Allen Richmond <sciototrails@usa.net> wrote > NOW: can anyone help me in reviewing the past NEVILLE _ancestors_ > of mine??? Granted, I don't know a great deal (actually precious little) > of my English Grandparents, however any hole-filler or points of > departure for further research would be most appreciated: > > Edward NEVILLE Edward, d.18 Oct 1476, was Lord Abergavenny, son of Ralph de NEVILLE, Earl of Westmoreland (ante 1364-1425) by his m. ante 3 Feb 1396/7 to Lady Joan BEAUFORT (d.1440). He married c.1448, by special dispensation, > + Katherine HOWARD (d/o Robert HOWARD, Knight, Kent ENG) Catherine, d.post 29 Jun 1478, was dau of Sir Robert HOWARD, K.G., by Margaret de MOWBRAY. > ..1 Margaret NEVILLE, d 30 SEP 1506 at Cobham, Kent ENG > ....+ John BROOKE, Knight, (John also m Eleanor Austell) (s/o Edward > ........ BROOKE, d bef 08 NOV 1464 at [Kent?] ENG; & Elizabeth TUCHET) John BROOKE, b.c.1444, d.1506, was 7th Lord Cobham, [I'm curious as to the source of Eleanor AUSTELL's name] > ......1 Thomas BROOKE, Knight, b bef 1500 at [Kent?] ENG, Thomas suc. his father as Lord Cobham. He was an MP in 1509, so must have been of age by that date. > ..........d 19 JUL 1529 at Cobham, Kent ENG > ........+ Elizabeth HART I have not seen reference to Elizabeth HART, is there a source for this? Burke's Dormant & Expired Peerages states that Thomas married thrice, but only had issue by his 1st wife, Dorothy HEYDON. Neither of his other two wives is identified. > ........+ Dorothy HEYDON (d/o Henry HEYDON & Anne BOLEYN) > ..........[#] Elizabeth BROOKE, b bef 1507, Elizabeth was b. in co.Kent, d.at Allington Castle, co.Kent per _Pedigrees of some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants_ [PECD] > ..............+ Thomas WYATT, Knight, bef 1522, Sir Thomas WYATT, b. at Allington Castle, co.Kent, 1503, d.Sherborne, co.Dorset, 11 Oct 1542, was poet to K. Henry VIII and son of Sir Henry WYATT per PECD > ................1 Thomas WYATT, Knight, b ca 1522, d 11 APR 1554 Sir Thomas WYATT, b.Allington Castle, co.Kent, ca.1521; executed on Tower Hill, London, 11 Apr 1554, m. in co.Kent per PECD > ..................+ Jane HAUTE, 1537 Jane HAWTE, b. at Bishops Bourne, co.Kent, dau of Sir William HAWTE and Mary GUILFORD per PECD. _The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215_ gives Jane as dau of Sir William HAUTE (or HAWTE) by his wife Mary, dau, of Sir Richard GUILFORD and Anne PIMPE. (For Hawte ancestry see Walter G. Davis, _Ancestry of Mary Isaac_ pp. 97-193; for Guilford, pp. 69-96. Thomas HAWTE was leader of a badly organized rebellion against Queen Mary. For this generation see _Mary Isaac_ pp.191-192) > ....................[my lineage comes forward from this union] > ..............+ Edward WARNER, Knight, aft 10 OCT 1542 I have no reference for an Edward WARNER as son of Sir Thomas WYATT Further issue of Edward NEVILLE by Catherine HOWARD: 2. Anne, m. George STANLEY ... no issue 3. Catherine, m. Robert TANFIELD....issue > > Elizabeth was one of 14 children to Thomas and Dorothy (HEYDON) BROOKE, > but she is the only individual on whom I have any data. Another child of Thomas and Dorothy (HEYDON) BROOKE is identified by BD&EP is George BROOKE who suc. as Lord Cobham. His line continues through to a Frances, m. to Sir Thomas GOWER, Bart., ancestor of the Dukes of Sutherland, and to Frances' sister Christiana, m. to Sir Peter TEMPLE, ancestor of a later creation of Lord Cobham. Good digging Bill gedigger@bellatlantic.net