John Neville

Sir John Neville (died 1541), of Chevet in Yorkshire, was an English landowner, courtier, soldier, administrator and politician who was executed for treason under King Henry VIII.

Origins Born by 1488, he was the third son of Sir John Neville (died 22 October 1502), of Liversedge in Yorkshire, and his wife Maud (died 1505), daughter of Sir William Ryther (died 1475), of Ryther in Yorkshire,

Career Early on he entered royal service, attending the funeral of King Henry VII in 1509 as a Yeoman of the Horse, and in that year he married a Yorkshire heiress. As a member of the Royal Household, he acquired various royal appointments throughout his life, mostly in or near his native Yorkshire. Children of theirs who married were: Henry, heir of Chevet, married Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Dawnay. secondly James Franks and thirdly Roland Jackson, of Harleston. She was the grandmother of Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet. Her daughter Elizabeth married Sir Peter Frescheville, of Staveley, High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1572.