Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny

Henry Nevill, 6th and "de jure" 4th Baron Abergavenny K.B. (bet. 1527/35 – February 10 1587) was an English peer. He succeeded to the Barony upon the death of his father, Sir George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny.

Biography

Henry, sixth (sometimes fourth) Lord Abergavenny, had summons to parliament 23 January, 1552, to 15 October, 1586. He was one of the peers that sat in judgment on Mary, Queen of Scots, at Fotheringay. He died at his seat called Comfort, near Birling, Kent, 10 February, 1586-7. He married first, Frances, daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland; he married secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Darell, of Spelmonden, Kent (she remarried to Sir William Sedley, of Southfleet, Kent, Knt. and Bart.); by his first wife he had an only daughter.

Issue

Mary Nevill, Baroness le Despencer, died 28 June, 1626, aged 72, buried at Mereworth, Kent, having married at Birling, 12 December, 1574, as second wife, to Sir Thomas Fane, of Badsell, Kent (whose son, Francis, was created Earl of Westmorland), knighted at Dover Castle, 26 August, 1573, died 13 March, 1589, w.d. 12 March, 1589, pd. 10 February, 1590. Lady Fane claimed the barony of Abergavenny against Edward Nevill, the heir male upon whom the castle of Bergavenny was settled as aforesaid, and as a compromise, she was by letters patent, 25 May, 1604, confirmed in the name, style, and dignity of Baroness le Despencer, to the heirs of her body, with the ancient seat, place, and precedence of her ancestors.

Ancestry

External links

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