History
Yorkshire Inquisitions 1407
Thomas de Nevyll, chivaler.
Writ to the Escheator, dated at Westminster, 14 March, 1406-7.
Inquisition taken at Roderham, 5 April, 1407,
before Thomas Egmanton, Escheator, by the oath of
Roger Preston, Thomas de Wombwell, William de Wyntworth,
Richard del Wodde, Nicholas de Keton, Richard Normanville,
Richard de Barton, James de Cressaker, John Vavasour,
Thomas Totyll, John Byrley, and Thomas Breton. One Joan,
daughter and heir of William de Furnyvall, chivaler, was
seised in her demesne as of fee of the castle and lordship of
Sheffield and of the manors of Treeton and Whitston, and took
to husband the said Thomas Nevill, by whom she had issue
Maud, wife of John Talbot, who is still living; Joan died so
seised, and the said Thomas held the premises after her death
by the law of England. The castle and manor of Shefeld
are held of the King in chief by homage and by a rent of two
white greyhounds yearly at the Nativity of St. John Baptist;
they are worth 100 marks a year clear, and not more. The
manors of Treton and Whitston are held of Andrew Loterell (Luterell)
by knight service; worth yearly 20 marks and £10 clear
respectively.
The said Thomas Nevylle died on Monday before Palm
Sunday last. His heirs are the said Maud, his daughter by
the said Joan, and heir to her mother, aged 15 and more; and
Joan, his daughter by his wife Ankerette, who survives him,
aged 3 and more.
Thomas de Neville was youngest son of John, 3rd Lord Neville of Raby, by Maud, daughter of Henry, 2nd Lord Percy. He married 1. Joan, daughter and heiress of William, 1st Lord Furnival of Sheffield, obtaining a large inheritance, which his daughter Maud carried into the Talbot family. His second wife was Ankeretta, daughter of Lord Strange of Blackmere. He was buried at Worksop.
Refer also to Yorkshire Inquisitions, 1409
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