Mary Neville, Baroness le Despenser, Suo jure Baroness le Despenser from 1604, de jure heir general to the older Bergavenny baronies, wife of Sir Thomas Fane.
Dates: 25 March 1554–28 June 1626
Biography
Only child and heir general of Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny. Her marriage to Sir Thomas Fane transmitted the Bergavenny Neville inheritance into the Fane family. Their son Francis Fane was created Earl of Westmorland in 1624, and later Fane achievements quartered Neville, Beauchamp and Mildmay components.
Notes / Sources
Complete Peerage, Despenser, vol. 4, p. 283 — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Complete_Peerage_Ed_2_Vol_4.djvu/301
Complete Peerage, Abergavenny peerage cases — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Complete_Peerage_Ed_2_Vol_4.djvu/754
Fane quartered arms image — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quartered_arms_of_Fane,_Earls_of_Westmorland.png
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Neville–Fane heiress line
Father: Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny
Mother: Frances Manners
Spouse(s): Sir Thomas Fane
Children / next generation: Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland; George Fane of Burston
Armorial Registry
Neville–Fane of Mereworth — Mary Neville, heiress-general and transmitter of the rose-differenced quarter
Branch: Female-line Bergavenny succession through the sole child of Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny
Issued / recorded: 1587
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