Editing Richard Neile (section)

==Early life==
Neile was born in [[Westminster]], and baptised on 11 March 1562 at [[St Margaret's, Westminster]].<ref name="alum-cantab"/>

He was son of a tallow-chandler, though his grandfather had been a courtier and official under [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], until he was deprived for non-compliance with the [[Six Articles (1539)|Six Articles]]. He was educated at [[Westminster School]], under [[Edward Grant (headmaster)|Edward Grant]] and [[William Camden]]. He was sent by [[Mildred Cooke|Mildred, Lady Burghley]] (wife of [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley]]), on the recommendation of [[Gabriel Goodman]] to [[St John's College, Cambridge]] as a [[Commoner (academia)|pensioner]],<ref name="alum-cantab"/><ref name = DNB>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Neile, Richard|last=Hutton|first=W. H.|volume=40}}</ref> matriculating at Easter 1580, graduating [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] 1584, [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|M.A.]] 1587, [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]] 1595, [[Doctor of Divinity|D.D.]] 1600.<ref name="alum-cantab">{{acad|id=NL580R|name=Neale, Richard}}</ref>

Ordained deacon and priest at [[Peterborough]] in 1589,<ref name="alum-cantab"/> he continued to enjoy the patronage of the Burghley family, residing in their household, and became chaplain to Lord Burghley, and later to his son [[Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury]].<ref name = DNB/>

He preached before [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]], and became vicar of [[Cheshunt]], Hertfordshire (1590) and rector of [[Toddington, Bedfordshire]] (1598).<ref name="alum-cantab"/> He was appointed [[Master of the Savoy]] in 1602, and in July 1603 [[Clerk of the Closet]],<ref>{{cite book|last=McCullough|first=Peter|year=1998|title=Sermons at Court: Politics and Religion in Elizabethan and Jacobean Preaching|volume=1|page=110|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521590464|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uo2SR7BCNxEC&pg=PA110|access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> a position he would hold until 1632. On 5 November 1605 he was installed [[Dean of Westminster]], resigning the deanery in 1610.<ref name = DNB/>