Sir Thomas Neville was a medieval English politician and soldier. The second son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, a major nobleman and magnate in the north of England, Sir Thomas played an active role in the violent disorder that wracked the north during the 1450s.
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The site of the Battle of Stamford Bridge
Chester Castle, where Thomas Neville was imprisoned between September 1459 and July 1460![Portion of the tripartite indenture signed between Salisbury and Warwick and Sir Thomas appointing the latter their lieutenant in the West March. Dated "the xx day of Octobr[e] the yere of the Reigne of kyng Henry sext sith the conquest of England xxxvi" (20 October 1459), it opens,
This indenture made bitwen Richard Earl of Salisbury & Richard Erl of Warrewic wardens of the cite & castell of Carlisle & of the West m[ar]ches of England foruenst Scotland on that oon p[ar]tie And Thom[a]s Neville knyght oon of the Sonnes of the said Erl of Salisbury & brother to the said Erl of Warrewic on that oth[er]e partie bereth winesse th[a]t the said Thomas is bilast and witholden toward the said Erles their leutenant of the said citee castell & marches aswel in tyme of paix as of warr.[74][note 12]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/TNA_E_327-183_Indenture_between_the_earls_of_Salisbury_and_Warwick_and_Sir_Thomas_Neville.png/1280px-TNA_E_327-183_Indenture_between_the_earls_of_Salisbury_and_Warwick_and_Sir_Thomas_Neville.png)
Portion of the tripartite indenture signed between Salisbury and Warwick and Sir Thomas appointing the latter their lieutenant in the West March. Dated "the xx day of Octobr[e] the yere of the Reigne of kyng Henry sext sith the conquest of England xxxvi" (20 October 1459), it opens,
This indenture made bitwen Richard Earl of Salisbury & Richard Erl of Warrewic wardens of the cite & castell of Carlisle & of the West m[ar]ches of England foruenst Scotland on that oon p[ar]tie And Thom[a]s Neville knyght oon of the Sonnes of the said Erl of Salisbury & brother to the said Erl of Warrewic on that oth[er]e partie bereth winesse th[a]t the said Thomas is bilast and witholden toward the said Erles their leutenant of the said citee castell & marches aswel in tyme of paix as of warr.[74][note 12]
The remains of Sandal Castle, where Thomas Neville spent the last few weeks of his life, seen in 2008In their orbit 3
About this person
Sir Thomas Neville was a medieval English politician and soldier. The second son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, a major nobleman and magnate in the north of England, Sir Thomas played an active role in the violent disorder that wracked the north during the 1450s. He also took his father's side in the early years of the Wars of the Roses. Thomas was a younger brother of the more famous Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, the 'Kingmaker'.
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