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Gentleman's Magazine 1830 part 1 p.501
himself, instead of "Lord Latimer," "Lord Nevill of Raby," that ancient dignity, held originally by tenure in the reign of Henry II. by Geoffrey de Nevill, grandson of Gilbert de Nevill, Admiral of the Coqueror's fleet, being vested in him, excepting always the impediment of the attainder, and provided also there were no representatives in the female line nearer than himself in blood to Charles, the sixth and last Earl of Westmoreland, and thirteenth Baron Nevill of Raby.*
... On the Nevill monument there is no date, but I find that Jane Nevill died in 1641, and left, together with some charitable bequests, five shillings to be laid out annually in repairs to her husband's monument.
In the parish is an ancient mansion, supposed to have been the residence of the Nevills.
That famous antiquary, Dr. Stukeley, lies buried in this quiet churchyard, in a spot which struck him whilst on a visit to the vicar a short time before his death in 1765. He was many years Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries, and published the Itinerarium Curiosum, ... ...
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* It may be here observed, that the Right Honourable John Fane, the present and tenth Earl of Westmoreland of his family, is descended from Francis Fane, son of Sir Thomas Fane, by Mary Nevill, daughter and heir of Henry Nevill, Baron Bergavenny, Despencer, and Burghersh, who descended from Edward, sixth son of Ralph Nevill, first Earl of Westmoreland (that ancient tree from which sprung so many nobke scions). This lady challenged the Barony of Bergavenny against the heir male, which led to the celebrated anomolous decision of the House of Lords in respect of that Barony, in the time of James the First. See 3d Report of Lord's Committees on the Dignity of the Peerage, p.216.
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