On or before 11th March 1562 Archbishop Richard Neale was born. He was baptised on 11th March 1562 at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].
In 1608 Archbishop Richard Neale (age 45) was elected Bishop of Rochester.
In 1610 Archbishop Richard Neale (age 47) was elected Bishop of Lichfield.
In 1613 [his son] Paul Neale was born to Archbishop Richard Neale (age 50).
In 1614 Archbishop Richard Neale (age 51) was elected Bishop of Lincoln.
In 1617 Archbishop Richard Neale (age 54) was elected Bishop of Durham.
In 1628 Archbishop Richard Neale (age 65) was elected Bishop of Winchester.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1631 Archbishop Richard Neale (age 68) was elected Archbishop of York.
On 31st October 1640 Archbishop Richard Neale (age 78) died.