Geoffrey de Neville (died 1193) was the 2nd feudal baron of Ashby in Lincolnshire. [1]
Geoffrey de Neville (died 1193) was the 2nd feudal baron of Ashby in Lincolnshire. [1]
He was the son and heir of Gilbert de Neville (d.1166/9), 1st feudal baron of Ashby, to whom King Henry II had granted the manors of Ashby and Toynton in 1162. [2] Gilbert's lands were valued at £15 per annum and were held by military service of one knight. [3]
At some time before 1176 he married (as her second husband) Emma de Bulmer (d.1208), widow of Geoffrey de Valognes, [4] daughter of Bertram de Bulmer (d.pre-1166) and heiress of her brother William de Bulmer (d.1176/8). [5] Emma's father held 3 1/5 knight's fees [6] and in the mid-twelfth century his estate was the joint largest in the "dominion of Saint Cuthbert" (i.e. County Durham). [7] She brought to her husband several estates, including Brancepeth Castle (built by the Bulmer family) in County Durham and Sheriff Hutton Castle (built by Bertram de Bulmer, near Bulmer, [8] the original seat of the family), Raskelf and Sutton-in-the-Forest, all in Yorkshire. It is believed that the bull crest of the Neville family was a canting reference to their Bulmer ancestry, possibly even the crest of the Bulmer family. [9] By Emma he had children:
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