23rd Generation

5829140. John DE NEVILLE 3rd Baron Neville de Raby (*) (*+)^30,254 was born in 1328 in Of Raby with Keverstone, Durham County, England.³⁹⁹ He died on 17 October 1388 at the age of 60 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England.³⁹⁹ This is the Raby Castle, a medieval castle located near Staindrop in County Durham, England, among 200 acres of deer park.

It was built by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, between approximately 1367 and 1390. Cecily Neville, the mother of the Kings Edward IV and Richard III, was born here.

After Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland, led the failed Rising of the North in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1569 Raby Castle was taken into royal custody. Sir Henry Vane the Elder purchased Raby Castle in 1626 and neighbouring Barnard Castle from the Crown, and the Earls of Darlington and Dukes of Cleveland added a Gothic-style entrance hall and octagonal drawing room.

From 1833 to 1891 they were the Dukes of Cleveland and they retain the title of Lord Barnard. Extensive alterations were carried out in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is famed for both its size and its art, including works by old masters and portraits.

After 1733 it was frequented from his young age of eleven by the poet Christopher Smart, who eloped briefly at the age of thirteen with Anne Vane, daughter of Henry Vane, who succeeded to the Barnard title.

The castle is still a private home and remains the seat of the Vane family, the Barons Barnard. The 11th Baron carried out an extensive programme of renovation and restoration after inheriting the barony in 1964. Maud DE PERCY Lady Neville (*) and John DE NEVILLE 3rd Baron Neville de Raby (*) (*+) were married in July 1357 in Of Alnwick, Northumberland County, England.^30,399 In 1378, Thomas Hatfield Bishop of Durham granted John de Neville a licence to fortify his property at Raby. John died in 1388 and was succeeded by his son, Ralph.
Almost nothing of the family's papers survive from this period so there is little documentary evidence of Raby Castle's construction. The dating is based mostly on architectural details. In the words of historian Anthony Emery, the work "converted it from a defendable house into a palace-fortress."

5829141. Maud DE PERCY Lady Neville (*) was born about 1335 in Of Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland County, England.³⁹⁹ She died on 18 February 1379 at the age of 44 in Staindrop, Durham County, England.^254,399 in the Raby Castle. She was buried in Durham, Durham County, England.²⁵⁴ in the Durham Cathedral.

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