90 ANCIENT HISTORY OF KIRKBY-MOORSIDE. 



ceiving the shortness of human glory, and beholding 

 the changes which take place in families of the high- 

 est cast. They who are at present elevated may soon 

 be depressed : happy are they, therefore, who look 

 higher than the earth for felicity, and put their 

 trust in him who changes not. 



Ralph Lord Neville, of Raby Castle, in the coun- 

 ty of Durham ; by way of pre-eminence called the 

 great Earl of Westmoreland : obtained his title on 

 the 29th of September, 1398 ; from Richard II. By 

 his first wife Margaret, daughter of Hugh, Earl of 

 Stafford, who died in 1370, he had issue ; 



1. John Lord Neville, his eldest son, died in his 

 father's life-time, 1423. He married Elizabeth, 

 daughter of Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, by 

 whom he left issue two sons, Ralph t second Earl of 

 Westmoreland ; and John, who was killed at the 

 battle of Towton, 1461 ; having married Anne, the 

 widow of his nephew John Neville, by whom he had 

 issue Ralph, the third Earl of Westmoreland. 



2. Ralph, in right of Mary his wife, was Lord 

 Ferrars, of Ously. 



3. Maud, married to Peter Lord Mauley. 



4. Alice, married to Sir Thomas Gray. 



5. Philippa, married to Thomas Lord Dacres, of 

 Gilsland. 



6. Margaret, married to Lord Scroope, of Bolton. 



7. Anne, married to Sir Gilbert Umfreville. 



8. Margery, abbess of Barking, in Essex. 



9. Elizabeth, a Nun. 



ory of some of the Nevilles : it being the ancient burying 

 place of that once illustrious and powerful family. 



