Robert Neville (bishop)

Robert Neville (1404 – 8 or 9 July 1457) was an English prelate who served as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham.[2] He was also a provost of Beverley. He was born at Raby Castle.[3] His father was Ralph Neville and his mother was Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt.[2] He was thus a highly placed member of the English aristocracy.

Robert Neville
Bishop of Durham
Appointed27 January 1438
Term ended8 or 9 July 1457
PredecessorThomas Langley
SuccessorLaurence Booth
Orders
Consecration26 October 1427
Personal details
BornRaby, Durham[1]
Died8 or 9 July 1457
DenominationCatholic
Previous postBishop of Salisbury

Neville was nominated Bishop of Salisbury on 9 July 1427, and consecrated on 26 October 1427. He was then translated to Durham on 27 January 1438.[4]

Neville died on 8 July 1457.[5]

Citations

  1. Tudor Place
  2. Pollard 2008.
  3. Bishop Robert Neville at Mocavo: Jacob's Ladder; Direct Ancestors; Family Trees
  4. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271
  5. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 242

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Pollard, A.J. (2008). "Neville, Robert (1404–1457), bishop of Durham". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online). doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19962.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
John Chandler
Bishop of Salisbury
1427–1438
Succeeded by
William Ayscough
Preceded by
Thomas Langley
Bishop of Durham
1437–1457
Succeeded by
Laurence Booth

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