NEEDHAM, WALTER, son of Rev. Gervase Needham, Vicar of Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, and Ann Stephens (IGI); bapt. Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire 28 Dec 1632 (IGI); adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1650, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1650, scholar 1650; 7th in “ordo” 1653/4; BA 1653/4; MA 1657; Lic. Med. 1659; MD 1664; Fellow, Queens’ Coll. Cambridge 25 Jul 1655; Hon. FRCP Dec 1664, FRCP 12 Apr 1687; FRS 20 Jun 1667; Physician to the Charterhouse 7 Nov 1672; author, Disquisitio Anatomica de formato Foetu, 1667; d. 5 Apr 1691. DNB.

NEDHAM, SAMUEL, eighth son of Francis Nedham, Gaddesby, Leics., and Dorothy, dau. of William Chamberlaine, Tilton, Leics.; b.; adm.; KS 1665; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Oct 1667, Jermyn scholar 1668; BA 1671/2; MA 1675; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1674 – c. 1686; ordained; Rector of Dickleburgh, Norfolk, from 1684; m. 1691 Lydia, dau. of Rev. John Ward, Warlingworth, Suffolk; buried Dickleburgh, Norfolk 31 Mar 1724.

NECTON, JAMES; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1584, adm. scholar 1585, matr. Mich. 1584. [Possibly James Necton, Monken Hadley, Middlesex, adm. Gray’s Inn 4 Nov 1586, called to bar 20 Nov 1595; name last appears in Gray’s Inn Pension Book on 8 Nov 1616].

NEATE, RICHARD, son of Richard Neate, Horbury, Yorks., and Mary (probably Fletcher) (IGI); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1745/6; KS 1749; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1753, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1753, scholar 3 May 1754; LLB 1759; ordained deacon 1 Jun 1760, priest 21 Dec 1760 (both London); Curate, Finchley, Middlesex; of Whetstone, Finchley, Middlesex; JP Middlesex, Hertfordshire; m. Anne ---; d. 10 Jan 1817.

NEALE, WILLIAM LOWRY BUCHANAN, son of Lieut. -Col. Edward St. John Neale, HBM Consul at Varna, Turkey, and Adelaide, youngest dau. of Henry Sewell, EICS Madras; b. 6 Jul 1850; adm. 18 Jun 1863 (James'); QS 1865; left Dec 1867; passed Foreign Office examination 28 Mar 1870; Student-Interpreter, China 30 Mar 1870 – 30 Jun 1872; [not in 1881 Census]; name appears for last time in Foreign Office List for 1904.

NEALE, WALTER, son of Henry Neale, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1661; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1665, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1665, scholar 1668; BA 1668/9; MA 1673; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1693 (ad eundem Cambridge); signed for deacon’s orders (London) 22 Sep 1671; went over to Ireland as assistant to Edward Wetenhall (qv) when Wetenhall was Master of Dublin City Free School (Irish Builder, 15 May 1896); Archdeacon of Ardfert 1676-86; Rector of Shandrum, co. Cork, from 1681; Vicar of Templequinlan, Ross 1681-4; Treasurer of Cork 1681-6, Precentor from 1686; Prebendary of Ross 17 Nov 1681, Chancellor 7 Nov 1683; Vicar-General of Cork and Ross; Prebendary of Cloyne from 3 Sep 1706; m. 1684 Elizabeth Raymond, Templegall, co. Cork; d. c. 1707.

NEALE, THOMAS, son of Thomas Neale, Westminster; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1693; KS 1694; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1697, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1697, aged 17, scholar 1698, matr. 1697; ordained deacon (London) 24 Dec 1710, priest (Winchester) 30 Dec 1711; keeping a boarding school at Wokingham, Berks., by 1721; Vicar of Wokingham, Berks., from 1727; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 5 Apr 1720 (IGI), Mary (IGI), widow of Rev. John Cawley, Rector of Henley, Oxfordshire; buried Wokingham, Berks. 21 Nov 1743.

NEALE, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1619 (Chapter Muniments 43105).

NAYLOR, JOHN, son of James Naylor, Coventry, Warwickshire, Alderman of Coventry; b.; adm.; KS (aged 16) 1661; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1664, matr. 1667; BA 1667/8; MA 1671 (incorp. Oxford 1671); ordained; Rector of Cosgrave, Northants, from 29 Feb 1667/8; Rector of Whilton, Northants, from 12 Sep 1684; m. 11 Oct 1685 Joanna, widow of Rev. Henry Philips, Rector of Whilton, Northants; buried Cosgrave, Northants 6 Jun 1690.

NAYLOR, EDMUND, second son of Francis Naylor, Staple Inn, London, and Bethia, dau. of George Beadnall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 3 Aug 1677 (IGI) (as Nayler); adm. 1687; KS 1689; left 1693; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Jan 1693/4, aged 16, scholar 29 Sep 1694 – 29 Sep 1695; adm. Middle Temple 13 Jan 1693/4; “Secretary to the Board of Excise”; d. 1 Oct 1723.