Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
1983 to 2025 so far.
Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
1983 to 2025 so far.
Sir Edward Neville,
He was a courtier
of Henry VIII (who reigned 1509-1547).
He fought with Henry VIII in France in
1512 and 1513.
Knighted 25 September 1513
at Tournai
after the
Siege of Tournai.
On 20 Oct 1514 he entered France
in disguise, with Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
and Sir William Sidney,
all three going to Paris for the coronation of
Princess Mary, who had married on 9 Oct 1514 to Louis XII, King of France
(after a peace treaty).
Brandon married Princess Mary the following year.
In 1516 he was a gentleman of the privy chamber and master of the buckhounds.
He was present at the
Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.
He lived at Addington Park, near London.
He mar Eleanor de Windsor
[descendant of Edward I].
He held various positions.
He was Henry VIII's Standard Bearer in 1531.
In 1534 he was Constable of Leeds Castle in Kent.
He was still in Royal favour at
the baptism of Edward VI in Oct 1537.
Arrest and execution, 1538:
His downfall was because of the break with Rome and his niece's marriage.
His niece Jane Neville
had married
Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu.
Pole was the brother of Reginald Pole,
the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury.
Reginald Pole, in exile in Europe, was after 1536
at the centre of Catholic efforts to overturn
Henry VIII's break with Rome.
The King, unable to reach Pole, destroyed his family in England.
Multiple Pole family members and in-laws were arrested in 1538 and accused of plotting against the King in
what became called
the Exeter Conspiracy.
Neville was arrested
on 3 Nov 1538.
He was imprisoned in the
Tower of London.
He was executed (beheaded)
on Tower Hill,
8 December 1538, age est c.53 yrs.
Sir Edward and Eleanor
had issue:
Sir Edward Neville
appears in style
when the "Grand Master" of France, the
1st Duke of Montmorency,
was entertained by Henry VIII
at Greenwich Palace
in Nov 1527.
From p.735
of 1809 edn
of Hall's Chronicle (1548)
by Edward Hall.
The year is XIX Henry VIII (Apr 1527 to Apr 1528).
Sir Edward Neville is executed in 1538.
From p.827
of Hall's Chronicle.
It was often remarked that Sir Edward Neville looked like Henry VIII.
Here, Elizabeth
jokes with Sir Edward Neville's son Henry
that he is her brother.
This was said to be on Elizabeth's
Progress
into Berkshire.
It is unclear what year.
From
p.307
of Notes and Queries, series 1,
vol.2,
12 Oct 1850.
There is an
Addington in Kent,
and an
Aldington in Kent.
But this must be
Addington, just S of London.
Addington is in Surrey, right on the border of Kent.
There is an Addington Park here.
The big house is now called
Addington Palace.
The Historic England
entry
for Addington Palace
says Addington Park was owned by
Henry VIII up until 1544
and used as a hunting park.
Henry VIII sold the manor of Addington
to Nicholas Leigh
in 1544.
This must be where Neville lived.
This needs more proof.
Neither Historic England
nor any
of the
parish histories
mention Sir Edward Neville.
Close-up of above shows Addington Park house
(now Addington Palace).
Also shows site of
Henry VIII's hunting seat.
See modern map.
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