Richard Neile
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Richard Neile (1562-1640) was an English churchman, bishop of several English dioceses and Archbishop of York from 1631 until his death.
He was educated at Westminster School and at St John's College, Cambridge. His first important preferment was as dean of Westminster (1605); afterwards he held successively the bishoprics of Rochester (1608), Lichfield and Coventry (1610), Lincoln (1614), Durham (1617) and Winchester (1628).
While at Rochester he appointed William Laud as his chaplain and gave him several valuable preferments. His political activity while bishop of Durham was rewarded with a privy councillorship in 1627. Neile sat regularly in the courts of Star Chamber and high commission. His correspondence with Laud and with Sir Dudley Carleton and Sir Francis Windebank (Charles I's secretaries of state) are valuable sources for the history of the time.
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| Preceded by William Barlow |
Bishop of Rochester 1608–1610 |
Succeeded by John Buckeridge |
| Preceded by George Abbot |
Bishop of Lichfield 1610–1614 |
Succeeded by John Overal |
| Preceded by William Barlow |
Bishop of Lincoln 1614–1617 |
Succeeded by George Montaigne |
| Preceded by William James |
Bishop of Durham 1617–1628 |
Succeeded by George Monteigne |
| Preceded by Lancelot Andrewes |
Bishop of Winchester 1628–1631 |
Succeeded by Walter Curle |
| Preceded by Samuel Harsnett |
Archbishop of York 1631–1640 |
Succeeded by John Williams |
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