[1][2] Neville was recommended by 1st Duke of Newcastle to the Lieutenancy and to the Commission of the Peace by Lord Halifax (Sir George Savile).
But Neville was not well and was given leave to go back to the country to recover his health and so missed the voting on the Exclusion Bill.
On 19 February 1685 he carried up the East Retford Charter, which ‘had not been surrendered but by the great loyalty, and prudence and power of Sir Edward Neville’, and was appointed deputy recorder to the 2nd Duke of Newcastle (Henry Cavendish).
He was foreman of the grand jury which presented a loyal address to the new King, and was again returned unopposed to James II’s Parliament.
Neville donated a silver ceremonial mace to the Corporation of East Retford to be carried by the senior bailiff.
He describes the mace as "Silver gilt, 3 feet 11 3/8 inches long, surmounted by an arched crown with the orb and cross.