Family and Education
b. by 1484, 5th s. of George, 4th Lord Bergavenny, by 1st w. Margaret, da. and h. of Hugh Fenne of Sculton Burdeleys, Norf. and Braintree, Essex. m. Catherine, da. of Humphrey, 1st Lord Dacre of Gilsland, wid. of George, 8th Lord FitzHugh (d. 28 Jan. 1513), 1da.; (2) lic. 28 Aug. 1532, Elizabeth, wid. of Robert Amadas (d.1531/32) of London. Kntd. 8 Feb. 1515.Date of birth estimated from mother’s death and his having a younger brother, apparently of the whole blood. DNB; D. Rowland, Nevill Fam. ped. iii; CP; R. E. C. Waters, Chesters of Chicheley, i. 20; Mar. Lic. London (Harl. Soc. xxv), 8; LJ, i. 20.
Offices Held
Councillor to Henry VII and Henry VIII; under sheriff, London Nov. 1509–14; j.p. Kent, Surr., Suss. 1512 – d., Mdx. 1514 – d.; commr. subsidy, Kent 1512, Kent and Mdx. 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524, loan, Kent 1524, tenths of spiritualities 1535; other commissions, London, Kent and Mdx. 1517 – 40; surveyor of liveries c.1514–d.
Speaker of House of Commons 1515.
Main residences: Mereworth, Kent; London.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
NEVILLE, Thomas (by 1484-1542)
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Oxford 1644
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