Note 193a — Chapter IX · THE FIELD OF THE BATTLE OF STOKE. [177a]

Sir John Neville (commonly called John Lord Neville), was the brother and heir presumptive of Ralph Neville, second Earl of Westmoreland.—Dugdale’s Baronage, vol. i. pp. 290, 299, 300; Lel. Coll. vol. ii. p. 715 [498]; act of attainder, 1 Edward IV. (1461), Rot. Parl. vol. v. p. 476; act of reversal of the attainder, 12th and 13th Edward IV., Rot. Parl. vol. vi. p. 24. A remarkable error exists in Hall’s, Holinshed’s, and Fabyan’s Chronicles, in which it is stated, that the Earl of Westmoreland perished at the battle of Towton; but, in fact, the first Earl of Westmoreland of that family, died in 4th Henry VI., and the second Earl of Westmoreland, in 2nd Richard III.—Dugdale’s Baronage, vol. i. pp. 290, 299, 300. Sir John Neville, commonly called John Lord Neville, married Anne, the widow of his nephew, John Neville (the son and heir apparent of Ralph, second Earl of Westmoreland), who died before his father.—See Chap. VI.