Thomas Neville

Also known as: Thomas Neuill / sir Thomas Neuill · Family: House of York · Role: knight · First appears: Henry VI 53

Thomas Neville, also known as Thomas Neuill and sir Thomas Neuill, was a Yorkist knight and son of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, “son to the said earle of Salisburie.” He was brother to John Neville and, with Maud, was included in the monetary arrangements concerning the Percy brothers, Thomas Percy, Lord Egremont and Richard Percy; in c. 1458, Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury and his sons released the sums imposed on them. In c. 1459, Thomas and John Neville were sorely wounded, captured with Thomas Harington at Chester, and soon released.

At Coventry in c. 1460, Henry VI’s parlement attainted Thomas, John Neville, their father, and others of high treason, confiscating their goods and possessions. Later that year at Wakefield, Thomas died alongside his friend Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York and other supporters when the Yorkist army was defeated. In 1471, however, Thomas Fauconbridge is named as his father: Thomas assembled thousands of men and ships before London, intending to rob and spoil the city, and was an enemy of Edward IV.