Sir Ralph de Lumley, Lord Lumley

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was an English nobleman, soldier and administrator under King Richard II, who was stripped of his lands, goods and title for rebelling against King Henry IV and executed.
• Miscellaneous: 1374; He was underage at the death of his brother in 1374. His guardian was John Nevill.
• Land/House: 20 Aug 1383; On 20 August 1383 he had order for livery of his lands.
• Knighted: Before 1384; He was knighted before 1384.
• Miscellaneous: Sep 1384; French prisoners taken by Sir Ralph had leave to return home and arrange their ransom in September 1384.
• Offices Held: From 28 Sep 1384 to 30 Sep 1399; He was summoned to Parliament as Baron Lumley on 28 September 1384 and served until 30 September 1399.
• Title(s): 28 Sep 1384; On 28 September 1384 he was created 1st Lord Lumley by writ.
• Military: 1388; He fought in the Battle of Otterburn (5 August to 19 August 1388), where he was captured by the Scots, and released by 1389 after payment of a sizeable ransom, toward which both King Richard and the Bishop of Durham contributed.
• Offices Held: 1391, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Yorkshire, England; In 1391 he was the Captain (Governor) of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
• Offices Held: 1394; He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the West Riding, Yorkshire in 1394.
• Military: 1399; In 1399 he took part in the attempt by the Earl of Huntingdon to restore King Richard II. In March 1400/01 he was posthumously attainted and his peerage forfeited.
• Last Full Review: 28 Sep 2020

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Military:

Died:
He was beheaded by the citizens of Cirencester.

Ralph married Eleanor de Neville on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas de Lumley was born before 1382; died on 31 May 1400.
2. Sir John de Lumley was born on 2 Feb 1382/83; died on 22 Mar 1421.
3. Bishop Marmaduke de Lumley died in 1450.
4. Catherine Lumley was born in 1396; died in 1461.
5. Elizabeth de Lumley

Marmaduke married Margeret de Holland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]