England; Lancashire, Yorkshire and the English heraldic jurisdiction
Neville of Hornby — inverted-tincture cadet branch of the Raby Nevilles
- Family / house
- Neville of Hornby; Neville of Liversedge; Neville of Raby; Longvillers; Hornby Castle
- Family / cadet branch
- Hornby Castle and the Lancashire–Yorkshire Neville branch
- Armiger / bearer
- The Neville family of Hornby, beginning with Geoffrey de Neville, lord of Hornby, and continuing through Robert de Neville of Hornby
- Entity type
- cadet_branch
- Social rank / class
- armigerous_gentry
- Heraldic authority
- English heraldic tradition; Lancashire heraldic indexes; medieval and visitation pedigrees
- Record basis
- ancient_usage
- Issued / first recorded
- c.1260
- Until / superseded
- 15th century
- Historical period
- High and late medieval England
- Blazon
- Argent, a saltire Gules.
- Plain-English description
- A red saltire on a silver field. The tinctures reverse the senior Neville of Raby coat and distinguish the Hornby collateral branch.
- Tinctures
- Argent; Gules
- Charges / ordinaries
- Saltire
- Difference / variant
- The Hornby branch used the reversed tinctures Argent, a saltire Gules, rather than the senior Raby coat Gules, a saltire Argent. Later Hornby records also show cadency labels and other minor differences.
- Source reference
- Powell Armorial, Appendix E and discussion of Neville branches
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- Geoffrey FitzRobert de Neville
- Spouse(s)
- Margaret de Longvillers
- Children / next generation
- John de Neville of Hornby; Robert de Neville of Hornby
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
The source tradition is not entirely uniform about the exact individuals who first bore the reversed coat. The family-level branch identification is stronger than a claim that every early Hornby member used the same undifferenced shield.