• Born: 1220, Topcliffe, Thirsk, North Riding Yorkshire, England
• Married: Est 1240
• Died: Shortly before 28 Apr 1272

  Research Notes:

A mid-15th century manuscript records that "Radulfum filium Ranulphi" married "Anastasia filia Wilelmi domini de Percy filii Henrici Percy primi". ¹

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28 Apr 1272, Westminster

To Master Richard de Clifford, escheator this side of the Trent. Whereas Mary, who was the wife of Robert de Neville, first-born daughter and an heiress of Ralph son of Ranulph deceased who held of the king in chief and Robert de Tatershale and Joan his wife the other heiress of the aforesaid Ralph, and also heiresses of Anastasia daughter and third heiress of the aforesaid Ralph lately deceased who held of the king in chief, have often come to the king and earnestly petitioned that the king might render the portions ('partes') falling to the aforementioned Mary and Joan of the inheritance formerly of the aforesaid Anastasia and also the portions falling to the same of the dower which Anastasia who was the wife of the aforesaid Ralph deceased held in dower of the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Ralph sometime her husband to them as the nearest heirs of the aforesaid Ralph and Anastasia, and the king disdained to do this for certain causes because the wardship of the aforesaid Anastasia and her lands were in the hands and custody of the attorneys of Edward, the king's first-born son, then outside the king's court, they afterwards came before the king ('coram nobis') and earnestly sought for their rights in this matter, [and] having heard and understood, so with the assent of the aforesaid attorneys and of the king's council, the king ordained that both the land and those tenements that the aforesaid Anastasia daughter of the aforesaid Ralph held of her inheritance and the land and tenements that Anastasia who was the wife of the aforesaid Ralph held in dower of the lands and tenements formerly of the aforesaid Ralph sometime her husband, by the oath both of knights and of other trustworthy and law-worthy men of his bailiwick through whom the truth of the matter may better be known, be faithfully extended and equally partitioned between the aforesaid Mary and Joan, and that the portion falling therefrom to the aforementioned Mary, and the portion falling therefrom to the aforementioned Joan, be delivered to them as of right ought to be done. Order therefore to cause the aforesaid lands and tenements to be extended and partitioned in the form aforesaid, and having made partition of the aforesaid [and] having received security from the same for rendering their reasonable relief to the king at the Exchequer, to cause them to have full seisin of their portions equally made, as is aforesaid, and to send the portions equally made therefrom to the king under his seal.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls, 56 Hen. III, 628