Sir Philip de Neville

Philip was presented to Scotton in 1239-40 (CP 6:389, 9:476-478). In 1248, he was granted free warren in his demesne lands there (CCR Volume 1 Henry III, p. 328).

Events

Date of Birth: about 1214.

The inquisition post mortem of Ralph de la Haye (CIPM Volume 1 Henry III, no. 301) gives his age as 40 and more in 38 Henry III.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: Easter 1273.

This date is given in a proof of age of Philip’s grandson (CIPM Volume II, Edward I, no. 818). It is supported by the fact that Philip’s son, Sir Robert de Nevill, did homage to Edward I at his coronation in 1274, which implies that Philip had died by then (Chronicon Petroburgense p. 21).

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Sir Robert de Neville.

The Victoria County History of Gloucestershire (Volume 8, sub Oxenton) states that Eustachia, the sister of Robert Trian, was married to Robert de Nevill.

Mother: Eustache Trian

Entries in the Calendar of Close Rolls dated 13 July 1254 and 21 July 1254 state that Philip's mother was Eustache, wife of Ralph de la Haye. The relationship is also recorded in a fine from 35 Henry III (Sussex Fines no. 518). The IPM of Eustache’s second husband, Ralph de la Haye, and the entry from the same year in the Calendar of Close Rolls, show that Philip was Eustache’s heir. Unless there was another Nevill married to another Eustache associated with Oxenton, then Philip’s mother must have been the Eustachia Trian who was married to Robert de Nevill and brought her husband the manor of Oxenton (VCH of Gloucestershire, Volume 8 sub Oxenton).

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Robert de Neville married Angharad ferch Gruffudd.

Joan de Neville married John de Hardreshull.

Evidence

from the “Testa de Nevill” (2:1013, 2:1079)

Lincoln

Wapentacium de Jerdeburg’

Meleton’ et Ulseby

Item Petrus de Nevill’ tenet ibidem dimidium feodum unius militis de Philippo de Nevill’, et idem Philippus de Normanno de Arcy, et idem Normannus de domino rege in capite de conquestu.

Lincoln

Feoda Abbatis de Burgo

Skillinton’.

Philippus de Nevill’ tenet unum feodum et iiij. partem unius feodi in Scotton’.

an abstract from the inquisition post mortem of Ralph de la Haye alias de Haya (CIPM Volume 1 Henry III, no. 301)

Sussex. Writs, 22 and 28 June. Inq. 2 July, 38 Hen. III.

Torrinng’, 10l. 16s. 1½d. held by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of Eustacia his first wife of the earl of Winchester for 1 knight’s fee, doing 6s. to guard at the castle of Pevenesel, and half Hetun’ (sic).

Philip de Nevile, knight, aged 40 and more, is the heir of the said Eustacia, to whom to manor ought to revert.

Northampton. Writ, 15 July. Inq. Thursday before St. Margaret, 38 Hen. III.

Brampton and Haudeneby manors held by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of Eustacia his wife.

C. Hen. III. File 15. (16.)

from the Calendar of Close Rolls (Henry III, Volume 8)

July, 1254

Pro Philippo de Neville.—Quia rex accepit per inquisicionem quam fieri fecit quod Radulphus de la Haye non tenuit decem libratas terre cum pertinenciis in Torring' de hereditate Eustachie prime uxoris sue nisi ad vitam suam secundum legem terre, eo quod predictus Radulphus de ea prolem suscitaverat, et quod predicte x. librate terre jure hereditario ad Philippum de Nevill' debent descendere, mandatum est escaetori regis in comitatu Sussex' quod eidem Philippo de predictis x. libratis terre cum pertinenciis plenam seisinam habere faciat. Teste R. comite apud Warr' ix. die Julii. Per H. de Bath'.

July, 1254

Pro Philippo de Neville.—Quia rex accepit per inquisicionem, quam per escaetorem regis in comitatu Norhamt' fieri fecit, quod Radulphus de Haya, qui mortuus est, non tenuit maneria de Brampton' et Haundeneby in feodo et hereditate, set ea tenuit per legem Anglie de hereditate Eustachie uxoris sue, eo quod prolem ex ea suscitavit, mandatum est predicto escaetori quod de maneriis predictis Philippo Nevill' filio et heredi predicte Eustachie plenam seisinam habere faciat. Teste T. comite Cornubie apud Oxoniam xxj. die Julii. Per H. de Bathonia.

July, 1254

Pro Philippo de Neville.—Quia nulla custodia ad regem pertinet de manerio de Toringe, quod Radulphus de la Haye tenuit per legem terre de hereditate Eustachie quondam uxoris sue matris Philippi de Nevill' cujus heres ipse est, mandatum est escaetori regis in comitatu Sussex' quod, si quid ceperit de manerio supradicto post mortem predicti Radulphi, id eidem Philippo sine delicione restitui faciat. Test ut supra. [R. Comite Cornubie apud Oxoniam xiiij die Julii.] Per H. de Bath'.

from the Chronicon Petroburgense (sub anno 1274) (p. 21)

Hoc anno rediit dominus Edwardus de partibus Terre Sancte, et coronatus fuit dominica post assumpcionem beate Marie apud Westmonasterium convenientibus ibidem omnibus magnatibus Anglie, et multis aliis. Dominus Robertus de Nevilla fecit homagium.

[translation: In this year Lord Edward returned from the Holy Land, and was crowned on the Sunday after Assumption Day at Westminster where all the magnates of England and many others had gathered. Sir Robert de Nevill did homage.]

References

An Abstract of Feet of Fines for the County of Sussex from 34 Henry III to 35 Edward I. ed. L.F. Salzmann, in Sussex Archaeological Collections: Volume 7 (Lewes, 1907).

Calendar of the Charter Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office Volume 1, Henry III. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1903).

'Close Rolls, July 1254', Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry III: Volume 8: 1253-1254 (1929), pp. 79-91.

URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=92715 (subscription required) Date accessed: 29 April 2014.

Calendar of Inquisitions Post-mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office Volume II, Edward I (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1906).

Calendar of Inquisitions Post-mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office Volume I, Henry IIII (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1904).

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59) Volume 6.

Farrer, William (ed.) Early Yorkshire Charters Volume II (Edinburgh, Ballantyne, Hanson, & Co, 1915). [On page 463, Farrer discusses this family.]

Liber Feodorum. The Book of Fees commonly called Testa de Nevill. Part II. (Kraus, 1971).

'Parishes: Oxenton', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 8 (Victoria County History, 1968), pp. 220-228.

Stapleton, Thomas (ed.). Chronicon Petroburgense. (London: Sumptibus Societatis Camdenensis, 1849).

The parentage of Philip is discussed by John Watson and Jim Weber in this thread from soc.genealogy.medieval:

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/soc.genealogy.medieval/9IsR8S6e1WY/ncA75ZSaEn4J