1. Cecily de Neville (c. 1247 - 1300)
At the time of the death of
Alexander, son of Alexander de Neville in 1252, his sister Cecily was in the
custody of her mother Mateleon [1]. Sometime before 1271, she married Adam de
Neufmarché (Novo Mercato) (see previous posts for details).
Exactly who Adam de Neufmarché
was is difficult to say. He almost certainly belonged to the same family as
Adam de Neufmarché of Whatton who died in 1247, ancestor of the family of Newmarch
of Womersley [2].
Adam left two known sons, John, his heir
apparent and Sir Adam, ancestor of the family of Newmarch of Whatton [3]. My guess
is that the Adam who married Cecily de Neville was the son of an unrecorded brother
of this John and Sir Adam, but that is only a guess.
Adam died before 30 August 1291
when the escheator beyond Trent was ordered to cause all the lands that Adam de
Novo Mercato held of the king in chief as of the inheritance of Cecily, his
wife, in Redburn near Hibaldestowe, which the escheator took into the king's
hands upon Adam's death, to be replevied to Cecily until the next parliament,
so that there may then be done what ought of right to be done [4].
From this entry in the Close
Rolls, it would appear that Adam had died without leaving heirs. There does not
seem to be any record of the next parliament to tell us what was decided
concerning his land, but apparently his and Cecily’s lands were divided between
the other Neville heirs after her death.
On 15 August 1307, Adam son of
Robert de Novo Mercato granted land in Hopton and Mirfield to Adam de
Pontefract, which included land lately held of Cecilia de Novo Mercato [5]. This
suggests that Cecily had died before that date. Who this Adam de Neufmarché was
is also a mystery, but my guess is that he was a nephew of the Adam who married
Cecily de Neville.
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