Euphame (Clavering) de Neville (abt. 1267 - bef. 1331)

Born about 1267 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Ranulph (Neville) de Neville — married before 12 Mar 1281 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1331 before about age 64 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Euphame de Clavering was a daughter of Robert Fitz Roger, Knt., Lord Fitz Roger, also called Robert de Clavering, and Margery la Zouche.^[1][2] Euphame's date and place of birth are unknown and are estimated.

Euphame married Ranulph de Neville,^[2] also known as Ranulph (or Ralph, Randolph) Fitz Robert de Neville, son of Robert de Neville and Mary Fitz Ranulph,^[3] before 12 March 1280/1 ("date of lawsuit") ^[1] They had five sons and four daughters:

• Robert, Knt.,^[1][4] aka "Peacock of the North", married Ellen ____ and died ca. 1319,^[5] killed in battle^[3]
• Ralph, Knt., 2nd Lord Neville, married Alice de Audley^[4] and had issue; he died 5 August 1367;^[1][5] captured in battle in 1319 with two brothers^[3]
• Alexander, Knt.,^[1][4] captured in battle in 1319 with two brothers and died 15 March 1366/7^[3]
• John^[1][4][5] captured in battle in 1319 with two brothers and imprisoned again in 1322^[3]
• Thomas,^[5] Archdeacon of Durham^[1][3][4]
• Anastasia,^[5] married Walter de Fauconberg, Knt.^[1][4] (in 1313, her father was convicted of incest with this daughter)^[3]
• Mary^[1][3][4][5]
• Ida^[1][3][4]
• Eupheme^[1][3][4]

Euphame was likely still living in 1281, but her date and place of death are unknown. She was a benefactress of Thornton Abbey, and was buried at Staindrop, Durham.^[1][3] Ranulph married second to Margery de Thweng (unknown date) and they had no issue.^[1][3] Ranulph de Neville died shortly after 18 April 1331,^[3] and was buried in the Choir at Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire.^[1][4]

Euphame's brother John Fitz Robert and his wife left Euphame's children the lands of Clavering, Essex; Aynho, Northamptonshire; Iver, Buckinghamshire, and Blythburgh, Suffolk. These lands were in the hands of Euphame's son, Ralph, 2nd Lord Neville, by 1345 and were either settled on John FitzRobert's death (ca. 1332) or on the death of their brother Edmund (unknown date). Both brothers had died without male heirs; however, John had a daughter, Eve (died 1369), who was excluded for some reason.^[3]

Research Notes

Other Children

Richardson and Complete Peerage name nine children (listed above). The MedLands database lists five additional children, all citing the same source: Reginald Fitz Herbert's Original Pedigree of Tailbois and Neville. The pedigree lists "Robertum Neuille primogenitum sine prole obiit, Anastasiam, Radulfum, Mariam, Alexandram Neuille de Raskell, Johannem, Johannam, Margaretam, Alesiam, Thomam archidiaconum Dunelmie, Anastasiam secundam, Willelmum" as the children of "Ranulfum de Neville".^[5] Daughters Ida and Euphame are not included in the MedLands list, but the following five children are:

• Joan^[5]
• Margaret^[5]
• Alice/Alesium^[5]
• Anastasia (second) or Alexandra^[5]
• William^[5]

The pedigree cited by MedLands is probably incorrect and these five children should eventually be disconnected as children of Ranulph and Euphame, but more research is needed before doing so.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. III, pages 241-242 NEVILLE 5, Ranulph de Neville
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry,2nd ed., vol. I, pages 490-492 CLAVERING #3.vi.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13} George Edward Cokayne and H.A. Doubleday et. al eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. IX: Moels to Nuneham, 2nd edition. (London, 1936). Online at FamilySearch, pages 498-499: NEVILLE.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), vol. IV, pages 227-228 NEVILLE #10
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11} Cawley, Charles. Randolph Neville entry in "Medieval Lands", accessed 10 Apr 2020. See also: cited pedigree (attached image).

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.

See also:

• Weis, F. L. The Magna Sureties, 1215, (5th ed). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1999.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Euphemia de Clavering entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins database accessed 10 Apr 2020.

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Euphame de Clavering is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Saher de Quincy and John Fitz Robert. Her profile appears in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project to one or both surety barons from the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Bernard Gateways (Richard and William): badged in 2015. See the trail HERE.
• Saint Leger Codd: connected in 2019 to existing trail badged in 2015. See the trails HERE.
• Edward Digges: badged after Jun 2015. See the trail HERE.
• John Fisher: badged in/about 2015, re-reviewed in April 2020. See the trail HERE.
• Warham Horsmanden: badged May 2020. See the trail HERE.
• Levis Gateways (Samuel, Hannah, Sarah): badged in February 2020. The trail can be seen HERE (see Need).
• Nelson Gateways (John and Margaret): badged in 2015 and 2016 and needs re-review. See the trail HERE.
• Robert Peyton, through his mother: trail was badged in 2015 and can be seen HERE.
• Torrey Gateways (William and Samuel): badged May 2022. See this trail HERE.

Euphame is also in unbadged trails (needing work) to the following Gateways:

• Need Gateways (Mary and Joseph) (MCA II:221-223 NEED): Levis trail badged in February 2020. The trails can be seen HERE (see Levis). 3 profiles need development.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".