Ranulph Neville, 1st Baron Neville

Ranulph Neville, 1st Baron Neville (18 October 1262 – c. 18 April 1331) of Raby Castle, County Durham, was an English nobleman and head of the powerful Neville family.

He was the eldest son of Robert de Neville (who predeceased his own father) by his wife Mary FitzRanulf, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of Ralph FitzRanulf (d.1270) of Middleham Castle in Yorkshire.

[1] Ranulph was heir to his grandfather Sir Robert de Neville (d.1282) of Raby.

Neville married twice: Ranulph died shortly after 18 April 1331 and was buried in the choir of Coverham Abbey, the patronage of which had been inherited from his mother.

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Arms of de Clavering: Quarterly or and gules, a bend sable [ 2 ]
Effigy in St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth, of Sir Robert Neville (d.1319) "Peacock of the North", in style of a cross-legged crusader. On his shield he displays the arms of Neville with a label of three points for the difference of an eldest son