Elizabeth (Neville) Danby (1500 - abt. 1571)

Born 28 Apr 1500 in Trevorbonet, Cornwall, England [uncertain]

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Died about 14 Jun 1571 at about age 71 in Yorkshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Elizabeth Neville was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Birth

Elizabeth was born 28 April 1500 from a manuscript in the Ashmolean Museum giving the dates of birth of all Richard Neville, Lord Latimer's children. ^[1]
Elyzabeth was borne the xxviij^th day of Apryll, beinge Tuesday A^o Dni M^l v^c.

She was the daughter of Richard Neville and his wife, Anne Stafford. ^[2]

Marriage and Children

Elizabeth married before 1531 Christopher Danby, 1st and only son of Christopher Danby, Knt., of Thorpe Perrow by Margaret, daughter and eventually co-heir of Thomas, 5th Lord Scrope of Masham. They had six sons,

• Thomas, Knt.
• Christopher
• John
• James
• Marmaduke
• William, and eight daughters,
• Dorothy, m John Neville Esq
• Mary, m Edmund Mauleverer, Knt.
• Joan (or Jane), m Roger Meynell, Esq.^[3]
• Margaret, m Christopher Hopton, Esq.
• Anne, m Walter Calverley, Knt.
• Elizabeth, m Thomas Wentworth, Esq.
• Magdalen, m Marmaduke Wynvill, Knt.
• Margery, m Christopher Mallory, Esq. ^[2]

Death

Her husband died testate 14 Jun 1571, but it is not known if Elizabeth survived him or not. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Book: Collectanea topographica et genealogica
   London J.B. Nichols; 1834; page: 174
   Transcription of (MS. Ashmole 837, fol. 177b.) Internet Archive (accessed 20 January 2024)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013): Vol. IV p.64 [Mauleverer 17] & Vol. IV, p.608 [Scrope 14]
3. ↑ Ord, J.W. (1846). "Pedigree of Meinell of Yarm & North Kilvington," in The History and Antiquities of Cleveland, Comprising the Wapentake of East and West Langbargh, North Riding, County York, p. 513. London: Simpkin & Marshall. Hathitrust.org. eBook. (mirror @ Google Books).

• Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013): Vol. III, p.540-541 {Latimer 16]

• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/danby-sir-christopher-1503-71