de Neville Family - Ourfolk

He was a very important figure in both the rebellion of Owain Glyndwr, the Welshman from 1400 to 1416, and later in the 'Hundred Years War', England against France, which virtually ended with his death. And then he returned to Whitchurch in two pieces, 30-years apart - and there is a photograph of the fatal wound to his skull, (taken in 1874!) He lived at Blakemere, which was about one and a half miles from Whitchurch to the North-East, the town being about 20 miles north of Shrewsbury.
He is more celebrated in France than in England, even now, he even has a wine named after him - and I cannot miss this quote from the book:

'The town of Castillon now takes his name from the battle. being known as Castillon-la-Battaille. Each year, on the anniversary, a mock-battle takes place, in which Talbot is the hero. Afterwards, when the school children play their own battle games in the playground, the leaders all want to be Talbot and the little girls weep when he is killed.' (from biography of John Talbot, from St. Alkmund's Parish Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, where his tomb lies, now in the South Wall. It is called 'From Whitchurch to Castilion', by Joan M. Barton)

1st Earl of Shrewsbury, K.G., summoned to Parliament 1409 as 'Johannes Talbot de Furnyvall'. He was appointed 1412 Lord Justice of Ireland, and 1414 Lord Lieut. of Ireland, he governed there for 7 years.

This Lord Talbot, whom Shakespeare terms 'the great Alcides of the field' was one of the most renowned captains of the warlike age he lived in. His earlier feats of arms were under Henry V in France, at the siege and capture of Meaux, and he seems to have inherited the heroic spirit of his royal master. He gloriously sustained the cause of Henry VI throughout his French realm, in battle after battle, until the very name of Talbot became a terror to the Frenchmen.

He was, for a moment, checked in his career by the Maid of Orleans, at Patay, 1429, when, his army being routed, he was taken prisoner. He was exchanged for Ambrose de Lore, a celebrated French partisan, and was soon in activity again, the master-mind and master-director of the fierce contest in France, doing good and effective service every day.

In reward he was created, 20th May 1442, EARL OF THE COUNTY OF SALOP, or as usually styled, EARL OF SHREWSBURY. He was subsequently re-constituted Lord Lieut. of Ireland, and elevated to the Peerage of that kingdom, 17 July 1446, as EARL OF WATERFORD, having been appointed at the same time Lord High Steward of Ireland.

After this he went once more to fight in France. He commanded a fleet, landed and took Falaise; as Lieut. of the Duchy of Acquitaine, landed in Medoc and made Bordeaux surrender and the surrounding minor towns send in instant submission. He thence advanced to the relief of Chastillon, and met the besieging French army commanded by their then greatest leader, Dunois, Bastard of Orleans.

In the battle which ensued, 20 July 1453, Talbot, in the sixty-third year of his age, received a wound in the head, which proved immediately mortal. He had been victorious in 40 different battles and dangerous skirmishes; his death proved fatal to the English dominion in France, which never flourished afterwards.