Robert Neville (bishop)

Robert Neville
Bishop of Durham
Appointed27 January 1438
Term ended8 or 9 July 1457
PredecessorThomas Langley
SuccessorLaurence Booth
Previous post(s)Bishop of Salisbury
Orders
Consecration26 October 1427
Personal details
Born
Died8 or 9 July 1457
DenominationCatholic

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.

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]

  1. ^ Tudor Place
  2. ^ a b 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