de Cantelupe

Sources:
1 BE1883 Cantilupe, TCP Cauntelo, TCP Abergavenny
2 TCP Thorpe of Norfolk

Abergavenny is a market town in Monmouthshire in south east Wales, with a castle.

It was first created in 1392 for Sir William de Beauchamp, a younger son of the 11th Earl of Warwick. This creation passed to his son, who succeeded as 2nd Baron, and who was subsequently created Earl of Worcester. On his death, the Earldom of Worcester became extinct, but the Barony passed to his daughter, who by modern doctrine succeeded as 3rd Baroness. She died in 1447, when the Barony decended to her son, who succeeded as 4th Baron.

In 1450, however, Sir Edward Nevill, widower of the 3rd Baroness, was summoned to Parliament as Lord Bergavenny. It has been assumed that this summons was intended to be in right of his wife, but as she was already dead and the Barony was already vested in her son by Nevill, by modern doctrine this served to create a new Barony by Writ. This second creation merged with the first creation in 1476, when the 1st Baron died and his son, the aforementioned 4th Baron of the first creation, also became 2nd Baron of the second creation.

In 1587, on the death of the 6th Baron of the first creation and 4rd Baron of the second creation, by modern doctrine both Baronies descended to his daughter, Mary, Lady Fane, wife of Sir Thomas Fane, who thus became de jure 7th and 5th Baroness. The title for it was believed at the time only to be one Barony was claimed by Edward Nevill, the heir male of the 4th and 2nd Baron, and in 1604 he was summoned to Parliament as Lord Bergavenny. As he was not entitled to either of the existing Baronies, this served to create a further Barony by Writ. By modern doctrine, the first and second creations descended to the Earls of Westmorland, heirs of the 7th and 5th Baroness, until both became abeyant on the death of the 7th Earl and 14th and 12th Baron in 1762.

The wrongful assumption that the Barony descended to heirs male continued, and this pattern heirs general being deprived of their rightful title and heirs male being summoned to Parliament, with a new title being created in the process was repeated several times, resulting in the fourth to seventh creations. The fourth and fifth creations became extinct on the death of the first holder of each, who both died without heirs, and the sixth became abeyant in 1811. The provenance of the third creation is unclear. It should be noted that none of these new creations were recognised as such at the time.

The last creation, and the only one in the Peerage of Great Britain, came in 1724, in favour of William Nevill. His son, who succeeded as 2nd Baron, was created Earl of Abergavenny in 1784, and the 5th Earl was created Marquess of Abergavenny in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1876. The Barony descended with the Earldom and then also the Marquessate both of which were limited to heirs male until 1938, when the 3rd Marquess died leaving no surviving sons but two surviving daughters, whereupon the Barony fell into abeyance between them. The heirs of those daughters, the 6th Marquess Camden and the 23rd Baron Hastings, are each co-heir to one half of the Barony.

Contents [hide]
1 Feudal Lords of Abergavenny
2 Barons Bergavenny, first creation 1392— abeyant 1762
3 Barons Bergavenny, second creation 1450— abeyant 1762
4 Barons Bergavenny, third creation 1604–?
5 Barons Bergavenny, fourth creation after 1641–1662
6 Barons Bergavenny, fifth creation after 1666–1695
7 Barons Bergavenny, sixth creation 1695— abeyant 1811
8 Barons Bergavenny, seventh creation 1724— abeyant 1938
9 Traditional male-line succession

[edit] Feudal Lords of Abergavenny
Hamelin de Balun William I
Brientius de Insula d. c. 1147
Miles de Gloucester Henry I
Walter de Hereford Henry I
Henry FitzMiles Henry I
Mahel de Hereford Henry II of England
William de Hereford
Hugh de Beauchamp
William de Braose d. after 1179
William de Braose d. 9 August 1211 King John of England
Giles de Braose d. 13 November 1216
Reginald de Braose d. 1222?
William de Braose d. 2 May 1230
William de Cantelou d. 1254
George de Cantelou d. 1273
John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings 1258–28 February 1313
John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings 1287–1325
Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke d. 1348
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke d. 1375
John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke d. 1389

[edit] Barons Bergavenny, first creation 1392— abeyant 1762
William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny d. 1411
Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, 2nd Baron Bergavenny 1397–1422 created Earl of Worcester in 1421, which title extinct on his death
Elizabeth de Beauchamp, later Nevill, de jure 3rd Baroness Bergavenny 1415–1447
George Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny 1440–1492
George Nevill, 5th and de jure 3rd Baron Bergavenny d. 1535
Henry Nevill, 6th and de jure 4th Baron Bergavenny d. 1587
Mary Nevill, later Fane, 7th Baroness le Despenser, de jure 7th and 5th Baroness Bergavenny 1554–1626
Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, de jure 8th and 6th Baron Bergavenny 1580–1629 had already been created Earl of Westmorland
Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, de jure 9th and 7th Baron Bergavenny 1602–1666
Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, de jure 10th and 8th Baron Bergavenny 1635–1691
Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland, de jure 11th and 9th Baron Bergavenny 1645–1693
Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland, de jure 12th and 10th Baron Bergavenny 1678–1699
Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland, de jure 13th and 15th Baron Bergavenny 1683–1736
John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland, de jure 14th and 12th Baron Bergavenny 1685–1762 first and second creations abeyant on his death

[edit] Barons Bergavenny, second creation 1450— abeyant 1762
Edward Nevill, de facto 3rd and de jure 1st Baron Bergavenny d. 1476
George Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny 1440–1492 had already succeeded as 4th Baron of the first creation
Thereafter held with the first creation

[edit] Barons Bergavenny, third creation 1604–?
Edward Nevill, de facto 8th and de jure 1st Baron Bergavenny 1551–1622
Henry Nevill, de facto 9th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny d. 1641
Margaret Nevill, later Brooke, de jure 3rd Baroness Bergavenny
Thereafter to her heirs?

[edit] Barons Bergavenny, fourth creation after 1641–1662
John Nevill, de facto 10th and de jure 1st Baron Bergavenny 1614–1662 extinct on his death

[edit] Barons Bergavenny, fifth creation after 1666–1695
George Nevill, de facto 12th and de jure 1st Baron Bergavenny 1665–1695 extinct on his death

[edit] Barons Bergavenny, sixth creation 1695— abeyant 1811
George Nevill, de facto 13th and de jure 1st Baron Bergavenny d. 1721
George Nevill, de facto 14th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny 1702–1723
Edward Nevill, de facto 15th and de jure 3rd Baron Bergavenny d. 1724 abeyant on his death
Jane Nevill, later Walter, de jure 4th Baroness Bergavenny d. 1786 abeyance terminated naturally in 1737
John Walter, de jure 5th Baron Bergavenny d. 1806
Charlotte Walter, later Senior, de jure 6th Baroness Bergavenny d. 1811 abeyant on her death

[edit] Barons Bergavenny, seventh creation 1724— abeyant 1938
William Nevill, de facto 16th and de jure 1st Baron Bergavenny d. 1744
George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny, de facto 17th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny 1727–1785 created Earl of Abergavenny in 1784
Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, de facto 18th and de jure 3rd Baron Bergavenny 1755–1843
John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny, de facto 19th and de jure 4th Baron Bergavenny 1789–1845
William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, de facto 20th and de jure 5th Baron Bergavenny 1792–1868
William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, de facto 21st and de jure 6th Baron Bergavenny 1826–1915 created Marquess of Abergavenny in 1876
Reginald William Bransby Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny, de facto 22nd and de jure 7th Baron Bergavenny 1853–1927
Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny, de facto 23rd and de jure 8th Baron Bergavenny 1854–1938 abeyant on his death
Co-heirs:

David George Edward Henry Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden b. 1930 half
Delaval Thomas Harold Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings b. 1960 half

[edit] Traditional male-line succession
The succession to the notional male-line Barony of Bergavenny as it was generally assumed to be at the time was as follows:

Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny d. 1476 de jure 1st Baron
George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny 1440–1492 de jure 4th and 2nd Baron
George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny d. 1535 de jure 5th and 3rd Baron
Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny d. 1587 de jure 6th and 4th Baron
Edward Nevill, 7th Baron Bergavenny d. 1589
Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny 1551–1622 de jure 1st Baron
Henry Nevill, 9th Baron Bergavenny d. 1641 de jure 2nd Baron
John Nevill, 10th Baron Bergavenny 1614–1662 de jure 1st Baron
George Nevill, 11th Baron Bergavenny d. 1666
George Nevill, 12th Baron Bergavenny 1665–1695 de jure 1st Baron
George Nevill, 13th Baron Bergavenny d. 1721 de jure 1st Baron
George Nevill, 14th Baron Bergavenny 1702–1723 de jure 2nd Baron
Edward Nevill, 15th Baron Bergavenny d. 1724 de jure 3rd Baron
William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny d. 1744 de jure 1st Baron
George Nevill, 1st Earl of Abergavenny, 17th Baron Bergavenny 1727–1785 de jure 2nd Baron created Earl of Abergavenny in 1784
Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, 18th Baron Bergavenny 1755–1843 de jure 3rd Baron
John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny, 19th Baron Bergavenny 1789–1845 de jure 4th Baron
William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, 20th Baron Bergavenny 1792–1868 de jure 5th Baron
William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, 21st Baron Bergavenny 1826–1915 de jure 6th Baron
Reginald William Bransby Nevill, 2nd Marquess of Abergavenny, 22nd Baron Bergavenny 1853–1927 de jure 7th Baron
Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny, 23td Baron Bergavenny 1854–1938 de jure 8th Baron
Guy Temple Montacute Larnach-Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny, 24th Baron Bergavenny 1883–1954
John Henry Guy Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, 25th Baron Bergavenny 1914–2000
On the death of the 5th Marquess of Abergavenny in 2000, the pretense that the Barony of Bergavenny descended to heirs male was finally dropped, and so the 6th Marquess of Abergavenny does not claim to hold it.

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