Henry Neville (abt. 1588 - 1629)

Born about 1588 in Mayfield, Sussex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Smythe) Thorowgood — married 2 May 1609 in St Margaret, Lothbury, City of London, England

Descendants

Died 29 Jun 1629 at about age 41 in Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Sir Henry Neville of Billingbeare, Berkshire, Knight

Henry Neville son of Sir Henry Neville and Anne Killigrew was born in 1588 at Mayfield Sussex.^[1][2][3][4]

Henry Nevill of Berkshire was knighted on 30 Mar 2009 at Whitehall.^[5]

Marriage

Sir Henry Nevile married mistress Elizabeth Smith on 02 May 1609 at St Margaret Lothbury, City of London.^[6]

In the Smith Pedigree in the Visitation of Kent 1619-1621^[7] he was recorded as Henry Nevill of Billingbeare, Berkshire, knt, husband of Elizabeth, daughter of John Smyth of Ostenhanger and Elizabeth Fineux.

In the Nevill Pedigree in the Visitation of Berkshire in 1665-1666^[2] he was recorded as Sir Henry Nevill son of Sir Henry Neville and Anne, daughter of Sir Henry Killegrew of Cornwall. He had married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Smith of Ostenhanger, Kent. There were five children noted in the pedigree: Richard, Henry, Katherine, Mary, and Philippa.

Children

The known children of Henry Neville are as follows:^[8]

• Katherine Neville (born 1612, married Thomas Lunsford, Knight, at Binfield, Berkshire, on June 1, 1640)^[2][4][9]
• Mary Neville (born 1613, married Borell?)^[2][4]
• Richard Neville (born 30 May 1615)^[2][4][10]
• Charles Neville (born 1617)^[11]
• Henry Neville (born 1619)^[2][4]
• Philippa Neville (born 1620, married John Jephson)^{[2][4][12][13]}

Death

He died on 29 June 1629 and was buried the following day in the church of St. Lawrence, Waltham, Berkshire.^[1]

He settled Billingbear at Waltham St Lawrence on his wife, Elizabeth, for her life.^[14]

Elizabeth married second Sir John Thorowgood of Clerkenwell.^[2]

Summary of the Will of Sir Henry Neville, Kt, 1629

In his will dated 01 Jun 1629, acknowledged 24 Jun, and proved 07 Jul 1629, he was recorded as "Henry Nevill of Billingbeare in the countie of Barks Kt".^[4] His will was to be buried in Lawrence Waltham church.

He made bequests to:

• his sons Richard and Henry Neville
• his daughters Katherine, Mary and Phillipp Neville
• Mistress Barbara Billingsly
• his brother Willian Nevill Esq. Chancellor of Chichester

He nominated as his Executors his brother Willian Nevill and his son Richard Nevill.

[His wife was not mentioned]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Neville, Sir Henry III (1588-1629), of Billingbear, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berks. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 HOP.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} The Four Visitations of Berkshire. The Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol LVI, Rylands, W H (Ed.), 1907. Nevill of Billingbeare Pedigree pp 249-250 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ Collins's Peerage of England. Vol VIII, 1812, pp 155-156 Google Books.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Will of Sir Henry Nevill of Billingbeare, Berkshire. 07 July 1629. PROB 11/156/104. The National Archives, Kew.
5. ↑ Shaw, W A. The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. Vols I & II. London. Vol II, 1906, p 147.
6. ↑ St Margaret Lothbury, City of London. Register. Accessed via Ancestry.
7. ↑ The Visitation of Kent. Taken in the Years 1619-1621. The Publications of the Harleian Society Vol XLII. Edited by Robert Hovenden, 1898. Smith Pedigree pp 113-114 Internet Archive.
8. ↑ 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 III, p 676 Lunsford #21
9. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2M7-K23 : 13 March 2020), Katherin Nevill in entry for Thomas Lunsford, 1640.
10. ↑ Neville, Richard (1615-76), of Billingbear, Binfield, Berks. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983 HOP.
11. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW66-Q48 : 11 February 2018, Carolus Nevil, 19 May 1617); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 88,466.
12. ↑ Belcher, T W. Memoir of Sir Patrick Dun. 1866. Lady Dun's Pedigree Internet Archive.
13. ↑ Berry, H F. The English Settlement in Mallow under the Jephson Family. Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society. Vol. XII Scond Series, 1906, pp 1-24 (see p 4) Internet Archive.
14. ↑ Waltham St Lawrence. A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3, ed. P H Ditchfield and William Page (London, 1923), pp 179-184.