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 | | 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. |
 | | Westmorland met them on Shipton Moor, near York, on the 29th of May 1405, and suggested a parley between the leaders. |
 | | John Fane, 7th or I3th earl of Westmorland (1682?1762), served under Marlborough, and was made in 1739 lieutenant-general of the British armies. |
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