27-566: Sir Humphrey Neville (c. 1439 – 29 September 1469) of Brancepeth was an English knight and insurgent during the Wars of the Roses . A scion of the noble House of Neville , he was a son of Thomas Neville of Brancepeth and a nephew of Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland , and belonged to a senior but disinherited branch of the family. Humphrey and his family supported the House of Lancaster during
54-474: A daughter Anne, and with her this branch of the Nevilles, the Nevilles of Weardale, seems to have died out. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Tait, J. (1894). " Neville, Humphrey (1439?–1469) ". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Brancepeth Brancepeth
81-714: A huge force under Edward IV could muster in Leicester and move north to crush the rebellion. The Lancastrian army moved through Northumberland in late April 1464 under the Duke of Somerset, and gathered support from Lancastrian garrisons. After the Lancastrians lost the Battle of Hedgeley Moor on 25 April 1464 to a Yorkist force led by John Neville, Lord Montagu, the Lancastrians again met Neville, this time near Hexham. The two sides met outside Hexham on 14 May 1464. Details of
108-487: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Battle of Hexham The Battle of Hexham , 15 May 1464, marked the end of significant Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV . The battle was fought near the town of Hexham in Northumberland . John Neville , later to be 1st Marquess of Montagu , led a modest force of 3,000-4,000 men, and routed
135-496: Is a legend that Brancepeth was once terrorised by an enormous brawn (boar), which was eventually killed by a knight named Sir Roger de Ferie in 1208. A commemorative stone marks the traditional location of the brawn's death. Brancepeth Castle was until 1570 the fortress of the Neville Earls of Westmorland . The castle was extensively modified and rebuilt in the 19th century by Viscount Boyne (later Baron Brancepeth). It
162-602: Is a village and civil parish in County Durham , in England. It is situated about 8 km (5 mi) from Durham on the A690 road between Durham and Weardale . The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 414. The name likely derives from "Bran's Path", after St Brandon, the parish church's patron saint. According to another story, the village's name is said to derive from " Brawn 's Path". There
189-675: The Earl of Warwick changed his allegiance from the Yorkist to the Lancastrian cause in 1469. After the Battle of Towton, the Lancastrians failed to prevent the Yorkists from concluding peace negotiations with Scotland in 1463, and soon found that their northern base of operations was now threatened. It was decided to mount a campaign in the north of England to gather Lancastrian support before
216-565: The Neville–Neville feud with the Earl of Salisbury. The dispute became entangled in the Wars of the Roses, with Salisbury and his son Warwick supporting the Yorkists while the senior branch supported the Lancastrians. The 2nd Earl of Westmorland became incapacitated and so the family cause was taken by his brothers. Humphrey's father Thomas died early in the conflict, while his uncle, Lord Neville ,
243-479: The Wars of the Roses , while his junior but richer Neville cousins, chiefly represented by the famous Earl of Warwick , supported the House of York . Humphrey almost single-handedly led the Lancastrian resistance during the early years of the reign of Edward IV , until he was executed in 1469, in the king's presence. Humphrey is said to have been born in 1439 at Slingsby Manor , near Malton , in Yorkshire . He
270-485: The Yorkist advance was at speed, as despite warnings by their own scouts the Lancastrians had little time to prepare for battle. It is thought that Somerset rushed his forces to a site near Linnels Bridge and deployed his troops in three detachments in a meadow near the Devil's Water , there he hoped he could engage the Yorkist army before it moved past him into Hexham. No sooner had the Lancastrians taken their positions than
297-466: The Yorkists charged down from their positions on higher ground. Upon seeing the Yorkist advance the right detachment of the Lancastrian army, commanded by Lord Roos, turned and fled across the Devil's Water and into Hexham, before a single blow had been struck. The remnants of Somerset's force were in a hopeless situation, hemmed in and unable to manoeuvre; the Yorkist troops charged through the one opening at
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#1732783764815324-468: The amnesty proclaimed on 11 June, and one contemporary document, printed in the notes to Warkworth's 'Chronicle' , almost implies that he, too, was in Bamburgh. But, as Bamburgh surrendered to the Earl of Warwick at the end of June, this is improbable. Humphrey Neville is said to have remained in his cave, leading the life of a freebooter for five years, until, in the summer of 1469, Edward IV fell into
351-516: The east end of Linnel's Meadow and engaged the bewildered Lancastrian soldiers. Lancastrian morale collapsed, and after some token resistance the remains of Somerset's army was pushed into the Devil's Water by the Yorkist infantry. A chaotic rout followed, men either drowned in the river or were crushed as they tried to climb the steep banks of the Devil's Water in the retreat towards Hexham. Most, however, were trapped in West Dipton Wood on
378-560: The eldest son and heir of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland , a powerful magnate from northern England . The earl's remarriage to Joan Beaufort , a half sister of Henry IV , prompted him to disinherit John, his eldest son, in favour of his issue by Joan, the eldest of which was Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury . Upon Ralph Neville's death, most of the Neville family estates went to Joan Beaufort and her children. The senior Neville branch disputed their disinheritance, resulting in
405-531: The hands of the Earl of Warwick and was carried captive into the north. The Lancastrians had given their assistance to the movement against Edward, and were apparently dissatisfied with the use Warwick made of his victory. Sir Humphrey, whose attainder had been renewed in January 1465, once more came forward and raised the standard of revolt on the border. Warwick had to release the king before he could get forces to follow him against Neville, but then easily suppressed
432-418: The home of Richard Tempest. Here, he was betrayed by "a black monk of Addington" and on 13 July 1465, a group of Yorkist men, including Richard's brother John, entered the home to arrest him. Henry VI fled into nearby woods but was soon captured. This meant that the rebellion was effectively over. There followed a relative period of peace until the Earl of Warwick's defection to the Lancastrian cause in 1469 and
459-474: The king, 'having respect to his birth,' took him into his grace by letters patent, and he was knighted. The family influence had doubtless been exerted in his favour. Nevertheless, in April 1464, Sir Humphrey Neville was again in arms with the Lancastrians at Bamburgh Castle , and, with eighty spearmen and some archers, lay in ambush in a wood near Newcastle for his distant cousin, John Neville, Lord Montagu , who
486-583: The loss of its leadership and bankroll, the Lancastrian resistance in the North of England collapsed. Following his defeat in the Battle of Hexham on 15 May 1464, Henry VI found refuge, sheltered by Lancastrian supporters, at houses across the north of England. Following stays at Muncaster Castle on the Cumbrian coast and at nearby Bolton Hall, he was in hiding at Waddington Hall, in Waddington, Lancashire ,
513-474: The north bank of the river and were forced to surrender when the Yorkists approached. Neville showed little of Edward's conciliatory spirit, and had thirty leading Lancastrians executed in Hexham on the evening following the battle, including Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset , and Lord Roos. William Tailboys was captured and executed shortly after he tried to flee north with £2,000 of Henry's war chest. Upon
540-483: The office of bailiff of Hexham, was captured and attainted in the parliament held in the following November. A Thomas Neville, clerk of Brancepeth, also attainted for the same offence, was no doubt a relative. Humphrey remained some time in the Tower, but ultimately managed to break out, and, returning to Northumberland, 'made commotion of people against our sovereign lord the king [ Edward IV ]'. But finally suing for pardon,
567-423: The rebel Lancastrians. Most of the rebel leaders were captured and executed, including Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset , and Lord Hungerford . Henry VI , however, was kept safely away (having been captured in battle three times earlier), and escaped to the north. With their leadership gone, only a few castles remained in rebel hands. After these fell later in the year, Edward IV was not seriously challenged until
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#1732783764815594-889: The rising. Humphrey and his brother Charles were captured, carried to York, and executed there on 29 September in the presence of Edward IV. The Latin extract quoted by Surtees without giving his authority, according to which Neville was captured in Holderness, may possibly contain a confusion of the Yorkshire with the Durham Derwent. According to Surtees, Neville left a son, Arthur Neville (d. circ. 1502) of Scole Acle, who had two sons: Ralph Neville of Scole Acle and Coveshouses, in Weardale; and Lancelot Neville, who married Anne, daughter of Rowland Tempest of Holmeside. Ralph Neville's grandson, Ralph Neville, died in 1615, leaving only
621-474: The site of the battle, the composition and number of combatants and the events are sketchy but it is thought that the battle was relatively bloodless. The Lancastrian camp was near Linnels Bridge over the Devil's Water found slightly to the south of Hexham. The Yorkists crossed onto the south bank of the Tyne on the night of 12–13 May and were, by the morning of the 14th, in a position to attack Hexham. Presumably
648-435: Was killed at the Battle of Towton in 1461. Humphrey shared the Lancastrian sentiments of the elder branch of the house of Neville, the offspring of Westmorland's first marriage, and he declared for Henry VI when, on 26 June 1461, he, with Lord Roos and others, made a descent into Durham as far as Brancepeth from Scotland, whither he had fled after Towton. Neville, who is described as 'esquire of Brancepeth', and filled
675-654: Was later a military hospital. St Brandon's Church was famed for its exceptional 17th-century woodwork, until it was destroyed in a major fire in 1998; the church has since been restored and reroofed. In 1924, Harry Colt laid out a golf course on the deer park which formed part of the estate surrounding the castle. A club house was created from the old coach house and stables and remains in use by Brancepeth Castle Golf Club. [REDACTED] Media related to Brancepeth at Wikimedia Commons 54°44′N 1°39′W / 54.733°N 1.650°W / 54.733; -1.650 This County Durham location article
702-544: Was on his way to the border to escort the Scottish peace commissioners to York. But Montagu, warned in time, escaped the snare. Sir Humphrey would seem to have fought at the Battle of Hexham , and, flying southwards, took refuge in a cave on the banks of the Derwent, which here for some distance forms the boundary between Northumberland and Durham. He and Sir Ralph Grey, the defender of Bamburgh Castle, were alone excepted from
729-422: Was the eldest son and heir of sir Thomas Neville of Brancepeth (d. c. 1459) by Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Beaumont, 5th Baron Beaumont, son of John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont (d. 1413). He had a younger brother, Charles, and also an illegitimate one, George. Thomas Neville and his brothers, the Earl of Westmorland and Lord Neville (Humphrey's uncles), were sons of John Neville ( c. 1387–1420 ),
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