Isabel de Neville

She was the daughter and heir to Bertram de bulmer, a great baron of the north, and eventually heiress of her brothe Henry of Branspath & Durham. At her Marriage to Robert Fitz-Maldred, it was stipulated that all its issue, male, should assume the surname of Neville

The First Nevill of Raby It is with the great house of Nevill that Raby is most associated, which came about in this way: in 1131 the Manor of Raby was granted to Dolfin, son of Uchtred (and descendant of Malcolm II, King of Scots), by the Prior of Durham. This Dolfin married Adelicia, niece of Bishop Flambard, who built Durham Cathedral; their son, Maldred was the father of Robert Fitzmaldred who married Isabel Nevill, a great Norman heiress, who eventually inherited the Manors of Sheriff Hutton near York and Brancepeth, together with lesser lands and manors. Their son, Geoffrey Nevill, taking his mother's name, was the first Nevill owner of Raby, and it continued in the possession of this family, at one time the most powerful in England, until 1569.
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Isabelle de Neville Fitz Maldred
BIRTH 1176
County Durham, England
DEATH May 1254 (aged 77–78)
County Durham, England
BURIAL
St Mary Churchyard
Staindrop, Durham Unitary Authority, County Durham, England
MEMORIAL ID 84503868

The First Nevill of Raby

It is with the great house of Nevill that Raby is most associated, which came about in this way: in 1131 the Manor of Raby was granted to Dolfin, son of Uchtred (and descendant of Malcolm II, King of Scots), by the Prior of Durham. This Dolfin married Adelicia, niece of Bishop Flambard, who built Durham Cathedral; their son, Maldred was the father of Robert Fitzmaldred who married Isabel Nevill, a great Norman heiress, who eventually inherited the Manors of Sheriff Hutton near York and Brancepeth, together with lesser lands and manors.

Family Members
Parents
Geoffrey de Neville
unknown–1193
Emma de Bulmer
unknown–1208

Spouse
Robert Fitz Maldred
1170–1248

Children
Geoffrey FitzRobert de Neville
1197 – unknown