Humphrey Neville of Brancepeth

Humphrey Neville
Born1439[1]
Slingsby Manor, Yorkshire
Died29 September 1469 (aged 29–30)
York, Yorkshire
FamilyHouse of Neville
FatherThomas Neville of Brancepeth
MotherElizabeth Beaumont

Sir Humphrey Neville (c. 1439 – 29 September 1469) of Brancepeth[2] 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 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,[3] until he was executed in 1469, in the king's presence.[4]

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