NEEL, Richard (d.1486), of Prestwold, Lincs.

Attestor, parlty. election, Leics. 1453.

Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Leics. Mar. 1442; of gaol delivery, Leicester May 1442, Feb. 1447 (q.), Apr. 1448 (q.), Nov., Dec. 1451, Oct. 1454 (q.), July 1455 (q.), Dec. 1457 (q.), Oct. 1460 (q.), Sept. 1464, Mar. (q.), July 1468 (q.), Apr. 1469, Sept. 1474 (q.), Aug. 1479 (q.), Sept. 1481, Dec. 1482 (q.), Northampton castle Sept. 1462 (q.), Derby Mar. 1463 (q.), Oct. 1481 (q.), Nottingham May 1466 (q.), Apr. 1471 (q.), Aug. 1476 (q.), Sept., Oct. 1479, Appleby, Carlisle castle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York July 1467, Newgate Nov. 1469, Jan. 1471, Jan. 1472, Jan. 1473, Jan. 1474, Dec. 1475, Dec. 1476, Nov. 1478, Jan. 1480, Jan., Mar., Dec. 1484, Jan. 1485, York Jan. 1471, Feb. 1482, Appleby, Carlisle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York June 1471, Carlisle castle July 1473, July 1480, Dunstable May 1477 (q.), Appleby Apr. 1478 (q.), Canterbury castle May 1478 (q.), Gloucester, Hereford castle, Oxford castle, Shrewsbury castle, Stafford castle, Worcester castle July 1480, Stafford castle, Worcester castle Feb. 1481, Wakefield Sept. 1481 (q.), Appleby, Carlisle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York June 1482, Aylesbury, Bedford castle, Cambridge castle, Ipswich, Huntingdon, Norwich castle June 1483, Jan., July 1485, Oakham Jan. 1484, Carlisle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Westmld., York June 1484, Aylesbury, Bedford castle, Bury St. Edmunds, Cambridge castle, Huntingdon, Ipswich, Norwich castle July 1484, Guildford castle Dec. 1484 (q.); C66/452–560. inquiry, Leics. Feb. 1448 (concealments), Jan. (lands of (Sir) Hugh Willoughby*), C139/135/37. May 1449 (lands of Thomas Porter*), Notts. Feb. 1450 (riots of William Meryng*), Leics. Nov. 1456 (place of birth of Robert Terry, clerk), Warws. Sept. 1462 (mismanagement by Maud Everingham, prioress of Nuneaton), Leics. Mar. 1464, July 1465 (petition of abbot of St. Mary, Leicester), Feb. 1467 (manor of Ashby de la Zouche), Aug. 1468 (lands of Elizabeth Moton), Oct. 1470 (felonies etc.), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Herefs., Warws., Worcs. May 1486 (treasons etc.); to assess subsidy, Leics. Aug. 1450, Aug. 1483; treat for loans May 1455; PPC, vi. 242. assign archers Dec. 1457; seize lands, Eng., Wales May 1461 (property once of John, Viscount Beaumont, and Thomas, Lord Roos); of array Mar. 1462; Add. Ch. 41536. oyer and terminer, Derbys., Herefs., Notts., Salop, Staffs. Jan. 1468, Eng. May 1469, Cumb., Westmld., Yorks. May 1469, Lincs. July 1470, Leics. Oct. 1470, Glos. Jan. 1471, Herts., Mdx. Apr. 1472, Derbys., Notts., Staffs., Warws. May 1473, Norf., Suff. July 1473, Lancs. Apr. 1475 (treasons etc.), Cumb., Westmld. Aug. 1476 (treasons and counterfeiting of money), Essex Nov. 1476, Mdx. May 1478, York Sept. 1478, Glos. July 1482 (treasons of Thomas Milde alias Miller), Yorks. Mar. 1482, London Aug. 1483, Berks., Essex, Herts., Kent, Mdx., Oxon., Surr., Suss. Aug. 1483, Devon, Cornw. Oct. 1484 (treasons of Richard Edgecombe†), London Nov. 1484 (treasons of William Colyngbourne and Sir John Turberville†), Essex Mar. 1485, Cinque Ports, London Apr. 1485; to take assize of novel disseisin, Bucks. July 1469 (q.), Staffs. Feb. 1472, Yorks. Feb. 1474, Derbys. Feb. 1476, Yorks. May 1476, Apr. 1479. C66/524, m. 16d; 528, m. 17d; 532, m. 10d; 537, m. 4d; 538, m. 17d; 544, m. 25d.

J.p.q. Leics. 12 Apr. 1442 – d., Yorks., W. Riding 8 June 1468 – Dec. 1483, N. Riding 16 July 1468 – Dec. 1483, E. Riding 19 Nov. 1470 – Dec. 1483, Northumb. Dec. 1471 – d.; Cumb. June 1473 – d., Westmld. May 1474 – d., Oxford 3 Oct. 1480 – Aug. 1483, Glos. 25 Oct. 1481 – May 1483, Suff. 26 June 1483 – d., Beds. 26 June 1483 – d., Bucks. 26 June 1483 – d., Cambs. 26 June 1483 – d., Norf. 28 June 1483 – d., Hunts. 26 July 1483 – d.

Serjeant-at-law 23 May 1463; King’s serjeant-at-law 12 Aug. 1464 – Apr. 1469; justice of assize, northern circuit 1468 – 83, Norf. circuit 1483 – d.; j.KB 18 Apr. 1469 – June 1471; j.c.p. 17 June 1471 – d.

Steward, lordships of Ashby de la Zouche, Loughborough and Shepshed, Leics., for William, Lord Hastings, from c.1465–?, of Burbage, Leics. for Edmund Grey, earl of Kent, by Mich 1467-aft. Mich. 1468. J.H. Baker, Men of Ct. (Selden Soc. supp. ser. xviii), ii. 1147–8; Grey of Ruthin Valor ed. Jack, 64.

Trier of English petitions in the Parl. of 1484. PROME, xv. 9.