England; Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and the northern counties
Neville of Holt, Pickhill and Rolleston — ermine-saltire branch
- Family / house
- Neville of Holt; Neville of Pickhill; Neville of Rolleston; Neville of Raby; Neville of Westmorland
- Family / cadet branch
- Neville of Holt and Pickhill, later associated with Rolleston in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire
- Armiger / bearer
- The Neville family of Holt, Pickhill and Rolleston, represented by Thomas, William and Robert Neville
- Entity type
- cadet_branch
- Social rank / class
- landed_gentry
- Heraldic authority
- Leicestershire Visitations; medieval seals; county histories; armorial rolls
- Record basis
- ancient_usage
- Issued / first recorded
- early fourteenth century
- Until / superseded
- sixteenth century
- Historical period
- Plantagenet, Tudor and early Stuart England
- Blazon
- Gules, a saltire Ermine.
- Plain-English description
- A red shield bearing a saltire formed of ermine spots.
- Tinctures
- Gules; Ermine
- Charges / ordinaries
- saltire ermine
- Difference / variant
- The ermine saltire is a major differentiated form associated with the Holt/Pickhill/Rolleston group. Some Rolleston witnesses instead show fusils or related variants, so the local pedigrees must be kept separate.
- Source reference
- Leicestershire history and 1619 visitation material
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- Jollan or William Neville, depending on the pedigree tradition
- Mother
- Margaret Fitting is reported in one pedigree tradition
- Spouse(s)
- Cecily Blanchminster
- Children / next generation
- Ralph Neville; William Neville
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
This record should not be confused with the already-covered Latimer branch, whose annulet difference is a separate Neville line.