thumb|right|Thomas Nevile
thumb|[[Trinity Great Court as remodelled by Nevile]]
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thumb|Monument with kneeling effigies of Thomas Nevile and his brother [[Alexander Neville (scholar)|Alexander Nevile, in Canterbury Cathedral]]
Thomas Nevile ( – 2 May 1615) was an English clergyman and academic who was Dean of Peterborough (1591–1597) and Dean of Canterbury (1597–1615), Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge (1582–1593), and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1593–1615).
Origins
He was born in Canterbury, a son of Richard Neville of South Leverton, Nottinghamshire (who moved to Canterbury in his retirement), a son of Alexander Neville, Escheator of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in 1519–20. His mother was Anne Mantell, a daughter of Sir Walter Mantell of Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire. His brother was the scholar Alexander Neville (1544–1614).
References
- The Master of Trinity at Trinity College, Cambridge