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Earl of Stafford, a dou, John Lord Neville, who died be- 

 fore his father, leaving a son, Ralph Neville, second Earl of 

 Westmoreland ; and by his second wife, Joan, daughter of 

 John of Gaunt, Dnke of Lancaster, and widow of Sir Robert 

 Ferrers, (first) Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury before 

 mentioned, (second) William Neville, Lord Falconberg, 

 (third) George Neville, Lord Latimer, (fourth) Edward 

 Neville, Lord Abergavenny, and (fifth) Robert Neville, 

 Bishop of Diu-ham ; besides which he had by his second 

 wife five daughters, four of whom married noblemen of 

 high rank, and one became a nun; his fifth daughter, 

 Cecily Neville, married Richard Plantagenet, Duke of 

 York, the potent and formidable rival of King Henry VI., 

 and the claimant of the throne of England. Richard 

 Neville, Earl of Salisbury, by his wife Alice, daughter of 

 Thomas de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, had several 

 sons, viz., Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, the subject 

 of this paper, (second) Sir John Neville, afterwards Lord 

 Neville, afterwards Earl of Northumberland, and more 

 recently Marquis of Montague, (third) Sir Thomas Neville, 

 and (fourth) George Neville, Bishop of Exeter, afterwards 

 Archbishop of York, and Lord Chancellor, and six daugh- 

 ters, all of whom married noblemen of great power and 

 rank. 



Besides the alliance of the Nevilles with the Duke 

 of York, they were through him related by mar- 

 riage to the great and potent family of Bourchier, 

 the Duke of York's sister, Isabel, having married 

 Henry Bourchier, Earl of Ewe, afterwards Viscount 

 Bourchier, and afterwards Earl of Essex, and he, 

 together with his brothers William Bourchier, Lord 

 Fitzwarine, Thomas Bourchier, Bishop of Ely, and after- 

 wards Archbishop of Canterbury, and a Cardinal, and 

 John Bourchier, Lord Bcrners, were the sons of William 

 Bourchier, Earl of Ewe, and Anne his wife, daughter of 

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