He was Captain of Calais, Admiral of the fleet in the Channel, and Warden of the Western Marches.

The command of the northern border lay in the hands of his brother, Lord Montagu.

A younger brother, George Neville, already raised to the post of Lord Chancellor, was soon to receive the See of York.
Lesser rewards fell to Warwick's uncles, the minor chiefs of the House of Neville, Lords Falconberg, Abergavenny, and Latimer.

The vast power which such an accumulation of wealth and honours placed at the Earl's disposal was wielded with consummate ability.

In outer seeming Warwick was the very type of the feudal baron.