| Alexander Neville | |
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Archbishop of York |
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| Birth name | Alexander Neville |
| Enthroned | late 1373 |
| Ended | April 30, 1388 |
| Predecessor | John of Thoresby |
| Successor | Thomas Arundel |
| Born | about 1340 |
| Died | May 1392 Leuven |
| Buried | Leuven |
Alexander Neville (c. 1340 - May 1392) was Archbishop of York between 1374–1388.
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Life
He was a member of one of the most powerful families in the North of England, being a younger son of Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby and Alice Audley.[1] He became Canon of York and a favourite of King Richard II of England, and on April 3, 1374, he was made Archbishop of York, and was consecrated on June 4, 1374.[2] On the Lords Appellant rising against Richard in 1386, however, he was accused of treason and it was determined to imprison him for life in Rochester Castle. Neville fled, and the Pope, pitying his case, translated him to the Scottish See of St. Andrews in 1388. But the Scots would not receive him and, for three years (until his death in May 1392),[2] he served as a parish priest in Leuven, where he was buried in the Church of the Carmelites.
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References
- Cokayne, G. E. The Complete Peerage: Volume IX Rickerton to Sisonby reprint edition Gloucester:Sutton Publishing 2000 ISBN 0-904387-82-8
- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
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| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by John of Thoresby |
Archbishop of York 1374–1388 |
Succeeded by Thomas Arundel |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Neville, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of York |
| DATE OF BIRTH | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | circa 1340 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1392 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Leuven |
