Robert_Neville_(bishop)

Robert Neville (bishop)

Robert Neville (bishop)

15th-century Bishop of Durham and Bishop of Salisbury

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][unreliable source?] 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.

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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. [1]
    Tudor Place
  2. [2]
    Pollard 2008.
  3. [3]
    Bishop Robert Neville at Mocavo: Jacob's Ladder; Direct Ancestors; Family Trees
  4. [4]
    Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 271
  5. [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) (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19962. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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