Elizabeth (Neville) Covert (abt. 1467 - aft. 1500)

Born about 1467 in Wales [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Berkeley Esq. — married before 1 Jul 1491 in England [uncertain]

Wife of Richard Covert — married after 1500 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1500 after about age 33 in England [uncertain]

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Elizabeth Neville is in a badged trail to several surety barons (see text below).

Biography

Elizabeth Neville was the daughter of George Neville, Knt., Lord Bergavenny, and his first wife, Margaret at[te] Fenne.^[1][2][3] Elizabeth's date and place of birth are unknown and are estimated.

Elizabeth married first to Thomas Berkeley, Esq., of Avon, Hampshire,^[2] son and heir apparent by his father's first marriage, before 1 July 1491.^[1] They had one son and four daughters:

• John^[1][3]
• Lora, wife of John Ashburnham and John Daniel^[1][3]
• Anne, wife of John Brent of Charing, Kent^[1][4]
• Elizabeth, wife of George Herbert, Knt.^[1][3]
• Alice, wife of George Whetenhall, Gent.^[1][3]

Thomas Berkeley died in 1500.^[1] Elizabeth married second to Richard Covert, Esq., of Slaugham, Sussex,^[2] son and heir of Thomas Covert, as his second wife.^[1]

Elizabeth's date and place of death are unknown. Her husband, Richard, died testate on 7 June 1547, leaving a will dated 1546 that named a fourth wife, Blanche, who survived him.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), vol. II, page 175-176, FISHER 10.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry 2nd edition, vol. I, page 170, BERGAVENNY 10.iii.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), volume I, page 323 BERGAVENNY 15.iii; II:594 FISHER 11.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, II:594-595 FISHER 12.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Lewis, Marlyn. Elizabeth Neville entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins website, accessed 5 Apr 2020.
• British History online: Slaugham
• John Burke and Bernard Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies. London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1841. P 139.

• Pedigrees from the visitation of Hampshire made by Thomas Benolt, Clarenceulx a 1530 : enlarged with the vissitation of the same county made by Robert Cooke, Clarenceulx anno 1575 both which are continued with the vissitation made by John Phillipott, Somersett (for William Camden, Clarenceux) in a 1622 most part then done & finished in a 1634. As collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian ms. no. 1544 by Benolt, Thomas, d. 1534; Cooke, Robert, d. 1592; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Mundy, Richard; Rylands, W. Harry (William Harry), 1847-1922 Page 5: Berkley

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Elizabeth (Neville) Covert appears in trails from Gateway Ancestor John Fisher to several Magna Carta Surety Barons: Saher de Quincy, John Fitz Robert, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, Hugh le Bigod, Roger Bigod, Robert de Vere and Henry de Bohun. These trails were reviewed/approved and badged in/about 2015 by the Magna Carta Project and were re-reviewed in April 2020 against the project's checklist and brought up to current standards. See the profiles in these trails here: Fisher Trails.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".