Thomas Nevile,
DEAN OF CANTERBURY,
Was brother of the preceding, and was born in Canterbury. He was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, of which he was elected fellow in 1570. He was subsequently Master of Merton College, and Vice Chancellor, and held many preferments. In 1590 he was promoted by the Queen to the Deanery of Peterborough, three years later Master of Trinity, and in 1597 he was promoted to the Deanery of Canterbury. In 1615 he entertained James I. at Trinity College, during that monarch's visit to Cambridge, but he died in the same year. He was a munificent benefactor to Trinity College, being the builder of the quadrangle known as Nevile's Court, as well as a contributor to the Library. He lies buried in Canterbury Cathedral, in the chantry still known as Nevile's Chapel.
[See "Todd's Deans of Canterbury."]