Sir Ralph De Lumley, 1st Baron Of Lumley

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Beheaded

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Knight of Lumley and Stranton, Durham, Holme, Yorkshire.

Second son of Sir Marmaduke de Lumley and his second wife Margaret de Holand. Grandson of Sir Robert de Lumley and Lucy Thweng, Robert de Holand and Elizabeth. Heir to his older brother, Sir Robert de Lumley.

Husband of Eleanor de Neville, daughter of Sir John de Neville and Maud de Percy, daughter of Sir Henry and descendant of King John of England. They had
twelve children including;
Thomas
Sir John
George
William
Marmaduke, Bishop of Carlisle and Lincoln, Treasurer of England
Elizabeth
Margaret, wife of Sir John Clervaux
Katherine

Ralph was present at the coronation of King Richard III in 1483, summoned to Parliament in 1384, and was in the retinue of Henry de Percy to Scotland in 1385, 1387 and 1388.

Ralph was taken prisoner by the Scots at the Battle of Otterburn in 19 Aug 1388 his ransom being paid in part by King Richard II. He became very active in the conspiracies, agreeing to imprison Richard, but then joined the plot to murder the new King Henry IV and restore Richard. Ralph was among the conspirators who were captured by the townsfolk of Cirencester and beheaded 05 Jan 1400, and buried at the Cathedral yard at Durham. Ralph's bones were removed to Chester-le-Street in 1594.

Parliament attainted his lands in March of 1401, his possessions granted to John, Earl of Somerset, with a small maintenance annual allowance of £100 to Ralph's widow and her twelve children.

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About Sir Ralph de Lumley, 1st Baron of Lumley:
Ralph de Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley (c. 1360 – January 1400) was an English peer.
Lumley was the second son of Sir Marmaduke de Lumley and his second wife, Margaret de Holand. He married Eleanor de Neville (died after 1441), the third daughter of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby. Their children included:
Thomas de Lumley (died 1400)
John Lumley (1383–1421)
Marmaduke Lumley (died 1450)
Catherine de Lumley (1396–1461), married Sir John Chidioc. They were parents of Margaret Arundel who married Baron John la Zouche.

In 1384, Richard II created Lumley Baron Lumley by writ of summons. He was captured by the Scots at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388 but released by 1389. He was granted permission to build and crenellate a castle at Lumley in 1392. He joined the conspiracy to murder Henry IV and restore Richard II in 1399 (known mainly as the Epiphany Rising), but was captured and beheaded (at Cirencester), attainted in Parliament in March 1401 and his peerage forfeited to The Crown. His grandson, Thomas obtained a reversal of the attainder in 1461.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_de_Lumley,_1st_Baron_Lumley

Buried:
St. Mary and St. Cuthbert Churchyard

Family/Spouse: Eleanor De Neville,, Baroness Of Lumley. Eleanor was born about 1379 in Staindrop, County Durham, England; died about 1441 in Staindrop, County Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Lumley was born on 2 Feb 1383 in Durham, County Durham, England; died on 13 Apr 1421 in Anjou, FR.
2. Thomas Lumley died in 1400.