STAINDROP CHURCH – A NEVILLE MAUSOLEUM

Ralph Neville Earl of Westmorland and his two wives.  Staindrop Church, Durham.  Ralph Neville by his wife Joan Beaufort,  was the father of Cicely Neville, mother of two kings – Edward IV and Richard III.  This drawing was made by Charles A Stothard c.1811 and shows them minus the graffiti.   In the village ofContinue reading “STAINDROP CHURCH – A NEVILLE MAUSOLEUM”