List of the Bishops of Ely
The origins of the Diocese of Ely are very ancient. It was brought into being by Saint Æthelthryth by founding a double monastery . The monastery was headed first by an abbess and later by an abbot.
The monastery and large parts of the city of Ely were destroyed during the Danish invasions around 870. A new Benedictine monastery was built and equipped by the Bishop of Winchester, Æthelwald . This became a cathedral in 1109 and became the seat of the Bishop of Ely. From this point the line of bishops begins.
Bishops of Ely | |||
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Name (life data) | Term of office | annotation | image |
Hervey † August 30, 1131 |
1109 to 1131 | before that Bishop of Bangor | |
Nigel † May 30, 1169 |
1133 to 1169 | ||
Geoffrey Ridel † August 21, 1189 |
1174 to 1189 | before that Lord Chancellor | |
William de Longchamp † January 31, 1197 |
1189 to 1197 | at the same time Lord Chancellor | |
Eustace † February 3, 1215 |
1197 to 1215 | ||
Robert of York |
1215 to 1219 | He was elected in 1215, but in 1219 by Pope Honorius III. not acknowledged. Not accepting the Pope's judgment, he fled to France. | |
John of Fountains † May 6, 1225 |
1220 to 1225 | ||
Geoffrey de Burgh † December 17, 1228 |
1225 to 1228 | ||
Hugh of Northwold † August 6, 1254 |
1229 to 1254 | He was part of Eleonore's escort , who accompanied her from France to the wedding with Henry III. | |
William of Kilkenny † September 21, 1256 |
1255 to 1256 | was previously Keeper of the Great Seal | |
Hugh of Balsham † June 16, 1286 |
1256 to 1286 | He was the founder of Peterhouse , the University of Cambridge's first college | |
John Kirkby † March 26, 1290 |
1286 to 1290 | During his tenure, he also had the office of Lord High Treasurer held | |
William of Louth † March 25 or 27, 1298 |
1290 to 1298 | ||
Ralph Walpole † March 20, 1302 |
1298 to 1302 | before that Bishop of Norwich ; John Salomon and John Langton , elected after the death of William of Louth, were not recognized by Pope Boniface VIII . | |
Robert Orford † January 21, 1310 |
1302 to 1310 | His election was not recognized by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Winchelsey. He had to speak to Pope Boniface VIII personally and was only then confirmed in his office. | |
John Ketton † May 14, 1316 |
1310 to 1316 | ||
John Hotham † January 14, 1337 |
1316 to 1337 | He was Lord High Treasurer and Lord Chancellor during his tenure | |
Simon Montagu † June 20, 1345 |
1337 to 1345 | He was previously Bishop of Worcester | |
Thomas Lisle † June 23, 1361 |
1345 to 1361 | After burning down some of the houses of Blanche of Lancaster , he was taken over by Edward III. obliged to pay damages | |
Simon Langham † July 22, 1376 |
1362 to 1367 | He was Lord High Treasurer and Lord Chancellor during his tenure in Ely. He then became Archbishop of Canterbury . Around 1366 he was appointed cardinal . | |
John Barnet † June 8, 1373 |
1367 to 1373 | He was previously Bishop of Worcester and Bishop of Bath , and was also Lord High Treasurer | |
Thomas Arundel † February 19, 1414 |
1373 to 1388 | He was three times Lord Chancellor and became Archbishop of York and Canterbury | |
John Fordham † November 19, 1425 |
1388 to 1425 | Previously he was Bishop of Durham and Lord High Treasurer | |
Philip Morgan † October 25, 1435 |
1426-1435 | Previously he was Bishop of Worcester. His election as Archbishop of York in November / December 1423 was repealed in February 1424. | |
Louis of Luxembourg † September 18, 1443 |
1437 to 1443 | He was also Archbishop of Rouen | |
Thomas Bourchier † March 30, 1486 |
1444 to 1454 | He was previously Bishop of Worcester. In 1436 he was elected to the office of Bishop of Ely; this choice was then declared null and void in 1437. He was reinstated in office only after the death of Ludwig von Luxemburg. After serving in Ely, he became Archbishop of Canterbury. During the time he was also Lord Chancellor | |
William Gray † August 4, 1478 |
1454 to 1478 | He was the son of Sir Thomas Gray of Heaton, who was executed for his involvement in the Southampton Plot . He was assigned to the House of York . | |
John Morton † September 15, 1500 |
1478 to 1486 | He was previously Bishop of Worcester and then Archbishop of Canterbury. During this time he was also Lord Chancellor. He was assigned to the House of Lancaster . | |
John Alcock † October 1, 1500 |
1486-1500 | Previously he was Bishop of Rochester and Bishop of Worcester, and Lord Chancellor | |
Richard Redman † August 24, 1505 |
1501 to 1505 | before that he was Bishop of Exeter | |
James Stanley † March 22, 1515 |
1506 to 1515 | He was the son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby . His appointment as bishop was made by a bull from Pope Julius II. | |
Nicholas West † April 28, 1533 |
1515 to 1533 | He made several diplomatic trips for Henry VII and Henry VIII, among others to Germany, Scotland and France. | |
Thomas Goodrich † May 10, 1554 |
1534 to 1554 | He helped with the completion of the First Prayer Book od Edward VI. and was one of the prosecutors in the trial of Stephan Gardiner | |
Thomas Thirlby † August 26, 1570 |
1554 to 1559 | Before that he was the Bishop of Westminster and Bishop of Norwich . He was the last Roman Catholic bishop and was deposed by Elizabeth I. | |
Richard Cox † July 22, 1581 |
1559 to 1581 | Because of his involvement in the accession of Jane Gray to the throne , he was briefly arrested and then went into exile in Germany. | |
vacant | |||
Martin Heton † July 14, 1609 |
1599 to 1609 | He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1588 | |
Lancelot Andrewes † September 25, 1626 |
1609 to 1619 | Before that he was Bishop of Chichester and then Bishop of Winchester | |
Nicolas Felton † October 5, 1626 |
1619-1626 | Before that he was Bishop of Bristol | |
John Buckeridge † May 23, 1638 |
1628-1631 | Previously he was Bishop of Rochester | |
Francis White † February 1638 |
1631-1638 | Before that he was Bishop of Norwich | |
Matthew Wren † April 24, 1667 |
1638 to 1667 | Previously he was Bishop of Hereford and Norwich | |
Benjamin Laney † January 24, 1675 |
1667 to 1675 | Previously he was Bishop of Peterbourgh and Lincoln | |
Peter Gunning † July 6, 1684 |
1675 to 1684 | Previously he was Bishop of Chichester. He took part in the Savoy Conference, which was supposed to bring the different currents in the Church of England closer together | |
Francis Turner † November 2, 1700 |
1684 to 1690 | Previously he was Bishop of Rochester. He was one of the nine bishops who took the oath on William III. refused. | |
Simon Patrick † May 31, 1707 |
1691 to 1707 | Previously he was Bishop of Chichester | |
John Moore † July 31, 1714 |
1707 to 1714 | Before that he was Bishop of Norwich | |
William Fleetwood † August 4, 1723 |
1714 to 1723 | Before that he was Bishop of St. Asaph | |
Thomas Greene † May 18, 1738 |
1723 to 1738 | Before that he was Bishop of Norwich | |
Robert Butts † January 26, 1748 |
1738 to 1748 | Before that he was Bishop of Norwich | |
Sir Thomas Gooch † February 14, 1754 |
1748 to 1754 | Before that he was Bishop of Bristol and Norwich | |
Matthias Mawson † November 23, 1770 |
1754 to 1770 | Previously he was Bishop of Llandaff and Chichester | |
Edmund Keene † July 6, 1781 |
1771 to 1781 | Previously he was Bishop of Chester | |
James Yorke † August 26, 1808 |
1781 to 1808 | Previously he was Bishop of Gloucester | |
Thomas Dampier † May 13, 1812 |
1808 to 1812 | Previously he was Bishop of Rochester | |
Bowyer Edward Sparke † April 4, 1836 |
1812 to 1836 | Previously he was Bishop of Chester | |
Joseph Allen † March 20, 1845 |
1836 to 1845 | Before that he was Bishop of Bristol | |
Thomas Turton † January 7, 1864 |
1845 to 1864 | He was a professor of mathematicians at Cambridge | |
Edward Harold Browne † December 18, 1891 |
1864 to 1873 | He was then Bishop of Winchester | |
James Russell Woodford † October 24, 1885 |
1873 to 1885 | ||
Alwyne Frederick Compton † April 4, 1906 |
1885 to 1905 | He resigned from his position | |
Frederick Henry Chase † September 23, 1925 |
1905 to 1924 | He resigned from his position | |
Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson † December 31, 1933 |
1924 to 1933 | ||
Bernard Oliver Francis Heywood † May 13, 1960 |
1934 to 1940 | He was previously auxiliary bishop in Hull and resigned from his office. | |
Harold Edward Wynn † August 12, 1956 |
1941 to 1956 | ||
Noel Baring Hudson † October 5, 1970 |
1957 to 1963 | Before that he was Bishop of Newcastle. He resigned from his position | |
Edward James Keymer Roberts † July 29, 2001 |
1964 to 1977 | He was previously Auxiliary Bishop of Kensington | |
Peter Knight Walker † December 28, 2010 |
1977 to 1989 | He was previously Auxiliary Bishop of Dorchester | |
Stephen Whitefield Sykes † September 24, 2014 |
1990 to 2000 | ||
Anthony John Russell | 2000 to 2010 | ||
Stephen Conway | 2010 to |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Unless otherwise noted, all data are from Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, pp. 223 to 225.
- ↑ british-history.ac.uk ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Data on www.british-history.ac.uk
- ↑ Dorothy M. Owen, Northwold, Hugh of (d. 1254) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , viewed February 26, 2012
- ↑ Michael Prestwich, Kirkby, John (d. 1290) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 seen on February 26, 2012
- ↑ Dorothy M. Owen, Walpole, Ralph of (d. 1302) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , viewed February 26, 2012
- ↑ Dorothy M. Owen, Orford, Robert (d. 1310) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 viewed 26 February 2012
- ^ MC Buck, Hotham, John (d. 1337) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 seen on February 26, 2012
- ^ Roy Martin Haines, Lisle, Thomas (c.1298-1361) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 viewed 26 February 2012
- ↑ WJ Dohar, Langham, Simon (d. 1376) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , viewed February 26, 2012
- ↑ WM Ormrod, Barnet, John (d. 1373) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 as viewed on February 26, 2012
- ^ RG Davies, Morgan, Philip (d. 1435) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , as viewed on February 26, 2012
- ^ Roy Martin Haines, Gray, William (c. 1414–1478) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 viewed on February 26, 2012
- ^ DG Newcombe, Stanley, James (c.1465–1515) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, 2004 seen on February 26, 2012
- ^ Felicity Heal, West, Nicholas (d. 1533) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 seen on February 26, 2012
- ↑ Felicity Heal, Goodrich, Thomas (1494–1554) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 viewed on February 26, 2012
- ↑ Felicity Heal, Cox, Richard (c.1500–1581) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 seen on February 27, 2012
- ↑ Brett Usher, Heton, Martin (1554-1609) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 seen on February 27, 2012
- ↑ Kenneth W. Stevenson, Gunning, Peter (1614–1684) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 seen on February 27, 2012
- ^ Paul Hopkins, Turner, Francis (1637–1700) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 seen on February 27, 2012
- ↑ Browne, Edward Harold . In: John Archibald Venn (Ed.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 2: From 1752 to 1900 , Volume 1 : Abbey – Challis . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1940, pp. 413 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ VH Stanton, Compton, Lord Alwyne (1825-1906) , rev. HCG Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , seen on February 27, 2012
- ^ WE Barnes, Chase, Frederic Henry (1853-1925) , rev. HCG Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , seen on February 27, 2012
- ↑ Heywood, Bernard Oliver Francis . In: John Archibald Venn (Ed.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 2: From 1752 to 1900 , Volume 3 : Gabb – Justamond . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1947, pp. 353 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ a b c Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Thired Edition, London, 1996, p. 246.
- ↑ joh.cam.ac.uk Report on death
- ↑ thegazette.co.uk report in the London Gazette for office
- ↑ ely.anglican.org ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Report on the side of the diocese on the resignation
- ↑ number10.gov.uk Report on taking office
Web links
- ely.anglican.org Website of the Diocese of Ely
- peterowen.org.uk List of the Bishops of Ely