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ceed to explain the fame, The First Table contains 
the material parts of the pedigrees of the illuftrious 
families of the Nevilles, earls of Abergavenny; the 
Fanes, earls of Weftmoreiand; and .the Stapletons, 
lords Le Defpencer. 
Ralph, the fifth lord Neville of Raby, created earl of 
Weltmoreland by Richard II. A.D. 1398, and who 
was defeended from Robert Fitz r Maldred, lord of Raby, 
and lineal heir male to Uchtred earl of Northumberland, 
in the line of Edmund jfurnamed ironfide, is the com¬ 
mon anceftor from whom tliefe families defeend, and 
therefore occupies the firft place in the Table, marked 
(No. 1.) This nobleman had three wives; by the 
firft, who,was Margaret, the daughter of Hugh earl of 
Stafford, (No. 2,) he had two fons ; John (No. 3), who 
died in the lifetime of his fatherland Ralph, (No. 4), 
anceftor of the Nevilles, lord Ferrars of Overfiey. The 
eldeft fon had iffu.e Ralph, (No. 5,) he was the fecond 
earl of Weftmoreiand, having fucceeded his grandfather, 
who died A.D. 1449. John, (No. 6,) and Thomas, 
(No. 7.) John was killed A.D. 1461. Ralph the fecond 
earl died without iffue, and was fucceeded by Ralph, 
(No. 8,) the fon of John, and who died A. D. 1523. 
He was fucceeded by hisgrandfon Ralph, (No. 9,) who 
diecL-3 Edward VI. A.D. 1548, having married Catha¬ 
rine, (No. io>) the daughter of Edward Stafford, duke 
qf Buckingham, and by whom he left iffue feven fons; 
the eldeft of whom, Henry, (No. 11,) fucceeded his 
father. He married Ann, daughter of Thomas Man¬ 
ners earl of Rutland, (No.. 12,).and died A. D. 1625, 
leaving iffue an only fon Charles, (No. 13,) and who, ' 
in the 13th year of Elizabeth, A.D. 1570, being at¬ 
tainted, the title became forfeited, and all his poffeffions 
were confifcated-. He left iffue by Anne, daughter of 
Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, (No. 14,) four daugh¬ 
ters. By the fecond wife of the firft earl, viz. Joarf, 
daughter of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancafter, (No. 15,) 
the earl had two fons, Richard, (No. 16,) and William, 
(No. 17;) Richard married Alice daughter’ of the earl 
of Salifbury, (No. 18,). by whom lie had three fobs, 
Richard, (No. ao,) John, (No. 21,) and George,(No. 22.)’ 
The laft-named Richard married Anne, daughter and 
jneirefs of Richard Beauchamp earl of Warwick, (No. 
33,) and by whom he had two daughters, Ifabella, 
(No. 24,) and Anne, (No. 26.) The former married 
George, duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV. king 
of England, (No. 25;) and the latter married, firft, 
Edward prince of Wales, who was afterwards king, 
(No. 27 ;) and, fecondly, king Richard III. (No. 28.) 
On the death of the earl of Sal-i(bury, the above-named 
Richard (the hulband) became earl of Salifbury; and 
by the marriage of Ifabella, the titles of Warwick and 
Salifbury were transferred to the royal family. By the fe¬ 
cond marriage of Anne with Edward prince of Wales, fhe 
had a daughter,Catharine,(No.29;) who married William 
Courtney earl of Devonfhire, (No. 30;) whofe fon Henry, 
(No. 31,) was created marquis of Exeter, in the 17th of 
Henry VIII. and who was beheaded A.D. 1538. He left 
a fon, Edward, (No. 32,) who died A.D. 1566, without 
iffue; and the titles of earl of Devonfhire, and marquis 
©f Exeter, became' extindf. We now refer back to John, 
the fecond fon of Richard, who died A.D. 1471. John 
was created baron Neville, of Montacute, or Montagu, 
and afterwards earl of Northumberland ; and which title 
being afterwards reftored to the Percys, he- was created 
marquis of Montacute. George, the fon (No. 33) of 
the-laft-mentioned John, was created duke of Bedford, 
and deprived of his titles by adt of parliament. (Vide 
the preceding page. William,, the fecond fon by the 
fecond marriage of the firft earl, married Joan, the 
daughter of lord Falconberg, (No. 19,) who was after¬ 
wards created earl of Kent. He fucceeded to the title 
of Falconberg, and died A.D. 1463, without iffue male. 
On his death both titles became extindf. The third 
fon, George, (No. 22,) died A.D. 1468, without iffue. 
By the third marriage of the firft earl with Elizabeth, 
(No. 34?) daughter of William Latimer, lord Latimer, 
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his two eldeft fons were, George, (No. 35,) and Ed¬ 
ward, (No. 36;) George married-, daughter 
of-, (No. 37,) by whom he had a fon, Henry, 
(No. 39,) whofe fon Richard, (No. 40,) fucceeded his 
grandfather Henry; and on whofe death he left a fur- 
viving fon, John, (No. 41,) who married, firft, Doro¬ 
thy, fifter and.co-heir of John earl of Oxford, (No. 42,) 
by whom he-had no iffue, male; and, fecondly, Catha¬ 
rine, (No. 43,) daughter of fir Thomas, afterwards lord, 
Parr and Rofs. By his firft marriage he had iflue, John,, 
(45,) (and alfo a daughter,) who married, firft, Lucy, 
(46,) daughter of Henry earl of Worcefter; by whom 
he had Catharine, (47,) who married Henry the eighth 
earl of Northumberland, (48,) by which marriage, the 
title of Latimer, &c. defeended to the Percy family.. 
King Henry VIII. (44,) married the widovy of John, 
the father of the laft lord Latimer. We now proceed 
to Edward', the fecond fon by the third venture,(No.36.) 
He married Elizabeth, (No. 38,) daughter of Richard 
Beauchamp, earl of Worcefter,, baron Bergavenny, or 
Abergavenny, and baron Le Defpencer. His fon George,, 
the fecond lord, (No. 49,) who married Margaret the 
daughter of fir Hugh Fenne, (No. 50;) by whom he 
had iffue George, the third lord, (51,) and by whofe: 
fecond wife, Mary, (52,) 'daughter of Edward duke of: 
Buckingham, he had iffue, Henry; (55,) the fourth 
lord; and who married Frances, (56,) daughter of 
Thomas earl of Rutland ; by whom he had iffue an onjy 
daughter, Mary, (57,) who married fir Thomas Fane. 
The pedigree of fir Thomas Fane is in part Ihown as 
follows: John, (62,) great grandfon of Henry Fane, or 
Vane, who lived in the time of Edward 111. (and who 
w,as defeended from Howe! ap Vane,) had two fons ; John,. 
(61,) anceftor of the earls of Darlington; and Richard, 
(60,) the father of George, (59,) the father of the laft- 
mentipned fir Thomas Fane, (58.) Sir Thomas mar¬ 
ried Elizabeth, (63,) daughter of-fir Thomas Cole-> 
pepper; and, fecondly, Mary, the only daughter of 
the fourth lord Le Defpencer. Sir Thomas, in 1604,. 
claimed, in right of his wife, the barony of Aberga¬ 
venny and Le Defpencer. But by the peers it was re- 
folved, that the former barony was veiled in the heirs 
male, and that the latter was a barony in fee, and con- 
fequently went to the heir general. We now proceed 
with the defendants of fir Thomas Fane, and afterwards 
fhall return to Edward, '(53,) the great grandfon of 
Edward, (36,) the firft lord Abergavenny of the Ne¬ 
ville family. 
The eldeft fon, (Francis,) of fir Thomas Fane, was 
created, A.D. 1624, baron Burgherfh, and earl of Weft¬ 
moreiand ; from whofe third fon, Francis, defeended 
the grandfather of the prefent earl of Weftmoreiand, by 
the following defeent: The firft earl, (64,) in the Fane 
family, married Mary, (65,) daughter of fir Henry Mild- 
may, and by her had two fons: Mildmay, (66,) who 
on the death of h'is father became the fecond earl; and 
Francis, (67.) The former married Grace, (68,) daugh¬ 
ter of Thomas vifeount Bindon ; by whom he had 
Charles, the third earl, (71.) By his fecond wife, Mary,, 
the daughter of Horace lord Vere, (69,) he had Vere, 
(72,) the fourth earl; who married Rachel, daughter 
of John Bence, efq. (73.) His children were as follow.' 
Vere; Thomas; and John; who were fucceftively earls 
of Weftmoreiand, (74, 75, 76;) and who died without 
iffue. Upon the death of Tho.mas, the feventh earl, 
(.76,) without iffue male, the earldom went to another 
branch of the family. We fhall, however, proceed to 
explain the remaining branches from the fourth earl, 
(72,) before we proceed to Francis, (67,) third fon of 
the firft earl. Mary, (77,) the eldeft daughter of the 
fourth earl, married fir Thomas Dafhwood, (78,) and. 
by whom he had a fon and a daughter ; the former, 
Francis lord Le Defpencer, (79 ;) and the latter, Rachel,. 
(80,) who married fir Robert Auften, (81.) On the 
deatli of her brother, Hie fucceeded to tire barony 
of Le Defpencer, and died without iffue. Catharine,, 
(8i ; ) the next daughter of the fourth earl, married 
1 William 
