More C.P. Additions: Mary Fitz Lewis, wife of Anthony Wydevi

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More C.P. Additions: Mary Fitz Lewis, wife of Anthony Wydevi

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 08 jun 2007 21:53:30

Dear Newsgroup ~

Complete Peerage, 11 (1949): 22-24 has an account of Anthony
Wydeville, K.G., 2nd Earl Rivers, 8th Lord Scales, who was the brother-
in-law of King Edward IV of England. Earl Anthony was beheaded at
Pontefract, Yorkshire 25 June 1483, on orders of King Edward IV's
brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (afterwards King Richard III).
At his death, Earl Anthony left a young widow, Mary Fitz Lewis, who is
stated by Complete Peerage to have married Sir George Neville. No
date is given for Mary Fitz Lewis' marriage to Sir George Neville, nor
are any particulars provided regarding her subsequent life, saving
that she is alleged to have had a daughter and heiress, Anne Neville,
who married Sir John Markham.

The above information regarding Mary Fitz Lewis' 2nd marriage appears
to be drawn from Morant's History & Antiquities of Essex which states:

"[Sir Henry Fitz-Lewis] married .... Mary, second sister and coheir of
Edmund Beaufort Duke of Somerset, and had by her Mary his daughter and
heir, married first to Antony Woodville Earl Rivers, by whom she had
no issue; afterwards to Sir John Nevill, a natural son of the Earl of
Westmoreland, and had by him Anne, wife of Sir John Markham."
[Reference: Morant, Hist. & Antiqs. of Essex 1 (1768): 213].

The above account includes at least two errors. Sir Henry Fitz Lewis'
first wife was named Elizabeth, not Mary, Beaufort, as will be shown
by a contemporary record cited below. And, Mary Fitz Lewis' second
husband was named Sir George Neville, not Sir John Neville.

Evidence proving that Mary Fitz Lewis married (2nd) Sir George Neville
before Trinity Term 1488 is provided by a fine recorded on that date,
which fine involves part of Mary Fitz Lewis' inheritance in Essex:

"Trin. [1488]. Richard Lee, esquire, William Sutton, clerk, John
Fogg, esquire, Richard Wytton, clerk, and William Carkeke, pl., George
Nevyll, knight, and Mary his wife, countess Ryvers, daughter and heir
of Henry Lewes, knight, def. The manor of Bardefeld, [Essex] and 14
messuages, 320 acres of land, 12 acres of meadow and 4l. rent in
Northbemflete, Vannge, Nevynden, Wykford, Pytsay, and Dowenham. Def.
quitclaimed to pl. and the heirs of Richard Lee. Cons.
300l." [Reference: Feet of Fines for Essex 4 (1964): 89].

Next, in 1492 it was determined that Edmund Roos, 10th Lord Roos of
Helmsley, was not of sufficient discretion to guide himself, and
custody was therefore granted to his brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Lovel,
with the farm of the lands for his life, after Edmund's death, and
reversion to the Crown [Reference: Complete Peerage, 11 (1949):
106-107 (sub Ros)].

As part of the the Act of Parliament which granted custody of Loos
Roos to Sir Thomas Lovel, provision was made for the remaining heirs
of Lord Roos' grandmother, Eleanor Beauchamp, wife successively of
Thomas Roos, 8th Lord Roos, and Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of
Somerset. Duchess Eleanor's heirs living in 1492 are named as follows
in the Act of Parliament dated that year:

"Edward, Duke of Bokyngham, son to Henry late Duke of Bokyngham, son
to Margarete Countess of Stafford, doughter to Alianore late Duches of
Somerset, Robert Spencer Knyght, and Alianore his Wyfe, Countesse of
Wilteshire, another of the doughters of the said Duchess, Mary
Countesse Ryvers, doughter to Elizabeth, another doughter of the said
Duches, Thomas Burgh Knyght, and Edward Burgh Knyght, son to
Margarete, another of the doughters of the said Duches, William Paston
Squier, Agneys Paston, Elizabeth Paston, doughters of Anne, another of
the doughters of the said Duches, and Richard Frye Squier, and Jane
his Wyfe, another doughter of the same Duches, and to the heyres of
every of them." [Reference: Strachey, Rotuli Parliamentorum 6 (1777):
452-454].

The above record proves that Mary Fitz Lewis, Countess Rivers, was
living in 1492, and that her mother was Elizabeth Beaufort, daughter
of Eleanor, Duchess of Somerset.

As for Mary Fitz Lewis' 2nd husband, Sir George Neville, my file notes
indicate that he was an illegitimate son of Sir Thomas Neville, and
that he was an Esquire of the Body to King Richard III. I assume he
is the same person as Sir George Neville "the Bastard" who was living
on the Continent as a Yorkist exile in 1499 [Reference: Fisher, Hist.
of England (1906): 88-89]. I have no further particulars regarding
either Sir George Neville or his wife, Mary Fitz Lewis, Countess
Rivers.

If anyone has additional information regarding any of these parties,
I'd appreciate hearing from them.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

Peter Stewart

Re: More C.P. Additions: Mary Fitz Lewis, wife of Anthony Wy

Legg inn av Peter Stewart » 09 jun 2007 05:41:00

"Douglas Richardson" <royalancestry@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1181336010.571175.234410@r19g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

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As part of the the Act of Parliament which granted custody of Loos
Roos to Sir Thomas Lovel, provision was made for the remaining heirs
of Lord Roos' grandmother, Eleanor Beauchamp,

I wish somebody had really been called Loos Roos - he could have sat in the
House of Loos.

Peter Stewart

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