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ABERGAVENNY
COMPLETE PEERAGE
41
PEDIGREE
Shewing the Descent of the Lords Bergavenny of Abergavenny (marked respectively I to XVI), from 1392 to 1744.
| I. William Beauchamp, sum. by writ 1392 as Lord Bergavenny, d. 1411. | Joan Fitzalan, held the Castle, &c., d. 1435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| II. Richard (Beauchamp) cr. Earl of Worcester 1420/1, d. s.p.m. 1421/2. | Isabel Despenser, sole heir of the (attainted) Barony of Le Despenser, d. 1439 | Richard (Beauchamp), Earl of Warwick, 2nd husband, d. 1439. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| III. Sir Edward Nevill, sum. by writ 1450 as Lord Bergavenny, d. 1476. | Elizabeth, only da. & h. of her father, d. 1448. | See pedigree at p. 28. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IV George, Lord Bergavenny, 1482–92. In 1439 he had become a coheir (through his mother) to the attainted Barony of Le Despenser, d. 1492. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| V. George, Lord Bergavenny, 1497–1534, d. 1535. | Sir Edward Nevill, beheaded 1538. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VI. Henry, Lord Bergavenny, 1552–86, d. s.p.m. 1586/7 | VII. ? Edward Nevill, [Query] Lord Bergavenny, d. 1588/9. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mary, da. & h., to whom the Barony of Le Despencer was assigned in 1604. She was heir gen. to William Beauchamp, sum. by writ 1392 as Lord Bergavenny, as also the Edward Nevill, sum. by writ 1450 in the same title. | VIII. Edward Nevill, sum. by writ 1604 as Lord Bergavenny, d. 1622. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IX. Henry, Lord Bergavenny, d. 1641 | Sir Christopher Nevill, d. 1649 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Thomas Nevill, K.B., d.v.p. 1628. | X. John, Lord Bergavenny, d. s.p. 1662. | XI. George, Lord Bergavenny, d. 1666 | Richard or Edward Nevill, d. v.p. 1643. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margaret, m. Thomas Brooke of Madeley, Salop, who was aged 49 in 1663. She was heir gen. to Edward Nevill sum. by writ 1604 as Lord Bergavenny. Had issue. | XII. George, Lord Bergavenny, d. s.p. 1695. | Bridget, m. Sir John Shelley, Bart. and d. 1687. | George Nevill, d. 1665. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frances (only child of her mother) heir gen. to her grandfather the xjth Lord.[1] She m.Richard, Viscount Fitz William [I.], and had issue. | XIII. George, Lord Bergavenny, d. s.p. 1695. | Edward Nevill, d. 1701. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| XIV. George, Lord Bergavenny, d. s.p. 1723. | XV. Edward, Lord Bergavenny, d. s.p. 1724. | Jane, who (on the death of her sister Anne in 1736/7) became heir gen. of her father George Nevill, sum by writ 1695 as Lord Bergavenny. She m. John Abel Walter and d. 1786. Had issue. | XVI. William, Lord Abergavenny, sum. by writ 1724, the father of George, cr. Earl of Abergavenny (1784), and ancestor of the succeeding Peers. He d. 1744. Had issue. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- ↑ The xith Lord, however, appears never to have been sum. to Parl.
