NEVILLE, Sir William (b.c.1338), of Rolleston, Notts. and Pickhill, Leics.

Family and Education

b. c.1338, s. and h. of Sir Thomas Neville (d. by 1368) of Rolleston and Pickhill by his 1st w. Cecily, da. and h. in her issue of Ralph Blankminster, lord of the Scilly Isles. m. prob. by Apr. 1371, Elizabeth Fencote of Fencote, Yorks., at least 1s. Kntd. by July 1372.Quorndon Recs. ed. Farnham, supp. 84; Leics. Med. Peds. ed Farnham, 36; Peds. Plea Rolls ed. Wrottesley, 364; Scrope v. Grosvenor, ii. 154-5; CPR, 1370-4, p. 66; Reg. Gaunt 1371-5, no. 980.

Offices Held

Commr. to suppress the insurgents of 1381, Notts. Mar., Dec. 1382; of array Oct. 1384,Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 68. June 1386, Aug. 1388;Ibid. 95. inquiry, Notts., Derbys. May 1390 (estates of the late earl of Pembroke), Notts. bef. Oct. 1399 (obstructions to the river Trent), Feb. 1400, Feb. 1401 (illicit fishing in the Trent); oyer and terminer July 1391 (attacks on the abp. of York’s ferry over the Trent by Sir Hugh Hussey); sewers Apr. 1395; to obtain payment of royal debts Apr. 1398.

Collector of a tax, Notts. Nov. 1382, Dec. 1385; of royal loans Sept. 1405.

Parlimentarian

NEVILLE, Sir William (b.c.1338), of Rolleston, Notts. and Pickhill, Leics.

Main residences: Rolleston, Notts.; Pickhill, Leics.

Notes

Care must be taken to distinguish this MP from his more celebrated namesake, Sir William Neville, knight of the chamber to Richard II, especially as the latter’s impressive collection of posts included that of constable of Nottingham castle. This Sir William, who was a younger son of Ralph, 2nd Lord Neville of Raby, died in Greece in 1391 with his close friend, Sir John Clanvowe, both of whom were noted for their lollard sympathies (K.B. McFarlane, Lancastrian Kings, 197-9).

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

NEVILLE, Sir William (b. c.1338)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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