| 1109. | Hervè, or Hervey, first Bishop. The abbey estates divided, andthe See firmly established. Died 1131. |
| 1133. | Nigellus, a Prebendary of St. Paul's, London. Treasurer to theKing, Henry I. A Baron of the Exchequer. Died 1169. |
| 1174. | Geoffry Ridel, Archdeacon of Canterbury. Chaplain to King HenryII. Baron of the Exchequer. Opponent of Becket. He built thelower part of the great western tower of the church. |
| 1189. | William Longchamp, Chancellor of England. Papal Legate. Diedat Poictiers, 1197. |
| 1198. | Eustachius, Archdeacon of Richmond, Treasurer of York, and Deanof Salisbury. Chancellor of England. Founder of the Galilee orwestern porch. (See Stewart's Arch. Hist. of Ely Cathedral, p. 50.)Died 1215. |
| 1215. | [Robert of York, chosen by the monks, but never consecrated, heldpossession of the temporalities of the See for five years.] |
| 1220. | John de Fontibus, Abbot of Fountains in Yorkshire. |
| 1225. | Geoffery de Burgh, Archdeacon of Norwich. |
| 1229. | Hugh de Northwold, Abbot of St. Edmundsbury. This distinguishedprelate built the magnificent Presbytery, or eastern portion ofthe choir. On the occasion of the dedication of the whole church,he entertained sumptuously the King, Henry III., Prince Edward hisson, and many nobles 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 Wellsand York. Archdeacon of Coventry. |
| 1290. | William de Luda, (or Louth), Archdeacon of Durham. Prebendaryof 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. BishopHotham was a munificent promoter of the great architectural workscarried on under the rule of Prior Crauden, and from the designsof Alan de Walsingham, then Sacrist. In his time the Lady Chapelwas begun; the Octagon completed; and the exquisite bays ofthe 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 1368created 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 Chancellorof 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 Chancellorof France and Normandy. Afterwards Cardinal. |
| 1444. | Thomas Bourchier, Bishop of Worcester; translated to Canterbury1454. Cardinal, 1464. |
| 1454. | William Gray, D.D., Archdeacon of Northampton. Chancellor of theUniversity of Oxford. Lord Treasurer. Bishop Gray altered someof 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 JesusCollege, Cambridge. Bishop Alcock built the elaborate mortuarychapel in which his remains lie buried, and much of the EpiscopalPalace 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 ofWindsor. 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. LordChancellor, 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 supremacyto Queen Elizabeth, 1559. |
| 1559. | Richard Cox, D.D., Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and ofWestminster. 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 Elyto Winchester, 1619. Author of the celebrated Book of Devotions. |
| 1619. | Nicholas Felton, D.D., Bishop of Bristol. One of the Translatorsof 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 toNorwich; thence to Ely. Bishop Wren was confined in the Tower for18 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 forputting out youths as apprentices. |
| 1675. | Peter Gunning, D.D., translated from Chichester. |
| 1684. | Francis Turner, D.D., translated from Rochester. Bishop Turnerwas one of the seven bishops committed to the Tower, and wasdeprived, 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 toNorwich; 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 improvementsin 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. |
| | The additions to the Diocese of the Counties of Huntingdon and
Bedford, and the Archdeaconry of Sudbury were made in 1837. |
| 1845. | Thomas Turton, D.D., Dean of Peterborough; afterwards ofWestminster, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. |
| 1864. | Edward Harold Browne, D.D., Canon of Exeter; Norrisian Professorof Divinity at Cambridge. Translated to Winchester, 1873. |
| 1873. | James Russell Woodford, D.D., Vicar of Leeds, Chaplain in Ordinaryto the Queen. |