Geoffrey (Neville) de Neville (bef. 1140 - bef. 1193)

Born before 1140 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England

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Died before 29 Sep 1193 at about age 53 in Durham, England

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Biography

Geoffrey de Neville; had attained his majority by 1161, a justice in Yorkshire 1184; married by Michaelmas 1176 Emma (died by 1208), only daughter and ultimately heir of Bertram de Bulmer, feudal Lord of Brancepeth, Co. Durham, and widow of Geoffrey de Valoignes, and died by Michaelmas 1193. [Burke's Peerage]

Must have been of age in 1161. From 1162 he was receiving fifteen pounds yearly revenue from a grant of Ashby and Toynton. He gave lands for churches, among which was St. German's Church of Raby, In 1176 he was a circuit justice in Yorkshire. He married Emma, widow of Geoffrey de Valoignes and daughter of Bertand de Bulmer, before 1176. By the heiress of Bulmer, he acquired extensive estates, which after the death of his son Henry, without issue, devolved upon his daughter. Geoffrey was on the circuit as a Justice in Yorkshire. His lands passed to daughter Isabel.

Royal Justice 1183-1184

In charge of Berwick Castle

Marriage brought Bulmer lands in Durham and Yorkshire as a permanent base in the north.

Established branch of Neville's in Durham and Yorkshire.

From the spring of 1162, held a portion of the Crown soke of Horncastle. He gave land in Burreth and Toynton and the church of St. German of Ranby to Tupholme. In Sep 1184, he was on circuit as a Justice of Yorkshire. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.geneajourney.com/neville.html#geof1

• A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, by John Burke
• The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest, by Jim Weber, Rootsweb.com