England; Yorkshire, Kent and the English peerage
Neville of Kent and Fauconberg — William Neville's mullet-differenced branch
- Family / house
- Neville of Raby; Neville of Kent; Fauconberg; Conyers; Darcy of Holderness
- Family / cadet branch
- Kent-Fauconberg branch from the Beaufort-Neville family
- Armiger / bearer
- William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent and jure uxoris 6th Baron Fauconberg, KG
- Entity type
- cadet_branch
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- English Crown; Garter and medieval armorial tradition
- Record basis
- recording
- Issued / first recorded
- c.1430
- Until / superseded
- 1463
- Historical period
- Fifteenth-century England
- Blazon
- Gules, on a saltire Argent a mullet Sable.
- Plain-English description
- A red shield with the Neville silver saltire charged with a black star.
- Tinctures
- Gules; Argent; Sable
- Charges / ordinaries
- Saltire; Mullet
- Crest
- Neville bull-related forms occur in the wider family, but no securely individualised crest is entered here.
- Exterior ornaments
- Garter achievement and the Fauconberg marital succession; the branch's estates and barony later passed through female heirs to Conyers and Darcy inheritances.
- Difference / variant
- The black mullet differentiates William Neville's coat from the Raby senior arms.
- Source reference
- Wikimedia Commons, Neville Earl of Kent and Baron Fauconberg arms
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
- Mother
- Joan Beaufort
- Spouse(s)
- Joan Fauconberg
- Children / next generation
- Joan Neville; Alice Neville; Elizabeth Neville
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
The title Earl of Kent became extinct with William's death; Fauconberg inheritance continued through his daughters and later quarterings.