Hi Derek I was interested to see this item as I am researching this Alice Neville who is a direct ancestor of my husband. I have seen so many things on the internet, where this Alice is mistaken for Alice Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville and married a Fitzhugh. She cannot possibly be "my" Alice Neville, and I believe the one you talk about below is most probably the one. Do you have any further information about her marrying Thomas Tunstall. If you don't mind me having a copy of the will plus the Flowers and Dougdales Visitation (which I have no knowledge of) and any other information you know of, I would be extremely grateful as I have been looking for some evidence of her for a long time. Many thanks Anita Batty On Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 8:32:31 AM UTC+1, Degs wrote: > Oxford DNB artcle on Robert Neville:- > > This biography was published in the DNB in 1894 > Neville, Robert (1404–1457), bishop of Salisbury and Durham, by H. E. > D. Blakiston > Published 1894 > > > "Neville died 8 or 9 July 1457, and was buried in the south aisle of > the cathedral, > where the marble slab, despoiled of his brass effigy by the Scottish > prisoners > after the battle of Dunbar, may be seen near the second pillar from > the cloister > door (cf. SURTEES, Durham, vol. iv., cathedral plates, No. 3). In his > will, dated 8 July 1457, > but ‘nunquam approbatum,’ and presumably invalid (it is printed in > RAINE, op. cit. App. cclv.), > he had desired burial near the Venerable Bede in the galilee. > Sequestration of his goods was > granted to Sir John Neville, afterwards marquis of Montagu [q.v.] , > his nephew by the half-blood. > He intended to leave a hundred marks to Thomas Neville, ‘scolari in > tenera ætate constituto ad exhibicionem suam,’ > the same to Ralph, and the same to their sister Alice for her > portion; these three can hardly be > the children of the Earl of Salisbury, and, as they do not occur > elsewhere in the Neville pedigree, > may possibly be offspring of his own." > > > > The only and oldest place I can find Alice Neville refered to by name. > > I have a copy of the above Will plus Flowers & Dougdales Visitations > where they mention Alice. > If anyone wants a copy,please let me have your email address & I will > send. > Derek