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The Bishop of Ely is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire (with the exception of the Soke of Peterborough), together with a section of north-west Norfolk and has its episcopal see in the City of Ely, Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy ...
On 9 January 1539, all of the remaining arrestees were beheaded, with the exception of Henry's brother Geoffrey Pole. Ten days after Montagu's arrest, his mother was arrested and questioned by William Fitzwilliam , and Thomas Goodrich , Bishop of Ely.
The niche statues were destroyed by his successor, the reformer Bishop Goodrich. He became Bishop of Ely in 1515 and for the remaining 19 years of his life 'lived in greater splendour than any other prelate of his time, having more than a hundred servants.' [5] He built a Chantry chapel at the south-east side of the eastern arm of Ely Cathedral ...
Among the Dean's brothers were Simeon Steward, grandfather of Sir Simeon Steward, MP; Thomas Steward (d. 1568), who was pastor of the English church at Frankfurt during Mary's reign, and canon of Ely from 1560 till his death; Edmund Steward (d. 1559), who was Chancellor of the Diocese of Norwich until 1529, and afterwards Chancellor of Winchester under Bishop Stephen Gardiner from 1531 until 1553.
Thomas Thirlby (or Thirleby; c. 1506 –1570), was the first and only bishop of Westminster (1540–50), and afterwards successively bishop of Norwich (1550–54) and bishop of Ely (1554–59). While he acquiesced in the Henrician schism , with its rejection in principle of the Roman papacy , he remained otherwise loyal to the doctrine of the ...
Pre- and post- Reformation bishops of the Diocese of Ely, with its seat at Ely Cathedral. Pages in category "Bishops of Ely" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.
Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely, wrote approvingly of his proceedings. Leigh went on to Bury, ... 1539, and 1540 he was engaged in suppressing religious houses.
William of Kilkenny Bishop of Ely, Aug. 1255. ... John Bell 1528-1539. Bishop of Worcester 1539; Edward Sepham 1539-1554. Henry Pendilton 1554-1557. Robert Willanton ...