RICHARD DE NEUVILLE.

So called from his fief of Neuville-sur-Touques in the department of the Orne, arrondissement of Argentan, and canton of Gace. Richard de Neuville was the father of four sons, Gilbert, Robert, Richard, and Ralph. Gilbert, styled the Norman, is supposed to have been the admiral of duke William's fleet. It would appear that Leland first made this statement at the close of the 15th century on the authority of "a roulle of the Genealogie of the Erles of Westmoreland," but giving no idea of the date of that roll, or the authorities from which it was compiled. Whether the Richard de Neuville at Hastings was Richard de Neuville I, or his third son, Richard II, is open to conjecture. Robert was one of the supporters of Robert de Belesme entrusted with the defence of Bridgnorth in 1102, against king Henry I. Ralph de Neuville, who held Thrope of Turold, abbot of Peterborough, would appear to be the only member of the family entered in Domesday. It was very distinguished and widely spread in England, and from it, in the female line, descended the earls of Westmorland and Abergavenny. The name appears on the rolls of Leland.

--(This name appears on the Falaise Roll).