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NameGeoffrey de Neville 
[60, Neville of Hornby art, Vol IX, p. 487-491], [54, His own article]
[60, Neville of Hornby art, Vol IX, p. 487-491], [54, His own article]Deathca 26 Mar 1285
GeneralBaron Neville of Hornby. Chief Justice of the forest beyond Kent.
FatherGeffrey de Neville (was FitzMaldred) Lord of Raby (-<1242)
MotherJoan (->1247)
Spouses
Marriageca 1267
Notes for Geoffrey de Neville
There is no evidence, only a family tradition, that this Geoffrey was a son of Robert de Neville of Raby. The first record of this man is from his "important" marriage with Margaret de Lungvillers. There was indeed a Geoffrey who was a brother of Robert de Neville, d. 1282, but as CP puts it "Geoffrey, the jusband of Margaret de Lungvilliers, was either this Geoffrey of Raby or a Geoffrey of whom nothing is known until his marriage.
His summons to the assembly at Shrewsbury was not a properly constituted parliament so his barony is not quite proper...
His summons to the assembly at Shrewsbury was not a properly constituted parliament so his barony is not quite proper...
DNB Main notes for Geoffrey de Neville
Neville, Geoffrey de d. 1285
Name: Neville, Geoffrey de
Dates: d. 1285
Active Date: 1265
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Land Ownership
Occupation: Baron
Spouse: Margaret, daughter of John de Longvillers (d. 1255)
Sources: Foss's Lives of the Judges; Dugdale's Chron. Series, p...
Contributor: A. F. P. [Albert Frederick Pollard]
Article
Neville, Geoffrey de d. 1285, baron, son of Geoffrey de Neville (d. 1249), and younger brother of Robert de Neville (d. 1282) [q.v.], first appears as taking an active part in the barons' war, siding, like most of his family, with the king. In 1264 he was with Prince Edward, and was captured at the battle of Lewes, but was soon exchanged for Robert Newington, who had been made prisoner by the king at Northampton. On Edward's escape in 1265 Neville again joined him, and was present when he recaptured Dover, being left in charge as constable of the castle (Gervase of Canterbury, ii. 243). The following year, perhaps as a reward for his fidelity, he was granted the right of free market in his town of Appleby, Lincolnshire. In 1270 he was governor of Scarborough Castle, and also head of the justices in eyre for pleas of the forests beyond the Trent. In 1275 he was appointed chief assessor in Cumberland and Lancashire, of the fifteenth granted by the prelates, earls and barons. The next two years he was summoned to serve in the campaigns against Llywelyn. In 1280 he was chief justice in eyre for pleas of the forest in Nottinghamshire, and in 1282 he was summoned to serve against Llywelyn in April, May, and August. In 1283 he was present at the Shrewsbury parliament, and in the same year was one of the executors of his brother Robert. Geoffrey died in 1285.
Like his father, Neville is said to have married a Margaret, daughter of John de Longvillers (d. 1255), who brought him Hoton Longvillers and various other manors. Geoffrey, and after his death his widow, had considerable difficulty in proving their titles to some of these manors when Edward I instituted his ‘quo warranto’ inquiry (Placita de Quo Warranto, pp. 186, &c.). By Margaret, who survived him many years, Neville had one son, John, from whom were descended the Nevilles of Hornby.
Sources
Foss's Lives of the Judges; Dugdale's Chron. Series, p. 23, and Baronage, i. 291; Parl. Writs, i. 757; Rotul. Origin. Abbreviatio, i. passim; Placita de Quo Warranto and Placitorum Abbreviatio; Rymer, edit. 1816, I. ii. 538, &c.; Cal. Inquisitionum Post Mortem, p. 86; Cal. Rotulorum Patentium, p. 35; Cal. Rotul. Chartarum, p. 95; Roberts's Calend. Genealogicum and Excerpta e Rot. Fin. vol. ii; Gervase of Canterbury, ii. 243; Whitaker's Deanery of Craven, pp. 9, 11, 217, 230, 256; Surtees's Hist. of Durham, passim, esp. iv. 158-9; Hunter's South Yorkshire, ii. 401; Foster's Yorkshire Pedigrees; Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, i. 178; Daniel Rowland's Account of the Family of Nevill; H. J. Swallow's De Nova Villa, Newcastle, 1885.
Contributor: A. F. P.
published 1894
Name: Neville, Geoffrey de
Dates: d. 1285
Active Date: 1265
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Land Ownership
Occupation: Baron
Spouse: Margaret, daughter of John de Longvillers (d. 1255)
Sources: Foss's Lives of the Judges; Dugdale's Chron. Series, p...
Contributor: A. F. P. [Albert Frederick Pollard]
Article
Neville, Geoffrey de d. 1285, baron, son of Geoffrey de Neville (d. 1249), and younger brother of Robert de Neville (d. 1282) [q.v.], first appears as taking an active part in the barons' war, siding, like most of his family, with the king. In 1264 he was with Prince Edward, and was captured at the battle of Lewes, but was soon exchanged for Robert Newington, who had been made prisoner by the king at Northampton. On Edward's escape in 1265 Neville again joined him, and was present when he recaptured Dover, being left in charge as constable of the castle (Gervase of Canterbury, ii. 243). The following year, perhaps as a reward for his fidelity, he was granted the right of free market in his town of Appleby, Lincolnshire. In 1270 he was governor of Scarborough Castle, and also head of the justices in eyre for pleas of the forests beyond the Trent. In 1275 he was appointed chief assessor in Cumberland and Lancashire, of the fifteenth granted by the prelates, earls and barons. The next two years he was summoned to serve in the campaigns against Llywelyn. In 1280 he was chief justice in eyre for pleas of the forest in Nottinghamshire, and in 1282 he was summoned to serve against Llywelyn in April, May, and August. In 1283 he was present at the Shrewsbury parliament, and in the same year was one of the executors of his brother Robert. Geoffrey died in 1285.
Like his father, Neville is said to have married a Margaret, daughter of John de Longvillers (d. 1255), who brought him Hoton Longvillers and various other manors. Geoffrey, and after his death his widow, had considerable difficulty in proving their titles to some of these manors when Edward I instituted his ‘quo warranto’ inquiry (Placita de Quo Warranto, pp. 186, &c.). By Margaret, who survived him many years, Neville had one son, John, from whom were descended the Nevilles of Hornby.
Sources
Foss's Lives of the Judges; Dugdale's Chron. Series, p. 23, and Baronage, i. 291; Parl. Writs, i. 757; Rotul. Origin. Abbreviatio, i. passim; Placita de Quo Warranto and Placitorum Abbreviatio; Rymer, edit. 1816, I. ii. 538, &c.; Cal. Inquisitionum Post Mortem, p. 86; Cal. Rotulorum Patentium, p. 35; Cal. Rotul. Chartarum, p. 95; Roberts's Calend. Genealogicum and Excerpta e Rot. Fin. vol. ii; Gervase of Canterbury, ii. 243; Whitaker's Deanery of Craven, pp. 9, 11, 217, 230, 256; Surtees's Hist. of Durham, passim, esp. iv. 158-9; Hunter's South Yorkshire, ii. 401; Foster's Yorkshire Pedigrees; Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, i. 178; Daniel Rowland's Account of the Family of Nevill; H. J. Swallow's De Nova Villa, Newcastle, 1885.
Contributor: A. F. P.
published 1894