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xx No other event in the life of Le Neve has been discovered. The remainder of his days were probably spent in the performance of his parochial duties ; at least, there is no proof of his having devoted any further portion of his time to the service of literature. His deaths in all likelihood, took place in 1741, in the sixty-third year of his age, at his rectory house, but there is no direct evidence of the fact, as none of the registers of the parish are extant before 1783, the previous ones having been, it is supposed, destroyed by fire. If he died at Thornton-le-Moor, he would, as rector of the parish, have been buried in the chancel, which is now boarded over, so that any gravestone which may be there is concealed from view.

His successor at Thornton-le-Moor was instituted on the 25th May 1741.