John Neale (academic) explained

John Neale was an Oxford college head in the 16th-century.^[1]

Neale became a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford in 1556. He was Rector of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1560 until his deprivation in 1566.^[2] He was elected a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford in 1570.^[3]

Notes and References

1. 'John Ford's Political Theatre' Hopkins, L p28: Manchester; MUP; 1994
2. Exeter College', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford (1954), pp. 107–118
3. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1050-1083 Alumni Oxonienses (1500-1715): GNabbes-Nykke