. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours. NEVILE, OF THORNEY. 9 This is a branch of the once great andpowerful family of Nkvilk, Lords of Raby,who subsequently became Earls of West-morland,* and whose descent is deducablefrom our Saxon annals. Waltheof, Officiary Earl of Northum-berland, in the reign of King Edgar, , had by his wife, Judith, daughter ofthe Earl of Champaign, a son, UcHTRED, who was made Earl of North-umberland, (his father then living)

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. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours. NEVILE, OF THORNEY. 9 This is a branch of the once great andpowerful family of Nkvilk, Lords of Raby,who subsequently became Earls of West-morland,* and whose descent is deducablefrom our Saxon annals. Waltheof, Officiary Earl of Northum-berland, in the reign of King Edgar, , had by his wife, Judith, daughter ofthe Earl of Champaign, a son, UcHTRED, who was made Earl of North-umberland, (his father then living) in theyear 980, and was murdered by Thursbrand,in 1017. He was thrice married, first, toEdfrid, daughter of Aldane, Bishop ofDurham, secondly, to Sejan, daughter ofStyr Fitz Ulf, and thirdly, to Elsgina, King Ethelred. By the last lady hehad an only daughter, Agatha, heiress of Raby, and other largepossessions which had belonged to hermother. She espoused Maldred, son ofCrinan, an eminent Thane, and bore anonly son, Cospatrick, who obtained from the Con-queror the earldom of Northumberland fora considerable sum of money, but after-wards becoming discontented, fled

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