Neville (Sheriff Hutton)

Who he is

Name

Henry de Neville, son of Geoffrey de Neville and the Bulmer heiress Emma; whether Emma, if still living, held the inheritance in her widowhood on 1 January 1200 is not pinned

Title

Heirs of Bertram de Bulmer

Since

Not pinned (Geoffrey de Neville died in the 1190s)

Born

Not pinned

Family

Emma de Bulmer, daughter and heiress of Bertram de Bulmer (sheriff of Yorkshire, died 1166), married Geoffrey de Neville. Their son Henry de Neville dies childless in 1227; their daughter Isabel married Robert FitzMaldred, lord of Raby, whose son Geoffrey took the Neville name: the later Nevilles of Raby.

Confidence

low

General histories (Complete Peerage, Neville); not re-checked for 1200.

Overlord

King John (Brancepeth of the bishop of Durham; Raby of the prior of Durham)

What it holds

• Sheriff Hutton castle and manors on the edge of Galtres
• Brancepeth (in the bishop's liberty of Durham; not drawn)

How it was acquired

Inheritance and marriage.

How things stand that morning

Held by the Neville heirs; details not pinned.

Wealth

Farmland and forest rights.

Military

Sheriff Hutton (the early castle). No figures.

Places of note

• Sheriff Hutton castle: Bulmer castle

Where the sources disagree

• The brief says 'Neville of Raby'. In 1200 Raby is not yet Neville land: it belongs to Robert FitzMaldred (of the native line of Uhtred), held of the prior of Durham, and lies inside the Durham liberty.

Evidence: Family outline certain; the position in 1200 not checked.

On the map: Only the Yorkshire caput is drawn.

Primary sources for England

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond, Jocelin of Brakelond (about 1198 to 1203). An inside account of Bury St Edmunds under Abbot Samson, written while the events were fresh. Read online
• Chronicle of Melrose, Anonymous (monks of Melrose abbey) (about 1173 to 1270, in many hands; the 1200 entries are near contemporary). The main Scottish annal for the year, kept at a Cistercian house on the Tweed. Read online
• Chronicle of Roger of Howden, Roger of Howden (about 1192 to 1201). The fullest single narrative for the year. Read online
• Chronicle of the Princes, Anonymous (Welsh translation of a lost Latin chronicle kept at Strata Florida) (Latin original to about 1282, compiled from contemporary annals; Welsh versions about 1300 and later). The native Welsh record of the year. Read online
• Chronicle; Deeds of the Kings, Gervase of Canterbury (Chronica about 1188 to 1199; Gesta Regum about 1199 to 1210). The Chronica stops in 1199, so for 1200 the witness is the briefer Gesta Regum, which notes John's peace with Philip, the coronation of Isabella at Westminster on 8 October 1200, and matters touching Canterbury: the archbishop Hubert Walter as chancellor, the cathedral priory's quarrel with him, and the Lambeth college dispute lately settled by the pope. Read online
• English Chronicle of Ralph of Coggeshall, Ralph of Coggeshall (about 1200 to 1224, in stages). Short but independent entries for 1200 from a Cistercian house in Essex: John's levy on the Cistercians and the carucage, the peace with Philip, the king's new marriage and the queen's coronation, and the death of Hugh of Lincoln. Read online
• Flowers of History, Roger of Wendover (about 1220 to 1235 at St Albans). For 1200 Wendover is mostly Howden rewritten, so he is a second witness only where he adds St Albans material: a long account of Hugh of Lincoln's last months, death and funeral, and anecdotes about John's conduct toward the Cistercians and his new queen. Read online
• Images of History, Ralph de Diceto (about 1188 to 1202). A London view of the year from the dean of St Paul's, who knew the justiciar and the bishops personally. Read online

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