ransom, booty and soldiers' wages, and including the misuse of armorial bearings.
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 Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Neville was born 1543 and died 1601.
Forces loyal to the queen mustered and crushed the rebelion which failed in their attempt to rescue Mary Queen of Scots from prison.
Westmorland fled, to live in exile on the Continent; he was attainted by Parliament in 1571.
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 List of Earls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This is a list of present Earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
The Earl of Selkirk (1646, presently disclaimed by the Lord Selkirk of Douglas)
The Earl Brooke and of Warwick (1746, known as the Earl of Warwick)
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 Earl of Westmorland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Earl of Westmorland has been created several times in the Peerage of England.
The current Earl has the subsidiary title Baron Burghersh (1624) in the same Peerage.
Anthony David Francis Henry Fane, 16th Earl of Westmorland (b.
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 Berkshire History: Biographies: Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury (1400-1460)
Richard was the eldest son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, by his second wife Joan Beaufort, the daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.
The Earl of Westmorland left Richard no land, since he was already well provided for by his marriage which had taken place earlier in that year, to Alice, the only child of Thomas Montacute, the 4th Earl of Salisbury, who was then eighteen years of age.
Westmorland's grandson by his first wife, Margaret, the daughter of Hugh, Earl of Stafford, and successor in the Earldom, had, for some years, been vainly endeavouring to prevent the diversion of these lands to the younger branch of the Nevilles.
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 John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Right Honourable John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (9 October 1756 - 24 September 1835) was the eldest son of Pitt the Elder, and elder brother to Pitt the Younger.
He served in various capacities in the Tory cabinets of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
This biography of a British peer or noble is a stub.
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 WESTMORLAND, EARLS OF - Online Information article about WESTMORLAND, EARLS OF
Burghersh and earl of Westmorland in 1624, and became Lord le Despenser on his mother's death in 1626.
John Fane, 11th or 17th earl (1784-1859), only son of John, loth earl, was known as Lord Burghersh until he succeeded to the earldom in 1841.
Pole, 3rd earl of Mornington, was a distinguished artist.
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 Fuller Family of Sussex - pafg123 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
David Anthony Thomas Fane 15th Earl of Westmorland was born on 31 Mar 1924.
Anthony Mildmay Julian Fane 13th Earl of Westmorland was born in 1859.
Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmorland was born on 19 Nov 1825.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Westmorland
Westmorland, former county, north-western England, bordered on the north-west and north by the former county of Cumberland, on the east by the former...
Westmorland and Lonsdale, United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in Cumbria, north-western England.
Born the 4th Baron Neville of Raby, Neville was knighted in...
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 Earl of Suffolk -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The title of Earl of Suffolk has been created several times in the (Click link for more info and facts about Peerage of England) Peerage of England, most recently in 1603 for (Click link for more info and facts about Thomas Howard, 1st Baron Howard de Walden) Thomas Howard, 1st Baron Howard de Walden.
The current Earl of Suffolk has the following subsidiary titles: Earl of Berkshire (created 1626), Viscount Andover (1622) and Baron Howard of Charlton (1622), all in the (Click link for more info and facts about Peerage of England) Peerage of England.
In 1689 the barony of (Click link for more info and facts about Howard de Walden) Howard de Walden (created 1597, peerage of England) passed out of the (Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542)) Howard family.
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 Earl Marshal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
English words defined with "Earl Marshal": Court of chivalry ♦ Earl marshal of England, Earl marshal of Scotland ♦ Heralds' College.
The Earl Marshal of England is now an honorary post in the Royal Household of the King or Queen in the United Kingdom.
The hereditary title was "Marshal" until William Marshal, whose titles of "Earl" and "Marshal" were separate (although he is often referred to now as "Earl Marshal") made it stand for something.
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The second baron was created Earl of Gloucester in 1397, but in 1400 forfeit his titles for treason.
In 1604, the Sovereign reversed the attainder and terminated the abeyance in favour of Mary Fane.
Her successor in the barony was the first Earl of Westmorland, and the next six earls held the barony and the earldom together.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 919
Sir William Courtenay, 3rd Earl of Devon was the son of Sir William Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon and Elizabeth Paulett.
Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland was the son of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland and Eleanor Paston.
Sir Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland was the son of Ralph Neville, Lord Neville and Edith Sandys.
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 Westmorland, Ralph Neville, 1st earl of on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Westmorland, Ralph Neville, 1st earl of on Encyclopedia.com
When a new anti-Lancastrian revolt broke out in 1405, Westmorland captured two of the leaders, Archbishop Richard Le Scrope and the earl marshal of England, by trickery, but he had nothing to do with their quick execution.
His daughter Cecily Neville married Richard, duke of York, and became the mother of Edward IV and Richard III; another of his grandsons was Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, called the Kingmaker.
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 Fuller Family of Sussex - pafg124 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Robert Francis St.Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn was born on 02 Mar 1833.
David Anthony Thomas Fane 15th Earl of Westmorland [Parents] was born on 31 Mar 1924.
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl of Carnarvon [Parents] was born on 24 Jun 1831.
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 Ralph De Neville Earl Of Westmorland
The "Kingmaker's" grandfather, the 1st Earl of Westmorland settled about half the original Neville estates on the children of his second marriage, whereas the subsequent Earls of Westmorland were the product of his first.
The earl was afterwards governor of the town and castle of Carlisle, warden of the West Marches towards Scotland, and governor of Roxborough.
393-4, Nevill, Barons Nevill, of Raby, Earls of Westmoreland]
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1416
Ralph Neville, Lord Neville was the son of Sir Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland and Isabel Booth.
Sir Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland was the son of Sir Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland and Lady Catherine Stafford.
She married Sir Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland, son of Sir Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland and Lady Catherine Stafford, on 3 July 1536 at Holywell, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England.
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 Voyages In Time ~ Family, Friends & Places
For the present, the fact that the Irish Smyths of Gaybrook did not know the name of the man who first leased the property from the Earl of Westmorland indicates that their knowledge of the period is very sketchy.
It seems probable that the Earl of Westmorland leased Rosedale Abbey to Smithdike in the mid to late 1530s and that the family moved from Durham to Yorkshire at that time.
The political background to this is that Henry VIII wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon because she was unable to produce a male heir, the Pope would not let him, so Henry broke with Rome, founded his own church and declared himself the head of it instead of the Pope.
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 AllRefer.com - Westmorland, Charles Neville, 6th earl of (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Westmorland, Charles Neville, 6th earl of, British And Irish History, Biographies
Westmorland, Charles Neville, 6th earl of[nev´il, west´murlund] Pronunciation Key, 1543–1601, English nobleman.
A Roman Catholic by birth and connected with the powerful Howard family by marriage, he joined the rebellion (1569) led by Thomas Percy, earl of Northumberland against Queen Elizabeth I. The rebels captured Durham but failed in their attempt to rescue Mary Queen of Scots from prison.
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Joan married James BUTLER Earl of Ormond on Aug 1413 in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Sir James BUTLER Earl of Ormond was born 1422 and died 1 May 1461.
Sir Thomas BUTLER Earl of Ormond was born 1426 and died 3 Aug 1515.
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 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Parents: Ralph De NEVILLE [EARL OF WESTMORLAND] and Margaret De STAFFORD [COUNTESS OF WESTMORELAND].
She was married to Henry De PERCY [EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND] on 12 Jul 1358 in Brancepeth, Durham, England.
Ralph De NEVILLE [EARL OF WESTMORLAND] was born in 1364 in Raby, Durham, England.
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 Earl Marshal -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Earl Marshal of England is a hereditary Royal officeholder under the King or Queen of the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) United Kingdom.
The title was "Marshal" until (Click link for more info and facts about William Marshal) William Marshal, (Click link for more info and facts about Earl of Pembroke) Earl of Pembroke, whose titles of "Earl" and "Marshal" were separate (although he is often referred to now as "Earl Marshal") made it stand for something.
In the (The period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance) Middle Ages, the Earl Marshal and the (Click link for more info and facts about Lord High Constable) Lord High Constable were the officers of the King's horses and stables.
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 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
She was married to Ralph De NEVILLE [EARL OF WESTMORLAND] on 29 Nov 1396 in Chateau De Beaufort, Meuse-et-Loire, France.
She was married to Edmund TUDOR [Earl of Richmond] on 1 Nov 1455.
She was married to Thomas STANLEY [Earl of Derby] before Nov 1482.
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 John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1392 - 19 October 1432), was an English nobleman, who succeeded his father as Duke of Norfolk and became Earl Marshal of England.
He sat in judgment on Richard, Earl of Cambridge.
He married Lady Katherine Neville, daughter of the Earl of Westmorland; their only son would succeed Mowbray as Duke of Norfolk and Earl Marshal.
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 ipedia.com: Henry V (play) Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Earl of Salisbury (Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury)
Earl of Westmorland (Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland)
Earl of Warwick (Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick)
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 I19033: Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl Of Westmorland ( - 12 FEB 1665)
Lord Westmorland was author of a volume of poems, printed only for private circulation, in 1648, entitled Otia Sacra.
Descendants of Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl Of Westmorland and Grace Thornihurst
Descendants of Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl Of Westmorland and Mary Vere
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 Earl Of Westmorland Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 Life of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland.
Life of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland.
Mildmay Fane was born around 1600, probably in Kent, to Francis Fane, first Earl of Westmorland, and his wife Lady Mary Mildmay, daughter of
A Biography of Mildmay Fane, Second Earl of Westmorland.
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 Westmorland, Ralph Neville, 1st earl of
Westmorland, Ralph Neville, 1st earl of, 1364–1425, English nobleman.
and the earl marshal of England, by trickery, but he had nothing to do with their quick execution.
Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of - Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of, 1428–71, English nobleman, called the Kingmaker.
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