Lot 31
Neville (John, as Earl of Northumberland, c. 1431-71).- Charter by Margaret Sayvill, Halifax,1466.
Estimate: £300 - 500
Description
Neville (John, as Earl of Northumberland, later Marquess Montagu, magnate, c. 1431-1471).- Charter by Margaret Sayvill, late wife of Thomas Sayvill of Copley [Yorkshire], in her widowhood grants to John Neville, Earl of Northumberland, Lord Montagu and Warden of the East March towards Scotland, all her lands in Halifax and Heptonstall [West Riding] during the minority of her son Henry Sayvill, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 9 lines, without seal, yellowed and creased, 99 x 265mm., Halifax, 2nd January 1466.
⁂ Neville was the younger brother of Richard Neville, known to history as Warwick the Kingmaker.
Description
Neville (John, as Earl of Northumberland, later Marquess Montagu, magnate, c. 1431-1471).- Charter by Margaret Sayvill, late wife of Thomas Sayvill of Copley [Yorkshire], in her widowhood grants to John Neville, Earl of Northumberland, Lord Montagu and Warden of the East March towards Scotland, all her lands in Halifax and Heptonstall [West Riding] during the minority of her son Henry Sayvill, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 9 lines, without seal, yellowed and creased, 99 x 265mm., Halifax, 2nd January 1466.
⁂ Neville was the younger brother of Richard Neville, known to history as Warwick the Kingmaker.