Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny 1530-1587

Baron Abergavenny is a complex Barony. When Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny died in 1587 there was some confusion as to whether the Barony descended in the male and female lines ie heirs general, which is considered to be the valid line, or whether it was constrained to male onle. If the former then Henry's daughter Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer should have inherited, if the latter her cousin Edward Neville should have inherited. In the event Edward Neville and his descendants held the Barony, as well as the second creation Baron Abergavenny. If the claim of Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer was valid, she and her descendants, the Earls of Westmoreland, should have been the Barons of the 1st Creation.

Before 14th November 1508 [his father] George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny [aged 39] and Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny. She the daughter of Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel [aged 58] and Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 5th September 1513 [his father] George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny [aged 44] and Margaret Brent Baroness Bergavenny were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny.

Around June 1519 [his father] George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny [aged 50] and [his mother] Mary Stafford Baroness Bergavenny [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham [aged 41] and [his grandmother] Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Around 1530 Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny was born to George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny [aged 61] and Mary Stafford Baroness Bergavenny [aged 34]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before 1535 [his mother] Mary Stafford Baroness Bergavenny [aged 39] died in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [Map]. The date of her death based on her husband [his father] George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny [aged 65] having married again before his death in 1535.

In or before June 1535 [his father] George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny [aged 66] and Mary Brooke Baroness Bergavenny were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny. They were half first cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 4th June 1535 John St Leger and [his sister] Catherine Neville [aged 15] were married. The date confirmed by the mentioned in her father's will that they were married. He had been a ward of her father George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny [aged 66]. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

After 4th June 1535 [his father] George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny [deceased] died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Birling; his heart was buried at Mereworth, probably St Lawrence's Church, Mereworth. His son Henry [aged 5] succeeded 6th Baron Abergavenny, 4th Baron Abergavenny.

In 1536 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 21] and [his sister] Mary Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. He had been a ward of her father George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny. They were third cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1538 [his half-sister] Jane Neville Baroness Montagu [aged 57] died.

In 1545 [his brother-in-law] William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham [aged 17] and [his sister] Dorothy Neville Baroness Cobham [aged 20] were married. He had been a ward of her father George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In or before 1554 Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny [aged 23] and Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny. She the daughter of Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland and Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1554 [his daughter] Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer was born to Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny [aged 24] and [his wife] Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny [aged 24]. She married 12th December 1574 Thomas Fane and had issue.

On 29th September 1558 George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham [aged 61] died. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 30] succeeded 10th Baron Cobham. [his sister] Dorothy Neville Baroness Cobham [aged 33] by marriage Baroness Cobham.

Before 16th December 1558 John Cheney [aged 45] and [his sister] Margaret Neville [aged 36] were married. He had been a ward of her father George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny.

After 1559 [his brother-in-law] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland [aged 32] and Bridget Hussey Countess Bedford [aged 33] were married. He the son of Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland and Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 22nd September 1559 [his sister] Dorothy Neville Baroness Cobham [aged 34] died.

On 25th September 1560 Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 60] died. His son George [aged 32] succeeded 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th Earl Waterford, 11th Baron Furnivall, 15th Baron Strange Blackmere, 12th Baron Talbot. [his sister-in-law] Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 35] by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford.

On 17th September 1563 [his brother-in-law] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland [aged 36] died. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His son Edward [aged 14] succeeded 3rd Earl of Rutland, 14th Baron Ros Helmsley. Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland became a ward of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 30] and was specially under the charge of William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 43].

Before 16th January 1567 [his sister-in-law] Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 42] died. On 16th January 1567 she was buried in Sheffield Cathedral [Map].

On 12th December 1574 [his son-in-law] Thomas Fane [aged 64] and [his daughter] Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer [aged 20] were married at Birling, Kent [Map]. The difference in their ages was 44 years.

In 1576 [his sister] Mary Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 52] died.

In September 1576 [his wife] Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny [aged 46] died at Birling, Kent [Map].

On 10th February 1587 Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny [aged 57] died. His daughter Mary [aged 33] succeeded 7th Baroness Abergavenny, 5th Baroness Abergavenny. The title was, however, was claimed by Edward Neville [aged 61] who was summoned to Parliament in 1604; this is now considered to be a new creation - see Baron Abergavenny. On the same day that Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer was restored to the Baron Despencer as compensaton for her loss if the Abergaveen Barony.