Hugh de Neville

Hugh de Neville
The church at Waltham Abbey, where Hugh de Neville was buried
Chief Forester of England
In office 1198–1216 & 1224–1229/34
Sheriff of Oxfordshire
In office 1196–1199
Sheriff of Essex and Sheriff of Hertfordshire
In office 1197–1200
Sheriff of Hampshire
In office 1209 – c. 1213
Sheriff of Lincolnshire
In office 1227–1227
Personal details
Died	1234
Resting place	Waltham Abbey
Spouse(s)	(1) Joan de Cornhill (2) Beatrice
Children	John de Neville Henry de Neville Herbert de Neville Joan

Hugh de Neville^[a] (died 1234) was the Chief Forester under the kings Richard I, John and Henry III of England; he was the sheriff for a number of counties. Related to a number of other royal officials as well as a bishop, Neville was a member of Prince Richard's household. After Richard became king in 1189, Neville continued in his service and accompanied him on the Third Crusade. Neville remained in the royal service following Richard's death in 1199 and the accession of King John to the throne, becoming one of the new king's favourites and often gambling with him. He was named in Magna Carta as one of John's principal advisers, and considered by a medieval chronicler to be one of King John's "evil counsellors".^[2] He deserted John after the French invasion of England in 1216 but returned to pledge his loyalty to John's son Henry III after the latter's accession to the throne later that year. Neville's royal service continued until his death in 1234, though by then he was a less significant figure than he had been at the height of his powers.

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