Hugh de Neville

Also known as: Hugh Neuill / Hugh Neville / Hugh de Neuill · Family: England · Role: high justice of the forests · First appears: King John 5

Life events

c. 1200 · King John ordered Hugh Neville to remove white monks’ livestock from his forests under penalty of forfeiture.(King John 5)
- With: King John
- “At the same time he gaue commandement vnto Hugh Neuill high iustice of his forrests, that he should award his precepts vnto all forresters within the realme, to giue warning to all the white moonks, that before the quindene of S. Michaell they should remooue out of his forrests all their horsses of Haraz, and other cattell, vnder the penaltie to forfeit so manie of them, as after that day chanced to be found within the same forrests.”
c. 1215 · The named lords joined the barons and renounced assistance to King John.(King John 25 · 📍 London)
- With: King John William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke Ranulf, Earl of Chester Nicholas, Earl of Salisbury William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey William de Forz, Earl of Albemarle William de Albini Robert de Vieuxpont Peter FitzHerbert Brian de Lisle Geoffrey de Lucy Geoffrey de Furnival Thomas Basset John FitzHugh John Marshal William Brewer
- “All these vpon receipt of the barons letters, or the more part of them came to London, and ioined themselues with the barons, vtterlie renouncing to aid king John.”

sworn: King John “At the same time he gaue commandement vnto Hugh Neuill high iustice of his forrests, that he should award his precepts vnto all forresters within the realme”

enemies with King John “These were the names of those lords which yet had not sworne to mainteine the foresaid liberties, William Marshall earle of Penbroke, Rainulfe earle of Chester, Nicholas earle of Salisburie, William earle Warren, William erle of Albemarle, H. earle of Cornewall, W. de Albenie, Robert de Veipount, Peter Fitz Herbert, Brian de Lisley, G. de Lucie, G. de Furniuall, Thomas Basset, H. de Braibrooke, I. de Bassingborne, W. de Cantlow, H. de Cornwall, John Fitz Hugh, Hugh de Neuill, Philip de Albenie, John Marshall, and William Brewer. All these vpon receipt of the barons letters, or the more part of them came to London, and ioined themselues with the barons, vtterlie renouncing to aid king John.”

Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.