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NORTHUMBERLAND, See also:JOHN See also:NEVILLE, See also:EARL OF (c. 1430-1471) , See also:English soldier, was the third son of See also:Richard Neville, earl of See also:Salisbury, and a See also:brother of Richard Neville, earl of See also:Warwick, the " See also:king-maker." At the See also:battle of Blore See also:Heath in 1459 John Neville was taken prisoner by the Lancastrians, although the Yorkists under his See also:father had won the victory; he was among those who were attainted in the See also:parliament of See also:Coventry, and he was not released until 146o when his own party had gained the upper See also:hand. Just afterwards he was created See also:Lord See also:Montagu and was made See also:chamberlain of the royal See also:household. He was not See also:present at the battle of See also:Wakefield, when his father was taken prisoner, but he was again a See also:captive after the second battle of St Albans in 1461. He was speedily released by See also:Edward IV., whom he served in the See also:north of See also:England, being rewarded with lands and honours. In 1463 he became See also:warden of the See also:east See also:marches towards See also:Scotland, and he was responsible for the Yorkist victories at Hedgeley See also:Moor and at See also:Hexham in See also:April and May 1464; after the latter battle he secured the See also:execution of See also:Henry See also:Beaufort, See also:duke of See also:Somerset, and other captives of high station. In this See also:year (1464) he was created earl of Northumberland, the Percies being now crushed, and their See also:head, Henry See also:Percy, being in See also:prison. Northumberland did not at first join his brother Warwick and the other Nevilles when they revolted against Edward IV., but neither did he help the king. Edward, doubt-less suspecting him, restored the earldom of Northumberland and its vast estates to Henry Percy, while John Neville's only recompense was the barren See also:title of See also:marquess of Montagu. At See also:Pontefract in 1470 he and his men declared for Henry VI., a proceeding which compelled Edward IV. to See also:fly from England, and under the restored king he regained his position as warden, but not the earldom of Northumberland. He did not See also:attempt to resist Edward IV. when this king landed in See also:Yorkshire in See also:March 1471, but he fought under Warwick at See also:Barnet, where he was slain on the r4th of April 1471. His son See also:George (d.

1483) was betrothed to See also:

Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV., and was created duke of See also:Bedford in 147o, but the See also:marriage did not take See also:place and he was deprived of his dukedom in 1477.

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