Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny

Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Abergavenny K.B. (bet. 1527/35 – February 10, 1587) was an English peer. He succeeded to the Barony upon the death of his father, Sir George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny.

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Henry, sixth (sometimes fourth) Lord Abergavenny, had summons to parliament 23 January 1552, to 15 October 1586. He was one of the peers that sat in judgment on Mary, Queen of Scots, at Fotheringay. He died at his seat called Comfort, near Birling, Kent, 10 February 1586-7. He married first, Frances, daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland; he married secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Darell, of Spelmonden, Kent (she remarried to Sir William Sedley, of Southfleet, Kent, Knt. and Bart.); by his first wife he had an only daughter.

Mary Nevill, Baroness le Despencer, died 28 June 1626, aged 72, buried at Mereworth, Kent, having married at Birling, 12 December 1574, as second wife, to Sir Thomas Fane, of Badsell, Kent (whose son, Francis, was created Earl of Westmorland), knighted at Dover Castle, 26 August 1573, died 13 March 1589, w.d. 12 March, 1589, pd. 10 February, 1590. Lady Fane claimed the barony of Abergavenny against Edward Nevill, the heir male upon whom the castle of Bergavenny was settled as aforesaid, and as a compromise, she was by letters patent, 25 May 1604, confirmed in the name, style, and dignity of Baroness le Despencer, to the heirs of her body, with the ancient seat, place, and precedence of her ancestors.

**Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny's ancestors in three generations**
Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny	Father: George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny	Paternal Grandfather: George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny	Paternal Great-grandfather: Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp, Baroness Bergavenny
		Paternal Grandmother: Margaret Fenne, Baroness Bergavenny	Paternal Great-grandfather: Sir Hugh Fenne of Sculton Burdeleys, Norfolk
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Eleanor
	Mother: Mary Stafford, Baroness Bergavenny	Maternal Grandfather: Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham	Maternal Great-grandfather: Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham
		Maternal Grandmother: Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham	Maternal Great-grandfather: Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Maud Herbert, Countess of Northumberland

Peerage of England
Preceded by George Nevill	Baron Bergavenny 1535–1587	Succeeded by Edward Nevill

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