and bishops.

1254. William de Kilkenny, Archdeacon of Coventry, and Chancellor. 1257. Hugh de Balsham, Sub-prior of the abbey. Founder of St. Peter's, the first endowed College at Cambridge. 1286. John de Kirkeby. Treasurer of King Edward I. Canon of Wells and York. Archdeacon of Coventry. 1290. William de Luda, (or Louth), Archdeacon of Durham. Prebendary of St. Paul's, of York, and of Lincoln. Sometime Chancellor. Died 1298. 1299. Ralph de Walpole, Bishop of Norwich. 1302. Robert de Orford, Prior of the convent. 1310. John de Ketene, almoner of the church. 1316. John Hotham, Chancellor of the king's (Edward II.) exchequer; Prebendary of York; Rector of Cottingham, in Yorkshire. Bishop Hotham was a munificent promoter of the great architectural works carried on under the rule of Prior Crauden, and from the designs of Alan de Walsingham, then Sacrist. In his time the Lady Chapel was begun; the Octagon completed; and the exquisite bays of the western Choir designed. 1337. Simon de Montacute, Bishop of Worcester.   The Monks had chosen Prior Crauden. 1345. Thomas L'Isle, Prior of Dominicans at Winchester.   The choice of the Monks, which had fallen upon Alan of Walsingham the illustrious
architect, then their Prior, was again set aside by the Pope, 1361. 1362. Simon Langham, Abbot of Westminster, and Treasurer of England. Afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, and Chancellor. In 1368 created Cardinal. 1366. John Barnet. Treasurer of England. Had been Bishop of Worcester; afterwards of Bath, thence translated to Ely. 1374. Thomas de Arundel, Archdeacon of Taunton. Appointed Chancellor of England in 1386; Archbishop of York in 1388, of Canterbury, 1396. 1388. John Fordham, Dean of Wells; Keeper of the Privy Seal. 1426. Philip Morgan, Bishop of Worcester. Died 1435. 1438. Louis de Luxemburg, Archbishop of Rouen. Had been Chancellor of France and Normandy. Afterwards Cardinal. 1444. Thomas Bourchier, Bishop of Worcester; translated to Canterbury 1454. Cardinal, 1464. 1454. William Gray, D.D., Archdeacon of Northampton. Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Lord Treasurer. Bishop Gray altered some of the aisle windows of the Presbytery. 1478. John Morton, LL.D., Master of the Rolls. Archdeacon of Winchester. Lord Chancellor, 1479. Translated to Canterbury, 1486. Cardinal, 1493.   Bishop Morton was the first to attempt to drain the Fens; hence
"Morton's Leam," a drain extending from Guyhirn to Peterborough. 1486. John Alcock, LL.D., Master of the Rolls. Bishop of Rochester; afterwards of Worcester; translated to Ely. Founder of Jesus College, Cambridge. Bishop Alcock built the elaborate mortuary chapel in which his remains lie buried, and much of the Episcopal Palace at Ely. 1501. Richard Redman, D.D., Bishop of St. Asaph; then of Exeter. 1506. James Stanley, D.D., Archdeacon of Richmond; Precentor of Salisbury. 1515. Nicholas West, LL.D., Chaplain to King Henry VII. Dean of Windsor. Built a chapel bearing his name. 1534. Thomas Goodrich, D.D., a zealous promoter of the Reformation. One of the revisers of the Translation of the New Testament. Lord Chancellor, 1551. Built Gallery of the Palace. 1554. Thomas Thirlby, D.D., Bishop of Westminster; translated to Norwich; thence to Ely. Dispossessed for refusing the oath of supremacy to Queen Elizabeth, 1559. 1559. Richard Cox, D.D., Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and of Westminster. Died 1581. The See vacant eighteen years. 1600. Martin Heton, D.D., Dean of Winchester. 1609. Lancelot Andrewes, D.D., Bishop of Chichester. Translated from Ely to Winchester, 1619. Author of the celebrated Book of Devotions. 1619. Nicholas Felton, D.D., Bishop of Bristol. One of the Translators of the Bible. 1628. John Buckeridge, D.D., Bishop of Rochester. 1631. Francis White, D.D., Bishop of Carlisle; then of Norwich. 1638. Matthew Wren, D.D., Bishop of Hereford; thence translated to Norwich; thence to Ely. Bishop Wren was confined in the Tower for 18 years, in consequence of his firm support of the Royal Authority. 1667. Benjamin Laney, D.D., translated from Peterborough to Lincoln; thence to Ely. Bishop Laney bequeathed an estate to trustees for putting out youths as apprentices. 1675. Peter Gunning, D.D., translated from Chichester. 1684. Francis Turner, D.D., translated from Rochester. Bishop Turner was one of the seven bishops committed to the Tower, and was deprived, as a non-juror, in 1691. Died 1700. 1691. Simon Patrick, D.D., Dean of Peterborough; Bishop of Chichester: translated to Ely. Well known for his Devotional and Theological Works. 1707. John Moore, D.D., Bishop of Norwich. 1714. William Fleetwood, D.D., Bishop of St. Asaph. 1723. Thomas Greene, D.D., Bishop of Norwich. 1738. Robert Butts, D.D., Bishop of Norwich. 1748. Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart., D.D., Bishop of Bristol; translated to Norwich; thence to Ely. 1754. Matthias Mawson, D.D., Master of Corp. Chris. College, Cambridge; Bishop of Llandaff: translated to Chichester; thence to Ely.   Bishop Mawson was the first to make a road practicable for wheeled
carriages from Cambridge. 1771. Edmund Keene, D.D., Bishop of Chester. Effected great improvements in the Palace at Ely. 1781. James Yorke, D.D., Bishop of St. David's; translated to Gloucester; thence to Ely. 1808. Thomas Dampier, D.D., Bishop of Rochester. 1812. Bowyer Edward Sparke, D.D., Bishop of Chester.   On the death of Bishop Sparke the temporal jurisdiction exercised
within the Isle of Ely by the Bishops ceased by Act of Parliament. 1836. Joseph Allen, D.D., Bishop of Bristol.