Neale, John Mason (1818-1866)

Anglican cleric. He wrote or translated over 700 hymns, as well as novels and Church histories. Among the ancient and medieval hymns he translated was ‘Jerusalem, the Golden’.

Shortly after becoming an Anglican priest, he was Inhibited (prohibited from carrying out clerical duties) by his bishop 1847-63, because of his Tractarian Catholic views. As a result he never had a parish, but instead worked as a warden in an almshouse. He died of consumption.