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The Nevilles' emergence into the highest echelon of the aristocracy received formal recognition in 1397, when the Lord of Raby Ralph Neville was created Earl of Westmorland by Richard II. By this time the Nevilles' power in the north was matched only by the Percy Earls of Northumberland , with whom they developed an acrimonious rivalry .
In 1334, Ralph Neville, 2nd Lord of Raby was appointed one of the wardens of the marches and the Nevilles habitually appointed these posts thereafter. Along with William Zouche, Archbishop of York and Henry Percy, Ralph led the English forces to victory against an invading Scottish army at the Battle of Neville's Cross outside Durham and captured David II, King of Scots in 1346.
Cecily Neville was the youngest of the 22 children of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, by his second wife Joan Beaufort.Her paternal grandparents were John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, and Maud Percy, daughter of Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy.
the neville family Neville, or Nevill, the family name of a famous English noble house, descended from Dolfin son of Uchtred, who had a grant from the prior of Durham in 1131 of "Staindropshire," co. Durham, a territory which remained in the hands of his descendants for over four centuries, and in which stood Raby castle, their chief seat.
From their inconspicuous beginnings in Lincolnshire after the Norman Conquest, by the fourteenth century the Nevilles of Raby were among the most influential groups in the north of England, virtually ruling the area by means of the royal offices they held, and their political power reached its zenith in the fifteenth century with Richard de Neville, earl of Warwick, the so-called Kingmaker.
The Nevilles. The builders of Raby Castle in the 14th century and one of the most powerful families in the North. The Neville ownership of Raby lasted for nearly four hundred years and ended after their unsuccessful ‘Rising of the North’ in 1569. The Castle was held by the Crown until 1626 when it was purchased by Sir Henry Vane the Elder.
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invasions, the Nevilles were able to secure a position of importance amongst the northern lords. The lords of Raby, as this branch is referred to, came to dominate the northern counties along with another powerful family, the Percys. The Nevilles' loyal service as emissaries of the king was eventually rewarded
