39061264. Robert de Neville , Lord of Raby
Robert de Nevill, Lord of Raby, Governor of Norham, Werke and Bamborough Castles 1258; Warden of Forrests, north of Trent, 1261; Sheriff of Workshire, Governor of York Castle 1263, of Piekering Castle 1266 and Bamborough 1270; died 1282. He had livery in the 30th of Henry III (1246) upon doing his fealty of all the lands, which he inherited from his grandfather, Robert Fitz-Maldred. In 42 of same reign (1265) he had a military summons to march to the relief of the King of Scotland, and was then constituted Governor of Castles of Norham and Werke. In 1258 he was one of the Barons who undertook for the Ordinances of Oxford. (The Provisions of Oxford were articles constituting a preliminary scheme of Reform enacted by a Parliament which met at Oxford, England, June 11, 1258. King Henry III had promised on May 2, 1258, that the state of his realm should be rectified and reformed by 24 counsellors who were to meet at Oxford for this purpose 12 weeks later. Twelve of the Counsellors were chosen by the King and 12 by the Earls and Barons.) He married Ida, supposed to have been either the daughter or relict of Robert Bertram.
[Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, 833]
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