Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Earl of Salisbury, 2nd Baron Latimer, northern military commander, commissioner for the north, participant in the relief of Norham and Battle of Flodden, Knight of the Bath, 1478, summoned to Parliament from 1491/1492, soldier in the royal service, commander at Stoke, participant in the relief of Norham and the Battle of Flodden, lieutenant-general in the north, 1522, 1525, court attendant under Henry VII and Henry VIII.
Dates: 1428–1471
Biography
English magnate known as the Kingmaker, who became Earl of Warwick through his marriage to Anne Beauchamp and played a central role in the Wars of the Roses.
Notes / Sources
Dictionary of National Biography, Richard Neville (1468–1530) — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Neville,_Richard_(1468-1530)
Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society, Arms of Neville (Baron Latimer) — https://cuhags.soc.srcf.net/gen/tng/showmedia.php?mediaID=109&medialinkID=242
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Neville of Latimer of Snape
Father: Sir Henry Neville
Mother: Joan Bourchier
Spouse(s): Anne Stafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton
Children / next generation: John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer; William Neville; Thomas Neville; Marmaduke Neville; George Neville, Archdeacon of Carlisle; Christopher Neville
Armorial Registry
Neville of Latimer — Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer and restoration of the direct line
Branch: Latimer baronial line of Snape, grandson of George Neville
Issued / recorded: 1468
Neville of Latimer and Snape — Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer, inheritor of the annulet-differenced Latimer coat
Branch: Latimer of Snape, descended from George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer, through Sir Henry Neville
Issued / recorded: 1469
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