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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 Alc.o.c.k, LL.D., Master of the Rolls. Bishop of Rochester; afterwards of Worcester; translated to Ely. Founder of Jesus College, Cambridge. Bishop Alc.o.c.k 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 c.o.x, 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 b.u.t.ts, 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.
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 of Westminster, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge.
1864. Edward Harold Browne, D.D., Canon of Exeter; Norrisian Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. Translated to Winchester, 1873.
1873. James Russell Woodford, D.D., Vicar of Leeds, Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen.
+Diocese of Ely.+
_The Lord Bishop._
The Right Rev. JAMES RUSSELL WOODFORD, D.D., The Palace, Ely, and Ely House, Dover Street, London, W.
_Chancellor of the Diocese._
Worshipful Isambard Brunel, Esq., D.C.L., 4, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London, W.C.
_Archdeacons._
