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THE ♦ 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 AND 
 
 ANTIQUITIES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CONVENTUAL and CATHEDRAL 
 
 CHURCH of ELT: 
 
 From the Foundation of the MONASTERY, A.D. 6'j'^. 
 
 To the Year 1771. 
 
 ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER - PL ATES. 
 
 By JAMES BENTHAM, M.A. 
 
 FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY OF ANT 1 Q.U ARIE S, LONDON, 
 RECTOR OF FELTWELL ST. NICHOLAS, NORFOLK, 
 AND LATE MINOR CANON OF ELY. 
 
 Kes ardun, •vetiiflis novitatem dare, novis auSioritatem, obfoletis nit or em, obfcurisliicem,faJliditis 
 gratiam, dubiis Jidem, omnibus vero naturam, et natiirce fua Omnia. 
 
 Plin. Nat. Hifl. Lib.L 
 
 CAMBRIDGE, 
 
 PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, BY J.BENTHAM. 
 
 Sold by Mr, Bathurst in Fleet-Street, London-, Mefs" Merrill, and Mr. WooDYER, 
 
 at Cambridge ; and by Mr. Fletcher & Mr. Prince, at Oxford. 
 
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 T O 
 
 THE RIGHT REVEREND 
 
 EDMUND KEENE, D.D. 
 
 LORD BISHOP of ELK 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 HAVING been placed by Bifhop Maws on under 
 the immediate Patronage of the See of Ely, 
 I naturally apply myfelf to your Lordship, for Protection 
 to the following Hiftory; in which I have traced out and 
 reprefented many Antiquities refpecSting your Cathedral : Many 
 more, I am fenfible, ftill remain well deferving a diftin6t 
 
 a 2 Illu- 
 
DEDICATION. 
 
 Illuftration: And I readily profefs myfelf to bear fuch a 
 Partiality to this Subje6l, as will tempt me to make it 
 the future object: of my Literary Amufement. 
 
 In the mean time, as by general Charadler for Candor and 
 Publick-fpirit, I cannot help carrying your Lordship into 
 a refemblance of my former Patron, be pleafed to accept my 
 good Wiflies, that You may attain the fame length of Days, 
 with equal Honour. 
 
 I beg leave to fubfcribe myfelf, 
 
 Your Lordship's 
 
 dutiful and obedient 
 
 humble Servant, 
 
 Ely, Jan. 25, 1771. 
 
 JAMES BENTHAM. 
 
A Lift of 
 
 SUBSCRIBERS NAMES 
 
 That have been fent to the Author. 
 
 The Contributors to the Engravings are marked thus ■* 
 
 A. 
 
 S WITHIN ADEE, M.D. Oxford. 
 John Alcock, B.M. of Lichfield. 
 *Rev.Mr.Allen,SeiV Fell, of Trin. Coll Camb. 
 Charles AUenfon, Efq; of Bramham Biggin, 
 Yorkfliire. 
 
 * Charles Allix, Efq; of Swafham, Cambr. 
 Mrs. Akehurft of Ely. 
 
 AH Souls College Library, Oxford. 
 
 Sir Stephen Anderfon, Bart, of Eyworth, Bedf, 
 
 2 Books. 
 Anonymous, by Mr.Tho. Nutter, Cambridge. 
 Mr. Sam' Archdeacon, Surgeon, of St.Neots. 
 Richard Aftell, Efq; ofEverton, Bedfordfliire. 
 
 B. 
 The Hon. Lady Frances Burgoyne. 
 Rev. Dr. Bagge of Lynn Regis, Norfolk. 
 Rev. Mr. Bagley of Shrewibury. 
 Rev. Mr. Barker, Fell, of Queen's Coll. Camb. 
 
 * Rev. Dr. Barnard, Provoft of Eton. 
 Charles Barnett,Efq; of Stratton, Bedfordfliire, 
 Mr. Robert Barnfton, Merchant in Chefter. 
 Rev.Philip Barton, Red. of Sherington, Bucks. 
 Mr. Charles Bathurft, Bookfeller, London. 
 William Bayntun of Gray's Inn, Efq; F. S. A. 
 Mr. John Bell, Architedt, Durham. 
 
 * Rev. Dr. Bentham, Regius Profeflbr of Di- 
 vinity in the Univerfity of Oxford. 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Bentham, Alderman of Cambridge. 
 Rev. Mr. Thomas Bentham, Miniller of St. 
 
 Peter's Stockport, Cheibire. 
 Mrs. Philippa Bentham, of Ely. 
 Rev. Mr. Edmund Bentham, Redor of Wotton 
 
 Courtney, SomerfetOiire. 
 Rev. Mr. JefferyBentham,Minor Canon of Ely. 
 Mrs- Bentham of Oxford. 
 Mifs Eliz. Bentham. 
 Mr. Thomas Bentham. 
 Samuel Berkley, Efq-, of Little Chelfea. 
 Mr. Francis Berry of Cambridge. 
 Rev. Mr. Betham, Fellow of Eton College. 
 Ralph Bigland, Efq-, Somerfet Herald. 
 The late Rev. Dr. Birch. 
 Rev. Mr. Blennerhayfett, Vic. of Bardney, Line. 
 Rev. Dr.Boote of Oxford Chapel, London. 
 
 Mr, Andrew Bofonof Bafinghall Street, Lend. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Bouchery of Swafham, Norfolk. 
 
 Thomas Brand, Efq,- F. R. S. 
 
 Mr. John Brown of Heacham, Norfolk. 
 
 Jacob Bryant, Efq; Cypenham, Bucks. 
 
 William Burrell, LL.D. 
 
 Rev. Dr.Burrough,Vicarof Wifbech,andPre- 
 
 bendary of Peterborough, 2 Books. 
 Sir James Burrough, Kt. late Mafter of Caius 
 
 College, Cambridge. 
 
 * Rev. Dr. Burton, late Vice-Provofl of Eton. 
 Mr. Alban Butler. 
 
 C. 
 *His Grace Thomas (Seeker) late Arehbifhop 
 
 of Canterbury. 
 The Right Rev. Charles (Lytelton) late Lord 
 
 Bifhop of Carlifle. 
 The Right Rev. Edmund (Law) Lord Bifliop 
 
 of Carlifle. 
 The Right Rev. William (Markham,) Lord 
 
 Bifliop of Chefter. 
 
 * The Hon. Charles Sloane Cadogan, Member 
 
 of Parliament for the Town of Cambridge. 
 The Hon. Mr. Chicheiler. 
 Sir John Hinde Cotton, Bart. Member of Par^ 
 
 liament for the County of Cambridge. 
 Mrs. Campion of Denny, Suflex. 
 Catharine Hall Library, Cambridge. 
 Rev. Mr. Carryer of Godmanchefter, Hunts.. 
 Rev. Mr. Chadwick of March, Ifle of Ely. 
 Mr. Chafe, Bookfeller, Norwich. 
 Richard Chifwell, Efq; 
 Chrift Church Library, Oxford. 
 John Chute of the Vine, Efq; 
 fofeph Clerk, Efq; of Wethersfield, EfTex, 
 Mr. Thomas Clark, Weflminfter. 
 Rev. Mr. Clarkfon, of Wilbech. 
 Rev. Mr, Clayton of Bearfal, Derbyniire, 
 Thomas Cockayne, Efq; of Soham, Cambr. 
 Mr. Ifiac Cockeram, Attorney at Law, Ely. 
 
 * Charles NalfonCole, Efq; of the InnerTemple. 
 Rev. Mr. Cole, Reftor of N. Crawley, Bucks. 
 
 * Rev. Mr. Cole of Milton, near Cambridge, 
 Rev. Mr. Cole of Ely. 
 
 b 
 
SUBSCRIBERS NAMES. 
 
 James Collier, Elq-, of March, Iflc of Ely. 
 
 Robert Cook, Elq;, of Manchefler. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Cooper, Fellow ofMagd.Coll.Camb. 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Cooper of Lynn Regis, Norfolk. 
 
 Sir J. Monoux Cope, Baronet. 
 
 IMrs. Judith Corbet of Grinfell, Salop. 
 
 * Corpus ChrilH College, Cambridge. 
 Mr. Kenton Cowfe, of Weftminfter. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Crane, Prebendary of VVellminfter. 
 Mr. William Creak of Hoddefdon, Herts. 
 Mrs. Creak of Ely. 
 
 Mr. Robert Crow of Swafham, Norfolk. 
 Rev. Mr. CuUum of Hawlkd, Suffolk. 
 
 D. 
 The Right Honourable the Earl of Derby. 
 The Right Honourable the Earl of Donegall. 
 
 * The Honourable and Right Reverend Richard 
 
 (Trevor) Lord Bifhop of Durham. 
 The Right Honourable Lord Dacre. 
 Lady Dalfton of Heath, Yorkfhire. 
 Rev'. Mr. Dalton, Fellow of Cath. Hall, Camb. 
 Mrs. De la Crufe. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Dering, Redlor of Hillgay, Norfolk. 
 Mr. Dickins of Ely. 
 Mr. Dod, Bookfeller, London. 
 MeiT'^ Dodfley, Bookfellers, London. 
 
 * Rev. Dr. Thomas D'Oyly, late Preb. of Ely. 
 Rev. Matthias D'Oyly, Preb. of Ely. 
 
 Mr. Dovvbiggii of London, Surveyor. 
 
 * Andrew Coltee Ducarel, LL.D. Fellow of 
 the Royal and Antiq^uarian Societies, London. 
 
 * John Drage, Efqj of Soham, Cambridgelhire. 
 
 E. 
 
 *The Right Reverend Matthias (Mavvfon) 
 
 late Lord Bilhop of Ely, 6 Books. 
 The Right Reverend Edmund CKeene) Lord 
 
 Bifliop of Ely. 
 Rev. Dr. Edwards of Coventry. 
 Rev. Mr. Ellis, Minor Canon of Ely. 
 Mr. John Eiiglifli of Ely. • 
 Mr. William Englilh of Ely. 
 Rev. Mr. Entick. 
 
 Mr. Elfex of Canibridge, Archited. 
 Eton College Library. 
 Rev. Mr. Evans, of the King's Chapel. 
 Rev. Mr. Francis Evans. 
 Thomas Eyton, Efq; of Wellington, Salop. 
 William-Howell Ewin, LL.D. Cambridge. 
 
 F. 
 Thomas Falconer, Efq; of Chefter. 
 
 Tho'. Fairfax, Efq; of Newton Ky me, Yorkfli. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Fairfax, of Newton Kyme, YorkHi. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Fayell, Redtor of Whitton, Hunts. 
 
 John Fearnfide, Efq; of Wifbech. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Feme, Vicar of Wigtoft, Lincolnfh. 
 
 Charles Finch, Efq; of Cambridge. 
 
 Richard Firmin, Efq; Cath. Hall, Cambr. 
 
 James FiHier, Efq; Merchant in Norwich. 
 
 *Mrs. Fleetwood of Daulifli, Devon. 
 
 Mr. Samuel Forlow, of Cambridge. 
 
 James Forfter, Efq; Serjeant at Law, Chief 
 
 Juflice of the Ifle of Ely. 
 Rev. Dr. Forefter, Preb. of Salifbury. 
 Rev. Mr. Freemoult, Redtor of Wotton, Kent. 
 
 G. 
 
 * The Right Hon. Francis Lord Godolphin. 
 Robert Gale, Efq; of Green Str. Grofv. Square. 
 Rev. Mr. Gallaway of Thetford, Norfolk. 
 Stephen Gardiner, Efq; of Norwich. 
 
 *Rev. Dr. Garnett, late Preb. of Ely. 
 
 William Gery, Efq; of Buflimead, Bedfordfli. 
 
 Sir Sampfon Gideon, Bart. Member of Parlia- 
 ment for the County of Cambridge. 
 
 James Gifford, Efq; Alderman of Cambridge. 
 
 John Glegg, M.A. Fell."of Pemb.Hall, Camb. 
 
 Robert Glynn, M.D. Vice-Provofl of King's 
 College, Cambridge. 
 
 *' Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart, of Benacre,SufFolk. 
 
 *Rev. Dr. Gooch, Prebendary of Ely, 
 
 Benjamin Goodifon, Efq j Covent Garden. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Goodwin, Reft. ofLoughton, Bucks. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Gordon, Archdeacon of Buckingham. 
 
 Mr. Matthew Gofs of Norwich. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Gotobed of Ely. 
 
 Charles Gould, Efq; of Ealing, Middlefex. 
 
 * Charles Gray, Efq; Member of Parliament 
 
 for Colchefter. 
 Thomas Gray, Efq; Profeflbr of Modern Hi- 
 ftory in the Univcrfity of Cambridge. 
 
 * Rev. Dr. Greene, Dean of Salifbury, and 
 Prebendary of Ely. 
 
 Charles Greene, Efq; of Hemmingford, Hunts. 
 *Mrs. Greene, Relidl of Billiop Butts. 
 
 ' Green, Efq; of Wakeheld, Yorkfhire. 
 
 Mr. Richard Green, Apoth. of Lichfield. 
 Mr. William Groom of Ely. 
 Thomas Grofvenor, Efq; M.P. 
 Rev.Mr.Gunning,RedtorofUfford,Lincolnfli. 
 
 H. 
 
 * The Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke. 
 The Right Hon. and Right Rev. Lord James 
 
 Beauclerk, Lord Biiliop of Hereford. 
 
 * Edward Hall, Gent. Lieut, of Dragoons. 
 Rev. Dr.Harrifon,Re(5t. of Gr.Call:erton,Rutl. 
 Rev. Mr. Hawkins of Peterborough. 
 
 Ifaac Heard, Efq; Lancafler Herald. 
 
 Mr. John Heins, Portrait Painter, London. 
 
 * Rev. Mr. Heaton, Prebendary of Ely. 
 William Heberden, M.D. 
 
 Rayner Hcckford, Efq; 
 
 * The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Hervey, Prebendary 
 
 of Ely, 4 Books. 
 TheHon.WilliamHervey,Park-Street,Wcftm. 
 
 * Rev. Mr.Hetherington, Fellow of Eton Coll. 
 
SUBSCRIBERS NAMES. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Hewifk Recfl. of Pembridge, Heref. 
 Mr. Hide, Merchant in Cambridge. 
 Henry Hill, Efq; Deputy Serjeant at Arms. 
 George Hogg, Elq-, Mayor of Lynn Regis. 
 
 * Mr. Howard of the Clofe near Norwich. 
 Rev. Mr. Hughes, Vice-Prefident of Queen's 
 
 College, Cambridge. 
 Mr. Humfrey of Cambridge. 
 Rev. Dr. Hunt, Canon of Chr. Ch. Oxford. 
 
 J. 
 
 Sir Hildebrand Jacob, Baronet. 
 
 David Jebb, Efqv 
 
 Mr. John Jefferies of Ely. 
 
 Rev.Dr.Jenner, late Archd" of Huntingdon. 
 
 *Soame Jenyns, Efq; Member of Parliament 
 
 for the Town of Cambridge. 
 *Jefus College, Cambridge. 
 
 * St. John's College, Cambridge. 
 
 Thomas Johnes, Efq; of Croft-Caftle, Heref. 
 Mr. Robert JoUins of Norwich. 
 Rev.Mr.Jones, Redlor of Naumby,Lincolnfli. 
 Rev. Mr. Jones, Red;, of Downham, Ifle of Ely. 
 Rev. Mr. Jones, Vicar ofLakingheath, Suffolk. 
 Rev. Mr. Irwin, Minor Canon of Ely. 
 
 K. 
 
 *The Right Honourable the Earl of Kinnoul. 
 Mr. Samuel Kempton of Ely. 
 
 * King's College, Cambridge. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Glen King, Chaplain to the Fadlory 
 
 at Petersburg, Ruffia. i Books. 
 *Rev. Mr. Knight, Redor of Stanwick, Nor- 
 
 thamptonfhire. 
 Rev. Dr. Knowles, of St. Edmund's Bury. 
 
 L. 
 The Right Reverend Shute (Barrington) Lord 
 
 Bifliop of Landaff. 
 
 * The Right Reverend John (Egerton) Lord 
 
 Bifhop of Lichfield. 
 TheRight Reverend John (Green) Lord Bifhop 
 
 of Lincoln. 
 Sir Robert Ladbroke, Alderman and Member 
 
 of Parliament for the City of London. 
 Mr. Lamb, Painter, of Lichfield. 
 Mr. Lamborn, Engraver, of Cambridge. 
 Mr. Charles Langford, Merchant, Lynn Regis. 
 BoyntonLangleyEfq;Wykeham-Abby,Yorks. 
 Rev. Dr. LecReftor of Ackworth, Yorkfhire. 
 Edward Leeds, Efq; of Croxton,Cambridgefh. 
 Mr. John Lefevre. 
 
 Charles Leigh, Efq; of Adlington, Chefliire. 
 Lichfield Library, — by Mr. Thomas White. 
 Rev. Mr. Lonfdale of Great Barham, Cambr. 
 Rev. Mr. Lort, Fellow of Trin. Coll. Camb. 
 
 and Greek ProfefTor. 
 JohnLoveday, Efq; of Caverfliam, Oxfordfli. 
 Sir Will" Lowther, Bar', of Swillington,Yorks. 
 Rev. Mr. Lunn, Redor of Elfworth, Cambr. 
 
 M. 
 The Right Hon. Lord Vifcount Maynard. 
 *The Right Hon. Thomas Lord Montfort. 
 Sir William Maynard. Baronet. 
 Thomas Maynard, Efq; of Hoxne. 
 Nicholas Mallabar, Efq; Wilburton, Ifle of Ely. 
 Rev. Mr. Manning, Vicar of Godalmin, Surry. 
 Mr. Marriot, Merchant, Stockport, Chefliire. 
 Mrs. Marfhall of Ely. 
 Mr, Martindale, A^ttorney at Law, Ely. 
 Rev. Mr. Martyn, ProfefTor of Botany in the 
 
 Univerfity of Cambridge. 
 Rev. Mr. Mafters, Red. of Landbeche,Cambr. 
 Charles MelliOi, Efq; 
 
 Rev. Mr. Merefl of Soham, Cambridgefliire. 
 Merton Coll. Library, Oxford. 
 Rev. Dr. Mills, Dean of Exeter, and Prefident 
 
 of the Antiquarian Societv, London. 
 Mr. Moore of Whittlefey, llle of Ely. 
 Mrs. Moore of Windfor. 
 Rev. Mr.Murhall,Fell. of Chrift's Coll. Camb. 
 Richard Myddelton, Efq; of Chirk- Caflle, 
 
 Member of Parliament for Denbigh. 
 
 N. 
 The Hon. and Rev. Dr. North, Dean of Cant. 
 Rev.Dr.Neden,Redlor ofRougham, Suffolk. 
 Rev. Dr. Neve, Red:, of Middleton Stony, Oxf. 
 
 * Rev. Dr. Nicols, Prebendary of Ely. 
 
 O. 
 
 *The Right Hon. George Earl of Orford. 
 The PJght Hon. Arthur Onflow Efq; dec. 
 Rev. Mr. Oram, Redtor of Northwold, Norf. 
 Rev. Dr.'Ofborn, Preb. of Lincoln, andRedor 
 
 of Clifton, Bedfordfliire. 
 Rev. Mr. Ofwin, Vicar of Littleportjfle of Ely. 
 
 P. 
 
 The Honourable Governour Pownall. 
 
 Mr. Robert Page of Norwich. 
 
 Henry Fifh Palmer, Efq; of Ickwell, Bedfordfh. 
 
 John Partherich, Efq; of Clopton, Warwickfh, 
 
 Mrs. Maria Partherich of Ely. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Paul, Vicar Choral of Exeter. 
 
 Henry Partridge, Efq; of Lynn Regis, Norfolk. 
 
 Rev. Mr- Peacock, Redtor of Wooley, Hunts. 
 
 Aungier Peacocke, Efq; of Ely. 
 
 Girton Peake, Efq; 
 
 Rev. Mr. Peck, Fellow of Trin. Coll. Camb. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Pemberton of Trumpington, Cambr. 
 
 * Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. 
 
 Library of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, 
 Sir Thomas Peyton, Bart. 
 Thomas Phipps, Efq; of S. Audley Squ. Lond. 
 Rev. Mr.Pitts,P.ea:orofGreatBrickhi]l, Bucks. 
 
 * Rev. Dr. Plumptre, Archdeacon of Ely. 
 Rev. Dr. Poyntz. 
 
 RufTel Plumptre, M.D. Regius ProfefTor of 
 Phyfick in the Univerfity of Cambridge. 
 
 b2 
 
SUBSCRIBERS NAMES. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Prefect, Mafter of Cath. Hall, Camb. 
 Rev. Mr. Prefcot,Fcll. of Cath. Hall, Camb. 
 *Rev. Dr. Price, Prebendary of Ely. 
 Mr. Roger Prickel of St. Edmund's Bury. 
 Mr. Prince, Bookfeller of Oxford, 2 Copies. 
 Rev.Mr.Purnell, Fell, of Wincheller Coll. 
 Charles Wager Purvis, Efq; 
 Jofepli P) ke, Efq; of Cambridge. 
 
 * Queen's College, Cambridge. 
 
 R. 
 Mr. Bartholomew Ramfey. 
 Rev. Dr Ratcliffe, Marter of Pembr. Coll Oxf. 
 WaltcrRawlinfon.EfqiofLincoln's-InnFields. 
 William Reeve, M.A. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Remington, Prieft- Vicar ofLichfield. 
 Rev. Dr. Charles Reynolds, late Chancellor of 
 the Church of Lincoln. 
 
 * Rev. Dr. Richardfon, Mafter of Emmanuel 
 College, Camb. and Precentor' of Lincoln. 
 
 Rev.Dr.Richardfon.Reil.ofWallingtonHertf. 
 
 Mr. Daniel Richardfon, Rolls-Buildings, Lond. 
 
 Charles Rogers, Efq; F.R.S. and A.S.L. 
 
 Rev. lames Robinfon, Redtor of Wells, Norf. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Rutherforth, Regius Profeflbr of Di- 
 vinity in the Univerfity of Cambridge. 
 S. 
 
 Mr. John Saville, Vicar-Choral ofLichfield. 
 
 Jeniibn Shaftoe of Wratting Park, Cambridge- 
 fhire, M. P. for Caftle-Rifing, Ncrf. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Sh-pheard of March, Ille of Ely. 
 
 Thomas Sheridan, Efq; 
 
 Rev. D.-. Short, Fell, oi' Worcefter Coll. Oxf. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Sleech, late Provoft of Eton. 
 
 Rev, Thomas Smalbroke, M.A. Precentor of 
 Lichfield, and Archdeacon of Coventry. 
 
 Sir Robert Smith, Baronet. 
 
 John Smith Erq;of St. Stephen's nearSt. Albans. 
 
 Rev. Mi. Smith, Redlor of Croft, Heref. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Somersby,jun. Lynn Regis. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Southernwood, Fellow of Eton. 
 
 John Southwell, Efq; ofWiftech, IHe of Ely. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Stedman, late Preb. of Canterbury. 
 
 Andrew Stone, Efq; 
 
 Jervafe Strickland, Efq; of York, 
 fohn Sumpter, Efq; of Walfoken, Norfolk. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Sympfon, Prebendary of Lincoln. 
 
 T. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Talbot, Fellow of Clare Hall, Camb. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Taps, of Norwich. 
 
 Mr. Taflcl, Merchant of Cambridge. 
 
 iohn Taylor, Efq; of York. 
 Lev. Mr.Thackeray, Fellow of King's College, 
 and Prodor of the Univerfity of Cambridge. 
 
 * Rev. Dr. Thomas, Dean of Ely. 
 
 Mr. Matthew Thomas, of Chrift Coll. Camb. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Thomfon of Chefter. 
 
 Sir Robert Throckmorton Baronet. 
 
 The late George Throckmorton, Efq; of 
 
 Wefton-Underwood, Bucks. 
 Rev. Mr. Tookie, Redlor of Worlington, Suif. 
 Mr. George Tookie, Surgeon in Ely. 
 Rev. Dr. Tucker, Dean of Gloucefter. 
 Sir Clement Trafford, Kt. of Dunton-Hall. 
 Geo.BootheTyndale, ofthelnnerTemple, Efq; 
 Thomas Tyndale, Efq; His Majefty's Prodtor 
 
 at Dodlors Commons. 
 Rev.Mr.Tyfon,Fell.ofCorp.Chrift.Coll.Camb. 
 
 V. 
 Sir Philip Vavafor, Kt. of Wifbech,I(]e of Ely. 
 
 W. 
 The Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick. 
 TheHon. Horace Walpole, of Strawberry Hill. 
 The Hon. Edward Wefton. 
 Rev. Mr. Walker, Minifter of Guyherne. 
 John Waller, Eliq; of St, Neots, Hunts. 
 Rev. W.Walton, M.D.Redl. of Upton,Hunt3v 
 George Ward, Elq; of Furnival's-Inn. 
 Rev. Mr. Ward, Prebendary of Lincoln. 
 Mr. Warmoll, Surgeon of Wisbech. 
 *Rev. Mr. Warren, Prebendary of Ely. 
 RichardWarren, M.D. Phyfician in Ordinary 
 
 to HisMajefty, and F.R.S. 
 Mr. Thomas Warriner, Merchant of Peterbor. 
 *Rev. Mr. Watkins, Precentor of the Cathedral 
 
 Church of Ely, 4 Books. 
 Benjamin Way, Efq; 
 Samuel Weely, Efq; Eflex. 
 Mr. Wenfley, Attorney at Law, of Wisbech. 
 Rev. Mr. Weft, Redtor of Mepall near Ely. 
 Rev. Mr. Whiflbn, Senior Fellow of Trinity 
 
 College Cambridge. 
 Rev. Mr.Whitaker. 
 
 Mr. John Whitehead, Charing-Crofs, London, 
 Mrs. Eliza Williams of Ely. 
 Mrs. Ellenora Williams of Ely. 
 Rev. Mr. Willins of Norwich. 
 The late Tho. Willis, Efq; of Blecheley,Bucks. 
 Windfor College Library. 
 John Wowen, Efq; of Hackney. 
 Daniel Wray, Efq; 
 
 Rev. Mr. Wright, Vicar of Oakly, EfTex, 
 *Francis Wyatt, Efq; late High Bailiff of the 
 
 IfieofEly. 
 William Wynne, Efq; Serjeant at Law. 
 
 Y. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Young, Prebendary of Canterbury. 
 
 PRE- 
 
{iJ 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 r HOUGH the Hijlojy of afiy particular Church may, at jirfi view, Se 
 deemed a fubjeSi too corifined to be the obje& of publick atte7Jtio?i ; yet I 
 Jhould willingly hope, that the Church of Ely will be allowed to be one of 
 the mojl curious Monuments of Rcclefiaftical Antiquities i7i this Ki7tgdom ; 
 and therefore ineriting fo^ne kind of difli?i£iion. Tide Hiflory of it, I have 
 divided iiito Five periods : the Firfi begi?2S with the fowidation of a Church 
 a?id Monajlery at Ely by Etheldreda^/e-^';? of the Northumbrians, A. D. 673, 
 and pews the fate of it under feveral Abbejfes, 'till the defru&ioft thereof 
 by the Danes i?i 870 : — the Seco7td contains the fate of this Church, whilf 
 in pojfejfion of the Secular Clergy, to (^jo: — the Third takes in the refound- 
 i7tg of the Mo77afery for Monks, by Ki7ig Edgar in 970, with the govern- 
 ment of it under Te7t fucceeding Abbots : — the Fourth begi7is with the C07t- 
 verfon of the Ab by into a Bifooprick, by Ki7ig Henry I, in nog, a72d i7t~ 
 eludes the fucceffwn of Bi /hops, to the dijfolution of the Mo77afery U7ider Ki7ig 
 Henry VIII. — a7id the Fifth C07n7nences at the efablifjnent of a Dea7i and 
 Prebendaries by that King, i7i 1541, extending to the prefent year lyyi' 
 
 To the Publick I think it not i77iproper to apologize, for letti7ig fo}7ie parts 
 of tny Hiforical Account of the Monafery appear with a Legendary cafi. 
 This may fee7n fra7tge and liable to ce7tfure i7t any Age of itnproved Know- 
 ledge : But having refolved to draw my Materials frojn Original TVr iters, 
 I could 7Wt well avoid that inconvenience without a reprehenfible ajfeSiation, 
 l72deed the frain of Writing, and tur7i of Se7iti7nent prevaili7ig in differ e7it 
 Ages, carry with thetfi 710 inco77fderable (perhaps it is one of the furefl) 
 tokens of their different te77ipers and true chara&ers. — Lz this view there- 
 fore I hope to fand clear of all reafonable cenfure : for with equal propriety 
 it 77iight be expe&ed of me to criticife upon their flyle of writi7tg, and f jew 
 how i7iferior that o/'Beda, Thomas Elienfis, &c. is to Livy, &c ; as that I 
 f/jould allalo7ig have broken the thread ofHiftory, [Monkifj as it fo77ietif77es is,] 
 in ordir to refute thofe erro7teous principles in which fotne of the RefleSiio7is 
 are founded. 
 
 To obviate in fo7ne meafure any objeBions that might be made to a jnere 
 local Hifory j / have e7ideavoured to enlarge a7id diverffy the profpeSl \ 
 
 c / hope^ 
 
n 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 Ihopc.iv'nhoiit being thought to deviate too much from the jna'm objeSi : and 
 by 'way of hitroduEimi^ have prefixed a general and very fuccinSi account 
 of the Adva7icement and Progrefs of Chriflianity in this Kingdom, previous 
 to its fettlement among our Saxon A?tcef}ors ; at ^hich Mr a our Hiflory 
 properly begins. 
 
 The Temporal JurifdiElion, which the Bipops of Ely have always enjoyed, 
 is fuch a fir iking circujnflance in our Hiflory, as could not well be pafjed 
 over without fo77ie particular 7iotice : I have therefore extended my i7iquiries 
 on that head, and e7ideavoured to trace its origin ; and doubt not but I have 
 fufficiently proved it to have been coeval with the Church, and at fir fl fettled 
 on her Mo7iafiery by the Royal Foundrefs herfclf; and there to have C07itinued, 
 only with fo77ie fenall interruption, ^till it became at length vefled in the 
 BiPjop, where it now refides. So7ne further account of this matter, and the 
 exercife of that JurifdiElio7i, having been drawn up, at my requefi, by a 
 worthy Friend, the Revere7id Mr. Warren, Prcbe^idary of this Church, in a 
 learned a7id judicious Hiftorical Account of the Royal Franchife of Ely, the 
 reader will find printed in the Appendix. 
 
 As my fubjeSi 7iaturally led tne to confider the particular fnodes of Build- 
 i7ig ufed in this Church and Mo7iafte7y, I have ventured to enlarge 7ny re- 
 fleElions on that heady by fo77ie general obfervations and i7jquiries into the 
 flate of ArchiteSlure at differe7it periods. To fo77ie perfons perhaps, thefe 
 refieSiio7is 77iay appear of no great i7nportance, or rather foreign to the main 
 purpofe; wh'ilfl others 77iay view the7n in a very differ e7it light. — I cannot 
 help thi7iki7ig, that the Hiftory of what is called Gothic ArchiteSlure in this 
 Kingdo7n ; its origin, progrefs, and flate in differe7Jt periods and ages, 
 jnufl afford an agreeable and ufeful e77tertai?i77ient to every curious and i7i- 
 qutfitive77iind: and I a7n apt to flatter 7nyfelf, That the Notices I have give7i, 
 and the flotations I have made fro7n our befl and 77iofl a7icient Hifloria?is, 
 and other occafio7ial Writers, relative to it, 7nay be of ufe to fuch as 7nay 
 hereafter have occaflon to 77iake further inquiries into a SubjeSl, that is at 
 prefe7it fofnewhat obfcure, as havi7ig never yet been profeffedly treated of 
 
 hi the profecutio7i of this Work, I have fo7netii7ies been led into critical 
 Difquifitions: they a}'e but few, and when they happened to be over- long, rather 
 than einbarras the 7iarrative, I have thought proper to affign thetn a place 
 in the Appendix, with one or two others, of the fa77te kind, C07nmu7iicated to 
 me by my Friends, whofe Na77ies are prefixed; together with a variety of 
 a7tcient Charters, and other authentick Writings, which mayferve to illuftrate^ 
 C07ifirm, or explain thefubjeSi 7natter treated of in the courfe of the Hi ft 07y. 
 
 It 
 
PREFACE. iii 
 
 // would be needlefs here to recount the various fources^ wherice I have 
 drawn 7ny Materials^ as I have ge?ierally cited my authorities ; 07ily in re- 
 fpeEi to Juch MSS as are not generally known., it may not be improper to 
 obferve^i that by Vet. Lib. Elien. MS, which I had frequent occajion to cite., 
 is mea?Jt, the Old Hiftory of Ely written by Thomas a Monk of this 
 Church y a very ancient Copy of which is preferved in the Church Libra?y 
 at Ely : It co?tfifls of three parts] the Firfl., concerning the Site of the Ife of 
 Ely^ withfome accou?tt (j/'y^S'. Etheldreda and three fucceeding Abbeffes\ the 
 Second., of the times of the Abbots ; and the Third, of the times of the two frji 
 Bifjops, endi?jg with the death (?/'Nige]lus, who died in 1169. MSS Epi 
 Elien. A, B, M, P, R, are ancient MS Volumes in Folio belonging to the 
 BiJJjop, 7narked fever ally with thofe Letters., arid kept at Ely-Houfe Hol- 
 bourn ; con f fling of ancient Records and Evidences of various kindsy re- 
 lating to the Church of Ely ; as Regifters of Papal Bulls., Royal Grants and 
 Confrfnatiofis of Liberties., Charters and other authentick Evidences.^ from 
 the earliefl times^ down to the Refor?natio?i : Bejides thefe., there are extant 
 many Rsgijlers of particular Bifhops., as Montacute, L'Ifle, Arundel, Ford- 
 ham, Bourgchier, Gray, Alcock, Welt, Goodrich, Thirlby, Cox, Heton, 
 and mofl of the fucceedi7tg Bifjops : the oldejl of them are depofted i?i the 
 Bifhofs Regiflry at Cambridge ; ajid the refl at Ely-Houfe Holbourn, or 
 the Bifhops Palace at Ely: The Inftitutions and other A8is relative to this 
 See., during its long vacancy after the death of Bifjop Cox, are to be found 
 in the Regifters of Archbifhops Grindall a7id Whitgift, in Lambeth Library. 
 To thefe may be added., many other Records i7i poffeffion of the Dea7i and 
 Chapter., and preferved i7i their Muni7nent-roo7n ; Regifters of Grants and 
 Confr7nationSy original Rolls, and yearly Accou72ts of fever al Officers of the 
 Monafiery., before the DiJfolutio7t thereof — There are 7nany other ancient, 
 curious a7td valuable MSS, that I have had recourfe to, and cited occafo7ial~ 
 ly ; but thefe bei?2g for the 77jofl part fuch as are repofited in the Britifli 
 Mufeum, the Bodleian, a7id other publick Libraries., are better known, and 
 therefore 72eed 7iot here be particularly 7nentioned. 
 
 My grateful Ack7towledg77ie7its are due to the Rev. Tl^r. Cole of Milton 
 near Ca7nbridge, to the Rev. Mr, Warren Prebe7idary of Ely, a7td to 
 Thomas Gray, Efq-, of Pe77ibroke-Hall\ for their ki7id affifla7ice in feveral 
 points of curious A7ttiquities : — to the Rev. Mr. Hughes, Vice-Prefident of 
 iluee7is College, for his friendly atte7ition to the Work in pajfing through 
 the Prefs: — to Mr.Efiex ArchiteEl of Ca77ibridge, for his judicious C07nmuni- 
 cations in 7natters oj ArchiteSiure: — and to f7iy Brother Mr, Bentham 
 of Ca77ibridge, for his projeSii77g and fuperi7itending this Work, {the laft he 
 C07icer7id hi7nfelf with) i7i refpeSi of Typography, upon a Plan truly adequate 
 
 c 2 to 
 
IV 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 to the dignity of the Fabrick, which it defer ibes. — The fame tribute of 
 Thanks ivill, I hope, be accepted by thofe Noble Perfons and Gentlemen, who 
 have fo generotify cofitributed to the engraving of the Plates\ without which 
 ki?id ajffiance, the Book could not have been afforded to the SubfcriberSy under 
 a vety advanced price. 
 
 ThisWork^ except part of the Appendix and Index, having been printed in 
 the life time ofBiJhop Maw son ; If jail here add the folkwiiig Infcription^ 6cc. 
 by way of conclufon to my accou?it of hi?ni p. 214. 
 
 SACRED BE THE MEMORY OF 
 
 D'^- M A T T H I A S M A W S O N,* 
 
 WHO FOR SIXTEEN YEARS 
 
 PRESIDED IN THE EPISCOPAL SEE OF ELY, 
 
 WITH TRUE CHRISTIAN DIGNITYj 
 
 A DIGNITY RESULTING FROM 
 
 PIETY AND BENEFICENCE, 
 
 MILDNESS AND CONDESCENSION, 
 
 VIGILANCE AND ACTIVITY: 
 
 EVERY SCHEME, 
 
 IN WHICH THE HONOUR AND WELFARE 
 
 OF HIS CATHEDRAL CHURCH AND THE ADJACENT COUNTRY 
 
 WERE CONCERNED, 
 
 FOUND IN HIM AN ABLE COUNSELLOR, 
 
 A ZEALOUS AND MUNIFICENT PATRON. 
 
 BY HIS REPEATED KINDNESSES, 
 
 THIS WORK OF ELY- ANTI QUITIES 
 
 WAS ENCOURAGED: 
 
 AN UNDERTAKING LABORIOUS IN ITS PROGRESS, 
 
 BUT PLEASING TO THAT AFFECTION, 
 
 WITH WHICH THE AUTHOR MUST EVER REGARD 
 
 HIS NATIVE PLACE. 
 
 Ely, Jan. 28. 1 77 1. 
 
 « This venerable Prelate, having enjoyed uncommon vigour, both of Mind and Body, 
 di\QCi^\.Kenfuigton^ow.2T^,\'jyo; Aged 88 years ; and is interred in the North Ifle of the 
 New Choir J the Decoration of which latter had been greatly promoted by his judicious 
 Advice and Liberality; (fee p.2 14,285.) — Among his Donations by Will, he has left to 
 Corpus Chrifti College in Cambridge, of which he had formerly been Mafter, 9000 /. 
 6000/. of which, are to be applied to the purchafe of Lands, for founding Scholarfliips ; 
 and the remaining 3000/. to be laid out in rebuilding the College: The Bifhop of Ely 
 for the time being, is appointed Vifitor of this Foundation; and the Money left for 
 rebuilding the College is not to be laid out, without his Lordlhip's approbation. 
 
 I BifJjop 
 
PREFACE. V 
 
 Bipop Maws ON, the Fiftieth Bijhop of this See^ was fucceeded hy 
 Edmund KEENE, D.D. Bi/hop (T/Chefter, ReSior (t/' Stanhope in the 
 Bifhoprick of Dm\\3.m^ Son of Mr. C\-\2.vh% Keenc Merchant, o/" Lynn-Regis 
 in Norfolkj (w-here he was horfi,) and Brother of Sir Benjamin Keene, 
 Knight of the Bath, many years /^ntbaffador at the Court 0/ Madrid : He 
 was educated at the Charter- Houfe, and thence admitted (?/'Caius College^ 
 Cambridge, /;/ 1 7 30 ; where haviitg taken his Degree of^.K. ?^ 1 7 3 3, and 
 that ofM.h. ini^i'] \ he was eleSied Fellow of that Society : hut afterwards 
 re^noved to St. PeterV College, on being appoirited Fellow thereof in Auguft 
 1739; a7id was made Mafler of that College, Dec. 31,1748: He proceeded 
 to his Dfgree o/' D.D. the Co?n?7Jenceme7it followi?ig ; and was eleSled Vice- 
 chancellor of the Uitiverfty two fucceedirig years, vi%. 1749, and 1750. 
 On the death of Dr. Peploe, in 1752, he was promoted to the See ^Chefter, 
 %vhere he rebuilt the Epif copal Palace, at a very conjiderable expe?ife : havifig 
 likewife before made great Improvements in the Houfe and Gardens belonging 
 to theReEiory ^Stanhope. In the year 1754, he refigned the Maflerpip of 
 St.V^ttrs College, in favour of Dr. Edmund Law, then Archdeacon, and 
 710W Bifjop of CarHfle: A?td on the deceafe of Bifhop Mavvfon, was 
 tr an fated to the See ofYXy, and confir?ned Bifop thereof, Jan, 22, 17711 
 agreeably to the united wipes of his whole Clergy and Diocefe. 
 
 Feb. 17. 1771. 
 
 CON- 
 
(vi) 
 
 CONTEN T S. 
 
 Pag. 
 
 INTRODUCTION, Section I. Of the Jirft Settlement of Chriflianity 
 in Britain. _— — i 
 
 Sect. \\. Of the Ruin of the BritiJ}} Church by the Saxons. 4 
 
 Sect. III. Of the Converfion of the Saxons. ■ 7 
 
 Ss.cT.lV. 'The Eaf- Angles converted to Chrijlianity. lo 
 
 Sect. V, Hijlorical Remarks on the Saxon Churches. . 1^ 
 
 Sect. VI. Improvements in ArchiteBure by the Normans. 32 
 
 The Life of S. Etheldreda, Foundrefs of the Church, and firjl Abbefs of the Monaftery 
 
 of Ely, and of the other Abbejfes. ■ 45 
 
 Of the DeJlru6lion of S. Etheldredas Monajlery at Ely by the Danes. 64 
 
 *The State of the Church of Ely, 'till the Repration of the Monaflery by King Edgar. — 70 
 
 The Rejloration of the Monaflery by King Edgar. 71 
 
 Abbots of Ely. 71 
 
 The Adminijlration of the Abby granted to Hervcy Bijljop of Bangor during theVacancy, 
 
 on the death of Richard the lajl Abbot. 1 1 9 
 
 BiMsofEly. 130 
 
 Triors. ■ 215 
 
 An Account of the New Foundation of the Church of Ely by King Henry PHI. 225 
 
 Deans of Ely. 227 
 
 Prebendaries. — ■ 241 
 
 ADiffertation concerning the Archdeaconry of Cambridge and of Ely. 269 
 
 Archdeacons of Ely. 271 
 
 A Lift of the prefent Minor Canons, &c. -— 2 8 1 
 
 A general Defcription of the Cathedral and other Buildings. — 282 
 
 A Catalogue of the Prints. — — — 290 
 
CONTENTS. vii 
 
 *i 
 
 APPEND IX. Carta Regis Eadgari, de Injlitutione Abbat'ia Elietifis. 
 
 Carta Regis Edwardi Confejforis, de Libertatibiis Ecclefia EUenfis. ■ *2 
 
 Privilegium Papa ViSioris II. de Liberfatibus Ecclefice Elienfis. *3 
 
 Remarks on the Tabula Elienfis, (Plate XIII.) lb. 
 
 Further Remarks on the fame, by Mr. Cole of Milton. *S 
 
 Varia Carta Regis Willielmi Co}iqueforis Anglia, de Libertatibus et Confuetudinibus 
 
 Ecclefia Elienfis. — — — 9 
 
 Epiflola Variay de miitatione Ccenobii Elienfis in Epifcopatum. * 1 1 
 
 Carta Regis Henrici, qiiomodo Abbatiam de Ely in Epifcopatum tratfmutavit. *I3 
 
 ADiffertation on the fore goi tig Charter of King Henry I. and a Defence of it^ againfi 
 
 the ObjeBions made to it by Mr. Selden and Mr. Wharton. *I4 
 
 Carta Regis Henrici I. de Libertatibus Ecclefia Elienfis. — *!/ 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis de adquietatione Villa de Hadham. lb. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, quod Monachi de Ely quiett fint de Theloneo. *i 8 
 
 Alia Carta ejufdem Regis, de eodem. lb. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, de conceffione Feria de Ely ad Feftum SanBa Etheldreda. lb. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, quod homines SanBa Etheldreda qui eti fint a Scyra et Hundreda. lb. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, de Poffefjionibus Ecclefia EUenfis colligendis. lb. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, contra Invafores terrarum et bonorum SanSia Etheldreda. lb. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, de Libertatibus ^inque Hundredorum. *I9 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, de acquietatione de Warda Militum in Cajlello Regis de Norwic. lb. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, de Servitio Militum. lb. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, de acquietatione 40 Sol. de JVardpeni. lb. 
 
 Cart,a ejufdem Regis, de relaxatione 40 Li br arum Scutagii. *2o 
 
 Carta Regis Henrici I de Concefiione Abbatia de Chateris Ecclefia Elienfii. lb. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, de Libertate Hundredorum SanBa Etheldreda. lb. 
 
 jliaCartaejufdemRegis,nehominesEpifcopatusElienfisplacitent,nifiubifolebantplacitareAh. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, quod Res Abbatia aquo et jufio modo dividantur. lb. 
 
 Carta Hervei Epifcopi Elienfis, de rebus quas permifit et concefiit Monachos habere. — *2i 
 An Hiftorical Account of the Royal Franchife of Ely, by the Rev. Mr. Warren, 
 
 Prebendary of Ely. ■ 
 
 Laudum five Arbitrium inter Johannem Epifcopum Elienfem, et Willielmum Priorem 
 
 Elien. fa5t. A.D. 141 7. de Juribus eorum et fuccefforum utriufque Partis. *2j 
 
 Pe?fio 
 
viii CONTENTS. 
 
 Penfio annua W altera Lemppr, M. D. a Dno GiiL Gray. Epo concejfa. *34 
 
 Injlallatio Johannis Morton Epifcopi Elien/is. ■ lb. 
 
 The Servyces at the Stallation of the BiJl:op of Ely (Morton.) *35 
 
 Mandatiim proDeclaratione pretenfajurifdiSlionis perRomanum Tontificem ufurpatce, 
 ac in hoc Regno Anglice extirpates, et ut Nomen Papa in omnibus Libris ecclefiajlicis 
 
 dele at ur. • — "3" 
 
 InjunSliones Thoma (Goodrich) Epi Elien de Imaginibus, Reliquiis, &c, amovendis. *i,y 
 Petition of Matthew Parker ABp. EleB of Canterbury, Edmund Grindall EleB of 
 London, Richard Cox EleB of Ely, William Barlow EleSi of Chichejler, and John 
 Scory Ele6i of Hereford, to S>iieen Elizabeth -, praying that Jhe would forbear making 
 the exchange of their Manors and Lands for Tenths and Impropriate ReSlories. — * 3 7 
 
 Reafons for making a Bi/J:op of Elie, {Temp. Eliz.) *^g 
 
 The Boke of the ereBion of the Kings newe College at Else, with the Names and Por- 
 tion oflivinge ajjigned to the Deane, and all other Officers appointed for the accom- 
 
 plijlment of the fame. *4o 
 
 Obfer-vations on the Arms of the Bifjops of Ely, in a Letter from Mr. Cole of Milton. *42 
 Monumental Infcriptions in Ely Cathedral; exclufive of thofe of the BiJJjops and other 
 Dignitaries, which are inferted under their Names in the following Work. *48 
 
 A general Index. ■■■ * SZ 
 
 ERRATA. 
 Page 105. Line 3. for b his own read by his own. 
 P. 112. 1.24. io\- ftmonical x. fimoniacal. 
 P. 167. Note 7. after fol. 329, add, jee Appendix, p. 27. 
 P. 196. Notes, 1.7. for qiiingentifmo x. quingetitefimo, 
 P. 276. Notes, laft Line, iox Ford m x. Fordham. 
 P. 283. 1.6. aha- built, add by Bijhop Ridel. 
 App. p. *40. 1. S. from the bottom, fox May iie x. Maye. 
 App. p. *42. for Numb. XXVIII. r. XXXV. 
 
 INTRO- 
 
/^'^.9- _,^. 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 SECT. I. 
 
 Of the jirjl Settleme7Jt of Chrijlia7ttty hi Britain. 
 
 WHEN the Christian Religion was firil publiflaed in the world, the 
 inhabitants of Britain were Idolaters,' as were the bulk of mankind. All 
 that we can colle6l with any degree of certainty concerning them is, that they 
 had religious rites and ceremonies diflinguiflied by fome peculiarities from thofe of 
 the neighbouring Nations, and that the Druids their chief guides in religious matters, 
 were alfo intruded with the dire6lion of their civil affairs; in which there was a near 
 conformity between them and the ancient GauU : But their religious tenets being, 
 it is faid, never committed to writing; it is no wonder if at this time, our know- 
 ledge of them, and their rites and ceremonies, being derived only from obfcure 
 hints and uncertain conjeflures, is dark and confufed. 
 
 The particular Time when thefe and other errors of Heathenifm began to be ex- 
 tirpated by the preaching of the Gofpel, has been the fubjecl of controverfy with fe- 
 veral learned men of our own nation; among whom are BifhopGodwifi,^ Mr. Camden, '3 
 ArchbifliopL^'t'r,4 and Biiho-p Stillin^eeLS Moll of our Church Hiftorians, before 
 
 Bilhop 
 
 ^ Gildffi Plift. p. 12. Ed. Gale. ^De Prjefiilibus Anglise, p. 2. Ed. Richardfon. 3 Britannia, 
 4 Antiq. Ecclef. Brit. p. i . 5 OriginesBrit. cap. i . p, 4, 5, &c. 
 
 A 
 
2 THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF 
 
 Bifliop Stillingpet undertook that province of enquiry, had carried this memorable 
 event fo high as the reign of the Emperor Tiberius: an opinion, by no means confo- 
 nant either to the circumftances of the Britifi affairs at that time, or to the Scriptural 
 account of the fpreading of the Gofpel : Accordingly ' Bifhop Stillingjieet refolves it 
 into a miftake concerning the fenfe of a paffage cited from Gildas the BritiJIo Hiflo- 
 lian, whofe words rightly underftood, evidently place the bringing in of the Gofpel 
 at a later period, namely, after the triumph of Claudius Cafar over the Britons, and 
 before the middle of the Emperor Neros reign, i.e. between A.D. 44. and 61, during 
 which interval Britain was reduced to a Roman Province, and a communication opened 
 between the Roman Empire and Britain: which intercourfe would naturally contribute 
 to the extenfion of the Gofpel in thefe parts. 
 
 That 'bt. Peter firft preached the Gofpel here, has been aflerted by feveral Writers 
 of the Church of Rome ; 2 but the teflimonies are modern and infufficient : Bifliop Sti//~ 
 ingfleet favours the opinion, which afcribes the firft preaching of the Gofpel in Britain 
 to St. Paul; and this upon arguments by no means deftitute of great probability. Thus 
 much is certain, that the Gofpel was by the Apoftles themfelves and their afliftants 
 publiflicd throughout moft parts of the known world : And though neither the firft 
 planting of Chriftianity in Britain, nor the gradual increafe and progrefs of it after- 
 wards, are any where diftin61;ly recorded in a regular feries of Hiftory ; yet there is fuf- 
 ficient evidence to be met with in the earlieft Chriftian Writers, who have had occa- 
 fion to fpeak of the State of Religion in their feveral times, that the Gofpel was receiv- 
 ed in Britain very early, that is, in or near the times of the Apoftles. Clemens Romanics, 
 one of St. Pauls companions in the work of the Gofpel, and one of the earlieft 
 Writers in the Chriftian Church, who flouriflied A.D. 65. in his account of St. 
 Paul's travels, informs us, that he preached the Gofpel in the utmoft bounds of the 
 Weft; an exprefllon, commonly ufed and underftood in thofe times for the Britijh 
 Iflands : 3 and Eufebius, a learned and diligent Hiftorian under Conftantine the Great, and 
 employed by that Emperor to fearch what publick records were remaining and had 
 cfcaped in the feveral perfecutions, on purpofe to write the Hiftory of the Chriftian 
 Church, expreflly afiirms, that fome of the Apoftles in their travels crofling the 
 ocean, arrived at the BritifJ:) Iflcs.4 Tertullian, who flouriflied about the year 200. 
 fpeaks of it as a fadl well known in his time, that the Chriftian Religion had made 
 it's way into fome parts of Britain, which remained unconquered by the Romans, and 
 where even the Roman arms could not penetrate. 5 To the fame purpofe many more 
 authorities are cited from very antient writers, by the learned Archbifliop XJ/liery 
 Bifliop Stillingfteet, and others. 
 
 This however muft not be fo ftri^lly underftood, as if the whole countiy was fo 
 early converted to the Faith ; but only, that Chriftianity was firft planted here, and 
 that many converts were made in the Apoftles days: it's progrefs, after it was once 
 introduced, was gradual, and the number of Chriftians from that period ftill kept 
 
 in- 
 
 ' Origines Biit. cap. i. p. 4. * Baronius, A.D. 50. CrefTy Ch. Hifl:. of Brir. booki. ch.6. 3 0rigines 
 Brit.cap.i.p.38. ^Eufeb.Demonft. Evang. lib. iii. cap. 7. 5 " Britannoriim inaccelTa Romanis loca 
 Chiillo fubdica." Tertullian in Lib. adverllis Judasos, cap. 7. 
 
CHRISTIANITY IN BRITAIN. 3 
 
 increafing; though it feems to have received no countenance or proteclion from the 
 Civil Power, till towards the end of the 2d Century -, and that was on the converfion 
 of the Britijl:) King Lucius,^ the firft King we meet with in Hiflory that was publickly 
 baptized and profeffed himfelf a Chrillian. Such an event could not fail of having 
 confiderable influence in promoting the interefts of Chriflianity. It muft however 
 be confefled, that little is found in Hiftor)- concerning the flate of the Britifi Church in. 
 the times immediately fucceeding : Poflibly the records of thofe times might be deftroy- 
 ed in the Disclefmn perfecution ; for nothing material occurs concerning the Chriftians 
 in Britaiji till the beginning of the 4th Century, the laft year of that Emperor's reign, 
 A.D. 303. when we find they then had their fhare in it.* 
 
 How violent and extenfive foever the former perfecutions begun and carried on 
 by feveral other Roman Emperors againft the Chriftians had been ; that only under Dio- 
 clejian feems to have reached the Br itijh Church: the names of fome few of the many 
 Martyrs who then fufFered, are recorded in Hiftory; among which are St. Alian a 
 native of Verulam, then a Roman Colony, fituate near where the Town of St. Album 
 now ftands, reckoned the firft Britijh Martyr; and Aaron and Julius at Caerleon m 
 JVales.'i The year following, Conjiantius and Galerhis were declared Emperors; and Con" 
 jlantius put an entire ftop to that perfecution in Britain, and Gaul, and all other Pro- 
 vinces under his government. He alfo made Britain the chief place of his refidence, 
 and thereby fecured the Chriftians who lived under him in peace and tranquillity. 
 Having reigned not quite two years he died at York, A. D. 306. or 307. having firft ap- 
 pointed his Son Conjlantine to fucceed him ; and the Army fupporting his title and 
 claim, he was accordingly proclaimed Emperor, firft in Britain,^ and afterwards in all 
 the other Provinces. No fooner was Conjlafitine invefted with the Imperial Dignity, but 
 he openly declared himfelf in favour of the Chriftians, and gave them liberty in the 
 profeffion of their Religion, encouraged them to repair their Churches, which had 
 Ijeen deftroyed in the late perfecution, and to build others in all parts of his dominion. 
 
 From this memorable ^m then, are we to date the civil eftablifhment of Chriftia- 
 nity not only in Bj-itain, but in all the other Provinces of the Roman Empire. For it 
 was by this Emperor's Edi6ls, that the Bifliops and Fathers of the Church were firft 
 called together, to attend the interefts of Religion, and provide for the feciirity, order, 
 and tranquillity of the Chriftian Church ; Laws were now firft made for the defence, 
 fupport, and maintenance of it's Minifters ; and the Canons relating to it's Doctrine 
 and Difcipline were confirmed by the Imperial authority, and ordered to be obferved 
 throughout the Empire; many fumptuous Churches were ere6led about this time in 
 Jeriifalejn, 'Tyre, and Conflantinoplc, and other large cities of the Empire; all which he 
 liberally endowed and adorned with the greateft fplendor and magnificence. 
 
 With refpeift to Britain, probably his native country, and certainly the place 
 where he was firft fainted Emperor, it can hardly be doubted, but Conjlajitine exerted 
 his zeal in promoting the intereft of Religion there, as well as in the other Provinces. 
 We have indeed no account of the particular efteds of it, in Churches founded and 
 
 endowed 
 
 ' Bedae Hift. Ecclef. lib. i. cap.4. ^ Uflierii Antiq.Ecclef.Brit.p.88. sGildse Hift. p.i 1. Beds 
 Hifl. Ecclef. lib. i. cap. 7. 4 Ibid. lib. i. cap. S. 
 
 A2 
 
4 THE RUIN OF THE BRITISH CHURCH 
 
 endowed by him there; but the fettled ftate of the Chriftian Religion in Britain^ 
 may be coUeded from thofe general accounts that are recorded by Gildas,^ and Bede^ 
 and other antient Hiftorians : and that the Britij}} Church was not overlooked by 
 him, appears evident from the Subfcriptions to the Council of Arles,^ A. D. 314. 
 fummoned by the Emperor's authority; at which were prefent three of the Briti/Jj 
 Bifliops, Eborius Bifliop of Tork, Reftitutus of London, and Adelphius another Britip 
 Bifliop whofe See is uncertain, but Bifliop Stillingjiect with great probability conjec- 
 tures was Caerkon in Wales ; 3 — one Bifliop out of each of thofe Provinces into which 
 Britain was divided at that time; agreeable to the form of a Summons to that Coun- 
 cil, which is fl:ill extant in Eiifebius. 4 And in feveral other Councils held in the reign 
 of Conjlantine and his immediate SucccflTors, the prefence of the Britijlo Bifliops is fufh- 
 ciently attefl:ed by contemporary writers, as cited by moft of our Church Hifl:orians; 
 — particularly at the Council oiNice in Bithynia,'i a.d. 325. at the Council of Sardis 
 in I'hrace,^ A.D. 347. and at the Council oi Aritninum in Italy, A.D. 359. fummoned 
 by the Emperor Cotijlantius : In this laft Council it is remarkable, that the expences 
 of all the Bifliops were ordered to be defrayed out of the publick treafury; but thofe 
 of Aquitain, France, and Britain chofe rather to bear their own charges, than to be 
 a burden to the publick; except three of the Britijl) Bifliops, who accepted the Em- 
 peror's allowance ; 1 whence it appears that there v^ere feveral other BritiJJo Bifliops 
 prefent at that Council, though the names and number of them are omitted. 
 
 From all which it is evident, that Paganifm was now generally aboliflied, and 
 that the Chrifl:ian Religion, from the time of it's early introdudion into Britain, had 
 continually gained ground, and fpread itfelf through all that part of it now called 
 England; and according to the reports of Hifl:ory, was during the greatefl: part of 
 this Century in a flourifliing condition, orthodox in it's profeflion of the faith, and 
 refpecled by the Churches abroad for the purity of it's morals. 
 
 SECT. II. 
 
 Of the Ruin of the BriliJJj Church by the Saxons. 
 
 THE BiSls, who were the inhabitants of the mofl: Northern parts oi Britain, had 
 never been wholly fubdued by the Romans ; but, joining in confederacy with 
 the Scots, who came over to them from Ireland, had taken all occafions of invading 
 and harafllng the Provincial Britons. About the beginning of the 5th Century, they 
 be"-an again to be more frequent in their irruptions into the Provinces : At the fame 
 time the Roman Empire itfelf, having been weakened and greatly impaired in the 
 Wefliern parts, by Conftantine's removing the imperial Seat from Rome to Byzantium 
 or Conflantinople, became more expofed to the Saxons, and Franks, who joining with 
 their neighbouring States began an attack on the Roman Provinces in Gaul; the Goths 
 alfo and Vandals, with other barbarous Nations, about the fame time penetrating 
 
 into 
 ' GildseHift.p. 12. BedjcHift.Eccl. lib. i.cap.S. = Cave Hift. Liter, vol. ii. p. 105. sOrigines 
 Brit.cap. ii. p. 75. -v Eufebii Hid. Ecclef. lib. x. cap. 5. 5 Eufebius de vita Conftantini, lib.iii. c.18. 
 * Athanafius, Auolog. a"** &c. 7 Sulpitius Severus, Hill. Sacr. lib. ii. 
 
BY THE SAXONS. 5 
 
 into the heart of Italy, Alaric King of the Goths laid liege to Rome, and made hlm- 
 felf mafter of it in the year 410. 
 
 These calamities in the Empire were the more fenfibly felt m Britaiti,^ as the 
 Britip youth had been carried over from time to time in fo great numbers to recruit 
 the Armies in foreign parts ; that it was in a manner quite exhaufted of it's natural 
 ftrength ; the Rommi Legions alfo ufually ftationed here, being withdrawn, the Ifland 
 was left in a very defencelefs ftate. Finding themfelves thus deferted by the Rotnans, 
 the Britons, as the means of their fafety, refolved to fet up Princes of their own : but 
 divifions and diforders prevailing in their Councils, they who were elected and invefted 
 with the fupreme authority, proved generally unfuccefsful, and were foon depofed and 
 murdered. The Empire, attacked on every fide, was too much embarrafled to defend 
 all it's diftant provinces ; fome forces indeed had been fent to the relief of Britain, but 
 were foon ordered back to the continent; the efforts therefore made to prefer ve it, 
 afforded only a temporary relief, but no lafling advantage againft an enemy on their 
 borders, ever watchful, and ready to take the field again when opportunity offered. 
 
 Not long after, a refolution was taken by the Romans entirely to abandon the Ifland : - 
 they put it however into the befl poflure of defence that time and circumflances 
 would allow; and afTifled the Britons With, all their foldiers to repair the wall, formerly 
 made for a barrier againfl their enemies; exhorting them to behave like men, and 
 bravely to defend themfelves, their liberty, and their country ; and then took their 
 lafl farewel, and embarked their forces for the continent. This memorable event, 
 which put an end to the Roman Empire in Britain, is placed by fome Hiflorians in 
 the year 422. by others a few years later. No fooner were the PiSfs and Scots in- 
 formed of the departure of the Roftians, but they returned in greater numbers than 
 ever from Scotland and Ireland, and attacked the Britons placed on the wall, which 
 they had not courage to defend; took pofleflion of their Cities, and extended their 
 ravages throughout the country, v»'ithout meeting with any oppofition. 
 
 Thus diftreffed for feveral years by their enemies, deferted by the Romans, and re- 
 duced to extremity by famine; many of them fubmitted to flavery; others more 
 refolute retired with their arms to mountains, caves, and woods, and became occafion- 
 ally the fuccefsful avengers of their country, and reflorers of it's tranquillity. Bat peace, 
 and plenty, and fecurity produced by degrees among the Britons the ufual effects of in- 
 dolence, vice, and irreligion; which foon opened the way for a more efficacious irruption 
 of their old enemies, the Picls and Scots; and as if Providence had now quite deferted 
 them, and given them up to deft ruction,3 under Fortigern their King, they took a mea- 
 fure for their prefervation, of all others the mofl infamous and pernicious; and that 
 was inviting over the Saxons to their afllflance. The Saxons were Pagans, barbarous, 
 and unciviUzed; but hardy and warlike: they were inhabitants of the Northern parts 
 of Germany, whence they frequently made excurfions both by fea and land, being ufed 
 to piracy and plunder ; and had formerly fignalized their valour in feveral expedi- 
 tions againfl Britain. Ambaffadors were accordingly fent; their offer and terms readily 
 accepted : and thus an unnatural aUiance formed between the Chriftian Britons and 
 
 the 
 'Beds Hift.EccI. lib. i. cap. 12^ ^ Ibid. utfnpra. 3 Ibid. lib. i. cap. 14. 
 
6 THE RUIN OF THE BRITISH CHURCH 
 
 the Pagan Saxons, who doubtlefs were pleafed with fo favourable an entrance into a 
 Country tlicy had formerly invaded, and wherein they now probably hoped one day 
 to cftablifli themfclves. 
 
 The firlT: body of Saxons embarked for Britain arrived at the IJle of Thanet^ in the 
 year 449. or the following year, under the conduct of Hengijl and Horfa, defendants 
 of the famous Woden, from whom all the Saxon Princes claim their defccnt.^ The 
 number of thefe forces is not mentioned; but as they came over only in three fliips, 
 it could not be very confidcrable. However, the fucccfs they met with in their firft 
 engagement with the Picls and Scots, furniflied them with plaufible reafons for aug- 
 menting their forces; and with the confent of Vortigern, another body of Saxons was 
 fent for, and arrived the next year ; and two years after a much larger fupply of 
 them arrived in Britain;^ by which means their numbers increafed fo as to form a 
 very large army. 
 
 And now the Saxons relying on their fuperlority, foon difcovered their real de- 
 figns; firft of all, by quarrelling with the natives on account of their allowance of 
 provifions, and demanding an increafe of them; afterwards threatening to break the 
 league, and to lay the Country wafte if their demands were not complied with.4 — 
 Thefe threats were foon followed by open ads of hoftility on the part of the Saxons, 
 who fuddenly turning their arms againft thofe whom they had engaged to defend, 
 laid the foundation of a long and bloody war, w^hich lafted more than one Century, 
 and ended in the deftruclion of the country, and the utter fubverfion of the Church 
 eftabliflied in Britain. 
 
 The horrible devaftation the Saxons made at this time both GiUas and 5^^t' compare 
 to the burning ol'jerujakm by the Chaldeans, and afcribe it to the juft judgment of 
 God, for the fins of the inhabitants;? and inform us, " That by the hands of thefe 
 " Pagans a fire was kindled which executed the vengeance of God on the fins of the 
 " people, and devoured from the Eaftern to the Weftern Sea : Cities and Churches, 
 " buildings publick as well as private were burnt down and deftroyed ; the Priefts 
 " and Minifters of Religion flain at their altars, and the Bifhops of the Church involv- 
 " ed in one common ruin with the people, and none left to bury them : fome, who 
 " to efcape the general maflacre had fled to the mountains, were there taken and 
 " flaughtered; others furrendering themfelves to the enemy, were glad to compound 
 " for their lives, with the lofs of liberty, and to avoid periftiing by hunger; numbers 
 " embarked and went over into foreign parts ; but others, refolving not to leave 
 *' their native country, betook themfelves to the mountains or woods or rocks, where 
 " they lived in great anxiety and continual fear."^ 
 
 The land was at this time fo completely wafted and deftroyed, as to render it 
 quite uninhabitable; the Saxons themfelves were forced to retire; " They went home," 
 fay Gildas and Bcde ; 7 but whether they mean that they croflcd the fea again, or 
 only retired into Kent and Northumberland, which they feem to have been in pofiefllon 
 
 of, 
 ' Beds Hift. Eccl. Chron. Saxon, ad annum 449. - Ibid. 3 Matt.Weftm. ad annum. 453. 4 Gildae 
 Hift.lia:.23. Bcdce Hift. Eccl. lib.i. 0,15. sGildie Hift.fea.24. Bedce Hift. Eccl. lib. i.e. 15. ^Qildte 
 HUl fed. 24. BedseHift. Eccl. Ub.i.c. 15. 7 Gilda: Hilt. fea. 25. BedceHift.Eccl. lib.i. c. 16. 
 
BY THE SAXONS, 7 
 
 of, is not clear. During this recefs of the enemy, the Britons began to take courage 
 and aflemblc their fcattered remains; and having firft implored the prote6lion of 
 heaven, united under the condu6t of Aurelius Ambrofms, marched to attack the enemy, 
 probably before they had time to colle6t their forces, and by the blefling of God 
 obtained a Viflory. 
 
 From this time the war was carried on a great while with various fuccefs ; fome- 
 times the Britons and fometimes the Saxons prevailing. Neverthelefs, the Britons reaped 
 but little advantage from their vi6lories ; their numbers decreafing by the havock of 
 war; and many of them continually palling over the fea to their countrymen fettled 
 in Brifany, whilft the Saxons were conftantly receiving frefh fupplies from their own 
 Country, and the bordering Hates of the Angles and Jutes, who kept flowing in, and pof- 
 feffed themfelves of the parts relinquifiied by the Britons. Towards the latter end of 
 the 6th Century, after numberlefs attempts to recover the Countries they had loft, all 
 their efforts proving ineffe6lual, the Britons were driven into the Weftern parts; and 
 being there confined within very narrow bounds, were haraffed on all fides by their 
 enemies, and forced at length to take refuge in the mountainous and rocky Countries 
 of Wales, and parts of Devon, and Cornivall; leaving the Saxons, Angles, and Jutes, Ma- 
 fters of all the beft of what is now called England; where they had by degrees ereded 
 feven feparate States or Kingdoms, fince known by the name of the Heptarchy. 
 
 As to the Britijlo Church; the Saxon Kings, being all of them Pagans, perfecuted 
 the Chriftians, and exercifed all manner of cruelty towards them, and endeavoured 
 the utter fubverfion of the Chriftian name and worfliip ; i their Churches were de- 
 ftroyed, or converted into Pagan Temples,^ and the Pagan worfliip fet up in all 
 places fubject to the Saxons : Many of the Britofis retired into thofe parts of the Ifland 
 into which the Saxon arms could not penetrate ; and it is particularly recorded of 
 Theonus Archbifliop of London, and Tbadiocus Archbifliop of York, that after they 
 had feen all the Churches within their Provinces deftroyed to the ground, they re- 
 tired in the year 5S6. with their Clergy who had furvived thofe publick calamities, 
 into Wales and Cornivall. 3 
 
 SECT. III. 
 
 Of the Converjjo?^ of the Saxons. 
 
 WHILST Chrlftianity was thus lofing ground in Britain, fome confiderable ad- 
 vances were made towards fpreading it in Ireland. In the year 43 1. Palladius 
 was Ordained Bifliop by Pope CeleJUne, and fent to convert the Scots in Ireland;^ but 
 dying within a year, he was fucceeded in that Office the year following by Saint 
 Patrick; who is generally accounted by Hiftorians the Apoftle of that Country: his 
 Father was of the Britifi Nobility, 5 whofe Name was Calphurnius, and his Mother's 
 Conche or Conceffa, Sifter of St. Martin Bifliop of Tours; under whom he had the firft 
 part of his education, and afterwards under St.Germanus Bifliop of Auxerre in France; 
 
 he 
 
 > Matth. Weftm. ad annum 586. ^ — « Slqua Ecclefia, terra fubjugata, ill^efa fervabatur; hoc ma- 
 " gis ad contufionem nominis Chnfti qiiam ad gloriam faciebant. Nempe ex eis Deorum fuorum 
 " templa facientes, profanis fiiis facrificiis fandta Dei altaria polluerunt." Ibid. 3 Matth Weftmon ad 
 annum. 4 Profperi Chron. 5 Ulher. Antiq. Ecclef. Brit. cap. 17. Cavei Hift. Lit. vol. i p 3 3 1 
 
8 THE CONVERSION OF THE SAXONS. 
 
 he travelled to Rome, where the fame of his learning and piety increafing, he was em- 
 ployed by Cekft'nie to profecute the work begun by Palladius of converting Ireland 
 to the Chriilian faith; ' and was to that end inverted with the title of Archbifhop of 
 the Scots. The fiiccefs of his million was indeed very great; for by his indefatigable 
 labours, during the whole time of his miniftry, which was fixty years, and by his 
 powerful preaching and exemplary life, he quite extirpated Idolatry, and eftabliflied 
 Chriliianity in it's room : He is faid to have creeled feveral Bifliopricks, and to have 
 fixed the Metropolitan See at Armagh;- and died in the year 493. The South PiSfs 
 who inhabited that part of Scotland neareft the Britofis, had been converted to the 
 faith fomewhat earlier by St. Ninian a Briton ; 3 his See was fixed at Whithern or Cati- 
 dida Cafa in Galloway, which was afterwards part of the Kingdom of Northumberland. 
 But the Pi£ls, who inhabited the mofl Northern parts of the Ifland, continued Pagans 
 till the year 565. when St.Columba, Founder of the famous Monaftery of Dearmach 
 in Ireland, brought fome Monks thence ; and having obtained of thofe people the Ifle 
 of Hii, founded a Monaftery there, and converted Bridius their King and all that 
 Nation to the faith of Chrift.4 Columba fpent thirty-two years in his miniftry after 
 his arrival, and died A. D. 597. in the 77th year of his age, and was there buried. 
 
 The Saxons were now in pofleftion of the greateft part of what is at this day called 
 England; tlie Chriftian Churches were all deftroyed, or converted into Heathen 
 Temples; 5 and Paganifm feemed to be firmly eftabliflied among them: when it 
 plcafed God to open a way to the re-eftablifliment of the Gofpel, by a concurrence of 
 feveral favourable circumftances, all tending under the direction of Providence, to 
 bring about that great event. The Nations about them, the French, the Scots in Ire- 
 land, and the PiSJs who inhabited the Northern parts of Britain, and had lately been 
 converted, were ready to give their afilftance in the Converfion of the Saxons, as foon 
 as that work fliould be begun. Ethelbcrt King of Kent, the moft powerful of the Saxon 
 Kings then reigning in Britain, for political reafons, had married, fome few years 
 before, a Chriftian Princefs whofe name was Bertha, Daughter of Charibert King of the 
 Franks, and Niece to Clothair the Firft : The profeflion and practice of her Religion 
 were fecured to her by Articles of Marriage; to this end flie had brought over with 
 her a Chriftian Biftiop, whofe name was Luidhard, for her fpiritual Guide and Diredor. 
 The Queen and her family ufed to attend divine fervice in an old Church, built whilft 
 the Romans were in Britain, on the Eaft fide of the City of Canterbury, dedicated to 
 the honour of Sm. Martin : ^ fo that the Chriftian Religion was now publickly profefled 
 in the Capital city of that Kingdom. At this time Augiiflin, and fome other Mif* 
 fionaries, fent from Rome by Pope Gregory the Great, to endeavour the converfion of 
 the Saxons, arrived in Britain. The information and knowledge that King Ethelbert 
 muft have acquired from the Queen and her attendants concerning the Chriftian 
 Religion, doubtlefs, at firft infpired the King her hufl^and with favourable fentiments 
 of it, and occafioned that kind reception thcfc Mifllonaries met with at their arrival ; 
 and lb opened the way for the converfion of the King and his Subjcds. 
 
 It. 
 
 ' Nennii Hift. Brit. c. c,5- Edit. Gale. - Uflier. Andq. Ecclcf. Brit. p. 458. 3 Bedre Hifl. Eccl. 
 lib.iii. C.4. 4]bid,lib.iii.c.4. sMucth. Wcflm. adan. 5b'6. ^Bcda; Hift. Eccl. lib. iii. c. 26. 
 
THE CONVERSION OF THE SAXONS. g 
 
 It was in the year 597. that they arrived and landed in the I/Ie of Thanet '■, and im- 
 mediately fent their interpreters which t!_y had brought with them from France, to 
 notify their arrival to the King, and to inform him " They were come as far as from 
 " Rome to impart to him a meffage of the higheft importance, and which afTured to 
 " thofe who eft6lually attended to it, no lefs than everlafting happinefs with the living 
 " and true God in Heaven."' On receiving this information, the King ordered them 
 to flay in the fame Ifland, till they fliould hear further from him ; and in the mean 
 time, gave dire6lions for their being provided with every thing they had occafion for. 
 
 A few days after the King came into the Ifland, and being feated abroad in the 
 open air, the Miflionaries were ordered to attend : — they accordingly fet out in folemii 
 proceflion, carrying before them a fdver Crofs, and the effigies of our Lord and Sa- 
 viour in painting, and in this manner were introduced into his prefence. There 
 Augiiftht, by the King's permiflion, firft preached the Gofpel to him and his attendants : 
 and when he had ended his difcourfe, the King replyed to this effect; " Your words 
 " and promifes are very fair; yet as they are new and uncertain; I cannot give my 
 " affent to them, and relinquifli the Religion which I and the whole EngliJJj Nation 
 *' have fo long profeffed. — However, fmce you have taken this long Journey on my 
 " account, and are defirous to communicate to us what you think to be true, and very 
 " advantageous to us ; we fliall regard you as friends, and as fuch entertain you ; 
 " neither do we forbid your preaching to our Subjects, and gaining as many as you 
 " can to your Religion." After which they v/ere difmiffed. And it was not long be- 
 fore the King, purfuant to his promife, gave them an habitation in the City of Gm- 
 terbury, fettled their appointment of diet and all kinds of necelTaries, and renewed 
 their licence for preaching the Gofpel to his people. As foon as thefe Miflionaries 
 were fettled in their new habitation, they began to regulate their manner of living 
 after the pattern of the Apoflles and primitive Chriflians, in frequent prayer, watch- 
 ings and faflings, and other religious exercifes, and preaching the Gofpel to the people 
 as often as occafion offered. The publick offices of Religion were at firft performed 
 G-nly in the Church of St. Martin ; - where no fmall number of converts were baptized 
 on the day of Pentecoft ; till the King himfclf being converted to the faith, gave them 
 free liberty to preach, and build or repair Churches in all parts of his dominions. 
 
 Having thus far facceeded in his miffion, Aiigiifiin according to the inftructions 
 of Pope Gregory, paffed over into France, and was ordained Bifliop at Aries; and 
 thence returned in the year 598. with the chara6ler of Archbifliop of the Englijh 
 Nation. The King received him with marks of great refpe6l, afligned him t'ae City 
 of Cafiterbury for his Archiepifcopal See, and then gave him another ancient Churcli 
 there, that had been built in the time of the Romans; this Chxnxh. Augiijlin repaired 
 and dedicated to the honour of our Saviour, appointing it the Metropolitan Church 
 for himfelf and his fucceffors.3 He alfo founded the Monaftery of St. Peter and 
 St. Paul in the eaftern part of the City ; but the King built the Church belonging to 
 it, intending it for the burial-place of the Kings of Ke7it and the Archbifhops of Can- 
 terbury, 
 
 ^ Bedce Hifl. Eccl. lib. i. cap. 25. - Ibid. cap. 26. 3 Ibid. cap. 33. 
 
 B 
 
10 THE EAST-ANGLES 
 
 ierbury ; and likcwife founded and endowed the Billiopricks of St. PauP^ London, and 
 St. Andrews in Rocheflcr. 
 
 About the year 6oi.* feme other MifTionaries were fent over by Pope Gregory, at 
 the inftance of Augufiin, who had informed him of tlie cxj)cdiency of fending more 
 adiftants to carry on the work of the Gofpel, which was ahcady very far advanced ; 
 the chief of thefe were Mellitus, Jujius, FauUnm, and Rufmianus ; who brought with 
 them holy vefTels, coverings and other ornaments of the Altar ; alfo fome reliques of 
 Saints and Martyrs; books and veftments for the Priefts and other Minifters of the 
 Church to be ufed in their miniftration ; and likewifc the Archiepifcopal Pall for 
 Aiiguftin; with Letters of congratulation from the Pope, to the King, the Queen, and 
 to Augnjiin, containing many feafonable inflmftions on the occafion of the converfion. 
 of the Saxons then canying on. This reftoration of the Chriftian Religion was attended 
 with the "-reateft fuccefs ; for the whole Kingdom of Kent was foon after converted, 
 and the other fix Kingdoms of the Heptarchy fucceflively followed their example. 
 
 The Eaji-Saxons firft received the Gofpel after the people of Kent, by the preaching 
 oi Mellitus the firft Bifliop oi London,^ A.D. 604. — Some progrefs feems to have been 
 made towards the Converfion of the Eajl-Angks about the fame timej for Redwald 
 King of the Eaji-Angles was baptized in Kent.,^ fome time during the reign of Ethel- 
 bert; but after his return to his Kingdom, relapfed into Idolatry, and that Kingdom 
 was not fully converted till the reign of Sigebert^ about A.D. 632. or poffibly a year 
 or two later. The converfion of the Northumbrians was effefled chiefly by PaulinuSy 
 who baptized King Edwin S A.D. 627. and was made Archbifliop of Tork. The 
 Kingdom of the IVeJl-Saxons, by Berinus conftituted the firft Bifhop of Dcrche/ler^y 
 about the year 635. — Mercia, the moft extenfive of all the Saxon Kingdoms, containing 
 the Midland Counties, received the Gofpel in the time of Peada fon of Penda,i about 
 the year 655. he had been baptized during the life of his Father, and without his 
 knowledge and confent, by Finian Bifhop of the Northumbrians, at the perfuafion of 
 Ofivin King of Northumberland, who gave him his Daughter in marriage on condition 
 of his embracing the Chriftian Faith. And about twenty years after, the Sciith-Saxons 
 were converted by Wilfrid Archbilhop of Tork, ^ 
 
 SECT. IV. 
 
 The Eaft-Anglcs co7iverted to Chrijliaitity. 
 
 THE Kingdom of Eaft-Anglia was founded by XJffa, the eighth in defcent from 
 Woden, about the year ^JS- ^^ contained what are now the Counties oiNorfolk^ 
 Suffolk, Cambridgepire and the JJle of Ely. Several petty Princes had fettled in thofe 
 parts before that time; but Uffa the moft powerful of them having difpoflefTed them, 
 afliimed the title of King of the Eaft-Angks9 about the year 575. and from him the 
 
 fucceeding Kings were for fome time called UJJinga.^° — Uffa died in the year 578. and 
 
 was 
 
 » Bedae Hift. Eccl. lib. i. c. 29. =' Ibid. lib. ii. c. 3. 3 Ibid. c. 15. * Angl. S.icr. vol. i. p. 403. 
 
 noteb. sBedasHid. Eccl. lib. ii. cap. 14. ^Matrh. Weftm. et Flor. Wigorn. ad annum. -Bedae Hift. 
 
 Eccl. lib. lii. cap. 21,24. — Monaft. Angl. vol. iii. p. 219. * Bedx Hift. Eccl. lib. iv. cap. 13. 
 
 9 Matt. Weftm. ad annum 571. ^° Malmclb. lib. i.— liuntingd. lib. ii.— Bedjc Hift. Ecclef. lib. ii. c. 15. 
 
CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY. it 
 
 was fucceeded in his Kingdom by his Son TitlUus; who reigned above twenty years, 
 and then dying, left his Kingdom to Redwald his Son, in the year 599. 
 
 Ethelbert King of Kent was at that time the Chief of the Saxon Kings : the 
 Chriftian Reh^-ion had then lately been introduced into his Kingdom, and he himfelf 
 baptized, together with many of his Subje6ls, and the converfion of the reft was 
 carrying on with great fuccefs ; and as he was very zealous in promoting the Chriftian 
 Religion among his own Subjects, fo was he defirous of extending it to the other 
 Kingdoms, where-ever he could have fufficient influence. By his means it was that 
 Mellitus was ordained by Aiigiiftin Archbiftiop of Canterbury, and Tent to preach the 
 Gofpel to the Eajl-Saxons, over whom Seberf his Nephew then reigned ; who being 
 converted, together with many of his Subjects, King Ethelbert for the advancement 
 of Reli'J^ion in that Province, built for them and endowed the Church of St. Paul in 
 London as the Epifcopal See, in which Mellitus being confecrated by Augujlin was 
 appointed the fuft Bifliop in the year 604. About the fame time fome meafures 
 feem to have been taken for introducing the Chriftian Religion among the Eajl- 
 Angles ; Redwald King of Eajl-Anglia having been baptized in Kejit, probably at King 
 Ethelberfs court, and by his means : the exact time of that event is omitted by Bede* 
 ■who only relates the fad, and then adds, that after his return to his kingdom, he 
 relapfed from the purity of the faith, by the perfuafion of his wife.' One circum- 
 ftance however would incline us to believe that it muft have been near the time 
 above-mentioned, which is this: King Ethelbert, at the inftance of Augujlin, is faid 
 to have founded a Church at Ely, ^ (then a part of the kingdom of the Eaji- Angles) to 
 the honour of the Virgin Mary in a place called Cratendune, about a mile diftant 
 from the prefent City; in which he placed Minifters to perform divine Offices; 
 though they were afterwards driven away by the army of Penda King of Mercia, and 
 the place reduced to a defert. — But the reality of a Church founded at Ely fo early, 
 has been called in queftion;3 and two objections made to it, in refpecl to its feeming 
 inconfiftency in point of time both with Augujlin s deceafe, and converfion of the 
 Eajl-Angles ; for the year affigned in one account,4 is the 11''' after Augujlin s arrival, 
 i.e. A. D. 607. whereas Augujlin had then been dead three years p — and the EaJl- 
 Angles were not converted till near thirty years after that time. In the reign of 
 Sigebcrt. — In anfwer to this, It is to be remarked, that the date above fixed for the 
 building that Church at Ely or Cratendune is not found in the original work of 
 T^ow^j a Monk of £/v; where the time is exprefled in indefinite terms, thus, ^'Ixv 
 " primitiva Ecclefia nafcentis fidei et chriftianitatis, &c. " In the firft dawn of 
 " Chriftianity among the 6'<?A-wz.f, &c." — we meet with it only in the abridgement 
 pubhflied by Mr. //7j^r/5;z ; in which the writer, probably another Monk oi Ely, has 
 varied from his original, in affigning the year 607, and therefore that no great 
 ftrefs can be laid on that point; — the credibility of the facl muft depend on the 
 original, which fixes it in the reign of Ethelbert, and v/hilft Augujlin was living ; 
 
 ac- 
 ' BedasHift. lib.iv. C.13. " Lib. Elien. MS. fol.2. DefituEIienfisinfuIas.— SprottiChron. p. 100. Edit. 
 Hearn. — Monaft. Angl. vol.i. p. 87. — Angl. Sacr. vol. i. p- 594. 3 Ibid. vol. i. p. 594. note b. 
 ^Ibid. vol.i. p. 594. i Ibid, vol.i. p. 90,91. 
 
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12 THE EAST-ANGLES 
 
 according- to which it could not be later than A. D. 604. in which year Augujltn died, 
 
 /^g to the latter part of this objefl-ion, that is, the improbability of any Church 
 
 bein"- founded among the Eaft- Angles before they were converted; — it is true, their 
 o-encral converfion was not cffeded till Sigcbert'% reign, by the preaching of Felix 
 Bifliop oi Bunmoc or Dunwich; but it is as certain from Bede's account,' that fome 
 progrcfs had been made towards their converfion about thirty years before ; when 
 King Redivald was baptized in Kent ; and, no doubt, with a view of introducing the 
 Chriftian Religion among his Sabjeils ; to which end, as it was requifite that fome 
 mifTionaries fliould be fent with him, to carry on that work ; fo it is very probable 
 that fome Churches might then have been founded. Redwald himfclf eredted a 
 Church at Rendlcpam in Suffolk, one of his Royal Seats j^ and it is by no means 
 improbable but that at Ely might have been built about the fame time. And though 
 afterwards, by the inftigation of his wife and other perverfe inftruclors, he relapfed 
 into idolatry, yet we find he did not wholly reje61: the Chriftian Religion, for he was 
 willing to retain both, and had, fays Bede, 3 after the manner of the Samaritans of 
 old, in the fame temple an altar dedicated to Chrift, and another to Idols. Whence 
 it may rationally be inferred, that Chriftianity met with a toleration under him; or 
 at leafl;, his own example fliows, he was no perfecutor of it: he wanted zeal to 
 promote it's interefls, or rather feems to have been very indifferent about all religions. 
 Under fuch difcouraging circumftances, though it may rcafonably be fuppofedthat the 
 Chriftian Religion muft languifh; yet it can hardly be thought to have been fo quite 
 deprefled, but that fome remains of it might have continued till more fuccefsful 
 means were afterwards ufed for the fettlement of it in that kingdom by Sigebert. 
 
 On the death of Redwald, which happened in the year 624. Eorpwald his Son, 
 who had not yet been baptized, fucceeded to the Kingdom of the Eajl-Angles, 
 — Edwin the Great was then King of Northumberland, and his friend ; — foi" having 
 formerly been forced to abandon his Kingdom by his uncle Ethclfridy he took refuge 
 in Eaft-Anglia, and was feveral years entertained at that Court by Redwald, and at 
 length was by his afTiftance reflorcd to his kingdom4. — a. D. 625. Edwin married 
 Bthelbiirga, a Chriftian Princefs, fifter of Eadbald King oi Kent; by articles of mar- 
 riage it was agreed, that the Queen and her attendants fliould be allowed the free 
 exercife of their religion; on which occafion Paulinus was confecrated a Bifliop, and 
 fent to attend her; and in two years the King having been inftrufted in the 
 Chriftian Religion by Paulinus, was himfelf publickly baptized in Torky on Eafter- 
 day A. D. 627. together with moft of his Nobility, and the converfion of that King- 
 dom carried on with great fuccefs. Edwin was not only folicitous to promote tho 
 interefts of religion among his own Subjeds, but ufed his utmoft endeavours to 
 extend it to others; and perfuaded Eorpwald and the Ea/i- Angles to abandon the 
 worlhip of idols and receive the Gofpel.5 Eorpwald was accordingly baptized, 
 and the converfion of the Eajl- Angles fet on foot again, and at firft fcemingly with 
 
 fuccefs ; 
 
 ' Bedje Hift. F.cclef. lib. ii. cap. 15. = Ibid. lib. iii. cap. 22. Camden's Britannia, pag. 373. 
 3 Btdse Hift. Ecckf. lib. ii. cap. 1 5. 4 Ibid, iib.ii. cap. 12. 5 Beds: Hift. Ecd. lib. ii. c. 15. 
 
CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY. 13 
 
 fviccefs; but the death oi Eorpwald, who was unhappily flain by one Ricberf a Pagan, 
 put a flop to it's further progrefs, and occafioned a civil war in that kingdom, which 
 lafled three years. 
 
 Sigebert brother of the late King was at that time an exile in France, where he 
 was fo happy as to be inftrucled in the Chriftian Religion, and was there baptized; 
 he came over in the midft of thefe confufions, and was at length placed on the 
 throne. During the time of his being abroad, he had vifited moft of the chief feats 
 of learning in that kingdom, and was himfelf a very learned and religious Prince : 
 he brought over with him Felix a Burgundian, who was afterwards, on the King's 
 recommendation, confecrated the firft Bifliop of the Eafi- Angles by Honorius Arch- 
 bifliop of Canterbury^ about the year 631. His firfl care after his acceffion to the 
 throne, was to have his Subjects inftru6led in the Chriftian Faith; which bufinefs he 
 committed to Felix, and to Furfeus a Monk of eminent piety, viho came from 
 Irelajid about that time to tender his afliftance in preaching the Gofpel ; and whofe 
 offer the King readily accepted : and by the joint labour and zeal of thofe two was, 
 the converfion of the Eajl-Angles happily effected. Nor was the King lefs felicitous 
 for the advancement of Learning within his Dominions, of which he laid the 
 foundation, by ere6ling a School,^ or as others fay 3, Schools in different parts of 
 his kingdom, for the inftru6tion of youth and polifhing his Subjects ; in imitation 
 of thofe he had feen in France, where the liberal arts and fciences then flouriftied, 
 and were taught by mafters and inftruftors in their feveral departments, and as was 
 likewife the pra6lice at Canterbury, at that time alfo a confiderable feat of learnino-. 
 The foundation of the Univerfity of Cambridge is faid to have been laid in this reign, 
 and is generally afcribed to Sigebert, as one of thofe feminaries of learning begun 
 by him. It mufl however be acknowledged, that neither Bede, nor any other very 
 ancient writer, who fpeak of that King's encouragement of learning in general, and 
 of his founding a fchool or fchools for that purpofe, do point out to us the parti- 
 cular place or places where they were fixed. Befides the Epifcopal See at Dunmoc, 
 now called Dimivich in Suffolk, two Monafteries are reckoned of this King's founda- 
 tion, one at Cnobheresburgh,^ now Burgh-Caftle in Suffolk, which he gave to Furfeus ; 
 the other at Bedericfworth,^ fince called Bury St. Edmund's. And Bi£hop Felix found- 
 ed a Monaftery at Seham ^ a village bordering on the fens, and at the entrance into 
 the IpofEly; which was afterwards augmented by hutting a Saxon Nobleman, and 
 continued in a flourifhing State, till it was deftroyed by the Banes, a. D. 870. After 
 a fliort reign of between three and four years, in which he was fo happy as to fee: 
 the converfion of his Subjefts completed, and religion and learning flourifh among 
 them, Sigebert thought proper to refign his Crown to Egric his coufm, who had been 
 coadjutor with him in the Kingdom, and took upon him the profefTion and habit of 
 religion in the Monaftery of Bedericfivorth which he had founded for liimfclf. 
 
 About 
 
 'Angl.Sacr. vol.i.p.403. note b. ^Bed^Hift. Eccl.lib.iii. c.i8. sMatth.Wefl. ad annum 636". 
 —Will. Malmesb. de Reg. Angl. pag. 34. 4 Beds Hift. Eccl. lib. iii. cap. 19. 5 Lib. Elien. MS. 
 hb.i. cap. I.— Monaft. Angl. torn. i. pag.291. b. 19. ^ Lib. Elien. MS. lib.i. cap. 6. myi Sobam. 
 — Hift. Ramefienf. cap. 8 2 . Edit. Gale. 
 
14 THE EAST-ANGLES 
 
 About four years ^(tev Sigel^en's retirement, it happened that PenJa the pagan 
 King of Mercia unexpectedly entered the Kingdom of Enjl-Anglia with a powerful 
 army ; the occafion of this acl of holViUty is paffed over in fdence by Hiftorians ; but 
 it was fo fudden that the EaJi-Jn^Jes being unprepared, found themfclves overmatch- 
 ed and unable to refift the enemy. In this diftrefs, they had recourfe to Sigebert,^ and 
 endeavoured to perfuade him to quit his fohtude for a time, and take upon him the 
 command of what forces they were able to collect; in hopes that the prefence of 
 their old King, formerly renowned for his valour and conduct, might animate the 
 Soldiery and compenfate their want of numbers. SIgebert refufed to comply with 
 their requeft ; perhaps thinking it inconfiftent with his prefent profeflion to bear 
 ai-ms ; — but at length, either by entreaty, or compulfion, he was brought to the army, 
 where he ftill perfifted in his rcfolution, and would only carry in his hand a wand. 
 The event of the engagement proved vciy unfortunate to the Eaji-Angles, for Sigebert 
 and Kino- Egric were both Ibin, and their whole army defeated. This fatal battle 
 was fought, according to the Ely Hiftorian^ in the year 637. 
 
 E^ric was fucceeded by Amia the Son of Etius 3 brother of Redwald, a virtuous 
 and pious Prince, and one of the moft illuftrious of the Kings oi Ea[l-AngUa. Anna 
 and his family had been baptized by Bp. Felix 4 in the reign of Sigebert, and both 
 before and after he was King greatly advanced the interefts of the Chrillian Religion, 
 by his zeal for the honour of God and his Worfhip, and by the encouragement 
 he gave to the building and endowment of Churches. 5 To the Monaftery oi Cnobbe- 
 r.ejhurg founded by Sigebert, he was a confiderable Benefa6lor, which he augmented 
 both in buildings and revenues ; ^ and in general» Chriftianity was in a flourifliing 
 ilate during his reign. He was much beloved by his fubjects, and refpeJled for his 
 many virtues by the other Saxon Kings, with whom he always lived in peace, till 
 having undcfervedly incurred the refentment of Penda King of Mercia, who was ftill 
 a Pagan, it proved fatal to him. The occafion this; Ce?i'walla or Cenowalch King of 
 the JVejl-Saxons had married a daughter of Pr«rfV?, and fome time after divorced her; 7 
 on which account Penda attacked him, and forced him to fly his kingdom. Ceniaalla 
 fled for refuge to the Eaji-Atiglcs, and put himfelf under their protedion, and con- 
 tinued there three years ; ^ in which time being inftru6led in the Chriftian Religion, 
 he was baptized by Bp. Felix, King Anna being his fponfor in baptifm, who alfo af- 
 fifted him afterwards in recovering his Kingdom 9; which drew on himfelf the re- 
 fentment of the Mercian King ; who afterwards, '^in the year 654, again entered the 
 Kingdom of the Eajl-Angks with a powerful army ; and whilft Anna was preparing 
 for his defence, fuddenly came upon him and put the Eajl-Angks to flight, and flew 
 both Anna and his Son Junninus or Fenninus : whofe bodies were aftei'wards conveyed 
 to BUbtirgb in Suffolk, and there interred. 
 
 The virtues of this Prince are highly extolled by moft Hiftorians ; Bcde mentions 
 
 him with great refpect and encomium on his piety, and calls him ' a Prince of 
 
 ad- 
 
 ' Bedx Hift.Eccl. lib. iii. cap. 18. ^ Lib. Elien. MS. lib.i. cap.r. 3 AfTer. Annal. p. 146. Edit. 
 Gale. 4 Lib. Elien. MS. lib. i. cap. 6. 5 Ibid. cap. 7. ^ Beds Hift. Ecclef, lib. 111. cap. 19. 
 
 7 Mauh. Weftm. & Flor. Wigorn. aci annum 645. « Lib. Elien. MS. lib. i. cap. 7. ? Ibid. & 
 Floren.Wigorn. ad annum 648. "^ Chron. Saxon, ad annum. 
 
CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY. 15 
 
 admirable virtue', adding moreover, that he was ' Father of a moft glorious offspring'. » 
 Some years before he came to the Crown, he married Herefwitha daughter of HereriCy 
 o-randfon of Edivin the Great King of Northumberland, and Sifter of St. Hilda, the fa- 
 mous Abbefs of Streanaefialch [Whitby {] by whom he had a numerous iffue, all of them 
 remarkable for their piety and virtue ; 'Jurmiitin flain with his Father in battle, Adul- 
 fus who fome years after, fucceeded to the Kingdom, and Erkewvoald promoted to 
 the See oi London A.D. 675. his Daughters were Sexburga, married to ErcombertKiug 
 of Kent; Edelburga Abbefs oi Berking in EJfex,^ of her brother Erkenwald's founda- 
 tion j Etheldreda Foundrefs of the Abbey xwEly, zn& Withburga, who founded the 
 Nunnery of Eaji-Dereham in Norfolk, 
 
 S E C T. V. 
 
 Hijlorical Rcfjiarh on the Saxon Churches. 
 
 HAVING thus taken a fummary view of the firft Reception of the Gofpel in 
 Britain, it's ftate and decline, to the utter Subverfion of itj and alfo the Re- 
 eftablifliment of Chriftianity in thefe parts by the Converfion of the Saxons; it may 
 not be improper to fay fomething of the Places made ufe of by the Saxons for their 
 Publick Worihip, and to enquire into the ground of a notion that has often pre- 
 vailed, that their Churches were generally Timber Buildings, or, if of Stone, with 
 uprio-ht walls only, without any beauty or elegance ; and that as to the conftru6ling 
 of Arches and Vaultings of Stone, and fupporting them with Columns, they underflood 
 nothing of it. 
 
 This mean opinion oi Saxon Architecture, and want of elegance in their Churches, 
 though it be countenanced by feveral paffages in Mr. Sonmers Book of the Antiquities 
 of Canterbury ; 3 and his authority for it is frequently cited by modern Writers on that 
 fub)ecli4 without any marks of difapprobation or cenfure; yet as it appears to me to 
 be without any manner of foundation, I fliall beg leave to enquire into the truth of 
 what Mr. Somner has advanced on that fubjeft. His words are thefe : ' Indeed it Is 
 
 * obferved, that before the Norman advent, moil of our Monafteries and Church- 
 
 * buildings were of Wood : ("All the Monafteries of my Realm," ' faith King Edgar, m 
 
 * his Charter to the Abby oi Malmefury,^ dated in the year of Chrift 974.' "to the 
 " fight are nothing but worm-eaten and rotten Timber and Boards ;") ' And that 
 
 * upon th^Norman Conqueft, fuch Timber-fabricks grew out of ufe, and gave place to 
 
 * Stone-buildings raifed upon arches ; a form of ftrutlure introduced by that Nation, 
 
 * furnlftied with Stone from Caen in Normandy. " In the year 1087. (' Stotv's words 
 
 * of the Cathedral oi London,^) " this Church of St. Paul was burnt with fire, and 
 
 ** therewith moft part of the City : Mauridus then Biftiop began therefore the new 
 
 *' foundation of a new Church of St. Paul; a work that men of that time judged 
 
 ** would never have been finiflied, it was to them fo wonderful for length and breadth ; 
 
 " as 
 
 ^ Lib. iii. cap.7, & 18, ^ Tanner's Notit. Monafl. p. 1 17. 5 Pag. 8.86. 93. 4 Staveley on 
 
 Churches, p. 103. 146. —Ornaments of Churches Coiifidered, p. S8.— Remarks on Gothic Architefture, 
 
 by Mr.Wharton, in his Obfervations on Spencer's Fairy Qiieen, vol. ii. p. 185,186, s Wilkins 
 
 ConcU. vol. i. p. 260. * Stow's Survey of LoiHion, vol. i. p.638. Edit. 1754. 
 
l6 HISTORICAL REMARKS ON 
 
 « as alfo the fame was builded upon Arches (or Vaults) of ftone, for defence of fire ; 
 " which was a manner of work before that time unknown to the people of this 
 •" nation, and then brought from the French, and the ftone was fetcht from Caen m 
 
 « ICcnncim/y." St. Mary Bow Church in London being built much about the fame time 
 
 " and manner, that is, on Arches of ftone, was therefore called (faith the fame Au- 
 " thor, ') Nc-d! Mary Church or St. Mary le Bow -, as Stratford Bridge, being the firft 
 " builded with Arches of ftone, was therefore czWed Stratford le Boiu" ' This doubtlefs 
 
 * is that new kind of Architedure the Continuer of Bede (whofe words Malmejhury 
 
 * hath taken up,) intends, where fpeaking of the Normam income, he faith, " You 
 " may obferve every where in Villages Churches, and in Cities and Villages, Monafte- 
 " ries ereded with a new kind of Architeaure."^— And again, fpeaking doubtfully 
 of the age of the Eaftern part of the Choir of Canterbury, he adds, ' I dare con- 
 
 * ftantly and confidently deny it to be elder than the Norman Conqueft; becaufe of 
 
 * the building it upon Arches, a form of Architeaure, though in ufe with and 
 
 * among the Romain long before, yet after their departure not ufed here in England, 
 
 * till the Normans brought it over with them from France." i — Thus far Mv.Somner, 
 whofe judgment in matters of Antiquity has been, and always will be regarded, and 
 is not without fufiicient reafon to be called in queftion : but his opinion concerning 
 ^axon Architefture appears fo fingular, that it will require fome confideration before 
 it can be admitted as true : and what that was, is evident from the feveral paifages 
 above-cited, viz. That the Saxon Churches and Monafteries were ufually Timber fa- 
 bricks, or if there were any Stone buildings among them, they were with upright 
 walls only, without any Pillars or Arches to fupport them, and their Roofs not 
 arched or vaulted with Stone. Indeed if this be admitted as a juft account, it may 
 fairly put an end to all further fearches after the remains of Saxon Architedure in 
 this kingdom ; for it's neceflary confequence will be, that whatever remains of 
 ancient buildings with Pillars and Arches 6i Stone are at this time to be met with 
 amon''- us, muft have been built, either fince the Norman Conqueft, or at leaft five 
 hundred years earlier, that is, in the time of the Romans ; a pofition that w^ill fcarce- 
 ly be allowed by any one who is acquainted at all with our Hiftory in the time of 
 
 the Saxons. 
 
 With regard to their Churches being generally of Wood, the only authority pro- 
 duced for it, is a cafual expreffion in one of King Edgars Charters, concerning the 
 ruinous ftate of the Monafteries in his time j + — meaning no more, as I apprehend, 
 than that the Churches and Monafteries were in general fo much decayed, that the 
 roofs were uncovered, or bare to the timber, and the beams rotted by neglea, and 
 grown over with mofs ; — and not, that they were made wholly of Wood. It is true 
 indeed fome of their Fabricks feem to have been totally formed of timber ; Bede 5 
 fpcaks of an Oratory or Chapel of that kind in the very place where St. Peters Church 
 
 in 
 
 ' Stow's Survey of London, vol. i. p. 542. Edit. 1 754. = " Videas ublque in villis Ecckfias, in 
 " vicis eturbibus IMonafteria, novo sdificandi genere conhirgere." Will. Malmelb. de Regibus Angl. 
 p 102. Edit. Francof. 1601. 3 Somner's Antiq. of Canterbury, p. 8. -^ " — qus vdut nuilc.vis 
 " fcindulis cariofifque tabulis, tigno tenus vifibilitcr diruta." Carta Regis Edgari, W illuns ConciU 
 vol. i. p. 260. s Bedae Hift. Eccl. lib. ii. cap. 14. 
 
THE SAXON CHURCHES. 17 
 
 in Tork now ftands ; it Jvas haftlly ereded on occafion of the converfion of Edwin 
 King oi Northumberland, for the purpofe of baptizing that King; which was per- 
 formed by Faulinus Bifhop oi Tork^ on Eafter-day, A.D.627. When the King had 
 refolved to become a Chriftian on the preaching of Paulinus, he determined to be 
 publickly baptized ; and therefore built this Church of Wood for that purpofe : — 
 He built it in hafte, for the prefent exigency, and as a temporary expedient : 
 
 but he likewife informs us, that foon after the King was baptized, he laid the 
 
 foundation of a ftately and magnificent fabrick of Stone, in which that of Wood 
 was included, and might probably be ufed for Divine Service whilft the other was 
 in building.2 xhis work was continued fix years during that King's Hfe, but before 
 it was finiflied, he was {lain ; and it was carried on and finifhed by Ofwald his Suc- 
 ceffor. Other inftances of timber Fabricks occur in Hiftory, and other Oratories 
 even of (lighter materials, 3 ere6led on particular occafions. A wooden Church is 
 mentioned by Malmejbury^ in his life of Aldhelm, Bifhop of Shirebiirti, in Dultinge a 
 village in SomerfetjJnre, where Aldhehn died ; it belonged to the Abbey of Glajlonbury^ 
 and the Monks there rebuilt it of Stone. Bede likewife tells us, that Finan Bifliop 
 of Lindisfarne or Holy Ijland, built there a Church for his Epifcopal See, compofed 
 wholly of fawn Oak, and covered with Reed, according to the fafhion of the Scots;^ 
 and that EadberSi one of his Succeflbrs there took off the Reed, and covered the 
 whole, both the roof and fides with flieets of Lead. — However, thefe wooden 
 Fabricks, 'tis probable, were not very common, even in thofe early times of the Saxons: 
 and, as appears by the inftances produced, fome of them were intended only for 
 temporary ufe; and the laft-mentioned Church at Li?idisfarne, was built after a 
 manner peculiar to the Scots. This erroneous account of the Saxon Churches being 
 generally of Wood, or, at leaft without any Pillars or Arches of Stone, Mr. ^'ow/z^r 
 was probably led into, by relying on Mr. Stow, whofe authority he vouches, and im- 
 plicitly follows ; and then miftaking the fenfe of that paffage in King Edgars Charter, 
 applies it to the entire Fabricks, which was indeed applicable only to their Roofs : 
 and when he comes to Malmejbury% account of the Archite6lure introduced by the Nor- 
 mans, which is there called Novum gejius adijicatidi. The new maimer of building ; 
 Mr. Somner takes the novelty of it to confift, in it's being compofed with Pillars and 
 Arches ; and therein differed from the Saxon. 
 
 But that the 5'<7a-(?« Churches were generally built of Stone, and not only fo, but 
 that they had Pillars and Arches, and fome of them vaultings of Stone, there is fuf- 
 ficieut teftimony from authentic Hiftory, and the undoubted remains of them at 
 this time. 
 
 There is great probability, that at the time the Saxojis were converted, tlie art 
 
 of conftrudling Arches and Vaultings, and fupporting Stone Edifices by Columns, 
 
 was 
 
 ' " Baptizatiis eft autem Eburaci in die Sanfto PafchEe. — in Ecclefia S'' Petri Apoftoli, quam ipfe 
 de ligno citato opere erexit." Beds Hift. Eccl.lib.ii. c. 14. " ^Curavit majorem ipfo in loco et 
 auguftiorem de lapide frabirare bafilicam, in ciijus medio ipfum quod priiis fecerat oratorium 
 includeretur." Ibid. 3 Simeon Dunelm. lib.ii. cap. 1,9. — Ingulphi Hift. pag. 4, 52. Edit. Gale.— 
 Hift. Rameficnf. inter XV. Scriptores, perGale. pag. 397. — Monaft. Angl. vol. i. pag. 291. lin. 20. 
 4 Angl. Sacr. vol. ii. pag. 23. 5 Bedas Hift. Eccl. lib. iii, cap, 25. 
 
 C 
 
i8 HISTORICAL REMARKS ON 
 
 was well known among them ; they had many inftances of fuch kind of buiklings 
 before them, in the Churches and other public Edifices ere6led in the times of the 
 Remans. For notwithftanding the havock that had been made of the Chriftian 
 Churches by the Pi£is and Scots, and by the Saxons themfelves, fome of them were 
 then in being. Bede mentions two in the City of Canterbury ; ' that dedicated to St. 
 Martin on the Eaft-fide of the City, wherein Queen Bertha performed her devotions, 
 and Auguftin and his companions made ufe of at their firft coming : and the other, 
 that which the King after his converfion gave to Auguftin, and which he repaired and 
 dedicated to Our Blejed Saviour, and made it his Archiepifcopal See. Befides thefe two 
 ancient Roman Churches, it is likely there were others of the fame Age, in different 
 parts of the Kingdom, which were then repaired and reftored to their former ufe. 
 
 Among other Fabricks of thefe times, may be reckoned the many heathen Tem- 
 ples ufed by the idolatrous Saxons; that they were built by the Saxons themfelves, will 
 probably be allowed ; and that fome of them were good buildings, will hardly admit 
 of any doubt ; fmce for that very reafon Pope Gregory advifed Auguftin, ^ that the 
 Temples ought not to be dcmoliflied, but only the Idols that were in them fliould 
 be removed and deftroyed, and then confecrated to the Service of the true God. The 
 particular form in which thefe Saxon Temples were built, and wherein they differed 
 from Chriftian Churches in their manner of building, may be difficult to determine 
 with any degree of certainty : but as many of them were afterwards converted to 
 Churches, 3 I fee no reafon to think otherwife of them, but that they might be fimilar 
 in their conftruclion, and differ only in the ufe they were put to. 
 
 On King EtheWert's converfion, he with great zeal fet about building of Churches : 
 he laid the foundation of a new one for the Monaftery of St. Pc/^-r and St. Paul, '^ 
 which Auguftin was then erecting ; and defigned it for the burying-placc for him- 
 felf and his fucceffors Kings of Kent, and for the Archbiftiops of Canterbury : he alio 
 founded the Church of St.Andreiv at Rochefter, 5 and endowed it for an Epifcopal 
 See : and by his influence and authority, a new Biflioprick was erected in the King- 
 dom of the Eall-Saxcns, where Sehert his nephew reigned under him ; the See of 
 which being fixed at London, he there alfo founded and endowed the Cathedral Church 
 of St. Paul. ^ Thefe were the earlieft Churches erected after the converfion of the 
 Saxons was begun : whether thefe were built by the Saxons themfelves, or whether they 
 procured Architects from other countries to build them, is not of any great moment 
 to determine ; fince we are only confidering the general ftate of Architefture in thofe 
 times. Now though the account given us by Bede of thefe three Churches founded 
 by King Ethelbert is very concife, and nothing is there mentioned in expr^fs terms 
 of the particular manner, or of the materials with which they were built ; yet fome 
 circumftances that he relates afterwards, feem plainly to indicate, that they were 
 Stone buildings, and had both Pillars and Arches in their compofition. 
 
 To inftance the Church oiSt.Peter and St. Paul: when Augiftin died, that Church 
 not being finilhed, he was buried abroad ; but as foon as it was confecrated, Bede 
 
 tells 
 
 ' Beds Hift. Ecclef. lib.i. cap. 26, and 33. ^ Ibid. cap. 30. 3 Monaft. Angl. vol. iii. pag. 298. 
 * Bcdae Hilt. Eccl. lib. i. cap. 33. 5 Ibid. lib. ii. cap. 3. ^ Ibid. 
 
THE SAXON CHURCHES. 19 
 
 tells us, that his body was brought into the Church, and decently interred in for- 
 tku illius aquilonariy ' in the North Portico of the fame. — He further fpeaks of 
 another Portico in the fame Church, in which Queen Bertha, King Ethelbert^ and 
 other Kinss oi Kent were buried; this he calls, Porticus Sti.Martini ^ to diftin- 
 guifli it from the former, and was probably the oppofite or South-Portico. The word 
 Porticus occurs feveral times in Bede, Alcuin, Heddius, and other ancient Saxon Wri- 
 ters, and is generally tranflated by the Englifi word Porch ; and fo mifleads us to 
 think it fynonimous with Atrium or Vejlibulum, denoting a building withoutfide the 
 Church, at the entrance into it : whereas this can by no means be agreeable to Bede's 
 meaning ; for in his account of King Ethelberfs interment, he exprefles himfelf in 
 fuch terms as will not admit of that fenfe j — he was buried, fays Bede, in Porticu 
 Sti. Martini intra ecclefiam ; 3 which fliews that the Porticus was within the 
 Church : and likewife in relating the burial of Archbifliop Theodore a.d. 690, he 
 fays, he was buried in Ecclefid Sti. Petri, in qua omnium Epifcoporum Doruvernenjium 
 funt corpora depofita, 4 in the Church of St. Peter, in which all the Bodies of the 
 Bifliops of Canterbury were interred; — though he had before faid, 5 that they were 
 all interred in the North Portico, except Theodore and BerBwald, whofe Bodies were 
 buried in ipfa Eccle/ia, in the Church itfelf ; becaufe that Portico could not con- 
 veniently hold any more.^ — To make thefe feveral paflages in Bede confiftent, we 
 muft neceflarily allow, that the Royal Family of Kejit, and the firft eight Archbiflrops 
 
 of 
 ' Beds Hift, Eccl. lib. ii. cap. 3. - Ibid. c. 5. 3 Ibid. 4 Bed^ Hifl. Eccl. lib. v. c. S. 5 Ibid,, 
 lib. ii. cap. 3. 
 
 ^ The better to elucidate the fenfe of the word Porticus, the reader will be pleafed to compare the 
 following paflages from Bede and other antient writers. — A.D. 721. obiit Johannes Ebor. Epifcopus 
 in IVIonalterio fuo Beverlac, et " fepultus eft in porticu S. Petri." Bedje Hift. Eccl. lib. v. cap. 6. — 
 A.D. 726. obiit Tobias Roftenfis Epifcopus, et " fepultus eft in porticu S. Pauli Apoft. quani intro 
 ecclefiam S. Andreje fibi in locum fepulcri fecerat," Ibid. cap. 23. — A. D. 977. Sidemannus Cre- 
 ditonias Epifcopus " fepukura: traditur in monafterio Abendonenfi in parte Ecclefise Boreali, in por- 
 ticu S. PauH." Chron. Saxon. — A.d. 1034. obiit Brithwius Wellenfis Epilcopus; "hie jacet in 
 aquilonari porticu ad S. Johannem [Glaftonise.] Britwoldus Wintonienfis [1. Wiltonienfis] Epif- 
 copus obiit A.D. 1045. '"'ic fepultus fuit cum Brithwio in eadem ecclefia in parte aquilonari." 
 Monaft. Angl. vol. i. pag. 9. — " In ambabus porticibus Coventrise jacent sedificatores loci prascel- 
 lentiffimi conjuges." (fell. Comes Leofricus et Godiva ComitilTa uxor ejus, qui Leofricus obiit A.D. 
 1057.) Ibid. pag. 302. In all the above-cited places, a more con fiderable part of the Church is 
 certainly intended by Porticus, than what is commonly underftood by the Church-Porch, as it is 
 uiually rendered by our Ecclefiaftical writers. It was frequently diftinguiflied by the name of fome 
 Saint; for we read of Pcr/icus Sti. Martini in St. Auguftin's Church dt Cdnteihury, Porticus Sti. 
 Gregorii in St. Peter's at York, Porticus Sti. Petri at Beverley, Porticus Sti. Pauli in St. Andrew's at 
 Rochefter: and other diftinftions of that kind, in many of our ancient Churches. The reafon of 
 whicli appears to be, that they were dedicated to the honour of thole Saints. Thus we find by King 
 Edgar's Charter to Thorney-Abby, that the Church there was dedicated A.D. 972. to St. Mary, 
 St. Peter, and St. Benedict : — i.e. the Eaft part of the Choir, where the Altar was placed, to 
 St.Mary ; the Weftern part to St.Peter-, and the North Porticus to St.Benedid.' ibid. pag. 243. — 
 From all thefe inftances, where the word Porticus occurs, it appears that the writers meant by it, 
 either what is now commonly called the SicIe-IJIe of the Church, or fometimes it may Jbe a particular 
 divifion of it, confifting of one arch with ic's recefs; as in the following paflage in Bede's account 
 of the Relicks and Ornaments with which the Church of Hexham was furnilhed by Acca, who fuc- 
 ceeded Wilfrid in that Biftioprick] A. D. 7 10. — " Acquifuis undecumque reliquiis B. Apoftolorum 
 et Martyrum Chrifti in venerationem illorum Altaria dijii/iutis porticil/us in hoc ipium intra muros 
 Erclefiae pofuit." Beds Hift. lib. v. cap. 20. 
 
 C2 
 
20 HISTORICAL REMARKS ON 
 
 of Ciinterhury, were all biiiied in this Church; — the former in ^\..Mart'uis,, or the 
 Soutli Portico or Ifle ; — Augiiftin and his five immediate Succeflbrs in the Noith 
 Portico or Ifle ; and Theodore and Berdiioald in the body of the Church : — for when 
 he fays, the two latter were depofited in ipfa Ecclejia, — he certainly means no 
 more by that expreflion, than the Nave or Body, as diflinguiflied from the Side-Kles. 
 It plainly appears then, that this, which was one of the firft-ere£led Saxon Churches, 
 confilled of a Nave and two Side-Ifles; but how a Church of that form could have 
 been fupported without Pillars and Arches of ftone, is not eafy to conceive ; — the 
 very terms indeed feem neceflarily to imply it. The fame remark may be extended 
 and applied to St. Peters Church at Tork -, which was a fpacious and magnificent fa- 
 brick of flone, founded A.D.627, by King Edwin foon after he was baptized.' 
 For that it had fuch Porticos within, appears from Bede's relation of the death of 
 King Edivin, who was killed in battle A.D. 633. " His head, fays he, was brought to 
 Tork, and afterwards carried into the Church of the blefled Apoftle St. Peter, — and 
 depofited in St. Gregorys Portico." * 
 
 Other notices occur in the fame Author of Churches built in or near his own 
 time, fome of which are exprefly faid to have been built of flone; as St. Peter's in 
 Tork lafl:-mentioned, and the Church at Lincoln built by Paulitius, after he had con- 
 verted Blaecca Prcfed or Governor of that city, which was a ftone Church of excel- 
 lent workmanfliip 3 ; and thofe other Churches he fpeaks of might have been of 
 ftone, for aught that appears to the contrary. Bede is indeed rather fparing in his 
 defcription of them ; fo that little is to be colleiSled from him of their manner of 
 buildin"-; he fays nothing in direct terms either of Pillars or Arches in any of his 
 Churches ; though the word Porticm, v/hich he frequently ufes, may be faid to 
 imply both; as it certainly does in fome inftances, if not in all. He is a little more 
 particular in his account of St.Peters Church in the Monaftery of Wermouth in the 
 nei<^hbourhood of Gyrwi, where he had his education, and lived all his days. This 
 was built by the famous BenediB Bifcopius-,^ In the year 675. this Abbat went over 
 into France to engage workmen to build his Church after the Roman manner (as it is 
 there called) and brought them over v/ith him for that purpofe. He profecuted 
 this work with extraordinary zeal and diligence ; infomuch that within the compafs 
 of a year after the foundations were laid, he caufed the roof to be put on, and 
 divine Service to be performed in it. Afterwards when the building was nearly 
 
 finifhed, 
 J _ Mox ut baptifma confecutus eft [iEdwinus] majorem et auguftiorem de lapide fabricare 
 curavit bafilicam. Beda: Hift. Eccl. lib.ii. cap. 14. 
 
 - Adlatum eft caput iEdwini Regis Eburaciim, et inlatum poftea in ecclefiam B. Apoftoli Petri i 
 — pofitum eft in porticu S.Papse Grcgorii. Bedse Hift. Eccl. lib.ii. cap. 20. — Mr. Collier cites 
 this PalTac^e from Bcde, and fcems to have adopted the common error, of taking Porticus for a 
 building without-fide the Church; and thence falfly infers, that it was not the cultom of that Age 
 to bury within-fide. " King Edwin's head (fays he) was depofited in St. Gregory's Porch; from 
 whence we may probably conclude, that his Children before-mentioned, who are faid to have 
 been buried in the Church, were only buried in the Porch, the cuftom of that age going no fur- 
 ther." ColHer's Ch. Hift. vol.i. pag. 86. 
 
 3 In qua civitate et ecclefiam operis egregii de lapide fecit. Bedie Hift. lib. ii. cap. 14. 
 
 4 Bedas Hift. Abbatum Wiremuth. et Gyrw. pag. 295. 
 
THE SAXON CHURCHES. 21 
 
 finlflied, he fent over to France for Artificers {killed in the myftery of making glafs, 
 (an art till that time 'unknown to the inhabitants oi Britam,) to glaze the windows 
 both of the Porticos and the principal parts of the Church ; which work they not 
 only executed, but taught the EngliJJo Nation that moft ufeful art. 
 
 We have ftill more certain and explicit accounts of Churches built in the Northern 
 parts of the Kingdom, during this Centuiy, in which both Pillars and Arches are 
 exprefly mentioned. Eddius who was contemporary with Bcde, wrote the Life of 
 Wilfrid Bifhop of Tork, and among other things, informs us of many Religious 
 Strudures ere6led by that magnificent Prelate ; feveral of which, as appears by his 
 defcription, v/ere very elegant and fumptuous Buildings; befides which he throughly 
 repaired the Church of St.Pefer in Tork,^ which had received great injuries in the 
 wars between Penda King of Mercia and the Nortkmbriam, a few years after it was 
 finiflied; he put on a new roof, and covered it with lead, and glazed the windows, 3 
 about the year 669. 
 
 The Churches founded by Wilfrid, and particularly defcribed by Eddius, are the 
 Conventual Church of Rippon in TorkJJnre, and the Cathedral Church of Hexham in 
 Northutnberland; of the former he gives this account: He raifed on high and completed 
 the Church in Rippon, from the foundations in the ground to it's utmoft height, 
 
 with hewn ftone, and fupported it with various kinds of Pillars and Porticos. 4 
 
 This elegant Church foon after it was finiflied, was with great folemnity confecrat- 
 ed by himfelf, and dedicated to the honour of St. Refer, in the prefence of King Egfridy 
 and all the Abbats and Great men of that Kingdom. But of all the Churches built 
 in that Age, that of St. Andrew in Hexham deferves our particular notice. Hexhaniy 
 with the adjoining Territory, was part of the Crown-land of the Kings of Northum- 
 berland, and being fettled in dower by King Egfrid on his Queen St. Etheldreda, Bifliop 
 Wilfrid, with the King's confent, obtained a grant of it, in order to raife it to an 
 Epifcopal See. 5 In the year 674, Wilfrid begun the foundation of this celebrated 
 Church, znd Eddius fpeaks with great admiration of it in this manner: " Its deep founda- 
 tions 
 
 ' What Bede here affirms of Abbat BenediH, that he firft introduced the Art of making Glafs into 
 this Kingdom, is by no means inconfillent with Eddius's account of Bp. ^i/frid's glazing the win- 
 dows ofSt.Peier's Church at I'ork about the years 66g. i.e. feven or eight years before°this time. 
 For glafs might have been imported from abroad by IViifrid; but BeneditJ firft brought over the 
 Artifts, wlio taught the Saxons the Art of making Glafs. — That the Windows in Churches were 
 ufualiy glazed in that Age abroad, as well as in thefe parts, we learn from Bcde; who fpeaking of 
 the Church on Mount Olt-cet, about a mile from Jentfalem^ fays, in the Weft-front of it were eight 
 windows, which on fome occafions ufed to be illuminated with lamps, which fhone fo bright throifo-h 
 the Glafs, that the Mount feemed in a blaze. Beds Lib. de locis Sandtis, cap. 6. '^ 
 
 - Eddii Stephani vita S.Wilfridi, inter XV. Scriptores, cap. xvi. p. c^g. Edit. Gale. 
 
 3 — Primum culmina corrupta tefti renovans, artificiofe plumbo puro tegens, per feneftras ia- 
 troitum avium et imbrium vitro prohibuit, per quod tamen intro lumen radiebat. Ibid, 
 
 * — In Hrypis Bafilicam polito lapide a fundamentis in terra ufque ad fummum sdificatam, va- 
 riis columnis et porticibus fuftultam in altum erexit, et confummavit. Eddii vita Wilfridi, ut 
 fupra, cap. xvii. pag. 59. 
 
 5 Malmeft). de Geftis Pontif Angl. pag. 272. - Rich. Prior Hagulft. de Statu Eccltfix &:c. lib.i. 
 cip. 2,3,7. — Lib. Eiien.MS. fol. ii. 
 
22 HISTORICAL REMARKS ON 
 
 tions, and the many fubterraneous rooms there artfully dlfpofed, and aboveground 
 the great variety of buildings to be feen, all of hewn flone and fupported by fundry 
 kinds of Pillars and many Porticos, and fet off by the furprizing length and height 
 of the walls, furrounded with various mouldings and bands curioufly wrought, and 
 the turnings and windings of the paffages, fometimes afcending, or defcending by 
 winding Stairs to the different parts of the building ; all which it is not eafy to 
 cxprefs or defcribe by words, &c. neither is there any Church of the like fort to be 
 found on this fide the Alpes." ' 
 
 Riduird Prior of Hexham, who flourifhed about A.D. 1180. in whofe time this 
 famous Church was {landing, though in a decaying ftate, more fully defcribes the 
 manner of it's building:^ " The foundations of this Church, fays he, Sr:. Wilfrid laid 
 deep in the earth for the Crypts and Oratories, and the paffages leading to them, 
 which were there with great exactnels contrived and built underground : The walls 
 which were of a great length and raifed to an immenfe height, and divided into 
 three feveral Stories or Tires, he fupported by fquare and various other kinds of 
 well-polilhcd columns : — Alfo the walls, the capitals of the columns which fupport- 
 ed them, and the arch of the Sanctuary, he decorated with hiftorical reprefenta- 
 tions, imagery, and various figures in relief, carved in flone, and painted with a 
 moll agreeable variety of colours : The body of the Church he encompaffed about 
 with pentices and porticos, which both above and below he divided with great and 
 inexpreffible art, by partition-walls and winding-flairs : Within the ftair-cafes and 
 above them, he caufed flights of fleps and galleries of ftone, and feveral paflagcs 
 leading from them, both for afcending and defcending, to be fo artfully difpofed, 
 that multitudes of people might be there, and go quite round the Church, without 
 being feen by any one below in the Nave : Moreover, in the feveral divifions of 
 
 the 
 ' — Nam in Hagudaldenfe adepta regione et [1. a] regina jEthildrite Domino dedicata, domum 
 Domino in honorciii Beati AndreEe ApoRoli fabrefadam fundavit: cujus protunditatem in terra 
 cum domibus mirifice politis lapidibus fundatam, ec fuper terram mulcipliccm domum, colum- 
 nis variis et porticibus mulcis liiffulcam, mirabilique longitudine et altitu>.iine miirorum ornatam, 
 et variis linearum anfradlibus, viarum aliquando furfum aliquando deorlum per cochleas circum- 
 dudani, non efl: mca; parvitatis hoc fermone explicate quod fandtus iple prasful animaaim, a 
 Spiritu Dei doflus, opere facere excogitavit •, neque ullam domum aliam cicra Alpes montes talem 
 aedificatam audivimus. Eddii Vita WiltVidi, cap. xxii. pag.62. 
 
 2 _ Profunditatem ipfius ecclefis criptis et oratoriis fubterraneis, et viarum anfradlibus, infcrius 
 cum magna indultria fundavit : Parieces autem quadr;jtis et variis et bene politis columpnis fuf- 
 fultos, et tribus tabulatis diftinftos immenfe longitudinis et altiludinis erexit : Ipfos etiani et 
 capitella columpnarum quibus fultentantur, et arcum Sanftuarii hiltoriis et imaginibus et variis 
 celaturarum figuris ex lapide prominentibus et pifturarum et coiorum grata v.irictate mirabili- 
 que decore decoravit : Ipfum quoque corpus ecclcfis appenticiis et porticibus undique circum- 
 cinxir, quse miro atque inexplicabili artificio per parittes et cocleas intcrius et fuperius diftinxit ; 
 In ipfis vero cocleis et fuper ipfas, afcenlbria ex lapide et deambulatoria, et varies viarum am- 
 fraclus modo furfum modo deorfum artificioIlHime ita machinari fecit, ut innumera hominum 
 multitude ibi exillere, et ipfum corpus ecclefias circumdare pofTir, cum a nemine tamen inira in 
 ea exiftentium vidcri queat : Oratoria quoque quam plurima fuperius et inferius fccretiilima et 
 pulcherrima in ipfis porticibus cum maxima diligentia et cautela conftituit, in quibus altaria in ho- 
 nore B. Dei Genitricis femperquc Virginis jVfor/> ct S.Michaelis Archangeli Sandtiquc ycha!V!isB^pt. 
 et Sanftorum Apoftolorum, Martyrum, Confeflbrum atque Virginum, cum eorum apparatibus 
 honeftiffime praeparari fecit : Unde etiam ufque hodie quxdam iliorum ut turres et propugnacuU 
 fupereminent. Richardi Prions HaguH. lib. i. cap. 3. 
 
THE SAXON CHURCHES. 23 
 
 the porticos or ifles both above and below, he erecled many moft beautiful and 
 private Oratories of exquifite workmanfliip; and in them he caufed to be placed 
 altars in honour of the Blefled Virgin M^rj, ^t. Michael, St. John Baptift, and holy 
 Apoftles, Martyrs, Confeflbrs, and Virgins, with all decent and proper furniture to 
 each of them } fome of which remaining at this day, appear like fo many turrets 
 and fortified places. " He alfo mentions fome other particulars of this Church, and 
 concludes with telling us, " It appears from ancient Hiftory and Chronicles, that of 
 all the nine Monafteries over which that venerable Bifhop prefided, and of all others 
 throughout England, this Church of St. Andrew in Hexham was the moft elegant and 
 fumptuous, and that it's equal was not to be met with on this fide the Alpes." ' The 
 fame Hiftorian further informs us, that there were in his time at Hexham two other 
 Churches; 2 one not far from the wall of the Mother Church, of admirable work, 
 built in form of a Tower and almoft circular, having on the four principal points, 
 fo many porticos, and was dedicated to the honour of the blefled Virgin Mary, the 
 other a little further off, dedicated to St. Feter; befides a third on the other fide of 
 the river T!ine, about a mile diftant from the town, dedicated to Si. Michael the 
 Archangel; 3 and that the general tradition was, that thefe three Churches were 
 founded by Bp. Wilfrid, but finiflied by his Succeflbr Acca. 
 
 It maybe collected h^om Bede,^ that Churches and Monafteries were very fcarce 
 in Northumberland about the middle of this Century ; but before the end of it, fevcral 
 very elegant ones were ere<5led in that Kingdom, owing chiefly to the noble fpirit of 
 Wilfrid Bifliop of Tork. This Prelate was then in high favour with Ofisi and 
 Egfrid Kings of Northumberland, and moft of the Nobility of that Kingdom ; 
 by whofe unbounded liberality in lands, and plate and jewels, and all kind of rich 
 furniture, he rofe to a degree of opulency, as to vie with Princes in ftate and magni- 
 ficence; and this enabled him to found feveral rich Monafteries, and build fuch ftate- 
 ly edifices in thofe parts, as cannot but excite the admiration of pofterity.s To 
 profecute thefe great undertakings, he gave all due encouragement to the moft skil- 
 ful builders and artificers of every kind, eminent in their feveral ways, and by 
 proper rewards always kept them in his fervice, to the great advantage and emolu- 
 ment of his country; fome of thefe he procured at Canterbury, when he had prevail- 
 ed on Eddim and Eona to undertake the inftrucling his Choirs in the Roman manner 
 of finging;^ other eminent builders and artifts he invited, or brought over with him 
 from Rome, Italy, France, and other Countries for that purpofe : : and according to 
 
 Mdlme- 
 
 ' Richard Prior Haguftal. lib. i. cap. 3. ^ Ibid. c. 4. 3 Bed^ Hift. lib. v. c. 2. lin. 1 7. 4 Ibid. 
 lib. ii. cao. 14. — and lib. iii. cap. 2. 
 
 5 The 'famous Abbat BenediB Bifcopius, fometime companion oi Wilfrid \n his travels, was about 
 diat time engaged in the fame noble defigns, and founded the Monaileries of St. Peter and St. Paul 
 at IFermoutb and Gyrwi. 
 
 6 — Cu.m Cantoril^us yFMe et Eona, et csmentariis, omnifque pene artis minifterio in regioncm 
 fuam revertens, cum regula BenedttU inftituta ecclefiarum Dei bene melioravit. Eddii vit. 
 S. Wiljridi cap. 14. — Bedje Hift. Eccl. lib.iv. cap. 2. 
 
 7 — de Roma quoque, et Italia, et Francia, et de aliis terris ubicumque invenire poterat, ca:- 
 mentarios, et quodibet alios induftrios artifices fecum rednuerat, et ad opera fua facienda fecum in 
 Angliam adduxerat.' Rich. Prior Hagulft. lib.i. cap.5. 
 
24. HISTORICAL REMARKS ON 
 
 Malmcjburs and E.Uim, was eminent for his knowledge and skill in the fcience of 
 Architecture, and himfelf the principal diretlor in all thofc works, in concert with 
 thofe excellent m afters, whom the hopes of preferment had invited from Rome and 
 other places, ' to execute thofe excellent plans which he had formed: but of all his 
 works, the Church of Hexham was the firft and moft fumptuous, and as far as ap- 
 pears, was never equalled by any other in this kingdom whilft the Saxons continued 
 to govern: Indeed there was no period fince the eftablifliment of Chriftianity among 
 them, in which thofe polite and elegant arts that embcllifli life and adorn the coun- 
 tiy, feem to have made fo great advances as during the time he continued in favour. 
 Neither was his fame confined to the Kingdom of Northumberland , his great abilities 
 and reputation for learning, gained him refpeft in the other Kingdoms of the 
 Heptarchy : Wulfere and Ethelrcd Kings of Mercia often invited him thither to per- 
 form the Epifcopal office among them, and for his advice and inftrudions in found- 
 ing fcveral monafteries. He alfo happily finifhed the converfion of the Heptarchy, 
 by preaching the Gofpel to the Kingdom of the South-Saxons, containing what are 
 now the Counties of Surry and Suffex, the only one which remained till that time 
 unconverted; for which end he had been kindly entertained by King Edilwalch, who 
 gave him the peninfula of Selefea;'^ where alfo he founded a Monaftery, in which the 
 Epifcopal See was at firft placed, but afterwards removed to ChicheJIer. And that 
 the Church and Monaftery at Ely founded by St.Efheldreda, were built under his di- 
 redion, feems highly probable, as from many other circumftances, fo in particular 
 from what is related by the Ely Hiftorian;3 viz. that he fpent a confiderable time 
 with her, on her coming to Ely, in fettling the ceconomy of her Convent, was in- 
 trufted with the whole conducing of her affairs, and (if I rightly underftand his 
 meaning,) formed the plan of her Monaftery; though the necefTary funds for carry- 
 ing on the work, he tells us, were fupplied by her brother Aldulfiis King of the 
 Eaft- Angles. There are very confiderable ruins of this ancient Saxon Monaftery at 
 E/>' ftill in being, efpecially of the Church that belonged to it; — what kind of 
 Fabric that was, we fliall be the better able to determine, when we come to take a 
 view of thofe venerable remains, and fliall give a more particular defcription of them 
 
 in 
 
 1 — Ibi [apud Hagufialdhem] jedificia minaci aldtudine murorum erefta, — mirabile quantum 
 expolivit, arbitratu quidem multa proprio, fed et cxmentarioriim, quos ex Roma fpes munifi- 
 centis attraxerat, magillcrio &c. Will. Malmefb. de geftis Pontif. Angl. pag. 172. — Eddii vit. 
 S.Wilfridi, cap. 22. 
 
 ' Bedje Hift. Eccl. lib.iv. cap. 13. — Eddii vit. S.Wilfridi. cap. 40. 
 
 3 — Solus autem Wilfridus Pontifex, quem Virgo Regina prse omnibus in regno diledum et 
 ekdlum habuerat, fuis tunc neceffitatibus proviforem adhibuit, jura illic adminiftravit Epifcopalia -, 
 a quo, ficut in Beda legitur, facta eft AbbatifTa.' Lib. Elien. MS. lib. i. cap. 15. 
 
 — Poft modicum fratris fui memorati Regis Aldulfi auxiliis niajore inibi [in Ely] conflruflo 
 Monaftcrio Virginum Deo devotarum perplurium, mater virgo et exemplis vitse coepit eflr; et mo- 
 nitis, quarum ufibus ex integro infulam conftituit. Ibid. 
 
 Sandus Wilfridus — ut eam in Ely defcendifle cognoverat, feftinus advolat, de animas commo- 
 dis, de rtatu mentis, de qualitate converfationis traclatur. Deinde in Abbatiflae officio eam gre- 
 gemque illic adunatum confecravit, locum [ua dijpofilione confiituit^ ieque in omnibus folicitum ex- 
 hibuit; ubi vitam non folum fibi, fed cundis ibidem exiftentibus ucilem aliquanto tempore du.xitj 
 a quo ipfa plurimum rcgendi confilium et vita; folatium habuit. Ibid. cap. 16. 
 
THE SAXON CHURCHES. 25 
 
 in the ftate they now are: In the mean time I fliall proceed in fomc further obfer- 
 vations on the ftate of Architeclure among the Saxons, and fhow not only that the 
 opinion which fome authors have entertained of their Churches and Monafteries, as 
 if they were ufually wooden fabricks, is erroneous, and has no foundation in true 
 hiftory ; but alfo that very elegant ftone buildings fupported by pillars and arches 
 were very common with them. 
 
 In the beginning of the 8th. Centuiy, the fame ftile of Archite6lure that was ufed 
 here in England by the Saxons, was making it's way into the more Northern parts of 
 this Iflandj iovBede tells us, ' that in the year 710. Naiton King of the PiSls in a letter 
 he wrote toCeoIfrid Abbat ofGi'riay informed him, among other things, of his intend- 
 ing to build a Church of ftone to the honour of St. Peter; requeuing, at the fame 
 time, to fend him fome Artificers to build it after the Roman manner. Hence it fliould 
 feem that the ftile of Archite6lure generally ufed in that Age in England, was called 
 the Roman manner, and was the fame that was then ufed at Rot?!e, in Italy, and in 
 other parts of the Empire. 
 
 About the fame time, a. d, 716. Ethelbald King of Mercia founded the Monafteiy 
 oi Cray la?id \n Line olnJJji re. ^ The foil was marfhy, and not well able to fupport a 
 Fabrick of ftone; in which circumftances a timber building might be thought moft 
 expedient, on account of it's lightnefs, had fuch been generally ufed in that age. 
 However we find the King caufed a vaft number of large oaken piles to be driven 
 into the ground, and more folid earth to be brought in boats nine miles by water, 
 and laid thereon, to make it the more found and commodious for building; and 
 then laid the foundation of the Church of ftone, which he finiflied, and alfo all the 
 neceffary offices of that Monaftery, on which he beftowed many Ornaments and Pri- 
 vileges, and liberally endowed it. 
 
 But perhaps one of the moft complete Saxon Churches that we have any au- 
 thentic account of, is that of St. Peter in Tork, as it was rebuilt about the middle of 
 the 8th. Century. The Church founded there by King Edioin, and finifaed by his 
 Succeffor King Oswald, and afterwards repaired by Bifliop Wilfrid, as mentioned 
 before ; having received great damage by a fire, which happened in the year 74 1 . -' 
 Archbiftiop Albert who was promoted to that See a. D. 767. thought proper to take 
 it wholly down and rebuild it. This Albert was of a Noble family and a native of 
 Tor.k ; in his younger days he was fent by his parents to a Monaftery, where making 
 a great proficiency in learning, he was ordained a Deacon and afterwards a Priefti 
 being taken into the Family of Archbiftiop Egbert, to whom he was nearly related 
 in blood, he was by him preferred to the Mafterfliip of the celebrated School at l''ork, 
 where he employed himfelf in educating youth in Grammar, Rhetoric, and Poetry, 
 and taught alfo Aftronomy, Natural Philofophy, and Divinity. He aftenvards tra- 
 velled, and vifited RoJtie, and the moft eminent feats of learning abroad, and was folicited 
 by feveral foreign Princes to ftay, but declined it ; and returning home, he brought 
 
 with 
 BedjE Hift. Eccl. lib. v. cap.21. ^ Ingulphi Hift. Croyland. pag. 4. sChron. Mailros, Simeon 
 Dunelm, & Hoveden ad annum 741. — Tanner's Notit. Monaft. pag, 627, 
 
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26 HISTORICAL REMARKS ON 
 
 with him a fine collection of Books he had met with in his travels, and foon after was 
 made Archbilhop of Tork. Finding his Church in a ruinous condition, occafioned 
 probably by the late fire, and perhaps not fufficiently repaired fince that accident, he 
 determined to take it wholly down, and to rebuild it. The principal Archite6ls he 
 employed in that work were two of his own Church, and who had received their 
 education under him, namely, Eanhald (who afterwards fuccecded him in the See of 
 York,) and the famous Alcuin; both of them reckoned among the mojfl learned men 
 of that Age ; who with great zeal and unanimity, begun, cavried on, and finifhed it 
 in a few years J and, as appears by the defcription, executed the work in a moft 
 fumptuous and magnificent manner. Albert juft lived to fee his Church compleated; 
 for growing old and infirm, he either refigned his See, or took Eatibald, his in- 
 tended SuccefTor, for his coadjutor in the Epifcopal office, the three or four laft 
 years of his lifej and they both affifted at the confecration of it; only ten days before 
 his death, which happened according to Alcuin November the 8th. 780. His noble 
 collection of Books he depofited in the Library at Tork, probably the fame that is 
 faid to have been founded by Archbifliop Egbert; ' but which he greatly augmented 
 by the addition of all thofe he had procured in his travels abroad; and committed 
 them to the cuftody of the learned Alcuin, who gratefully celebrates the memory of 
 his Patron, and ranks him in the higheft clafs amongft men of eminence in that age 
 for learning, piety, and munificence ; and has at the fame time left us a defcription 
 of this Church, which I fl-jall give below in his own words. =» 
 
 From the defcription here given, in which the principal members, and requifites 
 of a complete and finiflied Edifice are expreffed, Pillars, Arches, Vaulted roofs, Win- 
 dows, Porticos, Galleries, and variety of Altars, with their proper ornaments and 
 decorations; the reader will in fome meafure be able to form a judgement of the 
 whole, and be apt to conclude, that Architecture was carried in that age to fome con- 
 fiderable degree of perfection. 
 
 MvJValpole, in his Anecdotes of Painting in England, and incidental Notes on other 
 Arts, obferves3, " that as all the other Arts, were formerly confined to Cloifters, fo 
 alfo was Architecture too ; and that when we read that fuch a Bifliop or fuch an Abbat 
 built fuch and fuch an Edifice, they often gave the Plans, as well as furniflied the ne- 
 ceflary funds." The juftnefs of this obfervation appears in this inftance of rebuilding 
 
 St. 
 
 > Willielm. Malmefburienr. de Pontificibiis Angl. lib.iii. f. 153. 
 
 3 i( 
 
 ■ 4/1 nova hafilica mir-ejlniffura diehus 
 Pr^fulis hujus cratjam cafta, pira£la,facrata. 
 • Ucec tiitnis alt a domus folidis fttffuha columnis, 
 Sti^pofita qua' Jiant curvatis arcubus, intus 
 Emicat egregiis laquearibus atque femjlris, 
 Pu'.chraque porlicibus fulget circumdata multis, 
 Plurima diver/is retinens folaria teliis. 
 
 ^is triginta tenet variis ornatihus aras. 
 Hoc duo dijcipuli templum, DoSlore jubente, 
 yEdifcanent Ennbaldtts et Akuinus, ambo 
 Concordes operi devota mente Jiudentes. 
 Hoc tamen ipfe Pater focio cum Pr^fule templum 
 Ante die decima quam clauderet ultima vita 
 Luniina pr^fentis, Sopbi<e facraverat al>n^." 
 
 This account of Aichbifhop Albert, and his rebuilding St. Petcr^s Church in Tork, is extradted from 
 Alcuin's Poem De Pcntificibus et Sanilis EccIefiaEbor. publifhed by Dr. Gale A.D. 1691. in which his 
 life is more fully wrote. — The name of Albert is barely mentioned by Bifhop_ Godwin, in his 
 catalogue of Bifhops -, though his great learning, piety and munificence well delerve to have his 
 Name tranfmitted to lateft pofterity. 
 3 Vol. i. p. 1 10. 
 
THE SAXON CHURCHES. 27 
 
 St.Pefers in Tcrk, of which Eanbald znd Alcidn were the chief Architects j in that of 
 the Church belonging to G)'rTOz Monaftery, built by Abbat BenediSlBifcopius; and thofe 
 of the Churches of Rippon, Hexham, and £/>•, by B^.Wilfrid; and in many other in- 
 flances that occur in Hiftory; feme of which may be taken notice of afterwards. And 
 indeed it is highly probable that the principal Archite6ls of many or mod of our beft 
 Churches and Monafteries, both in this and fucceeding ages, were fome or other of 
 thofe religious focieties themfelves, who generally fpeaking wanted only inferior Artifts 
 and workmen to carry their defigns into execution; and even of thefe they were in 
 part fupplied out of their own Houfes, where the elegant and polite Arts, particularly 
 thofe of Sculpture and Painting, were much cultivated and improved. 
 
 In the 9th. Century, the frequent and almoft continual invafions of this Kingdom 
 -by the Dajies, introduced the greateil: diforder and confufion in the ftate, and brought 
 -it almoft to the brink of ruin. War and it's neceffary attendants, the defolation and 
 deftru6lion of our Churches, Monafteries, and other Edifices both publick and pri- 
 vate, with the {laughter of the inhabitants, take up the greateft part of the Annals 
 of thofe times. Mean while Arts and Sciences, which in the laft century had been 
 in a very flourifliing condition, began to be neglefted, and Religion and Learning 
 loft their proper influence on men's minds, and were finking apace into difrepute 
 ■and contempt. ' In the midft of thefe publick calamities however, it pleafed Pro- 
 vidence to raife to the throne ^^;W worthily furnamed the Great. ^ The vio-orous 
 meafures he purfued to refcue his country from the hands of thofe barbarous in- 
 vaders of it, and to reftore it to it's former luftre, deferve the higheft encomiums. 
 Engaged as he was in continual wars during his whole reign of near thirty years, he 
 •never ceafed to exert his utmoft endeavours to reftore religion and learning, to pro- 
 mote commerce, to cultivate and improve all the fine and elegant arts. 3 His Court 
 was the refort of learned men of all profeffions, as well his own fubjecls, as foreio-n- 
 £rs, invited thither from the neighbouring Kingdoms, and retained there by proper 
 rewards. 4 Among his other accomplifhments, he was skilful in Architedlure, and 
 excelled his predecefix^rs in elegance of building and adorning his palaces ;5 in con- 
 fcu6ling large ftiips for the fecurity of his coafts,^ and ereding caftles in convenient 
 parts of the kingdom. Indeed Arch i tenure before this time had been almoft wholly 
 confined to religious ftrudures; but now was by Alfred 3.nd his two immediate Suc- 
 cefibrs chiefly applied to military purpofes, in erecting Fortrefl^es and Towers, and in 
 building and repairing walled-towns, become necefl'ary to curb the infolence and per- 
 fidy of the Danes; — and thus by adding to the defence and fecurity, he alfo greatly 
 improved the face of the Country. 7 He alfo encouraged the repairing of Churches, 
 founded two Monafteries, and reftored fome others r^ and to all thefe great works 
 he allotted, and conftantly expended a confiderable part of his revenue. 9 But the mif- 
 chiefs the Kingdom had fuftained were immenfe, and the evils too heavy to be foon 
 removed, and indeed required more than one age to do it: for it is certain that 
 neither the exalted genius, nor the atlive zeal even of the Great Alfred himfelf were 
 
 ever 
 
 , ' Afler.de Rebus GeftisAlfredi. p. 2 7. -Floren. Wigorn. A.D. S71. sMatth. Weftmon.adan. 8S8. 
 4IngulphiHift.pag.27.Edit.GaIe. sFlor. Wigorn.adan. 871.&887. «Macth. Weftm.ad an.897. 
 7 Ingulphi Hift. p. 27. 8 Flor. Wigorn. ad an. 8S7. 9 Ibid. — Matth.Wellm. ad an. S8S. 
 
 D 2 
 
28 HISTORICAL REMARKS ON 
 
 ever able efFefVually to remove them. Part of this work hov^^ever was carried on by 
 
 his Succefibr in the next age. 
 
 Edivard his fon who fucceeded him in the year 900, though inferior to his Father 
 in learning, furpafied him in martial glory. ' His genius too was turned to Archi- 
 teclure, but it was chiefly military : he built fortrefles in different parts of the King- 
 dom, encompalFed cities and great towns with walls and other means of defence, to 
 check the fudden incurfions of the Danes; out of whofe hands he wrefled the King- 
 doms of the Eaft-Angles and Northumberland, and obliged the Scots and Weljli to 
 own his fovereignty. * He is faid to have repaired the Univerfity of Cambridge,} 
 after it had been burnt by the Danes; though whether is meant of reftoring it as a 
 feat of learning, or only rebuilding the town, is not clear. Some Churches and 
 Monafteries, indeed were founded or repaired in his reign, in that oi Athclftan^'t 
 and of his immediate SuccefTorsj but the more general relloration of them, was re- 
 ferved for the peaceable times of King Edgar. 
 
 Edgar is faidito have founded more than forty Monafteries; 5 but they were chief- 
 ly fuch as had been deftroyed by the Danes, and were either in pofleffion of the 
 fecular Clergy, or had laid defolate to that time ; and fo may more properly be faid 
 to have been repaired only, and reftored to their former ufe : however feveral Mo- 
 nafleries were firft founded in his timej and by the accounts we have of them, it 
 appears that fome new improvements in Architecture had lately been made, or were 
 about that time introduced. The famous Abby of Ramfey in Huntingdonjhire, ^ was 
 one of thefe ; and was founded by ylihvin Alderman of all England, as he is ftiled, 
 with the afliflance of Ofwald Bifliop of Worcejler, afterwards Archbifhop of York. All 
 the Offices and the Church belonging to this Monaftery were new built, under the 
 direction of Ednoth one of the Monks of Worcejler, fent thither for that purpofe. 
 This Church, which was fix years in building, was finiflied in the year 974, and in 
 the fame year on the eighth of November, with great folemnity, dedicated by Ofwald^ 
 then raifed to the Archiepifcopal See of York, afllfted by Alfnoth Bifhop of the Diocefe, 
 in the prefence of Ailivin and other great Men. By a defcription given of this Church 
 in the Hiftofy of that Abby, 7 it appears to have had " two Towers raifed above the 
 Roof, one of them at the Weft-end of the Church, affordmg a noble profpeft at a 
 diftance to them that approached the Ifland ; the other, which was larger, was fup- 
 ported by four Pillars in the middle of the Building, where it divided in four parts, 
 being conne6led together by Arches, which extended to other adjoining Arches, to 
 kce]) them from giving way." From this pafTage one may eafily colleft, that the 
 plan of this new Church was a Crofs, with Side-Ifles, and was adorned with two 
 
 Towers, 
 ' Matth.Weftm. et Floren.Wigorn, ad an. 901. Ingulphi Hift. p. 28. * Mattli.Weftin. ad an. 
 907. I-'loren.Wigorn. ad an. 921. 3 Riidborne, Angl. Sacr. vol.i. p. 209. '^ Ingulphi. Hill. p. 29. 
 — Match. Weftm. ad. an. 939. — Malmesb. de Pontif. lib. v. p. 362. Edit. Gale inter xv Scriptorcs, 
 5 Matth.Weftm. et Flor. Wigorn. ad an. 957. — " — non fuit in Anglia Monafterium five Ecciefia 
 cujus non emendaret cultiim vel fedificia." Monaft. Angl. vol.i. pag.33. ^ Hift. Ramefienfis, cap. xy.. 
 pag 399. inter xv Scriptores, Edit, per Gale. ^ *'— dus quoque turres ipfis tedorum culminibus 
 eniinebant, qiiarum minor veri'us occidentem in fronte Bafilicse pulchrum intrantibus inkilam a longe 
 fptdtaciilum praebebat ; major vero in quadrifid<e ftrufturEe medio columnas quacuor, porrcc^isde alia 
 ad aliam arcubus fibi invicem connexas, ne laxe defluerent, deprimebat.". Ibid. 
 
THE SAXON CHURCHES. 29 
 
 Towers, one in the Weft-front, and the other ill the interfe^lion of the Crofs ; a 
 mode of building, I apprehend, which had not then been long in ufe here in England; 
 for it is obvious to remark, that in the defcriptions we have remaining of the more 
 ancient Saxon Churches, as particularly thofe of St. Andrews at Hexham, and St.Pefers 
 at Tork,^ fully enough defcribed ; not a word occurs, by which it can be inferred, 
 that thefe, or indeed any other of them, had either Crofs-buildings or high Towers 
 raifed above their Roofs ; but, as far as we can judge, were moftly fquare, ^ or rather 
 oblong buildings, and generally turned circular at the Eaft-end; 3 in form nearly, if 
 not exactly, refembling the Baftlica, or Courts of Juftice in great Cities throughout 
 the Roman Empire ; many of which, were in faft, converted into Chrijiian Churches,+ 
 on the firft eftablifliment of Chriftianity under Conftantine the Great ; and new-ere£led 
 Churches were conftrufted on the fame plan, on account of its manifeft utility for 
 the reception of large AfTemblies. Hence Bajilica was commonly ufed in that, and 
 feveral fucceeding Ages for Ecclejia or Church, and continued fo even after the form 
 of our Churches was changed. Now thefe Bafilica differed in their manner of con- 
 ftru6lion from the Templa ; for the Pillars of thefe latter were on the outfide of the 
 Building, and confequently their Porticos expofed to the v/eather ; but the Pillars of 
 the former were within, and their Porticos open only towards the Nave or main body 
 of the Building ; their chief entrance alfo was on one end, the other ufually termi- 
 nating in a femicircle : and this, I conceive, was the general form of our oldeft Saxon 
 Churches. The plan of the old Conventual Church at El)\ founded in the year 673, 
 conveys a good idea of it j except that the original circular end having been occa- 
 fionally taken down, as I find, in the year 11 02, and another building, ending alfo 
 in a femicircle, eredled in its room ; the original fonn is traced out by dotted lines, 
 (as at a. Plate iv.) 
 
 It is highly probable that the ufe of Bells gave occafion to the firft and moft con- 
 fiderable alteration that was made in the general plan of our Churches, by the necefiity 
 it induced of having ftrong and high-raifed edifices for their reception. The /Era in- 
 deed of the invention of Bells is fomewhat obfcure^ ? and it muft be owned that fome 
 traces of them may be difcovered in our Monafteries even in the feventh Century ; ^ 
 yet I believe, one may venture to affert, that fuch large ones as required diftincl 
 buildings for their fupport, do not appear to have been in ufe among us till the 
 tenth Century; about the middle of which we find feveral of our Churches were 
 furniftied with them, by the munificence of our Kings. 7 And the account we have 
 of St. Dunjlan% gifts to Malmejbury Abby, by their Hiftorian, plainly fhows they were 
 
 not 
 * See pag. 22. 26. ^ St. Peter'j at York, begun by King Edwin A. D. 627, is particularly reporifcd 
 by Bede to have been of that form •, " per quadrum coepit sedificare bafilicam." Beds Hift. Eccl. lib. 
 ji. cap. 1 4. 3 An ancient Church at Albejidan, built about the year 675, hy Heane the firft Abbat of 
 that place, was an oblong, building, 120 feet in lengthy and what is fingular, was of a circular form 
 on the Weft, as well as on the Eaft. — " habebat in longitudine 120 pedes, et erat rotundum tara 
 in parte occidentali, quam in parte orientali." Monaft. Angl. vol.i. pag. 98. 4 Camden's Britannia, 
 coi.780. Edit. Gibfon. 5 Vid. Spelmanni GloflT. ad Ci2wz/»^K(2. * Beds Hift. lib. iv. cap. 23. 
 7 Ethelftanus Rex (circa A.D.935.) dedit quatuor magnas Campanas Sto. Cuthberto. Monaft, 
 Angl. vol.i. pag, 40. lin.52. — "Rex Eadredus duoSignanon modica Ecclefis Eboracenfi donavit." 
 Matth.Weft. ad annum 946. — Rex Edgarus, circa A.D. 974. Ecclefice Ramefienfi dedit, *' — duas 
 Campanas, zolibrarum pretio comparatas." Hift. Ramelien. cap. 2 2. Edit. Gale. 
 
^r, HISTORICAL REMARKS ON 
 
 not very common in that age ; for he fays,' the Hberality of that Prelate confifted 
 chiefly in fuch tilings as were then wonderful and ftrange in England; among which 
 he reckons the large Bells, and Organs he gave them. But from this period they be- 
 came more frequent, and in time the common Furniture to our Churches. 
 
 Bells, no doubt, at firft fuggefted the neceflity of Towers 5 Towers promifed to 
 the imagination fomething noble and extraordinaiy, in the uncommon efFedls they 
 were capable of producing by their rcquifite loftinefs and variety of forms : — the 
 hint was improved, and Towers were built not only for nccelTaiy ufe, - but often 
 for fvmmetry and ornament, in different parts of the Fabrick ; and particulai-ly, 
 when the plan of a Crofs was adopted, the ufefulnefs of fuch a building appeared in 
 ihc interfeclion of the Crofs, adding ftrength to the whole, by its incumbent weight 
 on that part. 3 This is the fliort Hillory of the origin of Towers and Steeples ; which 
 always have been, and flill arc confidered as the pride and ornament of our Churches. 
 Pofiiblv, thefe innovations might begin under King Alfred: the encomiums bellowed 
 on him as an Archite6l,4 look that way, and feem to point at fome notable improve- 
 ments in. that art in his time; perhaps from models impoi:ed from abroad, by fome 
 of the learned Foreigners he ufually entertained in his Court. However, there is room 
 enough for panegyrick on that head, 5 without afcribing to him, " the re-edifying and 
 reftoring almoft every Monaftcry in his Dominions, which either the prevailing po- 
 verty of the times, or the facrilegious fury of the Dancs^ had brought to ruin, — his 
 building many and improving more :" ^ all which may with great truth and propriety 
 be applied to King Edgar: — it is fufficient to fay there were two Monafteries un- 
 <loubtedly of Alfred's foundation, Athelney and Shaftcfbury. Of the former fome ac- 
 count is given by Mabmjbiiry, ' it was fituate on a fmall River-Ifland in Somerfetpire, 
 containing only two acres of firm ground, furroundcd with an extenfive morafs, which 
 rendered it difficult of accefs : King Alfred founded it there in purfuance of a reli- 
 gious vow, as it had once afforded him a fafe retreat in time of his great diftrefs : 
 *' The Church, on account of its confined fituation, was not large, but conflrucled 
 in a new mode of building; for four piers firmly fixed on the ground, fupported the 
 whole llructure, having four Chancels of a circular form in its circumference." ^ This 
 
 Church 
 ' S. Dunflanus — " in mukis loco munificus, qus tunc in Anglia magni miraculi cfTent, decuf- 
 qiic et ingenium conferentisofferre crebro. Inter qua? Signa Ibno et mole prrtftantia ; et Organa,&c." 
 Will. Matmesb. de Pontif. lib.v. Edit. Angl. Sacr. vol. ii. pag.33. — " Dunftanus, cujus indiiftria 
 refloruit Ecclefia [Glafton.]— fecit Organa et Signa duo prscipua, et Campanam in refeftorio." Will. 
 Islalmefb. de Antiq. GlaAon. Ecclef. pag.324. Edit.Galei. — Athelwoldus Abbas Monafterii de Abeii- 
 don, regnante Edgaro Rege,— " fecit duas Campanas, quas in domo [Dei] pofuit, cum aliis duabus, 
 quas B. Dunftanus fcciiTe perhibetur." Monaft. Angl. vol.i. p.104. lin.42. 
 
 ^ The Campanile, or that particular Tower allotted for the ufe of Bells, was fometimes a diftinft fe- 
 parate building of itfelf ; but more commonly adjoined to the Church, fo as to make part of the fa- 
 brick, ufually at the Weft end. — Vid. Monaft. Angl. vol. i. p. 995. lin. 42. 
 
 3 See this explained by Sir Chrijlopher IVreii, in his Letter to Biftiop Sprat^ in Undmore's Hift. of 
 Wejlmitijler Abby, p. 53. 
 
 4 " In arte Architectonica fummus." Malmefb. de Reg. Angl. 5 Floren.Wigorn. ad annum 887. 
 ^ Biographia Britan. under Alfred. ^ Monaft. Angl. vol. i. p. 202. 
 
 8 "_tecit Ecclefiam fitu quidem pro anguftia fpacii modicam, fed novo ardificandi modo com- 
 paftam ; quatuor enim poftes fob infixi totam fufpendunt machinam, quatuor cancellis opere fphe- 
 -rico in circuitu duftis." Ibid. -^ It is not quite clear from this defcription, whether it was of Stone or 
 Timber. The word Pojles^ ufed for the Pillars or Supporters, does not, I think, determine either way. 
 
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 Church was probably one of his firft eflays in Archite6lure ; a Model, rather than a 
 finiflied piece ; a fpecimen of that new form then introduced ; in which one may 
 difcover the rudiments of a Crofs and of a Tower, which we find were afterwards 
 brought to greater perfe6lion, and were the fafliionable improvements in the next 
 age; as appears hy ^i /win's Church at Ramfey above-mentioned.' 
 
 Had there been more remains of thefe ancient Structures now in being, or had 
 our Ecclefiaflical Writers been more exprefs, we might at this time have been able to 
 fpeak with greater certainty concerning them : but Monuments of that kind are very- 
 rare,^ and what defcriptions we have, are moilly expreffed in fuch general terms, as 
 give little or no fatisfaftion in the particulars we want to know, '^vi Chrijiopher Wren^ 
 fpeaking of the old Abby Church of Wefiminjler, built by King Edgar, gives his 
 opinion of what kind of Archite6lure the Saxofis ufed ; 3 — ' This, 'tis probable, was 
 a good ftrong Building, after the manner of the Age, not much altered from the 
 Reman way. We have fome forms of this ancient Saxon way, which was with Piers, 
 or round Pillars (ftronger than Tufcan or Doric) round-headed Arches and Win- 
 dows. Such was Winchefter Cathedral of old, and fuch at this day the Royal Chapel 
 in the White Tower oi London, the Chapel of St.Cr^'s, the Chapel of Chrifi Church 
 in Oxford, formerly an old Monaflery, and divers others I need not name, built before 
 the Conqueft, and fuch was St. Paul's built in King Rufus's time. Thefe ancient 
 ftrudlures were without Buttrefles, only with thicker Walls ; the Windows were very- 
 narrow and lattifed ; + for King Alfred is praifed for inventing Lanthorns to keep 
 in the Lamps in the Churches." This eminent Architect, I doubt, could not eafily 
 recoUefl fuch fpecimens of buildings, as he was really fatisfied were built before the 
 Conqueft, which his difcourfe naturally led him to enquire after ; for the inftances 
 he brings were, undoubtedly erected after that period : — by this however he dif- 
 covers his own opinion, tliat the Saxon and Norman Architeflure was the fame. 
 
 SECT. 
 
 ' Pag. 28. 
 
 * The Saxon way of building was, as Sir C/{T{/?sp^£/ /^Vcwobferves, very ftrong. There were many 
 Cathedral and Conventual Churches of that kind at the time of the Conqueft, which might therefore 
 probably have continued to this day, had they not been pulled down, or fuffered to run to ruin by 
 negleft. One principal caufe of which, was the removal of the Biftiops Sees (fome of which had beea 
 placed in Villages or fmall Towns) to Cities and more populous places, by the Council of London, 
 A. D.I 07 8. This occafioned the old Saxon Cathedrals in the deferted Sees, to be negleded and fall- 
 to decay •, and in thofe places where they were fuffered to continue, they were foon after demoliftied, 
 to make room for the more ftately Fabricks of the Normans ; except in fome few inftanccs, where 
 perhaps fome parts of the old Saxon fabricks may be found incorporated with the then new works of 
 theNorrnans.Tlie ruin of the reft is eafily accounted for, confidering what havock was madeofdieni 
 at their iurrender, and the effeftual means ufed by the Vifitors appointed by King Henry viil. to de- 
 ftroy them. See Willis's Hift. of Abbies, vol. i. p.iSo,i8i. and vol.ii. Pref. p. 7. 
 
 3 Letter to the Biftiop of Rochefter, in Wren'% Parentalia, — and in IVidmore's Hift. of Weftm. 
 Abby, p. 44. 
 
 4 The Windows narrow and lattifed.] If the meaning be, that the Windows before Alfred'^ time 
 were not Glazed ; — it is apprehended, this is a miflrake. See p. 2 1 . note i . 
 
32 
 
 IMPROVEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE, 
 
 SECT. VI. 
 
 Improvements in ArchiteSiure^ by the Normans. 
 
 OUR Hiftorians exprefsly mention a new mode of Archite6lure, brought into 
 ufe by the Normans, and particularly apply it to the Abby Church at Wejl- 
 minjler, built by King Edivard the Confeflbr, in which he was buried ; ' and after- 
 wards fpeak of it, as the prevailing mode throughout the Kingdom.' — This account 
 has not a little perplexed our modern critical inquirers, who are at a lofs to afcertain 
 the real difference, between the Saxon and the Norman mode of building. 
 
 In ■ order therefore to reconcile thefe feemingly different accounts, it is proper to 
 obferve, that the general plan and difpofition of all the principal parts in the latter 
 Saxon and earlieft Norman Churches, was the fame ; — the chief entrance was at the 
 Weft end into the Nave ; at the upper end of that was a Crofs, with the arms of it 
 extcndin"- North and South, and the head (in which was the Choir) towards the 
 Eaft, ending ufually in a femicircular form 5 and in the centre of the Crofs was a 
 Tower, another was frequently added (and fometimes two, for the fake of ornament 
 or fymmetry,) to contain the Bells ; the Nave, and often the whole building, was 
 encompaffed with inner Porticos ; the Pillars were round, fquare, or angular, and 
 very ftrong and maffive ; the Arches, and heads of the Doors and Windows, were all 
 of them circular. In thefe refpecls, it may perhaps be difficult to point out any 
 confiderable difference between the Saxon and Norman Archite6lure. In a popular 
 fenfe however, I apprehend there will appear a fufficient diftindion, to intitle the 
 latter a new mode of building, as our Hiftorians call it, in refpe6l to the former. 
 
 The Saxons, fometime before the ruin of their ftate, as Malmesbury obferves, 3 had 
 greatly fallen from the virtue of their Anceftors in Religion and Learning ; vice and 
 kreligion had gained the afcendant, and their moral chara<5l:er was at the loweftebbj 
 in their way of Uving they were luxurious and expenfive, though their Houfes were 
 at the fame time rather low and mean buildings. 4 The Normans, on the contrary, 
 were moderate and abftemious, and delicate withal in their diet ; fond of ftately and 
 fumptuous houfes -, affefled pomp and magnificence in their mien and drefs, and 
 likewife in their buildings, pubHck as well as private. They again introduced civility 
 
 and 
 
 » « Sepultus eft [Rex Edwardus] Londini in Ecclefia, quam ipfe novo compofitionls genere con- 
 ftruxerat •, a qua poll multi Ecclefias conftruentes, exemplum adepti, opus illud expenfis jemulaban- 
 tur fumptuofis." Matth. Pahs Hift. pag. i . — " Ecclefiam xdificationis genere novo fecit." W. 
 Malmefb. de Geft. Reg. 
 
 2 «' Videas ubique in villis Ecclefias, in vicis et urbibus Monafteria, novo a?dificandi genere con- 
 furgere." Malmefb. ibid. p. 102. 
 
 3 De Regibus AngliiE. p.ioi. 
 
 4 " — parvis et abjedis domibus totosfumptus abfumebant : Francis et Normannis abfimiles, qui 
 amplis et luperbis jedificiis niodicas expenlas agunt. — Normanni erant tunc et lunt adhuc veftibus 
 ad invidiam culti, cibis citra ullam nimietatem dclicati.— Demi ingentia aedificia (ut dixi) moderates 
 fumptus moliri, paribus invidere fuperiores prjetcrgredi velle, &c. — Religionis normam in Anglia 
 ufqucquaque emortuam adventu fuo fufcitarunt •, videas ubique in villis Ecclefias, in vicis et urbibus 
 Monafteria novo aedificandi genere confurgere, recenti ritu Patriam florere, ita ut fibi periifte diem 
 quique opulentus exiftimet, quern non aliqua prjeclara magnificentia illuftret." Ibid. p. 102. 
 
BY THE NORMANS. n^ 
 
 and the liberal arts, reftored Learning, and endeavoured to raife again Religion from 
 the languid flate into which it was fallen ; — to this end they repaired and enlarged 
 the Churches and Monafteries, and ere6led new ones every where, in a more ftately 
 and fumptuous manner than had been known in thefe Kingdoms before. This is 
 what our Hiftorians take notice of, and call it a new manner of Building; we flyle it 
 now the Norman Architedlure : the criterion of which is, I conceive, chiefly it's mafTive- 
 nefs, and enlarged dimenfions, in which it far exceeded the Saxon. Some fpecimens of 
 this Norman kind of building had indeed been produced a little time before the Con- 
 queft, owing to our communication with the Normans, whofe cuftoms and manners 
 
 King Edward, who had been educated in that Court, was fond of introducing ; ' 
 
 fuch was the Abby Church which he ere6led at Wejlminjler, and " ferved afterwards 
 as a pattern to other builders, being rivalled by many, at a great expenfe j " 2 fuch 
 alfo was St. Vetera Church in Gloucejler, built about the fame time, part of which is 
 ftill remaining : this mode of building, in the language of profefled Artifts, we find, 
 is reckoned the fame with the Saxon: — all the difference, as far as appears to us at 
 this diftance of time, was in the magnitude or fize of their feveral buildings. The 
 Saxon Churches, were often elegant fabricks and well conflruded, as has been ob- 
 ferved before ; but generally of a moderate fize, frequently begun and finiflied In five 
 or fix years, or lefs time. The works of the Normam were large, fumptuous and 
 magnificent ; of great length and breadth, and carried up to a proportionable height, 
 with two, and fometimes three ranges of pillars, one over another, of different di- 
 menfions, connedled together by various arches, 3 (all of them circular;) forming 
 thereby a lower and upper portico, and over them a gallery; and on the outfide three 
 tires of windows : in the centre was a lofty flrong tower, and fometimes one or two 
 more added at the Wefl:-end, the front of which generally extended beyond the fide- 
 ifles of the nave or body of the Church, 
 
 The obfervation made on rebuilding St. Paul's In King TV'dUam Rufos's time, after 
 the fire o( London in 1086, by Mauritius Bifliop of that See, viz. " That the plan 
 was fo extenfive, and the defign fo great, that moft people who lived at that time 
 cenfured it as a rafli undertaking, and judged that it never would be accomplilhed;"+ 
 
 — is in fome meafure applicable to mofi: of the Churches begun by the Normans. 
 
 Their plan was indeed great and noble, and they laid out their whole defign at firfir j 
 fcarcely, we may imagine, with a view of ever living to fee it compleated in their life- 
 time : — their way therefore was ufually to begin at the Eafl end, or the Choir part ; 
 when that was finiflied, and covered in, the Church was often confecrated ; and the 
 
 remainder 
 ^ » " Rex Edwardus natus in Anglia, fed nutritus in Normannia, et diiitifflme immoratus, pene in 
 Gallicum tranfierat, adducens ac attrahens de Normannia pliirimos, quos variis dignitatibus promotos 
 in immenfum exaltabat.— coepit ergo tota terra iub Rege, ec fiib aliis Normannis introdiiftis An^liccs 
 ritus dimittere et Francorum mores in multis imitari." IngulphiHilt. p. 62. Edit.Gale. - "—aqua 
 port multi Ecclefias conftruentes, exempliim adepti, opus illud expcnfis remulabantur fumptuofis." 
 Matth. Paris Elift. p.i. 3 ' _ Diverfis fultum columnis, ac multiplicibus volutum hinc et inde arcu- 
 bus.'— as Sulcardus a Monk of Weftminfter defcribes the Abby Church there, built by Edward tlie 
 Confeflbr •, which was of this kind. Widmore's Hiftory of Weftminfter Abby. p.io. '^' — Novafecic 
 [Mauritius] fundamenta tarn fpaciofa, ut qui ea tempeftate vixerunt plerique cceptum hoc ejus tan- 
 quam temerarium et audax n-miuni reprehcnderent, nunquam futuruni dicentes, ut molis tarn ino-en- 
 tis ftrii(5tura aliquando perficeretur.' Godwin de Praeful. Angl. p. 1 75. ^ 
 
^4- IMPROVEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE, 
 
 remainder carried on as far as they were able, and then left to their SuccefTors to be 
 compleated : and it is very obfervable, that all our Cathedral, and moft of the Abby 
 Churches, befides innumerable Parochial Churches, were either wholly rebuilt or 
 greatly improved within lefs than a Century after the Conqucft, and all of them by 
 Normans introduced into this Kingdom ; as will evidently appear on examining the 
 Hifloryof their feveral Foundations.' It was the policy of the firft Norman Kings to 
 remove the Englifi or Saxons from all places of truft or profit, and admit none but 
 Foreigners : infomuch that Malmesbury, who lived in the Reign of Heriry the Firjf^ 
 obferves, " That in his time there was not one EngUjl:man poflefTed of any poft of 
 honour or profit under the Government, or of any confiderable office in the Church." ^ 
 The Bifliopncks and all the befl: Ecclefiaftical preferments, were filled by thofe Fo- 
 rei"-ners, and the Eftates of the Saxon Nobility were divided among them. Thus 
 bein"- enriched and furniflied with the means, it muft be owned, they fpared neither 
 pains nor coft in creeling Churches, Monafteries, Caftles, and other Edifices both 
 for publick and private ufc, in the moft ftately and fumptuous manner. And, I think, 
 we may venture to fay, that the Circular Arch, Round-headed Doors and Windows,. 
 Maflive Pillars, with a kind of regular Bafe and Capital, and thick Walls, without 
 any very prominent ButtrefTes, were univerfally ufed by them to the end of King 
 Heni-y the F/r/?'s Reign ; and are the chief Characflerifticks of their ftyle of Building : 
 and among other peculiarities that diftinguifh it, we may obferve, that the capitals of 
 their Pillars were generally left plain, without any manner of Sculpture ; though in- 
 ftances occur of foliage and animals on them; as thofe on the Eaft-fide of the ^V-^th 
 Tranfept at Ely. — The Body or Trunk of their vaft mafiive Pillars were ufually plain 
 Cylinders, or fet ofi:" only with fmall Half-columns united with them ; but fome- 
 times to adorn them, they ufed the Spiral-groove winding round them, and the Net 
 or Lozenge-work overfp reading them ; both of which appear at Durham, and the firft 
 in the Undercroft at Canterbury, — As to their Arches, though they were for the moft 
 part plain and fimple; yet fome of their principal ones, as thofe over the chief 
 entrance at the Weft-end, and others moft expofed to view, were abundantly charged 
 with Sculpture of a particular kind 5 as, the Chevero?i-'work or Zig-zag moulding, the 
 moft common of any ; and various other kinds rifing and falling, jetting out and 
 receding inward alternately, in a waving or undulating manner ; — the Embattlcd- 
 Frette, a kind of ornament formed by a fingle round Moulding, traverfing the face 
 of the Arch, making it's returns and croflings always at Right-angles, fo forming the 
 intermediate fpaces into Squares alternately open above and below; fpecimens of 
 this kind of ornament appear on the great Arches in the middle of the Weft-front at 
 Lincoln, and within the ruinous part of the building adjoining to the great Weftern 
 Tower at Ely, — the Triaiigular-Frette^ where the fame kind of moulding at every re- 
 turn, 
 ' Particular accounts may be found in Dugdale?. Momjlicon, Godwin de Pricfulihus Angli^c, Willis^ 
 I lift, of Abbies, &c. Thus Z-a«/rawf, promoted to the See of Canterbury 1070, begun the foundation 
 of a new Church there. Tbamas I, Archbifliop of York 1070. — Walcher Bifliop of Durham 107 1.— 
 Walkdine ofWinchefter io- o.—Remigius of Lincoln 1076. — all of them Foreigners, did the like in 
 their feveral Sees-, and lb of the reft. * ' Anglia fa6ta eft exterorum habitatio, et alienigenarum do- 
 miiiatio; nullus hodie Anglus Dux, vel Pontifex, vel Abbas; advense quique divitias et vifcera cor- 
 rodunt Anglia: ; ncc fpes ulla eft finicnda; niilcrice.' Malmesb. de Reg. Angl. p.93. 
 
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BY THE NORMANS. ^c 
 
 tarn, forms the fide of an Equilateral Triangle, and confequently enclofes the inter- 
 mediate fpaces in that figure ; — the Nail-head, refembling the heads of great Nails, 
 driven in at regular diftances ; as in the Nave of Old St. Paul's, and the great Tower 
 at Hereford; (all of them found alfo in more ancient Saxon buildings;) — the Billeted- 
 mouldifig, as if a Cylinder fliould be cut into fmall pieces of equal length, and thefe 
 ftuck on alternately round the face of the Arches; as in the Choir oi Peterborough ^ 
 at St. Crofs, and round the Windows of the upper Tire on the outfide of the Nave at 
 Ely : — this latter ornament was often ufed (as were alfo fome of the others,) as a 
 Fafcia, Band, or Fillet, round the outfide of their Buildings. — Then to adorn the infide 
 Walls below, they had rov/s of little Pillars and Arches ; and applied them alfo to 
 decorate large vacant fpaces in the Walls without : — and the Corbel-table, confifting 
 of a feries of fmall Arches without Pillars, but with heads of Men and Animals, ferv- 
 ing inftead of Corbels or Brackets to fupport them, which they placed below the 
 
 Parapet, proje6ling over the upper, and fometimes the middle Tire of Windows: 
 
 the Hatched Moulding ufed both on the faces of the Arches, or for a Fafcia on the out- 
 fide ; — as if cut with the point of an Ax at regular diiVances and fo left rough : 
 
 and the Nebule a proje6lion terminated by an undulating line ^^sy\/\>'^, as under 
 the upper range of Windows at Peterborough. — To thefe marks that diftinguifli the 
 Saxon or Norman flyle, we may add, that they had no Tabernacles, (or Niches with 
 Canopies ;) or Pinnacles, or Spires ; or indeed any Statues to adorn their buildings 
 on the outfide, which are the principal grace of what is now called the Gothic ; unlefs 
 thofe fmall figures we fometimes meet with over their Door-ways, fuch as is that 
 little figure of Bifliop Herebert Lofng over the North-tranfept door at Norwich, feem- 
 ingly of that time ; or another fmall figure of our Saviour over one of the South- 
 doors at Ely, &c. may be called fo : but thefe are rather Mezzo-relievos than Statues j 
 and it is known, that they ufed Reliefs fometimes with profufion ; as in the Saxon or 
 
 Norman Gateway at Bwy, and the two South-doors at Ely. [Plates vi ,vir ] 
 
 Efcutcheons of Arms are hardly (if ever) feen in thefe Fabricks, though frequent 
 enough in after times; — neither was there any tracery in their vaultings. — Thefe 
 few particularities in the Saxon and Norman ftyle of building, however minute they 
 may be in appearance, yet will be found to have their ufe, as they contribute to afcer- 
 tain the age of an Edifice at firft fight.' 
 
 It cannot be expeiSted we fliould be able to enumerate all the decorations they 
 made ufe of; for they defigned variety in the choice of them : but a judicious Anti- 
 quarian who has made the prevailing modes of Architecture in diftant times, Iiis 
 ftudy ; will be able to form very probable conjeclures concerning the age of moft of 
 thefe ancient ftruflures ; the alterations that have been made in them, fince theif 
 firft eredion, will often difcover themfelves to his eye. Perhaps the mofl ufual change 
 he will find in them, is in the form of the Windows ; for in many of our oldeil 
 Churches, I mean fuch as were built within the firfl Age after the Conqueft, the 
 Windows which v/ere originally Round-headed, have fince been altered for others 
 
 of 
 
 * Some curious obfervations on the difference between the Norman ftyle of building ufed in the 
 Conqueror's reign, and that in ufe under Henry II. may be met with in the account given by Gervaie 
 a Monk of Canterbury, of the Fire that happened there A.D. 1 174, and burn: die Choir, and of the 
 repairing of the fame. X. Scriptores, col. 1302. lin.43,44, &c. 
 
 E 2 
 
36 IMPROVEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE, 
 
 of a more modern date, with pointed Arches. Inftances of this kind are numerous, 
 and may often be difcovered, by examining the courfes of the Stone-work about them ; 
 unlcfs the outward face of the Building was new-cafed at the time of their infertion, 
 as it fometimes happened: without attending to this, we fliall be at a lofs to account for 
 that mixture of round and pointed Arches, we often meet with in the fame Building. 
 
 There is perhaps hardly any one of our Cathedral Churches of this early Norman 
 ftyle (I mean with round Arches and large Pillars) remaining entire, though they 
 were all originally fo built ; but fpecimens of it may ftill be feen in moft of them. 
 The greateft part of the Cathedrals of Durham, CarliJIe, Cbejler, Teterborough, Norivichy 
 RocbeJJer, Chkhefter, Oxford, JVcrccJler, Wells, and Hereford; the Tower and Tranfept of 
 Wincbejier, the Nave of Gloucefer, the Nave and Tranfept of Ely, the two Towers of 
 Exeter, fome remains in the middle of the Weft-front of Lhicohi, with the lower parts 
 of the two Towers there ; in Canterbury great part of the Choir, formerly called Con- 
 rade's Choir (more ornamented than ufual,) the two Towers called St. Gregory's and 
 St.Jlnfelms, and the North- weft Tower of the fame Church; the Collegiate Church 
 o( Southtvell, and part of St. Bartholomew's in Smithfield, are all of that ftyle ; and fo 
 was the Nave and Tranfept of Old St. Paul's, Lotidon,^ before the Fire in 1666 : Tork 
 and Lkbfield, have had all their parts fo entirely rebuilt at feparate times, fmce the 
 difufe of round Arches, that little or nothing of the old Norman work appears in them 
 at this day. The prefent Cathedral Church of Salijbury, is the only one that never 
 had any mixture of this early Norman ftyle in it's compofition : the old Cathedral, 
 begun foon after the Conqucft, and finiflied by Roger, that great and powerful Bifliop 
 of Salijbury under Henry I. was at Old Sarum, and of the fame kind ; it ftood in the 
 North-weft part of the City, and the Foundations are ftill vifible : if one may form 
 a judo-mcnt of the whole, by the Ruins that remain ; it does not appear indeed to 
 have been fo large as fome other of thofe above-mentioned ; but it had a Nave and 
 two Porticos or Side-ifles, and the Eaft-end of it was Semicircular ; it's fituation on a 
 barren chalky Hill, expofed to the violence of the Winds, and fubjeclto great fcarcity 
 of Water, and that within the precinQs of the Caftle, (whereby frequent difputes and 
 quarrels arofe between the Members of the Church and Officers of the Caftle,) gave 
 occafion to the Biftiop and Clergy in the reign of Henry III. to defert it, and remove 
 to a more convenient fituation, about a Mile diftant towards the South-eaft ; where 
 2 Richard Poorc, at that time Biftiop, begun the Foundation of the prefent Church on 
 the fourth of the Calends of May 1220. It confifts entirely of that ftyle which is now 
 called, (though I think improperly,) Gothic-, a light, neat, and elegant form of buildingj 
 in which all the Arches are (not round but) pointed, the Pillars fmall and flender, 
 and the outward Walls commonly fupported with Buttrelfes. 
 
 The term Gothic applied to Architedure, was much ufed by our Anceftors in the laft 
 Century, when they were endeavouring to recover the ancient Grecian or Roman man- 
 ner, (I call it indifferently by either of thofe names, for the Romatis borrowed it from 
 the Greeks :) whether they had then a retrofpeft to thofe particular times when the Goths 
 ruled in the Empire, or only ufed it as a term of reproach, to ftigmatize the produ6lions 
 
 of 
 » A view of the infide by Hollar, is preferved in Dugdale's Hift. of St. Paul's. 
 * Price's Obfervations on the Cath.Church of Salifbury, p. 8. — Camden's Britan. col. 107. note y. 
 
BY THE NORMANS. -- 
 
 of Ignorant and barbarous times, is not certain : but I think they meant it of Roman 
 Architeaure; not fuch, certainly, as had been in the Age oi Aiigujlus, (which they 
 were labouring to reftore,) but fuch as prevailed in more degenerate times, when 
 the Art itfelf was almofl loft, and particularly after the Invafions of the Goths ; in 
 which ftate it continued many Ages after, without much alteration. Of this kind was 
 our Saxon and earlieft Nonm?i manner of building, with circular Arches and ftron^- 
 maflive Pillars, but really Roman Architedure, and fo was called by our Saxon An- 
 ceftors themfelves.i Some Writers call all our ancient Architedure without diftinfti- 
 on of round and pointed Arches, Gothic : though I find of late the fafhion is to 
 apply the term folely to the latter -, the reafon for which is not very apparent. The 
 word Gothic no doubt implies a relation fome way or other to the Goths ■ and if fo 
 then the old Roman way of building with round Arches above defcribed, feems to have 
 the cleareft title to that appellation ; not that I imagine the Goths invented, or brought 
 it with them : but that it had it's rife in the Gothic age, or about the time the Goths 
 invaded Italy. The ftyle of building with pointed Arches is modern, and feems not 
 to have been known in the world, till the Goths ceafed to make a figure in it. Sir 
 CbriJlopherWren thought this fliould rather be called the Saracen way of building:— 
 the firft appearance of it here, was indeed in the time of the Crufades j and that might 
 induce him to think the Archetype was brought hither by fome who had been en- 
 gaged in thofe expeditions, when they returned from the Holy Land : but the ob- 
 fervations of feveral learned Travellers, ^ who have accurately furveyed the Ancient 
 mode of building in thofe parts of the world, do by no means favour that opinion, 
 or difcover the leaft traces of it. Indeed I have not yet met with any fatisfa6lory ac- 
 count of the origin of pointed Arches, when invented, or where firft taken notice 
 of : fome have imagined, they might poflibly have taken their rife from thofe Ar- 
 cades we fee in the early Ncrtnan or Saxon buildings on walls, where the wide femi- 
 circular Arches crofs and interfecl each other, and form thereby at their interfe6lion 
 exaaiy a narrow and ftiarp-pointed Arch. In the wall South of the Choir at St.OVi 
 is a facing of fuch wide round interlaced Arches by way of ornament to a flat vacant 
 fpace : only fo much of it as lies between the Legs of the two neighbouring Arches, 
 where they crofs each other, is pierced through the Fabrick, and forms a little range 
 of ftiarp-pointed Windows : it is of King Stephens time ; whether they were originally 
 pierced I cannot learn. — But whatever gave occafion to the[invention ; there are fuf- 
 ficient proofs they were ufed here in the Reign' of Henry II. The Weft-end of the 
 old Temple Church built in that Reign, and dedicated by Heraclius Patriarch of the 
 Church of the Holy RefurreBion in Jerufalem, (as appears by the Infcription 3 lately 
 over the Door,) is now remaining ; and has, I think, pointed and round Arches ori- 
 ginally inferted ; they are intermixed j the great Arches are pointed, the Windows 
 above are round; the Weft door is a round Arch richly ornamented;, and before it 
 a Portico or Porch of three Arches, fupported by two Pillars ; that oppofite to the 
 Church-door is round, the other two pointed, but thefe have been rebuilt. The great 
 Weftern-tower of Ely Cathedral, built in the fame Reign by Geoffry Ry de I B'liho^ there, 
 
 who 
 " Beds Hift. Eccl. lib. v. cap. 2 1. - and Hift. Abb. Wiremuth. et Gyrw. 0.205 J a 
 * Pocock, Norden, Shaw. i Stow's Survey of London, p. 746. Edit. 1754. " ' 
 
.S IMPROVEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE, 
 
 who died A.D. 1 1 89. confifVs of pointed Arches. At Tcrk under the Choh" remains 
 much of the old work, built by Archbiihop Roger in Heury lid's Reign ; tlie Arches 
 are but juft pointed, and rife on (liort round Pillars, whofe Capitals are adorned with 
 Animals and Foliage : many other inftances of the fame Age might be recolkaed ; 
 and poffibly fome may occur of an earlier date j for this, Uke moft novelties, we may 
 fuppofc, was introduced by degrees. 
 
 In Henry the Illd's Reign the circular Arch and maflivc Column feem wholly to 
 have been laid afide, and tlie pointed Arch and flender Pillar being fubftituted in 
 their room, obtained fuch general approbation throughout the Kingdom, that fcveral 
 parts of thofc ftrong and ftately buildings, that had been erefted in the preceeding 
 Age, were taken down and their dimenfions enlarged, in order to make room for 
 this 'new mode of building. The Cathedral Church of Salijbury is wholly of this kind 
 of Architecture : it v;as begiui early in that reign,' and finiflied in the Year 1258. 
 This Church (fays a competent Judge ^ of fuch matters) " may be juftly accounted 
 one of the beft patterns of Archite^wre in the Age wherein it was built." To v;hich 
 we may add, that it has this advantage of all others, that the whole Plan was laid 
 out at once, and regularly purfued throughout the whole courfe of it's building, in 
 the fame ftyle, to it's finifliing ; whence arife that uniformity, fymmetry, and regular 
 proportion obfervable in all the parts of it, not to be found in any other of our Ca- 
 thedral Churches ; which having been all originally built with circular Arches and 
 heavy Pillars, and moft of them afterwards renewed, in part or in whole ; at different 
 times ; and under all the changes and variety of modes that have prevailed, fince the 
 firft introduaion of pointed Arches ; now want that regularity and famenefs of flyle, 
 fo necefTary to conftitute an entire and perfeft building. In the fame reign w^ere con, 
 fiderable additions made to feveral of our Cathedral and other Churches, efpecially 
 at their Eaft-end ; fome of which, as they are frill remaining, may ferve to illuftrate 
 the particular ftyle then in ufe : fuch is that elegant ftruclure at the Eaft-end of Ely 
 Cathedral, 3 built by Hugh NorwoU, Bp. of £/y,+ who in the Year 1234, took down the 
 circular Eaft-end of the Church, and laid the Foundation of his new Building, now 
 called the Preft)ytery, which he finiflied in 1250. King Henry alfo,5 in the Year 1245, 
 ordered the Eaft-end, Tower, and Tranfept of the Abby Church at Wejlminjler, built by 
 Edivard the Confejfor, to be taken down, in order to rebuild them at his own expenfe, 
 in a more elegant form : he did not live, it fecms, to compleat his whole defign ; but 
 the difference of ftyle in that part of the Church, from the other. Weft-ward of the 
 Crofs, which was alfo rebuilt after\vards, indicates how far the work was carried on in 
 that King s time, or foon after. " The New Work of St. Paul's, fo called, at the Eaft- 
 end, above the Choir, was begun in the Year 125 1.— Alfo the New Work of St. P.;z//'s, 
 to wit, the crofs Ifles, were begun to be new built in the ^ Year 1256." Befides thefe, 
 we find there were a great many confiderable alterations and additions made to 
 
 feveral 
 
 ' Godwin de Pr.t-ful. AngUa-, pag. 345. = Sir Clir.Wren, in Parentalla. 3 The whole of the 
 building called the Presbytery, confills of nine Arches •, only the fix Eaftern-moft, with that end, were 
 built by BiOiop Ncm-old ; the odier three adjoining to the Dome were afterwards rebuilt by Bifhop 
 Hotham, in the Reigns of Edward II. and Edward III. * MS. Bibl. Cotton. Tiberius. B. 2. tol. 246. 
 s Matth. Paris Hill. p. 581. 861. * Stow's Survey of Lond. vol. i. p. 639. 
 
BY THE NORMANS. -a 
 
 feveral other Cathedral and Conventual Churches, and new buildings carrying on 
 about the fame time in different parts of the Kingdom ; fome of which are par- 
 ticularly taken notice of by our Hillorians.' 
 
 During the whole Reign of Henry III. the fafhionable Pillars to our Churches 
 were of Purbec Marble, very flender and round, encompaffed with Marble Shafts a 
 little detached, fo as to make them appear of a proportionable thicknefs j thefe Shafts 
 had each of them a Capital richly adorned with Foliage, which together in a Clufler 
 formed one elegant Capital for the whole Pillar. This form, though graceful to the 
 eye, was attended with an inconvenience, perhaps not apprehended at firft ; for the 
 Shafts defigned chiefly for ornament, confiding of long pieces cut out horizontally 
 from the Quarry, when placed in a Perpendicular fituation were apt to fplit and 
 break ; which probably occafioned this manner to be laid afide in the next Century- 
 There was alfo fome variety in the form of the Vaultings in the fame Reign : thefe 
 they generally chofe to make of Chalk, for it's lightnefs j but the Arches and principal 
 Ribs were of Freeftone. The vaulting of Salt/bury Cathedral, one of the earlieft, is 
 high pitched, between Arches and Crofs-fpringers only, without any further decora- 
 tions ; but fome that were built foon after, are more ornaaiental, rifing from their 
 impolls v/ith more fpringers, and fpreading themfelves to the middle of the Vaulting, 
 
 are enriched at their interfeclion with carved Orbs, Foliage, and other devices : 
 
 as in Bifliop A^orwoZ/s work above mentioned. ^ 
 
 As to the Windows of that Age, we find they were long, narrow, fliarp-pointed, 
 and ufually decorated on the infide and outfide with fmall Marble Shafts : the order 
 and difpofition of the Windows, varied in fome meafure according to the Stories of 
 which the Building confifted : in one of three Stories, the uppermoft had commonly 
 three Windows within the compafs of every Arch, the centre one being higher than 
 thofe on each fide ; the middle Tire or Story had two within the fame fpace : and 
 the loweft only one Window, ufually divided by a Pillar or MuUion, and often orna- 
 mented on the top with a Trefoil, Angle Rofe, or fome fuch fimple decoration; which 
 probably gave the hint for branching out the whole Head into a variety of Tracery 
 and Foliage, when the Windows came afterwards to be enlarged. The ufe of paint- 
 ed and ftained Glafs in our Churches, is thought to have begun about this time.3 
 This kind of ornament, as it diminiflied the Lights induced the neceffity of making 
 an alteration in the Windov/s ; either by increafing the number, or enlarging their 
 proportions ; for though a Gloominefs rather than overmuch Light,, feems more 
 proper for fuch Sacred Edifices, and " better calculated for recollefting the thoughts, 
 and fixing pious affeftions," as the elegant Writer laft cited obfervesi4 yet without 
 that alteration, our Churches had been too dark and gloomy ; as fome of them now 
 being divefled of that ornament, for the fame reafon, appear over-light. 
 
 As for Spires and Pinnacles, with which our oldeft Churches are fometimes, and 
 more modern ones are frequently decorated, I think they are not very ancient. The 
 Towers and Turrets of Churches built by the Normans, in the firft Century after 
 
 their 
 ' Monaft. Angl. vol. i. p.273. lin.44. p,386. lin. 40. p.752. lin.ir. et vol. iii. p. 270. - Godwin 
 de Prsful. Angl. p.37f;372. 4^1- 503- 505- 678- 742. I Pag.38. 3 Ornaments of Churches 
 confidered, p. 94. 4 Ibid. 
 
40 IMPROVEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE, 
 
 their coming, were covered, as Platforms, with Battlements or plain parapet Walls ; 
 fome of them indeed built within that period, we now fee finifhed with Pinnacles or 
 Spires; which were additions, fmcc the modern ftyle of pointed Arches prevailed; 
 for before we meet with none. One of the earlieft Spires we have any account of, is 
 that of OA/ St. PWs ' finiflied in the year 1222; it was, I think, of Timber, covered 
 ^vith Lead ; but not long after, they begun to build them of Stone ; and to finifli all 
 their Buttrefles in the fame manner. 
 
 Architecture under Edward I. was fo nearly the fame as in his Father Henry 
 Ill's time, that it is no eafy matter to diftinguifli it. Improvements no doubt were 
 then made, but it is difficult to define them accurately. The tranfition from one fVyle 
 to another is ufually efFeded by degrees, and therefore not very remarkable at firft; 
 but it becomes fo at fome diftancc of time: towards the latter part indeed of his Reign, 
 and in that of Edioard II. we begin to difcover a manifeft change of the mode, as 
 well in the Vaulting, and Make of the Columns, as the formation of the Windows. 
 The Vaulting was, I think, more decorated than before ; for now the principal Ribs 
 arifing from their Import, being fpread over the inner face of the Arch, run into a 
 kind of Tracery ; or rather, with Tranfoms divided the Roof into various angular 
 Compartnwnts, and were ufually ornamented in the Angles, with gilded Orbs, carved 
 Heads or Figures, and other EmbofTed work. The Columns retained fomething of 
 their general form already defcribed, that is, as an affemblage of fmall Pillars or 
 Shafts ; but thefe decorations were now not detached or feparate from the body of 
 the Column, but made part of it, and being clofely united and wrought up together, 
 formed one entire, firm, flender, and elegant Column. The Windows were now 
 greatly enlarged, and divided into feveral lights by flone Mullions, running into va- 
 rious ramifications above, and dividing the Head into numerous compartments of dif- 
 ferent forms, as Leaves, open Flowers, and other fanciful fliapes : and more particu- 
 larly the great Eaflern and Weftern Windows, (which became fafliionable about this 
 time,) took up nearly the whole breadth of the Nave, and were carried up almoft as 
 hich as the Vaulting ; and being fet off with painted and flained Glafs of mofl lively 
 colours, with Portraits of Kings, Saints, Martyrs, and ConfefTors, and other Hiftorical 
 reprefcntations, made a moft fplendid and glorious Appearance. 
 
 The three firfl Arches of the Prefbytery, adjoining to the Dome and Lantern of the 
 Cathedral Church of £/y, begun the latter part of Edward IhVs reign, a.D. 1322? 
 exhibit ele'^ant fpecimens of thefe fafhionable Pillars, Vaulting, and Windows. St. 
 Marys Chapel (now trinity Parifh-Church,) at Ely built about the fame time, is con- 
 ftrucled on a different plan ; but the Vaulting and Windows are in the fame ftyle. 
 The plan of this Chapel, generally accounted one of the mofl perfe6t flruclures of 
 that Age, is an Oblong Square ; it has no Pillars nor Side-Ifles, but is fupported by 
 ftrong fpiring ButtrelTes, and was decorated on the outfide with Statues over the Eaft 
 and Weft Windows ; and within-fide alfo with Statues, and a great variety of other 
 Sculpture well executed. ^ The 
 
 I Stow's Survey of London, p. 639. Edit. 1754. ^ The fadiion of adorning die Wtft-end of our 
 Churches with rows of Statues in Tabernacles or Niches, with Canopies over them, obtained very 
 foon after the introdudion of pointed Arches •, as may be feen at Peterborough and Salifbury ; and in 
 later times we find them in a more improved tafte, as at Lichfield and Wells. 
 
BY THE NORMANS. 41 
 
 The fame ftyle and manner of building prevailed all the Reign of Edward III, 
 and with regard to the principal parts and members, continued in ufe to the Reign 
 of Henry VII, and the greater part of Hcmy VIII j only towards the latter part of 
 that period, the Windows were lefs pointed and more open ; a better talte for Sta- 
 tuary began to appear j and indeed a greater care feems to have been beftowed on all 
 the ornamental parts, to give them a lighter and higher finifliing; particularly the 
 Ribs of the Vaulting, which had been large, and feemingly formed for ftrength and 
 fupport, became at length divided into fuch an abundance of parts, ifTuing from their 
 imports as from a centre, and fpreading themfelves over the Vaulting, where they 
 were intermixed with fuch delicate Sculpture, as gave the whole Vault the appear- 
 ance of embroidery, enriched with clufters of pendent ornaments, refembling the 
 works Nature fometimes forms in Caves and Grottos hanging down from their Roofs, 
 ■r— The moft flriking inftance of this kind is, without exception, the Vaulting of that 
 fumptuous Chapel of King Henry VII, at Weftminfter. 
 
 To what height of perfeftion modern Architedure, ( I mean that with pointed! 
 Arches, it's chief characteriftick,) was carried on in this Kingdom, appears by that 
 one complete fpecimen of it, the Chapel founded by King" Henry VI, in his College 
 at Cambridge:, and finifhed by ' King Henry VIII. — The decorations, harmony and 
 proportions of the feveral parts of this magnificent Fabrick, it's fine painted Win- 
 dows, and richly ornamented fpreading Roof, it's gloom, and perfpe6live all concur 
 in affeding the imagination with pleafure and delight, at the fame time that they 
 infpire awe and devotion. It is undoubtedly one of the moft complete, elegant, and 
 magnificent Structures in the Kingdom. And if befides thefe larger works, we take 
 into our view thofe fpecimens of exquifite workmanfliip we meet with in the fmaller 
 kinds of Oratories, Chapels,^ and Monumental Edifices, produced fo late as the Reign 
 of Henry VIII, fome of which are ftill in being, or at leaft fo much of them as to 
 give us an idea of their former grace and beauty ; one can hardly help concluding, 
 that Architecture arrived at its higheft point of glory in this Kingdom, but juft be- 
 fore it's final period. 
 
 ' It is formed on the fame plan as St. Mary's Chapel at Ely, and indeed the defign is faid to have 
 been thence taken. ^ King Henry VI, laid the foundations of the whole, about the Year 1441, 
 ■which were raifed 5 or 6 feet above ground in the Weft-end, but much higher towards the Eaft j 
 for that end was covered in many years before the Weft-end was finiftied. How far the work pro- 
 ceeded in the Founder's time, cannot be faid with certainty : — the troubles he met with in the 
 latter part of his Reign, hindered the profecution of it . — Richard III, a few months before he was 
 flain, had figned a Warrant for 300/, out of the Temporalities of the Biftioprick of Exeter, then in 
 his hand?, towards carrying on the building ; [MS Harleian. N^ 433. fol. 209. b.] — but, I believe, 
 nothing more was done by him. Henry VII undertook the work, and carried up the remainder to 
 the Battlements and compleated the Timber roof: After his death, King Henry VIII finillied the 
 whole Fabrick, as well the Towers and Finials, as the vaulted Roof within, and fitted up the Choir 
 in the manner we now fee it. — One contraft for building the Stone Vault, and 3 of the Towers, and 
 21 Fynyails [the upper finiftiingof the Buttrefles,] dated the 4th of Henry VIII. A.D. 1512 ; and 
 another for Vaulting the 2 Porches and 16 Chapels about the building dated the following Year, 
 are ftill in the Archives of the Colleg-e. 
 
 * Biftiop Weft's Chapel at the Eaft-end of the South Ifle of Ely Cathedral, built in the Reign of 
 Henry VIII, affords an elegant fpecimen of the moft delicate Sculpture, and fuch variety of Tracery, 
 beautiful Colouring, and Gilding, as will not eafily be met with in any work produced before that 
 Reign. 
 
 F 
 
42 IMPROVEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE, 
 
 At that time no Country was better furnlflied and adorned with religious Edifi- 
 ces in all the variety of modes that had prevailed for many Centuries part, than our 
 own. The Cathedral Churches in particular were all majeftick and ftately Strudures. 
 Next to them, the Monafleries, which had been ereded in all parts of the Kingdom, 
 might juftly claim the preeminence ; they were for the generality of them fine build- 
 ings J and the Churches and Chapels belonging to fome of them, equalled the Ca- 
 thedrals in grandeur and magnificence, and many others were admired for their 
 richnefs and elegance ; and whilil they ftood, were, without doubt, the chief orna- 
 ment to the feveral Counties in which they were placed. 
 
 The flate of thefc Religious Houfes, on occafion of the reformation in Religion 
 then carrying on, became the objed of publick deliberation ; but however neceflary 
 and expedient the total fuppreffion of them might be judged at that time ; yet cer- 
 tainly the means that were made ufe of to fupprefs them, were not altogether the 
 nioft juftifiable j and the manner of difpofing of them and their great revenues, have 
 been found in fome refpeds detrimental to the true interefts of Religion. For had the 
 Churclics belonging to them been fpared, and made Parochial, in thofe places where 
 they were much wanted ; and had the Lands and impropriated Tithes, which the fe- 
 veral Religious Orders had unjuftly taken from the fecular Clergy, and kept poffeffion 
 of by Papal authority, been referved out of the general fale of their revenues, and 
 reftored to their proper ufe, the maintenance of the Clergy, to whom of right they 
 belonged ; we at this time fliould have had lefs caufe to regret, the general ruin of all 
 thofe Religious Houfes that cnfued, and the prefent fcanty Provifion that remains to 
 the Clergy in fome of the largefl Cures in the Kingdom. 
 
 The havock and deftruaion of thofe fumptuous Edifices that foon followed their 
 furrender, gave a moft fatal turn to the fpirit of building and adorning of Churches ; 
 Architefture in general was thereby difcouraged, and that mode of it in particular 
 which was then in a very flourifliing ftate, and had continued fo for more than three 
 Centuries, funk under the weight, and was buried in the ruins of thofe numerous 
 Stru(5lures which fell at that time. 
 
 Unhappily the Orders and Injunflions, given to the feveral Commifiloners under 
 King Henry VIII, and in the following Reign during the minority oi Eikvard VI, and 
 likewife in Queen ElizabetUs time, for removing and taking away all Shrines and 
 iuperftitious Relicks, and fcizing all fuperfluous Jewels and Plate, were often mifap- 
 plied, carried to excefs, and executed in fuch a manner, as to have, at Icafl in fome 
 jnftances, the appearance of facrilegious avarice, rather than of true zeal for the glory 
 of God, and the advancement of Religion, 
 
 Be that as it mayj certain it is, that at this time, when moft of the Churches be- 
 longing to the Religious Orders were utterly ruined and deftroyed, our Cathedral and 
 Parochial Churches and Chapels fufiered greatly j for they were diverted and fpoilcd, 
 not only of their Images and fuperftitious Relicks, but of their neceflary and moft un- 
 exceptionable ornaments : and afterwards, by the outrages and violence committed 
 on them, in the laft Century, during the unhappy times of confufion in the Great 
 Rebellion, they were reduced to a ftill more deplorable ftatc and condition, and left 
 
 naked 
 
BY THE NORMANS. ^ 
 
 naked and deftitute of all manner of juft elegance, and of eveiy mark and cliara6ler 
 of external decency. 
 
 It muft be owned, tliat In feveral Intermediate periods, a zeal for the honour of 
 God and his holy Religion, has not been wanting to heal thefe wounds, to repair and 
 fitly readorn thefe facred Stru6tures j but it has not been attended with the fuccefs 
 that all wife and good Men muft wifli for and defue. Many of our Parochial 
 Churches ftill carry the marks of violence committed in thofe days; others through 
 inattention and negle6t, (befides the defeats they are unavoidably fubjecl to by Age,) 
 are become ruinous and hailing to utter decay, unlefs timely fupported : infomuch 
 that very few of them, excepting thofc in large and populous Cities and Towns, the 
 number of which is fmall in comparilbn of the refl-, can jullly be confidered as in a 
 proper ftate of repair, decent, and becoming ftructures confecrated to the publick fer- 
 vice of God. The Chapels indeed belonging to the feveral Colleges in the two Uni- 
 verfities, (very few need to be excepted,) claim our particular notice, for the care and 
 expenfe we find bellowed on them, the decent order in which they are kept, and the 
 jullnefs and elegance of their ornaments. And our Cathedral Churches, thofe Mo- 
 numents of the pious zeal and magnificence of our Forefathers, we doubt not will 
 foon appear again in a Hate becoming their dignity. The care and attention that is 
 paid them by the prefent fet of Governors in their refpeclive Churches,' deferves the 
 higheil Encomiums j and if we can make a proper and jull ellimate, of what may 
 reafonably he expe6led will be done, from what has already been done of late, and is 
 ftill doing, for the furtherance of that defirable Work ; there is the faireft profpecl, 
 and the moft ample ground of confidence, that the prefent Age will fland diftinguilli- 
 ed by Pofterity, for repairing and adorning thofe venerable Stru6lures, and tranfmitt- 
 ing them with advantage to the moft diftant Times. 
 
 I cannot conclude thefe curfory Remarks more properly than in the words of 
 the elegant Author of Ornaments of Churches confidered.'^ " After the eftabliflmrent of 
 Chriilianity, the Conftitutions Ecclefiaftical and Civil concurred with the fpirit of 
 Piety which then prevailed, in providing Stru6lures for Rehgious Worfliip. In fub- 
 fequent ages, this fpirit ftill increafed and occafioned an emulation in raifing religious 
 
 Edifices 
 ^ To inftance the particular Cathedral Churches, that have been repaired and beautified within the 
 laft 30 or 40 years, and the feveral defigns formed, to bring them to a ftill more perfedl ftate ;— . 
 would carry me beyond my prefent purpofe. It may be fufficient only to intimate what has been done 
 of late at York, Lincoln, Peterborough, Ely, Norwich, Chichefter, Salifbury, &c. But as that par- 
 ticular fcheme, for railing a fufficient fund for thefe purpofes, happily fixed on by the Members of 
 the Churcli of Lincoln, provides for the future, as well as the prefent exigences of the Church, does 
 honour to thofe who were the promoters of it, and may probably in time to come be adopted by 
 moft other Cathedral and Collegiate Bodies -, I cannot here with any propriety omit taking notice thac 
 about 15 on 6 years fince, the Right Reverend Dr. John Thomas then Biftiop of Lincoln, (now of 
 SaliftjuryO taking into confideration, the ruinous ftate of that Cathedral, and the fmall Fund allotted 
 for the Repairs, held a general Chapter; wherein it was unanimouily agreed, that, for the time to 
 come, Ten per Cent, of all Fines, as well of the Biftiop as Dean, Dean and Chapter, and all the Pre- 
 bendaries, fhould be depofited with the Clerk of the Works, towards repairing and beautifyino- the 
 faid Cathedral : — which has accordingly been paid ever fince ; and care taken not only of carrying 
 on the neceffary repairs in the moft durable and fubftantial manner; but due regard has likewile 
 been paid to the propriety of the ornamental parts reftored, and their conformity with the ftyle of 
 building they were intended to adorn. * Pag. 13 7. 
 
 F 2 
 
44 IMPROVEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE, &c: 
 
 Edifices wherever it was neceflary, or in adorning thofe which were aheady raifed. — 
 The fruits of this ardour we now reap. — Since then the pious Munificence of 
 our Anceftors has raifed thefe facred Edifices appropriated to Religious ufes, we 
 are furely under the ftrongeft obligations to repair, as much as poflible, the injuries 
 of time, and prcferve them by every precaution from total ruin and decay. Where 
 the particular Funds appropriated to this purpofe arc infufficient, it becomes ne- 
 ceflary to apply to the Affluent, who cannot furely refufe to prevent by their liberal 
 Contributions the fevere reproach of negle6ling thofe Structures, which in all Ages 
 have been held Sacred. 
 
 Horace tells the Roman people, 
 
 Dii multa negleSii dederiint 
 Hefperice mala luSfuofa : 
 and aflTures them, their Misfortunes will not end, till they repair the Temples of 
 
 their Gods : 
 
 DeliBa jnajoriim immerifus lues, 
 
 Romane, donee Tcmpla refecerisy 
 
 JEdefque labenfes Deoriim, et 
 
 Fceda nigro Jimulacra fumo. 
 
 This may fafely be applied to the Chriftian world ; fince the Fabrlcks appropriated 
 to the purpofes of Rehgion can never be entirely negle6led, till a total difregard to 
 Religion firft prevails, and men haVe loft a fenfe of every thing that is virtuous and 
 decent : Whenever this is the melancholy condition of a Nation, it cannot hope for, 
 becaufe it does not deferve the protection of Heaven ; and it will be difficult to con- 
 ceive a general Reformation can take place, till the Temples of the Deity are reftor- 
 ed to their proper Dignity, and the Publick Worfl:iip of God is conduced in the Beauty 
 of Holinefs." 
 
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THE 
 
 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Conventual and Cathedral Church of ELY. 
 
 ThQ Life of St. ETHELDREDA, Fotmdrefs of the Churchy 
 and frft ABBESS of the Monafteiy of ELY, 
 
 ETHELDREDA, a Princefs of diftinguifhed piety in the feventH Century,. 
 Daughter of Jnfia King of the Eajl -Angles and Herefwitha his Queen,' was 
 born about the year 630, at ^Ixning, now a fmall village in the mofl Weftern 
 parts of Suffolk bordering upon Cambridgejhire, formerly a Town of fome note, being 
 the birth-place of that Princefs, and probably one of the feats oi A?ma before he was 
 King. She had her education 3 at home, under the care and infpe6lion of her illuftri- 
 ous Parents, from whom (he received the firfl impreflions of religion and virtue. In 
 her childhood, the mildnefs of her temper, and innocence of behaviour, joined with 
 the beauty of her perfon, rendered her the delight of all that were about her ; but 
 that which was moft obfervable in her conftitution at that time of life, was a ferious 
 turn of mind, and a bent to religious duties. It was very early that flie devoted her- 
 felf to the fervice of God, and had formed in her mind a defign4 of perfevering in 
 a virgin ftate during her life -, a fpecies of piety in that age held in high efteem, > 
 and requifite to Chriftian perfeftion, and which this Princefs was generally thought 
 to have carried to a pitch of heroifm. 
 
 The amiablenefs of her perfon, heightened by thofe excellent endowments of 
 mind fhe was poflefled of, in a Court v/here the moft exalted piety and the ftrifteft 
 virtue were confidered as the highefl and nobleft accomplifhments, could not fail of 
 exciting the admiration of many, and made her name celebrated in the other Saxon 
 Courts. There were feveral perfons of the highefl rank who became fuitors for her 
 in marriage ; but as the Princefs had already formed in her mind a different fcheme 
 of life, and was bent on a religious retirement from the world, flie declined every 
 offer that could be made of that kind. Many difficulties flill lay in her way that 
 thwarted her inclinations, and feemed to require an alteration of her purpofe ; for 
 Tonbert a principal Nobleman among the Eafi-Angks^ whom Bede ^ calls Prince of 
 
 the 
 ■^ See p. 1 5. - MS Lib. Elien. lib. i. cap. 3. 3 Ibid, 4 Ibid. 5 Vid. Aldhelmi Librum de laiide 
 Virginitaris. — Et Hymnum de laude hujus eximis Virginis Etheldredae, in Bed® Hift. Ecclef. lib. 
 iv. cap>20. ^ Ibid. lib. iv. cap. 15. 
 
^6 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 the South-Girv'iiy tlaen in high favour with the King her Father, afked her of him 
 in marriage, and obtained his confent : fo that, with much reludance on her part, 
 file was at length prevailed on by the authority of her Parents, to give up her will, 
 and was accordingly married to that Prince in the ■ year 652 j and by this marriage 
 had tlir IJk of Ely fettled on her in Dower. ^ 
 
 Etheldreda who was now engaged in the bonds of marriage, did not however defpair 
 of accomplifliing her defign ; but made ufe of all the arguments flie was miftrefs of, 
 to perfuade her Hufband, who is faid to have been a perfon of great virtue and piety, 
 to acquiefce in her opinion ; and by prayers and entreaties gained his pcrmiflion, 
 that flie might enjoy her own way, and at length prevailed on him to follow her 
 example, in a total and voluntary abftinence from the nuptial-bed. In this manner 
 they lived together by mutual confent about three years ; and after that Tonhert 
 died; and by his death the Princefs Etheldreda came into full pofleffion of the 7/7^ of 
 Ely, according to the fettlement made before her marriage with that Prince. 
 
 As the temporal jurifdidlion within the JJle ©/"E/)', which the Bifliop enjoys at 
 this day, owes its original to the ftate of it at that time, is indeed partly the fame 
 that Tonhert was invefted with, which after his deceafe defcended to the Princefs 
 Etheldreda, and flie annexed to her Monaftery ; — it will be necefTary for the clearer 
 explaining this matter, to confider the form of government eftabliflied by the Saxons^ 
 as far as relates to our prefent purpofe. 
 
 During the time that the Saxons governed here, both under the Heptarchy, and 
 alfo after the Kingdom was united under one Saxon Monarch j it was divided into 
 many Provinces, Territories, or Diflridls, in the manner of our prefent Counties, as 
 might bell anfwer the ends of government. The number of thefe fmall Territories 
 or Diftri6ls into which England was divided in the earlieft times of the Saxons is 
 uncertain ; probably they underwent frequent alterations, as time and occafion re- 
 quired ; the beft account of them I have met with, is in 3 Camden and Spclman, who 
 cite a very old Manufcript, containing Thirty four of thefe Divifions, reckoned up only 
 on this fide the Hionber, with their ancient names, and their extent, cftimated by the 
 number of Hides of Land each of them contained; which may ferve as a Specimen 
 of the reft. It appears that fome of thefe Territories or Diftricls were both feodal 
 and hereditary ; which probably depended on the original grant of the King ; and 
 they who had the immediate Government of them, were called 4 Galbojimen, a name 
 of great dignity and authority in thofe times ; their ftyle and office is exprefled in the 
 moft ancient Latin Hiftories, wrote in the Saxon Ages, by Principes and Duces, under 
 which titles they frequently occur in fubfcriptions to old Charters ; but in later times, 
 after the Danes had polTeffion of the Kingdom, they were called Copies, and in Latin 
 Ccmites and Confides. Not that this is to be lb ftriftly underftood, as if there was al- 
 ways a diftinft eal?)opnion to each of thofe Diftrids ; for fometimes one of them 
 had the Government of two, three, or more of thofe Territories ; and at other times 
 they were held in the King's hands, and he appointed a temporary Governor imme- 
 diately 
 
 « » — De'ponfatur itaqu: biennio ante interfcftionem Patris fui.' MS. Lib. F.lien. lib. i. cap. iv. 
 "Infulam Elge ab codem fponfo ejus accepit in dotcm.' Ibid. 3 Camden's Britannia, col clxvii,— 
 Spelmanni GlofT. fub voce Hida. 4 Selden's Tides of Honour, part ii. chap. 5. fe(^. 2. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 47 
 
 diately under him, who had the adminiftration of Government, and accounted for 
 the profits of his Diftri^l into the King's Treafury, and was called Scyjie-7enei:a, i 
 fignifying Cuflos or Frapofitus, a Keeper or Provofl of the Shire. But the Gaibojimen 
 were the principal Nobility of thofe times, and had place together with the Bifhops 
 of the Church, in the great Councils of the Kingdom, in which they advifed ia 
 matters of State, and confented to the making new Laws, and in their coIle6live ca- 
 pacity, were (like the Lords of Parliament at this day,) then the Supreme Court of 
 Judicature among the Saxons. Many of thefe Ealdormen were themfelves poflefled of 
 large Territories, from which they derived their Titles, and received the Profits 
 arifing from their Government, which were very confiderable, to their own ufe : in 
 other cafes, they had a certain part, moft commonly a Third, fometimes a Fourth 
 part of them, according to the Grant made by the King. Their power and autho- 
 rity within their feveral Diftrids, refembled in many refpecls that of Couut-Pala- 
 tines of old, ^ who were Governors of their Palatinates by Hereditary right ; and 
 had ordinarily, imder the King, fupreme jurifdi6lion in civil and criminal Caufes, 
 according to the Laws then in being ; and held their Courts ufually twice in the 
 Year, for the execution of the Laws, and at other times as occafion required. 
 
 Of this kind of Provinces there were two in the Kingdom of the EaJi-AiHes 
 under the name of Girii-a, diftinguifhed by their fituation, Suth-Gtriva and North- 
 Girwa; what is now the Ip of Ely ^ was anciently called Suth-Girwa, by which name 
 it occurs in the Manufcript before cited ; it was alfo called CIi^ in the Saxon Tono-ue, 
 and Elge, as in the Latin of Bede ; whofe defcription of it, is as follows, " Ehe is 
 fituate in the Province [or Kingdom] of the Eafl- Angles, being a D iftrict of about 
 600 Families, in the form of an Ifland, furrounded either with Fens, or Waters • 
 whence, and from the abundance of Eels that are taken in the faid Fens, it had 
 its name." 3 In the Saxon tranflation by King Alfred, printed at the end of Eede^ 
 600 Families, is rendered ]-yx hunt) hi&a, 600 Hides of Land, v/hich anfwers exadly 
 
 •to the above account given of Suth-Giriva, there alfo faid to contain 6c o Hides. 
 
 'Of this Country Tonbert was Galbojimou ; Bcde calls him Prlnceps AuJlraUiim Girvia- 
 rum, which in the fame Saxon Verfion is rendered pu) Eyppa Cal&ojimon, i. e. Eal- 
 dorman of South-Gir-^a : and that he was himfelf the fole Proprietor, with the power 
 of difpofing of it, appears by his making it a Marriage-Settlement j by virtue of 
 which it defcended to the Princefs Etheldreda ; who accordingly came into full pof- 
 feflion of it on the deceafe of her Hufband Tonbert, a.d. 655. and received it as her 
 proper Eftate, and thereby became invelled with the Government annexed in her 
 own right. 
 
 As to the exercife of that power and jurifdiclion within the Ifle of Ely, as a Prin- 
 cipality, after flie came into pofleflion, it was committed to Ovln, a perfon of emi- 
 nence in her Court. This we are informed of by Bede, who in his account of the 
 death of dadda Bilhop of Lichfield, + cafually mentions this great Ofiicer under the 
 
 I Hence the title of Sheriff, ftill in ufe. = Vide Spelmanni Gloffdrinm, de Comite Palatino, fub 
 voce Comttes. ^ 3 « Eft autem Elge in provincia Orientalium Anglorum regio familiarum circiter 
 fexcencarum, in fimilltudinem inlulje, vel paludibus circumdata, vel aquis ; unde, et a copia ano-uilla- 
 rum, quae in iifdem paludibus capiuntur, nomen accepit.' Beds Hift. Ecclef. lib.iv. cap.ig. ?lbid. 
 lib. iv, cap. J. *^ ^ 
 
48 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 Princefs EtheUreda, by the Title oi Primus Minijlrorum et Princeps Domus ejus, " Her' 
 chief Minifter and Governor of her Houfe," or as it is expreffed in the Saxcn Tranfla- 
 
 fjon, hipe ^e}:ep)-cipe|- 0):ep 6aIt5opmoD, " the upper Ealdorman of her Houfliold." 
 
 The fame Ovin is alfo mentioned by the Ely Hiftorian, ' and called, Vir Magniji- 
 
 cus et privciptice aiiBoritatiSy and again, Cujlos et Provifor fuorum -, and is likewife 
 recorded in the Boiedidiine Martyrology, - by the title of " Major-familias S. Mdilthri- 
 dis, [E/heldreda."] Whoever confiders the import of thefe feveral Titles of Office at- 
 tributed to this Ovin, and at the fame time obferves, how they were applied formerly 
 to the o-reateft Officers in the Courts of Sovereign Princes , 3 will not be at a lofs to 
 underftand the nature of his office, but will readily conclude, that Ovin had the 
 Adminiftration of the IJle of Ely, as her Deputy or Lieutenant, in the Exercife of 
 that Jurifdiclion that belonged to her there ; in the fame or like manner as others, 
 ■who were appointed by the Ealdormen, holding fuch Territories in tlieir own right, 
 to a6l under them, in their name and flead. 
 
 The Princefs Etheldreda being now at liberty to indulge her natural difpofition to 
 folitude and devotion, retired foon after the death of the Prince to her IJle of Ely , 
 where fhe was attended only by a few particular friends, that fhe had made choice 
 of on account of their religious qualifications. When fhe thus withdrew from the 
 world, it was her real intention to return no more into it ; but, whilft her temporal 
 affairs were carried on by her chief Minifter Oviti, to whom flie had committed the 
 adminiftration of them, to give herfelf up wholly to the exercife of Devotion and all 
 other religious duties. The place fhe had chofen feemed very proper for her pur- 
 pofe ; for as an Ifland it was feparated, as it were, from the reft of the world ; and. 
 the deepnefs of the waters and extenfivenefs of the fens, which encompafled it, ren- 
 ■dered it very difficult of accefs ; (o that nature feemed to have formed it for folitude 
 and contemplation. 
 
 After (he had lived fome time in this reclufe ftate, Prince Egfrid fon of Ofwy 
 King of Nortktimberlafid and Monarch of the Euglip Nation, hearing of her extraor- 
 dinary virtues and piety, defired to obtain her in marriage : but he foon found that 
 worldly riches and honours had little or no eft'&^t, to induce her to change her con- 
 dition, and therefore had recourfe to her Uncle Ethckvold then King of EaJi-AngUa^ 
 and to others who might be thought to have the greateft influence over her, to per- 
 fuade her to accept his offer. The Kingdom of Eajl-Anglia was then in an unfettled 
 ftate, from which it had not quite recovered fmce the death of her Fatlier Anna : 
 Ethel'woki tlicrefore judging that the offer of an alliance with fo great a Prince was 
 not to be neglected, and that it would prove highly beneficial to his Kingdom, moft 
 earneftly perfuaded her to accept the Prince's offer ; and at his felicitation flie at 
 length gave her confent ; and was accordingly conducted to Tork, attended by Ovin 
 her Prime Minifter and Major of her Houfliold, with many other of tiie EaJl-AngUan 
 Nobility of both Sexes, and there 4 married to Prince Egfrid with great pomp and 
 folemnity.* 
 
 • MS Lib. Elien. lib. i. cap. 8. ^ Beds Hifl:. Ecclef. lib. 4. cap.3. not. 24. 3 Vid. Spelmanni Gloff. 
 fubvoc. Majcr-Domi'.s, — ct Dapifer. 4 A.D. 660. Floren. Wigorn.— ' Anno poll intcritum Patris 
 * lui fexto, iterum datur in conjugiuin viro alteri, Regi videlicet Egfrido, filio Olwi Regis Northan- 
 ' liimbromni.' Lib. Elien. MS. Ub.i. cap. 8. f Placet). N°. i. 
 
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 (>i t/w C-oHi/rvfyu/ o^ )f:yu,^foiA t^bar^. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 49 
 
 Egfrid was very young at the time of his marriage ; hardly more than fifteen or 
 fixteen years of age;' and though the age of Etheldreda at that time is not precifely 
 known ; yet as fhe had been married before, and had lived a widow four or five years, 
 there might be a confiderable difference in their ages. He appears however to have 
 been very folicitous for the match ; and it is Ukely had made fome concefiions before- 
 hand, which he might find reafon to repent of afterwards ; at leafl:, by their conduct 
 after marriage, it feems probable that fome private agreement had pafTed between 
 them, which the world is not made acquainted with : for it was a conflant tradition in 
 that age, and confirmed by feveral Hiftorians ^ who wrote in or near thofe times, that 
 the Princefs Etheldreda after this marriage lived a pure Virgin in the Northumbrian 
 Court about twelve years. 
 
 This is particularly afi'erted by Bede; whofe teftimony in this cafe I fliould the 
 more rely on, as he had it from one who lived the whole time in that Court, and was 
 well acquainted with all the tranfa£tions of it ; his account of it is this : " King Egfrid 
 took to wife Ethelthrida \Ethcldreda'\ Daughter of Anna King of the Eaft- Angles a 
 religious Prince and in all refpecls illuftrious; fhe had before been married to Tondbere 
 Prince of the Soutb-Girvii, after whofe death, fhe was given in marriage to the afore- 
 faid King; and though flie continued his Confort twelve years, yet flie remained 
 glorious in the perpetual integrity of Virginity ; as Bifhop Wilfrid of bleffed memoiy 
 affured me, when upon occafion of fome perfons making a doubt of fo unufual a 
 thing, I afked him concerning the truth of that report; and he profeffed himfelf a 
 mod certain witnefs of it ; adding moreover, that King Egfrid (knowing that he had 
 the greatefl influence over the Queen, as flie refpecled no one more than him,) had 
 fometimes offered him great rewards in lands and money, if he could perfuade the 
 Queen to change her mind" 3 There is indeed fome reafon to believe that the Bifliop, 
 mftead of perfuading the Queen to conform to the King's defires, rather encouraged 
 her in thofe wrong notions of religious Duties fhe had formerly imbibed, and firft 
 fuggefted to her the thoughts of retiring into a Monaflery : and fo the Author of her 
 Life feems to acknowledge : 4 However flae was not to be moved by any means to 
 alter her purpofe. 
 
 In the year 670, King OfiVy died;5 and Egfrid his Son, who had been his coadjutor 
 In the latter part of his reign, fucceeded him both in the kingdom of Northumberland^ 
 and the Monarchy of the EngUJJ:) Nation; in confequence of which Etheldreda was 
 raifed to the higheft degree of worldly honour, being now Queen to the greatefl of 
 the Saxon Kings. Her exalted flation made no change in her eflimation of fecular 
 
 honours, 
 
 » Egfrid fucceeded to the Kingdom of Northumberland, A.D. 670. [BediE Hift. Ecclef. lib. iv. 
 cap. 5.] — and was flain in battle againft the Pidls, A.D. 685. in the 40th year of his age, and the 
 15th of his reign, [ibid. cap. 26.] » Bed^e Hift. Ecclef. lib. iv. cap. 19.— Eddii Vit. S. Wilfridi 
 Epifcopi Ebor. cap. 19. — Alcuini Poem, de Pontif. et Sandlis Ecclef. Ebor. !in.75i. 3 Bedae Hift. 
 Eccl. lib. iv. cap. 19. 4 " Wilfridus etenim vo:i virginei fauior exiftens, vigilantis animi fagacitate 
 procurabat, ne qua feminese mentis inconftantia ab intentione virgo mutaret. — Egitque vir beatus 
 lua induftria, ut potius divortium qusreret, quatenus libertate potita feculum relinquere, et thalamis 
 aterni Regis feliciter polTet inhaerere, &c." Lib. Elien. MS. lib. i. cap. 9. 5 B?ds Hift. Ecclef- 
 iib.iv. cap. 5. 
 
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50 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 honours, her fentiments continued invariably the fame, and indeed her intention of 
 quitting them fcems rather to have been haftened by that event : for (lie foon after 
 be"-an to folicit the King's leave to depart the Court, and retire into fome Monaftery, 
 where flie might have more Icifure to attend on the duties of rehgion.' The King, 
 who had always fliowcd the greatefl regard and efteem for the Queen, at firfl: refufed 
 to give her leave; and ufed all the arguments he could think of to perfuade her to 
 alter her purpofe; he told her,* That however different their manner of living together 
 had been from that of the generality of married perfons, it would prove a matter of 
 great uneafmefs and concern to him, if ever they fhould be entirely feparated. Her 
 motives for retiring from the world feem to have had their rife from fmcere, though 
 doubtlefs miflaken notions of religion ; and for that reafon all that the King could 
 ur^^e, made little or no impreffion on her mind, fo as to alter her way of thinking ; 
 fhe daily and with tears renewed her former requeft; till, wearied with her importu- 
 nity, and finding all his endeavours to perfuade her ineffectual, he was at length pre- 
 vailed upon to give his confent, that fhe might leave the Court, and fpend the reft of 
 her days agreeably to her own defues, in fome religious retirement : Accordingly fhe 
 ■foon after went and entered the Monaftery of Coldingham, 3 where St. Ebba the King's 
 Aunt then prefided as Abbefs, and received the facred veil from the hands of Wilfrid 
 Bifliop of York* 
 
 The Queen's example influenced feveral other great perfons of both fexes in that 
 -kingdom, to renounce the world about the fame time, and to retire into different 
 Monafteries ;4 of which number was Ovin her old fervant and prime Minifter, who 
 had attended her from the IJle of Ely on her marriage, and had continued in her fer- 
 vice ever fince. " The fervour of his faith now increafuig, faith Bede, he determined 
 to bid adieu to the world -, and this he did effedlually ; for divefting himfelf entirely of 
 worldly concerns, and difpofing of his temporal poffeffions, he put on a mean habit, 
 and with only an ax and bill for cutting wood in his hands, he came to the Mo- 
 iiaftei7 of the Reverend Father St. Ceadda,^ called Laejlingeau; ^ fignifying thereby his 
 intentions, not to live in idlenefs, but to work and labour with his hands : and renoun- 
 ced the world, with a pure intention of obtaining thereby a reward in heaven." 7 From 
 the time of his admiffion into that Monaftery, he was a conftant attendant on St. 
 •Chad, who was Abbot there, and alfo Bifliop of Lichfield. In the year 672, St. Chad 
 removed to Lichfield, where he died; and Ovin accompanied him thither, and was one 
 of thofe devout Monks that, by his particular defire, attended him in his laft ficknefs. 
 Ovin was in his lifetime fo eminent for his piety, that he had the reputation of a 
 Saint, and his Name is inferted in the Roman Calendar accordingly.^ And that his 
 
 memory 
 
 » Ibid. cap. 19. * " — graviter dolendum fe afferit, fi allquando contingat a conjuge diledla ferre 
 divortium, licet ei nunquam conjunftus eflec more conjugatorum." MS.' Lib. Elien. lib. i. cap. 10. 
 
 3 BedjE Hid. Ecclef. lib. iv. cap. 19. * Plate IX. N° 2. ♦ Lib. Elien. MS. lib. i. cap. 10. 
 
 5 Commonly'known by the name of St. Chad. ' Laftingham in Yorkfhire. Tanner's Notitia 
 Monaft. pag. 632. 7 Beds Hift. Ecclef. lib. iv. cap. 3. ^ " In Martyrologio Benedidlino, v. non. 
 Martias fit commemoratio B. Ovini Monachi, qui fuit Major Familias S. Aedilthridis, cum ad Re- 
 gem Egfridum fponfa accederet •, idem ejus exemplum fecutus eft cum relJgionem incrarec." Bedas 
 Hift. Ecclef. lib. iv. cap. 3. Not. 24. Edit, Smith. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 51 
 
 memory was formerly held in great veneration in the IJle of Ely, appears by a me- 
 morial of him ftill in being, a very ancient infcription on a ftone found fome years 
 fmce at Hadcnhajn near Ely ; this ftone which feems to have been the Bafe of a Crofs, 
 is fquare, two feet and a half in diameter, and fourteen inches thick ; in the middle 
 of the upper part is a fquare mortife, into which is fixed with lead another ftonc 
 erefl, about four feet high and there broke off, which probably terminated in a Crofs., 
 The Infcription, which fills one fide of the ftonc, is this. 
 
 + LVCeM • TVAM • OVINO 
 • DA • DeVS • GT • R6QVie 
 
 • AMCN- 
 
 A prayer that was ufed by travellers and pilgrims at S. Ovms Crofs j poflibly ereded 
 in his life-time ; • fince the words are capable of a very good fenfe, and applicable to 
 one ftill living, ' Grant, O God, to Ovin thy light [to direB him in this world,] and reft 
 [with thee in heaven.] Amen.' — However, if it was erefled after his deceafe, for his 
 foul ; yet doubtlefs, whilft his memory was frefh in men's minds. And indeed the 
 ftone and infcription carry with them the marks of great antiquity; as may likewife 
 be inferred from the purity of the Roman Capitals, which begun very early to be cor- 
 rupted by a mixture of Saxon -, but in this inftance there is only one, viz. the Capital 
 6, which is of the Saxon caft, the reft being purely Roman.* For thefe reafons I can-« 
 not but look upon this infcribed ftone as the moft venerable Saxon monument we 
 know of in thefe parts ; older by near 200 years than that of Peterborough a. d. 870, 
 which is now in their Library, the monumental ftone of the Abbot and Monks mur- 
 dered by the Danes. 
 
 The Queen had now dedicated herfelf wholly to Religion, and was engaged in the 
 pra6life of the aufterities that attend the monaftick ftate of life : whilft the King'^ 
 affeftion and efteem for her continued the fame; he blamed himfelf, as having ih 
 fome meafure been the occafion, by giving his confent ; and was obferved to be veiy 
 much diffatisfied and uneafy. Thofe who were immediately about his perfon, foon 
 
 found 
 « For the following remarks on this infcribed ftone, I am indebted to the Rev. Dr. Stukelev, 
 F.R.S. and late Secretary to the Society of Antiquarians, whofe opinion concerning it 1 had defired 
 in the year 1756. — " The infcription at Hadenham (fays he,) I took 50 years ago, when a lad at 
 Cambridge. The ftone was the foot of a Crofs eredted by S. Ovin, Houfe-Steward to S. Audry : 
 He lived at Winford, {about a mile and an half front Hadenhani] fo corrupted from Owin's woith, 
 Ovini pradimn, a tenant of Tondbert's Prince of the Souxh-Girvii ; whofe eltate the Ifle of Ely, was 
 Audry's jointure: fo came fhe and Ovin acquainted. Ovin is a Wellh name; for the Ide of Ely 
 was pofTeffed by the old Britons, long after the Saxons had taken hold of England -, as before, was 
 the cafe in Roman times. I have long ago taken drawings of S. Chad's habitation by the neigh- 
 bouring Church of Lichfield, where your Ovin heard the Angels at S.Chad's obit; there is 'his 
 Well, and a litde Monaftery : The habitation joins on the North-Weft angle of that Church." 
 
 * By the favour of a Friend, I have lately procured this ftone, (which had long time ferved only 
 for a Horfe-block at Hadenham,) intending, with the leave of the Dean and Chapter, to remove it 
 into fome place in die Church ot Ely, and thereby to preferve fo venerable a monument of antiquity. 
 
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52 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 found out the real caufe of his indifpofition ; and advilcd him to take the Queen 
 again by force out of the Monaftery ; and he was without much difficulty perfuaded 
 to follow their counfel ; for not long after he fet forward w ith a few of liis attendants 
 in order to convey her thence. The Abbefs, however, had by fome means or other 
 got intelligence of the King's dcfign in coming, and took care to inform the Queen 
 of it J and withal fuggefted to her, that the only means left to prevent the ill confe- 
 <]uences that might enfue, would be to leave the place without delay, and retire, as 
 well as fhe could, to her JJIe of Ely : To which flie confented; and immediately fet 
 out on her way, and was but jult gone off, when the King arrived. This occafion of 
 the Queen's fudden departure from the Monaftery, is omitted by Be<k, who only in- 
 forms us, that ' after having been there a year, flie v/as made Abbefs of Ely.' ' But 
 the £/y-Hiftorian - is a little more particular in the relation he gives of her journey 
 to the JJle of Ely, and though his account contains a good deal of the marvellous; it 
 may not however be improper to confider it, were it only to explain fome fculptures 
 that are ftill remaining in the Church of Ely, which without fome previous informa- 
 tion of this kind might be unintelligible. 
 
 There are in all Eight Pieces of Sculpture; one on each of the Pillai's that fupport 
 the Dome and Lantern ; all of them Hiftorical, and relate to the Hiftory of our St. 
 Ethcldreda. The Firft reprefents her marriage with Prince Egfrid, at that time coad- 
 jutor with his Father OJivy King of Northumberland:* The Second (hows the ceremo- 
 nies ufed at her receiving the veil in the Monaftery of Coldingham, from the hands of 
 Wilfrid Bifhop of Tork. -}- The Third and Fourth, are defigned to reprefent thofe two 
 extraordinary incidents of her journey, that happened foon after the Queen's leaving 
 the Monaftery, and are thus related by the Writer of her Life; '^ Coldingbam, -where this 
 Monaftery was fituate, is nigh to the fea, and not far from it was a rocky eminence 
 called Coldeiurcljs-Head; to which place the Queen and the two Virgins Sewenna and 
 Seivara, whom ftie had taken for her companions in the journey, betook themfelves 
 immediately after their fetting out : In the mean time the King coming to the 
 Monaftery, and finding the Queen was gone, refolved to purfue her j and in his way, 
 came 'up to the fide of the rock where the Queen and her companions were > but was 
 prevented from coming near them, by a fudden and unufual inundation of water from 
 the fea, which furrounded the hill, and continued in that ftate feveral days, without 
 retiring into it's former chanel : Amazed at the ftrangenefs of this appearance, the 
 King prcfently interpreted it, as the interpofition of Heaven in her favour, and con- 
 cluded that it was not the will of God that he fliould have her again : and this occafion- 
 ed his retiring to Tork again, leaving the Queen quietly to purfue her journey." This is 
 the fiibftance of what is reprefented in Plate X. N". 3. — The other extraordinary 
 event, as told by the fame Author, and exhibited in the fame Plate N'\ 4. is as follows : 
 After the King was returned to Tork, the Queen and her two companions left the 
 place, and travelled as far as the .River Humbcr, over which they were fafely con- 
 veyed, and arrived at lyintringham ; thence turning to a neighbouring village called 
 
 yllfthamy 
 
 ' Bed.^ Hift. Ecclef. lib. iv. cap. 19. » Lib. Ellen. MS. lib.i. cap. 11. * (Plate IX. N-. i.) 
 t (PlatelX. N».2.) 
 
t^'^y.^2- 
 
 6filauX. 
 
 
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 'Alftham, they were courteoufly entertained, and ftay'd a few days, and ' there flie 
 built a Church:'' From Alftham they continued their journey, on foot, in the 
 habit of Pilgrims, not by the dired road, but through by-ways and lanes to avoid 
 the danger of purfueis: It happened that one day being tired with the length of the 
 journey and heat of the weather, and coming to a commodious fpot of ground, the 
 Queen found herfelf difpofed to reft, and laid herfelf down to fleep, whilft her two 
 faithful attendants watched by her; On awaking, (lie obferved that the pilgrims-ftaff 
 which flie had fixed in the ground by her, had all the appearance of vegetable life in 
 it, and found it had taken root in the earth, and put forth leaves and flioots.* 
 (Plate X. N°. 4.) Her ftaff thus miraculoufly planted, adds my Author, afterwards 
 became one of the talleft and moft flourifhing trees in the Country, and the place is 
 to this day called Etheld}-edes-Sto'W;'i and a Church is there built in honour of this 
 holy Queen.4 — I do not find any other extraordinary incident attending lier : How- 
 ever, after a difficult and hazardous journey, the Queen and her two attendants, 
 arrived fafe at Ely, and was received by her people with all the honours due to her 
 character and high ftation: She was foon after followed by Huna a Prieft, who ad- 
 miniftered to her in the offices of religion ; and Wilfrid Bifhop of York, as foon as 
 he was informed of her arrival at Ely, fet out for the fame place, and came to affift 
 her in the facred offices of his fundlion. 
 
 Wilfrid had been promoted to the See of York by Ofwy the late King, who alfo 
 gave him many pofleffions in lands and great riches ; and he ftood upon very o-ood 
 terms with King Egfrid, fo long as his Queen Etheldreda continued in the Court ; but 
 upon her leaving it, and entering into Religion, he was immediately difcarded by the 
 King, who fufpe6led that fhe had a6led in that affair wholly by his counfel and ad- 
 vice. After the King's return to York, from his unfuccefsful attempt to recover her 
 from the Monaftery, as before mentioned ; looking upon that marriage as now dif- 
 folved, he entered on a fecond marriage with a Princefs whofe name was Ermenburga. 
 The Bifhop was never liked by the new Queen, on account of the freedom he fome- 
 times took in reminding her of her faults ; and fhe irritated the King, already too 
 much incenfed and therefore inclined to receive any ill impreffion, againft him; info- 
 much that in the year 678. the King carried his refentment fo high, as by the affift- 
 ance of Theodore Archbifhop of Canterbury, to deprive him for a time of all his pre- 
 ferments. 5 
 
 But 
 ' ' Domino Ecclefiam conftruxit.' Lib. Elien. MS. lib.i. cap. 13. — I do not well underftand that 
 pafliige. — Probably he means, Ihe gave orders about building a Church. It is remarkable however, 
 that in a village near Wintringham now called Halton, the Church is dedicated to our St! 
 Etheldreda, and is probably the fame that is called Alftham by my Author. See Eton's Thefaurus 
 2d. Edit. 4to. pag. 205. * Much the fame Story is told by Malmefbury, concerning the Paftoral 
 Staff of Aldhelm Bp. of Shireburn. Angl. Sacr. vol. ii. pag. 24. 3 I am forry I am not able to 
 dired the reader, where to find this remarkable fpot of ground, not being fufficiently acquainted 
 with the Country. 4 Lib. Elien. MS. lib. i. cap. 13. 5 The new Queen thought he was grown too 
 great and powerful, and the pretence made ufe of to reduce him, was the large extent of his Diocefe, 
 and the greatnefs of his revenues, judged fufficient to maintain two or three Bifhops ; and therefore 
 the King and Theodore, (whom he had gained to his intereft,) arbitrarily ereded two other Bifliopiicks 
 within his Diocefe, out of part of his revenues, againft his confent. Eddii vita S. Wilfridi, cap. 24. 
 — Bedae Hift. Ecclef. lib. iv. cap. 12, 
 
^4. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 But to return to Queen Etheldreda: on her arrival at Ely, her firft defign was to 
 have repaired the old Churcli of King Ethelberfs foundation, then in ruins, which was 
 fituate at Cratendune, about a mile diftant from the prefcnt City; » and to have dedi- 
 cated it, as it had formerly been, to the honour of the blefled Virgin Mary, and to 
 have built a Monafteiy there : But before this defign had proceeded too far, a more 
 commodious fituation was made choice of, an eminence nearer to the River, as fitter 
 for her purpofe; and in this place the foundations of her Church were laid, and the 
 Monaftery begun to be built. It was not long after, that the inhabitants of Cratendune 
 followed her example, by deferting it ; and begun building the prefent City on the 
 ground near adjoining to the Monaftery.^ The Queen was afTifted in carrying on her 
 buildings, by Adulfm her Brother, at that time King of the Eajl-Angles, who defrayed 
 great part of theexpenfe; but it is probable, that the plan of her buildings was formed 
 by Bilhop Wilfrid, and that he had the ordering and dire6lion of the work ; for he 
 was vei7 well (killed in Architedure, and fpent a confiderable time with her at £/y, 
 at her firft coming thither ; he alfo performed the Epifcopal office in conftituting her 
 Abbefs with the ufual ceremony of Benediftion, and in the admiffion of the other 
 members of this Society. [Plate XI. N^ 5.] 
 
 « In the Englijh and Latin Chronicles, it is recorded, (fays the Writer of herLife,3) 
 that Etheldreda began her buildings in Ely, in the year of our Lord 673 ; and in a 
 fhort time aflembled a congregation of perfons of both fexes fearing God, under a 
 regular courfe of life." — By this account, or any thing elfe to be met with in her 
 ftory, it does not appear that this Monaftery was of any particular Order, properly io 
 called. It is highly probable, that in our ancient Saxon Monafteries, every Founder 
 prefcribed fuch rules for the government of their refpedive Societies, and the Abbots, 
 or Abbeffes added fuch others, as they thought beft and moft conducive to the advance- 
 ment of Religion, and the glory of God; in the choice of which rules, it is likely indeed 
 they paid fome cfpecial regard to thofe they had been ufed to in the Houfes where they 
 received their education, and at the fame time adopted others, fuch as they found 
 pradifed and moft approved of in other Monafteries, whether at home or abroad ; + 
 but without confining themfelvcs to any one or other eftabliflied Order. That the 
 BenediSline Rule was known very early among the Saxons, appears by Eddius In his Life 
 of Bp. Wilfrid; for he exprefsly fays, that Wilfrid introduced it, and improved the EngliJJj 
 Church by it : ' but whether he means that he firft brought it into England, or only 
 into the Northern parts of the Kingdom, admits of fome doubt. However, if the 
 
 Mo- 
 I Pace II. * The Name of the Old Town is ftill preferved in a field, about a mile South of 
 the preknt City, called Cratendon Field -, but the exadt fituation of it is hardly difcoverable at this^ 
 time : we are told, however, " that there have been found upon the place, utenfils of iron, coins of 
 various Kings, and other indications of it's having been formerly inhabited." Lib. Elien. MS. de 
 Situ Infulse Elienfis. ^Angl. Sacr. Vol. i. Praef. pag.xlii. 3 " In cronicis vero Anglicis et Latinis 
 habetur, quod anno ab Incarnatione Domini 673. ^theldretha in Eli fabricas incepit, atque in 
 brevi cetum utriufque fexus Deum timentium lab tramite vitas Regularis collegit." Lib. Elien. 
 MS. lib.i. cap. 1 5. — " Anno Incarnationis 6j2- S.Virgo Chrifti ^theldritha Regina ccepit aedificare 
 Monafterium apud Elig." Affcr. Annales ad annum. 4 Vide Beds Hift. Abb. Wiremudi. et 
 Gyrw. pag. 297. 
 
^/^XI, 
 
 
 
c6 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 the Diocefe of another ; but be content with the government of the people committed 
 to him." But then, with refpeft to Monafteries within his Diocefe, his power is 
 limited by the particular privileges that had been granted them, which he is enjoined 
 not to violate; for the 3d, Canon is,' " That whatever Monafteries are dedicated to 
 God, none of the Bifliops may difturb them [in the enjoyment of their privileges,] 
 nor forcibly take away any of their [temporal] poffeirions." The fenfe and meaning 
 of thefe Canons, is beft explained by the praclife and ufage of the Church in the 
 times immediately fucceeding that Synod. The IJle of Ely, in which S.Etheldreda 
 founded her Monaftery, was reckoned part of the Kingdom of the E aft -Angles;'^ and 
 therefore within the Diocefe of that Bifliop ; for at that time Diocefes were coextended 
 with the feveral Kingdoms, 3 and there was but one Bifhop of the Eaft- Angles, and 
 he had ordinaiy jurifdiction over the whole : And yet we find Wilfrid bifhop of the 
 Northumbriafis immediately after the holding that Synod, (in which he was prefent 
 by his Proxies, + who had confented and fubfcribed to the Canons there made,) to 
 have performed the Epifcopal Office in the Monafteiy of Ely, and he continued to do 
 {o during the life of the Royal Foundrefs ; and that without any infringement on the 
 rights of the Bifliop of the Eaft-Angles, or a6ling contrary to the 2d Canon above- 
 mentioned; but rather under the fandion of the 3d Canon, by virtue of that 
 privilege belonging to the Monaftery of Ely, whereby it was exempt from the ordi- 
 nary jurifdiction of the Bifliop of the Eaft-Angles -, the Abbefs having at that time a 
 privilege of choofmg whatever Bifliop flie pleafed j and ftie exercifed it, by preferring 
 Wilfrid to perform the Epifcopal offices within her Monaftery. This primary ex- 
 emption is fufficiently clear from fa6ls, and is afterwards recited in King Ed\vard the 
 Confeflbr's Charter to the Church of £/v,5 and there declared to be the ground of it's 
 exemption at that time from the jurifdi6lion of the Bifliop of the Diocefe. 
 
 The manner of life obferved in thefe Monafteries, was very ftridl; their time being 
 ufually fpent in prayer, fafting, watchings, and other fpiritual exercifes, and efpecially 
 in the ftudy of the holy Scriptures. We have but little handed down to us concerning 
 'the particular rules, cuftoms, and ufages eftabliflied in S. £//jt'/Jr^t/^'s Monaftery at 
 Ely, only we are told in general, " That all the members of it had one and the fame 
 Rule ; Obedience the principal and chief virtue, the love of God's worfhip, and a 
 ftricl obfervance of awful and devout behaviour in theHoufe of God:^" ^wtEtbeldredas 
 
 Gwn 
 
 * " Ut qusque Monafteria Deo confecrata funt, null! Epifcoporum liceat inquietare, nee quic- 
 <quam de eorum rebus violenter abftrahere." ibid. » Ibid. cap. 19. 3 Only in Kent were there 
 Cwo Bifhopricks founded, Canterbury and Rochefter. Eaft-Anglia was foon after divided into two ; 
 one See continued at Dunwich, and the other was placed at Elmham. * Ibid. cap. 5. i " Sitque 
 in eorum, ut femper fuit, arbicrio, a quocumque potilTimum eligerint Ordinari, vel fua fanftificari 
 Epifcopo: Convenienti equidem difpofitione Regina [Etheldreda] hac utitur libertate, quse Regem , 
 regnum, mundu.T,que florentein deferens, Inlulam pro dotalitio pofledit, ubi fponfo fuo Chrifto inte- 
 gerrime fervivit : Ha.'C quemcumque voluit Epifcopum afcivit, fed Sanftus Wilfridus Eboracenfis 
 Archiepifcopus familiarior extitit, qui earn cum fuo coetu Virginum confecravit." Vide Cartam 
 Regis Edwardi Conf. in Appendice. ' " Omnibus ibi una eadem regula eft, prascipua Virtus at 
 prima cis [forte eft] Obedientia, amor divini cukus, et decorem Domus Dei tou oblervantia culto- 
 dire." Lib. EUen. MS. lib.i. cap. 15. 
 
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 own condu6l and general praftice will in fome meafure inftrud us in their cuftomary 
 way and manner of living in it ; for the Abbefs herfelf, as well by her example as 
 precepts, was the ftanding rule of perfe6lion to the reft of the fociety : and Bede in- 
 forms us, " That from her firft entrance on her office, fhe never wore any linen, 
 but only woollen garments ; that flie ufually eat only once a day, except on the 
 greater feftivals, or in time of ficknefs ; and, if her health permitted, flie never return- 
 ed to bed after Matins, which were held at midnight, but continued her prayers in 
 the Church till break of day." ' The high opinion that the world entejtained of her 
 Sanaity, together with the exa6l difcipline obferved in her Monaftery, had a wonder- 
 ful efFe6l in recommending this aufterity of life to the efteem of many, and gained 
 abundance- of Converts to it : Hima her Chaplain, the Prieft that attended her in holy 
 offices, became a Monk under her, and diftinguiflied himfelf by great ftriflnefs of liv- 
 ing, and in the pradice of all thofe aufterities that were then ufed in the monaftick 
 ftate: there were alfo perfons of the nobleft families, and matrons of high rank, that 
 came and put themfelves under her direction, being defirous to learn her difcipline; 
 or brought their Children to be educated and devoted to Religion in her Monaftery : ^ 
 and fome even of Royal ftate thought proper to quit their high ftations, andfubjecled 
 themfelves to the rules of her government, as her eldeft Sifter Sexburga Queen of 
 Kent, Ermenllda (Daughter of Sexburga,) Queen of Mercia, who alfo brought her only 
 Daughter the Princefs Werbiirga: 3 thefe three great Perfonages were members of this 
 Society, during the life-time of Ez/j^A/rf^^j and all of them fucceeded her in their 
 order to the government of this Monaftery. 
 
 For the maintenance and fupport of this her Society, the Royal Foundrefs fettled 
 the whole Ip of Ely, ^ being a Principality with the temporal power and jurifdidion, 
 and all the profits arifing fiom the government of it; the revenues whereof were very 
 confiderable, and had formerly been applied, and no doubt were fufficient to fupport 
 the dignity of a Saxon Alderman of the firft rank. And to eftablilh this her royal 
 foundation the more firmly and fecurely to future ages, fhe gave in charo-e and re- 
 commended it to the care of Biftiop Wilfrid, who in the year 678 was on his de- 
 parture towards Rome, to procure the Pope's confirmation of her Grant, and of the 
 Liberties and Immunities of the place ; that her Congregation there aftembled, mio-ht 
 continue in the fervice of God, and in the regular obfervance of difcipline, free from 
 want and from the difturbance or exadion of any officer of what power, eminence or 
 authority foever: which Confirmation of the Privileges and Immunities of her Mo- 
 naftery Wilfrid is faid to have obtained from the Pope : 5 But before his return from 
 Rome, our Abbefs died of an epidemical difeafe that prevailed at that time in her Mo- 
 naftei-y, and had carried off" feveral of the Nuns and others of her family. She is faid 
 by the fpirit of prophecy ^ to have foretold this contagious diftemper, and the exact 
 
 number 
 
 ' Bed^Hift Ecclef. lib.iv. cap. 19. - Lib. Elien. MS. lib.i. cap. 17, 18. 3 Ibid — " Uvor 
 Wulfen Ermenilda, mortuo marito, [a. d. 675 ] cum filia fua Wereburga apud Ely ellattonf, fuU 
 Sanaa Etheldreda AbbatifTa." Higden. Polychron. apud XV. Scriptores,^ per Ga e mc o!o 
 4 Lib. Elien. MS. lib.i. cap. 15. 5 ibid. ^ Beds Hift. Eccl. lib.iv. cap. l/ P^S- 240. 
 
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58 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 number of her houfehold that would be taken out of the world by it, and herfelf 
 
 among the reft. 
 
 During her ficknefs fhe retained her ufual cheerfulncfs, and difcourfed with thofe 
 about her with great calmnefs and compofure of mind, concerning the vanity of this 
 world, and her own approaching end. Her difordcr was attended with a tumour un- 
 der her jaw, which on confultation with Kinefrid her Phyfician, was thought proper 
 to be opened by incifion, and the operation was performed by him ; and for two Days 
 fhe Teemed to be greatly relieved by it; the tumour vifibiy fubfided, and the fever 
 abated : but on the third Day the fever returned with greater violence ; when finding 
 herfelf much worfe, and that flie had not many hours to live ; ordered the whole Con- 
 vent to be aflembled in her prefence, being defirous to take her laft farewcl of them 
 all.' She then told them, that the time of her departure was at hand, and renewed 
 her difcourfe of the vanity of all this world's enjoyments ; and earneftly recommended 
 to them to keep heaven always in view; by which, flie faid, they might in fome 
 meafure have a foretafte of the joys of that place, which they would never be able 
 fullv to comprehend, till they were delivered from their earthly prifons. 
 
 Having before fettled all her worldly affairs, fhe declined fpeaking or hearing 
 any thing about them ; and dwelt only on the love of Chrift, and prayed with great 
 fervency that he would fend his holy Angels to receive her foul. After this fhe 
 received the holy communion of the Body and Blood of Chrift; and commended 
 them all to his gracious prote6lion : and whilfl fhe was praying earneflly, that he 
 would be for ever propitious to the inhabitants of the place, and their continual Pre- 
 ferver and Keeper ; fhe yielded up her Soul into the hands of her Creator on the 23d 
 day of 7«w, in the year of our Lord, 679, amidfl the religious of her Monaftery of 
 both {t.yji.% ; * in the 7th year after flie was made Abbefs, in the reign of her Brother 
 Adulfus King of Eaji-Anglia, and of her Nephew Lothair King of Kent, and her late 
 Hulband Egfrid flill reigning in Northumberland. Her funeral rites were performed 
 by Huna ^ her Prieft and one of her Monks, attended by all the members of her Mo- 
 naflery ; flie was buried in a wooden coffin, and by her exprefs order in the common 
 cemetery of the Nuns. 
 
 The true Charafter of our Abbefs Etheldreda, may eafily be deduced from what is 
 above related of her : and it appears fhe was a Queen as eminent for her piety, as flie 
 was illuftrious by her birth ; naturally of a grave ferious turn of mind ; and for 
 humility, mceknefs, and contempt of the world had few equals ; zealous for promoting 
 holinefs of life and manners, which feems to have been the end fhe always had in 
 view. If the means fhe ufed to that end, were not the befl adapted. to it, or in all 
 
 points 
 
 ' Lib. Elien. MS. lib.i. cap. 21; * Plate XI. N°. 6. reprefenrs, in two compartments, the Death 
 and Interment of St. Etheldreda. * Soon after the death of St.Etheldreda, Huna retired to a fmall 
 Uland in the fens near Ely, which was called after his name Huneia -, there he fpent the reft of his 
 days as an Anchoret, and died with the reputation of a Saint. Many reforted to his tomb, and are 
 faid to have recovered their health by his merits-, which occafioned his tomb to be broke open, and 
 his relicks to be depofited in the Monaftery of Thorney, where they were long prcfcrved and held in 
 great veneration. Lib. Elien. lib. i. cap. 22. — Monaft. Angl. vol. i. pag.91. 
 
^/.a^IK. 
 
 Par/' /or tfie iJawn of Cam/' i: tAi'ii Cflate &1^qrtll''o at 
 
 Aui eoc^'TUe'iid 7?wjt aratffu/U/ mJcri/'a In/ ^Ja. cSf»ma-in. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 59 
 
 points agreeable to the rules of true religion ; if fhe fet too high a value on the merits 
 of virginity, and thought it the fum of perfeftion ; as fhe may indeed be faid to have 
 carried that virtue to excefs, or, as others thought, to a pitch of heroifm ; it was 
 owing to the prevailing notions of religion in the times in which fhe lived, and the 
 monaftick rules flie had been taught. But bating thefe miftaken notions, in which 
 fhe had been bred up, and her peculiar manner of thinking ; we cannot but admire 
 her refolution, confVancy, and perfeverance in what fhe judged to be right, and agreeable 
 to her opinion of religious duties; though it appears to be wrong founded ; and there- 
 fore by no means is her condud in all refpedls propofed as a pattern fit for imitation. 
 The o-aieties and fplendor of a Court were never agreeable to one of her temper 
 and dtfpofition, who was conflant at her devotions, and paffionately devoted to re- 
 ligion, and the promoting piety in others : Whilfl fhe refided at the Northumbrian 
 Court, fhe affefted the life of a reclufe, feldom appearing abroad or in publick ; but 
 fpent much of her time in converfation with perfons of both fexes eminent for their 
 piety and virtue, or fuch as were fo reputed ; among whom Wilfrid Bifliop of Tork^ 
 and St. Cuthbert, whilft yet an Anchoret, and before he was made Bifhop of Littdif- 
 farne, were the chief: and when fhe became Queen, by the accefHon of her hufband 
 Ezfrid to the Crown of Northumberla?id and Monarchy of the EngliJJ^ Nation, and flie 
 could no longer with decency continue there without making her appearance frequent- 
 ly in publick; fhe laid hold on the occafion of quitting her flation; and by her im- 
 portunity obtained the King's leave of retiring to a Monaftery. After fhe was made 
 Abbefs of Ely, fhe led a fevere mortified life herfelf ; and would often tell thofe who 
 were under her care, and remind them, ' That the fafhion of this world pafTeth away j 
 and that only was to be accounted life, which was purchafed by fubmitting to tem- 
 poral inconveniencies.' ■ As fhe was a flrid obferver herfelf of awful behaviour and 
 reverence in the Houfe of God, fo was fhe a fevere exa6ler of it in others ; and made 
 that one of the flanding Rules of her Monaftery. Temperance, as well in eating as 
 drinking, was at all times another confpicuous part of her Character : fhe had learned 
 to be content with a little herfelf, and difpofed of her abundance in the relief of 
 others: fhe gave all her pofTeffions to Religious ufes; her jointure that flie had by 
 King Egfrid, which was Hexham,- and the territory thereto belonging, flie gave, with 
 the King's confent, to Wilfrid, and a Biflioprick was there founded in her life-time j 
 and that which flie had by her firfl: Hufl^and Tonbert, flie fettled on the Monaftery flie 
 had founded at Ely. In her laft ficknefs, when fenflble of her approaching end, flie 
 was calm and compofed ; and retained her memory and underfl:anding to the lafl:, and 
 expired in the very aft of her calling, in the prefence of her flock; and whilfl: flie was 
 inflrucling them how to live, by her example taught them alfo how to die. 
 
 * Lib. Elien. lib.i. cap. 15, - Page 21, 
 
 H2 St. 
 
^o HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 .5'a SEXBURGA, the fecond Abbefs. 
 
 SEX BURG A, the eldeft Sifter of St. Etheldreda, by the unanimous election of 
 the Nuns, fucceeded her in the government of this Monaftery. She had been 
 married to Ercombert King of Kent, about the year 640, by whom flie had two Sons 
 Egbert and Lothair, fucceffively Kings of Kent, and two Daughters Ermenilda and 
 Erkengota. After the death of her Hulband Ercombert, who died in the year 664, ' 
 ftie was fome time Regent of the Kingdom, during the minority of her Son Egbert; * 
 and when he came of age to take upon himfelf the adminiftration of government. 
 Queen Sexburga refigned the regency ; and went and founded a Monaftery in the Ifte of 
 Shepey in Kent, which ftie compleated, and obtained of her Son King Egbert lands in 
 that Ifland and other revenues, for the maintenance of Seventy-feven Nuns; but think- 
 ino- it improper to prefide over them as Abbefs, not having been in a ftatc of probation 
 herfelf,3 flie appointed her Daughter Ermenilda Queen Dowager of Mercia their Ab- 
 befs, who had fome time before been veiled at Ely j and flie herfelf retu-ed thither, and 
 put herfelf under the government of her Sifter St. Etheldreda ; on whofe death, as is 
 before mentioned, flie was defied Abbefs ; and with great zeal and diligence main- 
 tained a reo-ular obfervance of the Rules and Orders eftabliflied by her Sifter St. 
 Etheldreda ; and was both by her inftru6lions and a6lions a teacher and pattern of all 
 thofe virtues that adorn the monaftick life, in watching, abftinence, charity, and every 
 other virtue becoming her ftation. 
 
 The moft memorable affair tranfadled in the Monaftery in her time, was the 
 tranflation of the Body of St. Etheldreda from the place where it was at firft interred, 
 into the Church, fixteen years after her deceafe. That the very remains of the bodies 
 of perfons eminent for piety and holinefs of life, added a kind of holinefs to the 
 places where they were interred, and communicated fomething of their virtue to all 
 that vifited them and applied to them properly j was an opinion that obtained very 
 early, and occafioned a frequent refort to their graves. People in general had a high 
 opinion of the extraordinary merits of St. Etheldreda ; for that miracles were faid to 
 have been wrought at the place where flie was buried : on which account her Sifter 
 Sexburga our Abbefs was defirous, both for the fake of doing greater honour to her 
 memory, and for the more extenfively communicating the virtue of her merits, to 
 tranflate her remains into fome confpicuous place within the Church: and having 
 fignified her intention to the reft of the Society, it was approved of by them 
 all. Some of the Monks were ordered to provide a Stone for making a CofRn; 
 but as the TJIe of Ely afforded no Stone of a proper fize for their purpofe ; they went 
 up the river to a fmall City then in ruins, not far diftant from the Ifle, called 
 Grantacaefter;^ near the walls of the City they found an elegant Marble Coffin, and 
 brought it with them to the Monaftery. On the day appointed for the folemnity there 
 
 was 
 
 I Floren. Wigorn. ad annum. * Monad. Angl. vol. i. pag. 88. 3 Lib. Elien. MS. lib. i. cap. 18. 
 ♦ Gramacaejcr.] This was undoubtedly the old name of Cambridge in Bede's time •, it was iituated 
 on the North-weft fide of the river Grant, on an elevated ground containing about 30 Acres, enclofcd 
 
 with 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 6i 
 
 was a great concourfe of people from all parts : Wilfrid Bifhop of Tork, and Kinefrid the 
 Phvfician who attended her in her laft ficknefs and faw her laid in the grave, were both 
 prefent on this occafion : and it is from the information of this latter that Bede feems 
 to have taken the account he gives of this tranfaction, which is in fubftance as follows : "• 
 A Tent or Pavilion provided for that purpofe was placed over her grave, and the whole 
 congregation of the Monks and Nuns belonging to the Monaftery, proceeded to the 
 place of her interment; and Handing round the pavilion in regular order, on the one 
 fide the Monks, and on the other the Nuns, all joined in fmging Hymns and Pfalms 
 of praife : In the mean - time proper perfons were employed within the Tent in re- 
 moving the earth out of the grave; and when they were come to the Coffin, the Ab- 
 befs Sexburga, attended by fome of the Nuns, entered the pavilion in order to affift in 
 taking up the body out of the grave. They had not been long there before the Abbefs 
 was diftin6tly heard to cry out as in a kind of extacy and furprize, ' Glory be to the 
 Name of the Lord ;' and prefently the door was opened, and Kinefrid called in, who 
 beheld the body of the holy Virgin juft taken out of the grave and placed on a bier, 
 where it lay as if flie had been afleep ; and he found the wound he had made by inci- 
 fion in her neck, quite healed, and that there appeared only the remains of a fmall 
 fear upon the part. Bp.Wifrid alfo and others who were prefent aflerted that her body 
 appeared as found and free from corruption ^ as if it had been buried that fame day. 
 After the religious Virgins had wafhed the body, and clothed it in new veftments, it 
 was conveyed into the Church and depofited in the Marble Coffin before-mentioned; 
 where it remained in Bedis time, and continued many ages after in great veneration.* 
 
 I omit many wonderful things faid to have been done by the merits of St. Etbel- 
 
 dreda after her death, which are recorded in her Hiftory ; the miracles performed by 
 the touch of her clothes, and of the wooden coffin in which her body was at firft laid 
 in the grave; and the great cures effeded by the fpring of water that iflued from the 
 place where fhe was firft interred. — This Tranflation of the body of St. Etheldreda into 
 the Church of Ely was in the year 695,3 on the 17th of October; which day was 
 
 obferved in the following ages as a Feaft, and has ftill a place in our Calendar. 
 
 Scx~ 
 
 with a Vallum and Ditch, the Veftiges of which may be eafily traced out ; within it, are now included the 
 Caftle and the greateft part of the Town lying on that fide of the river. (See Stukeley's Palsograph. 
 Brit. Part.ii. p. 36.) The opinion of its having been a Roman flation, feems well-grounded from the 
 Coin and other Antiquities that have been found there, and is confirmed by the number of Roman Tyles 
 or Bricks which appear in the wall of St. Peter's Church, {landing within the South angle of this antient 
 Fortification : and as the Coffin found by the Monks of Ely, is exprefsly faid by Bede [Hift. lib. iv. 
 cap. 19.] to have been found near the walls of this antient City, then in ruins ; and was, as he calls 
 it, an elegant Marble Coffin •, — it was probably a Roman Sarcophagus: there being no place near the 
 Ifie of Ely at that time to likely to affbrd any thing of that kind as this, where there ftill remain other 
 reliques of Roman Antiquities. — As for the fmall village of Granchefter near Cambridge; there is no 
 appearance of it's ever having been a place of much greater note than at prefent ; befides, the very 
 name of Granchefl:er is but modern, or given to it within a Century or two part, in all ancient writings 
 it is called Grantefete, not Granchefter. • Bedas Hift. Ecclef lib. iv. cap. 19. ^ The incorruptnels of 
 St. Etheldreda's Body long after her death, was a fad that none of our Monks feemed to doubt of: 
 they believed, or afitfted to believe, that it continued in that ftate many ages after ; though it feems 
 none of them ever prefumcd to examine into the ftate of it, being deterred by the many judgments 
 they tell us had befallen thofe who at different times had prefumed to violate her repofe. MS. Lib. 
 Elien. lib. i. cap. 41, 43, 48, 49,— Angl. Sacr- vol. i. pag.602,603. * Plate XII. N°. 7. 3 Floren,. 
 Wigorn. ad annum. i 
 
62 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 Sexburs;^, after flie had been Abbefs, and had with great commendation governed 
 this Monaftery of Ely about twenty years, deceafed in a good old age on the 6th of 
 July in the year of our Lord 699.' and was by her own appointment depofited in the 
 Church next to her Sifter St. EtheUreda. 
 
 ^S'/. E R M E N I L D A, third Abbefs. 
 
 THE Monaftery of Ely did not continue long vacant; for the Convent foon 
 chofe Ermenild A, daughter oi Ercombert King of Kent and Sexbiirga his Queen 
 our late Abbefs, to fucceed her. She had been married to Wulfere King of Mercia, 
 and had by him one Daughter Werburga, with whom, on the death of her Huft)and 
 King Wulfere in the year 675, fhe entered into religion in the Monaftery of Ely un- 
 der her Aunt Etheldreda ; but foon quitted it, on her being appointed Abbefs of the 
 Monaftery of Shepey in A>«/, when her Mother Sexburga left it and came to Ely, as is 
 before mentioned : it is probable fhe had continued there ever fmce, and was thence 
 called to take upon her the government of this Monaftery : however, before fhe came 
 to fettle at Ely, flie procured her Daughter Wej-burga to be made Abbefs of Shepey in 
 her room. 
 
 We have little or nothing recorded of the tranfa(5lions in the Monaftery during the 
 government of our Abbefs Ermenilda -, neither is the day or year of her death men- 
 tioned; only her deceafe is commemorated on the 13th day oi February, and was for- 
 merly obferved as a Feftival in the Church of Ely, where her body was placed in a 
 Stone Coffin next to that of her Mother Sexburga. 
 
 /S*/. W E R B U R G A, fourth Abbefs. 
 
 WERBURGA at the time of her Mother Ermenilda s death, prefidcd as Abbefs 
 over feveral Monafteries in Mercia, as well as Shepey in Kent. It is before ob- 
 ferved, that on the death of her Father King Wulfere in 675, flie accompanied her 
 Mother to the Monaftery of Ely, and there received the veil under her Mother's Aunt 
 St. Etheldreda. How long flie continued at Ely is not mentioned ; but having there 
 learned the Monaftick dil'cipline, flie was invited by her Uncle Ethelred King of Mer- 
 cia her Father's immediate Succeflbr in that Kingdom, to return home, and take upon 
 her the government of fome Monafteries then lately founded in that Kingdom for re- 
 ligious Virgins; with whofe defire flie complyed, and had the Monafteriea of - Hean- 
 burge and Tricengham committed to her care, and is faid to have converted the Royal 
 Palace at Wedon on the Street 3 into a Nunnery ; + and was at length prevailed on to 
 take upon her the adminiftration of the Monaftery at Ely. 
 
 St. Werburga fcems to have prefided over thefe feveral Monafteries at the fame 
 time, and probably till her death ; dividing her care and attention between them, liv- 
 ing fometimes at one, and fometimes at another, as occafion required. Her defire 
 was to be buried at Heanburge, and flie gave orders that where-ever flie fliould happen 
 
 to 
 
 ' CrefTv's Ch. Hid. Book xx. chap. xvii. ^ Now called Hankiry, and Trentham, both in Staftyrd- 
 fliire. 3 'VYedon Bee, in Northamptonfliire. 4 Tanner's Nocitia Monalt. pag. 373. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 6^ 
 
 to die, her body fliould be conveyed thither to be interred. She died at Tricengha?n 
 on the 3d of February, but in what year is uncertain ; ■ and the Society there had a 
 mind to keep pofTefllon of her body, and had it conveyed into their Church ; but be- 
 fore it was interred, the Heanburge Society came, and by force carried it off, and 
 buried it in their Church. About nine years after, her body was taken up in order to 
 be enflirined, at which time it is faid to have been whole and entire and without any 
 vifible figns of decay. It remained in that Monaftery till the year 875, when the 
 Danes ravaging thofe parts, and coming as far as Repto?i in Derhyjlnre, the inhabitants 
 of Heanburge fled, and taking with them the body of St. Werburga, conveyed it to 
 Chejier, as a place of greater fafety.^ 
 
 Werburga is the lafi: Abbefs 3 whofe Name is conveyed down to us : thouo-h it 
 appears that the Monaftery of Ely continued, under an uninterrupted fucceffion of 
 Abbeffes, and in the regular obfervance of that Order and Difcipline firft eflabliflied 
 there by St. Etheldreda, 197 years. In the latter part of that period, whilft moft of 
 the Churches and Monafteries in the Kingdom fuffered much by wars, and many of 
 them were deftroyed in the Danijlo invafions, which then began to be frequent in 
 England; the IJle of Ely was all that time free from thofe calamities} the Monaftery 
 was in a very flouriftiing condition, and the inhabitants lived there in peace and tran- 
 quillity, fecure and undifturbed in their poffeffions and their civil and religious liber- 
 ties : and this profperous ftate of things continued till the latter part of the fatal year 
 870. when the fcene was fuddenly changed : fome roving parties of the Danes having 
 then made a difcovery of this place of retirement and feeming fecurity j which was 
 foon followed by an hoftile invafion and defcent on the Ifle, and ended in the utter 
 deftru6lion of the Monaftery, and flaughter of the inhabitants. 
 
 » St. Werburga, who is faid in the Saxon Chronicle to have died a.d. 782, was a different perfon 
 from our St. Werburga ; the former was Queen of IVIercia, and wife of Ceolred Kino- of Mercia 
 who afterwards became an Abbefs, but of what Monaikry is not faid. ^ Hio-deni Pdichron. pao-' 
 240, 257. Edit. Gale.— Her relicks were depofited there in a Monaftery dedicated to St. Peter and 
 St. Paul-, which being afterwards ruined, K. Ethelftan and other Saxon Kings repaired it, and put 
 in Secular Canons in honour of the holy Virgin St. Werburga. After the Conqueft, about AD. 
 1093. Hugh Lupus Earl of Chefter, at the inftance of Anfelm Abp. of Cant, put out the Seculars* 
 and introduced Benediftine IMonks in their room ; who continued in pofleffion of St. Werburo-u's 
 Church, till the general diffolution of Monafteries, when K. Henry Vlll. made it a Biftiop's See 
 Tanner's Notitia Monaft. pag. ^y. 3 The year in which St. Werburga died, I do not find any 
 • where mention'd: but the Author of her Life (MS. Benet Coll. Cambr. I. 13.) informs us, that her 
 body was taken up 9 years after her deceafe, to tranflate it to a more eminent part of the Church 
 of Heanburge, by order of Ceolred K. of Mercia, who began his reign a.d. 708, or 709. and died 
 A.D. 7 1 6, or 7 1 7. — See alfo Higden. Polychron. pag. 244. Edit, Gale. 
 
 Of 
 
64 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 Of the DeJiruSiio?i of St. Etheldreda's Monajlery at ELY by the Danes. 
 
 THE Danes, who for near three Centuries together infefted this Kingdom, were 
 a mixt people from the Northern parts of Germany, bordering on the German 
 Ocean and the Baltick Sea, and the adjacent Illcsj' Danes, Goths, Swedes, Norwegians, 
 FrIJians, and other neighbouring States leagued together, under no regular govern- 
 ment, but as Pirates and Robbers; barbarous and uncivilized in their manners, 
 cruel and inhuman in their temper and difpofition : all thefe people were Pagans, and 
 w hat is worfe, had a particular hatred and averfion to the Chriftian Religion ; an 
 enemy the molT: dreadful, bccaufe the mofl: favage of any that this Kingdom had feen. 
 The firft account we meet with of any of them landing in England, was in the year 
 ''oi -.2 their numbers were then, and for a good while after, not very confiderable ; and 
 their attempts only on the coafts, in robbing and plundering fome defencelefs towns 
 and villages. The Saxons at that time were almoft deftitute of fliips of war, and 
 therefore found it very difficult to oppofe thefe bold invaders of their Country, who 
 were well provided in that refpefl : befides, their defcents on the coafts, were generally 
 fudden and unexpected ; fo that before fufficient forces could be brought together to 
 oppofe them, they were gone off, and retired to their fliips; and landing in fome 
 diftant parts of the Kingdom, committed the like cruelties again without refiftance. 
 The fuccefs they met with in carrying on this kind of piratical war, encouraged them 
 afterwards to fit out very large fleets, and they often landed in fuch numbers, as were 
 fufficient to over-run the Kingdom, and threatened the utter fubverfion of the Saxon 
 flate. Our Annals of thofe times are filled with narratives of the frequent invafions 
 and fudden defcents of the Danes, and the great devaftations and cruelties committed 
 by them in all parts of this Ifland : but the moft fatal and memorable was that which 
 begun in 866, the firft year of Ethelred King of the Wejl-Saxons ; when having fitted 
 out a very large Fleet, and embarked a vaft number of men, they fet foil for Eafl- 
 AtT^Ua, and landing on the coaft, took up their winter quarters in that Kingdom : 
 The fpring and fummer following they made ufe of in collecting all the horfes they 
 could find in thofe parts ; and this is the firft time of their having any cavalry among 
 them, as is taken notice of by our Hiftorians.3 About the end of the year 867, the 
 Dafjes fuddenly quitted Eaji-Anglia, and marched with all their forces directly to 
 Tork ; and made themfelves mafters of that City without oppofition : Their induce- 
 ment to this fudden attack, was a Civil war then fubfifting among the Northumbriansy 
 who had lately depofed OJhcrt their King, and fet up Ella in his ftead : Thefe two* 
 competitors, however, came to an agreement in joining their forces againft the com- 
 mon Enemy ; but endeavouring to refcue the City out of their hands, were both of 
 them flain, and their Army cut to pieces : After which the Danes wafted the Coun- 
 try as far as the river Thie, and fet up Egbert an Englifliman to hold the Kingdom 
 under them. The next year the Danijh Army made an expedition into Mercia, and 
 
 took 
 
 ' Matth. Wcftm. ad ann. 838. — Simeonis Diinelin. Ilift. Eccl. Dundm. I. ii. c. 6. Joh. Fordim 
 Scotoriim Hift. 1. iv. c. 15, 17. ^ Match. Wcftm. ad ann. 791- — Vide Chron. Saxon, et Floren. 
 AVio-orn. ad ann. 7S7. 3 Aflerii Annal. — Match. Weftm.— et Floren. Wigorn. ad ann. 866. 
 
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 took Nottingham : and though Burrhed King of Mercia with all his forces, and thofe 
 under Ethelred King of the Weji-Saxons and his Brother Alfred, who came to his af- 
 fiftance, endeavoured to recover the place ; yet the Danes kept poflefTion ; and the 
 King was forced to make peace with them. From Nottingham the Danes in the year 
 869, marched their Army back to Tork, and continued there all that Winter : during 
 which feafon, great preparations were making abroad, to recruit their Army that was 
 already in England. For early in the Spring following, that is, in the year 870, 
 another body of 20000 ' men embarked in a Fleet, under the command oi Hinguar 
 and Hiibba, two of their Princes, as infamous for their cruelty, as they were renownetl 
 for their conduct and experience in war. It was their intention to have made a de- 
 fcent with this formidable Army on Eafl-Anglia ; but being driven by contrary v^inds 
 on the coaft of Scotland,'^ they landed there, and begun thofe cruelties and devasta- 
 tion, which they continued all the fucceeding part of the year without intermiflion ; 
 deftroying all before them with fire and fword, and flaying the inhabitants without 
 diftinflion of Age or Sex. At this time was the Monaftery of Cold'mgham^'i where our 
 St. Etheldreda formerly received her religious inftitutes, deftroyed : the Abbefs and all 
 the Nuns and others there were murdered, and the Buildings fet on fire over them, 
 and all confumed by the flames. Thence pafllng the Tweed, the Pagan Army marched 
 Southward, dire6ling their courfe on the Eaft-fide of the Kingdom ; whilft the Fleet 
 kept failing near the coaft, to attend the motions of the Army, with a view of favour- 
 ing their operations by land, and taking on board the fpoils of the Country, or rein- 
 forcing the Army, as occafion required : and landing fome of their men on LindiC- 
 fame or Hoiy-I/land; then an Epifcopal See, and famous for the Body of St. Ciithbert 
 there interred ; they plundered that Monaftery. In the mean time their Army mov- 
 ing forward, deftroyed feveral noble Monafteries + that had been planted in thofe 
 parts ; among which were, One for religious Women at Tinemouth -, the two Monafte- 
 ries of St. Peter and St, Paul at Weremouth and Gyrivi, memorable for the education 
 of Ven. Bede ; and another at Whitby, founded by St. Hilda the Abbefs : thence palling 
 the Hiimber, they entered Li?idfey,^ and ruined the Monaftery of Bardeney,^ famous 
 for the Tomb of Ofivald King of Mercia^ who there took the Monaftic habit, and 
 there ended his days. 
 
 Having now fpent great part of the Summer, in ravaging the Country, the two 
 Danijlj Generals divided their forces : Hingiiar with one divifion embarked on board 
 the Fleet, which was ftill near the coaft, and fet fail for Eaji-Anglia,7 to carry on the 
 war in thofe parts, according to their original plan j leaving the other divifion under 
 the condu6t of his Brother and Colleague Hubba, to continue his march through 
 Mercia, in order (as appeared afterwards,) to make a jun6lion of their forces again 
 in Eajl-Anglia, and there to winter. Hitherto the Dajies had continued their march 
 from the borders of Scotland, to the middle of Lincolnfiire, without oppofition : for 
 the confternation was every where fo great and general, that moft of the inhabitants 
 fled before them, choofing rather to abandon their dwellings and fave their lives by 
 
 flighty 
 
 ' Matth. Weftmonafl:. ad ann. * Ibid, 3 Ibid. 4 Ibid. 5 A divifion of Lincolniliire, fo called* 
 
 ^ Ingulphi Hill. pag. 20. ^ Aflerii Annales, pag. 160, 162. Edit. Gale. •* 
 
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66 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 flight, than ftand on their defence againft an enemy too numerous and powerful to 
 contend with, and too iavage to truft then- hves in their hands. 
 
 It was now near Michaelmas, when the Danes under the command of Hubta 
 entered Kejkvcn : ' at which time ^/gar - Earl of Hoyland,'i with the afliftance of 
 Wihert and Leofric two of his principal Officers, had drawn fome forces together; to 
 thcfe were added two hundred foldiers belonging to the Monaftery of Crowlajid, com- 
 manded by Toll, then a Lay-brother of that Monafteiy, but formerly a brave and ex- 
 jiericnccd foldier; three hundred flout young men from about Deping, Langtoft and 
 Ballon; and another body of men under Morcard Lord of Brunne, confiding of his 
 own numerous family and dependants ; and five hundred more under Ofgot Governor 
 o{ Lincoln : thcfe forces being joined, on the Feaft of St. Maurice [Sept. 22.] attempted 
 to flop the progrefs of the Danes through thofe parts, and attacked an advanced party 
 of them, which they had the fortune to defeat, killing great numbers, and purfuing 
 the reft to their camp. The fame evening the main body of the DaniJ/j Army with 
 all their Leaders coming up; 4 a great many of the Chriftians, fearing another en- 
 gagement againft fuch unequal numbers, deferted and went off in the night. A/gar 
 however, and the reft of the Officers refolving to ftand their ground, the next day 
 drew up their men in order of battle ; and confidering the fmallnefs of their number, 
 had pofted themfelves fo advantageoufly that they withftood the force of the whole 
 Danijh Army, warding off the arrows of the enemy with their fliields, and with their 
 pikes refifting the efforts of the horfe, the greateft part of the day. At length the 
 Danes finding their attempts to diflodge them unfuccefsful, Tuddenly feigned a flight, 
 and were immediately purfued, in a diforderly manner, by the Chriftian Army, againft 
 the advice and command of their Officers, into an open field ; where the Danes made 
 a ftand, and rallying their forces, overpowered them by numbers, and put almoft all 
 of them to the fvvord : the Officers in the mean time feeing that all was loft, retreated 
 to a rifing ground, and bravely defending themfelves as long as they were able, at laft 
 fell among the flain : only two or three of the common men efcaping into an adjoin- 
 ing wood, arrived early the next day at Crowland Abby with the news of the total 
 defeat of the Army. This intelligence, together with their apprehenfion of the near 
 approach of the Danip Army, confirmed by the fmoke vifibly afcending from the ad- 
 jacent villages fet on fire in the way, put the Abbot and Monks into the utmoft con« 
 fternation. Theodore Abbot of the place, immediately fent away about thirty of the 
 Monks by boat, into the adjoining marflies, with their moft valuable effects, and 
 their relicks, books, and charters ; but he himfelf determined, with a few of the oldeft 
 Monks, and fome Children of the Monaftery, whofe tender years he vainly hoped might 
 move compaffion in the enemy, to. ftay behind and wait the event. As foon as the 
 confufion was a little over, the Abbot and thofe that remained with him, putting on 
 their facred veftments, went all into the Church, and attended the regular Service of the 
 
 Day; 
 
 • Part of Lincolnfliire fo called. ^ Ingulphi Hift. pag. 20. 3 Another divifion of Lincolnfhjre. 
 4 Among thde Leaders, Hinguar is reckoned by Ingulphus as one of them then prefent ; but by the 
 Teftimony of AiTer, who lived in thofe times, Hinguar had fome time before fet fail with the Fleet 
 for Eaft-Anglia, as is noted above. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 67 
 
 Day; the Abbot himfelf on this occafion folemnly performed Mafs : and juft when 
 the Communion was ended, the Pagan Army arrived; and fome of the Soldiers im- 
 mediately forced their way into the Church with OJkltel one of their Leaders, who 
 with his own hands flew the Abbot on the Akar, while the Soldiers beheaded the 
 Monks that aflifted him there : the reft feeing this, and endeavouring to make their 
 efcape, were all feized by the Soldiers, and after having been examined concerning 
 the treafures of the Church, and put to the torture, were all killed in different parts 
 of the Monafl:ery. After this the Pagans returned into the Church, where they broke 
 down all the Marble Monuments of their Saints and Benefactors, which lay enfhrined 
 round the Tomb of St. Guthlac, ranfacking their coffins in fearch of treafure ; but 
 meeting only with difappointment, they fwept all the bones into an heap, and fet fire 
 to the Church and all the buildings of the Monaftery: this was on the 26th of Sep- 
 tember, the third day after their coming thither.' 
 
 The next day the Pagan Army, taking what fpoils they could meet with, and 
 abundance of large and fmall cattle, begun their march towards Medejl.^amjled \Peter- 
 borough;] where finding the gates of the Monaflery fliut, and a confiderable body of 
 men within, who had been colle6led together for their defence ; they immediately be- 
 gun with their engines to batter the walls ; and at their fecond attack made a fufficient 
 breach to enter, and forced their way through it into the Monaflery. In this attack 
 Tulba a brother of Hidba [Htibba] was mortally wounded with a flone thrown from 
 the wall at the entrance of the breach, and was carried off to the Tent of his brother- 
 who was fo enraged thereat, that he fell upon the Monks, and with his own hands 
 flew all that came in his way, and the foldiers following his example foon put the 
 refl to death, to the number of eighty three perfons, befides Hedda their Abbot : ^ and 
 to complete the defolation of the place, they begun after their ufual manner to deftroy 
 every thing about them : the Altars and Monuments in the Church were broken down, 
 the charters and writings torn to pieces, and the Church with a noble Library, and 
 the other buildings all fet on fire, which continued burning fifteen days together. 
 
 On the 4th day after their coming to Medefiamfted, Hubba leaving the place in flames 
 marched his forces to Huntingdon and Cambridge, in his way towards Eaft-Aji^Ua, to 
 join the other body of T)anei under his brother Hinguar, who had fome time before made 
 a defcent with the Fleet, and was committing the like ravages in that Kiugdom. 
 
 In the mean time the IJle of Ely'i was not exempt from the common calamities of 
 the times. This Ifland was by it's fituation generally efteemed a place of flreno-th 
 and fecurity, being encompaffed on all fides with very extenfive fens and moralFes, 
 ufually covered with water great part of the year, which rendered it inacceffible from 
 the country that furrounds it, except by boats. Thefe fens however extending them- 
 felves to the Sea, and the waters forming a channel, by which they difcharged them- 
 
 felves 
 » Ingulphi Hifl:. pag. 22. * The bodies of the Abbot and thefe Monks, Ingiilphus informs us 
 [Hid. Ingulphi. pag. 24.] were found among the ruins of the Monaftery, by the Monks of Crow- 
 land, who interred them all in one large grave in the common cemetery near the Eaft-end of the 
 Church, and fet up a monumental Stone over them with the effigies of the Abbot and Monks carved 
 thereon j— which Stone is ftill preferved in the Library at Peterborough. 3 Lib. Elien. 1. i. c. 40. 
 
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68 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 felves into it, deep enough to admit any kind of fliips then in ufe; the Ifland lay open 
 and expofed on that fide to any Naval invafion. This circumftance was particularly 
 favourable to the Danes, whofe principal objeft was plunder and robbery, as it gave 
 them an opportunity, not only of landing their men, but alfo of having their fhips in 
 readinefs to receive and carry off the fpoils of the country immediately to Sea. Ac- 
 cordingly thefe Pagans by fome means or other having gotten intelligence of the place, 
 came up the river that leads to the Ide with part of their Fleet, and landed ' without 
 oppofition.^ The appearance of the enemy, who were difcovered roving about the 
 country foon after their landing, gave the firft alarm to the inhabitants. The ifland- 
 ers wanted not courage and reiblution to defend themfelves : on the firll: notice of 
 their danger, they collefted their forces, and joining with their country-men who had 
 fled thither, as to a place of refuge, (among whom were feveral Englijli Noblemen 
 and principal perfons of the adjoining counties,) they marched towards the enemy, 
 and vigoroufly repulfed them, forcing them to retire to their fliips, and to quit the 
 place. By this means they were refcued for the prefent from the opprefiion of the 
 enemy; but did not long enjoy that repofe; for the Danes now grown more furious 
 and exafperated with the repulfe they had met with, returned not long after with a 
 much greater number of foldiers, under the conduct of one of their Kings, 5 and 
 again landed on the Ifle. The fuccefs that the Iflanders had met with in their firfl 
 attack, raifed their fpirits to a vigorous defence ; but all their efforts were vain and 
 ineffedhial againft fuch unequal numbers ; fo that after a bloody fight, in which they 
 loft abundance of men, they were totally routed, and forced to betake themfelves to 
 flight : and the Danes marching direftly to the Monaftery of St. Etbeldreda at £/y, 
 broke their way into it, and put all the Religious to the fword, as well the Nuns as 
 Monks, and others belonging to it, without any refpedl to age, fex, or condition ; and 
 after they had ftiipt the Monaftery of every thing that was valuable, and plundered 
 the Town, they fet fire to the Church and all the buildings and houfes ; and went 
 away loaded with the fpoils, not only of the Town and Monaftery of Ely, but like- 
 wife the chief effects and riches of the country round about, which the inhabitants of 
 thofe parts had brought with them, 4 as to a place of fecurity. 
 
 About the fame time,5 and probably juft before they made their fecond attempt 
 on the IJle of Ely, they burnt and deftroyed a noble and famous Monaftery at 
 
 Seham 
 * Ibid. * This was probably a party of Hinguar*s men, fent out on purpofe to make difcoveries^ 
 whilft the Fleet was on the coaft of Eaft-AngUa. 3 Lib. Elien. lib. i. cap. 40.— The coincidence of 
 time and other concomitant circumftances, render it highly probable, that this King was Hubba ; 
 who has that title given him by feveral ancient writers and particularly by our Author, [ibid. cap. 30.] 
 and fo indeed l^as Hinguar •, — but Hinguar was too much engaged in Eaft-Anglia, where a battle 
 was fought about that time near Thetford, between him and King Edmund, in which neither fide 
 gained the advantage •, and Hinguar retiring immediately ro Thetford, was foon joined by Hubba 
 and the forces under him, confifting of 10,000 men •, [Matth, Weftm. ad ann. 870.] likely, returning 
 from the Iflc of Ely. It was after this junction of their forces, that thefe two Leaders [Sax. Chron. ad 
 ann. 870.] befieged K. Edmund at Heglefdon, [now Hoxne or tloxon,] where on the 20th of Nov% 
 he was cruelly murdered by them, being tied to a tree and (hot at with arrows, and afterwards beheaded. 
 The Danes continued all the winter in Eaft-Anglia, and the fpring following marched into the Kingdom 
 of the Weft-Saxons ; where they were defeated in feveral battles by K. Ethelred and Alfred his brother. 
 ♦ Ingulphi Hift. pag. 24. s W. Malmefb. de Geft. Pontif. Angl. pag. 239. Edit. Francof 1601. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 69 
 
 Seham^ [now Soham,] in which the body of Fe/Ix firft Bifhop of the Eaji- Angles was in- 
 terred: ^ the ruins of which Malmejhury fays, were remaining in his time.3 This vil- 
 lage is fituate in that part of CambridgePnre formerly belonging to Eafi-AfigUa, on the 
 Eaftern border of the fens without the IJle of Ely, where the palfage into it is the 
 fliorteft+ and moft convenient; — and by the courfe the Danes took, (after leaving 
 Peterborough,) paffing through Huntingdon and Cambridge towards Eajl-Anglia; it is 
 probable they made their fecond defcent by boats from Soham into the IJle of Ely. 
 
 During the preceding fummer, whilft the Danes were making thofe ravages in 
 the Eaftern parts of Mercia, Burrhed King of Mercia was engaged in defending him- 
 felf againft the Britons,^ who had at the fame time invaded the Weftern parts of his 
 Dominions ; and this was the reafon that the Danes met with little or no oppofition in 
 their paflage through his Kingdom : but on receiving intelligence of that unexpected 
 attack, he haftened to London, then his capital City; and having colIe6led a very con- 
 fiderable Army, he marched towards them ; but came too late ; for the Danes had then 
 quitted thofe parts, and got into Eajl-Anglia. Finding therefore the Monafteries every 
 where deftroyed, and the Monks and Nuns either murdered or difperfed, he feized on 
 all the lands and revenues belonging to them ; fome of thefe he kept and annexed to 
 his Crown ; others he diftributed among the foldiers of his Army.^ Ingulphus Abbot of 
 Crowland, who wrote the Hiftory of that Abby, informs us of the feveral Manors be- 
 longing to it, which the King took pofleffion of at that time, and of thofe he gave to the 
 principal officers of his Army ; the like he alfo did at Peterborough, Peykyrk, Bardeney, and 
 other Monafteries in thofe parts : and with refpedl to the revenues of the Monaftery 
 at £/)', he fays, ' Beorrhedus Rex, — totam Helyenfem Infulam fifco fuo applicavit;' 
 The King applied the whole Ife of Ely to his own proper treafury ; that is, he took 
 it as an Efcheat, and annexed it to his Crown. We are to underftand this, not of the 
 lands, but of the Jurifdi6lion ; in the fame fenfe as when our Kings formerly granted 
 whole Counties ; 7 in which Grants, the government of them only, and the profits 
 thence arifmg, are underftood to be conveyed, and not the very property of the lands. 
 The whole Ijle of Ely y as a County, Principality, or Earldom, contained 600 Hides of 
 land; the Government and Jurifdiftion whereof, had been fettled by St. Etheldreda on 
 her Monaftery; but how much land the Church was in pofleffion of within that diftri*^ 
 or territory, does not appear. However we find the King took into his hands the whole 
 revenues of the Monaftery, which thenceforth became vefted in the Crown ;^ and fo con- 
 tinued till the next Century; when K. Edgar on refounding the Monaftery, reftored 
 alfo the Jurifdiftion, as will more fully appear, when we come to that event. 
 
 The 
 
 ' Seham.] ' Hie locus ad mtFoitum Infulae de Ely dicitiir eile, ubi Monafterium magnum et 
 ' famofum fuit.' Lib. Elien. MS. lib. i. cap. 6. » Ibid.— Hift. Ramefiens. cap. 82. Edir. Gale. 
 3 W. Malmefb. ut fupra, pag. 237. 4 The diftance from Soham to Ely is about 5 miles, 2 of 
 which only are fenny ground i Stuntney an Ifland about 3 miles in circumference, being fituate in the 
 midft of the fens between them. 5 Ingulphi Hift. pag. 25. Edit. Gale. ^ — ' QLiafdam terras 
 
 ftipendiariis miHtibus diftribuit, quafdam fibi confilcavit,' fays Ingulphus Hift. pag. 2^. — Probably 
 thefe Milites Stipendiarii, held their lands by much the fame kind of tenure, as was afterwards called 
 Knights-Service. 7 See Selden's Titles of Honour, part ii. ch. 5. ^ — ' Sicque poftea per defti- 
 lutionem Regime forti five Efco locus additus erat.' Hift. Elien. per Gale Edit. pag. 464. — ' Locus 
 uique ad tempora gloriofi Regis Edgari Regio Efco ferviebat.' Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. i. 
 
70 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 The State of the Church of 'EhY^ till the Refloration of the Monaflcrji 
 
 by King EDGAR. 
 
 AFTER the dcftructlon of St. Ethcldredas Monaftery at Ely, in the manner be- 
 fore related, the Church and all the buildhigs continued fome years in ruins, 
 and the place deftitute of divine fervice. This indeed was the fate of moft of thefe 
 religious houfes in the Kingdom, and particularly in Northumberland, and Mercia, and 
 Eafl-Anglia, where the Danes had made the greateft havock and deftru6lion among 
 them : and whether it proceeded from the dread of an enemy, that had fliow'd a more 
 than ordinary fpite and malignity againft thefe houfes of religion ; or from a prevail- 
 ing diflike and impatience of that ftridl difcipline obferved in them ; ' — certain it is, 
 that about that time the monaftick way of living fell into general neglefl and difufe : 
 many of the Monafteries deftroyed by the Danes were utterly deferted and never re- 
 built J and thofe which were repaired, foon after came into the poflefllon of the fecular 
 Clergy. With refpedl to the Monaftery at Ely, our Hiftorian informs us,^ that a few 
 years after it's deftru6lion, eight of the Clerks, who had been plundered, returned to 
 the place ; and having repaired the Ifles of the Church, as well as the circumflances 
 of thofe calamitous times would permit, they fet up again the publick worfhip of God 
 in it. It is not indeed clear from his account, who thefe Clerks were ; whether they 
 had been profeffed Monks of the Monaftery, or whether they were fecular Clergy of 
 the place : neither is it faid, by what authority they took pofleffion of the Church. 
 But Malmejbury is a little more particular, and exprefsly fays. It was by the provident 
 care of the King of England and the inhabitants of the place, that thefe Clerks were 
 fettled there to perform the divine offices : 3 this probably refers to King Alfred, who 
 a few years after, having expelled the Danes, fucceeded to the Kingdom of Mercia^ 
 and united it to his other dominions; 4 and by that means alfo came into poffeflion 
 of the Principality of the IJle of Ely, which had been annexed to that Crown by 
 Burrhed the late King. This Society or College of Seculars, confifted of Clergymen 
 who were generally married, and lived in the Monaftery with their Wives and Children 
 in a Collegiate way, under the government of one that was their Chief or Head, and 
 is called by our Author an Arch-Prieft or Prefident.5 What the original endowment 
 of this Society was, does not appear; — probably their chief fubfiftcnce was from the 
 Offerings and Oblations of the people, and other cuftomary dues of the Clergy; and 
 perhaps they might have had fome of the lands adjoining to the Monaftery: though 
 afterwards, by the grant of fucceeding Benefaflors, they appear to have had other pofTef- 
 fions. King Edred'm the year 955, gave them Stapilford,^ and part of a Wood at Berdfield 
 confifting of 3 Hides of land, and a Mill at Demford, with fome large paftures adjoin- 
 ing. Wolftan of Delham, about the fame time, gave them Sfuntney,! and a Filhery be- 
 longing to it : — and one Ogga of Mildenhall, one Hide of land at Cambridge. ^ Thefe are 
 all the lands that are exprefsly mentioned to have been given to this Society or College 
 of fecular Clergy ; who continued there in fucceffion, till the reign of King Edgar. 
 
 ' Afler. de Rebus geft, Alfredi. » Lib.Elien.MS. l.i.c.41. 3 W. Malmefb.de Gcft. Pontif. p.293. 
 4 Ingiilphi Hill. p. 27. 5 Archiprefbyter— Pra?pofitus.Lib. Elien. MS. lib.i. c.43. * Ibid. l.ii. c. 2S. 
 7 Ibid. C.I 8. 8 Ibid. 
 
 The 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 71- 
 
 The ReJloraUo7t of the Monaflery at ELY by King EDGAR. 
 
 THE monaftick way of living having been introduced into this Kingdom, on 
 the firit Converfion of the Saxons to Chriftianity ; feveral Monafteries w^re 
 ere6led in the Southern parts by Augtiftin and his companions ; and in the Northern' 
 parts, about the fame time, by the Scotch and Irijh Monks ; and as Chriftianity gained 
 ground, fo thefe kinds of inftitution kept equal pace with it, till the Danes firfl in- 
 vaded the Kingdom. The confufion that thefe Pagans occafioned in the ftate, foon 
 put a flop to the further progrefs of fuch religious focieties j and the havock and de- 
 ftruclion they afterwards made of their houfes, together with the flaughter of the in- 
 habitants, had at length fo reduced their number, that when King Edgar came to the 
 throne, there were few of them remaining ; by far the greateft part of them lay in 
 ruins, and their revenues were either difperfed, or in pofleflion of the fecular Clergy. 
 
 Edgar fucceeded to the Imperial Crown of all England, in 959 j ' the Kingdom was 
 united under one Head, and in a more peaceable and flourifliing flate, than it had been 
 for above two Centuries paft: the foreign Danes vf^vQ quiet, and awed by thofe nu- 
 merous fliips of war that had been raifmg from King Alfred's time, (who firfl begun. 
 to increafe the naval flrength of this Kingdom,) made no more attempts to invade 
 the coafls ; and thofe Danes that had fettled in Northumberland, Eajl-Anglia, &c. fub- 
 mitting to his government, were permitted to live quietly in their habitations. 
 
 Dunjlan Biftiop of London and Worcejler, was promoted by the King, in the firft 
 year of his reign, to the See oi Canterbury : he was the King's chief Minifler, and in 
 high favour with him ; ^ and having been educated a Monk, was zealous for advanc- 
 ing that kind of life, and refloring it to it's former fplendor: — to this end, he ufed 
 his interefl with the King in promoting thofe of his own order in the Church ; and 
 at his recommendation, Ofwald who had been a Monk in the Monaflery of Fleury in 
 France, fucceeded him in the Bifhoprick of Worcejler; 3 and Ethelwold another Monk 
 and Abbot of Abingdon in Berkfiire, was advanced to the See of WinchefterA It was 
 chiefly owing to the influence thefe three Prelates had with the King, that inquiry 
 was made into the flate of the Monafleries deflroyed by the Danes, and a refolution 
 taken to reflore them : he gave them a Commiflion in particular to remove the Secu- 
 lars that had got pofTeflion of feveral Monafteries in Mercia, and to place Monks in 
 their room : 5 and afterwards enlarged that CommifTion, which was direded to all the 
 Bifliops throughout England, to do the like in their Cathedrals and the larger Mo- 
 nafleries.6 In confequence of this order, Ofwald firfl ejefled the fecular Canons from 
 his own Cathedral of Worcefter, and Ethehvold from Winchejier ; many old Monafteries 
 were repaired, and the lands and revenues formerly belonging to them, were reftored 
 by the King's authority ; and feveral new ones ere6led in many parts of the Kingdom. 
 
 In the old Englijlo Monafteries every Founder, Abbot, or chief Governor had for- 
 merly given Rules and Orders for the government of their refpe6live Houfes, as they 
 thought proper J fo that there were almoft as many diftin6l Orders and Rules for the 
 
 Monks, 
 ' Matth, Weftm. et Floren. Wigorn. ad annum. * Matth. Weftm. et Floren. Wigorn. ad an- 
 num 959. 3 Ibid, ad annum 960. 4 Ibid, ad annum ^61. s Floren. Wigorn. et Chron de 
 Mailros, ad annum 969. — Monaft. Angl. vol. i. pag. 140, a, 23- * Match. Weltm. ad ann. ^6g. 
 
^2 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 Monks, as there were religious Societies in the Kingdom. A reformation in that re- 
 fpeft was judged expedient; and therefore new regulations were now begun. The 
 BettediSfine Rule was held in greatcft efteem by thefe Reformers ; and that Rule, as 
 taught and profefled in the Monaftery of Fleury in France, had been procured by 
 Ethekvold wh.cn he was Abbot of Abingdon^ who had fent over one of his Monks for 
 it • ' and the King had given him the Manor of Sudburn in Suffolk, on condition of his 
 tranflating it out of Latin into Englifli.* — This Rule was made the bafis of thofe 
 Regulations ; and a Conftitution eftabliflied in a Synod held at Winchejler, and con- 
 firmed by the King, which all Monafteries were enjoined to obferve.3 
 
 There were about this time two Foreigners of diftindion at Court,4 Sigedwold z. 
 Bifhop and Native of Greece, and Tlmrftan a Nobleman of Danifi extra6lion, who had 
 fome expeclations from the King. It happened that they were competitors for one 
 and the fame thing; being each of them dcfirous of obtaining a Grant of the Princi- 
 pality of the IJlc of Ely, then in the King's hands; and had feveraliy prefented their 
 petitions on that head ; with a view to the fecular profits of the place. During this 
 contcft, Woljlan ofDelham a Privy-Counfellor, and Sheriff of the County oi Cambridge -y 
 who had the cuftody oUhe JJlc under the King, thought proper to interpofe ; and repre- 
 fcnted to the King the inexpediency of making fuch a Grant: and gave him an account 
 of the circumftances of the place; the once flourifhing flate of the Monaftery founded 
 there by St. Ethcldreda, and the prefent condition of the Church, that belonged to it ; 
 he alfo informed him of the Body of St.Etheldreda and other holy relicks ftill remain- 
 ing in the Church ; with other particulars relating to the Hiftory of it. Whereupon 
 the King laid afide the thoughts of making any grant, to Sigedivold or Thurjiaji ; and 
 fending for Eihehvold Bp. of Winchejler, told him he intended to reftore the Monaftery, 
 and to fettle a Convent of Monks there, to perform divine Service in the Church, and 
 to preferve the holy Relicks ; and would take upon himfelf the charge of providing 
 lands and revenues fufficient for their maintenance and fupport ; — only defired his 
 advice and afliftance in bringing his defign to efied ; and fo left it to him to conduit 
 the whole, as he fhould judge proper. 
 
 The Biftiop readily embracing the occafion, undertook the management of the 
 affair, and according to his inftrucfions, immediately fet about it : and having pro- 
 vided a number of Monks, gave orders for repairing the Church, and other buildings 
 of the Monafteiy, and erefting feveral new offices for their habitation. — On his re- 
 turn, he agreed with the King, for the furrender of the ivhole dijlriSl ofthelfle of Ely, by 
 way of purchafe and exchange, for the ufe of the intended Monaftery; who gave him 
 his Royal Charter; by which it appears, that the King, in confideration of 60 Hides 
 of land, lool. of Money paid down, and i Crucifix of Gold given him; and of the 
 Bifliop's having undertaken to provide a number of Monks to fupply the ancient 
 Monaftery of St. Etheldreda-, — did furrender the whole diJlriB of the IJle of Ely, 20 Hides 
 of land within the fame, all at that time parcel of the royal eftate, and fubjed to his 
 Treafury, with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, with the dignity and foke 
 
 of 
 
 ' Angl. Sacr. vol. i. pag 165. * Lib. Elien, MS. lib. ii. cap. 37. 3 This Rule is called, Regularis 
 Concordia Anglicc Nationis Monachorum ac Sanilimona/ium ; and is publifhed by Mr. Selden in his 
 S^icilegium, at the end of Edmerus. * Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 2. 
 
 3 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 73 
 
 of the two Hundreds within the Ifle, and five Hundreds ' in Wichlaw within the pro- 
 vince of the Eajl- Angles; with the power and authority of Trying all Caufes; alfo 
 the Fines and Forfeitures for tranfgreffion of the Laws in all fecular Caufes, in all 
 the Lands and Manors that do now belong to the Monaftery, or that fhall hereafter 
 belong to it, either by purchafe, gift, or other lawful acquifition ; alfo the fourth part 
 of the profits of the County of Grantaceajler [Cambridge;] ^ and alfo the villages of 
 Meldebtirn, Earmingaford and Northwold; and 10,000 Eles part of the royal revenues, 
 due from the village of Wyllan: — for the endowment of the Monaftery at El)\ for 
 the maintenance and fupport of the Monks, and to fupply them with neceffary food 
 and clothing. — This is the fubftance of King Edgar's Charter ; which is now, and 
 ever fnice that time hath been the ground of that temporal power given to the 
 Church of Ely, and at this day vefted in the Bifliop ; though it is certain it had 
 originally been given to the Church and Monaftery of Ely, by St.Etheldreda; but on 
 the deftruclion of that Monaftery by the Danes, was refumed by the Crown, and after 
 100 years reftored again to the Church by King Edgar. The Charter is dated at the 
 Royal Village of Wlfamere,^ in the year of our Lord 970, the 13th of Indi(5lion, and 
 the 13th of the King's Reign ; not privately and in a corner, but in the moft pub- 
 lick manner, and under the Canopy of heaven, (as the Charter expreffes it,) in the 
 prefence of the King, the Queen, and all the Bifliops and Great Men of the King- 
 dom, then and there aflembled, whofe Names are fubfcribed thereunto, as ufual; — 
 and for the greater evidence and notoriety of it, it was alfo written and pubhflied in 
 the Saxon tongue, that it might be read and underftood of all.4 
 
 What number of Monks this Society at firft confifted of, does not appear; "but 
 the Bifliop having, by virtue of a former Commiflion of the King, taken pofTefllon 
 of the Site of the Monaftery ; the Monks were introduced, and the Abbot appointed, 
 before the King gave his Charter. As for the Secular Clergy, who v^^ere in poilefllon 
 of the Church before ; fuch of them as chofe to take the habit and conform to the 
 Rule, were permitted to continue there ; and the reft were difmifled. 
 
 ABBOTS. 
 
 BRITHNOTH, Prior of the Church of WincheJler,S was by the King appointed 
 the firft Abbot of Ely, and received Benedi6lion accordingly from the hands of 
 Bunftan A.Bp, of Canterbury, and Ethel-wold Bifliop of Winchejler. He is commended 
 for his great temperance and fobriety, and his diligence in promoting the fpiritual 
 welfare, together with the fecular advantages of his Abby.^ He fpared no pains in 
 keeping up exail difcipline among the Monks; and at his firft coming hither, fet 
 about repairing all the buildings of the Monaftery, and erected feveral new offices 7 
 for the accommodation of his Monks. And particularly, being fupplied by the mu- 
 nificence 
 ' Thefe are the Hundreds of Plomefgate, Wilford, Thridling, Carleford, Colnes, and Loes in 
 Suffolk-, now called Sr.Etheldreda's Liberties. ^ ^p-r.cnbpuje, as in the Saxon trannation annex- 
 ed tQ the Charter. -^ See pag. 60. note 4. 3 Perliaps Fnlmere near Windfor. 4 See the Charter 
 in tlie Appendix. 5 Lib. Ehen. MS. lib. ii. cap. ^. 6 ibi(j. cap, 6. 7 Ibid. 
 
-^ HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 nificence of the King, with the afliftance of the Bifliop of Winchefter, he applied him- 
 felf with great zeal to pcrfeifl again the Church • that had formerly been ruined by 
 the Dana : thofe parts of it that were fo much decayed by time as to have fallen 
 down, he rebuilt ; and by conftant application, and much labour and expenfe, he 
 finiflied all the ftone-work, in lefs time than could well have been expe(5ted; and after- 
 wards completing the Roof, which had been quite deftroyed by the fire, the Church 
 was fo throughly repaired in all parts, that it appeared on the whole no lefs fplendid 
 and elegant than when it was firft built. ^ As foon as the Church was finiflied, Dunftan, 
 A.Bp. oi Canterbury, was intreated by the Bifliop of Winchejler and Abbot of Ely to 
 perform the rites of Dedication : the time fixed was the Day after the Purification of 
 the blefl"ed Virgin Mary : On which day the Archbifliop being come, and attended by 
 many of the Bifliops and Pafliors of Churches, the Solemnity began with blefling all 
 the Offices of the Monafl:ery : then an account in writing of the place, and bene- 
 fadions beftowed on it by the Faithful, and alfo the Foundation Charter contain- 
 ing the pofl'efllons, privileges and immunities granted to it by King Edgar, being 
 produced and publickly read; they confirmed them all, as well by their own, as the 
 King's authority. Next they proceeded to the Dedication of the Church, the Eafl:- 
 end of which they dedicated to St. Peter, and the South-fide of it to the honour of 
 the blelfed Virgin Mary, celebrating the joyful Day in praifing God with Hymns and 
 Confeffions, according to the rites ufed at the Dedication of Solomons Temple ; and 
 divine Service being ended, they returned to fpend the refl: of the Day in gladnefs 
 and feaft:ing, which continued feven days ; and then every one departed to his own 
 home. — It is remarked by our Author, on this occafion of repairing the Church, 
 that the Body of St. EtheUreda had lain all the time, from her firft tranflation, in her 
 Marble Coffin near the High Altar, juft where St. Sexbiirga her Sifter had placed it ; 
 and there it was ordered to remain unremoved; no one prefuming to open the 
 Coffin to infpeft the body, in reverence to her, being forewarned of fuch dangerous 
 prefumption, by feveral examples, recorded in her Hiftory, of thofe who had at any 
 time attempted it. 
 
 The Endowment the King had made to the Church by his foundation Charter, 
 was only part of his benefadlions to it ; he intended a further provifion afterwards ; 
 and according to his promife to allow the Monks a liberal maintenance, alfo to enable 
 them to carry on their buildings, and for their other necefl*ary occafioiis. He gave 
 them the large and extenfive Manor oi HetfeU,^ [Hatjield in Hcrtfordfliire] abounding 
 in woods, and eftimated at 40 Hides of land; and the village of Derham [Eajl- 
 
 Dere- 
 
 ' Lib. Elien. MS. libii. cap. 52. '^ ' — Ac deinde teftis reparatis, quae igne fuerant confumpta ; 
 ' templum rurfus {edificatnm, non minus eximium aut eminens quam priiis apparuit.' Ibid.— By our 
 Author's account, it is probable the chief damage done to the Church by the Danes, was in the Roof, 
 which was burnt down : the outward walls only wanted to be repaired, or partly to be rebuilt •, but it is 
 likely the Stone-work, Pillars, and Arches of the Nave had received little damage from the fire, being 
 built very Ibong and firm, and fo remain to this time. See Plate IV.— A more particular account 
 of thefe remains will be given afterwards; when we come to a Survey of them, and the Fabric of 
 the prefent Cathedral Church. 3 By a furvey of this Manor taken in the time of Hugh Norwold 
 Bp. of Ely, temp. Henr. 3. it contained 2260 Acres of Land, in Arable, Pafture and Woods ; of 
 which 1200 were the Bilhop's Demaiii Lands j the reft in common. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 75 
 
 Derebam,] m Norfolk^ with all it's appendages.' He alfo encouraged the Bifhop and 
 Abbot to make large purchafes of lands and manors in the Ifle and adjacent Counties ; 
 and probably fupplied them in a great meafure with the means to do it; as feems to 
 be intimated by Malmejhury.^ Though the value and quantity of thofe Eftates that 
 were given to the Church of Ely within a few years after it's re-eftablifliment by King 
 Edgar, cannot now be eftimated with any great exa6lnefs; yet it may not be im- 
 proper to mention fome of the particulars, by which a judgment may be formed of 
 the ftate of it at that time, and it's gradual advancement, by further purchafes and 
 large benefadlions of many pious and devout perfons ; till at length it became, fomc 
 little time before the Conqueft, one of the richeft Abbies in the Kingdom. 
 
 The principal Eftates purchafed by the Bifhop oi Wincbejler and Abbot Brithnoth 
 within the Ifle of Ely, for the further endowment of the Abby, were thefe: Lindiine,^ 
 with it's appendants of Hille., and Hederbam, [now Hadenbam,'] eftimated at 10 Hides 
 of land; — 5 Hides in Wilbertune; — 9 Hides, 24 acres of land, and 2 Fifheries, in 
 Stretbam ; — 6 Hides in Dunbam, befides 2 Hides given them by one Sivertb of that 
 place; — 300 acres, and other parcels of ground in Wicbford and Walde-,^ — One 
 Wljius and his Wife, and their Son Alfius, gave to God and St. Etbeldreda, 3 Hides of 
 land in Suttune; — i Hide, 6 acres of land, i Fifliery let annually for the rent of looo 
 Eles, and a moiety of a Mere called Weremere, and all the Fens belonging to it, in. 
 Dudington and Wimilington, Sec. — All the eftates procured and purchafed within the 
 Ifle of Ely, in the time of Abbot Britbnoth, confifted of 60 Hides of land. — Without 
 the Ifle, the following Eftates and Manors were gained to the Abby : — i well-built 
 Farm and 100 acres of land, and a Filhery at Cambridge; the Manor o^ Haukefton and 
 Neweton, containing 7 Hides and an half of land; — the Manor oi Suafham; — the 
 3d part of a Wood at Dullhigbam ; — Duke Brithnotb, a great friend to the Monks in 
 general, and particularly to the Church of Ely, (whofe large benefaftions to it, we fliall 
 have occafion to mention afterwards,) gave to the Abby 2 Hides of land in Horningefea\ 
 — the Lady Mlftreda gave to St. Etbeldreda 5 Hides in Holand in Efex, which the 
 Abbot foon after exchanged with the Church of St. Paul's London, for 4 Hides and 
 an half at Middkton or Milton, near Cambridge ; and the Abbot of Ely procured alfo 2 
 Hides more in the fame village. In Suffolk, the Bifliop gave to the Monks the Manor 
 of Sudburn, which King Edgar had granted him for tranflating the Rule of St. Bene- 
 diSl into the Saxon or Englijl:> tongue; and procured for them of the King, 10 Hides 
 of land, and 2 Mills in Stoke near Ippwich ; — there were alfo purchafed 5 Hides in 
 Brandune and Liveremere ; i Hide in Chippenbam ; 3 Hides at Woodbridge ; and 2 Hides 
 at Eye, all thefe in Suffolk ; — the Manor of Blimteffam in the County of Huntingdon ; 
 
 and 
 
 ^ The Hundred of Midford in which this village is fituate, came into poflefTion of the Church of 
 Ely at this time ; but whether as an appendage to this Manor, or by fome other grant, I cannot fay. 
 * De Geft. Pontif. Angl. pag. 244. 3 The name o'i Lindime, where was formerly the principal lite 
 of the Tov/n, is hardly known but by a part of it ftill called Lindune-End ; and Hadenham formerly 
 only an appendage to it, has fo far gained the afcendant, that the village is hardly known by any 
 other name : Hille is ftill in being, and confifts of only a few fcattered houfes, called Hill-Row. 
 1- Walde might probably have been a Hamlet at that time ; but is only known at this day, by fome 
 arable and pafture lands near Wichford called the Wold : And Wichford was a more confiderablc 
 place thaa now, being the Hundred-Town for that part of the Ifle. 
 
 K 2 
 
y^ HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 ^y^^\ j^aJca in Ucrtfordjhire. — To thele may be added the Priory of Eynuhejbury or 
 
 Ewjbury in Huntingdonpire, a Cell ' belonging to the Abby of Ely. There had formerly 
 been a Monaftcry there, of which St. Neot is faid to have been Founder ; but that bav- 
 in"- been deflroyed by the Danes, EthelwoUi Bp. of Wlnchefler reftored it, among other 
 reli'^ious Houfes, at the inftance of one Lcofric and his Wife Leofeda, and made it 
 fubordinate to the Abby of Ely.^ It was endowed with 2 Hides of land in the faid 
 village, 6 Hides at Wercjly, and 9 at Gamlingay. The above particulars may fuffice 
 for a general account of the Endowment of the Church of Ely, foon after it's re-efta- 
 blifhment by King Edgar ; which cannot now be reduced to any great exaflnefs. 
 
 There was an affair that engaged the attention both of the Bifliop and Abbot at 
 this time, and which was thought a matter of great importance. It was no fmall part 
 of the reli"-ion of that age, efpecially with the Monks, to pay great veneration to the 
 Bodies and Relicks of Saints and Confellbrs, and other holy perfons deceafed j imagin- 
 ing them to add a kind of fan6lity to the places where they were interred, or their 
 remains depofited : This opinion gave frequent occafion to the founding of Churches, 
 and formino- religious Societies on purpofe to attend on them, and to take care to 
 preferve them with due reverence and honour ; aiid often was the motive for removing 
 and tranllating fuch Relicks to religious houfes that were already founded, for the 
 fame reafon ; and an acquifition of that kind was thought deferving of regard. — Tlie 
 King had lately conferred on the Abby of Ely the village of Derham with all it's ap- 
 pendao-es, where the body of the Virgin St. Withburga was preferved in the Church 
 by the people of the place. — Si.JVithburga^ was Sifter of Si.Etbeldreda, and the 
 youngeft Daughter oi Anna King of the Eaft- Angles ; in her infancy flie was fent to 
 nurfe at a village belonging to the King her Father called Holkam, where flie lived fome 
 years ; the place was fometime called Withburgftoiae,^ and a Church built in memory 
 of her. On the death of her Father, a.d. 654.5 flie removed to Derham another vil- 
 lao-e in the fame County, about 20 miles diftant; where affecting a retired and religi- 
 ous life, fhe founded a Monaftery of Nuns, over which fhe prefided a confiderable 
 time; how long, is not mentioned; only that when fhe died, flie was buried there in 
 the Church-yard ; ^ and after feveral years, her body being found, it is faid, entire and 
 without corruption, was removed into the Church ; where it was preferved with great 
 care by the people of the place, and continued there to the time of King Edgar, who 
 annexed the village and all it's appendants, to the Abby of Ely. — The Bp. of Winchejler 
 and our Abbot were very dcfirous of getting pofTefTion of her body, in order to tranf- 
 late it to Ely, and had obtained the King's licence for that purpofe : — they thought 
 it advifable however, to proceed with caution, as it was likely that the inhabitants of 
 
 the 
 ' Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 29. ' This Priory continued to be a Cell to the Abby of Ely, 
 till it was violently taken away by Earl Gilbert of Clare, in the time of the fiege of the Ifle of Ely, 
 by Willum the Conqueror ; the Ely Monks were then expelled; and foon after other Monks intro- 
 duced from Bee in Normandy. Ibid. 3 Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii cap. 53. — Monaft. Angl. Vol. ii, 
 pag. 853. '^ This Village however has fince recovered it's ancient name of Holkam; but I find 
 the Church there is dedicated to St. Withburga. See Edton's Thefaur. 4to. pag. 299. s Lib. Elien. 
 MS. lib. i. c. 2. * The memory of this Virgin Saint is preferved there particularly by a famous Well, 
 •which is faid to have fprung up in the very place where fhe was at firft buried ; and may be feen at 
 tliis day;— it was formerly called St. Withburga's Well, but is now corruptly called Sc, Winifred's. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. -j-j 
 
 the place would not eafily part with fo valuable a treafure without refiflance, if their 
 defign Ihould have been publickly known ; and therefore it was concluded, to carry 
 their defign into execution with as much fecrecy as the circumftances of fuch an affair 
 would admit. — On the day appointed, the Abbot and fome of the moft aftive and 
 prudent of the Monks, attended by the fervants of the Abby all well-armed, fet out 
 on their journey; and on their arrival at Derhatn were received by the inhabitants 
 with great refpedl, who imagined they were come thither only to take poffeflion of 
 the place; without fufpefting any further defign. The Abbot on this occafion held a 
 Court for the adminiftration of juftice in the ufual manner; and afterwards invited 
 the people to a feaft ; having before-hand concerted meafures for the carrying on his 
 defign. At the time fixed, the Abbot and the Monks took occafion to withdraw from 
 the company in the hall ; and immediately repaired to the Church, under colour of 
 performing their regular devotions, but in reality to prepare matters for carrying their 
 plan into execution. Night coming on, the company in the hall having fpent the 
 day in feafting, retired by degrees, every one to his reft; whilft the Monk? were em- 
 ploying themfelves in the Church, in forcing open the tomb and infpec^ing the body 
 of StJVithburga, which having carefully viewed,' they clofed up the Coffin, and got 
 every thing in readinefs for carrying it off. About the middle of the Night, taking the 
 Coffin in which the body of the Saint was inclofed on their fhoulders, they conveyed 
 it to a carriage that was provided for that purpofe, the fervants of the Abbot beino- 
 placed as guards round about the carriage to defend it : and in this order they fet fort 
 ward towards Brandon, a village about 20 miles diftant, where there is a fmall navi^'-able 
 river leading towards the IJle of Ely, and on their arrival there, they found fome boats 
 that were waiting for them, and immediately embarked wkh their treafure, and fet faiL 
 — In the mean time the inhabitants of Derham having difcovered that the Body of 
 St. Withbtirga was carried off by the Monks, the alarm was given, and the Towns- 
 men came flocking together ,- all agreed to purfue them, and, if poffible, to recover 
 the prey: fo arming themfelves with whatever they could readily meet with, they 
 made the beft of their way to Brandon; but were too late; for the Monks were gone 
 off, and had proceeded a confiderably way down the" river : however, dividin^j- them- 
 felves into two companies, each party taking a different fide of the river, they march- 
 ed forward, and at length overtook them; but, not being provided with boats, could 
 not come at them : fo that after fpending fome time in vain threats and reproaches,, 
 till they were tired, and finding it to no purpofe, they were forced to give over the 
 pui-fuit, and return home again ; leaving the Monks to continue the reft of their 
 voyage without any further moleftation. They landed fafely the fame day at a place 
 called i'idbrithjeie,^ where they were received with great joy and triumph by all forts 
 of people, who came thither with the Monks and Clergy to meet them ; and the Body 
 of St. Witbburga being put into an herfe, was thence conveyed by land to Ely, and with> 
 folemn proceliion and finging praifes to God, was depofited in the Churcl/next to St.! 
 
 ' Her body is faid to have been found at this time quite perfeft and free from all fians of cor 
 rupuon. Lib. Ehen. lib. 11. cap. ^i. ^ Now called Turbutlea, about a Mile from the Cirurch. 
 
^8 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 Etheldreda, St. Scxburga, and St. Ermenilda. — This memorable Tranflatlon of St. 
 Withbiirgas Body from Da-ham to £/y, was on the 8th of the Ides of July," in the 
 year of our Lord 974. 
 
 The Monks of Ely were now in poflefTion of the Bodies of four celebrated Saints, 
 Etheldrcda, Scxburga, Ermenilda, and Withburga ; each of them enflirined in feparate 
 tombs, and orderly placed at the Eaft-end of the Church : and as the Abbot had a 
 great veneration for them, and loved fplendor and magnificence in the houfe of God, 
 he caufed the Images * of thefe Saints to be made of filver, and adorned with gold 
 and precious ftones, and to be fet up, two on the right hand, and two on the left, 
 near the great Altar. The Bifhop of Winchejler 3 alfo gave feveral coftly ornaments 
 and coverings for the Altar, befides a great quantity of gold and filver plate, and f ur- 
 nifhed the Choir with rich Copes, one of them in particular adorned with a deep gold 
 fringe for the Precentor, to be ufed on the principal Feftivals, and other folemn occa- 
 fions. And the King, among other things, gave variety of rich veilments for the ufe 
 of the Monks at divine fervice, and his own royal robe of purple embroidered with 
 gold ; + to thefe gifts, he added moreover fome Relicks of Saints, out of his own Chapel, 
 for the greater fanftification of the place ; and as an additional mark of his favour, 
 and in further confirmation of the Liberties of the Church, he reftored the Crucifix 
 of gold, that the Bifhop had given him in part of the purchafe of the Jfle of Ely .^ 
 which, together with a Book of the Four Gofpels richly ornamented, he freely offered 
 on the Altar of St. Etheldreda.'i 
 
 The Abbot after his promotion to that office, attended with great afllduity and 
 application all the affairs of the Abby, without an afTiflant ; and this he continued to 
 do for fome time : but multiplicity of bufincfs both at home and abroad, made it at 
 length necefiary for him to have a coadjutor.^ Leo one of his Monks, with the con- 
 fent and approbation of the reft of the brethren, was appointed to that charge j 7 
 which he executed with great commendation; for he was very diligent and induftri- 
 0U5, and always ftudied the general good of the Society. One of his undertakings in 
 particular, that contributed greatly to the eafe and fecurity of the Church, in the 
 pofreiTion of their Liberties and Immunities, was the fettling the limits and bounda- 
 ries of the Ijle of Ely, which till that time had not been fo clearly defined, but that 
 difputcs had arifen about them, to the great difquiet and detriment of the Monks. 
 In order, to accomplifli this defign, Leo procured a meeting of the principal inhabi- 
 tants of the IJle, and of the adjoining Counties, in which the boundaries of the IJJey 
 and pofTcfTions of the Church were difcufled, and fettled to the fatisfa^lion of all par- 
 ties; and were afterwards confirmed by the authority of King Edgar : And when thefe 
 limits were meafured and marked out, he caufed a deep ditch to be made in the midft 
 of thofe watry and impaifable fens, for the boundary of the IJIe on one fide, which 
 
 was 
 
 ' The 8di of July, the day of her Tranflatlon to Ely -, and the 1 7th of March, the day of her 
 deccafe, were obferved as high Feftivals in the Church of Ely. - Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 6. 
 3 Ibid. cap. 3. 4 Lib. Ellen. MS. lib. ii. cap. 50. 5 Ibid. cap. 4. ^ Ibid. cap. 54. 7 Hence 
 it ihould feem, that the office of Prior, (who was in covirfe the Abbot's Subftitute, and had the chief 
 care of the Houfe next to the Abbot, and governed ii» his abfcnce,) was not yet regularly fettled and 
 cftablilhed in our Abbies. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. ^9 
 
 was called Abbot's-delf, ' and afterwards BiJI^op's-delf, to remain a {landing evidence 
 and memorial of it to future ages.* ' And thefe, fays my Author, 3 are the limits of 
 
 * the IJIe of Ely, viz. from Cotingelade to Littleporte, or to Abbot's-delf, 7 miles in 
 'length; — and from Chirchewere to Stretham-mercy 4 miles in breadth: — but 
 
 * the boundaries of the two Hundreds that of ancient time belonged to Ely, are 
 
 * known to be of greater extent, viz. from the middle of the Bridge at Tyd, to 
 ' Upivere; and from Bifiop's-delf, to the River near Burgh [Peterborough] called the 
 
 * Nefi.' — To make this defcription more clear, it is proper to obferve, that the IJle of 
 Ely, ftri6tly fpeaking, is that large trad of high-ground encompalTed with fens, that 
 were formerly overflowed with water, of which Ely is the principal place, and gives 
 name to the whole ; in which are included alfo the villages of Stretham and Thetfordy 
 Wilburton, Hadenham, Sutton, Mepal, Witcham, Wentworth, Witchford, Dounham, and 
 Chetijl.^am, — making colleftively but one Ifland ; — Litfleport, Coveney, and Stuntneyy 
 though fometimes reckoned part of it, were in their original ilate, disjoined by fmall 
 intervals of fuch fenny ground, and therefore were diftin6l Iflands of themfelves ; — ■ 
 this is that tract of ground, which in the above defcription is faid to be 7 miles in 
 length, and 4 in breadth: — But the two Hundreds belonging to the Ifle, extend from 
 the Bridge at Tyd on the North, to Upivere on the South, 28 miles in length; — and 
 from Abbot" S'delf on the Eaft, to the river Nen near Peterborough on the Weft, 2 e 
 miles in breadth; — this whole diftricl, in which are included, (befides the Ifle of Ely 
 properly fo called,) feveral confiderable towns and villages, as JViJbech, Whittle fey ^ 
 Dodingt07i, March, Leveritigton, Neivton, Chatteris, &c. is now called the Ifle of Ely, 
 and is as a County Palatine, fubject to the Bifliop of Ely. 
 
 Another memorable work oi Leo, that is recorded to his praife, was the im- 
 provement he made in the ground belonging to the Abby nearly adjoining to the 
 Church, which he laid out into gardens and orchards in a very elegant tafte, and 
 planted them with variety of the choiceft fruit-trees, in fuch regular and beautiful 
 order, as contributed not a little to the ornament of the place, as well as to the profit 
 of the Society : for he was always doing fomething for the common good of them 
 all ; and left behind him a memorial, that kept up his name feveral ages after he 
 was dead; which was an extraordinary and curious crucifix of filver, called by his 
 name. Prior Leo's Crucifix; 4 on which the image of our Lord was hollow, and fo 
 contrived as to contain the relicks of ^t.VedaJlus and St.Amandus. 
 
 But to return to our Abbot Brithmth; after he had governed this Abby about 1 1 
 years, and feen it in a flourifhing and profperous ftate^ and daily advancing to greater 
 degrees of honour and riches ; he was fuddenly taken away by an untimely death, and 
 died a Martyr by the hands of Elfrida Queen Dowager of King Edgar, who had 
 alfo murdered her Son-in-law King Edward, to make way for her own Son Ethelred 
 to the throne. The fum and fubftance of what I find related of that unhappy event,S 
 
 is 
 
 ' The Ditch that crofles the road leading from Stuntney to Soham, having a bridge over it called 
 Delf-bridge (rebuilt of brick by the Dean and Chapter of Ely, laft Summer, 1765.) is the utmoft 
 boundary of the Ifle of Ely on that fide, and is without doubt, the fame that was formerly called 
 Abbots-delf. * Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 54. 3 Ibid. 4 ' Crux Leonis Pra-pofiti.' ibid. 
 s Ijb. Elien. MS. Hb. ii. cap. ^6. — Angl. Sacr. vol. i. pag. 606. 
 
6o HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 is to the following efFe6l ; In the year of our Lord 981, the Abbot had occa- 
 fion to attend the Court of King Ethelred ox\ fomc bufincfs relating to the Church; 
 and in his journey thither, on this fide GeldedunCj going through a wood called 
 the Knv Forejl, he happened to turn out of the common road; and there he 
 difcovered the Queen under a tree, employed in acls of Sorcery.' Struck with 
 horror at the fight, he turned away, and continued his journey ; though not with- 
 out having been perceived by the Queen. On his arrival at the Court, he was 
 honourably received by King Ethelred; and having finiflied his bufinefs, was pre- 
 paring to return : but thought he could not decently leave the Court, without waiting 
 on tlie Queen-Mother, however he detefted her wicked and abandoned life. It hap- 
 pened that the Queen was quite alone, when flie received notice of the Abbot's com- 
 ino-, and gave orders that he fiiould be admitted, but without any of his attendants, 
 as flic had occafion to confult him on her fpiritual affairs. On the Abbot's entering 
 the room, the Queen accofted him in an immodefl: manner, utterly unbecoming her 
 chara6ler, and with fair fpeeches and enticing words endeavoured to induce him to a 
 criminal familiarity with her, as fearing he might fome time or other difcover the 
 wickcdnefs he had feen. The Abbot abhorring her wicked attempts, with juft indig- 
 nation rejcfted her offers, and with great freedom took the occafion of reproving her, 
 for her infamous and abandoned life. This honeft and inflexible behaviour of the 
 Abbot, foon raifed the indignation and rage of the Queen, who calling in her fervants, 
 ordered him infi:antly to be fiain, refolving he fhould not live who might one day appear 
 a witnefs of her crimes ; and flie contrived to deflroy him in fuch a manner, that no 
 hurt or wound might appear on his body ; directing them to heat fmall fharp-pointed 
 irons in the fire, and thruft them into his body, under his arm-pits. Her orders were 
 executed without delay : and as foon as he was dead, they all cried out, as if fome 
 fudden and unexpeded misfortune had happened to them. On which the fervants of 
 the Abbot and the Monks that attended him came running in, and being told to their 
 grief, that he had died fuddenly; they, with great forrow and lamentations, prepared 
 to return home ; and laying the body on a carriage, conveyed it to the Church at Ely, 
 where it was committed to the grave, without their having perceived any wounds or 
 marks of violence on it. — Thus died Brithmth the firft Abbot of £/>•, a Martyr, 
 choofing rather to fall by the hands of violence, than to tranfgrefs the laws of God. 
 None of his attendants prefumed to caft the leaft refleclion on the Queen or had any 
 fufpicion of her guilt: and this dark affair might have been buried with him, and for 
 ever have been concealed from the knowledge of the world; had not the Queen her- 
 felf difclofed it : for in the latter part of her life, fhe was brought to a deep fenfe of 
 her crimes, and repentance of her detcfl:abie manner of living; and in particular 
 openly confeffed the murder of her Son-in-law King Edward, in order to raife her own 
 Son Ethelred to the throne ; to expiate which murder flie founded the Nunnery of JVer^ 
 •well in HampJlAre ; whither flie retired, to fpend the remainder of her days in penance: 
 and therewith great contrition and forrow of heart, confefled, among her other wicked 
 deeds, the cruel murder of Brithmth Abbot of Ely, in the manner before related. 
 
 ' ' Reglnam forte fub quadam arbore ofFcndit fuis veneficiis vacantem.' ibid. 
 
 ELSIN 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. g^, 
 
 E L S I N, Abbot n. 
 
 ON the death of Britlmoth the firft Abbot oiEly, King Ethdrcd appouUed Els int. 
 or Els I to fucceed him,' who received benedi6lion accordingly from the hands of 
 Etbekvold Bifhop of Winchejler. He was of a Noble family, and much in favour with the 
 King,* which he took care to improve to the benefit and advantage of the Abby. 
 
 The Danes and Norwegians begun again about this time to infefl the coafts; they 
 landed in various parts of the Kingdom, and carried on their depredations many 
 years together, as they had formerly done, and with greater fuccefs. The weak efforts 
 that were made to flop their progrefs at firfl, and the wrong meafures taken after- 
 wards to get rid of them, in endeavouring to purchafe a peace at the expence of vaft 
 funis of money, 3 had a mofl pernicious efFe6l, and only ferved to encourage them to 
 purfue their defigns; till at length they reduced the Kingdom under their dominion. 
 — But notwithflanding the unfettled flate of the Nation, the Church of Ely feems tQ 
 have been in a flourifhing condition, and was continually increafing in wealth and 
 riches ; as appears by the feveral Eflates given to it by pious and well-difpofed per- 
 fons, and other occafional benefactions in the time of this Abbot. The King himfelf, as 
 a mark of his favour, gave to the Monks the Village ol Littlebury ; 4- and granted them, 
 leave to tranflate the body of the holy Virgin St. Wendreda from the Village ol Merch to 
 Ely, which the Abbot inclofed in a Shrine of Gold adorned with precious Stones. 5 The 
 Abbot alfo procured from the King confiderable polTefllons in Caddenho, Stretele and 
 the two Lintunes ; for confirmation of which eflates to the Church, the Abbot gave 
 the King nine pounds of the purefl Gold, after the great weight of the Norma7is.^ 
 
 Godwin, Lord of the Village oi Hoo,7 being in a declining ftate of health, and 
 tired of the world, was defirous of embracing the Monaflic life ; and fending for Eljin 
 Abbot of Ely, requefled the favour of being admitted into that Society j which was 
 granted accordingly ; in recompenfe for which, he offei-ed up with himfelf his faid 
 Village of Hoo,^ and confirmed it to the Church of Ely for the ufe of the Monks there 
 for ever. Godwin died foon after and was buried in the Cemetery of the Monks. And 
 Elmer, brother of the faid Godwin, gave an Eflate in Hccham,9 which came to him by 
 inheritance, to God and St. Etheldreda, and the other holy Virgins, by his Chirograph, 
 attefled by Athcljlan Bp. of the Eajl-Angks and others ; leaving it to the Abbot and 
 Monks to difpofe of it as they thought proper. 
 
 A large accefTion was alfo made to the Church in the time of this Abbot, oa 
 the following occafion : '° Leofwin Son o'i Adulf, a Man of great wealth, by giving 
 way to a violent and paffionate temper, to which he was naturally inclined, had in- 
 volved himfelf in one of the mofl atrocious crimes: — On fome account or other, 
 
 con- 
 ' Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 57. ^ Ibid. cap. 76. 3 The fumof 10,000 pounds was firfl: given 
 to the Danes in the year 991.— 16,000 pounds in 994.— 24,000 pounds in the year 1002.— 
 36,000 pounds in the year 1007.— and 48,000 pounds in the year loi i. — Matth. Wcftm. & 
 Flor. Wigorn ad annos. 4 Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 58. 5 Ibid. cap. 76, 77. ^ " — Dedic Regi 
 " appenluram novem librarum puriffimi auri,juxta magnum pondus Norinannorum."Ibid. ' Hoo is 
 now aChapelrybelongingtoEaft Dereham in Norfolk. ^ Ibid. cap. 6<^. 9lbid.cap.70. '° lbid.cap.6or 
 
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g2 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 conceiving a fuciden refentment againft his own Mother, he gave her fuch a violent 
 blow with a weapon he haftily catched up, as occafioned her to take to her bed, in which 
 fl-ic continued a long time in a weak and languifliing flate, and the hurt flie received 
 thereby, at length occafioned her death. The horror and uneafinefs of mind he was 
 under after this unhappy accident, rendered his life extremely miferable : He con- 
 fulted his fpiritual guides, and thofe who were moft flcilful in the laws, what courfe 
 to take in order to expiate his crime ; who all advifed him to make a pilgrimage to 
 Tlome, and there prefent himfelf before the Pope, and take his directions from him, 
 who beft knew how to enjoin a penance adequate to his crime. Leofwin refolved to 
 follow their advice, and foon after fet out on his journey. On his arrival at Rome^ 
 with all due reverence, true penitence, and contrition of mind, he vifited St. Peters 
 and the holy Relicks there preferved ; and afterwards having made a full confefTion of 
 the heinoufnefs of his offence before the Pope, His Holinefs thought proper to enjoin 
 him the following penance ; That he fhould dedicate his eldeft fon and heir to God, 
 in fomc Monaftery, which he fliould liberally endow out of his poffeflions ; and fur- 
 thermore, for the health of his foul, give largely of his fubftance to the poor : — All 
 which Leofwin engaged faithfully to perform to the utmoft of his power : And when 
 he returned home, he begun to put in execution what he had promifed; for he dif- 
 tributed his alms plentifully to the poor round about, and beftowed much on feveral 
 religious houfes : — But the fame of the Monaftery at Ely, at that time in high re- 
 pute for works of charity, hofpitality, piety and devotion, induced him to have a 
 more particular regard and affedlion for the place, and determined him to perform 
 the remaining part of his penance in favour of itj by which he became one of the moft 
 confiderable bcnefaftors to this Monaftery : His eldeft Son Edelmer he here devoted to 
 God and Religion ; and with him gave the following eftates, and confirmed them by 
 his Chirograph written in the Englijh tongue ; namely Cingeftune, the Rodinges, Vnde- 
 leia, fome lands in Lackinghethe called Ofwaradale-, the 3"* part oi Withlefeye, lands in 
 EJierie and Cotenham; an eftate in London called afterwards Abbotes-haie ; Glemesford, 
 and the fiflierics at Upjiane, and an annual rent in the royal village of Hethjield, be- 
 fides fome other lands mentioned particularly in the aforefaid Chirograph. After- 
 wards, that thefe poffefTions might for ever continue in the Church, he caufed Eljin 
 the Abbot and the Monks to take a folemn oath, before Woljian ABp. [of York'] and 
 a great affembly of Bifliops and Abbots, and others there prefent, to the following 
 cffecl ; That whereas he had given and dedicated to God, the bleffed Virgin Mary, 
 St. Etheldreda and her holy family, the above mentioned pofTcfTions, for the redemp- 
 tion of his own foul, and the fouls of his Wife and Parents; — they fhould not on 
 any account, either for money, or reward, or by way of exchange, alienate them 
 from the Church : — All which the Abbot and Monks promifed faithfully to obferve 
 and perform ; and moreover that they would for ever celebrate MafTes, for him on 
 the Monday, and for his wife and children and all his kindred on the Tuefday, in 
 every week ; and feed the poor, and clothe the naked, as direfted in his laft Will 
 and Teftament. Lecfivin, as he had begun, fo he perfevered all his life-time in doing 
 every thing in his power for the advantage of the Monaftery ; particularly he rebuilt 
 
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THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 83 
 
 and enlarged the South-fide of the Church, and johied it to the reft of the building, 
 at his own expencej and in one of the divifions of that Ifle,' he built an Altar to 
 the honour of the bleffed Virgin Mary^ and over it he made a throne, in which was 
 placed her image of gold and filver finely wrought, as big as life, having her Son 
 in her lap, and adorned with jewels and precious ftones of ineftimable value. He 
 lived feveral years after, and dying in a good old age, his body was brought to Eh\ 
 and buried in the Church of the holy Virgin St. Etheldreda, whom he had made to 
 inherit all his wealth.^ 
 
 Etheliva,3 a refpe6lable Lady, gave to God, and St. Etheldreda, and her holy 
 family in Ely, her Manor of Dacjlede, [Hadjlock in EJ/ex,] and all her Relicks of 
 Saints, by her laft Will, made a Uttle before her death, and attefted by Eljin Abbot 
 of Ely, Leffi one of his Monks, and feveral Noblemen of that County, Brixi her Son, 
 and Edytha her Daughter. 
 
 Elfvvara,+ a Widow Lady of a Noble family, very rich, and no lefs eminent for 
 her piety and good works, gave by her Will to God and St. Etheldreda, largely of her 
 pOiTefrions, the villages of Brigeham, Hengeham, Wetinge, Ratlefderiy and Mundeford^ 
 and fome lands in Teodford, with the Fifheries thereto belonging, her Cheft of Relicks, 
 two CrofTes of filver and gold, and fet with jewels. — Her body was brought to £/v, 
 and there buried, and her Name inferted in the lift of Benefai^tors on the holy Altar, 
 for a perpetual memorial of her. 
 
 The next memorable occurrence in this Abbot's time, S was the death of Duke 
 Brithnoth,^ a Nobleman of the firft rank, and much converfant in the Court of King 
 Edgar ; in moft of whofe Charters his Name occurs as a Witnefs : He is celebrated 
 by the Hiftorians of thofe times for his ftrift engagement on the part of the Monks, 
 to whom he was always a friend, and one of their chief fupports in that conteift they 
 had with the Secular Clergy, after the death of King Edgar. When the Danes begun 
 again to infeft the coafts, he applied himfelf chiefly to the profelTion of arms, and 
 with great zeal ftood up in defence of his country againft them j and the reputation 
 he gained thereby for valour and military flcill, induced many principal perfons in. 
 feveral Counties to ferve under him. It happened once, that a party oi Danes arriving 
 on the coafts of EJfex, came up to Maldon ; of which the Duke being informed, fud- 
 denly marched againft them with what forces he could colle6l, and attacking them 
 on a Bridge near that place, obtained a fignal Viilory over them ; fo that a few only 
 efcaped, and recovered their ftiips. After which he returned into Northimberlaiid. ft 
 was not long after, that fome of thofe Danes who had efcaped the flaughter, having 
 repaired their fliips, and recruited their forces, arrived on the coaft of Suffolk, and 
 
 having 
 » In uno porticu'. Ibid. — See pag. 19. note 6. * ' Allatum eft corpus ejus ad Hely, atque iepul- 
 * turn in ecclefia facre Virginis iEtheldrede, quam bonorum fuorum fecerat heredem.' Lib. EHerf. 
 MS. lib. ii. cap. 60. 3 Ibid. cap. 59, 4 Ibid. cap. 61. s Ibid. cap. 62. ^ He is ftyled by different 
 Hiftorians, Alderman, Dux, and Comes ; — fometimes without any addition of place, and at otiier 
 times with that addition. — Brithnothus Dux. Chron. Saxon, ad an. 991, Brithnothus Comes. Hift. 
 Ramefienf. cap. 71. — .Brithnothus Alderman. Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 33, 55. — Northanimbro- 
 rum Dux. Ibid. cap. 62. — Dux Orientalium Saxonum. Matth Weftm. & Flor. Wigorn. ad an. 991. 
 ^ Dux Orientalium Anglorum. Chron. Mailros. ad an. 991, — The reafon of which feems to be, 
 that he had at different times the command of the forces in thofe feveral parts of the Kingdom ^ 
 
 for he often fought with the Danes. 
 
 L 2 
 
S^ HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 having landed their men, under the conduct of J///?/« and Guthmimd two DaniJJj 
 chiefs, thcv pkindered the town of Ipfw'ich ; and continuing their courfe landed again 
 at MiiUoti in EJj'ex. The Duke was then with his forces in the Northern parts, and 
 receivin"- intelligence of their arrival, he immediately begun his march towards them; 
 His neareft way was by Ramfcy Abby in HiintlngdonPiire ; and when he was come nigh 
 that place, he fent word to Wlfi the Abbot, that he and his company fliould call on 
 him by the way, and take fome rcfrefhment at the Abby: — This Abbot, who was in 
 his temper naturally inclined to parcimony, and over-frugal, returned for anfwer, 
 That the place was not large enough to contain fuch a multitude as the Duke had 
 with him, neither was there fufficient provifion to be had there ; but if he thought 
 proper to come only with fix or feven of his felect friends, he would find them enter- 
 tainment.' To which the Duke immediately made this fhort but noble reply, " Let 
 " my Lord Abbot know that I will not dine without my men, becaufe I cannot fight 
 *' without them ;" and fo pafTed on, without calling at the Abby : And continuing his 
 march towards Ely, he ordered one of his attendants to go before, and acquaint Elfm 
 Abbot of Ely, that having occafion to pafs through the Jjle, if convenient, he and his 
 Army would fup with him that evening. The Abbot knew that the Duke was always 
 a friend to the Monks, and a Bcnefador to their Abby ; and therefore received the 
 nieflage with the greateft pleafure, and, with the concurrence of the Monks, fent him 
 word, " That in a6ls of kindnefs and charity, he was not deterred by any numbers, 
 " but rather rejoiced at the occafion of their coming." Accordingly the Duke came to 
 the Abby that evening with all his Men ; and they were received by the Abbot and his 
 Brethren with the greateft joy, and all entertained in the moft plentiful and fumptuous 
 manner; infomuch that the Duke was highly pleafed with the reception they met 
 with J and thought he could never do enough to fliow how kindly he took it. — He 
 was fenfible they had put themfelves to great expences, on his account ; and refolved to 
 make them ample amends : The next morning he came into the Chapter-houfe, where 
 the Abbot and Monks were aflTcmbled for that purpofe, and was at his own requeft 
 admitted a member of their Society ; and there addrefiing himfelf to the Abbot and 
 Monks in the moft polite manner, and with high exprefllons of gratitude for their 
 noble entertainment of him and all his company ; in order to give full proof of his 
 entire fatisfaction, he put them into immediate poflcflion of thefe capital Manors, 
 SpaUewick, Tnonpintune, Ratendunc, and He/henCy Seham and Acholt : then declaring to 
 them the occafion of his journey, he gave them thefe other Manors, namely, Fulburney 
 Teverpam, Impetmie, Pampeworth, Crocheftutie, Fineberge, Tripelaue, Herdivic, and 
 Stimerjham with all it's appendants, and likewife thirty manes of gold, and twenty 
 pounds of filver ; on this condition, that if he fhould chance to be flain in battle, they 
 fliould bring off" his Body and bury it here; and at the fame time gave the Church 
 inveftlture of them all, by delivery of two Crofies of Gold, two flips of his Robe richly 
 embroidered with gold and jewels, and a pair of finely-wrought Gloves: Then com- 
 
 mendmg 
 
 ' The writer of Hijloria Ramejienfis, relates this piece of Hiftory, and blames IVifi their Abbot 
 for his ill-timed friigahty -, by which he loft the Duke's favour, who, he fays, intended to have 
 given to that Abby fo;ie of thofe very eftatcs, which he afterwards gave to the Monks of Ely. Hift. 
 Kamefienf. Edit, per Gule, inter xv. Scriptores. cap. 70, 71. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 85 
 
 mending himfelf to their prayers, he took his leave of them, and fet out to meet the 
 enemy. The Danes having plundered Ipfwich, had reimbarked, and failed to the coaft of 
 EJfex, and landed near Maldon, where Duke Brithnoth came up w^ith them : Though he 
 found they were greatly fuperior in number, he concluded however to give them battle j 
 and begun the attack. In this engagement the Duke gave many fignal proofs of m.ilitary 
 fkill, and his invincible courage. The fight lafted fourteen days ^ together, and great 
 numbers were flain on both fides. On the laft of thofe days, the Duke having come to 
 a refolution of giving one decifive blow, or of dying in the attempt ; the attack was re- 
 newed with great fpirit and firmnefs : the Danes were at firft put into difordcr, and be- 
 gun to fly; butrefuming courage from their manifeft fuperiority in number, they made 
 a fland ; and uniting in one body of a wedge-like form, returned and bore down all be- 
 fore them ; and in this conflift the Duke was {lain : the Z)-?;/^'^ afterwards cut off his head, 
 and carried it away in triumph, and retired to their fhips. As foon as the unhappy 
 event of this engagement was known at E/y, the Abbot and fome of the Monks fet 
 out for the place where the battle was fought, in order to recover the body of the 
 Duke; which having found, they returned with it to Ely ; and having fupplied the 
 lofs of the head, with one made of wax in it's ftead, they buried his Body in the 
 Church, with all the honours due to fo refpeilable a perfon, and their munificent Be- 
 nefactor. He lived in the times of thefe feveral Kings, Edred, Edwi, Edgar, Edward 
 the Martyr, and oi Ethelred, in the 14''' year of whofe reign, and in the year of our 
 Lord 991, he was flain by the Da7ies, as before related. — He was one of the moft 
 accomplifhed Noblemen of thefe times ; eloquent in the Senate, intrepid in War ; and 
 his unbounded generofity made him popular, and much beloved by the people. As 
 to his perfon, he was above the common fize, and his flrength of body equal to his 
 ftature : When imminent dangers threatening the publick, called him into the field-, 
 no one was more ready to obey the fummons, no one gave greater proofs of the love 
 of his country ; for he died in the defence of it: He was a zealous Advocate for the 
 Monks, whom he confidered as the great fupport of Religion at that time, and there- 
 fore divided his vafl eftates among them;^ but was more particularly liberal to the 
 Church of Ely.i 
 
 After 
 
 ' Fourteen Days,] It is probable the Danes were intrenched when- the Dnke attacked them, and 
 that they continued lb till the laft day -, otherwife it is difficult to. account for. the fight lafting fo 
 many days, without being decifive on one fide or the other. ^ Hift. Angl. Scriptores x. — inter 
 'Evidentias Ecclefiie Chritti Cant. col. 2223. lin.6o. 3 In gratitude to his memory the Monks of 
 Ely afterwards, in the reign of King Stephen, in the time of Nigellus Bifhop, and Alexander Pri«^ 
 of the Church, tranflated his bones from the Old Conventual Church, where he was at firft buried, 
 with the bones of feveral other Benefaftors, into the Cathedral : and they were at length immured 
 in the North-wall of the Choir, built in the reign- of King Edward 3. with painted reprefcntations 
 of each of them, ftill vifible, though much decayed : as appears by an entry made (ieemingly in the 
 hand-writing of that time,) in a fpare leaf at die beginning of the Old MS. Liber Elienfis, now in. 
 the hands of the Dean and Chapter, in thefe words-, ' Iftl hint ConfeiTores Chrifti, quorum corpora. 
 ' jacent ex parte aquilonari Chori Ecclefie Elienfis in locellis feperatim in parl-ete lapideo, Wlftarros 
 ' Eboracenfis Archiepifcopus, Ofmundus Epus in Swetheda regione, Helfwinus Helmamenfis EpSs. 
 ' Elfgarus Helmamenfis Epiis, Ednodus Abbas Ramyfienfis Ep"s Lyncolnienfis, Adthelftanus Hel- 
 ♦ mamenfis Ep"S Brithnodus Dux Northanimbrorum Strenuifiimus,' — The Names of thefe 
 "Worthies are ftill legible over their painted Effigies:, and fome accoi;nt of them will be given ip 
 their proper place. 
 
86 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 After the death and interment of Duke Brithmth, his ReUd the Lady Elfeda,^ 
 furrendeied up her right to the Manor of Ratendunc, which flie had her hfe in, as part 
 of her Dower, and her lands in Sebam, and Dittune, and one hide of land in Cbejie, 
 and gave them to the Church, with one Gold Chain, and a Curtain worked with the 
 moft memorable acts of her Hufband's Life. 
 
 Ethelfleda- her Sifter, Wife of Duke Etheljlmi, a Lady as refpedable for her 
 affluent fortunes both by inheritance and dower, as fhe was illuftrious by birth and 
 family connexions, after the death of her hufl)and, continued in Widowhood, and was 
 conftantly employed in a6ls of piety and good works : this Lady ufed frequently out 
 of devotion to vifit the Tombs of St. EtheUreda and the other Saints in the Church 
 of Eh. The srreat civilities flie there met with, from the courteous behaviour of Eljin 
 the Abbot and all the Monks, were returned by frequent prefents flie made them in 
 her life-time; and when flie died, flie teftified her regard to the Church, by giving 
 to it, in her laft Will, Hadbam and Cbclepelle, and alfo her part in Diitufie, faving that 
 flie granted her Sifter the Lady Eljieda to enjoy Dittune for her life, and after that to 
 revert to the Church. 
 
 UVA,3 a man of great piety and goodnefs, defirous of difpofing of his worldly 
 riches, fo that they might become advantageous to him after this life ; gave to God 
 and Saint Etbeldrcda for ever, the Village of TVivelingbam, and fome lands in Cotenbam: 
 and was alfo a liberal Benefa6lor to other Churches. He confirmed all his Donations 
 by his laft Will, in which Leofsin Alderman, Elfin Abbot and the Brethren of the 
 Church of El)\ were Witneffes, among many others. 
 
 Osvvi,4 Brother of Uva, and the Lady Leofieda his Wife, daughter of Duke Brith- 
 notb, were as eminent for piety as for their high rank and amiable manners, liberal to 
 the poor, and munificent to Churches ; beloved and honoured by all orders and degrees 
 of men : They had ifiue of both fexes, whom they amply provided for in the world, 
 out of their abundant pofleflions ; and one Son, whofe name was^//w/«, they dedicated 
 to God, and brought to be educated in the monaftic profeflion in this Abby : with 
 him they gave the village of Steuecbwortb for his clothing, and after his deceafe to 
 remain for ever to the Church: they alfo added afterwards other pofTeflions in Mercb^ 
 Cbertelinge, and Dullingebam, and one virgate of land in Siaafbam. To this Deed 
 Elwric [Elfric] A.Bp. of Cant. Efcuivin Bp. of the Mercians^ and Atbelftan Bp. of the 
 Eajl- Angles, Uva and Ederic Brothers of Ofiviy were Witneffes. 
 
 Ederic,s Brother of the above-mentioned Uva and 0/w/, followed their example in 
 munificence to the Church, and fent his Son Adelmer to be educated a Monk in this 
 Abby, and with him gave Ceaddberi for ever to the Church. 
 
 Elfelm,^ a worthy and rich Knight, who ufed frequently to vifit the Church 
 out of a fpirit of devotion, obferving the religious and devout behaviour of the Monks, 
 had a ftrong affeftion for the place ; on thofe occafions he ufually made them various 
 prefents ; and was ever ready to do them other friendly offices, being a zealous advo- 
 cate for the rights and privileges of the Church. In his laft ficknefs, when he was 
 
 taking 
 
 ' Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 6^^ * Ibid. cap. 64. 3 Ibid. cap. 66. 4 Ibid. cap. 67. s Ibid. cap. 6Z. 
 * Ibid. cap. 73. 2 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. S7 
 
 taking care for the fpiritual welfare of himfelf and family, by a certain free Deed,' in 
 which he recommends himfelf to the prayers and interceflion of St. Etheldreda, he gave 
 her for ever the village of JVratiitge, except two hides of land. 
 
 Athelstan,=' Bifliop of Elmham, a Prelate eminent for his piety and goodnefs, 
 was another Benefa6lor to this Abby. He made a convention with Abbot Brithmth 
 and the Monks of Ely, which was renewed in this Abbot's time, whereby he was ad- 
 mitted into their fraternity ; and by virtue thereof performed the Epifcopal funftioii 
 among them, in taking the profefTions of the Monks, conferring holy Orders, and all 
 other parts of his office: for this was one of the privileges enjoyed by the Church of 
 Ely, always to make choice of whatever Bifhop they thought proper for that purpofe. 
 — This good Bifhop, as appears by his Charter, purchafed with his own money the 
 Manor of Dringejiune, and gave it to the Church of Ely for ever, together with the 
 furniture of his Chapel, namely, his Epifcopal Crofs, his greater Tower of filver and 
 gold, of 20 pounds value, i Chalice and Paten of 10 pounds, his beft Sacerdotal 
 Veftment, 1 Cenfer of 5 pounds, i Cope for the ufe of the Chantor, i good Pall, 
 40 Manes of Gold, and 5 pounds every year towards clothing the Monks ; his Charter 
 concludes thus, " Moreover, whatever fervice elfe I can do you, I will do ; that my 
 " fellowfhip may be the more acceptable to God and this holy Church, and my me- 
 *' mory the more carefully preferved among you." — He lived many years after this 5 
 and when he died, was brought hither, and buried in the Church according to the co- 
 venant he had made with the Abbot and Monks. He was cotemporary with Ethelwold 
 Bifhop of Wi?tchejier, in the reign of King Edgar; was living in the year 995 ; — but 
 the exaft time of his death is uncertain. His bones were afterwards removed out of 
 the Old Conventual Church, among thofe of other Benefai^tors, into the Cathedral. 3 
 
 Several confiderable Eflates were given to the Church, with fuch as were fent to 
 the Abby to receive their education ; among thefe was Leofsht^ a youth of towardly 
 parts and good difpofition : on his admiiTion here, his Parents who were of the No- 
 bility and very rich, generoufly gave with him to the Church, thefe following pofTef- 
 fions, Glemesford, Hertherft, Berchinges, Feeltivelle, Scelford, and Snellewelle. This Leaf sin 
 afterwards came to be Abbot of the Church. 
 
 Alfwin5 or Ailnsoin was another of thofe youths, who was educated in this Abby, 
 and embraced the Monaflick life whilfl he was very young ; he was of a good family, 
 and is commended for the amiablenefs of his manners, fobriety of carriage, and flri6l 
 obfervance of the rules of his Order ; and became fo eminent for fanftity of life, that 
 he was afterwards advanced to the Epifcopal Order, being made Bifliop of Elmham-, 
 in which flation he continued his kind regard to the place of his education, as wiU 
 be taken notice of in due time. His Parents were very liberal to the Church when he 
 was firft admitted here, and gave v/ith him Walpole, Wijebeche^ Debehamy Brithwelky 
 and Oddebrigge. 
 
 Alfgar 
 
 * The original Deed, Charter, or Teftament of Elfelm, containing Donations of Lands, &c. in 
 which he gives Wratinge to the Church of Ely, &c.— and Brichendun to the Church of Weftmin- 
 fter, &c. — is now in the Archives of the Collegiate Church of Weftminfter. Madox's Formulare 
 Anglic. — in DifTertation concerning ancient Charters, &c. pag. ii. » Ibid. cap. 65. 3 See page 85. 
 note 3: 4 Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 74. 5 Ibid. cap. 75. 
 
gg HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 Alfgar' or Algcjy, who had been Chaplaui to St. Diinftan A.Bp. of Cant, and his 
 ConfelTor, (which offices he held when St. Dunjlan died,) was promoted to the See of 
 Elmbam on the death of Bifliop Atheljian, and was alfo elected by the Abbot and Monks 
 of Ely to perform the Epifcopal office in their Abby. Towards the latter end of King 
 Ethelred's reign, he refigned his Bilhoprick, and came and refided wholly in the Abby 
 at Elv, to fpend the remainder of his days ; and there he performed the ordinary 
 duties of his fun6lion as long as he lived, w-hich was feveral years : On his i-efigna- 
 tion of his Biflioprick, King Ethelred promoted Alfwin above mentioned, one of the 
 Monks oi Ely, to the See of Elmharti. Alfgar dying in the year 1021, was buried in 
 the old Conventual Church ; and many years after, the Monks, out of refpecl to his. 
 memory, removed his bones thence, among thofe of their other Benefactors, into- 
 the Cathedral Church. ^ 
 
 During the reign of Ed'ward furnamed the Martyr, his Brother Ethelred, then 
 very young, came with his Mother the Queen and feveral of the Nobility to vifit the 
 Church of jE/)',3 on the invitation o^ Ethekvold Bifliop of Winchejler ; at which time 
 they went in procefiion to the Tomb of St. Etheldreda ; and there the young Prince, 
 who is faid to have had a great love and afteiftion for the Saint, promifed in the pre- 
 fence of all thofe who wei'e there adembled, from thenceforth to become her devoted 
 ien^ant. In confcquence of which vow, when he afterwards came to be King, he on 
 feveral occafions manifefted his kindnefs and regard to the Church; and as a particular 
 mark of his favour, was pleafed to grant that the Church of Ely fliould hold and 
 enjoy the Office and Dignity of Chancellor in the King's Court j the like he alfo. 
 granted to two other Churches, namely St. Augujiin's in Canterbury, and Glaflonbuiy ; 
 thus dividing the Chancellorfliip between the Abbots of thofe three Monafteries, who 
 v/ere to exercife the Office by turns ; fo as the Abbot of Ely, for the time being, or 
 fome Monk appointed by him, was to perform the office from Candlemas, four Months 
 yearly; and the other two Abbots, four Months each, to complete the Year. This 
 cuflom, it is faid, obtained from the time of the reftoration of the Abby, (perhaps 
 not coiffirmed to the Church of Ely, before this Grant of King Etheldred,) and continued 
 till the Kingdom was fubdued by the Normans, when the Church was deprived of this 
 privilege, and all it's former honours. 
 
 In the year 10 16, King Ethelred died at London, after an unhappy reign of 38 
 years, having been almofl: continually engaged in war with the Danes. His Son Ed- 
 inund furnamed Ironfide was thereupon recognized King by the Londoners and the No- 
 bility there prefent; but Canute King of Denmark by great part of the Nation. 
 Several battles were fought that year between the competitors, and with various fuc- 
 cefs ; but none of them fell fo heavy on the Englijl:, as the battle at Ajfendun, on St. 
 i?//Jt''s day, in which almoft all the Nobility that were on King Edmunds fide were 
 cut off ; indeed it is recorded that there never was a more deadly wound given to the 
 Englijl) Nobility than on that fatal day: at the fame time were llain Ednod Bifliop of 
 Dorchejler, JVlJi Abbot of Ramfey, and fome of the Monks of Ely ; who according to 
 tlie cuflom of thofe times came thither to pray for the fuccefs of the King's Army. 
 
 Our 
 
 * Ibid. cap. 72. ' See pag. 85. note 3. 3 Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. ;S. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 8g 
 
 Our Monks carried with them the ReHcks of St.Weiidreda^ which were there loft; 
 and it is faid fell into the hands of King Canute, who gave them to the Church of 
 CanUrlury. As Bifhop Ednod was brought to Ely and there buried, it will not be 
 improper to give fome account of him, and the occafion of his being buried there. 
 Ednod w2is originally a Monk of Worcejler, whence he vi/as brouglit by Ofwald Bifliop 
 of that place, to affift in fettling the Abby of Ramfey then newly founded by the 
 famous Ailivin Alderman of all England, and became the firft Abbot thereof. Whilft 
 he was there, he tranflated the Body of St. I'-oo a Perfian Bifliop from the neighbour- 
 ing Town of Slepa, where it was firft buried, to his own Abby ; and afterwards built 
 a Church on the place where the Body had lain, to the honour of that Saint, from 
 whom the Town has ever fince been called St. Ives. — By his advice and afliftance, his 
 Sifter the Lady Alfwe?ia Reli6l of Duke Ethel/Ian and Nurfe to K. Edgar, founded the 
 N-unnery of Chaten's in the I/Ie of Ely, to which he was a principal benefaClor. — In 
 the Year 1005, Ednod was promoted to the Bifhoprick of Dorcbe/ler.^ When St. 
 Elphege the Martyr, A.Bp. of Canterbury, was cruelly ftoned to death at Grene'wich by 
 the Danes in the year 10 12, this pious and good Bifhop went to the place of his 
 Martyrdom, and recovering the Body, buried it honourably in the Church of St. Paul 
 in London : At length, attending the Army of King Edmund, at the fatal battle of 
 Affetidiin, he was there flain : his right hand was cut off, for the fake of a Ring he 
 wore on one of his fingers j and his body, being wounded in feveral places, was car- 
 ried off by fome of his attendants, in order to convey it to Ramfey, where he had been 
 Abbot, and there to bury it: but coming by water to Ely, and lodging at the Abbyj 
 Algnr tlie late Bifliop of Ehnham, (who lived there retired, after having refigned his 
 See.) thought proper to bury the body privately that night in the Church, without 
 confulting thofe that brought it thither : the reafon he gave for fo doing, was the 
 great affection he knew the deceafed Bifliop had for the Saints of this Church j and 
 becaufe he looked on him as a Martyr, and therefore was defirous of having him 
 buried here. — His memoiy was highly reverenced by the Monks of Ely -, on which 
 account his relicks were afterwards tranflated out of the Old Conventual Church, into 
 the Cathedral, among other Benefaflors.^ 
 
 Our Abbot Eljin, ' after a life of great fan6llty and obfervance of the command- 
 ' ments of God, and after the acquifition of much honour and great poffelTions to 
 ' his Church, died in a good old age, fays my Author, and was laid in a Tomb next 
 « liis predeceffor the firft Abbot of the Church, in the time of King Ethelred, by 
 * whom he was made Abbot.' 3 — By this account, Ellin % death muft have happened in 
 the year 10 16, or before; iox Y^\\\^ Ethelred died that year: — however we find the 
 year 10 19, affigned for that event, in the Hiftory of Ely publiflied by Mr. llljarton: 4 
 — but as this is only an Abridgment of the former, and oftentimes Dates are inferted 
 in it, which are not found in the original; — the firft account fcems nioft likely ta 
 be true.— Indeed it is not improbable, confidering the unfettled ftate of the Kingdom 
 about that time, that the Abby continued vacant till the year 1019, 
 
 ' He is fometimes called Bifhop of Lincoln ; but that, by way of anticipation ; for the Bifhoprick 
 was not removed from Dorchefler to Lincoln, till after the Norman Conqueil. ^ See pag. 85. Note 3. 
 3 Lib. Elien. MS. lib.ii. cap. 80. 4 Angl. Sacr. vol. i. pag. 608. 
 
 M L E O F- 
 
oo . HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 L E O F W I N, called alfo O S C H I T E L, Abbot III. 
 
 ELSIN was fucceeded by Leofwin otherwife called Oschitel, but the year Is 
 as uncertain as the time of his Predeceflbr's death: — as little do we know of his 
 perfon or aifls; for our Author tells us,' he did not meet with fo much as his Name 
 in any of the Writings of the Church; only he found in the Englip Chronicle,'^ that 
 Leofwin having been depofed by his Monks, accompanied Egclnoth A.Bp. of Canter^ 
 bury to Rome, when he went to receive his Pall; (that was in the year 1022 ; 3) and 
 there in the prefence of Pope BenediSl, cleared himfclf of the crimes laid to his charge, 
 and on his return home, was rein dated in his office, but died foon after. 
 
 LEOFRIC, Abbot IV. 
 
 LEOFRIC, Prior of this Monaftery, was promoted by King Canute to be Abbot, 
 on the death of Leofwin, a.D. 1022, and received benediflion from Afwin Bp. 
 of Elinham. The fame year the King, at the requeft of that Bifhop, made an exchange 
 with the Abbot and Monks, of the Village of \lVood-'\ Dittune, which was part of the 
 King's Demeans, forfome pofleffions they had at Chefe, to the advantage of the Church ; 
 and confirmed it by his Charter,* dated on the Feaft-day of St. Etheldreda, [061. 17.] 
 The following year Wolf an 5 A.Bp. of Tor^was buried in our old Conventual Church; 
 of whom therefore it may be proper to fay fomething, and relate the occafion of that 
 event. He was of noble Parentage ;^ and being allied to fome of the beft Families in the 
 Kingdom, was highly refpe^led on that account, as well as for his many perfonal accom- 
 plifhments, and particularly his great piety : He was educated a Monk, and advanced to 
 be an Abbot, (but of what place we are not informed;) and on the death oi Aldulfm 
 1002, was by King £//6f/r^i promoted to the Arch-biflioprick of Tork: He flourifhed 
 in the reigns of K. Ethelred, K.Edtmmd, and K.Cajiute, being equally beloved and 
 refpected by them all; he was well-verfed in the Laws of his Country, an able Statef- 
 man, and frequently called to the Council and advifed with in matters of the greateft 
 importance to the Kingdom ; and his advice generally regarded as an oracle. — When 
 King Canute had built and endowed the famous Church at AJendun, in memory of 
 the battle there fought between him and Kmg Edmund Ironfde; he defired Arch- 
 bifhop Wolf an to perform the rites of Dedication; which he did accordingly, 
 with great folemnity, in the prefence of the King, and many of the Bifliops and 
 principal Nobles of the Kingdom. — Towards the latter part of his Life, the Arch- 
 bifhop coming out of devotion to vifit the Church of Ely, was received by the Abbot 
 and Monks with folemn proceflion ; a refped ufually paid to perfons of rank and in 
 high ftations ; and being conducted into the Church, as he was {landing at the head 
 
 ' Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 80. * Our Audior here probably refers to the fame that is now 
 called the Saxon Chronicle, in which is the following account, — ' 1022. Hoc anno, — i^thelnothus 
 
 • [Archi-] Epifcopus profedus efl: Romanv, et Leofwinus Abbas, qui fuit injufte [de Monafterio] 
 ' apud Elig pulfus, ci fuit ibcius, et ipfum omni crimine purgavit, cujus (ut a Papa didicerat,) fue- 
 
 * rat inrimulatus, teftante Archicpo. et toto comiratu, qui apud eum aderat.' Chron. Saxon. Edit. 
 Gibfon. 3 Ibid. 4 Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 82. 5 Ibid. cap. 87. « Our Author here alfo takes 
 notice of a report concerning him, viz. that he was untimely born, being forced to be cut out of his 
 Mother's womb '—which may well enough account for the Surname he had given him of Reprobus; 
 (being thus left dcftitute and forfaken in his infancy,) of which feveral Authors are at a lofs about 
 the re^afon. See Godwin de Praelul. Angl. Edit. Rjchardfon. pag. 452.— Angl. Sacr. vol. i. pag. 47 j. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 91 
 
 of the proceflion and leaning on his paftoral ftafF, it fuddenly funk into the ground 
 almoft up to the middle : Struck with which incident, he conjeftured it to be the 
 will of heaven that his body fliould there be buried; and inftantly pronounced 
 thofe words of the Pfalmift, ' This fiiall be my reft for ever, here will I dwell, &c.' • 
 And from that time he always exprefled a more than ordinary afFeftion and re- 
 gard for the place, and gave feveral ornaments to the Church. His name appears 
 as a witnefs to many Charters and Writings of the Church about that time. In 
 his laft ficknefs, being then at York, and perceiving his end drawing nigh, he or- 
 dered his Body to be conveyed thence to Ely, and there buried : which was accordingly 
 performed. He died on June 27. 1023. and was buried here in the old Conventual 
 
 Church, in the very place where his Paftoral-ftafF had funk into the earth. After the 
 
 building of the prefent Cathedral Church, (and before it was finiflied,) the Monks 
 found it neceffary to remove his Coffin from the place where it was firft buried, on 
 account of fome alterations ^ then making in that part of the old Conventual Church. 
 On infpe6ling the Body, they found it quite decayed ; but the clothing, particularly 
 the Caffock 3 and Archiepifcopal Pall affixed to it with gilded pins, and the Stole and 
 Maniple, fo entire ; that it was a matter of wonder to them, how they could have lain 
 fo long in that ftate, and yet continue fo perfed as they found them. They then depo- 
 fited the coffin without the Church, in the cemetery of the Monks, near the Chancel • 
 till they might afterwards fix upon fome more confpicuous place for it ; ' which was 
 done many years after, in the time of Bifhop Nigellin -, when he was placed the firft 
 in order, of thofe whofe bodies were then removed.' 4 
 
 In Abbot Leofrics time, the Lady Godha,^ relia of a certain Earl, whofe name Is 
 not mentioned, frequently came to Ely, to perform her devotions at the Tomb of St. 
 Etheldreda ; and was fo pleafed with the agreeablenefs of the place, and the devout beha- 
 viour of the Monks ; that ftie gave fome of the beft of her pofleflions to the Church, 
 which were Efire, Fanbrege, and Terlitiges. The fame Lady in her laft ficknefs, wrote to 
 Elfric Bifliop of Elmham and Leofric Abbot oiEly,^ fignifying her bequeft ofBerchijig to 
 the Church : Her manner of addrefs was thus ] ' My Lords, I unhappy woman fen- 
 
 * fible of my failings, in that I have been heretofore too negligent of the care of my 
 ' foul ; knowing now that the time of my departure is at hand, and being willino- to 
 
 * work, whilft I may; think proper to inform your bleffednefs, concerning the difpofal 
 ' of my pofTeffions, with regard to my Lady the holy "\'irgin Etheldreda m Ely ; that is, 
 ' I beftow there myEftate oi Berchiuges, which I am rightfully poffefled of byinherit- 
 
 * ance from my Parents, that my rem.embrance may always continue with them, &c.' 
 
 Alfwin,7 Bifiiop of Elmhatn, who had been educated a Monk at Ely, and 
 promoted to that See, the latter end of King Ethelred's reign, was engaged by 
 
 King 
 
 » Pfal. 132. 15. "■ It appears by our Author's account afterwards, [cap. 146.] that about the year 
 1 102, the Eaft-end of the Old Church, (which I apprehend was circuiar, — See pag. 29. lin. 22.) was 
 taken down, and a new building erefted ; when they were obliged to remove, for a tiine, the Coffins 
 of SS. Withburga and Ermenilda : this, I doubt not, is the alteration here hinted at, and which 
 likewife occafioned the removal of our ArchbiOiop's Coffin, at the fame time, 3 ' Cafulain et 
 
 * PaUium auratis fpinulis affixum, cum Stola et Manipulo invenerunt, &c.' Ibid. 4 See paa g - 
 Notes. 5 Lib. Ellen. MS. lib. ii. cap. 81. « Ibid. cap. 83. ^ Ibid. cap. 85. "' ^' 
 
 .M 2 
 
g2 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 King Camae in the year 1020, to remove the Secular Clergy from the Collegiate 
 Church of Bedericficorth or Si. Edmund's Bury, and to eftablifli a Convent of BenC' 
 di^line Monks in their room. In forming this Monaftery, the Bifliop proceeded in 
 the ufual method in fuch cafes, and v^-hich feems mod equitable, that is, admitting 
 fuch of the Seculars he found there, who were willing to take upon them the order, 
 into this new Society ; took care to provide for the reft elfewhere ; and then com- 
 pleated the whole number intended, with regular Monks from the Monafteries of Ely 
 and Holm in Norfolk. The King endowed this New Abby with large eftates, and many 
 privileges and immunities; and the Bifliop himfelf was a confiderable Benefaftor to it, 
 by fupplying them with many NccelTaries and Ornaments : and having fettled the Abby 
 according to his mind, and diftributed much of his fubftance to it, and fome other 
 religious Houfes ; he refigned his Blflioprick, and returned to Ely, and tliere lived 
 retired the reft of his days ' in the Monaftery, as his predeceflbr had done. He was 
 buried In the Old Church ; and above an hundred years after, had the honour of hav- 
 ing his bones tranflated into the New Church, among other Benefa6lors. ^^ 
 
 These are the chief matters recorded by our Author, that any ways concern the 
 Church of Ely, during the time that Leofric was Abbot, who is faid to have died in 
 the feventli year 3 of his government} and therefore probably in the year 1029. 
 
 L EOF SIN, Abbot V, 
 
 LEOFSIN,'* at that time a Monk of this Monaftery, who was of a noble and 
 wealthy Family, and educated in it from a youth, as before obferved,5 was pro- 
 moted by King Canute to be Abbot in the room of Leofric. He continued however a 
 confiderable time without benedi^lion^ and therefore tlie King fent for him to JVale- 
 wich, and ordered that ceremony to be performed in his prefence,, by Egelnoth Arch- 
 bifliop of Canterbury. This abbot had the honour and reputation of his Monaftery fo 
 much at heart, that he always made Lt a rule with him, to admit no Monks into it, 
 but fuch as were known to be men of learning and of the beft families ; by which he 
 intended that the Monaftery fliould become richer, and the Monks be enabled to Hve 
 in a ftill greater degree of fplendor : and as the ordinary revenues of the Monaftery 
 from their eftates were now become very confiderable, and fufficient to anfwer all their 
 demands in a veiy ample manner ; — whatever more accrued to it occafionally by gifts 
 or legacies, he divided among them, that all might partake of the benefit : at the 
 fame time he was very attentive to their behaviour, taking all opportunities of advi- 
 fing, exhorting, and if needful of reproving them; but with that gentlenefs, as fliewed 
 his affedlion towards them ; always having in mind that excellent precept of St. Bene- 
 di6l, to aim at gaining their love and efteem, rather than to be feared by them.* The 
 Abby under his government and by his means, ftill increafed in poffefllons and eftates, 
 and fumptuous fuiniture, and in ornaments of various kinds, rich veftments and 
 
 vefTels 
 
 ' He is faid to have died A. D. 1029. by Creffy, who takes no notice of his having refigned and 
 lived retired fome time before his death. Crefly's Ch. Hill. pag. 944. *Seepag. 85. Note 3. 
 3 Angl. Sacr. Vol. i. pag. 608. 4 Lib. Elien. IMS. lib. ii. cap. 84- 5 Pag. 87. * ' lUud femper 
 & potius aflcdtans beati Benedidti plus amari quam timeri.' Lib. Elien, MS. lib. ii. cap. 84. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 93. 
 
 vefTels of gold and filver for the ufe of the Church. Belepam, [Fen] Dittu?ie, Wether' 
 ingfetej and other valuable eftates, were given to the Church in his time. 
 
 It has been mentioned before that Ofwi and his Wife Leojieda Daughter of Duke 
 Brithnoih, gave to the Church feveral eftates, with their Son Jlfwin, when he was 
 fent to the Abby to be educated, and among the reft Steiiechworth for his clothin^-, 
 which was afterwards to remain to the Church : — it feems that eftate, by fome acci- 
 dent or other, did not immediately come to the Monks ; for the fame Lady outliving 
 her hulband, in the latter part of her days, obtained the King's leave to difpofe of 
 her poflelTions, and gave it to two of her Daughters for their lives, before the Church 
 came into poffeflion of it ; as appears by her Letter to the King, with her Will an- 
 nexed;, which was in the following ft^yle : » ' To you my moft beloved Lord and to 
 *■ my moft honoured Lady the Queen, do I return all manner of thanks, for your 
 
 * favour to your handmaid, in granting me licence in my widowhood, to difpofe of 
 
 * my fubftance according to my pleafure : — Now therefore, by this Writing I declare 
 
 * that I give to God and St. Peter and the holy Virgin Etheldreda the village of Belcf- 
 ' ham with all its appertenances, after my deceafe, for the Soul of my huiband, and 
 
 * for my children, whether hving or dead : Next, to my two Daughters Elfwenna and 
 
 * Elfwida I grant Steuechworthe for their lives, and after their deceafe to the Churcli 
 
 * of Ely : Alfo to my other Daughter Leofwara I give the village of Wetheringfete, on- 
 
 * this condition, that fhe keep herfelf chafte, or take to herfelf a lawful hufband, fa 
 
 * as to bring no difgrace on herfelf and family. — Thus, my Lord O King, by your 
 ' favour, do I difpofe of my fubftance after my deceafe, praying that my Will may 
 
 * fo ftand ; that no one (except yourfelf, which God forbid,) may alter it; and who- 
 
 * foever fliall attempt to do it, may he have the curfe of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and 
 ' have that Sentence pronounced on him, Go, yecurfed, into^ everlafting fire prepared 
 
 * for the Devil and his Angels..' This writing was in three parts, one of which was 
 lodged at Ely, another in the King's Treafury, and the third was kept by Leojieda her- 
 felf : and when fhe died, her body was brought to Ely and buried in the cemetery of 
 the Monks. Soon after her Daughter Elfwida beforementioned, choofmg a fingle 
 ftate, gave up herfelf and lier intereft in Steuechworth to the Church, and there took 
 the vow of perpetual chaftity : on which the Convent affigned her their Manor of 
 Coveney, not far from Ely, where ftie lived retired, and employed hei- time in weaving 
 and working in embroidery with her maidens. Her Sifter Leofwara married to a 
 Nobleman of great fortunes named Liijluwin ; and afterwards gave her Manor of 
 Wetherwgfete to the Church : this Lady and her Huftsand^^ were both perfons of emi- 
 nent piety; and having a particular regard for the Saints of the Church of Ely, and 
 efteem for the Monks, were defirous of being admitted into their fociety, and of be- 
 ing buried there; and accordingly made an agreement with them for that purpofe : on 
 which occafion they gave to the Church, and he confirmed by his Will, thefe following 
 pofleffions, Dittune (not Wood-Dittune,^) and Cfiopivelle, Little-Burch, Wejlune, Chlding- 
 tune, and Pentelaue, Wimbife^ Hamniggfelde and EJkhe?itu?ie, with their appertenances. 
 
 What 
 
 "■Ibid. cap. 88. ^ Ibid. cap. ^g. 3 « Dittune, non i!km Silveftrem, &c.' ibid. There are two 
 Dittunes, one near Newmarket, whicli the Ch. was inpoITefllon of before ; the other near.Cambric^ge,. 
 now called Fen-Dittune, wJiich is that here meant. 
 
g^ HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 What a flourifhing ftate the Abby of Ely was in at this time, may eafily be col- 
 lefled from what has been faid concerning the lands and eftates that were given to it : 
 and that the Monks might be the more regularly and conftantly fupplied with provi- 
 fions of all kinds ; the Abbot, with the King's confent and favour, let out many of 
 thofe eftates to tenants, who were obliged to bring in provifions in their courfe 
 throu<'-hout the year : ' by which appointment Sccldford was to furnilh provifions two 
 weeks in the year, Stapilford one week, Litlebcri two weeks, Tripdaue two, Haue~ 
 cheftiine one, and Ncutune one, Grantedene two, Thoftes one, Cote7iha7ti one, JVivelingham 
 one, Dittune two weeks, Horningcfcie two, Steiiechworthe two, Bslcjkam two weeks, 
 Kadcnhoc four days, Siiafham three days, Spaldeivic two weeks, SumereJ}:am two weeks, 
 BlunteJJ:trm one, Colne one, Herdherjl one, Drencheftune one, Ratekjdtnie two, Hecham two, 
 Berechhige two, Needinge one, Wederingefete one, Brecheham two, Piilkam two, Thorpe and 
 Dirham two weeks, Nordwold two, Fekcwelle two weeks ; Merham was afligned to carry 
 the rents of the Chuich from Norfolk, and to entertain the comers and goers to and from 
 the Monaftery ; — and in cafe any of thefe Farms failed of their quota in their proper 
 time and feafon, certain eftates in the Jjle were deputed to fupply the deficiency. 
 
 The Abbot of Ely, being one of the three great Abbots who held the office and dig- 
 nity of the King's Chancellor, each of them taking it in their courfe four Months in 
 the year ; ^ King Canute feveral times took the occafion of our Abbot's entering on his 
 office, which was always on the Purification of the Virgin Mary^ to keep that Feaft 
 with the ufual folemnity at the Abby of Ely. 3 Once it happened, in his pafiage thither 
 by water, with Emma his Queen, being attended by many of his Nobles ; as they 
 drew near to E/y, the King was ftanding up, and taking a view of the Church, which 
 was directly before him ; and whilft he was mufing upon it, he perceived a kind of 
 harmonious found at a great diftance, which at firft he could not tell what to make 
 of; but finding it to increafe as he advanced; he liftened attentively to it, and per- 
 ceived it to be the Monks in the Church, finging their canonical hours. The King 
 in the joy of his heart broke out into a fong which he made extempore on the occafion, 
 calling on the Nobles that were about him to join in the chorus. This Song in the 
 Englijh or Saxon language, as ufed at the time, was long preferved by the Ely Monks, 
 for the fake of the Royal Author ; we have only the firft ftanza handed down to us, 
 (for the introducing of which antient fragment I have inferted the abovementioned 
 incident.) 
 
 ' ODepie j-un;5en ^Se CTJuneche}- bmnen Gly. 
 ' ^a Cnur chin;^ peu "Sep by. 
 
 * pope % cnifej- noep rhe lantr. 
 
 * autx hepe pe j'ep CDunechep fseo^j. 
 
 of which our Author gives us this latin tranflatlonj 
 
 ' Duke cantaverunt Monachi in Ely, . . 
 ' Dum Canutus Rex navigaret prope ibi. 
 
 * Nunc, milites, navigate propius ad terram, 
 
 * Et fimul audiamus Monachorum harmoniam, &c. 
 
 They 
 
 » Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 84j » See pag. 88. '» Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. ZS' 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 95 
 
 They continued finging till they arrived at land ; and foon after the Monks met the 
 King, and conduced him in folemn proceflion into the Church : — this probably was 
 the firft time of the King's coming to Ely ; for then he confirmed the Liberties of the 
 Church, that had been granted by his PredecefTors Kings of England, by his Charter, 
 which he offered on the high Altar, where the body of St. Etheldreda laid entombed. 
 
 Another time, when the King intended to keep the Feaft of the Purification of 
 the Blefl'ed Virgin Mary at Ely; a fevere froft fetting in, had froze over the River and 
 all the waters that furrounded the place, that there was no means of getting thither, 
 without the greatefl danger : The King however was not deterred by the difficulties 
 of the paflage, from attempting it ; and finding there was no other way, propofed 
 being conveyed over the ice in a fledge, by Soham-mere; and declared if any one would 
 go before, and fhew him the way, he would be the next to follow. There chanced to 
 Hand among the croud of people near the King, one Brithmer, a native of the I/le^ 
 and called Budde from his floutnefs, who offered to lead the way; the King readily 
 accepted the offer; fo Brithmcr fet off, and the King followed him, to the furprife of 
 his Courtiers, who were in fome anxiety for his fafety, and thought iffoo hazardous 
 an undertaking : however, they went on without meeting any obftruflion, and arrived 
 fafe at Ely, where he kept the Feafl with ufual joy and folemnity. — The King ufed 
 frequently to fpeak of this adventure ; and in telling the flory would pleafantly ob- 
 ferve the lucky circumflance of having fuch a lufly fellow for his guide ; as it made 
 him quite eafy and fatisfied that he himfelf who was but of moderate flature, and 
 withal vigorous and a6live, might fafely venture where he had fuch a guide to lead the 
 way. — The King did not let this fervice o( Britbmer pafs unrewarded; for he made 
 him and his pofTeflions free ; and fo his poflerity continued, by virtue of a o-rant 
 made at that time by the King. 
 
 These occafional vifits the King made to the Abby, and the frequent accefs the 
 Abbot of Ely had at other times to the King by reafon of his office of Chancellor, as 
 it contributed to advance the credit and reputation of the Monaftery, fo no doubt it 
 contributed to introduce fome change in the morals of the Monks, who feem about 
 this time to have lived in great fplendor and magnificence, perhaps more than became 
 their flate and condition. Emma the Queen frequently accompanied the King on 
 thefe occafions, and made the Church many valuable prefents ; ' particularly one piece 
 of purple cloth wrought with gold, and worked m ieveral compartments with gold 
 and fet with jewels, fuch as there was none like it for richnels in the Kingdom, flie 
 offered to St. Etheldreda; and to the other Saints there, flie offered to each a covering 
 of Silk, embroidered with gold and fet with jewels, but of lefs value than the former : 
 fhe alfo gave for a covering of the Altar a large pall of green-colour adorned with 
 plates of gold,2 to be placed on the front of the Altar on the chief FelHval ; and 
 over it a border of fine Hnen of deep red, the whole length of the Altar, and reach- 
 ing from the corners quite down to the'^ground, a foot in breadth, with it's gold 
 fringe, making a rich and glorious fhow. 
 
 ' Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 79.^ » — ' Fecit etiam indumenta altaris magnam pallam viridi 
 * coloris infignem cum laminis aureis, ut in faciem aluris per diem lolemnem celfius appareret.' ib. 
 
 King 
 
g^ HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 King Canufc died in November in the year 1035. at Shaftjbury, and was buried at 
 Winchcfier ; leaving the Kingdom in great diforder, on account of the fucceflion ; for 
 moft of the Nobility who were in the Danijli interefl: were for fetting up Harold, his 
 fon by Elgiva of Northampton -, others were for Hardecanute his fon by Queen Efnma -, 
 but many of the Englijl} efpoufed the caufe of Alfred and Edward fons of the fame 
 Qiieen by King Ethclred: however at length the party that was for /7<;z;-<?A/ prevailed, 
 and he was placed on the throne. The two Princes A[frcd and Ediiard fons of the 
 Jate Kin"- Ethclred, were about this time with their Uncle Richard Duke of Nortnandy, 
 where they had long time refided; and he dying that year; they both came over into 
 England ^ the following year, with a confiderable train of attendants, to pay a vifit to 
 their Mother Queen Emma, who rcfided at Winchefter ; and probably with this fur- 
 ther defign, of feeing how the EngliJIi) ftood affeded tov/ards them. The appearance 
 of thefe two Princes in England at fuch a time, could not fail of giving umbrage to 
 fome Lords who were devoted to King Harold, and particularly to Earl Godwin -, who, 
 after they had been fome time at Witichejler with their Mother, formed a defign of be- 
 traying them into the hands of Harold, in order to difpatch them : Accordingly the 
 Princes were both invited to Court, before their return to Normandy. — But the 
 <lefign fucceeded only in part ; for whether it was that the Queen was apprehenfive 
 of fome ill intention, or whatever elfe was the occafion, Prince Alfred only fet out on 
 his journey towards London; and when he had got as far as Gildeford, he was there 
 met by Earl Godivin, under pretence of doing him honour, and conducing him to 
 Court. He received the Prince with all the outward marks of refpefl, and fliow of 
 friendfhip ; and they fpent the evening together, in fuch free and friendly conver- 
 fation and cheerfulnefs, that the Prince could not have the leaft fufpicion of any per- 
 fidious defign : but in the middle of the night after they had retired to reft, he was 
 awaked out of his fecurity, and found himfelf and all his attendants made prifoners, 
 and in the hands of their enemies. The Prince, and fome of the principal perfons in 
 his retinue, were bound and hurried away to London -, moft of the reft were ufed in 
 the crueleft manner, and put to death by various tortures. — As for Alfred, he was 
 fcntenced to have his eyes put out, and to be conveyed to the IJle of Ely : thefe orders 
 were executed, and with circumftances of ignominy and the greateft cruelty ; being 
 carried part of the way upon an horfe, with his legs tyed under the belly ; and after- 
 wards put into a boat to be tranfported to the place of his confinement ; and as foon 
 as they drew near the fliore, before they landed, the unhappy Prince was forced to 
 undergo the cruel operation of having his eyes forced out -, and in that miferable 
 condition was brought to the Monafteiy, and committed to the care of the Monks. 
 The pain and anguifli he fuffered from that horrid and barbarous ai5t, is thought 
 to have put an end to his life ; for he died foon after, much lamented by the Monks, 
 and was buried by them with due honour, in the weftern part of the South Ifle or 
 Portico of the Church. — This is the fubftance of what is delivered by moft Hifto- 
 rians,* of the unhappy death of Prince Alfred. The Authors oi Bi agraphia Britamiica^ 
 under the title of Alfred, feem to rcfle6l on the Monks of Ely, as if they were ac- 
 countable for the life of that Prince. What inducement there was of fending him to 
 
 the 
 
 •■ Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 90. » Matdi.Weftm.—Flor.Wigom.— Roger de Hoveden, &c. 
 ad ann. 1036. 
 
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 the Monafteiy of Ely, does not clearly appear : but Edward after he came to the 
 Crown, conthiued a friend to the Monks durnig his whole reign ; which certainly he 
 would not have done, had he thought they had been any ways accefTary to his death ; 
 for he was flrifl in his enquiry into the murder of his Brother; and though Earl 
 Godxvin by his powerful influence, procured himfelf to be acquitted in form of Law; ' 
 yet King Edward, who believed him guilty, never forgave him.- One end that was 
 intended by this barbarous treatment of Alfred and his Norman attendants, was to 
 deter his Brother Edward, who was then at Winchejler with Queen Emma his Mother, 
 from flaying any longer in the Kingdom ; which had it's effect : for as foon as the Queen 
 was informed of it, (lie fent away her fon Edward into Normandy; and fliortly after re- 
 ceiving orders to depart the Kingdom, fhe retired into Flanders, and lived at Bruges. 
 
 Nothing more particularly relating to the Church of Ely occurs, during the 
 reign of King Harold, who died in the year 1040 ; or in that of his brother Hardeca- 
 imte, who reigned only two years; and dying in the year 1042. was fucceeded by 
 Edward called the Confejfor, fon of King Ethelred by Queen Emma. — This Prince 
 had received the earlieft part of his education in the Monaftery at Ely, having been 
 brought thither in his infancy by his Royal Parents, and being wrapped up in a 
 mantle, was by them offered on the holy Altar ; which mantle was long time pre- 
 ferved in the Church in memory thereof : and it was a conflant tradition with the 
 Monks that he ufed to take great delight in learning to fmg Pfalms and godly 
 Hymns, among the children of his own age, in the Cloifler: on which account he 
 always retained a favourable regard to the place, after he became King. 
 
 Our Abbot Leof/in, after he had with great commendation governed this Abby 
 about 15 years, and procured many poffeffions and advantages to it, died No\% 15. 
 A.D. 1044, and was buried near his Predecelfors in the Old Conventual Church. 
 
 WILFRIC, AhhotVl. 
 
 AFTER the death of Leof/ln, King Edward in tlie third year of his reign, a.d. 
 1045,3 promoted his kinfman Wilfric to be xA-bbot oi Ely, from the New 
 Monaftery of Winchejler,^ and there caufed him to receive benediction from Stigand,S 
 then Bifliop of Elmbam, and afterv/ards Archbilhop of Canterbury. 
 
 In the firft years of his government, he was very ftudious of the welfare of the 
 Monaftery, and active in the defence of it's rights and privileges ; by which he gained 
 the efteem of all the Monks : he alio purchafed of Earl Elgur, the Manor of Bercham 
 or Bergham in Sziffolk, for 25 Marks of gold, and gave it to the Church. 
 
 King Edward, as a teftimony of his regard for this Monaftery, gave to the Monks 
 by his Charter the village oi Lachingbetbe : ^ — this Charter is the more valuable and 
 of greater concernment, as all the eftates and poflefiions at that time belonging to 
 the Church, are particularly mentioned in it : the rights, liberties, privileges and im- 
 munities, 
 
 * Chron. Joh. Bromton, inter X. Scriptores Hift. AnglicanEC. col. 9^7. 2 Matth. VVeftmo- 
 naft. ad annum 1054. Angl. Sacr. vol. i. p. 239. 3 Lib. Elien. M.S. lib. ii. cap. 9^. 4 Angl, 
 Sacr. vol. i. pag. 609. 5 Ibid. pag. 406. Note i. ^ Lib. Elien. MS. cap. 92. 
 
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98 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 munities, and particularly the temporal jurifdidion and power of trying Caufes, are 
 fet forth ; and the original privileges of the Jjle in the time of St. Etheldreda, and it's 
 exemption from Epifcopal authority are aflerted. and declared to have been reftored 
 by his grandfather King EJgar : and all thefe poffefllons and liberties are again con- 
 firmed by the King, with the confent of his great men: and that they might remain 
 the more firm and lafting to future ages, the King alfo obtained of Pope Fi^or II, ' 
 a Bull, directed to the King and all the Nobility of the Kingdom, in which by his 
 Papal authority he confirmed all thofe rights, privileges and polFeflions to the Church 
 of E/v, concluding with the ufual denunciation of the fcntence of excommunication 
 againft all that Ihould prefume to violate their hberties, or any ways difturb the 
 Monks in their poflcfllons. — This Charter of the King, and the Pope's Bull, both 
 which are without date, the reader will find in the Appendix. 
 
 But notwithftanding the King's protection, and the fecurity given the Monks for 
 the full enjoyment of their pofleflions and privileges, both by Regal and Papal autho- 
 rity ; they iiad a long and troublefome conteft ^ with a Nobleman of great power 
 under the King, Efgar furnamed Stalkrei from his office; who had forcibly taken 
 poffeflion of then- village of EJlre otherwife called Plajiz. The Abbot and his bre- 
 thren, in hopes of recovering their eftate by gentle means, produced the Will of the 
 Donor, and the King's Charter of Confirmation, in evidence of their claim, and en- 
 deavoured to perfuade him to reftore it ; but could not prevail : on which they ap- 
 plied to the King ; but without effect ; for Efgar found means to evade the King's 
 orders: — they afterwards proceeded to ecclefiaflical cenfures, and denounced fentence 
 of excommunication againft him; this alfo he difregarded at firft; but being thereby 
 prohibited from entering the Church, and excluded from the fociety of the faithful, 
 he was obliged to fubmit, and defired to come to terms with them j to which, for the 
 fake of peace, and out of refped to his character and high llation, they confcnted j 
 and it was agreed between the parties, that Efgar fliould hold and enjoy that eftate 
 of the Church, during his life, and after his deceafe it fhould revert to the Church; 
 to which final concord the King and Queen and great men of the Kingdom were 
 witnefles. But the Norman Conqueft fucceeding foon after, Efgar was one of thofe 
 Englifi Lords who fell under the difpleafure of the Conqueror, his lands and eftates 
 were all feized, and he himfelf was imprifoncd with many others, and at laft died 
 imder confinement. — Thus was the Church of Ely difpofTefled of this eftate; which 
 feems to have been annexed, after the Conqueft, to the office of High Conftablc of 
 England^ and fo continued as long as that office cxifted.+ 
 
 Among other perfons of note and benefaftors to the Church of Ely, in thefe times, 
 was Ofmund 5 a Swedifj Bifliop. I meet with the Name of this Bifhop in the SweaifJj 
 Writers referred to below ;^ who give this account of him : That he ftudied a con- 
 
 fiderable 
 
 » Viflor II. was inthroned Pope, April 13, 1055. — and died in June 1057, having held the Pa- 
 pacy only two years and about three Months. — See Bower's Hid. of the Popes. Vol. V. pag. 204, 
 206. » Lib. Ehen. MS, hb. ii. cap. 96. 3 He was High Conltable of England, or Mafter of the 
 Horfe to tlie King. — Vid. Spelmanni GlolT. ad Stallariui, et Conjiabularius. * See Camden's 
 Britannia, in EflTex, pag. 345. — Kapin's Hift. of Engl. Vol. i. pag. 46S. Note i. 5 Lib. Elien, MS. 
 lib.ii. cap. 99. ^ Magiftri Adami Bremens. Hiil. Ecclefiaft. praefcrdm Bremens. — Chronicon E- 
 pifcoporum per Sueciam, Gothiam, et Finlandiam, Sec a Joh. Mcflenio. p. y^. Stockholmije 1614. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. ^g 
 
 fiderable time at Bremefi, at the expence of Sigfrid a Norwegian Bifhop; but being^ 
 ambitious of raifmg himfelf to one of the higheft ftations in the Church, he left that 
 place, and went to Rome ; where he folicited to be promoted to the Epifcopal Order, 
 and to be fent as a Mi/Ticnary to fome of the Northern parts, that had not yet re- 
 ceived the Gofpel ; but, it is faid, not fucceeding in that bufinefs, he went into Pclandy 
 and was there confecrated a Bifliop, and returned to Sweden ; where afluming to him- 
 felf the character of a Miihonary of the Apoftolic See, and affedling to appear always in 
 publick with a crofs born before him, he was for a while received under that character : 
 however, on application made to the Sicedi/b Court, by the Archbifhop oi Hamburgh, he 
 was rejefted : and what became of him afterwards their own Hiftorians do not tell us : — 
 But we are informed, ' that Ofmund came over into Etiglajid from Sweden in the reign 
 of Edward the ConfeJ/or, by whom he was favourably received, and lived at his Covut. 
 He was a venerable old man, when he came into England, and was much refpe6led 
 and beloved by the Nobility of this Kingdom. During his refidence at the Court, 
 he often heard talk of the Monks of Ely, and fo much to their advantage, that he 
 had a mind to make them a vifit ; intending, if it proved agreeable, to retire from the 
 Court, and to fpend the reft of his days among them. Accordingly he came to Ely, 
 and being pleafed with the refpecl and civilities fliown him by the Monks, finding 
 alfo the place entirely to his fatisfa6lion ; he opened to them his defire of continuing 
 there for life : to which they readily agreed ; and fo was he admitted of their Society, 
 to perform all the Epifcopal offices among them, as long as he lived ; in conformity 
 to the eftablilhed cuftom of the place, and as other Bifhops before him, having quitted 
 their Bifliopricks, had lived there, in a ftate of retirement from the world, ftill re- 
 taining their characler, and continuing to exercife their fundion within the Monaftery 
 as occafion required. — The exaft time of his coming to Ely, is not known, but it 
 was during the time that Wilfric was Abbot, and he lived to the time of Abbot 
 Thurftan; having a little before his death given all his Epifcopal ornaments to the 
 Monaftery. He was buried firft in the Old Conventual Church, and afterwards 
 removed thence into the New, among other benefaftors to the Abby ; - and his bones 
 probably are ftill remaining inclofed in the North-wall of the prefent Choir, and 
 over them his effigies may be feen painted on the wall. 
 
 But to return to our Abbot Wilfric ; — after he had lived in credit and reputation, 
 and governed this Abby with an unblemiftied characler many years ; he at laft fell 
 into difgrace, by involving himfelf too much in fecular aifairs, and prefering the ad- 
 vantage and intereft of his own private familv, to the good of the fociety over which 
 he prefided; which ended in his own ruin. — The Abbot had a Brother whofe Name 
 was Gutbmimd,i who made his addrefles to the Daughter of a Nobleman: Gutbmundy 
 though he was of a Noble family, and related to the King himfelf; yet was not 
 entitled to the privileges of the Prime Nobility, neither had he rank with them, not 
 having a fufficient eftate, that is, forty Hides of land in pofTeffion : on which account 
 the Lady refufed the offer, and the match was broke off. Whereupon Guthmund pri- 
 vately 
 * Lib, Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. ^<^. * Pag. 85. Note 3. 3 Lib. Elien. MS. lib.ii. cap. ^-j. 
 
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lOO HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 vatcly applied to his Brother the Abbot of Eh; to affift him in this difficulty; ancf 
 very much importuned him to put him in poircflion of fome eftates of the Church,, 
 fufficient to make up that dchciency : — x^nd the Abbot, that his Brother might not 
 lofc fo fair an opportunity of advancing himfelf in the world, too eafily complied j 
 and conveyed to him thefe feveral eftates of the Monaftery, Part of Mere/jam with the 
 Court of the Manor, Liveremere, Kiichentunc, Acholt^ Bedefw/feJe, and Gerbolde/}jat)j ; 
 which tranfaclion was done privately, and without the knowledge and confent of the 
 Monks; it was not long however, before they difcovered the whole affair; and re- 
 proaching him with the wrong and injuftice done to the Church, the Abbot thought 
 proper to leave the Abby, and retire for tlie prefent to Acbolt, where with forrow and 
 perturbation of mind, he fell fick, and after continuing fome little time in a languifli- 
 ing ftatc, he died very penitent for his part offence : his body was conveyed to Ely, 
 and there buried. After his death, Guthmund refufcd to furrendcr up tiie eftates ; but 
 was brought to compound with Thwjiaji the fucceeding Abbot, to hold them of the 
 Church only during his life: however, in thofe times of confufion that followed im- 
 mediately after, by the conqueft of England, Hugo de Munford a Norman Knight got 
 poffeflion of them, and the Church was never able to recover them. — The death of 
 Wilfric happened in the year 1065, when King Edward was in a very weak and de- 
 clining ftate of health; and Stigand^ Archbifhop oi Canterbury had then the chief 
 management of affairs, who affumed to himfelf extracxrdinai-y degrees of authority,, 
 and abufed it in many inftances : as the Bifliopricks and Abbies became vacant, he 
 took them into his hands, and kept them fo, or filled them up, according to his will 
 and pleafure, and difpofed of the revemies of them: on the vacancy of the Abby of 
 Ely, he took poffeffion, and received the profits of it to his own ufe; ajid even after 
 an Abbot was appointed, on fome pretence or other, he ftill retained fome of the befl: 
 polfeffions belonging to the Church. However, to palliate this injury, he feemed very 
 liberal to thofe Monafteries he held any confiderable time in his hands : as particularly 
 to that of Ely, he gave largely both in Gold and Silver plate, for the fervice of the 
 Altar; and divers ornaments to the Church, a large Crucifix overlaid with Silver,, 
 with the image of our Lord as big as life ; and the images of the Virgin Mary, and 
 St, John of brafs ; befides feveral Vertments efteemed the richeft and moft coftly in, 
 the Kingdom. 
 
 TlIURSTAN, Al?bot Vir. 
 
 KING Edivard the Peaceable died at London the Fifth day of January, in the- 
 beginning of the year 1066: the day after, Harald fon of Earl Godwin, 
 agreeably, as it is faid, to the nomination of K. Edivard, was elefled by all the Great 
 Men of the Nation, and on the fame day was crowned by ALked Archbilliop of Tork. 
 Soon after, the Abby of Ely having been fome time vacant by the death of Wilfric, the 
 King appointed Thurstan Abbot in his room; a man of approved virtue ard 
 moderation, who was born at IVicbford near £/>-, and had been bred up in the- 
 Monaftery from a Child, and was fufficiently learned both in EngUJlj and hating 
 
 H.IRALD 
 » Ibid. cap. 98. * IbiJ. cip. 100, 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. loi 
 
 Har ALD began his reign with great popularity, in confequence of his regard to Piety 
 and Juftice, and of his Affability and Courteoufnefs. No fooner had he fucceeded in 
 repelling an invafion of his Kingdom in the Nortliern parts by Harold Harfager King 
 of Norway, than he was alarmed by the invafion of his Kingdom by William Duke of 
 Normandy at Pefnefe. He inftantly marched with as much of his army as he could 
 colleft, to give him battle : the engagement lafted from 9 in the morning till towards 
 night, when Har aid was killed and his army defeated. 
 
 On Chriftmas-day 1066, William was crowned King at Weftminjlerhj Aldrcd, hav- 
 ing firfl taken the oath, ' that he would defend the holy Churches of God, and their 
 * Governors, that he would govern the people fubje6l to him, juftly and prudentlvj 
 ' that he would ena6f juft Laws, and caufe them to be obfervedj and effedually hin- 
 ' der Rapines and unjuft Judgments : ' but regardlefs of his Oath, he exercifed the 
 moft tyrannical cruelties and oppreffions towards the Nobility as well as Common 
 people : and being determined to have the Norman Cuftoms and Laws obferved in 
 England, he began his defign with introducing Normans into all places of truft and 
 profit, made them Bifliops, Abbots, and Governors of Counties, and by their means 
 demanded an implicit fubmiflion to his Will. He depofed Stigand Archbifliop of 
 Canterbury and Egelmar Bifliop of the Enft-AngleSy with other Bifhops and. Abbots, 
 appointing Normans in their lOom.' 
 
 No wonder therefore that Thurflan Abbot of Ely, as well from a fenfe of his own- 
 danger, as from a grateful refentment of the injury done to his Benefaftor Kino- 
 Haraldy determined to fupport the intereft of Edgar Etheling, whom he confidered as^ 
 the rightful heir of the Crown after Har aid. He readily gave fhelter to fuch Englifi 
 Lords as fled into the IJle of Ely for fecurity, particularly to £^w/;2 Earl of Chejier and 
 Morchar Earl of Northumberland, hoping from the natural flrength - of the Country,, 
 being acceflible only, and that in a few places, by boats, to make it a fecure retreat 
 while infurredions were raifing in different parts of the Kingdom, Among other^ 
 who joined them was Hereward fon of Leofric Lord of Bnmne or Burne in Lincohi- 
 JlAre, who had the reputation of being one of the beft foldiers in the age: during his 
 being in Flanders, the King, on the death of his Father had given his eflate to Ivo d3~ 
 Tailboife, whom de difpolTeffed by force of arms; and retiring into the JJle of Ely, was 
 elecled General, and took all neceffary precautions to z6i both on the defenfive and 
 oftenfive againft the Normans; who arrived in the beginning of the Summer 1069; a 
 confiderable body of them was ordered to guard the paffes out of the I/le on the 
 Eaftern fide bordering upon Sufolk; whilft the King himfelf attempted to force a 
 paflage on the Weftern fide, by forming a bridge or caufeway of near two miles in 
 length over the fens, made of ftraw, wood, and bags of earth. — This work was ob- 
 ftrufted by Hereward in feveral fuccefsful fallies. —During this Siege, the King was 
 greatly difconcerted by the fuccefs of the combined armies of the Englijh, Scots, and 
 Danes, in taking Tork and putting his Garrifon to the fvvord : He was' oblio-'ed to 
 inarch thither m perfon, and having bought off the Danes, fubdued the pla?e and 
 exercifed unheard of cruelties throughout that Country. 3 
 
 - Ibid. cap. loi. -_ Ingulphi Hift. Croyl. p. 71. Ji 7. 3 Simeon Dunelm. de Gellis R^^^lnX^ 
 
102 HISTORY AND ANTIQITITIES OF 
 
 Early in the Spring of the year 1070, he returned to the fiege of the IJle of Ely, 
 encamping in a place oppofite to Ahirey, where, by means of a neck of land ftretcli- 
 ing out into the fens, the paffage is the narrowell of all towards Cambridge: from 
 hence he carried on his work, and fornied a Dam acrofs the river, which through the 
 wei'^ht of water was foon broken down. — Difconcerted by this difafter, the King 
 j-etired to the Eaftern fide of the IJle, and held a Council of War at Brandouy where 
 it was refolvcd to renew the attack at the fame place as before. — Hereivard, during 
 the King's flay at Brandon, was there in difguife, and got intelligence of the King's 
 defign, ajid returning back, though not without the utmofl danger, he difguifed him- 
 felf in the habit of a common fiflierman, and fet fire to their Magazines of Straw and 
 Timber, and taking advantage of the Enemy's hurry and confternation, made a fuc- 
 cefsful fally with his boats, and deftroyed the forts they had erected.' 
 
 The King, on this repeated difaller, retired to the Caftle at Cambridge full of re- 
 fentment; and confirmed to his Norman followers, the ahenation he had before made 
 of the Eftates and Manors of the Monalteiy which were fituate without the JJle. 
 And indeed he could not have taken a more ready way to have obliged the Monks at 
 Ely to fubmit : they were willing enough to come to any terms with the King that he 
 pleafed to impofe upon them ; but had it not in their power to comply with or to 
 afTift: the King in his Enterprize, being themfelves under military Government. The 
 Nobility and General Officers had their Refections of Dinner and Supper at the Ab- 
 bot's Table, and the other Officers at the Tables of the Monks, each having his Arms 
 hanging over his head, affixed to the wall, ready for ufe. 
 
 Whatever encouragement the Monks had at firft given to the EngUp^ Lords 
 who oppofed the Conqueror and held out the IJle of Ely againfl: him ; the prefent 
 iituation of their affairs made them repent of the meafures they had taken ; they were 
 very uneafy under the continual alarms, fears, and anxieties that necefTarily attend a 
 ilate of war ; — add to this, a fcarcity of provifions began to be fenfibly felt among 
 them, occafioned by the numbers that fled to them for protection from other parts of 
 the Kingdom, where a dearth prevailed about this time: — thefe things brought the 
 Monks to think of means to provide for their own fafety; and upon confuking 
 ^mong themfelves, they determined to fubmit to the King, and calt themfelves on his 
 mercy : — but not without firft foiuiding the temper and difpofition of the foldiery^ 
 and endeavouring to perfuade the principal Officers to furrcnder the IJle upon as good 
 terms as they could make: — but finding them refolute to ftand upon their defence, 
 the Abbot and fome of the Monks retired out of the IJle, and went to the King who 
 was then at Warivick; and there imploring pardon, promifed for the future to behave 
 as his faithful and true fubje6ts. The Abbot was afterwards admitted to a private 
 audience of the King, in which he informed him of the ftate of the IJle, and the 
 necefTary means to be ufed to fubdue it, promifing at the fame time to ufc his utmofl 
 endeavours to bring it under his obedience; — and then returned home. — The King 
 jjeing at that time intent upon fortifying feveral places in different parts, where he 
 
 judged 
 . « Pitr. Blefen. Contin. Hift. Ingulplii, pag.125. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 103 
 
 judged It neceflary to have garrifons in readinefs to fupprefs any infun'e6lIons of the 
 people; did not immediately return to the Ifle of Ely, which being ftill furrounded by 
 his forces, he now thought himfelf fecure of, whenever he fliould think fit to appear 
 before it. 
 
 About the beginning of the year 1071, Edwin Earl of Chefter, who was one of 
 them who at firft engaged in the defign of holding out the IJle againft the King, and 
 was preparing to return thither again, was unfortunately killed in a mutiny of his 
 own men : but his brother Earl Morchar, Siward Beam an EngUjlo Nobleman, and 
 Egekoin Bifhop of Durham, with feveral others of the Englifi Nobility, arrived by 
 fliipping in the I/le, with reinforcements from Scotland. Intelligence of which 
 being brought to the King, he haftened to bring his Army together, and marched at 
 the head of it to carry on the fiege.' The fituation and nature of the place being 
 now better known by his Engineers, he endeavoured to provide againft and avoid the 
 errors and overfights that had been committed in the former attempts. On his 
 arrival he encamped at the fame place as before, and gave orders for perfedling the 
 Caufey over the fens, and for creeling forts and engines all the way, to fecure them- 
 felves and their works, which then at an immenfe expence of time and labour they 
 were obliged to carry on through a deep, watery, and moorifh ground, that would 
 fcarce bear the weight of a man or any animal without finking : but befides the bad- 
 nefs of the foil in general, it was in many parts overgrown with fedge and reeds, 
 which intercepted their view, and prevented them from making choice of the moft 
 advantageous courfe, and occafioned their being often interrupted in their way, by 
 deep and dangerous pools of water :— thefe difficulties rendered the work exceeding 
 tedious, fo that the fummer was far advanced before they had finifhed it : and the in- 
 clemency of the weather added much to the hardfhips of the Soldiers, and tempted 
 them to frequent mutinies and defertions. The Caufey however was at length com- 
 pleated, and the Army marched onward; but found new difficulties from fome deep 
 waters which lay between them and the firm land. — Boats were now to be fetched 
 from a diftance, and dragged through the fens, in order to carry the Soldiers on a 
 floating bridge : the Iftanders were not unprepared to difpute their pafiage, having 
 thrown up a ftrong intrenchment, and annoying them from a diftance with a variety 
 of miffive weapons and ftones. — The King erefted batteries for the protection of his 
 own men, and in his turn put the Iftanders into frequent diforder, from which they 
 feveral times rallied : — but at length through a fupcriority of ikill in the ufe of 
 military engines, victory declared for the Khig; — the lilanders retreated and were 
 flaughtered in great numbers, many were taken prifoners, and fome few fkulked out 
 of the IJle. Among the Nobility then taken were Earl Morchar, and Siumrd furnamed 
 Beam, who were fent Prifoners into Normandy, where they continued till the death 
 of the King, A.D. 1087; Egelwiri Bifliop o^ Durham, was fent Prifoner to Abingdouy 
 and died foon after. — Others the King fentenccd to be imprifoned for life, fome to 
 have their eyes put out, or their hands and feet to be cut off, to remain living monu- 
 ments of his difpleafure, and to be a terror to fuch as prefumed to difpute his autho- 
 
 „, rity. 
 
 * Chron. Saxon. — Annal, Waved, ad annum io;i. • 
 
104 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 rity.— Hereicard only of all the Leaders in this Confederacy had the good fortune to 
 efcape with a feled party of his men j he lived long enough to reftore himfelf to the 
 King's favoui-, and to recover his patrimony, dying in peace many years after, and 
 was interred in the Monafteiy of Croyland.^ 
 
 The King immediately upon his Viflory had fent a large detachment to Ely, to 
 take pofTefllon of the Monaftery : and himfelf foon after paid his devotions at the 
 Altar of St. Ethehhrda, with an offering of one Mark of Gold. —The Monks were 
 all that time ftrictly guarded, and kept fo much in ignorance of what was tranf- 
 afting within their walls, that they did not fufped any thing of the King's being 
 *here, till after he was gone, they were informed of it by Gilbert Earl of Clare-, 
 from him at the fame time they found that the King v^^as highly difpleafed with 
 their conduft. By his and fome other Great Men's mediation the King con- 
 <iefcended to accept of 700 Marks, which was afterwards upon a flight pretence 
 
 auormented to 1000.^ 
 
 'a 
 
 The 
 
 ' Ingulphi Hift. Croyl. p. 67, 68. ^ The Camp that was occupied by the Conqueror's Army, 
 -when he befieged the Ille ot Ely, is ftill vifible at the South-end of AlJrey-Caufey, within the Manor 
 of Wivehngham, and is corruptly called Belfafs Hills. Mr. Camden fpeaks of it in the following 
 terms, ' To this day there is a rampart nigh Audre, not high, but very large, called Belfar's Hills, 
 
 * from one Belifar-, but what he was I know not.' Britan. col. 409. Ed. GibTon. — Dr. Stukeley tells 
 us, (Palatograph. I3ritan. Numb. ii. pag. 38, 129,) It was originally a Roman Camp, and that it was 
 repaired by Urfois [ r. Oplalus,] Mafter of the Conqueror's Engines. — That the Name of that 
 Camp was formerly Belajis^ appears by a MS. Survey of the Manors belonging to the See of Ely, 
 written in the reign of K. Henry III ; and not only the Camp itfelf was lb called, but the adjacent 
 field and meadows were denominated from it. — The field adjoining was called Belafis Field; ' Jn 
 ' campo qui vocatur Belafis ^ and 6 acr. &:c.' MS. ut fupra. — The Meadow there was likewife 
 called by the fame Name : ' De prato falcabili, fcilicet in Belafis, et alibi per particulas, 30 acr. & 
 ' dimid. &c.' — We alio learn from the fame MS. that the Camp being very near the edge of the 
 Fens, the ditches of it were fometimes fubject to be filled with water, and then became a Fifhery 
 belonging to the Manor; ' De Pifcariis,— Item ad idem manerium [fcil. Wivelingham] pertinet pif- 
 
 * caria in foflatis de Belafis, quandoque per inundationem aquarum, que pertinet ad menfam Ballivi, 
 
 * ut Jurati dicunt, &c.' ut fupra. — That this Camp received it's name from Belafius or Belafis, one 
 of the Conqueror's GenenUs in his expedition againft the lile of Ely, we learn from a MS. formerly 
 in the King's Library, MS. 18. C. i . 3,— now in the Britifli MuHtum, under this Title ' Story found 
 
 * in the Ifle of Ely •, ' in which it is faid, — ' We endured the violent threats of the Normans 7 years 
 
 * together, untyll fuch tyme as Belafyus Generall of the Kings Army in thys fervice, of whom cer- 
 
 * tain Hylls, which at the South-end of Aldreth Caufey were built for the fafety of the Armyes, 
 
 * took their Names, which we nowe by corrupt Speech call Bclfars Hilles, getting a great co:npany 
 
 * of boats, paflTed the waters on a fuddayn, and fct us at our wit's ends, &c.' — Fuller met with 
 the fame account. [Ch. Hid. cent. 11. pag. 168.] — From all which it Ibould feem, that this Camp 
 was then firft formed under the diredlion of B::lafius or Belafis the King's General, and one of the 
 Knights afterwards quartered upon the Monalfery of Ely, as appears by his arms, in Plate XIII. 
 — But that it was ' a Roman Camp, and repaired by Urfois [or Opfa'us'] Mafl:er of the Conqueror's 
 
 * Engines,' or that 'Audrey-Caufey is a Roman way originally into the Ifle of Ely,' as Dr. Stukely 
 aflrrts, [PalcBOgraph. Britan. ut fupra] I have nothing to objed, but that no authority is cited to 
 fupport it. 1 fliould rather think, from the account above given, that Aldrcy Caufey was firft 
 made during the fiege, and that it has been from time to time occafionally repaired, and fo con- 
 tinues a common way into the Ifle to this day -, — For Malmejbury fpeaking of the ftate of tlie lUe, 
 as it was in King Edgar's time, fays it was then only accefl"ible by Boats; — * Non enim infula tunc 
 ' nifi navigio adiri poterat; fed noftra xtas folertior vicit naturam, aggeribufque in paludem jactis 
 
 * tramiteni pra;buit, ct infulam peuibus acceflibilem fecit.' Malmelb. dc Gcft. X^ontif. Angl. 
 
 P=^S- 293- 5 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 105 
 
 The King, for political reafons, was too much inclined to take all advantages 
 againft the Englifi Nobility, the Bifliops and Prelates of the Cliurcli ; and had alieady 
 b his own authority removed moll of the EngUp} Noblemen from their offices in 
 •the ftate, and put Normans in their room ; and though he forbore making ufe of his 
 power in ejeding the Bifliops and Prelates, yet he found the Pope very vvillin"- to 
 come into all his meafures, in modelling the Church ; for which purpofe he had fent 
 his Legates to prefide in the Council held at Winche/ler, who had depofed thofe who 
 were moft obnoxious to the King, and replaced tliem with Normans : and Thiirjlan 
 our Abbot, though virtually pardoned of all tranfgreffions againft the King, by the 
 payment, and the King's acceptance of the 1000 Marks j yet was fummoned to a 
 Council," and called in queflion for fome fuppofed male-adminiftration or infuf- 
 ficiency in his office, (what it was, is not mentioned;) and it appeared, the Kino- in- 
 tended his deprivation, and had provided a Monk of Jumiege in Normandy to fucceed 
 him; but by the Abbot's prudent condudl and his irreproachable life, the defign was 
 dropped; and he fubfcribed to the Conftitutions of that Council, with the Bilhops 
 and the reft of the Abbots there prefent. — He died the latter end of the year 1072, 
 leaving his Monaftery in an unfettled ftate, and a number of Soldiers quartered upon 
 it, and moft of it's pofleffions without the IJle ftill in the hands of thofe Normans to 
 *v'hom the King had given them. 
 
 THEODWIN, AbhotVlW, 
 
 S foon as the King was informed of the death oiThurJlan, he fent toE/v,^ and 
 . ordered the Plate that remained and all their moft valuable effeds to be feized 
 and brought into his Treafury ; at the fame time the King's Officers took away a 
 confiderable fum of Gold and Silver that the Monks had laid up at Whiteworthe in 
 order to repair the loffes they had fuftained, and to purchafe new plate for refurnifti- 
 ing the Altar; and alfo the rich Cope given them by Siigand Arclibifliop of Cattter- 
 bury, and carried them all to the King's Treafury at Winchejler. The King had long 
 before fixed on Theodwin a Monk of Jumiege, well known in the Norman Court 
 for the fucceffor of thiirjlan; and now he fent for him over, and appointed him 
 Abbot of Ely. But when became, and found that the King had feized all the moft 
 valuable furniture of the Church, he refufed to accept the Office, unlefs the King 
 would order all the Gold and Silver and Jewels, to be reftored. The Kin'^ thouo-ht 
 fit to gratify him ; the fpoils of the Church were returned, and then he undertook 
 the Charge. — The new Abbot was a foreigner, as were all thofe whom the King 
 promoted to any confiderable office in the Ciiurch ; but it may be juftly remarked, 
 that thofe who were preferred by him were generally men of eminent worth and of 
 iiiftinguiflied chara6lers; and fuch was Theodwin, one that had the welfare and fplen- 
 dor of his Monaftery at heart. — He was prefent in the Council under Lanfranc held 
 in St. Paul's London, A.D. 1075, to the Conftitutions of which he fubfcribed; 3 and 
 died the latter end of that year, on the 4th day of December,4 after having- been 
 only two years and an half Abbot, and not having received the ufual ceremony of 
 Benedi6lion. y/ 
 
 ; Lib. Elien MS. lib, ii. cap. 112. ^ Ibid. cap. 113. 3 WUkin's Concil. Mag. Brit, vol.i. p. 264. 
 4 Obituar. Elien. q f i""-*: 
 
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 7^^ Adjmnijl ration of the Abhy granted /^ GODFREY^ Monlt^ 
 
 during the Vacancy, 
 
 IMmediately after the death of Theodwin,^ Eudo the Sewer 'William de Belfou, and 
 Anger, Great Officers of the King, were fent down by him to Ely, and in the 
 prefence of the Sheriffs made an Inventory of the Moveables of the Church, which 
 was certified by the Abbot of St. Edmund's-Bury. And the King appointed Godfrey, 
 one of the Monks who had been brought over from Normandy with Theodivin the late 
 Abbot, and had under him the chief management of all affairs relating to the Mo- 
 naftery, to take upon him the adminiflration of the Abby, till the King fhould fix 
 on an Abbot. Godfrey continued to govern the Monaflery in all refpefts as if he 
 had been really Abbot, excepting in name, near 7 years ; and was in great favour with 
 the King, from whom he obtained many advantages to the Monaftery. 
 
 It is to the time of Godfreys adminiflration, I apprehend, that what is recorded 
 of certain Knights and Gentlemen quartered on the Monaflery, and whofe Arms 
 were afterwards fet up in the Refe6lory or Great Hall there, is to be referred. They 
 appear to have been mofl of them Gentlemen of the beft Families in the Kingdom, 
 and Officers in the King's Army, fent down by the King to be maintained, during 
 the vacancy, at the charge of the Abby, till he could otherwifc provide for them, or 
 that he had occafion for their immediate fervice ; and they had their refe6lions con- 
 flantly in the Common-Hall with the Monks; with whom they lived in fuch perfed 
 harmony, that when they were called away to go into Norma?idy, on the Infurreflion 
 of Robert the King's Son, in the year 1077, or 1078 ; the Monks were fo well pleafed 
 with their company, that they could not part with them without regret ; and when 
 they departed, conduced them as far as Hadenham with folemn proceffion and fing- 
 ing; and there refpeflfully took their leave of them. Some further account of thefe 
 Knights and Gentlemen may be feen in the Appendix, Numb. IV. and their Arms 
 in Plate XIII. 
 
 Whilst Godfrey continued Adminiflrator, the King begim to entertain more fa- 
 vourable fentiments towards the Monaflery than he had hitherto done; to which, no 
 doubt, the high refpefl that the Monks had fhoWn to thofe Knights and Gentlemen 
 the King had fent to five with them, in fome meafure contributed, and reconciled 
 his mind towards them. In the mean time, the Liberties of the Church laid neg- 
 lefled ; and fome of the eflates belonging to it, were flill in the hands of thofe Nor- 
 Plans, to whom the King had given them during the fiege of the IJle of Ely, and their 
 affairs in general were in a very precarious ftate. 
 
 But at length the King was prevailed on, to permit their Rights and Liberties to 
 be inquired into, and legally determined ; and direfled ^ Odo Bifliop of Baieux, his 
 Brother, Chief Jufliciary oi England, to fummon feveral of the King's Barons; and 
 to iffue out precepts to the Sheriffs of the Counties wherein the lands belonging to 
 the Abby of Ely lay, to attend at a certain time and place, for that purpofe. Ac- 
 cordingly, 
 » Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 113. * Lib. Elien. lib. ii. cap. 116. 
 

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THE CONVENTUAL CHURGH OF ELY. 107 
 
 cordlngly, a very great AfTembly met together at Kentfordy now a fmall village in 
 Suffolk bordering upon CambridgeJJAre, on the 2d of April, a.d. 1080; where among 
 others were prefent Gosfrid Bifhop of Conjiancey Richard fon of Earl Gilbert, Heimo 
 the King's Sewer, \papifer,'\ Four Abbots, Baldwin of St. Edmmifbury, JVlfwold of 
 Chcrtfey, Ulfchetel of Crowland, and Alfwold Abbot of Holme, who are called the King's 
 Deputies, \Legati Regis ;'] alfo thefe Sheriffs with their Officers and Attendants, Ptcot 
 and Eujlace, Ralph and Walter Deputies for Roger and Robert ; Hardwin de Efcalers, 
 Widoy Wimer, JVihumer, Odo, Godric, Norman, Colfuin, Godwin; alfo a great many 
 other refpeftable Knights, [Milites probati,] both French and EngliJJj, of the four 
 Counties of Ejex, Hertford, Huntendon, and Bedford: and there the Rights, Cuftoms, 
 and Liberties of the Abby were judicially examined, and fully difcufled; and it was 
 clearly proved and afterwards finally adjudged, by the Court;' That the holy Queen 
 [Ethcldreda] had full and entire right and dominion in her poflefTions from the be- 
 ginning; that it appeared, by the Charter of King Edgar, King Ethelred, and King 
 Edward, that thefe rights were reftored to the Church of Ely by King Edgar at the 
 inftance of Ethelwold Bifliop of Winchejler, and other holy Men ; fo as to be clearly 
 exempt from the interpofition of all Secular Power ; and that a folemn denunciation 
 of divine vengeance is denounced againft thofe who fhall malicioufly attempt to vio- 
 late thofe Liberties. All which proceedings of the Court being certified to the Kino- 
 by his Barons ; he was pleafed to iflue out his Precept to the Sheriff's of the feveral 
 Counties to put the Church of Ely in pofleffion of all the Rights, Cuftoms, and 
 Privileges it enjoyed at the time of Y^mg Edward's death; and as they had been 
 folemnly adjudged, by the teftimony of thofe Counties, before his Barons, at the 
 Court held at Kentford by his Order, for that purpofe.^ 
 
 These were the chief tranfa6lions regarding the Church of Ely, during the ad- 
 miniftration of Monk Godfrey ; and which tended to the re-eftablifhing of peace and 
 good order in the Abby, and recovering all their affairs from that confufion into 
 which they had been brought, by the Monks oppofing the Conqueror, and defending 
 the IJle againft him. In the year following, viz. 108 1, Godfrey who had governed 
 this Abby feveral years with great commendation, but without the Title of Abbot, 
 or receiving Benediftion ; was by the King promoted to be Abbot of Malniejbiiry. 
 
 SIMEON, Ahhot IX. 
 
 ON the removal of Godfrey to Malmejbury, Simeon Brother o^ Walkelin Bifliop 
 of Winchejler, and Prior of that Church, was by the King made Abbot of 
 Ely.'i He was related in blood to the King, as is noted of his Brother the Bifliop of 
 Winchejler;'' and had been educated a Monk in the Monaftery of St. Ouen in the City 
 of Rouen, and thence made Prior of Winchejler. He was a venerable old man, when 
 he was promoted to £/)', of an amiable charader, being diftinguiftied for his benevo- 
 lent 
 ' ' Ut SaniSla Regina integerrlme fua pofledit ab initio ; et Regum i^idgari, et iEthelredi, et ^d- 
 
 • wardi comprobatur privilcgiis, quod hec Sandtorum et maxime ^chelwoldi reftaurata funt ftudio, 
 
 * et ab omni Secularium poceftate copiofe redempta commercio ; et maligne renitentibus confcripta 
 » et conclamata dampnationis imprecatio.' ibid, ^ See Appendix, Numb. V. J. 3 Lib. Eiien. 
 MS. lib. ii. cap. iib'. 4 Angl. Sacr. vol.i. pag. 255. 
 
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 lent temper, and charitable difpofition of mind. On his coming hither, he found 
 the affairs of the Abby fWl in fome diforder; for notwithftanding the care that had 
 been taken by the late Adminiftrator, and the King's reftoring their Liberties, Privi- 
 leges, and Cuftoms in all their pofTeffions ; feveral of the Manors and Lands belong- 
 ing to it, were in the hands of fome great and powerful men, who claimed them, 
 either as having been given to them by the King, or on other pretences refufed to- 
 rcftore them to the Church. The Abbot thereupon applied to the King; who was 
 pleafed to iffue out a Precept ' to Lanfratic Archbifhop of Canterbury, the Earl of 
 Moriton, and the Bifliop of Con/lance, to fummon again the feveral Counties, that 
 were at the former trial of the Liberties of the Church, with as many of the King's 
 Barons who were there prefent, and could conveniently be called together again ; alfo 
 thofe who were Tenants of the Church lands : — And when they were met together,, 
 to choofe a competent number of thofe EtigliJJmen, who knew what Lands belonged 
 to the Church, when King Edward died; and what thefe declared, they were to teftify 
 on oath — After which, they were to reftore to the Church all the Demeane-Iands, 
 which it was in pofleflion of at the time of King Edivard's death ; excepting thofe 
 which certain perfons claimed, as having been given them by the King; concerning 
 which, they were to certify the King, what they were, and who were then in poflef^ 
 fion of them : — And as for the Thein-lands, the Tenants of fuch, were to agree 
 with the Abbot as well as they could; and if they did not choofe to do fo, then thofe 
 lands were to remain to the Church. — This is the purport of the King's Commiflion;. 
 and though the proceedings on it are not fet down at large; yet it appears, by feveral 
 other writs ^ Iffued out afterwards, that the Abbot recovered pofleflion of feveral 
 Manors which were in the hands of fome powerful men at that time, namely the 
 Manor of Berckam from Hugh de Montfort, Brocbefeued from Richard Son of Earl 
 Gilbert, Iwpintune from Ficot Sheriff of the County, Tliree Hides of land from 
 Hugh de Berners, One Hide from Remrgius Bifliop of Lincohi, Two Hides from the 
 Bilhop of Baieux the King's Brother, befides feveral other parcels of Land. 
 
 As the Abbot was thus aftive in recovering the efl:ates and increafing the revenues 
 of the Abby, fo did he in other refpe6ts fl:udy to raife the credit of it, and to put it 
 into a flourifhing ftate : his advanced age did not deter him from one great under- 
 taking, which he could never hope to fee compleated in his days. His Brother the 
 Bifliop of J'FincheJler had, about four years before, begun the rebuilding of that Ca- 
 thedral Church in a ftately manner ; and our Abbot, laid the foundation of a new 
 and magnificent Church, 3 foon after his coming hither. He had affluent fortunes of 
 his o\fn, and the revenues of the Abby, which were great, to enable him ; and he 
 fpared no pains or coft to carry on the building of his Church with vigour, and in 
 making other improvements in the buildings of the Monaftery. 
 
 In the mean time, the Abbot vt-as the lefs folicitous about the ceremony of Bene- 
 diction, which it was ufual for all Abbots to receive foon after their appointment j 
 which was delayed on account of a new claim made by Remigius Bifliop of Lincoln, 
 to perform that office. But as the Abby of Ely was exempt from the jurifdidlion of 
 
 the 
 
 » Appendix, Numb. V. 2. * Appendix, Numb. V. 3, 4, 5. 3 Lib. Ellen. MS. lib. ii. cap. 1 1 8. 
 
THTE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 10^ 
 
 the Blfliop of the Diocefe, and had uninterruptedly enjoyed the privilege of choofing 
 whatever Bifliop they thought proper, to perform all Epifcopal offices among them, 
 the Abbot difclaimed the authority of the Bifhop of Lincoln, and refufed to receive 
 Benedidlion from him. Remigius being a Nonnan by birth and education, and unac- 
 quainted with the cuiloms and ufages of particular Monafteries among the Englifi;. 
 infifted on his common right as Bifliop of the Diocefe; and the Abbot as flrrenuoufly 
 oppofed it; fo the matter hung in fufpenfe two or three years: during which time 
 the King interpofed his authority, for putting an end to the difpute ; but without- 
 efiecft. One of the King's precepts is direiSled to Lanfranc Archbifhop of Catiterbiirp^ 
 Gosfrid Bifliop of Co?iJiance, and Robert Earl of Mofiton,^ to prohibit Remigius Bifliop- 
 of Lincoln from requiring new cuftioms; for the King willed he fhould have only 
 fuch as his Predeceflbr had in the time of King Edward: — by another dire6led to^ 
 Lanfranc, he is commanded to view the Charters of the Abbot, andif it appears that 
 the Abbot of Ely is to receive Benedi6tion by the King's appointment ; in that cafe, 
 Lanfranc is ordered to perform that office himfelf : — A third is dire6led to Lafifranc 
 Archbifhop, Gosfrid Bifliop, and Earl Robert^ to cau{e Simeon to receive Benediftion 
 according to the Cuft:om of the Abby, and in' conformity with the King's former" 
 writs: — And by another to Lanfranc and Gosfrid; the King wills, that the Bene- 
 diclion of the Abbot of El/, which Bifliop Remigius demands, be refpited, till the: 
 King is informed by their letters, whether Remigius had proved, or could prove, that- 
 his PredeceflTors had performed that office to the Abbots of Ely.^ 
 
 As the ceremony of Epifcopal Benedi6lion was thought material in order to com-- 
 plete the character of an Abbot; and there was no likelihood of feeing an end put 
 to the prefent difpute, Simeon alfo being very old and infirm ; his Brother JValkelim 
 Bifliop of Winchejler, not willing that he fliould die without it, eameftly prefixed him 
 to wave for the prefent the privileges of his Abby, and comply with the Bifliop of 
 Lincoln % demand : to this our Abbot confented, and went without the knowledge of 
 his Monks, and received the Benediction from him; having firft obtained of him 
 this exprefs condition, that it fliould not for the future be confidered as a precedent;, 
 but that every fucceeding Abbot of Elj fliould have the fame liberty of contefling it, - 
 and as freely as before.^ 
 
 As foon as the Monks, who were very tenacious of their rights and privileges,, 
 were informed of this affair, they were much difpleafed with the Abbot, they cenfured . 
 his condu(5t, and carried their refentment againfl: him fo high, as to difown him for 
 their Abbot, whom they looked upon in the invidious light of the betrayer oP their. 
 Liberties: — but by the mediation of his Brother the Biiho^ of Winc/Jtfer, who em- 
 ployed his good offices between them, and in confideration of the real worth of the 
 Abbot, and the eminent fervices he had done, and was fl:ill doing for them, a re- 
 conciliation was effeCled. 
 
 Ln the year 1086, the King, having finiflied his general Survey of England, con- 
 tained in Domefday, which is {till remaining in the Exchequer, at Wejlminfer ; com- 
 manded . 
 
 I Appendix, Numb. V. 6, 7, 8, 9. 2 L^b. Eliei. MS. lib. ii, cap. 1 1 8i 
 
ifO HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 mandcd the Blfliops, and Abbots, and all his Barons, and others that held their lands 
 by Knights-fervice to attend him at Salisbury^ the ift of Auguft, with their full 
 complement of men j and there he received of them an oath of fealty ; and went 
 afterwards to the Tjc of Wight,, and thence took fhipping for Normandy, It was pro- 
 bably at this time that the tenure of Knight-fervice was fixed by a perpetual law on 
 the Church J for our Author, immediately before, mentioning the King's laft voyage 
 into Normandy, tells us, ' The King eftabliflied it by a perpetual decree, that thence- 
 forth whenever the Kings of England went forth with their Army ; all who held their 
 lands by that tenure, fliould be ready to attend him and perform that fervice ; and 
 that no one of whatever degree or quality, prefume to difobey this edid.' * 
 
 When the tenure by Knights-fervice was firft impofed by the King on the Church, 
 is not certain; probably in the year 107053 but it was then looked upon as the 
 greater burden, becaufe the Church-lands had been free from that and many other 
 iecular fervices under the Saxon Kings. Such Liberties and Privileges had been for- 
 merly granted to the Clergy in the earlieft of thofe times, that their lands were wholly 
 exempt from contributing to the expences of the Government, to which all other 
 lands were fubjecl: but afterwards, when by the liberality of our Kings and the 
 Nobility, the lands given to the Church, grew confiderable ; the neceffities of the 
 State required the continuation of fome fervices to which they were liable whilft in 
 lay-hands, even after they were given to the Church ; accordingly in moft of the 
 grants of land to the Church in the times of the latter Saxon Kings, there was a re- 
 ierve of three kinds of fervice, that is, fubfidy in time of War, and for building and 
 repairing of Caftles and Bridges ; from which none were exempt, except perhaps the 
 ancient demeans of the Church. But when the King impofed Knight-fervice on the 
 Church, the Bifliops and Abbots became in courfe his Barons,4 and were to hold 
 their lands immediately of him; in confequence of v^^hich tenure, whenever the King 
 thought proper to raife his Army, he fent out his Writs directed to the Sheriffs of 
 each County to fummon his Barons, Spiritual as well as Temporal, to be ready at 
 fuch a time and place, to perform their fervice in the war, according to the number 
 of Fees he had arbitrarily impofed on them ; and they were all ordinarily obliged to 
 perfonal attendance on the King, with their full complement of men ready furnifhed 
 with horfes and arms: — unlefs the King pleafed to excufe them, and to accept of 
 Efcuage ; which was a certain fum, according to the number of fees fo held, inftead 
 thereof. — Our Abbot, among many others, with the advice of his Monks, applied 
 to the King, with tlie offer of any fum of money he fliould think fit to require, in 
 order to be eafed of this burden : but the King who had fixed the number of 40 
 Knights-fees on the Abby, refufed to make any alteration in the meafures he had 
 taken ; and ordered him without delay to provide that number of Soldiers for the 
 
 cuflody 
 
 ' Floren.Wigorn. — et Annal. Waverleien. ad annum 1087. * ' JufTerat enim tarn Abbatibus 
 ' qiiam Epifcopis totius Anglie debita militie tranfmitti -, conftituitque uc extunc Rcgibus Anglorutn 
 ' jure perpetuo in expeditione Militum ex ipfis praefidia impendi -, et nemo licet auftoritate plurima 
 ' I'ubnixus huic edifto prelumat obfiftere.' Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 134. 3 Matth. Paris, ad an- 
 >num 1070. 4 Seldcn, Titles of Honour, Part 2. chap. 5. ic&.. 19. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. lit 
 
 cuftody of the JJle, and to be in readinefs for his fervice, whenever he fhould have 
 occafion to demand them. — The Abbot was forced to comply, and when he returned 
 home, according to the King's command, took into his pay the flated number of 
 Soldiers^ from among his tenants and dependants, and others who were willing to 
 enter into his fervice, and furniflied them with arms, and kept them in the Monaftery : 
 and all thefe Soldiers received their daily allowance in vi6luals and ftipends from the 
 Cellerer of the Abby. This method of providing for the Soldieiy, was how- 
 ever ven,-- troublefome and inconvenient, as well as chargeable} fo that the Monks 
 foon grew tired of itj and on deliberation judged it more expedient, and for the ad- 
 vantage of the Abby, to fet apart fome of their eftates for that purpofe : this was 
 done by granting divers of their Lands and Manors to be held of the Church by 
 Knights-fcrvice j ' whereby the tenants of fuch Lands and Manors, were obliged by 
 their tenure, to provide fuch a number of Knights or Soldiers properly equiped, as 
 their lands were feverally fet at; to be at the King's difpofal, whenever he demanded- 
 that fervice of the Church. On this occafion ^ feveral of the King's Officers and 
 great Men, who had formerly got pofleflion of fome of the Church-lands, and could 
 not eafily be difpofleffed; came into a compofition with the Abbot, and agreed to 
 hold them by that tenure; among whom were Ficot Sheriff of the County of Cam- 
 hridge^ Roger Bigod, Hardioin de Efcalers, and others. — The lands thus granted be- 
 came eftates of inheritance to the Grantees, as long as they continued to perform 
 their fervice; the Church ftill referving a kind of property in them; fo that on every 
 demife, the Heir did homage to the Abbot, before he was admitted to his lands. The 
 eftates thus held of the Church, were all enrolled in a regifter, kept in the Monaftery 
 for that purpofe, and alfo the Names of thofe who held them, together with the 
 number of fees, or parts of fees, held by each tenant. 
 
 Y^.i'HGWilUamiht Conqueror ^izd'm Normandy ^t^t. (), 1087, having firft appoint- 
 ed his fecond Son William furnamed Rufus, to fucceed him in the Crown of Efigland-, 
 who was foon after crowned accordingly : during whofe whole reign, the Monks of 
 Ely were under continual opprefiion, from the corruptions that prevailed in the 
 Court. On the infurreftion that broke out the following Spring, in favour of his 
 eldeft Brother Robert ; the new King took occafion, not only of demanding the whole 
 military fervice that his Father had impofed on all the Churches, but laid a greater 
 burden on fome of them ; particularly he required of the Church of Ely, the ad- 
 ditional number of forty men, to be then fent to his army, fo as to make up the 
 whole number eighty ; which was double the number the late King had charged on 
 the Abby. This new and extraordinary demand of the King, greatly afteded the 
 Abbot, whofe great age and infirmities now prefied hard on him ; for in the {even 
 laft years of his life he grew fo infirm, as fcarce ever to be able to ftir abroad out of 
 the Monaftery, and for fome confiderable time before his death was confined to his 
 
 bed. 
 
 * Hence it appears that the Knights-fees fixed on the Abby by the King, were laid on the Abby- 
 lands at large ; but the charging particular eftates belonging to the Abby with that fervice, was an 
 aa of the Abbot and Monks themfelves, » Lib. Elien. MS. lib. ii. cap. 134. 
 
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 bed. He had from the time of his firft coming hither fet his heart on improving tlic 
 buildings of the Monafteiy, and had now finilhed feveral new offices for the Monks } 
 but the new Church he had begun to build, though the work was ftili carrying on 
 ■during his life; yet it moved /lowly, partly for want of fufficient means to carry it on, 
 end partly through the neglefl of thofe to whom the Abbot had committed the care 
 -of it; fo that it remained unfiniflied at the time of his death ; which happened on St. 
 EchuuuSsAzy, November 20, 1093, after he had Uved 100 years complete, and go- 
 verned this Abby 1 3 years. 
 
 Vice and Corruption hardly ever more prevailed in the Kingdom than at this 
 time; the King himfelf in all his proceedings evidenced a flrong propenfity both to 
 avarice and prodigality ; and his Minifters made ufe of every occafion that offered, 
 to gratify thofe his predominant paflions. His chief Minifter was Ranulf Flambard a 
 JSlorman of mean extraction, but bold and artful ; who had the addrefs of infmuating 
 Jhimfelf into the King's favour; and was chiefly valued by his Mafter, for his fagacity 
 jn the ways and means of raifuig extraordinary fums of money on the Subject, and 
 iilling the Exchequer. On which accovmt the King promoted him to moft of the 
 principal Offices in the Kingdom ; and made him at the fame time his Chief Juf- 
 jiciary, and Chancellor, and intrufted him with the management of the whole revenue 
 of the Crown. It was by his advice and perfuafion, that the Temporalties of all the 
 Bifliopricks and Abbies in the patronage of the Crown were ufually feized, as foon 
 as they became vacant, and the lands and eftates belonging to them oftentimes kept 
 many years in the King's hands, being all that time let to farm, to thofe who would 
 give mofl money for them^ and were never filled again in that reijjn, without fome 
 jfimonical contra6b 
 
 No fooner was the death of Simeon our Abbot known at Court, but Ranulf fent 
 and caufed an Inventory to be made of all the goods and effects belonging to the 
 Monaftery, and in the King's name took pofleffion of the Abby-lands and eftates ; 
 -which were foon let to farm, and the profits thereof yearly returned to the King's 
 Trcafury ; and continued fo near feven years together, that is, to the day of the 
 King's death," which happened on the 2d of Auguft, a.d. 1 100. 
 
 Henry the youngeft Son of William the Conqueror fucceeding to the Kingdom, was 
 crowned by Mauritius BiOiop of London and Thomas Archbifliop of Tcrk on Sunday 
 the 5th of Auguft, 1 100, being the fourth day after the death of the late King. Ou 
 which day of his Coronation, he reftored the Liberties of the Church, that had been 
 fo notorioufly invaded by his Brother ; and promifed to fill the vacant Bifliopricks 
 and Abbies immediately; to aboHfli all the ill Cuftoms the unjufl: claims and de- 
 inands of the Crown, introduced in the late reign; and to refliore the Laws of King 
 Edward^ according to the emendations made by his Father: on the fame day he con- 
 ferred the Abby of St. Edmund on Robert Son of Hugh Earl of Chejler, and the Abby 
 of Ely on Richard^ Son of Richard the Son of Earl Gilbert. 
 
 RICHARD 
 
 ^ ' Die qua Rex obiit, in proprio tenebat Archiepifcopatum Cantuarienfem, Epifcopatus Winto- 
 < nienfcm et Sarifberienfem, cum duodecim Abbatiis, quas aut vendcbat, aut in firmam dabat, aut 
 * lAi manu fua tenebal;.' Matdi. Paris, Hill. Angl. ad annum 11 00. 
 
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 RICHARD, Abbot X. 
 
 ICHARD, Abbot of E/r, was a Native of Normandy, and defcended from two 
 
 of the Nobleft Families in that Dukedom, that came into E7igland yi\t\v William 
 
 the Conqueror. His Father Richard (Son of Gilbert Earl o( Ewe m Normandy,') had 
 
 the Lordfliips of Clare in Sufo/k, and Tunbridge in Keirt, with other great pofTeffions 
 
 beftowed on him by the King, and was fome time Chief Jufticiary of England: and 
 
 his Mother, whofe Name was Rohefta, was Daughter of Walter Gijard"- Earl of 
 
 Buckingham. Richard was brought up from his infancy in the Monailery of Bee in 
 
 Normandy, where he veiy early embraced the Monadic life, was an ornament to his 
 
 profeflion, and became eminent for his learning, efpecially in Philofophy and Divinity: 
 
 he had continued in that Monaflery about thirty years, when to the general fatif- 
 
 fadlion of the Court, both Clergy and Laity, the King promoted him on the Day of 
 
 his Coronation to the Abby of Ely. 
 
 Soon after his promotion, Robert Bloet Bifliop of Lincoln revived the claim of 
 giving him the Benediction ; and in fupport of it, alledged as a precedent, his Prede- 
 ceflbr Remigius's giving Benedidion to Simeon the late Abbot. But our Abbot 
 ftrenuoufly oppofed it, and infifting on the known privileges of his Monaflery, 
 refufed to fubmit to his authority ; and as to the particular inftance produced, he 
 clearly proved, that it was irregular, unjuftly exa(5ted by Remigius, and invalid, as 
 being contrary to the Liberties granted to his Abby by feveral Royal Charters ; and 
 moreover was by exprefs agreement, never to be urged as a precedent. At length, the 
 Bifliop not being able to make out his claim, the controverfy dropped ; and as it 
 happened, the ceremony of Benediction was never more performed on any Abbot 
 of Ely, either by the Bifliop of Lincoln, or by any other Bifliop whatfoever. 
 
 The Abbot now being a little at leifure to attend the affairs of his Monafliery, 
 the privileges and liberties whereof he had been fo folicitous to maintain; begun to 
 form in his mind a plan for its future credit and welfare ; of improvino- the Build- 
 ings ; and in particular, by carrying on the New Church begun by his predeceflbr 
 Simeon, which work had been negleded ever fmce his death ; and alfo of increafino- 
 the number of Monks,3 and filling the vacancies with perfons of chara£ter and 
 reputation. But whilfl: he was thus engaged, and taking the neceflary meafures for 
 carrying his defigns into execution; he found himfelf obliged to lay them afide for 
 the prefent; being fummoned to attend a General Council held at We/lmijijler, in the 
 year 1102; which, in its confequences, had like to have put it out of his power of 
 ever refuming them. 
 
 This Council was held about Michaelmas-, it was convened, (with the King's con- 
 fent,) by Jjifelm Archbifliop of Canterbury, who prefided at it; moft of the Bifliops 
 and Abbots of England were prefent, as ufual; and befides thefe, the Temporal 
 
 Lords 
 ' A defcendant from Robert I. Duke of Normandy. Camd. Britt. Ed. Gibfon. col. 1 77, 191, ^70. 
 * The Giffards are faid to have been defcended from the Emperor Charles the Great. Ant^l.'sacr.' 
 vol. i. pag. 2S0. 3 The ftated number of Monks, in the time of the Abbots, was 70. '^ " 
 
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114 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 Lords were defired to attend, to add to the folemnity, and enforce the obfervance of 
 the Conftitutions of it. — Several Conftitutions relating to Ecclcfiaftical Difcipline,. 
 were accordingly enacted; The firft was a revival of the ancient Canons of the 
 Church againfl: Simony ; ' which they proceeded immediately to put in execution >. 
 and feveral Abbots preferred in the late reign, being found guilty, were deprived of 
 their Abbics on that account ; there were alfo fome other Abbots depofed from their. 
 Office, not for Simony, as Eadmer, ^ who was prefent at this Council expreflly 
 affirms ; but for fome other reafons, the particulars of which he docs not mention ;. 
 among thefc latter, were Richard our Abbot of Ely, and Robert Abbot of St. 
 Edmund's. 
 
 By the account given by our Author 5 of this affair, the Abbot of Ely's depofition 
 was owing to the fa6lions prevailing at that time at Court, and the envy and ani- 
 mofity of fome great perfons about the King. He tells us. That the two Noble 
 Families, the Defcendants of Earl Gilbe?'t, that of Walter Giff'ard Earl of BuckinghanTy 
 (to both which our Abbot was nearly related in blood,) made the greateft figure of 
 any in the Kingdom at that time : they were pofTefTed of vaft eilates of inheritance^ 
 and by their inter-marriages, alliances, and Family-connexions, were grown fo power- 
 ful, as to raife the envy of mofl of the other Nobility : afFe6ling ftate and magnifi- 
 cence in eveiy thing about them, whenever any of them appeared abroad, at Court, 
 or in other pviblick airemblies, it was with fuch a train of their relations, and de- 
 pendants and armed fcrvants, as feemed to ftrike terror, and to demand refpe6l and 
 deference from all perfons they met > which gave occafion to frequent quarrels and 
 difputcs between their attendants, and thofe of other Noblemen, and created them 
 many enemies. A ftrong party at Court was formed againfl them, ready to take 
 advantage of any occafion that ofi'ered, to irritate the King's mind againft them, by 
 reprefenting this haughty carriage and behaviour as an infult on Majefly itfelf. The 
 Council that met this year, giving them a fair opportunity of fhowing their refent- 
 ment ; they begun with the Abbot of Ely\ and procured three Articles to be exhibited 
 againfl him ; That he came to the Court with fuch pomp and oflentation, as was 
 unfuitable to a perfon of his flation and character; — That he was difobedient to the 
 King's commands; — And was guilty of Contempt of the King, not paying him that 
 refpeil and honour that he ought to have done, as all other great Men did : one par- 
 ticular 
 
 ^ Fuller, fpeaking of this Council remarks, ' That men guilty of Simony in the firft Canon, are 
 
 * not taken in the vulgar acceptation, tor llich as were promoted to their places by money ; but in a 
 ' new-coyned fenfe of that word; for thofe who were advanced to their Dignities by inveltitiire 
 ' from the King.* Ch. Hift. Book iii. pag. 19. — But as thofe who were deprived there on a Simo- 
 niacal account, had been promoted in the late Kcign, when venality of Church preferments was fo 
 notorious; there is no reafon to take the word in any other ienle than what is ulual. — Befides, if 
 receiving by inveftiture their preferments had been meant; then Richard our Abbot, who received 
 his Abby by inveftiture from the King, (as appears from the Pope's Letter to Anfelm, Eadmeri 
 Hift. Nov. 'lib. iv. p. 87.) had fallen under the iame Cenlure ; which is expreisly denied by Eadmer. 
 
 - ' Abfque Simonia vero remoti funt ab Abbatiis, pro ilia quifque caufa, Richardus de Ik-li, ec 
 
 * Robertus de Sandlo Edmundo,' Eadmeri Hift. Nov. lib. iii. pag. 67. 3 Lib. Elicn. MS. lib. ii. 
 cap. 142. 
 
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 ticular inftaiice brought againfl him, and that might poflibly be conflrued to have 
 been done in contempt of the King, was, That the Abbot on fome occafion or other, 
 had ignominioufly treated one of the King's fervants, his Jeiler, who had refledled on 
 him, fo as to order him to be violently thrnft out of doors.' It is difficult at this 
 time, to find any thing that may give further light into this affair ; the profecution. 
 feems to have been intended only to mortify the Abbot's pride, and that of the two 
 great Families, to which he was related. However, matters were fo ordered, that 
 Sentence of Deprivation was pafTed on him. Richard, who thought the Sentence 
 unjuft, appealed from it to the Court of Rome; and being ordered to deliver up his 
 Paftoral Staff, refufed to furrender it to the King; but immediately fet out for El)\ 
 and with the content of the Monks, laid it up in the Church. 
 
 As the Rite of Tnvejliture gave occafion to great difputes and animofities between 
 the King and Archbifhop Anfehn^ about this time, and had fome influence on all 
 publick affairs; it will not be improper jufl to touch upon it. — It had long been 
 the Cuftom of our Kings, in difpofmg of the Bifhopricks and Abbies in their 
 patronage, to give the perfon eledied, pofiefTion of his preferment by Invefliture, that 
 is, by the ceremony of delivering to him a Ring and Pafloral Staff". This Cuflom, 
 as having the appearance of conferring fpiritual authority, though perhaps intended 
 only as the means of putting the Ele6t in pofTefTion of the Temporalities annexed to 
 his Office; had lately been condemned in the Council of Cknnojit^ under Pope 
 Urban II. A.D. 1095; — '^"^ ""^ another Council held at Rome under the fame Pope, 
 in 1099, C*^^ which Anfelm was prefent,) it was declared, that all Laymen who con- 
 ferred any Ecclefiaftical Benefice or Preferment in that manner, were excommuni- 
 cated; and further, that all perfons fo invefled, and they who confecrated them, were 
 put under the fame cenfure. The fame year Urban died, and was fucceeded in the 
 Papacy by Pafchal II. — A)ifelm, being recalled from banifliment by the King, in the 
 firfl year of his reign; came home a zealous advocate for the Canons of thofe Coun- 
 cils : but the King, confidering Invefliture as part of his prerogative, feemed refolved 
 to defend his right ; unwilling however, to come to an open rupture with the Arch- 
 bifliop, was in hopes of finding out fome expedient to induce the new Pope to con- 
 fent to the ancient ufage of the Kings of Englaiid. Thus the matter refled till the 
 Pope's refolution could be known ; for which reafon, no notice is taken of this con- 
 troverfy in the Council of Wejlminjier, A.D. 1 102; as may appear both from Eadme7-'s 
 account of it,* who was there prefent j and alfo from the Canons themfelves there 
 ena<5led.3 In the mean time, the King receiving no fatisfaclory anfwer from Rome, 
 went on as ufual, in giving Invefliture to thofe who were elected to vacancies ; and 
 the Archbifhop in refufmg to confecrate any of thofe who were fo invefted ; except 
 William Giffard Eleft of Wincbefier, who had been invefted by the King, before 
 
 Atifehns 
 ' ' Quod Abbas in fua generofitate fie fideret, quod quendam mimum ejus [i. e. Regis] fibi 
 * convitiantem, turpiter e domo fua eiceret.' Ibid. ^ Eadmeri Hift. lib. iii. pag. 67. 3 Concilia 
 Mag. Brit. vol. i. pag. 382. 
 
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 ylnfclms return to England: but the King would not confent to it, unlefs he would 
 alfo confecrate the others who had been inverted fince; and this the Archbifhop 
 refufcd to comply with. Whereupon the King applied to Gerard Archbifhop of 
 Tork to confecrate them, who readily undertook to perform that Office; but then 
 William GifardVAcdi oi Winchejlcr \\'om\A wot receive confecration, excqit from the 
 hands oi Anfelm; which fo incenfed the King, that he ordered him to leave the 
 Kingdom, and his Eftates to be confifcated. To end thefe difputes, it was projx>fed 
 that new Envoys fliould be fent to Rome-, the King alfo defued Anjelm to go himfeif, 
 and try if he could perfuade the Pope to allow the King's right to Inveftitures, as 
 his ancient and royal Prerogative. Anfelm, though unwillingly, fet out for Rome- in 
 the month of April 1 103, being accompanied by the Elecl of Winchejler^ and two of 
 the Abbots depofed in the late Council of IVeflminJler, Richard Abbot of Ely, and 
 Ald'-j:in of Ram fey.'' On their arrival at Ro7ne^ they met with a gracious reception 
 from the Pope; and a day was fixed for the King's bufmefs; which was foon deter- 
 mined, by the Pope's refufing to make the conceffions required. ^ After which ano- 
 ther day was appointed for hearing the caufe of the depofed Abbots : and after the 
 hearing, on Anfebns recommendation of the Abbot of Ely to the Pope, he was 
 pleafed to reverfe the Sentence paifed upon him in the Council of Wejiminjler ; in 
 confequence of which, he received a Bull, for reftoring him to his former Dignity^ 
 and prepared for his return to England. Before our Abbot left Rome, he happened 
 to be prelent, when the Archbifliop having a private audience of the Pope, fpoke 
 fome words highly refleding on the King ; not doubting but the Abbot would have 
 confirmed what he had faid; however, contrary to his expectation, the Abbot vindi- 
 cated the King from thofe afperfions caft on him, and fhowed that what the Arch- 
 bifhop had advanced, proceeded from falfe rumours and mifreprefcntation.3 This 
 incident, of which the King was informed before the Abbot returned to England^ 
 opened the way for a perfect reconciliation of the King's mind towards him ; fo that 
 when he arrived, and waited on the King, he met with uncommon marks of his fa- 
 vour and good-will ; and again received Inveftiture + of his Abby from the King. 
 Being thus both by the Royal and Papal authority fully reftored to his former 
 Di""nity, our Abbot to his own entire fatisfadtion returned to Ely, and was received 
 
 by his Monks with the grcatefb refpe6t and demonitrations of joy. 
 
 The 
 ' Floren. Wigorn. ad annum 1 10 j, * This controverfy between the King and the Pope, con- 
 tinued till the year 1 107, when the King was induced folemnly to renounce his right to give Invclti- 
 ture in the ufual way of delivering the Paftoral Staff and Ring : relerving to himlelf only the 
 Homage of Bi (hops and Abbots on their Eleftion. Eadmeri Hilt. Nov. lib. iv. pag 91. 3 Radulph. 
 de Diceco Abbrev. Chron. inter X Scriptores, col. 499. — Angl. Sacr. vol.ii. pag. 686. + That 
 Richard received Inveftiture from the King after his return from Rome, appears by the Pope's 
 Letter to Anfelin, wrote in the year 11 06; wherein he commands him to abftain from Commu- 
 nion with the Abbot of Ely, fo long as he kept his Abby, which he had invadeil by repeated in- 
 vefliture from the King, notwithftanding he had been prelent and heard the Interdidion of Lay- 
 inveftiture from the Pope's own mouth. Eadmeri Hift. Nov. lib. iv. pag. b'7. — 1'hough in a fub- 
 fequent Letter wrote in May 1107. the Pope, at the inftance of the King, who had wrote to him 
 in favour of the Abbot, leaves it to Anfelm's dilcretion to admit tlie Abbot to Communion. Ibid, 
 pag. 91. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 117 
 
 The prefent ftate of his affairs affording him leifure and opportunity, he refumed 
 the work he had ah-eady made provifion for, and had in part entered upon before his 
 troubles, that of carrying on the new Church begun by his predeceffor Simeon-, ' to 
 which he apphed himfelf with the utmoft dihgence and attention of mind j infomuch 
 that thenceforward he was continually employed in it to the time of his death ; but 
 he was the more anxious about the profecution of this work, becaufe he fully in- 
 tended to have the Bodies of St. Etheldreda and the other Saints tranflated thither ^ 
 and was above all things defirous of feeing it done in his hfe-time.^ 
 
 In the year 1106, the Eaflern part of the Church being finiflied and made con- 
 venient for the performance of Divine Service in it j our Abbot began to make pre- 
 parations for a folemn tranflation of the Saints out of the old Church into the new > 
 the day fixed for it, was 06lober the 17th, being the day of St. Etheldreda s former 
 tranflation; and many refpe6lable and eminent perfons both of the Clergy and 
 Laity were invited ; among whom were Anfelm Archbifhop of Canterbury^ and feveral 
 of the Bifhops. The Archbifliop however, did not come j and feveral others that 
 were invited, excufed themfelves. On the day appointed, there were prefent Herbert 
 Bifhop of Norwich, Aldivin Abbot of Ramfey, Richard Abbot of St. Albans, Gunter 
 Abbot of Thorney, and JVido Abbot of PerJJjore, Nicholas Archdeacon of Lirtcoln, and 
 many other refpedable perfons who met together, and joined the Abbot and Monks 
 of £/v; all of them going in orderly and folemn procefTion into the Old Church, 
 where the body of St, Etheldreda lay inflirined in her Marble Coffin; and there wait- 
 ing with great reverence and devotion, whilfl preparations were making for removing, 
 the Coffin ; as foon as every thing was ready for conveying the Body, they returned. 
 in like manner, going before it with fmging and praife, into the New Church, where 
 it was depofited over againfl the High Altar, in the place before-hand prepared to 
 receive it. After which Herbert Bifhop of Norwich, made a moll eloquent and 
 pathetick difcouife to the congregation, on the Life and Death, and Miracles, and 
 the wonderful incorruption of the body of St. Etheldreda ; which finiflied that part 
 of the folemnity. In like manner were the three remaining Bodies of St, Sexburga^ 
 St. Ermenilda, and St. Withbiirga, removed the fame day, and tranflated into the 
 New Church, and placed in the following order : — Sexburga more Eafiward, or at 
 the feet of Etheldreda; Ermenilda on the South-fide, that is on the right hand.> 
 and Withbiirga on the North-fide, or the left hand of Etheldreda : on the Wefl, 
 fronting the Tomb of Etheldreda, was there an Altar raifed, which was called 
 after her Name, St. Etheldreda s Altar. Our Abbot having thus far fucceedcd 
 in his wiflies, did not however intermit his zeal for going on with the buildino- of 
 the Church ; though his attention was a little diverted from that work, by other 
 bufmefs; and particularly by his care, at the fame time, for fecuring the rights and 
 privileges of his Abby ; which he apprehended were flill precarious, whilfl: the clainv 
 that the Bifliop of Lincoln had made, of giving him Benedidlion, was in fufpenfe, 
 
 not 
 } Lib. Elien. MS. lib.ii. cap. 143. 2 Ibid. cap. 144; 
 
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 not having been legally determined. He thought therefore, that the moft effectual 
 way to prevent any future claim of that kind, would be to procure his Abby to be 
 converted into a Biflioprick, He had been in high favour with the King ever fmce 
 his return from Rotne, and was at this time one of his principal Counfellors -, wliich 
 gave him the advantage of frequent accefs to the King, and opportunity of propofmg 
 to him the fciieme of eredling a Bifliop's See in the Abby of Ely -, and this he firft 
 communicated to the King at a private audience, with fuch good addrefs; that he 
 loon obtained his approbation and confent to it: and thereupon meflengers were 
 immediately difpatched to i?(5Wd', to folicit the Pope's aflent. — Thus far our Abbot 
 had fucceeded in the plan he had formed of advancing himfelf, and raifuig his 
 Church to an higher dcgi-ee of honour ; but before he could fee it accomphfhed, 
 death put an end to that, and all his further views: for he was feizcd with a ficknels, 
 which he found was in a little time likely to prove mortal; on which, he defired that 
 all his Monks fliould be fent for to come into his prefence ; and after they were 
 •allembled, he made an humble confeffion of his fins, and received the Holy Sacra- 
 ment with them; and foon after breathed out his laft. He died on the i6th day of 
 June 1 107;' and was the following day burled honourably in his Church. — The 
 meflengers that had been fent to Rof?ie, to profecute the affair of the intended 
 Bifhoprick, being informed of his death, flopped all further proceedings in that 
 bufinefs, and returned home. 
 
 Richard, who was the lafl: Abbot of Ely, as he was noble by defcent, fo had he 
 a greatnefs of mind becoming his birth. His carrying on the building of the 
 Church, of which his predeceflTor Simeon had laid the foundation, has been mentioned 
 before : — how far our Abbot proceeded in that work, is not certain ; but as the 
 Choir which he finiflied, extended from the Eaft-end through the great Crofs, and 
 took in alfo tv/o Arches of the Nave ; it is highly probable, that the whole Eafl:-end, 
 with the Crofs, and Tower in the Interfeclion of the Crofs, and thofe two Arches at 
 leaft, were compleated in his time; and if we may rely on the opinion of our Au- 
 thor, who wrote in the reign of Henry I, as I apprehend, and before the Weft-end 
 was built ; this Church was then for Compofition, exquifite Ikill in the ConftrutSlion 
 of it, and for elegance of the form, equal, if not fuperior to any Building in the 
 Kingdom.^ It muft alfo be added, that he gave to his Church variety of rich furni- 
 ture ; and moreover, laid the foundation of the honour which was two years after 
 conferred on his Abby, that of being raifed to an Epifcopal See. 
 
 The 
 
 » Floren. Wigorn. ad annum. * ' — Uc ad perficiencliim idem opus [Ricardus Abbas] ftudio- 
 * fius infifteret, ut huic operi folum vacaret, totuin ftudium fpecialiter admovit -, tamque decenti 
 ' forma et quantitate quantum potuic, quoad vixit, ecclefiam a Predeceflbre fuo inceptam edificavit; 
 ' ut fi fama non invideat, et merico et veritacis titulo, (utpote mendax veritatem non detrahat,) in 
 ' eodem Regno cunftis ecclefiisvel antiquitus conflrudtis, vel noltro tempore renovatis, jure quodam 
 '■ compofitis [1. compofitionis] et fubtilis artificii privilegio et gratia ab intuentibus merito videatur 
 •* preferenda.' Lib, Elien, MS. lib. ii. cap. 143. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 119- 
 
 Hk AdminiJ} ration of the Abby, granted to HERVEY Bipop <?/ Bangor, 
 
 during the Vacancy. 
 
 AFTER the death of Richard the laft Abbot of Ely\ Hervey Bifliop of Bangor 
 in Wales, at that time refiding at the Ejiglifi Court, was fent down by tlie 
 Kino-, to take upon him the adminiftration of the Abby, till another Abbot fliould 
 be appointed.' Hervey was confecrated Bifliop of that See by Thomas \. Archbidiop 
 of 2^ork, during the vacancy of the See of Canterbury, by the death of Lanfranc.^ 
 His ftri6l difcipline whilil he governed his Church, and endeavoured to advance the 
 morals of the Weip^-, was by no means well adapted to the untra6lable temper of that 
 people; for finding that his Ecclefiaftical cenfures had no efFc6t on them, he thought 
 it neceffary to make ufe of armed force, to efFe6luate his judicial proceedings, and re- 
 duce them to order : but thefe rigorous meafures ferved only to inflame them the 
 more, and raifed fuch a fpirit of oppofition to him, as came at length to an open 
 rupture and defiance. In one of thofe popular infurreflions, a Brother of the Bifliop 
 and many of his attendants and fervants were flain, and the Bifliop himfelf narrowly 
 efcaped the fame fate. To avoid thefe dangers that threatened him, the Bifliop fled, 
 •and came to the King of England for protection: and as he was well known at the 
 Englifi Court, and refpedted there on account of his abilities and learning, the King 
 received him kindly, and took him under his proteflion. In the mean time, the 
 Abby oi Ely faUing vacant, the King fent him down thither, to take upon him the 
 Adminiftration of it, and to be there provided for, till he could determine what to do 
 in his affair. 
 
 Hervey, whilfl he refided at Ely, negle6led no opportunity of ingratiating him- 
 felf with the Monks; 3 and by his addrefs, and courteous behaviour to them, daily 
 gained upon their affection and efleem; which by every prudent means that he 
 could think of, he endeavoured to improve, and turn to his own advantage. The 
 defign that had been formed of converting this Abby into a Biflioprick, he knew,, 
 had failed of fuccefs only by the death of Richard the late Abbot ; and he ardently 
 wiftied to fee it revived. In order to which, in converfation with the Monks, he 
 frequently hinted in general terms at the honour and advantage it would have been 
 "to them, in cafe it had been carried into execution ; reprefenting the fitnefs and con- 
 venience of the place for that purpofe, in fuch a manner as to draw their attention,, 
 and lead their inclinations that way : he afterwards proceeded in making them large 
 promifes, and offered them his beft fervice and endeavours to accomplifh the defign, 
 if they would give their confent, and accept him for their Bifhop. The Monks 
 feeming in no wife averfe to it, but rather to acquiefce in every thing he had pro- 
 pofed ; Hervey, without waiting for their formal confent, applied to the King, who 
 
 ap- 
 
 ' Lib. Elien. MS. lib. iii. cap. i.— Angl. Sacr. vol. i. p. 678. r Stubbs^ XScriptores, col. 1707, 
 3 Lib. Elien. MS. lib. iii. cap. i. 
 J 
 
120 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 approved of the motion. — But as the Bifhop of Lincoln had laid claim to fome kind 
 of jvuifdidion even within the IJle of Ely, which matter had never been legally fettled j 
 and moreover, as the reft of the County of Cambridge, propofed to be taken in, to 
 conftitute a Diocefe for the new Biftiop, was undoubtedly part of the Bifliop of 
 Lincoln s Diocefe, and could not confiftently with juftice be taken from him without 
 his knowledge and confcnt, and likewife a compenfation made him, for giving up 
 that part of his jurifdiflion; Hcrvcy found it neceffary in the next place, to confult 
 him about it : accordingly having obtained a private conference with Robert then 
 Bifliop of Lincoln, it was agreed and concluded between them, that the Manor of 
 Spahhvick in Huntingdonjl^ire, then part of the pofleflions of the Abby of Ely, fhould 
 be given up and conveyed to Robert and his SuccefTors for ever, in exchange for his 
 jurifdiclion within the County of Cambridge. 
 
 When the affair of fixing a new Biflioprick at Ely, had proceeded thus far, the 
 King thought proper to lay it before the Council aflembled at London in Whitfuntide 
 1108, as we are informed by Eadmcr;'^ who, immediately after relating the principal 
 tranfaclions of that Council, informs us of another affair which came under their 
 confideration at the fame time; and that was the extenllvenefs of the Diocefe of 
 Lincoln, which was generally thought by much too large and burdenfome for the 
 fuperintendency of one Bifliop : it was therefore concluded by the King, the Arch- 
 bifliop and the other Great Men of the Kingdom, that the intereft of Religion re- 
 quired, that another Biflioprick fliould be taken out of it, whofe See fliould be fixed 
 in the Abby of Ely. 
 
 Besides thefe confiderations which more particularly regard religion, the King, 
 we are told,* had further views in this tran faction, and was in fome meafure influ- 
 enced by political motives j he confidered t\\Q IJle of Ely zs a place of importance, 
 not only for the great wealth of the Abby ; but alfo on account of the fituation of 
 it, being ftrongly fortified by nature; and therefore capable of being turned to the 
 difadvantage of the government ; which danger he apprehended might in fome 
 meafure be guarded againft, by dividing the revenues, and placing a Bifliop in the 
 Abby. However, the approbation and confent of the Pope, Anfelm thought necefl"ary 
 to confirm their proceedings ; to obtain which, the King himfelf and Anfelm wrote 
 feverally to him about it. Anfelm in his Letter informs his Hohiiefs, * That a Coun- 
 cil being lately held at London, the King, and Bifhops, and Great Men, and other 
 prudent and religious perfons of the Kingdom, had taken into their confideration 
 the fVate of the Biflioprick o^ Lincoln; which appeared to them to be fo exteniive, 
 that one Bifhop was not fufficient to perform all the Epifcopal office in it ; and had 
 all concurred in their opinion, that the intereft of Religion required, that it fliould 
 be divided, and another Biflioprick ere6lcd within it, the See whereof fliould be 
 placed in the Abby of Ely, it was not intended that the Monks fliould be excluded, 
 but they were defigned to continue there, according to the conftitution of other 
 
 Bifliop- 
 
 * Hift. Nov.lib.iv. pag. 95. • Petri Blefenfis contin. Hift. Ingulphi, pag. 117. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 121 
 
 Bifliopr'icks in England, ' where Monks refided, and not Canons; — that Robert the 
 prefent Billiop of Lincoln had given his confent, and declared himfelf well fatisfied 
 Avith the recompenfe that was to be made him and his See, out of the pofTeffions of 
 the Abby of Ely : — defiring therefore his affent to what things they had done in it, 
 and to confirm them by his authority.' This is the fubflance of Anjelms letter to 
 the Pope, which Eadmer has preferved in his Hiftory of thofe times; ^ but though 
 he has omitted to infert the King's letter, wrote on the fame occafion ; the purport 
 of it will fully appear from the Pope's Anfwer to it, which the reader may find in 
 the Appendix. 3 Hervey having received his inftruclions both from the King and 
 Afifelm, fet out for Rome, carrying the King's and the Archbifliop's Letters to the 
 Pope. The chief buiinefs on which he was fent, as far as we can colIe6l from thofe 
 Letters, was to procure the Pope's affent to, and confirmation of what had been 
 fettled before in the Council of London, viz. the erecting a Biihopiick at Ely : but it 
 does not appear that either the King or Ajifelm had mentioned Hewey to the Pope, 
 as the perfon defigned for that new See. However, he managed the affair with fuch 
 prudence and dexterity, as to ingratiate himfelf highly in the Pope's favour; who 
 not only confirmed the See at Ely, but gave him alfo letters of recommendation to 
 the King and the Archbifliop, expreffed in general terms, to provide for him, in 
 cafe of a vacancy in any one of the Bifliopricks. 
 
 On his return from Rome, Hervey brought with him four Letters from the Pope; 
 two to the King, one to Anfelm, and the other direfled to Anfelm and all the Bifhops 
 of his Province: they are Dated on the 11''' of the Calends of December, i.e. No- 
 vember 21, [1108.] In the firft of them, after the ufual benediftion and fome com- 
 pliments of commendation of the King, the Pope goes on thus, ' You defire of us 
 
 * by your Letters, that a new Biflioprick may be conftituted, by Authority of the 
 
 * Apoftolick See, at Ely ; becaufe, you fay, the Biflioprick of Lincoln is fo very ex- 
 
 * tenfive, that one Bifliop is not fufficient to perform the whole Duty, that properly 
 
 * belongs to his function. — We both commend your pious zeal, and readily give 
 ' our affent to it; — yet fo that it be fixed in a place of fome note, that the honour 
 
 * due to the Epifcopal charaifler may be fupported. For a Bifhop is conftituted and 
 
 * appointed to this end ; to inftrucl the people of God, both by his Life and Do6lrine, 
 
 * and to win the fouls of thofe committed to his charge, to our Lord the true 
 ' Shepherd. With regard to your other requefts, though they feem fomewhat irre- 
 *■ gular, yet we would by no means refufe to comply with your defire. — Further- 
 
 * more, it is well known to your Highnefs, that Hervey, a Bifliop commendable 
 ' both for his good life and learning, has by perfecution and the barbaious treat- 
 
 * ment 
 
 I ' — In Anglia funt hodie xvii Epifcopatus, in 06I0 eorum funt Monachi in Sedibus Epifcopa- 
 
 ' libus. Hoc in aliis provinciis aut nufquam aut raro invenies ; fed ideo in Anglia hoc reperitur, 
 
 ' quia primi prjedicatores Anglorum S. Auguftinus, Mellitus, Juftiis, Laurentius Monachi fuerant. 
 
 * In aliis novem Epilcopalibus fedibus Canonici Seculares.' Anna). Waverleienf. ad an. 1152, 
 » Eadmeri Hift. Nov. lib. iv. p. 96. — See Appendix, Numb. VI. i. 3 Numb. VI. 2, 3. 
 
122 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 * ment he has met with, been driven from his See, and after the flaiighter of his 
 
 * Brothers and Servants, been forced to favc himfelf by flight. — We defire therefore 
 
 * and entreat your Highnefs; that if any Church fliould happen to be vacant, he 
 
 * may be preferred to it, by authority of the ApoftoHck See; that fo the talents of 
 ' one that is fo well qualified to do fervice to religion, may not remain ufelefs and 
 
 * unemployed.' * 
 
 In the Pope's fecond letter to the King, he fays, ' We received your Letters 
 
 * which were highly pleafing to us, as they fliow your zealous affe6lion to St. Peter 
 
 * and to us his Servants ; — we do the more readily grant your requefts, as we are 
 
 * perfuaded what you defire is done out of zeal for Religion. As to the affair you 
 
 * was pleafed to intimate privately to us, we have had a particular regard to it. And 
 
 * indeed, in every thing, as far as is confiftent with our duty to God, we are fludious 
 
 * to promote the honour and dignity of your Highnefs. — Alfo in refpecl to the ex- 
 
 * change your Highnefs is pleafed to recommend to our eonfideration, by our bro- 
 
 * thers Bifliop Hervey and Peter our Chamberlain; — if what you propofe, will be, as 
 
 * you fay, for the advantage of the Church ; \\q readily give our affent. — We 
 ' heartily recommend our faid brother Bifliop Hervey^ (for whom we perceive you 
 
 * have a regard,) to your Highnefs.*'^ 
 
 The third letter is to Anfelm, and is chiefly taken up in recommending Hervey to 
 be provided for, in cafe of a vacancy, in eonfideration of his great merits, and the 
 barbarous treatment he had met with ; and more particularly, on account of liis di- 
 ligence and fidelity in the bufinefs Anfelm had committed to his charge. 3 
 
 The Pope's laft letter is direded to Anfelm and all the Bifliops of his Province; 
 in which, after the ufual greeting and benedidlion,. he thus proceeds, ' Among all 
 
 * the Kingdoms of the world, both the Evidences of the Apoftolick See, and the 
 
 * concurrent teftimony of the Englip Hifliory, do plainly prove, that the Kingdom 
 
 * of Englatid is in an efpecial manner entitled to the love and indulgence of the 
 
 * Apoftolick See. Which eonfideration inclines us to take the Churches of that 
 
 * Kingdom under our protection, and the more folicitoufly to attend to the difpofal 
 ' of them. — We are informed, both by the Letters of the King our Son, and alfo 
 
 * by your's. That the Biflioprick of Lincoln is fo large^ that one Bifliop is not fuffi- 
 ' cient to perform the duties of the Epifcopal office in it : for which caufe our faid 
 ' dear Son and moft Chriftian King of England Henry, with the confent of the Bifliop 
 ' of Lincoln, defires of us, that a new Biflioprick may be ereded in it, by permiffion 
 « of the Apoftolick See, in a certain place caUed Ely, To whofe requefts, becaufe 
 ' they feemed to flow from motives of piety, we have freely given our affent ; and 
 
 * do grant licence of conftituting a Biflioprick in the faid place; Decreeing that the 
 ' Epifcopal See fo conftituted in the aforefaid place, fliall continue there henceforth 
 'forever; and alfo that the Diocefe, which your Fraternity, [vejlrafraternitas,] to- 
 
 * gether with the Bifliop of Linccln, under the direction of the King, fliall annex to 
 
 'the 
 
 » See Appendix, Numb. VI. 2. "- Appendix, Numb. VI. 3. 3 Appendix, Numb. VI. 4. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. i27 
 
 ^ 
 
 * the fa'id Biflioprick, fliall for ever fo remain. Moreover, concerning the Monaftery 
 
 * in which this Epifcopal See is con flit uted, we Decree that the Cuftoro. of other 
 
 * Englip Monafteries, in which there are Bifliops appointed, be duly obferved and 
 
 * maintained.' ' 
 
 The exa6t time when Hervcy returned to England with thefe Letters is not men- 
 tioned ; whether at the latter end of the year 1108, or the beginning of the follow- 
 ing year; however, it is evident, notwithflanding the ftrong recommendations he 
 brought with him from the Pope, that he did not get poffefTion of the Biflioprick of 
 Ely, till late in the year 1109. - The occafion of that delay was probably owing to 
 the King's abfence at that time, and to the death of Archbifliop ji?2jelm, who died 
 April 21, that year. 3 The King was in Normandy all the Winter of the year 1108, 
 and did not return to England till a little before Whitfuntide 1109; '^ ^^ which time 
 he kept his Court at Lo?idon with extraordinary fplendour, and received the Ambaffa- 
 dors of the Emperor, who came to demand the Princefs Matilda the King's eldeft 
 Daughter in marriage; which was then concluded on; and the King demanded on 
 that occafion three fliillings on every Hide of land, from his Subjecls. The Bifhops 
 attending the Court as ufual, the King alfo took that opportunity of confulting 
 them on the cafe of Tlmnas II EIe6l of Tork, who had delayed or refufed to make 
 profeflion of Canonical obedience to the See of Canterbiiry, and therefore was not 
 yet Confecrated, Here it was determined by the King and all the Bifhops, that he 
 muft fubmit, or elfe quit his pretenfions to his See. He chofe therefore to fubmit, 
 and promifed to make fuch profelTion of Canonical obedience to the See of Canterbury 
 as his Predeceflbrs had done. On which, a Day was fixed for his Confecration, 
 which was the 27th of June following : at which time Richard Bifliop of London, 
 William Bifliop of Wi?ichejlery Ralph Bifliop of Rochefter, Herbert Bifliop of Norwichy 
 Ralph Bifhop of Chichefter^ Ranulph Bifliop of Durhatn, and Hervey Bifliop of Bangor, 
 met together at St. Paul's Church London, for the Confecration of the faid Thomas 
 Elecl of Tork, who was then confecrated accordingly, and made profeflion of Cano- 
 nical obedience to the Metropolitan Church of Canterbury, in the prefence of all 
 thofe Bifliops, and of Conrade Prior of the Church of Canterbury and many Monks 
 of the fame. 5 
 
 These were all affairs of moment, that took up the King's attention about this 
 time; and may very well account for the delay Hervey met with, before he could 
 procure his full Tranflation to Ely. Eadmer takes notice of this circumflance, and 
 tells us, 6 that notwithfl:anding Hervey s great afliduity and conftant attendance on 
 the Court, he was not able to effed his purpofe, till towards the end of the year 
 1 109; but he afllgns no reafon for it, Mi: Wharton however, thinks he has found 
 
 cut 
 
 ^ Appendix, Numb. VI. 5. ^ Our Audior [Lib. Elien, MS. lib. iii. cap. 5. J by miftake, fets 
 down 1108, for the year in which the See of Ely was ereded; the occafion of which mift.ike will 
 be accounted for, in the Appendix, Numb. VIII. 3 Floren. Wigorn. ad annum 1109. 4 Anna!. 
 Waver], ad annos 1108, & 1109. 5 Eadmeri Hift. Nov. lib. iv. pag. 104. — Match. Weftm. & 
 Floren. Wigorn. ad annum 1109. ^ Eadmeri Hill. Nov. lib.iv. pag. 104. 
 
124 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 out the caufc, and fuppofes it was owing to the Pope's not giving his aflent to 
 creeling the See of Ely, which being manifeftly inconfiftent with the above-cited Let- 
 ters of tlie Pope to the King, and to the Bifliops of England, lie goes on without 
 any rational ground to fufpe6t that thefe Letters are not genuine. But I referve the 
 confideration of the genuinencfs of thofe Letters, to another place, ' in which the 
 occafion of M\\ Wharton s miftake will be pointed out, and fet in a clear light. In 
 the mean time I fhall only obferve, that about the latter end of Autumn in the year 
 1109, the King being then at the Caflle of Nottingham held a great Council ; in 
 which were prefent Matilda the Queen, Matilda the King's Daughter then efpoufed 
 to the Emperor, Thomas II Archbifliop of lor/J, and moft of the Bifliops and Tem- 
 poral Nobility of England; and there the King granted his Royal Charter for con- 
 verting the Abby of Ely into a Biflioprick. The Charter ^ fets forth, ' That the 
 
 * Kin"- havino- taken into his confideration the flate of his Kingdom of England, and 
 
 * findinf that the harveft was great but the labourers few, and therefore the labour 
 
 * too much upon them ; and particularly the Church [/. e. the Diocefe] of Lincoln was 
 
 * very full of people; — He had by the authority and advice of Pope Pafchal, with 
 
 * the aflent and at the requeft of Robert then Bifliop of Lincoln and his Chapter, and 
 
 * with the approbation of Anfelm Archbifliop of Canterbury of bleflTed memory, and 
 ' of Thomas II Archbifliop of York, and of all the Bifliops and Abbots of England, 
 
 * and of all the Great men of his Kingdom, — ereded the Monafl:ery of Ely, (in 
 ' which Abbots had prefided to his time,) with the County of Cambridge, namely, 
 
 * as much as did heretofore belong to the jurifdi6lion of the Church of Lijicoln, in- 
 
 * cludin"- the two Abbies of Thorney and Chateriz-, into an Epifcopal See, in as free 
 
 * and abfolutc a manner in all refpe6ls as the other Bifliopricks of his Kingdom, and 
 
 * to be for ever abfolved from all fubjedlion to, and all Epifcopal claims of, the See 
 
 * of Lincoln; and with the advice and afl'ent of the aforefaid Pope Pafchal, did convey 
 ' and make over the village of Spaldwick in the County of Huntendon, part of the 
 ' poflTefllons of the faid Monafl:ery, with all it's rights and appertenances, to the 
 
 * Church of Lincoln, and to Robert Bifliop of the fame See, and to his Succeflbrs for 
 
 * ever, in as free and ample a manner as ever the Monaflieiy of Ely held and enjoyed 
 
 < it/ And then it concludes thus, ' This buflnefs was firft moved at London in the 
 
 ' Feafl: of Pentecofl: at Wefiminjier, and debated in my prefence, and before Arch- 
 
 * bifliop Anfelm of bleflTed memory, and all the Bifliops, and Abbots, and Great men 
 « of my Kingdom, and obtained the common confent of them all : And after the 
 ' death of the aforefaid Archbifliop Anfelm, (by the authority of Lord Pope Pafchal, 
 
 * as is above faid,) was by the mercy of God, happily concluded and determined in 
 ' the Council held at the Caftle of Nottingham on the Feafl: of the Tranflation of 
 ' St.Etheldreda the Virgin, namely on the 16th day of the Calends of November.' 3 
 
 In 
 
 ' Appendix, Numb. VIII. * See the Charter in the Appendix, Numb. VII. 3 It is proper here 
 to inform the Reader, that the genuinenefs of this Charter has unjuftly been impeached, and the 
 credit of it called in queftion by Mr. Sclden, [Seldeni in Eadmerum Notas et Spicilegiun^ 
 pag.2i2.] and by Mr. Wharton, [Angl. Sacr. vol. i. pag. 678, note «• j but wholly owing to their 
 
 miftake 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 125 
 
 In Ajifclms Letter to the Pope aboveclted, ^ he propofes that the Monks of Ely 
 fhould conthiue to refiue in the Monaftery, when the Abby fhould be converted into 
 a Biflioprick; agreeably to the conftitution of other Bifhopricks in England oi that 
 fort : — And in the Pope's Anfwer, which is du-e6led to A?ifelm and all his provincial 
 Bifliops, he decrees, concerning the Monaftery of Ely, that the cuftom of other 
 EngliJJ} Monafteries, in which there were Bifliops appointed, be duly obferved and 
 maintained. - — It is to be noted therefore, that the Epifcopal Sees in this Kingdom, 
 with refpecl to the Societies that lived on them, were of two kinds; in fome of 
 them, the Ecclefiafticks belonging to and refiding at the Cathedral Church, confifted 
 of Secular Canons^ of whom the chief was the Dean; and this Society was the 
 Bifliop's Chapter, and ordinarily his flanding Council, with whom he confulted in 
 the adminiftration of his Diocefe : — In other Epifcopal Sees, there were Monks only 
 who refided at the Cathedral Church, in which the Prior, who was their Chief, and 
 the Monks, conftituted the Chapter; thefe were called Conventual Cathedrals; and 
 feem to have been almoft peculiar to the Efiglifi Church ; for the Author of the An- 
 nals of Waverley obferves, [ad annum 1152,} ' There were then feventeen Bifliopricks 
 
 * in England, in eight of which Monks refided; this (fays he) you will feldom meet 
 ' with in other Countries; but fo it was in England, becaufe the firfl Preachers a- 
 ' mong the EngUJlj, namely, Augujlin, MelUtus, Jujius and Lauretitius, were all of 
 
 * them Monks: but in the other nine Sees, there are Secular Canons.' The Conven- 
 tual Cathedrals hinted at by this Author, were Canterbury, Winchejler, Worcejler, Bath, 
 Roche/ler, Norwich, Ely, and Durham; in which Sees the Bifliops were alfo as Abbots : 
 and as all thefe Cathedrals confifl:ed of Monks of the Benedi6line Order, or fuch as 
 profefTed to follow the Rule inftituted by St. Benedi^, which was the bafis on which 
 their other local Statutes and Ordinances were founded; they had nearly the fame 
 ufages and cufl:oms in each of them : fo that an account of any one of them will be 
 fufficient to convey a general knowledge of the form of government efl:abliflied 
 in them all. 
 
 As to the Church of Ely in particular; on the change of the Abby into a Bifliop- 
 rick, the Bifliop's authority over the Monks did not wholly ceafe; for though the 
 immediate government of the Monks devolved on the Prior; yet the Bifliop in all 
 refpe6ls was ftill confidered as their Abbot or Superior; as appears by the Letter 
 of Archbifliop Lanfra?ic to the Prior of Canterbury which is prefixed to his Confti- 
 tutions;3 his place in the Church was the firfl: Stall on the right-hand, the fame 
 that the Abbots had formerly ufed; he prefided in the Chapter-houfe and in all 
 
 their 
 
 mlftake of the true Date of the Charter; as I fliall endeavour to (hov/, in a particular Diflertation 
 and Defence of it, which will be inferted in the Appendix, Numb. VIII. 
 
 ' Page, 120. * Page, 121. 3 'Inde nemo turbetur, quod in traftatu earum confuetudinum no- 
 
 * men Abbatis tantum, non Epifcopi vel Archiepifcopiponitur; Ordo enim Monachorum defcribitur, 
 
 * quorum per Abbates frequentius quam per Antiftites vita difponitur-, quamvis et ipfi Antiftites, 
 
 * fi paternam curam vice Chrifti fubjeftis fuis impendant, non ablurde Abbates, id eft Patres, con- 
 
 * gruo fuis aftibus vocabulo appellari queant.' Concil. Mag. Brit, per WiJkins, vol. i. pag. 329. 
 
126 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 their publick aflembllcs, whenever he thought proper : he flill retahied the power 
 of appointing and dilplacing feveral of the chief Officers of the Monaftery; and 
 the power of prefcribing further rules and ordinances for their behaviour. 
 
 Before we come to give a feries of the Bifliops and other Dignitaries of tiiis Church, 
 it will not be improper here to take a general view of the Convent, and give an 
 account of the (cveral members it confifted of, and the principal Officers belonging 
 to it. The whole Convent regularly confifted of feventy Monks; for that number had 
 ufually been in the time of the Abbots, and was defigned to have continued after 
 the Change; and is frequently referred to, as the ftated number, in their Statutes; 
 however, it was feldom complete: generally there were about fifty in the Monaftery. 
 They had all one common Hall or Refectory, where they had their refections or 
 meals; and one common Dormitory divided into cells, in which they all took their 
 reft; except the principal Officers, who had feparate apartments afligned them, 
 withm the precin6ls of the Monaftery, and kept a kind of family of fervants and 
 attendants by themfclves. 
 
 The Prior was the Chief Officer in the Monaftery, (neverthelefs in fubordina- 
 tion to the Biftiop:) he may be called the Cujlos of the Order; being appointed to 
 fuperintend all the inferior Officers and Members of the Society; to fee that every 
 one in their feveral places and flations regularly performed their duty, according to 
 their Rule, and the local Statutes and Ordinances that were given them. He had his 
 Hall, Chambers, Study, and other apartments, which were called the Prior's lodg- 
 ings; a private Chapel, with Chaplains to attend him; a Kitchen alfo and other 
 offices, with Servants and attendants, diftind from the common ones of the Society: 
 and prefided in great ftate, being ufually called Lord Prior. This chief Officer feems 
 to have been at firft put in, and removable by the Biftiop ; but was afterwards ele6l- 
 €d by the Monks ; who were only obliged on every vacancy to apply to the Bifliop 
 for his leave to proceed to an election; and after the election fo made, to prefent the 
 Elefl to the Bifhop, for his confirmation. 
 
 The four next Officers were always appointed by the Bifliop, and remo\'able at 
 his pleafure; viz. 
 
 The Subprior; who was the Prior's Deputy or Subftitute, and affifted him 
 whilft prefent, and prefided in his abfence; he had convenient apartments to him- 
 felf, and fufficient revenues appropriated to his Office, for finding him in necefTaries 
 and proper attendants. 
 
 Sacrist A, or the Sacrift; he had the care of the Books, Veftments, Plate, and 
 other Ornaments belonging to the Church; of providing the Elements for Cele- 
 bration of the holy Sacrament; and finding Wax-candles ' and Tapers ufed in Di- 
 vine Service ; and likewife of burying the dead. This Officer was of fpecial truft in 
 
 this 
 
 ' The expenfe of Wax-candles made a confiderable Article in the Sacrlft's Accounts. On the 
 Purification of the BleJTcd Virgin Mary yearly, the Wax Candles ufed in the Church throughout the 
 year, were confecrated with great ceremony, and a folemn procefiion with lighted candles made 
 at the fame time; on which occafion die Sacrift was wonc to deliver out Candles to fuch of the in- 
 habitants 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 127 
 
 this Monaftery, having alfo the charge of the Fabrick of the Church and other 
 buildings, and keeping them in repair : on which account the revenues belonging to 
 his office were proportionably large : he received all the offerings and oblations made 
 at the High Altar, and other Altars in the Church; legacies given to the fabrick, or 
 for ornament to it; Pentecoftals throughout the Diocefe; ' the Church of St. M?;^ 
 in Ely was very early appropriated to his Office; William Longcbamp the 4th Bifliop 
 of Ely gave 1 flieaf of corn from every acre of land in the Bifhop's Demefnes 
 throughout all his manors towards finding Tapers and Candles ; which was after- 
 wards fettled at a fixed annual Rent, of 10/. 13^.4^', flill paid to the Church, called 
 Candle-corn-filver; Geofry Burgh Bifhop here, appropriated the Church of St.Andreisr 
 in Cambridge, for augmentation of the revenues of this office; as did Bifliop 
 Northvold the Church of Wentworth ; ^ all which revenues, befides the rents of divers 
 lands and tenements in Ely and elfewhere, the Sacrift received; and annually ac- 
 counted for, (as did alfo all the other officers,) at Michaelmas. Befides this, the Sa- 
 crift had a kind of Archidiaconal power in St. Johns Hofpital, and over the Chantry- 
 Chaplains on the Green, in Ely, as the Bifliop's Vicar or Deputy; and in his own right, 
 exercifed fpiritual and ecclefiaftical jurifdiction, (Herefies only excepted,) over the 
 Chaplains of the two Parochial Churches in the City, and all the lay-fervants be- 
 longing to the Monaftery, and in thefe Granges and Manors near Ely, namely, 
 Turbutfey, Brame, Stuntmy, Thorney, Northney, ^aveney, and Schepey. 
 
 Cellerarius, or the Cellerer; whofe office was to provide and lay in all the 
 common provifions of the Monaftery, Flefli, fifli, fowl, eggs, fpices, cheefe, fait, and 
 other neceffaries for the Monks in the Common Hall or Refeflory; for which pur- 
 pofe, he received a certain allowance out of the common treafury^ of the Monaftery, 
 befides the revenues of certain eftates which were afterwards appropriated to his 
 office; of which the Manor oi Stuntney, and Ketejis Manor in Ely were part : and 
 Bifliop Hotham gave his Manor of Dageney at Northwold in Norfolk, (which was after- 
 wards exchanged for one at Littlebury in Ejfex;) alfo the Vineyard and a Garden in 
 Holboiirn, with two Tenements in Grace-Church-flreet London, and the rents of fome 
 lands and tenements in Ely, for augmentation of the revenues of his Office. 
 
 Ca- 
 
 habitants of the City who attended : at length all the Citizens ufed to come and claim each of them 
 a Candle as due by cuftom: and it was found that 700 pounds weight of Candles were hardly fuf- 
 ficient to anfwer the demands of the claimants on that day. In the year 1277, Robert Kilwardby 
 Archbifhop of Canterbury vifited this Church, and taking notice of this expenfive and unreafonable 
 cuftom, iflbed out his mandate, forbidding the Citizens making fuch demands, and the Sacrift's 
 complying with them, under pain of excommunication. Regiftrum Epi. Elien. M. pag. 203. — 
 However, it appears afterwards by the Sacrift's accounts, that the ordinary quantity of wax-candles 
 ufed in the Church amounted yearly to loco pounds weight or upwards. 
 
 I Thefe were pious oblations made to this Cathedral, as to the Mother Church ; which all the 
 parochial Clergy and their parifhioners throughout the Diocefe, were formerly obliged to vifit 
 yearly at Whitfuntide. Bp. of Ely's Rcgifter, Liber. M. pag. 195. ^ This appropriation was dif- 
 folved fome time between the years 1418 and 1446; and Wentworth is now a Redtory again, in 
 the Patronage of the Dean and Chapter. 3 In Bp.Northwold's time, (temp. Henr. 3.) the Cellerer 
 received out of the common ftock about 10 fhillings per diem, for provifions expended in the 
 Refedory. 2 
 
128 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF 
 
 Camerarius, or the Chamberlain; who provided all neceffary clothing for the 
 Monks, and their beds and bedding in the Dormitory : to this office were appropri- 
 ated the Re£lories of Haiixton and Wtckam, by Bifliop Nortlnvo!d. 
 
 Other Officers of the Monaftery, who were chofe by the Prior and Convent, were 
 
 Eleemosynarius, or the Almoner; who had the charge of diflributing the 
 Alms of the Monaftery. All the broken meat and bread left at the Prior's table, in 
 the Refeclory, the Infirmary, and at the Hoftle for entertainment of Strangers; was 
 delivered to his fervants and given daily to the poor : he vifited the fick and poor 
 people at their houfes, and relieved them according to their neceffities; he alfo dif- 
 tributed the bread and alms, on the feveral obits and anniverfaries kept in the Mo- 
 naftery. ■ The Almoner had befides for thefe purpofes the rents of divers lands and tene- 
 ments in Ely and at Stretham, and received 20s. on the death of every Monk to be 
 given away in Alms : and Bifliop Balaam a.d. 1275, augmented his revenues with the 
 Reftory of Foxton, which was then appropriated to this office. 
 
 Precentor, or the Chantor; he prefided in the Choir-fervice, as Mafter of the 
 Organift, Singers, and Chorifters, and paid them their falaries : his place in the Choir 
 was in a confpicuous feat on the South-fide or right-hand, thence called the Chantor's 
 Side : and in folemn proceffions this Officer was always diftinguiflied among them 
 by the richnefs of his Cope. In this Monaftery he was alfo chief Librarian, and had 
 within his office the Scriptorium, a room where writers were employed in tranfcrib- 
 ing Books both for the Library, and Mifl!als and other Books ufed in Divine Service; 
 this room was furniftied with vellum, parchment, paper, inks, colours, gums, and 
 other neceflfaries for limners, ufed in illuminating their books; and leather, and o- 
 ther implements, for binding and keeping them in repair; all which things were 
 provided by him; and for defraying thefe expenfes, he received the profits of fome 
 lands and tenements in Ely appropriated to his office, befides a portion of tithes 
 from a farm called Cattemere in Littlebury, given by Nigellus the 2d. Bifliop, for the 
 repair of the Organs ; the fame Bifliop alfo gave the Rectories of St. Andrews in 
 Wittlefey, and Impingtm, and a portion of tithes in Pampifworth, for tranfcribing 
 Books and keeping them in order. 
 
 Hostilarius, whofe bufinefs was to receive ft rangers and travellers coming to 
 the Monaftery, and entertain them with meat and drink, firing, and proper atten- 
 dants and lodgings, according to the ftate and condition of the guefts; for which 
 purpofe he had within his apartments a feparate hall, parlour, bed-chambers, all of 
 them properly furniflied; a Kitchen alfo and other offices for their accommodation: 
 fome lands in Stretham were originally fettled by B^.Hervey, and the Redories of 
 Witchford and Meldreth and Sutton, with other revenues given by fucceeding Bifliops 
 and appropriated to fupport this kind of Hofpitality. Perfons of rank and eminence 
 rcforting to the Monaftery were ufually entertained by the Prior, in his lodgings. 
 
 IN- 
 
 ^ The bread and alms given a\yay on the obits and ftated anniverfaries, obferved in this Church, 
 mounted to about 30 pounds annually; and other revenues belonging to this office, to near as 
 much i befides the profits of the Reiftory of Foxton. 
 
THE CONVENTUAL CHURCH OF ELY. 129 
 
 Infirmarius, who had the care of the Infirmary, where the fick and infirm 
 Monks refided, not being tied up to the flridl rules obferved in other parts of the 
 Monaftery ; but were allowed to eat flefli at all convenient times ; and were provid- 
 ed with proper diet, phyfick, and attendants, and all things neceflary for their con- 
 dition, and a private Chapel for thofe who were able to attend. The Re6lory of 
 Wratting was appropriated by V>^.Nigellus to this purpofe, who alfo granted one tree 
 for firing in every week in the year out of Eomerpam wood, for the ufe of the In- 
 firmary; befides which there were two Fiflieries, and the rents of fome lands and te- 
 nements in and about Ely given to fupport the charges of this office. 
 
 Pi T A N T I A R I u s , whofc office it was to take care that the Pittances of the Monaftery 
 were duly ferved up: thefe were extraordinary diflies either of fifli, flefli, fowl, dried 
 andpreferved fruits, according to the feafon, given to the Monks, chiefly on feftivals, 
 anniverfaries, and obits obferved in the Church : for moft of the Bifliops and Priors, 
 and others, befides the alms left to be diftributed to the poor on thofe occafions, 
 left alfo fome further fum for the better refe6lion of the Monks, at the fame time; 
 and this Officer received that money, and took care that it was duly expended, and 
 the diflies regularly ferved up in the Hall. 
 
 Granatarius, was the Keeper of the Granary, whofe charge was to buy in," 
 and deliver out the Wheat, Malt, and other Corn for the ufe of the Prior and 
 Convent. 
 
 Thesaurarius, or the Treafurer, who received all the Rents and Revenues of 
 the Monaftery, not appropriated to particular purpofes ; and paid the common ex- 
 penfes, under the dire6lion of the Prior. 
 
 CusTOS Altaris Be.Mari^, Keeper of St.Msr/s Altar; this feems to have 
 been originally part of the Sacrift's office, for he received the offerings made at all 
 the Altars in the Church, till this Altar was put under a diftin6l officer; who thence- 
 forth received all the offerings there made, and provided Books, Veftments, Chalice, 
 Coverings, and Ornaments, and Lights for that altar, ufed in the celebration of the 
 Mafs T)e SanBa Maria daily throughout the year. The place where it ftood, was in 
 the South-Ifle of the Church, even with the High Altar : but after the new Chapel 
 of St. Mary (now ufed as a Parochial Church for Trinity Parifli,) was built, he was 
 called Ciiflos or Keeper of St. Mary s Chapel; and the rents of fome lands and tenements 
 in Ely, and the profits of a fmall Manor in Cotenham called Pelham's Manor , were 
 appropriated to his office. 
 
 There might have been feveral other of inferior note, befides Lay-Officers and 
 Servants of the Monaftery; but thefe are the principal Officers who were Monks, and 
 fubfifted there till the final diffolution of it, in the reign of King Henry the Eighth. 
 
 R BISHOPS. 
 
130 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 BISHOPS of ELY. 
 
 HERVEY, the Firfl BISHOP. 
 
 HERVEY Bifliop of Bangor in Wales , being in favour with King Henry I, had' 
 the Adminiftration of the Abby of Ely granted him, on the death of Richard 
 the laft Abbot, who died in the year 1107: He had not been long there, before he 
 revived the defign, which had been firft formed by the late Abbot, of converting 
 that Abbv into aBisHOPRiCKj for which purpofe, having folicited and obtained the 
 King's approbation and confent, which was alfo followed by that of the Bifliops and 
 Nobility of the Kingdom, he undertook a journey to Rome in the year 1108, to fo- 
 licit the Pope's confent; where meeting with like fuccefs, he returned to England 
 with the Pope's Letters of recommendation, and his leave for erefling a new Epif- 
 copal See at Ely. This bufmefs however met with fome delay, after his return, on 
 account of fome publick affairs that took up the King's attention about that time; 
 but was happily accompliflied and finally concluded at a Council held at Nottingham 
 in the month of October 1 109; when the King was pleafed to grant his Royal afient, 
 and his Charter for Converting the Abby of Ely into a Biflioprick, and creeling an 
 Epifcopal See therein, and for annexing to it the County of Cambridge, which had 
 been part of the Diocefe of Lincoln, and making it a feparate Diocefe for this nev/ 
 Biflioprick; as appears by the Charter itfelf above-cited; ' and Hervey himfelf was 
 at the fame time nominated by the King, and fully tranflated to it, and foon after 
 the Council was ended, repaired to Ely, where he was folemnly inthroned Bifhop in 
 his Cathedral Church, towards the end of the fame year. 
 
 As foon as Her'vey was in quiet pofTellion of his See, he was very careful to fup- 
 port and maintain the rights and privileges belonging to it; and in the firfl place 
 procured of the King a general Charter, confirming the liberties and pofTeflions of 
 his Church, as they flood at the time of King Educards death, and were afterwards 
 folemnly adjudged by the Court held at Kenteford in the reign of K.JVilliam the Con- 
 queror. ^ He then made it his bufinefs to enquire more flridly into all affairs relat- 
 ing to the Church; and found that many diforders had occafionally been introduced; 
 which he determined to ufe his utmofl endeavours to remove. It appeared on inquiry 
 that feveral eflates and manors belonging to the Church, were in pofTeffion of Te- 
 nants, who pretended to hold them in their own right, and refufed to perform any 
 of thofe fuits and ferviccs that were due; encroachments alfo had been made on the 
 Liberties, by the power and influence of fome great men ; and the Cuflody of the 
 Bridge leading into the IJle, was in the hands of thofe who held it againfl the will 
 and confent of the Bifhop. To remedy thefe diforders, and profecute the rights of 
 his Church; he took care to fecure to himfelf the King's favour and protection; and 
 
 by 
 
 » Appendix, Niimb.vn. 2 Appendix, Numb. IX. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 131 
 
 by the powerful afliftance of his friends, and his own afliduous and perfonal appli- 
 cation, he recovered, foon after his coming to the See, the Manor of Hadham in 
 Hertfordfitre, ' from RanulfSi^op oi Durham, who had difleized the Church of it 
 in the Reign of K. William II, and had kept pofTeflion ever fmce: he afterwards, on 
 clivers occalions and at different times, obtained grants of further privileges ; and a- 
 mong others, exemption - of the Monks and their fervants from Toll, PafTage, and 
 Cuflom throughout Englandy in purchafmg timber, lead, iron, ftone, and other ma- 
 terials for building and repairing the Church j alfo a Fair to be held at Ely 7 Days, 
 viz. 3 days before the 23'^. of June, being the Anniverfary of the Death of 
 St.Etheldreda; on that day, and 3 days after. 3 He alfo recovered feveral Liberties 
 and Immunities that had been intermitted, and procured the King's Writs and 
 Charters for reftoring and confirming them to the Church; fome of which may be 
 found in the Appendix. 4 
 
 As fome of the lands which were held of the Church by Knights-fervice were fub- 
 jedt alfo to Caftle-guard in the King's Caftle of Norwich, and feveral fums of money 
 were 'paid by the tenants for Livery, Ward-peny, and other works and operations 
 exa6led of them, for repairs of the Caftle, and maintenance of the King's garrifon 
 there; by reafon of which, the King's officers frequently gave the Bifhop and his 
 tenants much trouble and vexation; he was defirous at any rate of eafmg his Church 
 from fuch kind of burdens : and though attended with confiderable expenfe, he 
 thought beft at once to purchafe of the King an exemption from all thofe duties and 
 fervices : which the King accepted, and confirmed by his Charters, 5 and further 
 granted that the whole of thofe duties and fervices which had been performed by his 
 tenants in Norwich-C^^lc fliould be transferred to the IJle of Ely, fo that for the fu- 
 ture they fhould do the fame in the IJle, at the appointment of the Bifliop and his 
 Succeflxjrs, as they had formerly done in the Caftle of Norwich. 
 
 Another burden of which the Bifhop eafed his Church in part, was that of 
 
 Scutage; a cuftomary duty paid to the King from all lands held by the tenure of 
 
 Knights-fervice, in lieu of perfonal attendance in the King's Army; and generally 
 
 fet according to the number of fees fo holden, or fometimes at one grofs fum. The 
 
 Church of Ely had ufually been charged with 100/. on that account whenever the 
 
 King demanded that Service of his Subje«5ts. But the Bifliop thinking the Church 
 
 over-rated, petitioned the King for redrefs ; who was pleafed, at the Bifliop's requeft, 
 
 to grant a Charter for remitting to the Church 40/. part of the faid 100/. ufually 
 
 paid 
 
 » Appendix, Numb. x. ^ Appendix, Numb, xi, xii. 3 Appendix, Numb. xiii. — There 
 were formerly two Fairs annually held at Ely, and both on the different Fellivals of St.Etheldredaj 
 one for 7 days, beginning 3 days before the 23d of June ; the other on Oft. 17, the Anniverfary 
 of her Tranflation, and lafted 9 daysj but the former has been changed, (by what authority I 
 know not,) to Afcenfion-Day : and the latter, (which is taken notice of by iVIatth. Paris, [Hift. 
 Angl. p. 652, Edit. Wats.] fo long ago as K. Henr. 3^'^ time,) by modern cuftom begins on Od: 18, 
 viz. St. Luke's Day. — There was formerly great refort to them ; but thefe Fairs, like moll: others 
 in the Kingdom, have been greatly on the decline of late years. 4 Numb, xiv, xv, xvi, xvil. 
 i Appendix, Numb. xvill,xix. 
 
 R2 
 
132 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 paid for Scutage; and that for the future the Church fliould pay only 60/. whenever 
 it fliould be demanded throughout England, and be quit of the faid 40/. for ever. « 
 
 These advantages however, were not obtained to the Cliurch, without the 
 Bifliop's paying largely to the King for them -, as is evident from one of the original 
 Rolls of the Exchequer in the reign of Henr.I. ftill extant, and cited by Mr.Madox;^ 
 in which are found feveral fums of money that our Bifliop was indebted, and in 
 part paid, to the King, for Grants of privileges and confirmation of Liberties, and 
 on other accounts; and particularly loooA for the King's transferring the fervice of 
 thofe who held of the Church by Knights-fervice, from Norwich-Cajlle to the I/le of 
 Ely, and 240/. for taking off the furcharge of 40/. Scutage from the Church, 6cc. 
 And probably, it was by the fame means that he obtained Chateris Abby: 3 this was 
 a BeneJiBine Nunnery, in the Advowfon of the Crown, founded about the year 980, 
 by the Lady Alfiven, Wife to Ethelfian Earl of the Eajl-Angles, and Nurfe to King 
 Edgar, with the afliftance and advice of her Brother Ednoth Bp. of Dorchejler; but at 
 this time reduced to very low circumftances 3. and the Bifliop is faid to have been in- 
 duced, out of companion to the Abbefs and Nuns, to undertake their caufe, and 
 treat with the King for retrieving their affairs ; who was pleafed by his Charter to 
 convey the Patronage thereof to him and to his Succeflbrs ; under whofe protedion 
 and fupport, it foon recovered; and continued in a flourifliing Hate till the gener^ 
 diflblution of Monafteries in England. 
 
 In regard to the tem.poral jurifdidlion within the two Hundreds of the IJle, which 
 was vefted in the Church; Hervey as Bifhop, was confidered alfo as Abbot, and in- 
 titled to all the privileges, rights, and prerogatives that the Abbots had formerly en- 
 joyed : for which reafon, becaufe the Abbots had always been in poffeflion of that 
 )urifdi6lion, or the executive part of it, in appointing Officers and Miniflers for the 
 adminiflration of juflice throughout the whole IJle of Ely, he therefore claimed the 
 fole exercife of that jurifdiflion to belong to him and his Succeflbrs : which claim 
 feems to have been allowed and confirmed by the King, as appears by his Writ di- 
 rected to all the Barons or Frank-tenants of the two Hundreds of the I/le, that they 
 attend the Bifliop's Hundred-Courts, at the fummons of the Bifliop's officers, as 
 they had ufually done aforetime, that the pleas of the Church might not be delay- 
 ed, nor right and jufl:icc obftru6led for want of proper judges : 4 and they are order- 
 ed 
 
 ^ Appendix, Numb. xxi. "^ Mr. Madox, at the end of his Hiftory of the Exchequer, has add- 
 ed a diflertation on the moft ancient Great Roll of the Exchequer now remaining ; which had er- 
 roneoufly been adjudged to the 5''' year of King Stephen ; but proves to belong to K. Henry the ift's 
 reifm; as he makes to appear by the following extrads ; ' — Herveius Epifcopus de Ely reddit 
 ' compotum de 7 marcis auri et dimidia, pro minifterio Willelmi nepotis fui. In thefauro 1 8/. pro 
 
 * 3 marcis auri; et debet 4 marcas auri et dimidiam. — Et quater xx et 12 /. et 101. — Et idem 
 
 * Epus debet 100 marcas argenti pro quadam veteri conventione que fafta fuit inter eum et Regem 
 
 * in Normannia. — Et idem EpQs debet c/. pro placito quod fuit inter eum et Abbatem S.Edmundi 
 
 * et Abbatem de Ramefia. — Et idem Epiis debet 240/. ut Rex clamet eum quietum de fuperplus 
 « Militum Epifcopatus, et ut Abbatia de Cateriz fit quieta de Warpenna. — Et idem Epus reddit 
 
 * compotum de 1000/. ut Milites Epifcopatus de Ely faciant Wardam fuam in Infula dcEly, ficut 
 » faciebant in Caaello de Norwic ; In thelauro 364/. Et debet 6^61: Madox, ut fupra, pag. 74. 
 3 Appendix, Numb.xxii. 4 « — ne placitum vel redlitudo Ecclefie remaneant pro penuria judi- 
 
 * cancium.' Appendix, Numb. xxin. — See alfo Numb. xxiv. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 133 
 
 ed by the King to perform the fame fervice to the Bifliop, as they had ufucilly done^ 
 to his Predeceffors the Abbots of Ely. 
 
 In the times preceeding the Conqueft, and for fome time after, the whole reve- 
 nues of our Abbies, and Cathedral Churches were in common to each Society: but 
 the Normans introduced the cuftom of dividing the pofleflions of tlie Church between 
 the Abbot or Bifhop, and the other members thereof. Archbifliop Lanfrafic is faid. 
 to have fet the example in his own Church of Canterbury ; ' and was foon followed.. 
 by moft other Bifliops in the Kingdom. With refpect to thofe Cathedrals where 
 Canons inhabited, they had ufually diftin6l portions or prebends affigned them, con- 
 fifting either in particular lands, or fums of money allotted them, or for the molt 
 part, of the Parochial Churches formerly belonging to the Cathedral, v;hich were- 
 annexed to their Stalls; each Prebendaiy receiving the profits of his Church fo an- 
 nexed, and fupplying their feveral cures by Vicars or Subftitutes: but in the Con- 
 ventual Cathedrals, the eftates and pofTedions were divided between the Bifliop and 
 the Prior and Convent, who continued to enjoy their fhare in common as before. 
 Hewey \)tv!\^ fettled in^ his Bifhop rick, and judging it better and more convenient 
 both for himfelf and the Monks, to have their eftates feparate and independent o5 
 each other, thought proper to apply to the King, whofe approbation and confent- 
 were neceffary to authorize and confirm a divifion : and the King accordingly ifilied 
 out his Mandate, ^ by which he commands that the Monks fliould have a juft por- 
 tion and equal fhare of all things belonging to the Abby, according to eftablifhed 
 cuftom and agreeably to ecclefiaftical juftice; namely, of all the lands, pofteflionS;,. 
 dignities, and goods, that had at any time been given and granted by the faithful foi; 
 their ufe and fupport, and which the Abby was in poffellion of when it was convert- 
 ed into a Bifiioprick: and this divifion is ordered to be made on Oath, by good and 
 lawful men of the Honour of St.Etheldreda-, and the portion thus affigned to ths 
 Monks to be committed to writing, and thenceforth applied for their maintenancs 
 and fupport, and fo freely and quietly to remain. In purfuance of this Mandate^ 
 the Bifliop afterwards granted the following Charter, whereby the polTeffions of ths 
 Church were divided between the Bifliop and the Monks. 
 
 ' HERVE Y 3 by the grace of God the firft Bifliop of Ely, to all the Sons of the 
 'Church as well prefent as future, greeting. Whereas by the providence of God the 
 
 * Abby of Ely was committed to my care, and the name of Abby being now fup- 
 
 * prefled, it has by the authority of our Lord Pope Pafchal, with the confent of 
 
 * Henry our King, by and with the advice of his Nobles, been converted to the dig- 
 
 * nity of a Biflioprick ; I have therefore decreed to fever the neceflaries of the Monks 
 
 * from thofe of the Bifliop. And forafmuch as the neceflaries of the Monks have 
 
 * been colle6led in common from all parts of the lands and poflTeflions of the 
 
 * Church i fearing left thereby, in time to come, matter and occafion of difpute and 
 
 * contention may arifej I have therefore decreed that the lands and pofleffions of 
 
 'the 
 ' X Scriptores, col. 13 n. - Appendix, Numb. xxv. 3 See the Charter in the Appendix^ 
 Numb. XXVI, 
 
134 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 * the Monks, and thofe of the Bifliop be feparatej and they having given their aflent, 
 
 * I do allow them the feparate pofleflionof the following things, to find them in ne- 
 
 * cefTaiies, and grant them fo to continue for ever; unlefs my fucccffors fhall think 
 
 * fit to fupply them more liberally. The names then of the Lands thus allotted 
 
 * them, are thefe; Within the IJle, Sutton, Wicham, Wichford, Wintiaorth, Tirbritefei^ 
 '■ Stuntmy with the 23000 Eels appendant to that Manor; all the Offerings and Ob- 
 ' lations at the Mother Church, to furnifh necefiaries for tbe faid Church; alfo the 
 
 * Church of St. Mary in Ely, with the lands, tithes, and all things to the fame ap- 
 
 * pertaining ; and particularly the whole tithe of my manor of Barton ; one Dairy 
 
 * in Beele; and Stretham, which fliall be divided into three parts, two of them to be 
 
 * apphed to the Hoftle for entertainment of Strangers, and the third part towards 
 
 * finding the Monks with necefiaries; alfo Four weighs of Cheefe [• quatuor penfas 
 
 * cafei''] \n Dereford, and fix weighs of Salt m Tern'ngton ; — moreover, the fame 
 
 * allowance of wood as they had in the time of my Predecefibrs from SofnerJ?:am and 
 « BlunteJJjajn ; one manfe on Bluntefiam bank, with 5 acres of land for ft:owage 
 
 * thereof, and 8 acres of meadow for pafliuring the oxen that draw the wood; their 
 ' vineyard alfo in Ely, as they wei'e in pofl'efilon of before I came to the Biflioprick; 
 
 * — fix fifhermen with their nianfes, to fifli in the waters where they ufed to do. — 
 " Without the IJJe, in the County of Cambridge, Haukejlon, Newton, [Sceldford, *] 
 
 * Meldcburn, Melreth, Swafham, and 12 ficeps of Wheat and Malt 3 due to the Church 
 
 * from the Heirs of Hardwin de Scalariis. — In Suffolk, Bergham, Winjlon, Stoke, Mel- 
 
 * ton, Baldrefey, Sudburn, Brightivell with Rixmere; — alfo the Soke of the five Hun- 
 
 * dreds and half; — Lakingheth, Undeley, Shepey, Fodcjlhorp, to be at the difpofal of 
 
 * the Monks, and 30000 herrings due from Dunwich. — I alfo grant them their fer- 
 
 * vants in their fev^ral offices, with their manfions. — Moreover, I allow them to have 
 
 * and freely to enjoy all manner of gifts, either made to them before I was Bifliop, 
 
 * or in my time, or that fliall hereafter be given them, whether in Lands, or in 
 ' Churches, or Tithes, or Fiflieiies, or in Money, or in any kind of revenue, that any 
 
 * of the faithful have already conferred or fliall hereafter confer. — All the before- 
 
 * mentioned things, and moreover their Court do I grant them, with all the liberties 
 
 * and cufl:oms that are obferved in thofe Manors that belong to my jurifdiclion, 
 
 ♦ without 
 
 ' What a weigh of Cheefs was in the reign of Henr. I, is uncertain-, but by Scat. 9. Henr.6. 
 cap. 8. a weigh of Cheefe was to contain 224 pounds: in modern times, 256 pounds is a weigh, 
 2 Lib. Elien. vet. MS. 3 '12 Skeppe frumenti et brafei;' — This was a Corn-rent due to the 
 Church, from the heirs of Hardwin de Scalariis, out of the Manor of Schelford : — the queftion is, 
 how much a Skep contained, and I apprehend it was 9 quarters London meafure: — For in the 
 reign of Henr. 3, this rent was exchanged by WilHam one of the defcendants of Hardwin de Sca- 
 larus, for 89 acres of arable land and one acre of meadow of his Demefnes in Sciielford; and in 
 the conveyance thofe lands are laid, * Habendas et tenendas imperpecuum in liberum et certum el- 
 
 * cambium, pro firma quam Ego et Heredes mei debuimus per annum prcfate [Elienfi] Ecclefie ec 
 ' predifto Conventui, de Schelford; fciK 36 Qiiarteria frumenti, per menfuram Z,c;r^o«. — et 9 
 
 * Qiiarteria de Brafeo Ordei, — et 27 Qiiarteria de Brafeo Avene, — et 36 Quarteria de Avena, 
 
 * tocum per predidam raenfuram.' — Here the whole rent is fet at 108 quarters of corn, or 12 times 
 9 quarters. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 135 
 'without any referve or exception whatfoever : fo fully that none of my SuccefTors 
 
 * may at all intermeddle in their affairs; but rather faithfully and conftantly fupport 
 
 * and maintain them in the full enjoyment of all their pofTeflions. — But if any one 
 
 * feduced by his wicked mind, fliall attempt to infringe, violate, or make null and 
 
 * void this our Conftitution and Grant; — may he be condemned by God and all his 
 
 * Saints, and by us excommunicated, as much as may be, and excluded from all fo- 
 ' ciety with the faithful, unlefs he repents. — So be it. So be it; Amen.' 
 
 The Monks were greatly diffatisfied with this Charter; and complained that the 
 Bifhop had thereby given them only the worft of the lands, and referved the beft 
 and mofl valuable part to himfelf and his fuccefTors; and fo far from allowing a fuf- 
 ficiency for the ufual number of 70 Monks, and their fervants, and to keep up hof- 
 pitaUty; that he had fcarce left a maintenance for 40. ' They had, it feems, been 
 averfe to the making any divifion of the Church-lands, and for having them conti- 
 nue in the fame ftate as before the Bifhoprick was ereded: but the Bifhop havino- 
 procured the King's Mandate for dividing them, they were accordingly divided ; and 
 the Monks forced to take what was given them, and feemingly to acquiefce, in hopes, . 
 however, of a more ample allowance afterwards, and until a more equitable and 
 canonical portion fliould be allotted them. ^ How far their complaint was juft, can- 
 not now be faid with certainty; but that it was not quite groundlefs, appears from 
 what William of Malmejbury, who lived at that time, fpeaks concerning the great re- 
 venues formerly belonging to the Church oi Ely, ' You may judge, fays he, of the 
 
 * value of it's ancient poffefTions by this ; that though many of them have been taken 
 
 * away, and many are in the hands of intruders > — yet he who now prefides there 
 'receives annually 1040/. into his own purfe, befides what he expends in his own-; 
 
 * family, and in keeping up hofpitaHty; but has fcarcely allowed 300/. to the Monks.' 5'' 
 The King's Mandate for dividing the eflates between the Bifhop and the Monksj , 
 feems to direcl an equal divifion; 4 and that to be made on Oath : by what means, 
 or under what pretences, it proved fo unequal, as the Monks reprefent it, is not 
 clear : — poflibly the Bifliop might referve as much of the Monks fliare, as was fuf- 
 ficient to repay himfelf part of the great expenfes he had been at, in purchafmg of 
 the King fo many benefits and advantages to the Church. 5 
 
 Certain it is that ^^r-u^j^ made very advantageous terms for himfelf and his 
 fuccefTors : However, with refpecl to the temporal jurifdiflion within the Ifle of Ely, 
 
 the 
 
 * Lib. Elien. MS. lib.iii. cap. 23. ~ ' Donee juxta Canonum fcita ad ufus illorum equa por- 
 
 * tio traderetur.' Ibid. 3 Malmefb. de Geflis Pontif. Angl. p. 293. — This is mentioned by Bifhop 
 Godwin, de Preeful. Angl. pag. 249. without taking notice whence he had it, and erroneouQy ap-- 
 plied to Richard the laft Abbot of Ely, but as it is certain that the revenues of the Church were 
 then in common, and were firft divided by Bp. Hervey, there is no room to doubt, but Malmefbiiry 
 hints at that Bilhop. 4 ' Precipio quod Monachi de Hely habeant de fua Abbatia juftam por- 
 
 * tionem et equam divifionem fecundum morem et jus ecclefiafticum in omnibus rebus &c. — equa- 
 
 * nimiter eorum portio et res tocius Abbatie dividantur ab invicem, et per facramentum bonorum et 
 
 * fidelium &c.' vid. Append. Numb. xxv. s So Walkelin Bp. of Winchefter, who divided the re- 
 venues of that Church between himfelf and the Convent ; yet retained in his hands the value of 300/. 
 per an. of the Monks part, till the Church which, he had begun to build, was finilhed. Angl.Sacr.. 
 yol.i. p. 278. 
 
136 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 the fole adminiftiation thereof feemed naturally to fall to his fliare, as fucceflbr to the 
 Abbots ; but as the Monks had an intereft m the profits arifing from it, before the 
 divifion of the revenues j fo he afterwards allowed them all the profits from fines, 
 forfeitures of their tenants, and all other cafual advantages arifing within their ma- 
 nors and eftates, in as ample manner as the Bifhop enjoyed them in his manors and 
 eftates and in the reft of the IJle. He difcharged himfelf and his fucceflbrs from any 
 obligation to fupport, build, or repair the Fabrick of the Church, or any part there- 
 of; ■ leaving it entirely to the care of the Monks, to be fupported and maintained; 
 but o-ave up towards it, all the offerings and oblations made at the feveral Altars 
 
 in it. 
 
 He had a natural turn for bufmefs : the difficult and perplexed affairs of his 
 Church, occafioned by the many encroachments made on it's Liberties by men in 
 power, and exaftions of the King's Officers, in violation of the privileges of the 
 place ; together with the divifion of all the lands, eftates, and revenues of the 
 Church, which was effe6led in his time, and by his means, afford fufficient proof of 
 his abilities : he was active and perfevereing in his undertakings ; and feems to have 
 tranfafled all bufinefs of confequence by immediate and perfonal application to the 
 Kin"-, who being frequently abroad, he divers times attended him in foreign parts, 
 and by his intereft and addrefs, reeftablifhed the Liberties and Privileges of his 
 Church, and freed it from many encumbrances in which he found it. He left his 
 See rich, and poffefled of much greater privileges, rights, and immunities tlian moft 
 
 others in the Kingdom. 
 
 In his laft ficknefs, he e7:preffed great defire of feeing Gilbert Biftiop oi .London, 
 (furnamed Umverfalls, from his rare accomplifhments and fkill in all parts of learn- 
 ino-,) to whom he was nearly related in blood; who accordingly came to Ely a little 
 time before his death, to affift him in fettling both his fpiritual and temporal af- 
 fairs. Hervey during his illnefs feemed defirous of taking upon him the monaftick 
 habit and profeffion, ^ but whilft he vi^as preparing to enter on that flate, and before 
 he could accomplifli it, he was prevented by death; which happened on the 30"" 
 day of Auguft in the year 1131. He was buried the next day in his Cathedral 
 Church; having held his Biftioprick 22 years, wanting 6 weeks and 5 days. 3 
 
 » Several of his fiiccefTors however, though under no obligation to it, have at fundry times, of 
 their mere liberality and zeal for the honour of God, thought fit to contribute Largely to the repairs, 
 ornament, and in fevera! inftances, to the enlarging or rebuilding parts of the Church, Bp.Geofry 
 Ridel built the Weftern Tower, Euftachius the Gahlee, Hugh Norwold added 6 arches to the eaft- 
 end, and John Hocham rebuilt the 3 arches adjoining, towards the Dome. '■ Lib. Ellen. MS. 
 lib. iii. cap.37. 3 MS. Harleian. in Mufaeo Brit. N°258. Fol. 83. 
 
 IL NIGELLUS. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 137 
 
 n. NIGELLUS. 1133. 
 
 AFTER the Death of Her-vey, the Khig took into his hands the Temporalities 
 of the See, and received the profits near two years: but in the year 1133, 
 when the King was preparing to make a voyage into Normandy, (which proved his 
 laftj) he was prevailed on to permit feveral vacancies in the Church to be filled, 
 before he went; one of which was the See of Ely: but, on condition that the Monks 
 elected and received for their Eifliop his Treafurer Nigellus ; ' he was at that time 
 Prebendary of St. Paul's London, and Nephew of Roger Bifliop oi Salijbury: and 
 was accordingly Confirmed at Biirnham, June 27, and Confecrated at Latnbeth on 
 the ift of OSfober following by William Corboil Archbilliop of Canterbury. Soon after 
 his Confecration he came down to Ely, where he was received with extraordinary 
 marks of refpefl and joyfulnefs ; but the Office he held under the King, who was 
 then gone into Normandy, made it neceflary for him to refide at London : on whicli 
 account he foon left the place, having firft committed the care of his Diocefe to one 
 Ranulph a Secular Clergyman. 
 
 On the death of King Henry I, who died in Normandy Dec. 1. 1 135. Stephen Earl 
 of Boloiigne his Nephew took pofieffion of the Crown, which had been fettled on 
 his Daughter the Emprefs Matilda. The part the Bifliop of Ely took at that 
 juncture, was to fit iiill, and wait for a more favourable o}:)portunity of declaring 
 his real fentiments : he even continued in the office of Treafurer ^ during the firft 
 part of Stephen's reign : in the mean time he took care to put the I/Ie o/E/y into a 
 ftate of defence, by building a Caftle 3 at Ely, and repairing another at Aldrey, into 
 which he put a garrifon; but did not think fit openly to efpoufe the caufe of the 
 Emprefs, till the year 1139; and the occafion of it is too remarkable to be omitted. 
 A general rumour prevailing at that time throughout the Kingdom, that Matilda 
 was coming into England to aflert her claim to the Crown; 4 it was fuggeited to 
 Stephen, that the Bifliop of Solljbiiry, and his two Nephews the Bifliops of Lincoln 
 and Ely, were favourers of the defign, and their Caftles intended for the recep- 
 tion of his enemies ; and that the only w^ay to avoid the danger, was to get pof- 
 feflion of thofe Caftles. Not long after, about the end of June that year, the King 
 called a great Council to be held at Oxford, to which the Bifliop of Salijbuty was 
 particularly fummoned; who would willingly have excufed himfelf on account of 
 his age and infirmities : but as the King refufed to admit of any excufe, he took 
 with him, befides his own attendants, his two Nephews the Bifliops of Lincoln and 
 Ely, who alfo had with them a numerous train of Servants well armed, and came 
 
 to 
 
 ' Lib. Elien. MS. lib. iii. cap. 40. ^ Madox, Hid. Exchequer, pag. 54; 3 There are now no 
 remains of this Caftle, which was probably demoliflied in the reign of King Henr. II, when almoft 
 all others which were erefted in K.Stephen's reign were'ordered to be deftroyed. X. Script, col. 
 1043. — However, one of the Wards of the City where it ftood retains the Name, beino- called to 
 this day Caftle-Ward. 4 Malmefb. de Regibus Angl. pag. 181. — Floren. Wigorn. Contfnuacio, ad 
 an. 1 1 38, 1 139. — X. Scriptores, col. 1345. 
 
 s 
 
138 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 to the Council. Here it happened, that a quarrel arifing between the retainers of 
 the three Bifliops, and thofe of Alan Earl of Richmond; many were wounded on both 
 fides and a Knight belonging to the Earl was (lain. The King laid hold on the oc- 
 cafion to arreft all the three Bifhops for breach of the peace; and for a pledge of 
 their fidelity, infiftcd on their delivering up to him their Caftles; and they were or- 
 dered to be kept in cuftody till they complied. But whilft the matter was in fuf- 
 penfe, the Bifliop of Ely found means to efcape, and went to his Uncle the Bifliop 
 of Salisbury s Caftle at the Devizes: the two other Bifliops by threats and rough ufage 
 were brought to confent. As foon as the King was informed of what courfe the 
 Bifliop of Ely had taken, he took with him the Bifliop of Salisbury and his Son 
 Roger, who was the King's Chancellor, and went, and laid fiege to the Caflile : and 
 as the place was ftrong and would take up much time to reduce it by force, he 
 made ufe of this expedient to make himfelf niafl:er of it: A gallows was ere6lcd 
 near the walls, and the Bifliop of Salisbury and the Chancellor were led up to it; 
 and word was fent to thofe within the Cafl:Ie, that the Chancellor fliould be hanged, 
 and the Bifliop of Salijbury fliould neither eat or drink, unlcfs it was immediately 
 delivered up to the King. ' Upon which the Bifliop of Ely thought proper to fur- 
 render it, only on condition of having his liberty; and retiring to the IJle of Eh\ 
 he was there joined by fomc of the difaifected Barons, and fome meafures were taken 
 for the defence of the place. But the King foon having information of their defign, 
 haflied thither with his forces; and with the greatefl: expedition coUccling a number 
 of boats together, with hurdles and planks upon them, fuddenly pafl'ed the river 
 with his Horfe near Aldrey, and thereby made himfelf mafter of the place, before 
 his enemies had time to recoiled: themfelves, or make any refifliance. ^ The Bifliop 
 had the good fortune to efcape out of the IJlc the night before, and made the befl: 
 of his vi-ay to Gloccjler, ' where the Emprefs, who arrived in England a little before> 
 then refided. The Monks of the Church fearing left this unlucky affair might turn 
 to their ruin, refolved to meet the King; and throv/ing themfelves at his feet, pro- 
 fefled that they were in no wife concerned in this a6l of rebellion againft: him; and 
 gave him fuch convincing proofs of it, that the King declared himfelf well fatisfied 
 of their innocence; and further, by a Charter dated at Cajnbridge a day or two after, 
 he confirmed their liberties and pofl'efllons ; but he feized the effedls of the Bifliop, 
 and took into his hands all his revenues, both within and without the IJle. 4 
 
 Not long after, the King being taken prifoner at Lincoln, the Bifliop, with the 
 aflifl:ance of fome forces he received from the Emprefs, recovered the IJle of Ely\ 
 and was by her means fully rcft:ored to his Biflioprick. On his return to Ely, he was 
 received by the Monks with the greater pleafure and refpe6t; as there had for fome 
 time before been a difagreement between them and the Bifliop, occafioned by the 
 flanderous and falfe reports made of them by Ranulph, to whom the Bifliop had 
 committed the care of his Diocefe: but Ranulph himfelf having been detected, and 
 found guilty of endeavouring to raife difturbanccs in the State to ferve his own 
 
 private 
 
 ' Ibkl. * Lib. Elien. MS. lib. iii. cap. 58. 3 X. Scriptores, col. 1350. — Lib. Elkn. MS. lib.iij. 
 cap. 60. 4 Ibid. cap. 5S. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 139 
 
 private intereft, was now fled from his charge through fear of being puniflied for his 
 mifcondu(5l: whereby peace and mutual confidence between the Bifliop and them 
 was reflored. ' 
 
 When the war broke out again, on the King's recovering his hberty, the Bifliop 
 did not openly engage himfelf in it, but feemed rather to wait the event. In the 
 mean time the haughty behaviour of the Emprefs, gave the King fuch advantage, 
 that her caufe became defperatej and the Bifliop forefeeing that his perfifting in his 
 oppofition, mufl: inevitably bring him under great difficulties, without any real ad- 
 vantage to her affairs, endeavoured to make his peace with the King on the befl: 
 terms he could; which was, not without great difficulty, brought about by the me- 
 diation of his friends. ^ 
 
 In the beginning of the year 1143, a Council being held zt London y at which 
 the King was prefent, and Henry his brother Bifliop of Winchcjler prefided as the 
 Pope's Legate; one Vi talis a Clergyman preferred a Charge againfl: the Bifliop of El\\ 
 for illegally difpofleffing him of his Church ; and the Legate feeming to countenance 
 the charge, others were encouraged to accufe him for difllpating the goods of the 
 Church, and fpending them on his Soldiers, and as being a principal mover of fe- 
 dition in the Kingdom : for which they appealed him to anfwer the fame before the 
 Pope. As foon as the Council broke up, the Bifliop thought proper to confult fomc 
 of his friends, who were with the Emprefs in the Weftern parts of the Kingdom : 
 and in his journey thither was near being furprized and taken prifoner by a party 
 of the King's forces wtzx Warham-Cajlle "^ \n Dorfeffiire; his horfes, carriages and 
 baggage fell into their hands, among which was the whole coftly furniture of his 
 Chapel: the Bifliop however efcaped to the Emprefs's Court; and having finiflied 
 his buflnefs there, fet out for Ely, where he arrived fafe, though not without great 
 danger of being intercepted by feveral parties of Soldiers, who were roving about and 
 plundering the Country. Towards the end of the fame year, + he received a Sum- 
 mons from the Legate, in confequence of the above-mentioned appeal, to attend 
 the Court of Rome: but the lofs he had fuffered at Warham, rendered him unable to 
 undertake the journey without further fupplies. On confulting with Gocelin of Ely 
 and William de Laventon his Archdeacon, and others, they advifedhim to accommodate 
 himfelf out of the Church treafury; and to obviate any difcontent and murmurings 
 ■of the Monks, to furrender to them the Manor of Hadjhck, as a pledge for repay- 
 ment of the money, within three months after his return. — Thus furniflied and 
 provided he fet forward {ox Rome-, where on his arrival, he fully refuted the charge 
 of his adverfaries, and received abfolution from the Pope : the caufe alfo of Vitalis 
 was reheard, and the fentence pafl'ed on him by the Bifliop for Simony, was con- 
 firmed. 
 
 During the time that the Bifliop was at Rome, a party of the King's forces hav- 
 ing formed a defign of furprifing the IJle of Ely;'> the guards that were placed to 
 
 defend 
 ' Dialog, de Scaccario, Edit. p.Madox. p.24. * Lib. Ellen. MS. lib.lii. cap.72. 3 Ibid, cap.73. 
 •* Ibid. 5 Ibid. cap. •]■], 
 
 S2 
 
140 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 defend it, invited Gecfry de Magnaville to their afiiflance, who had fome time before 
 left the King in difgull: for difpoffefllng him of his Caftles of Waldcn and Plejfiz^ and 
 fcizcd the Abby oiRamJey in BuntingdoijJJnrc, which he fortified againil the King; and 
 being thus put into podeflion of the JJle of Ely alfo, it awaked the attention of the 
 King, who fufpeiSlcd that it was done with the confent or at leafl: the connivance 
 of the Bifliop, though abfent at that time at Rome; and therefore again ordered all 
 his effects and pofTedions without the I/le to be fcized, and difpofed of them among 
 
 his Soldiers. 
 
 About the latter end of the year 1144. the Bifliop returned to England Wwh the 
 Pope's confirmation of the Liberties and Poffeflions of his Church, and Letters of 
 recommendation from the Pope to the King and Archbifliop; but found all his af- 
 fairs in great diforder and perplexity; and the King fo much exafperated againfl 
 him, that it was with difficulty he obtained the favour of appearing in his prefence 
 and delivering his Letters from the Pope : however at the interceffion of fome 
 Nobles about the King, he was at length permitted to make his fubmiffion; never- 
 thelcfs on condition of paying a fine of 300 Marks, ' and furrendering up his Son 
 as an hoftage and pledge of his fidelity: after which he received the King's pro- 
 teclion for his perfon and eftecls, and returned to Ely. He was at that time fo re- 
 duced in his circumftances, as not to be able to raife a funi fufficient to pay the 
 fine that had been fet : and the treafures of the Church were fo exhaufled, that the 
 Monks were not in a capacity of afllfting him, without having recourfe again to the 
 ornaments of the Church; a great part of which they had already made ufe of, to 
 fupply their own urgent neceffities, in the courfe of the war, in which they had 
 been frequently pillaged: they were induced, however, to lend the Bifliop the fum of 
 200 Marks, which they procured by ftripping off more of the filver from the Shrine 
 of St. Ethcldrcda, and parting with fome other ornaments of the Church; for repay- 
 ment whereof he confirmed to them the Manor of Hadjlock by his Charter, and fet- 
 tled it particularly for the repairing and ornamenting the aforefaid Shrine and Altar 
 of St. Etbeldreda.'' 
 
 In the latter part of King Stephen's reign, he feems to have lived retired; but had 
 at length the fatisfaction of feeing peace refl:ored, and the fuccefllon of the Crown 
 fettled on Henry Duke of Normandy Son of Matilda the Emprefs, by a Convention 
 of the States at Wejlminjler in the year 1154, to which our Bifliop occurs as a wit- 
 nefs among many others. 3 
 
 On Henrys acceffion to the Crown in the year 1 154, he was again appointed one of 
 the Barons of the Exchequer, and probably Treafurer: and as he was judged to have 
 mofl: exaft knowledge and Ikill in the forms and proceedings of that Court; he was 
 pitched upon and particularly intrufl:ed by the King, in reforming the many abufes 
 that had been introduced into it daring the late times of confufion ; and had the 
 honour of refl:oring that Court to it's former dignity and fplendor. 4 He afterward 
 purchafed of the King for 400/, the Office of Treafurer, for his Son Richard at that 
 
 time 
 
 ' Ibid. cap. 81. ^ Ibid. cap. 85. 3 Rymer's Focckra, vol. i. p. 1 3. * Dialogus de Scaccario, 
 (publiihed at die end of Mr.Madox's Hill, of the Exchequer,) pag.24. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 141 
 
 time Archdeacon of Ely, and he hhnfclf ftill conthiued to ad as one of the Barons 
 of the Exchequer for fome time, whilft his Son fat in the fame Court as Treafurcr, > 
 
 Some time in this reign, he founded a Hofpital at Cambridge- for a Mafter and 
 feveral Brethren, to the honour of S\..Joh)i the Evangehft; which continued under 
 the patronage of his Succeffors the Bifhops of Ely, till the year 15 10, when the lands 
 and fitc of it were furrendercd up to the Executors of Lady Margaret Countefs of 
 Richmond, who thereupon founded the prefent noble and flourifliing College of 
 St. Jobn the Evatigelijl. 3 
 
 When he wholly retired from bufmefs does not appear; but in the year 1164, 
 when the great quarrel happened between the King and K.^^.Becket, about theCon- 
 flitutions of Clarendon, our Bifliop was hindered from attending the Court, having 
 been lately attacked with the palfy;4 though it feems he afterwards fo far recovered, 
 as to be able to attend bufinefs, 5 and fat in the Court of the Exchequer the follow- 
 ing year. ^ He continued Bifliop of Ely near 36 yeai'S; and dying on Friday May 30, 
 1 169, was buried in his Cathedral Church on the Sunday following, by Willi a/.v 
 Bifliop of Norwich^ near the Altar of the Holy Crofs. 
 
 m. GEOFFRY RIDEL. 1174. 
 
 AFTER avacancy of four years, Geoffry Ridel, Chaplain to the King, one of 
 the Barons of the Exchequer, and Archdeacon of Canterbury, was duly ele6ted7 
 by the Prior and Convent of Ely at Wejl7ninjler on May i. 1173, before Richard de 
 Lucy Chief Juflice of England, who gave his affent, in the abfence of the King, who 
 was then in Normandy. ^ He had been preferred to his Archdeaconry by A. Bp. Becket 
 in 1 163, on the King's earneft recommendation; and during the vacancy, was Cuftos 
 of this See. Immediately after his election he went down to Ely, and was with 
 much folemnity inthroned in his Cathedral Church on the ly'^ of May being 
 Afcenfion-day ; 9 and that before he was either Confirmed or Confecrated. Several 
 other eledtions to different vacant Sees were made at the fame time ; and not long 
 after Richard Prior of Dover was eleded to Canterbury ; but as there was a difagree- 
 ment at that time between King Henry the Father and the young King Henry his 
 Son; the latter oppofed them all, as being made without his confent: whereupon an 
 appeal was made to the Court of Rome ; and the Ele6l of Canterbury going thither to 
 obtain the Pope's Confirmation for himfelf and the reft of his Brethren, the young 
 King fent over Berter of Orleans, as his Ambaffador to oppofe them. '-^ — The Pope 
 
 expe(5ted 
 
 I SeeMadox'sHift. of the Exchequer, pag.743. ^ Parkeri Hid. Cantabr. pag. 24. -Godwin de 
 PrfEllil. Angl. pag. 250. 3 The Bifhop of Ely's Regifter B. pag. 244. 4 Gervafii Chron col. 1 350. 
 
 5 Madox Hift. Excheq. ut fupra; — and his Formulare Anglic, in the Diflcrtarion prefixed, pag. 19. 
 
 6 Our Author (Lib. EUen. MS. lib.iii. cap. i^i.) remarks that in the latter part of his life, he was 
 obli'^ed to be carried about in a carriage by his Servants.- - 7 ' Ad inftantiam Cardinalium Albert! 
 ' et Theodini, Henricus rex Pater regis in Anglicana Ecclefia fieri liberas ele6liones et permifit ec 
 ' fcripfit.' Radulf. de Diceto Ymag. Hift. inter X Script, col. 568. » Angl.Sacr. vol.i. p. 301. — 
 Matth. Paris Hift. p. 106. 9 Rad. de Diceto, ut fupra. '° Rog. Hovedcn Annal. pag. 538. 
 
142 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 ■expe«5led on this occafion that all the Elects fliould have appeared before him : and 
 when he enquired particularly why the Ele6l of Ely was not there? Berter anfwered. 
 My Lord, he has the Gofpel-excufe : — What is that? faid the Pope: — He has mar- 
 ried a Wife, replied Berter, and therefore he cannot come. — Whether this was 
 meant as a refleaion on the Eleft of Ely, as having been formerly married ; or only 
 ipoke in regard to his See, is not eafy to determine. Certain it is, that about that 
 time many of the Clergy in the higheft ftations in the Church had been married 
 men; only they were obliged, before their admiflion into holy Orders, to make a vow 
 of celibacy: for inftance, Roger Bidiop of Salijbury had a Son who was Lord Chan- 
 cellor in Yi. Stephens reign; and Nigellus the late Biiliop of Ely s Son Richard the 
 King's Treafurer was Archdeacon of Ely, and in the next reign was promoted to 
 the See oi London; Joceline Bifliop of Sali/hury's Son Reginald was at this time Eled 
 •of Bath : And that the Elect of Ely had formerly been married feems probable, from 
 the purgation of himfelf, that he made on his Confirmation, from thofe exceptions 
 which were made to his chara6ler, before the Pope, by the young King's Ambafla- 
 dors; namely. That he had neither by word or deed, or by writing in any wife pro- 
 cured or promoted the death of Tho?nas [Becket] the late Archbiihop; neither had 
 he, fince his admiflion into holy Orders, been married or cohabited with any woman: ' 
 which feems to imply that he had formerly been married. However, after the return 
 of the Archbifliop from Rome he was Confecrated at Canterbury, with feveral others, 
 Oa. 6. 1 174. Before his promotion to the See of Ely, he had been employed in fe- 
 veral cmbaflies abroad, and particularly at the Court of Rome; and in the contro- 
 verfy between the King and Becket A.Bp. of Canterbury about the Confl:itutions of 
 Clarendon, he took part with the King, and flrongly oppofed the proceedings of the 
 Archbifliop; for which he was excommunicated by him. 
 
 After he was made Bifliop, he continued in high favour with the King; who 
 in his progrefs in the year 1177, came to Ely, and with many Bifliops, Earls, and 
 Barons, held there a great Council on the ftate of National affairs: "■ After his re- 
 turn to London he conferred the Abby of Thorney on Solomon Prior of the Church of 
 Eh. In the year 1 179, he was appointed Chief of the King's Itinerant juflices, 3 with 
 four others, in Cambridge/J.nre, and feven other adjoining Counties. With regard to 
 his Church, he recovered in the King's Court at Wind/or, 4 from Roger Bigod, Earl 
 of Norfolk, the fervice of fix Kniglits-fees in Suffolk, and fome other eftates that 
 had been alienated from the Church during the Civil Wars in King Stephens 
 reign : and procured of Pope Alexander III. a Bull of Confirmation of all the Lands, 
 Pofleflions, and Liberties of the Church, dated the 20th of April, 1 179. 5 He alfo 
 repaired very elegantly with filver the two fides and part of the covering of 
 Zi.Etheldrcdas ShnnQ; gave feveral rich veftments; ornamented the Choir with 
 
 paintings; 
 
 ' Radulf. de Diceto Ymag. Hift. col. 581. ^ Chron. Joh. Bromton, col. 1126, 1128. 3 Rog. 
 Hoveden Annal Hen. 2. p. 591. - ' Dominus Rex Wintonienfem, Elienlc.-n, Norwicenrem tpilco- 
 . pos Archiiulliciarios Regni, fed certis in locis confticuit, &c. Radulf. de Diceto, ut fvipra. col. 606. 
 A ^egiftrum Ep. EUen. M. p. 89. 5 Ibid. p. 8. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 143 
 
 paintings; and carried on the new work and Tower at the Weft-end of the Church,. 
 
 alnioft up to the top. ' .., 1 • , , t> 
 
 He was nominated one of the Executors of King Henrfs Will, which bears Date 
 at Waltbam a.d. i 182. ^ The King dying abroad in July 1189, our Bilhop, among 
 many others of the Bifliops and Nobility, went down to Winchejier 3 in great ftate, 
 to wait the arrival of the new King. Whilft he was there, he was taken ill, and 
 died a few days after, viz. on the 21ft. of Jugujl 1189. His Body was conveyed 
 thence to Ely and interred in the Cathedral Church: And, as he died inteftate, all 
 his efFeas, confifting of Plate and Jewels to a great amount, beftdes 3200 Marks of 
 Silver in ready money, were feized to the King's ufe. + 
 
 IV. WILLIAM LONGCHAMP, 1189. 
 
 CHANCELLOR of England, was ekaed Biftiop of this See Sept. 15. ii?9. at 
 a general affembly of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal at the Abby of 
 Pipeivells in Nortbamptonfl.nre; Confecrated at Lambeth Dec. 31, 118.^, and inthron- 
 ed Jan. 6. He was a Norman, and of low extraftion, but raifed by King Richard to 
 be one of the greateft Subjeds that we read of in this Kingdom. Upon the King's 
 going to the Holy Land, he appointed him alfo Chief Juftice of the Southern part 
 of England, and Proteaor of the Realm; and that nothing might be wanting to 
 him in Dignity, the Pope, at the King's requeft, and in confideration of one thou- 
 fand poun'ds, conftituted him Legate. ^ Thefe Powers he is faid to have exerted 
 with great infolence, pride, and oppreflion: however, there is no doubt but it was 
 chiefly his greatnefs that drew upon him the envy and hatred of the Nobility ; his 
 inflexible loyalty to his Prince whilft abroad, made him the more vigilant to guard 
 againft every ftep that was taken againft his intereft. John Earl of Moreton the 
 King's Brother fliowing by all his aaions, that he had an eye on the Crown, the 
 Chancellor was the more watchful of him, fo as to guard againft that undue in- 
 fluence he was attempting to make on the minds of the people : which drew on him 
 the refentment of that Prince: foon after his vigorous proceedings againft G^o^ry 
 Archbifliop of Tcrk another of the King's Brothers, who had lately come into Eng- 
 land contrary to his engagements to the King, 7 firft gave his enemies an handle to 
 raife the clamours of the people againft him. Earl John laid hold on the occafion, 
 and put himfelf at the head of that party of the Nobility which was difgafted; and 
 they all loudly exclaimed againft the pride and infolence of the Chancellor, and 
 loaded him with all the groffeft calumnies, true or falfe, that were moft apt to irri- 
 tate the populace againft him. Li the mean time, an affembly of the Lords being 
 called, met together at St. Paul's London, m an irregular and tumultuous manner; 
 
 and 
 
 I MSB Biblioth. Harlelan. in MufasoBrltan. N». 258, — et 372 1. ^ Rymer Foed. vol. i. pa^. s7- 
 3 Cliron. Gervafii inter X Script, col. 1 549. 4 Ibid. — Matth. Paris Hift. p.ig. 1 27. — Matth. Weftm, 
 ad annum. 5 Hoveden, p3g.94. — Matth. Weftm. ad annum, — Radcilf. de Diceto, ad annum. 
 6 Ibid. 7 He had promifed to the King on oath, whilft they were in Normandy, not to return into 
 England before the expiration of three years. Hoveden, p. 95. — Chron. Joh. Uromton, col. ii;i. 
 
144 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 and feveral Articles of impeachment were preferred againfl: him: and the Chancellor 
 not daring to truft himfelf in fuch an afiembly, they proceeded to fentence of ex- 
 communication; which had fuch an effeft, that he thought it moft convenient to 
 provide for his own fafety, and retire out of the Kingdom in difguife; but being 
 difcovered in his pafTage in woman's apparel, he was brought back to Dover, and 
 treated with the utmoft contumely and rigour, and there imprifoned. With great 
 difficulty his enlargement was at length obtained by tlie intercefTion of other 
 Prelates. Upon which he retired into Normandy, waiting the return of King 
 Ricbnrd; and fo far fatisfied him of his innocence, that the King reftored him to 
 the highefl; degree of love and confidence-, he returned into England 1 1 14, and con- 
 tinued to hold the office of Chancellor to his death. In the year 11 17, the King 
 :4ppointed him Iiis Ambaflador to the Pope; in his journey he fell fick, and died at 
 PoiSliers Jan. 30, and was buried in a Ciftercian Abby called Pyniy or P/««, » his 
 heart being brought to Ely and there depofited in his Cathedral, 
 
 Notwithstanding the Chara6ler of this Prelate has been reprefented by 
 moll Hlftorians in a very unfavourable light; yet there are Writers * of uncjueftion- 
 able credit, who defcribe him as a wife, generous, good-natured man; and one 
 whofe probity and perfonal merit alone recommended him to the King; and that 
 the publick hatred he incurred, was the effecl of envy and popukir mifconftrudion, 
 rather than of a condudt that could not be juftified. 
 
 During his Regency, in order to ftrengthen the place of his Refidence, he fur- 
 rounded the T:owcr of London with a large and deep Fofs, intending to flood it by a 
 communication with the river Thames. 
 
 V. EUSTACHIUS, 1197. 
 
 A Man of confiderable learning, 3 Archdeacon of Richmond, Treafurer of the 
 Church of Tork, and Dean of Salijbury, and Keeper of the Great Seal, 4 (in 
 the abfence of the Chancellor) was ekaed Bifliop at Walderoil in Normandy 5 by the 
 Prior and Convent of Ely, fummoned thither by the King for that purpofe, being 
 now advanced to the dignity of Chancellor; and was confccrated March 8, 11 97-8, 
 by Hubert Archbiffiop of Canterbury. ^ Being in high favour with the King he ob- 
 tained certain privileges to himfelf and Succelfors, particularly of hunting in the 
 Foreft of Somerjlam. But upon the death of King Richard, he was difplaced from the 
 office of Chancellor, and Hubert Archbidiop of Canterbury appointed in his flead. 
 He was one of the Bifliops who accepted from the Pope the employment of publifliing 
 the Act of excommunication of King John, and putting the Realm under an Inter- 
 di6t ; foon after which he together with the Bifliops of London and Worccfter fled be- 
 vond Sea — and were outlawed. After various negotiations the King difgracefully 
 ^ fub- 
 
 ' Radnlf. deDiceto, col. 696. - Chron. Gervafii, col. 1597. - See Angl. Sacr. vol. i. pag. 302, 
 £t pa^. 632, Note p. 3 Angl. Sacr. vol. i. p. 303. 4 Madox Hid. Exchequer, p. 53. 5 Mb. Re- 
 pillrum Epi. Elien. A. fol. 39. ^ Radulf. de Diceto. col. 701. — Matth. Pans Hift. pag. 162. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 145 
 
 Habmitted to the Pope's Authority. And the Bifliop of Ely returned, and received a 
 Confirmation from the King of the privileges granted by King Richard I. and alfo 
 the Patronage of the Abbey of Thorncy, and died at Reading ' Feb. 5. 12 15. and was 
 buried in his Cathedral Church near ^\..Mary% Altar, in the old Chapel of St.Mzr)'.* 
 
 The building of the Weft part of the Cathedral called the Galilee is afcribed to 
 Him. 3 He alfo granted to the Convent a parcel of Ground, lying betvi^een their Re- 
 fe(5lory and the Gallery leading from the Bifliop's Palace to the Cathedral, to make a 
 Cellar; and gave much Plate and Ornaments to his Church, and appropriated the 
 Churches of Steuchivorth and Melreth to the ufe of the Convent : and left 5 Marks 
 yearly for one Taper to be kept burning before St. Mzr_y's Altar; and two Marks and 
 a half for his Anniverfary. + 
 
 After the death oi Eujlacbius, the Monks t\t^td.Geoffry de Burgh Archdeacon 
 of Norivich; but before his Election was publiflied, they revoked it, and chofe 
 Robert ofTork for their Bifliop ; to whom the King refufed his alTent; however, hav- 
 ing got pofTeflion of the place, he held it without Confecration near five years; and 
 afliimed to himfelf the difpofal of all the Church-preferment and other rights of 
 the See, as Bifhop. 
 
 It appears that Robert had taken part with Lewis the Dauphin of France againft 
 King John; and after the accefllonof He?iry III, he went over into France; and there 
 publiflied falfe rumours of the King's death, to raife difturbances in this Kingdom, 
 and promote an invafion. Whereupon the King wrote a moft fubmillive and 
 prefling Letter to the Pope ; 5 informing him that Robert had been preintruded into 
 the See, in order to put Leivis into pofl'eflion of the IJle of Ely, which he calls one 
 of the beft fortified places in the Kingdom ; ^ and therefore befeeching him to take 
 upon himfelf the care of providing a proper perfon for the See of Ely by his own 
 authority. Accordingly the Pope commiflioned Pa?idulf his Legate here in Englandy 
 and Stephen Archbifliop of Canterbury, 1 to caflate both Eledlions, and by apoftollck 
 authority, to prefer to the See of £/y, 
 
 VL JOHN DE FONTIBUS, 1220. 
 
 ABBOT of Fountains in Torkfiire, who was confecrated at London Mar. 8. 1220. * 
 by Stephen Langton Archbifliop of Canterbury, and inthroned the 25th of that 
 month in his Cathedral Church. He was a Man of unexceptionable Charader, ' 
 and very kind to the Monks of his Church; to whom he gave the great tithes of all 
 his Demefnes in Hadham, to be equally divided between the Monks and the Poor on 
 
 his 
 ' MS Harleian. N«. 258. — Angl. Sacr. vol.:. p. 633. = MS Lambeth, N°. 448. pag. 96- 
 3 MS Harleian. ut fupra. Angl. Sacr. vol. i, p. 634. 4 Ibid. — The Parochial Church of St. Mary in 
 Ely was rebuilt in his time, and dedicated by him on St. James's Day; but the year is not men- 
 tioned. Regiftr. Ep''i. M. pag. 165. s Rymer. Fcedera. vol. i. p. 229. « — 'Certum eft enim, 
 » quod Civitas Elyenfis eft optima munitio Regni noftri; et quod didlus Robertus ibi extltit prcin- 
 * trufus, ut, ficut res fe habuit, reciperetur ibi Dominus Lodovicus.' ibid. 7 MS Harleian. N^ 258. 
 fol. 83, &c. 8 Matth. Weft, ad annum. 9 Ibid. 
 
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146 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 his Anniverfary. • He alfo appropriated the Re6lory of Witchford to the ufe of the 
 Convent; confirmed to them all the Grants of his PredecefTors ; and gave to his 
 Church feveral rich veftments and ornaments: and having fat Bifhop 5 years, 8 
 weeks, and 2 days, from his Confecrationj he died at Doiinham May 6. 12255 and 
 was buried before the High Altar. ^ 
 
 VII. GEOFFRY DE BURGH, 1225. 
 
 BROTHER of Hubert de Burgh Chief Juftice of England^ a. man of confiderable 
 learning, and Archdeacon of Norwich, who had been elected five years before, 
 was ao-ain ele6\ed, and was confecrated at Lc?idon by Stephen Archbifliop of 
 Canterbury June 29. 1225. 3 He caufed great part of St. Ethe/dredas Shrine to be gilt, 
 and gave a very large and valuable piece of plate for an ornament on the upper part 
 of it;+ and charged 300 acres of land in Wifbech, and 100 acres in E/m, (recovered 
 from the waters in his time,) with one mark annual rent, towards finding a Taper 
 conftantly burning before her Altar. 5 In his time the Church of St. Andrew in Cam- 
 bridge was given to the Convent by Abjalom then Re6lor and Patron of the famej and 
 was by this Bifliop foon after appropriated to the Sacrift office. ^ He alfo appro- 
 priated the Redtory of Littleport to the Hofpital of St. Mary Magdalene in Ely: and 
 gave the Convent 120 acres of land m BlufiteJ}:am for his Anniverfary. 7 He died 
 Dec. 17. 1228. and was buried in his Cathedral Church on the North-fide of the 
 Choir. ^ Upon his death, the King according to cuftom, took pofTeffion of the Tem- 
 poralties of the See: And Roger de Brigham Prior of the Church dying foon after, 
 the King alfo took poflefTion of the revenues of that dignity; which being contrary 
 to cuftom, the Monks remonftrated: and the King taking the cafe under examina- 
 tion, ordered the Priory to be reftored to the Monks; after which they were permit- 
 ted to proceed to Eledion, which fell upon 
 
 Vm. HUGH NORTHWOLD, 1229. 
 
 ABBOT of St. Edmundsbury, who was confecrated on June 10. 1229.9 Whilft: 
 he was Abbot, he was one of the King's Itinerant Juftices in the County of 
 Norfolk in the year 1227; " and after he was made Bifhop, he was fent AmbaflTador, 
 with others, to Raymund Earl of Provence, to conclude a contract of Marriage be- 
 tween the King and Alienor a his Cecond Daughter, Sifter to the Queen of France, 
 
 and to conduct her into England. " 
 
 His 
 
 ^ MS Regift. Ep"! M, p. 168. * — ' in pavimento, coram magno Altari, ad pedes Johannis 
 de Crauden.' MSS Cotton, Titus, A. 1. et Harleian, N° 3721. 3 MS. Harleian. N°. 258. 4 Ibid. 
 5 MS. Regift. Ep-iElien. M. p. 175. ' Ibid. pag. 175, 176. 7 Ibid. ^ msS. 258,3721. in Bib- 
 lioth. Harleian. 9 Matth. Paris Hift. pag. 306. — Matth. Weftmon. ad annum. '° MS Wren, de 
 rebus Ecclps. Norwic. " He fet out about the end of O(5tober 1235, and returning with tlie 
 Prince!* , .anded at Dover before the middle of January : the King meeting her at Canterbury, 
 the Nuptials were there Iblemnized with great joy and magnificence on Monday the 14th, and her 
 Coronation at Wertminfter on the Sunday following. Rymer.Fcedera, vol. i. p. 344,346,351. — 
 Matth. Paris Hift. p. 354. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 147 
 
 His publick and fecular employments did not hinder him from attending chiefly 
 to the duties of his function. In his Epifcopal Character he was one of the mofl: e- 
 minent examples of piety and virtue in his time; great commendations are beftowed 
 on him by a contemporary Hiftorian, ' for his reUgious courfe of life, his hofpi- 
 tality, and liberality to the poor: Befides this, he was a generous benefa6lor to the 
 Monks of Ely, by adding to their revenues, and confirming to tliem all tlie former 
 grants of his Predeceffors : * He alfo, with their confent, ena6led feveral Statutes for 
 the better government of the Convent: 3 He alfo united the twoHofpitals of St.John 
 Baptift and ^\..Mary Magdalene in £7^ 5 gave them Statutes and a Rule, and put them 
 under the immediate government of the Sacrift of Ely, as the Bifliop's Vicar; referv- 
 ing to himfelf and Succeflbrs, the power of admitting and difplacing the members; 
 by his ordinance the Hofpital was to confift of 13 Chaplains and Brethren, v/ho 
 were to have a common Refe6lory and Dormitory, and wear a uniform habit. And 
 for the advancement of Academical learning, he placed fome Scholars and Students 
 in the Hofpital oi St. John the Evangelift in Cambridge, then belonging to the patro- 
 nage of the Bifliops of Ely, and incorporated them with the former members : 4 in 
 which ftate they continued till about the year 1280; when not agreeing well toge- 
 ther, Hugh Baljlmm, Bifliop of Ely, removed thefe Scholars to his new foundation 
 near S\..Feter% Church without 'trumpington-gates. He alfo augmented the revenues 
 of his See, by the purchafe of the Manor of Bramford in Suffolk, with the advoufoii 
 of the Churches of IVeJlerfield and Whlttenton, now Whitton annexed, and the Manor 
 oiToterige in Hertfordjlnre-,^ both which he fettled on his Succeflbrs; who were to 
 pay out of the profits 20 Marks yearly to the Four Chaplains of the Chantry ^ he 
 had founded in the Cathedral, to pray for his Soul, and the Souls of King Henry 
 
 the 
 
 ^ Matth. Paris Hift. pag. 767. ^ Confirmavit lis fpeclatim 30 Marcas de Eccles. Meldburn, 
 10 Marc, de Eccles. Haukefton, et Ecclefiam de Sutton ad hofpitalitatem feftandam, et Ecclefiam 
 de Wicham ad veftimenta Monachorum, quas eis dederat; Salvis Vicariis didtarum Eccleliarum; 
 confirmavit etiam eis 2 So acras, quas eis dederat in Wifebech, and 200 acras quas de licentia 
 ejus emerant in Leverington, and 100 acras in Berking, quas affignaverat ad Anniverfarium fuum, 
 cum aliis redditibus, et 30 acras, in affarto de Somerfham, et i marc, reddit. quam emerat de 
 Henrico Mufchet in Ely, and 30 acras in Pulham, &c. et omnia alia quae habuerunt de dono 
 Ep"!, fjcut CartJE ipfius plenius teftantur. — Vide Cartam ipfam in Regift. Epifcopi Elien. A. pag. S3. 
 3 MS Regiflr. Epl Elien. A. pag. -j^. 4 So Parker in his SheAetc? Cantabr. MS Coll. Caio-Gonvil. 
 p. 35. which feems more probable than that Hugh Balfliam firft placed thefe Scholars in that 
 Hofpital: for afterwards, in the year 1340, a difpute arifing between the Mafter and Brethren of 
 the Hofpital, and the Mafter and Scholars of Peter-houle, about the right to the patronage of 
 St. Peters Church-, the matter was referred to Bifhop Montacute's arbitration, who adjudged it 
 to the Scholars. Regiftrum Montacute, Fol. 17. — And it is there faid, among other things, ' Ec 
 
 * Magiller et Scolares predidi exhibuerunt Literas Dni Hugonis de Balfham dudum Epi Elien. ec 
 » alia documenta, per que conftitit evidenter, quod predicti Scholares Domus Sti Petri, dudum 
 
 * fuerunt unum corpus &c. una cum Fratribus Hofpitalis Sti Johannis, Ecclefias appropriatas, et 
 ' bona &c. in communi habentes, et per longa tempora fimul in eodem Hofpitali degentes-, proceflli 
 ' vero temporis inter ipibs Fratres et Scholares difcordiae materia fufcicata, predidus PrasdecefTor 
 
 * nofter difti Hofpitalis Fundator et Patronus ad procurationem tunc Fratrum Hofpitalis ejufdem, 
 
 * et de confenfu Scolarium predidorum &c. didtum corpus divifit, &c. ipfofque Scolares tranftulit 
 
 * ad Hofpitia juxta Ecclefiam Sti Petri prediiStam, ubi nunc morantur &c.* ibid. 5 MS Regiftrum 
 ' Ep"! Elien. M. — pag. 187,188. ^ This was afterwards called the Chantry on the Green, from the 
 place where thefe Chaplains had their habitation-, which was oppofite to the Palace, on the Site 
 whereof now ftands the Houfe of John Waddington Efq; 
 
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148 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 the Third and AUenora his Queen, and their Children, and the Souls of the Bifhops 
 and Monks of Ely\ and of all their Benefa6lors: and that this Service might not be 
 interrupted, he obtained a grant from the King, for referving at all times thofe 20 
 Marks, for the ufe of his Four Chaplains, in the vacancy of the See, whenever the 
 Temporalties fhould come into the King's hands. 
 
 In the year 1235 he began the foundation of that magnificent part of the Ca- 
 thedral at the Eaft-end confifting of fix Arches, called the Prcfbytery j which work 
 he continued till the year 1251. The expenfe of this Fabrick was 5350/. 18^. 8^. He 
 alfo finiflied the great Weftern Tower with a lofty Spire of timber covered with lead; 
 this Spire was taken down in the reign of Henry the Sixth, when the Tower was raifed 
 with ftone-work about 64 feet higher, and put into the prefent form ; he likewife re- 
 built a great part of his Epifcopal Palace in Ely, and at Ditton, Shipdam, and almoft 
 all the other Manor-houfes belonging to his See, he expended large fums in rebuild- 
 ing and repairs. ' 
 
 On September 17. 1252. the Whole Church was dedicated with great folemnity, to 
 the honour of St. Mzr)', St. Peter, and St.Etbeldreda:^ and on this occafion he had 
 the honour of entertaining the King himfelf. Prince Edward his Son, and many of 
 his Nobles and Prelates, mofl: magnificently. He died at Doiinham A\xg.(>.iz^.^.'i 
 and was honourably buried behind the High Altar at the feet of SX..Etheldreda, in the 
 middle of the Prefbyteiy, which he had lately built; and into which he had folemn- 
 ly tranflated the Reliques of St. Etbeldreda, Withbu?-ga, Sexhurga, Ermenilda, and of 
 ^t.Alban.^ His Monument was a raifed one of grey marble, with his effigies curi- 
 cufly carved, in his epifcopal habit, and as it were inthroned or inftalled; at the 
 head were angels fupporting a Crown of Glory ; on the fides of the Stall were carv- 
 ed, on the right hand a King, an Abbot, and a Monk ; on the left, St. Etheldreda^ 
 an Abbefs crowned, and a Nun ; and at the foot of the Stall, the ftory of St.Edmund's 
 Martyrdom: alluding to the founding the Church of Ely, and St. Edmund's Abby, 
 over which he had prefided. This Monument which flood clofe by St. Etheldreda's 
 Shrine, was probably removed at the time when that Shrine was demolifiied; and 
 the effigies being cafually laid on Bifliop Barnefs Tomb, 5 has by the incurious been 
 taken for the effigies of that Bilhop. 
 
 IX. WILLIAM DE KILKENNY, 1254. 
 
 ARCHDEACON of Coventry and the King's Chancellor ^ was ele6led at Ely 
 by the Convent about the middle of OBober 1254. and was confecrated at 
 Bokyfe in Savoy by Boniface Archbifliop of Canterbury, then refident in that country, 
 of which he was a native, Auguft 15. 1255. 7 an aft of Confecration unprecedented 
 in any cafe of Englifd Bifliops. On his advancement to this See, he laid down the 
 Office of Chancellor, which he had difcharged in the moft unexceptionable manner. ^ 
 During the (hort time that he prefided at E/y, he appropriated to the Convent there, 
 
 the 
 ' MSS Harleian. N<>.258, et 3721. * Ibid. 3 MS Harleian. 25S. ■* Ibid. 5 Plate XV. 
 « Ryrr.er Feed. vol. i. p. 4«8. ^ Macth. Paris Hift. p. 78 2. — Macth. Wcftm. ad anaum. « Madox 
 Hill. Exchcq. p;-.g. 48. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 149 
 
 the Churches of Meldhurn and Swafham, for the increafe of hofpitality. He had the 
 charafter of a modeft, faithful, and well-learned man, and very eminent as a Ca- 
 nonift and Civilian.' In 1256. being fent Ambaflador to negotiate a treaty be- 
 tween our King and Alfonfo King of Spain, he lived but juft long enough to finifli 
 that bufinefs; for the Treaty was figned by him at Sugho in that Kingdom Sept. 20. 
 1256. 2 and he died on the 22d or 23d of the fame month, and was there buried;, 
 his Heart was conveyed to £/y, and depofited in the Prefbytery on the north fide, be- 
 tween two pillars near the high Altar ^ where we ftill fee a Monuments or 
 Cenotaph, which was ere6led to his Memory. He left to the Convent by his Will, 
 200 Marks + for founding a perpetual Chantry of Two Chaplains in the Cathedral 
 Church: And gave to the Priory of Barnwell 200 Marks, for founding two Divinity 
 Exhibitions at Cambridge. 5 
 
 X. HUGH DE BALSHAM. 1257. 
 
 UPON the death of William de Kilkenny, the King granted the Convent licence- 
 to ele6l, and recommended Henry de Wengham his Chancellor to be elected in- 
 to the Biflioprick : But the Monks were determined rather by their regard towards 
 the perfonal merits of Hugh de Balsham their Sub-Prior, and chofe him. The 
 King being exafperated upon this occafion, gave free Hberty to Johannes de 
 Walerannus, who had the cuftody of the Temporalties during the vacancy, to com- 
 mit great wafte and havock throughout the Woods, Lands, Fiflieries, and Villages 
 belonging to the Bifhoprick, with grievous exactions on the Tenants ; and refufed 
 to confirm the Ele6lion with his confent : though the Chancellor in confideration 
 of the known worth of Hugh de Balsham expreffed his readinefs to dechne his 
 pretenfions. ^ 
 
 Upon his feeming indifference, the King and the Archbifliop of Canterbury la"- 
 boured earneftly to get jidam de Marifco a Minorite Friar elecled. However, Hugh, 
 in confequence of an Order made by the Court of Rome, that every Bifhop Ele6l 
 fhould make his perfonal appearance at Rome, though at an immenfe expenfe, pro- 
 fecuted his Appeal thither; and obtained of Pope Alexander a Confirmation of his 
 Ele6lion: and was accordingly confecrated by the Pope OBober 14.^1257. This Ap- 
 peal to the Court of Rome was fii-ft made by the King's Pro6tors> who found that 
 the Archbifhop intended, after cancelling the Ele6lion of Hugh, to provide orfub- 
 ftitute another in his room, upon the pretence of a Devolution to himfelf as Arch- 
 bifhop. 7 It appears, from the authority juft cited, that the cuftom of this Convent 
 was for the whole Body to ele6l Seven, as their Proftors;, after which thefe Sevea 
 proceeded to the Ele6lion of the Bilbop. 
 
 Soon 
 
 ' Mauh. Paris Hift. pag. 769. =' Rymer Feed. vol.Ii. p. 84,85,86. 3 PlateXVI. 4 MSS Har- 
 leian. 258,3721. 5 This Mr.Baker fuppofes to- have been one of the firft endowments for Exhibi- 
 tions. See his MS Hift, of St. John's College Cambridge in the Britifli Mufsum. ^ Matth. Paris 
 Hift. p. 8 1 2. 7 Ex Decret. Pap. excerpt, in MS Epl M. p. 37. 
 
150 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 Soon after his return from Rome, in the year 1258. 42° Henr.Wl. he fued ihc 
 Mafter of the Knights Templars, before Hugh Bigot Jufticiary of England; ' for 
 his right of Hoftilage in the New Temple; when he fet forth, that Hugh Norivold 
 and William de Kilkenny, and others his Predeceflbrs had, and were in rightful pof- 
 fcflion of Hoftilage there, whenever they came to London; and particularly the \3{(i 
 of the Great Hall, the Chapel at the entrance into the Hall, Chambers, a Kitchen, 
 Pantry, Buttery, a Cellar for wine throughout the year, a flable, and all other eafe- 
 ments to the faid Hoftilage belonging; with free ingrefs and egrefs at all times; of 
 which the faid Mafter had diffeifed him, and denied him entrance: and laid his 
 damage at 200/. The event was, the Biftiop recovered his right, with Cofts. 
 
 During his Epifcopate, we find a difpenfation granted by the Pope to the 
 Monks of Ely, in confideration of their Cathedral Church being fituate on an emi- 
 nence, and expofed to cold and fliarp winds ; to wear Caps fuited to their Order. ^ 
 In the year 1268. the Biftiop iflued out an Order to his Archdeacon to fummon all 
 Parifti Priefts &c. to repair to the Cathedral once a year in Whitfun-week and pay 
 their Pentecoftals, and to exhort their Pariftiioners to do the like; under pain of 
 Ecclefiaftical Cenfures. 3 It was this Biftiop that fettled the Diftin»5tion of Jurifdidlion 
 between the Chancellor of the Univerfity of Cambridge, and the Archdeacon of Eh, 
 In 1276.4 
 
 He purchafed for himfelf and Succeflbrs Biftiops of Ely, the Manor of Tri, 5 
 which he annexed to his See : he alfo purchafed the Patronage of Three Churches, 
 viz. Beckfivell in Norfolk, and Hi?iton and Conington in his own Diocefe; and thefe 
 he fettled on his Succcftbrs, in recompence for Three Churches belonging to his Sec, 
 which he had appropriated; namely, Wifcbech and Foxton to the ufe of the Convent 
 of Ely, and Triplow which he had afligned to his Scholars refiding in Cambridge.^ In 
 the year 1280. from his aft"eaion to Learning, and refpeaing the ftate of the poor 
 Scholars in the Univerfity of Cambridge, who were much put to it for conveniency 
 of lodging, from the high rents exadled by the Towns-men; 7 he obtained a Licence 
 from King Edward I, for founding a College of Students or Scholars ]\\tvQ,fecundum 
 Regiilam Scolarium Oxon. qui de Merton cognominantur : ^ intending at firft, as it 
 fliould feem, to have converted the Hofpital of St.Jol.m in Cambridge, where fome 
 Scholars under the patronage of the Biftiops of Ely, then refided, ' into a College; 
 but afterwards, feeing occafion to alter his defign, he removed thefe Scholars to two 
 Hoftles near St. Peter's Church without Trumpington-Gate; and by an Inftrument dated 
 March 31.1284.'° ordained that they fhould for ever be ftyled The Scholars tf the 
 Bijhops of Ely, and put them into immediate and perpetual pofleflion of thofe Two 
 Hoftles, and of St. Peters Church before-mentioned, with the tythe of the two 
 Mills thereto belonging; all which the Brethren of the Hofpital before ufed to have; 
 and to which ordinance of the Biftiop they fubmitted. And that the Brethren of the 
 
 Hof- 
 
 » MS Cotton. ClautVuis. C.n. fol. ^28. b. '- Regift. M. p. 41. ^ I^^id- P^g- ^95- '^ ^S Epi 
 Elien. A. tbl. 104. s MS Regiftr. Epi Elien. R. fol. 228. ^ MS Harleian. 258. ^ Additions to 
 Camden [b]col.4i 2. » Pat.^. Ed.i.m.28. 9 Videll1prapas.147.N0te 4. '» MSHarleun.258. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 151 
 Hofpltal might not be lofers by this appointment ; he further ordained that they 
 fliould have certain Rents, and feveral Houfes near to their Hofpital, which he had 
 before afligned to his Scholars. By his laft Will he left to his Scholars many Books 
 in Divinity and other Sciences; and 300 Marks for erecTmg new buildings; with 
 which fum they purchafed a piece of ground on the South-fide of the faid Church, 
 where they built a very fine Hall. ' This was the firft endowed College in Cambridge. 
 The Univerfity, in grateful refpea to his memory, by an Inftrument dated at 
 Cambridge 7 Kal. Jun. A. D. 1291. and fealed with the Univerfity Seal; obliged them- 
 felves annually to celebrate a folemn commemoration of his Obit. ^ He died at 
 Boddington ]m\t 16. 3 1286. and was buried the 24th of the fame Month in his 
 Cathedral Church, before the High Altar, by Iboma^ de Ingoldejihcrp Bifhop of 
 Rocbejler. 
 
 XL JOHN DE KIRKEBY. 1286. 
 
 THE Prior and Convent having received the King's licence to elecl: a nevr 
 Bifliop, dated at Paris July 8. anno 14". 4 John de Kirkeby, Canon of 
 Wells and Tork, Archdeacon of Coventry, Dean of Winburn in Dorfetpire, and Trea- 
 furer to King Edward I, was by them ekaed July 26. 1286: he was at that time- 
 only Deacon; was ordained Prielt by Archbifliop Peckham at Fever jJmm Sept. 21. 
 and confecrated the day after at Canterbury, s In the latter part of the reign of 
 Henry III. he had been Keeper of the Seal;« which office he held at the time of 
 that King's death : ^ before his advancement to the See of Ely, he had been elefted 
 Bilhop of Rochejer in 1283; but decUned accepting of that dignity, as appears by 
 an a6l of renunciation dated June 16. that year.^ 
 
 He is faid to have involved himfelf too much in fecular affairs, fo as to have 
 negleaed his Paftoral function; and in the exercife of his office of Treafurer was 
 generally thought to have carried his power to excefs: In the year 1289. whilft the 
 King was abroad, he demanded of the ParUament an Aid, in difcharge of the King's 
 expenfes for three years pafi'in France; which the Nobles refolutely, by the mouth of 
 the Earl of Glocefler, rcfufed to grant till after the King's return home : Upon 
 which the Treafurer by his own authority demanded and levied heavy contributions 
 from the Cities, Burroughs, and the King's Demefnes throughout the Kingdom. » 
 However, he was a confiderable Benefaaor to the Church of Ely, by giving to the 
 Convent a certain Inn called LeBell, oppofite to the Friers Minors mLondoti, for cele- 
 brating his Anniverfary ; and by his Will left to his Succeflbrs a Mefluage, and nine 
 Cottages fituate in the Suburbs of London in Holbourn;'° which Mefl'uage became 
 thenceforth the Capital Manfion of the Biftiops of Ely. ' ' 
 
 In 
 
 • Ibid ^ Refriftr. Coll. Sti Petri, fol.27. 3 MSS Harleian. 258. et 3721. - diem autem 15. 
 nonnulliMSS ponlint. ^ MS Regill. Ep-i M. pag. 119. s MS Cotton. Titus. A. i. ^ Madox 
 Hift Excheq pacr.49. ^ Rymer Feed. vol. i. pag.8b8. « Angl. Sacr. vol. 1. p.352. Note o. 
 9 Chron. T.Wikes, pag. 117. '° MS Regift. Epi R. fol. 214. - MS Cotton. Claudius, C.ii. 
 
 foi 24- &c.' " This°ftare was fo much enlarged and improved, by purchafes of land and other 
 buildings made by his Succeflbrs; that tlie whole, confiding of Buildings, gardens, paftures, and 
 encloaues, contained about 20 acres, in the reign of Qiieen Elizabeth. 
 
S52 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 In the Spring of the year 1290. having been attacked with an acute fevcrj he 
 feemcd afterwards to be fo well recovered, as to be thought paft danger; but ven- 
 turing out too foon, and not taking proper care of himfelf, in a few days he had a 
 rclap^, which proved fatal to him. He died at Ely March 26. 1290. and was buried, 
 (Ralph de JValpole Bifliop of Norwich performing the funeral office,) in his Cathedral 
 Church before the Crofs, on the North-fide of the Choir, and near the Altar of 
 St. John Baptiji. 
 
 XII. WILLIAM DE LUDA, 1290. 
 
 PREBENDARY of Saint PWs London, and of Tork and Lincoln, Archdeacon 
 of Durham, Dean of St. Martins le Grand Landon, and Keeper of the King's 
 Wardrobe, was eleflcd Bifliop by the Convent May 4. 1290. and the fame Month 
 ordained Deacon, and confirmed by John P-eckham Archbifliop of Canterbury, and 
 by him ordained Prieft at Bocking in Efex Sept. 135 on the i ft of OSfoier following 
 he was confecrated Bifhop in Si. Marys Church in Ely, and the fame day inthroned 
 in his Cathedral Church: at this Confecration the Archbifliop was affifted by Seven 
 of his Suffragan Bifhops, Robert Burncl Bifliop of Bath and Wells, the King's Chan- 
 cellor, John de Pontys Bifliop of Winchejler, Oliver de Sutton of Lincoln, Ralph de 
 Walpole of Norwich, William de la Cornere of Salijhury, Peter Bifliop of Exeter, and 
 Amian Bifliop of Saint Apph.^ The occafion of this extraordinary aflTembly of Bi- 
 fhops at that time, was a Provincial Council or Convocation of the Clergy, which 
 the Archbifliop had fome time before fummoned to meet at Ely on the 2d of 
 October, to confider about an Aid or Subfidy to be granted to the King : according- 
 ly the Bifliops, and the Clergy by their Prodlors, met in the Chapter-Houfe at Ely 
 the day after the Bifliop of Elys Confecration, and gave the King a Te?ith of all 
 their fpiritual goods for one year. ^ 
 
 In 1292. he is faid to have been appointed Chancellor, 3 on \ht Atz.\.\\ oi Robert 
 Burnel Bifliop of Bath and Wells-, though it is probable he held that Office but a 
 little time. However, he was highly valued by the King for his abiUties and inte- 
 grity : and the Charader given of him by a contemporary Hiftorian, 4 is that of ' Vir 
 * magnificus et eminentis fcientiae;' and he further adds, that he had conducted 
 himfelf fo commendably and uprightly in his office of Treafurer of the King's 
 Wardrobe, as to gain the efteem of all, from the highefl: to the lowefl:. 
 
 In the year 1294, we find a Submiffion made to the Bifliop by the Univerfity of 
 Cambridge, in a difpute between Hefjry de Boyton Chancellor of Cambridge and his 
 adherents on the one fide, and other Matters Regents in Theology and other Facul- 
 ties on the other, concerning the Statutes., Cufl:oms, and Privileges of the 
 Univerfity: the Caufe was difcuffed before the Bifhop's Official in Si. Michael's 
 
 Church Cambridge. 5 
 
 Our 
 
 ' MS Harleian. 258. » Ibid. - A.Bp. Wake's State of the Church, &c. pag.228. 3 Chron. 
 "X.Wikes, ad annum. 4 Thomas Wikes, ut fupra. 5 MS Regiftrum Ep"! A. iol, 105. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 153 
 
 Our Bifhop was appointed by the King in 1296, one of his Commiflioners, un- 
 der the mediation of the Pope, to fettle the conditions of a Truce between the 
 Kings of France and England. ' 
 
 The King having in the beginning of the year 1297, ordered the Temporalties 
 of the Clergy to be taken into his hands, * for their refufing to grant him an aid 
 in defence of the Realm, in confequence of the Pope's inhibition > and on their 
 perfiftingin their refufal, having caufed it to be proclaimed that they were out of his 
 protection; foon after came to Ely, as appears by feveral Letters and Writs of the 
 King dated at Ely February 1 2, that year : 3 probably the King's bufmefs there, was 
 to take the advice of the Bifhop and fome other of his faithful Counfellors then 
 prefent; for the Bifhop of Ely was one of thofe Prelates who were mediators between 
 the King and the Clergy, and found out the means of refloring them to the King's 
 proteclion, by giving him the Fifth of all their ecclefiaflical goods for that year. 4- 
 
 He died March 27,5 1298; and was buried in the Prefbytery on the South-fide, 
 between two pillars near the High Altar, at the entrance into the old Chapel of 
 St. Mary. ^ 
 
 His predecelTor John de Kirkeby had left by Will to the See oi Ely his Manfioti 
 Houfe and certain tenements adjoining, in Holbourn in the Suburbs oi London: and 
 this Bifliop purchafed feveral other houfes, and fome lands adjoining, and left theni 
 to the Church of Ely and his SuccefTors, on condition, that his immediate Succelfor 
 fhould pay 1000 Marks to his Executors, within 3 months after his Confirmation: 
 he alfo gave by his Will 200 Marks, to purchafe 20 Marks a year for maintenance 
 of Three Chaplains, to pray for his Soul and the Souls of the Bifliops of Ely 
 and their Syc.celTors for ever in the Chapel there; befides three houfes for their 
 habitation. ^ 
 
 On the death of WilUam de Luda the King's Officers feized not only the Tempo- 
 ralties of the Bifhoprick, but alfo the revenues of the Priory. ^ On which occafion 
 the Prior and Convent, rather than be fubjeft to fuch inconvenience for the future^ 
 by a fine of 1000 Marks obtained a Charter 9 from the King, of fuch a total fepa- 
 ration of the Priory from the Biflioprick, as fliould exempt it from fuch feizure in 
 any future vacancy of the See, 
 
 XHL RALPH DE WALPOLE. 1299. 
 
 C'^ RE AT difputes arofe in the Convent about the eleclion of a new Bifliop : 
 '% by a majority of the Monks 'john Saleman their Prior was eleifled ; others no- 
 minated John de Langton Chancellor to the King. '° After the Eledion had been 
 
 long 
 
 ' Rymer Feed, vol.ii. pag. 703, » Matjih. Weft, ad an. 1296, & 1297. s Rymer Foed. vol. ii. 
 p. 756, &c. — Angl. Sacr. vol.i, p.5;o. * Henr. Knyghton, inter X Script, col. 2492. 5 So 
 Angl. Sacr. v.i. p. 522. — but Mar. 28, according to the Ely Obituary, MS Cotton. Vefpaf. A. 6. 
 * MSS Harleian. 258,3721. 7 This "Will was proved in the Court of Huftings London, 'Die 
 ' lune prox. poft feftiim S.Luce Evang. An. R.R. Edw. fil. Regis Hen. 26°.' MS Regiftr. Ep*!, A. 
 fol. 156. i.e. ultimo. ^ Wilkins Concil. vol.ii. p. 237. 9 MS Regiftr. Ep~i. M. pag. 124, 6u, 
 »" Angl. Sacr. voi.i, p. 639. — Wilkins Concil. vcJ.ii. pag. 237,238. 
 
 (J 
 
154 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 long time examined and difcufTed before the Archbifhop of Canterbury, and was near 
 being terminated in favour of the Prior} the Chancellor thought fit to appeal to 
 the Pope: and both went to Rome to folicit their caufe in perfon. The Pope annulled 
 the Election ; but gave the Proftors of the Convent liberty to Nominate any one of 
 the exempt ' Abbots of the fame Order, namely, of St. Edmundjbury, JVeJiminJier, 
 ^X. Auguftins, or S\. Albans; which they refufing to do, by his own authority he tran- 
 Hated to the See of Ely, Ralph de Walpole, Bifliop of Norwich, July 15. 1299; 
 and promoted the Prior of Ely to the See of Norwich ; and the Archbifhoprick of 
 Dublin being at that time vacant, by the death of William Ottonine, who died in his 
 return from the Court of Rome, the Pope preferred Richard de Ferringes Archdeacon 
 of Canterbury to it, and gave that Archdeaconry to John de Langton Chancellor of 
 England.^ Ralph de Walpole had formerly been Archdeacon of Ely, and after his ad- 
 vancement to the Biihoprick of Norwich, he prefided over that Church with great 
 reputation 1 1 years : and during his fhort prefidency at Ely, exerted himfelf in the 
 reformation and ellablirtiment of difcipline in the Convent j particularly in a Vifita- 
 tion by him held in 1300, he with great care and diligence revifed the Statutes and 
 Ordinances by which the Church was then governed ; and comparing them with the 
 (landing rules of the Benedifline Order, and the feveral reformations of them, that 
 had been made by different Archbifliops of Canterbury, and on fpecial occafions had 
 been prefcribed by his Predeceflbrs Bilhops of Ely : feleding thofe which were ne- 
 ceflary and proper to be continued ; and abrogating and annulling fuch as by time, 
 and change of things and circumftances, he found needlefs, fuperfluous, or obfo- 
 lete ; he compiled from the whole, with fome additions of his own, one compleat 
 body of ftatutes;3 which he enjoined to be inviolably obferved by the Convent for 
 the future. 
 
 He held the See of Ely only 3 years; and dying Mar. 20. 1302.4 was buried in 
 the Church before the high Altar, on the pavement. 5 
 
 XIV. ROBERT DE ORFORD, 1302. 
 
 PRIOR of the Convent was elefled Bifhop by way of compromife April 14. 
 1302. but Archbifliop Winchelfca refufing to confent, and confirm the eledlion, 
 on pretence of his being illiterate ; the Convent appealed to the Court of Rome ; 
 where the Ele£t fubmitting his pretenfions to Pope Boniface, he confirmed the elec- 
 
 • tion, 
 » Matth. Weftm. ad annurr 1298 •, ciijus verba fiint, ' — annuit eis gratiam cligendi unum de 
 
 * Abbatibiis excmptis illius ordinis, nominais [1. nominatis] Abbatibus de Weftmon. de S. Ead- 
 .♦ mundo, de S. AngLiftino, etde S. Albano, Quibus abnegantibus, &c.'— Godwinus autem (dePras- 
 ful. Angl. p. 259.) inquit, ' Is [Papa] igitur in Monachorum gratiam, eligendi denuo integram il- 
 "* lis facultatem permittit, hac lege, ut ex totius Anglife Abbatibus unum eligant, tribus tantum ex- 
 
 ♦ ceptis, videlicet Wcftmonafterienfi, Burienfi, et S. Auguftini Cantuarije, quos non oporcuit attin- 
 
 ♦ gere.' Unde in tantum errorem incidit Godwinus, non poflum conjecftura afTequi ; nifi tori'an ifi 
 ■ loco ex Mattheo Weft, citato exceptis minus caute pro exemptis legit. '■ Matth. Weftm. ad annum 
 
 1298. 3 Thefe Statutes occur in the Bifliop's MS Regifter A. pag. 65,66, &c. ♦ Anno, fcilicet, 
 iacipientc i™" Januarii. 5 ' Coram Summo AUari in pavimento.' ita fere omnes Codices MSS. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 155 
 
 tlon, and confecrated him Bifliop at Rome.^ His Dilburfements at that Court toge- 
 the" with the Expenfes of his Journey, were eftimated at about 15000/.^ On h.s re- 
 turn to Ely, he refufed being inftalled by the Archdeacon of C.^.r^^O'. who was pre- 
 fent and claimed that privilege , but took poffcffion of his place m the Church by 
 virtue of the Pope's authority. He confirmed all the grants of his predeceffors to the 
 Convent by his Charter , 3 in which are enumerated the diftind rights and privileges 
 of the BiHiop and Convent, in their feveral Lands and Manors belonging to the 
 Church He left by Will his books and furniture of his Chapel to the Convent; but 
 the Aixhbifhop claimed his right to the pontifical Ring, 4 as due to him on the death 
 of every one of his Suffragans. He died at Downham, Jan.21. 1310. s and was m- 
 terred in the Church before the High Altar next to his immediate Predeceffor. 
 
 XV. JOHN DE KETENE. 1310. 
 
 THE vacancy of the See being certified to the King, as ufual. and his licence 
 obtained to proceed to an eleaion; the Prior and Convent eleded John de 
 Ketene Almoner of the Church, M^r. 2.1 310.6 ^ho was Confirmed by the Arch- 
 bifhop 10 July, and Confecrated Bifiiop at Canterbury 6 Sept. following. 
 
 IN this Bifhops time, viz. in the year 1313. King Edu^ard II. fentLetters manda- 
 tory to borrow money of the Clergy and Ecclefiaftical Corporations, to enable hini 
 to refift the Scots under Robert le Brus : 500 Marks were charged on the Bifhop. 
 and ^00 on the Convent. 7 The fame year Robert, Bifliop of Glajgow in Scofland,v,ho 
 had been euilty of fome offence againft King Edward II, and had been fent to the 
 Court of Rome, to anfwer for his conduft; was by the Pope remitted back to the 
 Kine to be kept in cuftody, till peace was reftored between the two Kingdoms. The 
 King fent him to Ely, and wrote to the Biftiop and to the Prior and Convent « to 
 have him in their cuftody ; and to provide lodgings fitting his ftate and condition 
 within the precin6ls of the Priory, where he might be fecurely kept, and treated 
 with refpea, and be maintained at his own expenfe. He continued in this confine- 
 ment, till about the middle of the next Summer j when he was removed to Tork, 
 
 and thence to Carlijle. « ^ , • . 1 
 
 IN the year 1314. the King vifited Ely, and fpent his Eafter there with royal mag- 
 nificence: and during his ftay there, being attended by the BiOiop in viewing the 
 infide of the Church, he took occafion to mention the difpute between the Monks 
 of ^t. Albans and Ely, about the Body of the Englifli Proto-martyr St. Man ; which 
 he decided in favour of the former. ■« , , u 
 
 This Bimop died Mar.i^Azi6. and was buried before the High Altar, on the 
 North-fide, next to his immediate predeceffors. • ' 
 
 A.V1. 
 
 . MS Harleian. 258. '- Godwin de Praeful. Angl. p. 260. 3 Regiflrum Efx A fol. 58 4 Wil- 
 kinsConcil vol.ii. p.403. s Anno, viz. incipientc Jan. i. * Anno, viz. mapientc j Jan. 7Ry 
 m«FXoliii.payA43^. ^ Ibid, pag'450. Mbid.pas.4H9> 496. -WalfinghamHitt 
 Angl. p3g.i04. '' MS Harleian. 258. 
 
 ^ 2 
 
156 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 XVI. JOHN HOTHAM, 1316. 
 
 PREBENDARY of Tork, Re£lor of Cottlngham In Torkjlnre, and Chancellor of the 
 King's Exchequer, ' was eleded Bifhop, confirmed "^july 20, and confecrated 
 at Canterbury the 3"* of O^ober, 1316.* He was much employed in publick bufinefs, 
 both before and after his promotion to this See : in 1310, he was the King's Efchea- 
 tor beyond the Trent ; 3 in 13 13, he attended the King in his expedition \\\X.o France ^ 
 and was one of his Commiflioners to treat with Fhilip King of France:'' in 13 14, 
 and 1315, he was employed as the King's Plenipotentiary into Ireland to the Earl 
 of Vlfier } with full commiflion to tranfadt and fettle with the Rebels, and all other 
 perfons ; to remove Officers, and to place others in their ftead. 5 In December, \i\by 
 he was fent, with others, on an Embaffy to the Pope, to treat concerning the reve- 
 nues of the Dutchy oi Aqiiitain, lately mortgaged to the Pope for 16,000 Florins : ^ 
 and foon after his return, May 27,1317, was appointed Treafurer of the King's Ex- 
 chequer ; 7 and the year following made Lord Chancellor of England. ^ Whilft he 
 was in that poll, he obtained of the King in Parliament at York, a Confirmation of 
 all the former Rights and Liberties of the Church of Ely, both of the Bifhop and 
 Convent. ' 
 
 The Bilhop then Chancellor, was perfonally prefent in the Army, 0^.12.1319, 
 when the Englijh were defeated by the Scots, in the battle of Myton upon Swale ; and 
 narrowly efcaped being taken prifoner : '° after which he was appointed one of the 
 Commiflioners, to treat concerning peace with Robert Brus :^^ with whom a Truce 
 was concluded for two years : and foon after refigned his Office of Chancellor. 
 
 The Chapel of St. M^ry, now Trinity Church, was begun in his time, by John de 
 IViJbech, one of the Monks of this Church, at the charge of the Convent ; the firft 
 Stone thereof was laid upon Lady-day, 132 1, by Alan de Walfmgham, Sub-prior of 
 the Convent ; who was on Dec'. 21, following, appointed by the Bifhop, Sacrift of 
 the Church, a Man every way qualified for that flation, efpecially as among his other 
 accomplifliments, he was eminently Ikilful in Architedure, and other mechanical 
 Arts : he had not been quite two months in his office, before he had a favourable 
 opportunity of exhibiting a fpecimen of his talents and abihties that way. In the be- 
 ginning of the year 1322, on the 12'^ oi February in the night, the old Tower in the 
 middle of the Church fuddenly falling down, ruined alfo the Choir that was under 
 it. The Sacrift, to whom the care, overfight, and repairs of the Fabrick belonged, 
 
 the 
 
 ' Madox Hift. Excheq. 0.743- * Angl. Sacr. vol.i. p. 643. 3 RymerFcaed. vol.iii. p.199,209. 
 4 Ibid. pag. 405, 408. 5 ibid. p.4Q2,532,533. « Ibid, pag.582, 583, 584, ct 624. 7 Madox 
 Hift. Excheq. pag. 572. « Rymer Foed. vol.iii. p. 756. 9 MS Regiftr. Ep"*! M. pag.129,130, &c. 
 This Chancer confirms, by Itijpeximus, all the former Grants of Liberties to the Church of Ely ; it 
 is dated at York 1 Dec 1 2° Edw. ii ; and in the body of it, is faid to be granted by the King, — 
 
 ♦ De afTenfu Prelatorum, Comitum, Baronum, et aliorum Procerum Regni noftri in prefenti Parlia- 
 
 ♦ memo Noftro apud Eboracum convocato exiftentium.' '° Wcevei's Funeral Monuments, p.792. 
 Drake's Antiq. oi' York, p. 100. " Rymer Feed. vol. iii. p.805. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY, (bishops.) 157 
 the fame year, formed the defign and plan, and laid the foundations of that more 
 convenient, as well as more elegant kind of ftruaure in its room which we now fee; 
 it is of an Odogon form, fupported by eight pillars, covered with a Dome, and 
 crowned with a fpacious Lantern. The Stone-work was compleated in 6 years ; and 
 the Wood- work raifed thereon and covered with lead, in 14 years more : the whole 
 was finifhed at the expcnfe of the Convent ; (with 206/. is. ad. in benefaflions -,) ia 
 the year 1342; and coft 2406/. 6s. iid. 
 
 Whilst the Convent were engaged in this expenfive work; the Bllhop generoufly 
 took upon himfelf to compleat the Prelbytery ; by taking down, and rebuilding in 
 a more elegant manner, that part of the old work eaftward of the Dome, then car- 
 rying on by the Convent ; and joining it to that part of the Church built by his 
 Predeceffor Hugh NortJmold. This work, containing the fpace of three Arches length- 
 wife, was wholly rebuilt and liniflied at the Bifhop's expenfe, which amounted to 
 
 2034/. 12i. 8^^.' 
 
 In the year 1323, our Biftiop was charged with the King's CommifTion, to fettle 
 affairs in Gafcogny, at that time in great diforder j * and was inverted v/ith full powers 
 to appoint a Governor of the IJle of Oleron. ^ 
 
 In the year 1324, he was again appointed CommifTioner, to treat concerning 
 Peace, with Robert de Brus.^ The next. year we find him joining Queen Ijabel and 
 her adherents ; and in 1326, the King having retreated beyond the Sea with his fa- 
 vourhe Hugh la Defpenfer Junior, and others; he was one of the confederate Pre- 
 lates and Nobles, who appointed the King's eldeft Son Edward, Duke of Aquitain-^ 
 Guardian of the Realm, during the King's abfence. On the return of the King, the 
 confederate Lords fent and demanded the Great Seal ; which being given up, was 
 by the Queen and Duke of Aquitain, delivered to the Bifhop of Norwich. 5 In the 
 month of January 1327,^ King Edward II. having made a formal refignation of the 
 Kingdom, and his Son proclaimed King, by the name of Edward III ; the Great 
 Seal was again given to the Bifhop of £/j', who caufed to be engraven, on the lower 
 part of it, two Flowers of the Arms of France. 7 The fame year he purchafed of 
 Henry de Grey, Heir of >/w de Grey, Lord of Rythyn, a Houfe and feveral parcels of 
 Land, contiguous to his Manor of Holbourn, in the Suburbs of London, confifting of 
 a Vineyard, Kitchen-Garden, Orchard, and inclofed pafture : he alfo purchafed other 
 Lands and Tenements of John de Pelham, fituate near his faid Manor of Holbourn, 
 within the Parifh of St. Sepulchres, London ; all which he fettled on the Church of 
 Ely ; dividing them between his Succeffors the Bifhops, and the Convent ; ^ to the 
 
 latter 
 » Ano-1. Sacr. vol.i. p3g.647. MSSHarleian. 258. 3721. ^ RymerFoed. vol. iii. p. 986. 3 Ibid, 
 vol.iv. p.9. 4- Ibid. p. 104. 5 Ibid. p. 237. ^ Anno incipiente i Jan. ^ RymerFced. vol.iv, p. 
 243. * The Dean and Chapter of Ely are now pofTefled of their fliare of this Ellate ; part of which 
 is ft'ill called the Vineyard, fituate in St. Andrew's Parifh, Holbourn, with other Lands and Tene- 
 ments there, and in St. Sepulchre's Parifh in the Suburbs of London. How the Billiops of Ely came 
 to be difpolfcfled of their part of it •, and other Lands, &c. contiguous to their Manor- Houfe, Hol- 
 bourn, the curious Reader may find in N^ 3789. p3g.i5. of the Harkian MSS. in the BritiHi Mu- 
 feum. 
 
158 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 latter he gave alfo his Manor of Dageney at NorthivoJd in Norfolk, and other Lands 
 and Tenements in Ely, (afterwards called Le Cellerers Rents-,) on condition they 
 fliould give yearly 5/. to the Poor, and allow 5/. for a Pittance, and diftribute if. 
 to each of the Monks, and 2s. to the Prefidents or Principal Officers of the Convent 
 on his Anniverfary ; and the remainder to be applied to the augmentation of the 
 Cellerer's revenues. ' 
 
 In the year 1329, he obtained for the Prior and Convent a Grant from the King, 
 to have the cuftody of the See on every vacancy, and to receive the profits thereof; 
 for which they were to pay to the King and his Succeflbrs 2000/. by the year, or in 
 proportion for the time it fhould continue vacant. * 
 
 He died at Somerfiam, y^w.14.1337.3 (having been afflidled with the Palfy for 
 two years before his death,) and was buried behind the Altar of the Choir, in the 
 middle of that part of the Prefbytery which he had built: a magnificent Tomb was 
 erecled over him, with his Effigies in Alabafter ; it was adorned with a fumptuous 
 Branch, for feven Tapers, on the top of it ; and in the feveral compartments on the 
 fides and eaft-end, adorned with fculpture, reprefenting the Hiftory of the Creation 
 and Fall of Man; and many other decorations: the Tomb flill remains, but much 
 defaced, and diverted of the above-mentioned ornaments : + inftead whereof is placed 
 on the top of it a kind of wooden ornament, and a modern Infcription, 5 (wrote a- 
 bout the time of Q^lizabeth, or K. James I.) with a wrong date of his death, and 
 mentioning part of his munificence to the Church ; but falfly afcribing to him the 
 building of the Dome and Lantern j which doubtlefs were built by the Prior and 
 Convent ; as appears by almofl: all other accounts, and confirmed by feveral original 
 yearly Accounts of the Sacrift, ftill remaining in the Archives of the Church. ^ 
 
 XVn. SIMON DE MONTACUTE. 1337. 
 
 SOON after the vacancy of the See, the Prior and Convent applied as ufual to 
 the King, for his licence to proceed to a new cleftion : but the King and his 
 Minifters made fo many difficulties and delays ; that it was near two months before 
 they obtained it. In the mean time, the King, (as afterwards appeared,) was fecretly 
 neo-otiating with the Pope, and had wrote to him in favour of the Bilhop of Wor- 
 cejler ; defiring that he might be tranflated to Ely. However, the Convent proceed- 
 ing to ele«5lion, unanimoufly made choice of their Prior John de Crauden, a Man of 
 '■■reat worth, piety and generofity ; in all refpeds qualified for the Epifcopal Office.7 
 " But 
 
 ' MS Wren.— Rot. Comput. Cellerarli Elien.— Et Angl. Sacr. vol. 1. pag 647. » MS Regiftr. 
 Ep"! R. fol. 242. 3 Anno fcilicet 1"^" die Jan. incipiente. ' — Obiic 1 8 Kal. Febr. node precedente 
 * Fcftum Sti Mauri Abbatis.* lu MSS Cotton. Titus. A. i.— Et Harleian. 258. et 37ZI. — Et 
 Angl. Sacr. vol. i. pag. 648. * Plate XVIII. 5 See Appendix. « Bilhop Hotham was a confider. 
 abkBenefaftor to the Abby of Welbeck in Noctinghamlhire -, on which he fettled the whole Ma- 
 nor of Cukenay, or Cockeney i and having purchal'ed the Patronage tliereof, he annexed it to the 
 See of Ely : whence his Succeflbrs were afterwards accounted Founders or Patrons of it. Monaft. 
 Anal. vol. ii. p. 597, &c. ^ Angl. Sacr. vol.i. p. 649. -. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 159 
 
 But all their proceedings were annulled at once, by the Bull of Pope BenediSl XII. for 
 Tranflating Simon deMontacute Bifhop of Worcejier to the See of £/y.' In the 
 year 13 18, King Ed-ward W, fpeaks of him as his Kinfman, [Confanguineus No/ier,] 
 in a letter to the Pope, requefting a Difpenfation for his holding any Ecclefiaftical 
 Benefice, either with or without Cure, to affift him, (being a younger Son, and un- 
 der 15 years of age,) in the profecution of his ftudies at Oxford. * He had the like 
 recommendation to the Pope horn K\ng Edward lU, in 1328.3 The next year he 
 obtained a Prebend in the Church of Lhicoln, and was afterwards Archdeacon of 
 Wells, which he refigned about 1332, on being made Archdeacon of Canterbury. In 
 J333', he was by Papal Provilion, at the requefl of the King, made Bifliop of Wor^ 
 ceflcr, and confecrated May 8, 1334. and by the fame authority, 1337, Tranflated to 
 the See of Ely : + on which account we find a Letter of Thanks from the King to 
 
 the Pope. 5 
 
 This Biftiop by his Letters Patent, dated 2)^^14.1337. granted an annual Pen- 
 fion of 10 Marks to Jobn Thorp a Clerk, nominated by the King, to be continued 
 till he was provided for by the Bifhop, with fome ecclefiaftical Benefice. ^ 
 
 Nov. g. 1^27. by his Official and CommifTary John Clippn, he confirmed i^/V/^^r^ 
 de Harlyngy J. C. P. eleded Chancellor of the Univerfity of Cambridge : and in 1340, 
 a difpute'having rifen in the Univerfity, about the ele^ion of a Chancellor ; the 
 Bifliop of Ely appointed two Commiflaries, Doctors of Civil Law, to keep the Ju- 
 rifdidion of the Univerfity during the vacancy. 7 
 
 Our Bifliop is faid to have enlarged the privileges of the Univerfity i^ but in what 
 refpedt is not mentioned : however, he prefcpibed a new body of Statutes for his 
 Scholars oi Peter-Houfe, dated at Ely, April g. 1344, whereby they were afterwards 
 governed -, and gave the Mafter and Scholars the power and privilege of nominating 
 and prefenting their own Members ; (who had all of them before been collated by 
 the Bifliops of Ely,) referving to himfelf and fucceflTors only the power of admitting 
 and confirming their Eledion : ^ he alfo gave them the Patronage of Hinton Redory, 
 and a fmall Manor in Hadenham, called Chewel. '° 
 
 During his Epifcopate, there were feveral magnificent works carrying on, relat- 
 ing to the Cath. Church, namely, St. Marys Chapel, which had been begun in 132 1, 
 but not finifhed till 1349. The Dome and Lantern, begun in 1322, and compleated 
 in 1343 ; and the new Choir, which was begun to be ere6led in 1338.— He was a 
 
 Prelate 
 
 . 'RegiftrumMontacute. fol.i. * Rymer. Foed. vol. iii. pag. 743- 3 Ibid. vol. iv. pag. 379. 
 ♦ This Bull is dated at Avinion 2 Id. Mar. Regift Montacute, fol.i.-Rymer. Feed. vol. iv. pag. 
 735. 5 Rymer. Feed, vol.iv. p. 744. 6 Regiftr. Montacute fol. 4. — How long this cuftom of the 
 King's nominating a Clerk to be provided for by every new Bilhop, with fome ecclefiaftical Bene- 
 fice, and allowing him a penfion in the mean time, had been in ufe •, does not appear : this Bilhop's 
 Regifter being the oldeft now remaining : but I find it was conflantly obferved to the reign of 
 Henr. 6. or later. 7 Ibid. fol. 2. g.-It appears by the Regifters, that all the Chancellors of the U- 
 niverfity of Cambridge, were Confirmed by the Bifhops of Ely, before they entered on their Office;^ 
 till about the year 1400 ; and in 1433, the Univerfity was wholly exempted from their Jurifdic- 
 tion, by Papal authority. « Joh. Caii Hift. Academ. Cantab, hb. i. p.i 12. 9 Statuta Collegii.. 
 >" Match. Parker Hift. Acad. Cantab, p. 9. 
 
i6o HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 Prelate liberal in his contribution to thefe works ; but efpecially to the Chapel of 
 St. Mary, on w hich he expended very large fums of money, and intended to have 
 finiflied it ; but did not live to fee that defign compleated. Having fat Bifhop here 
 eight years and fome weeks over, he died June 20. 1345. ' and was buried before the 
 Altar in St. Mary's Chapel, towards the ereding of which, he was the mofl: confi- 
 derable Benefa6tor, as before obferved. 
 
 XVIII. THOMAS L'ISLE. 1345. 
 
 THE Convent of Ely having obtained Licence to ele6l a Bifhop, proceeded by 
 way of Compromife, appointing feven of their Body to ele6l j who unani- 
 moufly agreed upon their Prior Alan de Walfmgham. * But the Pope, Clement VI, by 
 Provifion fuperfeded their Election in favour of Thomas L'Isle, a Dominican or 
 Preaching Frier, and Prior of the Houfe of that Order at JVifjcheJler ; who having 
 been fent by the King to the Pope in the year 1340, ? happened to be at Avignon 
 with the Pope, at the time of this vacancy ; and he was there Confecrated Bifliop of 
 Ely accordingly. After his return to England, which was in the fame year 1345, he 
 was obliged to make a formal renunciation in writing of all words contained in 
 the Pope's Bull of Provifion, 4 that were prejudicial to the King and the rights of his 
 Crown ; and to declare his holding the Temporalties of his See, proceeded of the 
 King's grace and favour, and not by any authority from the Pope: on which, the 
 King by Letters to the Prior and Convent of Ely, ordered them to give him polTeflion 
 of the Temporalties. 5 
 
 For a time this Bifliop carried himfelf with great haughtinefs, and appeared with 
 great magnificence of retinue ; the expenfes of which he foon found were too great 
 for his revenues to fupport, and therefore retrenched them, by leffening the number 
 of his retainers. He was alfo very ftri6t and fevere upon thofe who had in any wife 
 infringed his rights and prerogatives ; againfl: whom he very freely iffued out fen- 
 tence of excommunication : by which, and fuch like behaviour, he rendered himfelf 
 extremely unpopular. 
 
 In 1 346, or 1347, the King demanded of him a Loan of Wool, to be paid in Gold 
 or Silver; from which the Bifliop excufed himfelf, by the plea of Poverty and Ina- 
 bility.^ In the year 1348, he went abroad into foreign parts, and was at Rome at 
 
 the 
 
 » Anglia Sacra vol. 1. p. 652. — et Godwinus de Prjeful. Angl. p. 261. Necnon MSS nonnulli 
 annum 1344 habent. Extat autem Regiflrum qus, unde conftat Drfm Simonem Epu'm varia ne- 
 gotia peregifle infra annum 1345. Mali die 21. 1345. Ordines celebrat in Ecclefia parochiali de 
 Linton.— Maii die 25. 134';. apud Balfham admifit Scholarem Sci Petri Cant, ad Nominationem et 
 prsefentationem Cuftodis et Scholarium : et eodem die mandat eifdem pro induclione, &c. Vide 
 Regidrum ejus, fol. 33, et 116. - Angl. Sacr. vol. i. pag. Gs'i. 3 Rymer Feed. vol. v. pag.176. 
 4 Breve regium pro liberatione Temporalium. Kegiftrum L' Ifle, fol. 67 — ' Inolevit confuetudo (cir- 
 'ca A.D. 1303.) qiix ad Reformatam ulque Ecclefiam Anglicanam obtinuir ; ut Epilcopi in acci- 
 'piendisa Rcge Temporalibus renunciarent in Scriptis omne jus, quod prstextu Provifionis Papa- 
 « lis inTemporalia Epifcopatuum habere polfent, feque ea foli Regis liberalitati accepta referre pro- 
 c teftarentur.' Angl. Sacr. v. i. p. 53 1. 5 10 Sept. 19" Edw. 3. Regiftr. L'lfle. fol. 67. ' Ibid, 
 fol. 72. 15' 3 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) i^i 
 the time of the great Plague that raged in England and in moft parts of Europe, in 
 the the year 1349, ' and returned in 1350. 
 
 The unhappy difference this Bifhop had with the Lady Blanch Wake, foon after 
 his coming to the See, drew upon him a long train of misfortunes, which ended 
 only with his life. This Lady who was related in blood to the King, being a Daughter 
 of Henry Earl of LancaJIer, had fome Eftates in Huntingtonjhire adjoining to the Bi- 
 ihip's Manors there : which gave occafion to fome mifunderftanding between them, 
 on account of their limits and boundaries. During this conteft, it happened that 
 one of her Farm-houfes at Coin was fet on fire in the night, by fome malicious per- 
 fbns, and burnt down : and the matter being judicially enquired into, the Bifhop 
 was accufed of aiding, abetting, and confenting to the fact ; and a verdidl found 
 againfl him, with damages to the amount of 900/. which the Bifliop was obliged to 
 pay J whereupon he moved for a Writ of Attaint againfl the Jurors, which was 
 granted ; and the King iffued a CommifTion for trying it at Huntington. But when 
 the Judges fat, by fome contrivance or other, (faid to be by procurement of Lady 
 Wake,) the Records and Proceedings of the Court, on which the Indi6lment was 
 grounded, were mifTmg, and could not be found : fo the Court broke up without 
 doing any thing in it. Thus difappointed of his remedy, the Bifhop refolved to wait 
 upon the King in perfon, and complain of the injuf1:ice done him. It happened that 
 the King was taking the diverfion of Hawking in the field ; when the Bifhop with- 
 out much ceremony, made his complaint. The King patiently heard what he had to 
 fay ; after which he told him, that the caufe between him and Lady Wake, appeared 
 to him in a veiy odious light, and was of very bad example to his people ; for 
 which reafon he intended to take the matter into his own hands, and if he could, re- 
 flore peace between them. The Bifhop replied, that he only defired the benefit of 
 the Law and Juflice ; — And who hinders you, faid the King, from having Law 
 and juftice ? — In his reply, the Bifliop was fo indifcreet and unguarded as to fay, 
 he could not have Juftice done him ; and made ufe of fome expreflions refleding on 
 the King, as partial to the Lady's caufe : at which the King was juflly offended ; 
 and foon after in full Parliament, complained of the Bifhop's irreverent behaviour 
 to him; which the Bifhop then prefent endeavoured to palliate and excufe. But the 
 King calling to witnefs Sir Richard de laVache a Knight who was by, when the words 
 were fpoken, he confirmed all the King had faid. Whereupon the Archbifhop of Canter- 
 bury and the other Prelates, believing the Bifhop's mifbehaviour proceeded from heat 
 and indifcretion, rather than avowed defign, fell on their knees, for pardon of the 
 Bifhop's offence : however, the Bifhop himfelf not joining with them, but feeming ob- 
 ftinately to fland on his defence, the King turned away, and would fee him no more. 
 Not long after this rebuke, the Bifliop was involved in another and greater raif- 
 fortune ; for the old quarrel ftill fubfifling, Ralph a Norman, one of his Domeflicks, 
 
 in 
 
 ' Reglfter L'Tfle. fol.i7,2i.--H!nc obiter notandum duxi, Numerum Clericorum Parochialium 
 in tota Dicecefi Elien. hoc tempore fuifle 145, aut circiter •, ex hoc autem numero, conftat ex Re- 
 giftro, 92 Inftitutos fiiiffe infra annum 1349, (anno incipiente 25 die Mar.) pefte per univerlam 
 fcrc Angliam et alias genres immanicer fceviente. 
 
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,62 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 in a rencounter with one of Lady Wakes Servants, killed him, and made his efcape 
 into Norwafidy. The ftory is told more at large iir Bifliop Godiijin, ' and other Hifto- 
 rians : it may be iufficient here to fay, that the murder was profecuted, and the 
 Bifhop being ver}- unpopular, was infulted by a mob in HuntingtonpAre on that ac- 
 count, andV the Coroner's Inqueft, brought in as acceflary to the Murder: on 
 which' he was Summoned to appear at the King's Bench Bar; and made his appear- 
 ance accordingly : when the charge againft liim was read, he pleaded not Guilty, 
 and offered to put himfelf on Tryal by his Peers. But the Parliament not fitting, 
 and the Bilhop being under difgrace at Court, the motion was over-ruled, and a 
 Jury of Commoners empannelled to tr)- him; who acquitted him of the Murder, but 
 brought him in guilty of harbouring and concealing the Murderer after the facl : in 
 confequence of which. Writs were iflued out to the Sheriffs of all Shires where he 
 had effeas, to feize them to the King's ufe, and the Temporalties of the See were 
 immediately taken into the King's hands : and the Bifhop now defpairing of ever 
 recovering the King's favour ; and moreover, afraid of being imprilbned on an out- 
 lawn', fled beyond Sea, ^ and went to Avignon, where the Pope then refided. The 
 Pope and his Confiflory, at the Bifliop's requefl, took cognizance of the caufe: cited 
 many perfons to appear at Avignon ; and upon their default iflued out fentences of 
 Excommunication againfl them ; ordering the bodies of thofe who had died in the 
 interim to be dug up, and taken out of confecrated ground. The King's Judges, 
 on the other hand, proceeded with great feverity againfl fuch as had been convicl:ed 
 of publifhing thofe orders and fentences of the Pope. 
 
 A Nec^otiation was at length fet on foot, for terminating thefe difputes between 
 the King and the Pope ; 3 but in the mean time the Bifliop died at Avigno7i 23 June 
 n 6 1, and was there buried in a Nunnery of the Order of St. Dcminick. 
 
 Upon his death, the Pope by Provifion AtddStA Reginald Brian Bifhop oiWcrcefter 
 Bifhop of Eh : but he dying of the Peftilence then raging in England, 10 Dec.iibiy 
 before his Tranflation was compleated; the Convent of Ely, by Licence of the King, 
 proceeded to Eleft Jckn Bcckingkam, Keeper of the Privy Seal, and Dean of Lichfield, 
 But the Pope, paving no regard to their Election, by another Provifion appointed 
 
 XIX. SIMON LANGHAM, 1362. 
 
 ABBOT of Wefiminfler and Treafurer of England, (who had been lately ele^ed 
 to the See of London, but had not accepted it,) to be Bifhop oiEly -, and he 
 was accordingly Confecrated Mar. 20,1362,4 During the time he was Bilhop here, he 
 confecrated the Parochial Church of St. Crojs, 5 which the Convent had lately built, 
 
 ad- 
 
 ^ De Prsfulibus Argl. pag. 263. Ang'. Sacra, vol. i. pag. 657. ^ His holding an Ordination in 
 h-s Cath. Ch. at Ely, Sept. 24. 1356. is the lateft ad of his, that is mentioned in his Regifter: and 
 he is faid to have fet off for foreign parts, Nov. 10. following. Angl. Sacr. vol. i. p. 660. 3 Rymer 
 Fe-d. vol.vi. p. 32S. 4 Anno Icilicet incipiente i Jan. s This Parochial Church was foon arier 
 Dedicated to the H. Trinitv, the exact time I do not find ; but it occurs under the Title of Lcdelia 
 S. Trinitatis de Dy, in the Sacrifl's Accounts, 13. Ric. II. a.d. 1389. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) tS^ 
 
 adjoining to the North-fide of the Nave of the Cathedral Church. He is reckoned 
 among the Benefa£lors of St. Peter's College in Cambridge, to the Mafter and Scho- 
 lars whereof he Appropriated the Church of Hintofi near Cambridge. ' He was alfo 
 appointed Lord Chancellor of England by the King, 19 Feb. 1363 ; 2 g^d in 1366, by 
 Papal Provifion tranflated to the See oii Canterbury -, which See he refigned Nov. 17, 
 1368, being created a Cardinal ; and went to Avignon, where he died iijd; and was 
 nrft buried there in the Church of the Carthufians, of whofe Houfe he had been the 
 Founder : and after three years his Body was taken up, and according to his own 
 appointment, brought over to England, and interred in the Chapel of St. BenediSl in 
 the Abby Church at Wejlminjler, under an handfome Monument, which is ftill to be 
 feen, with his Effigies in Alabafter. 
 
 XX. JOHN BARNET, 1366. 
 
 ARCHDEACON oi London and Canon-Refidentiary of St. Paul's, was confe- 
 crated Biftiop of Worcejler 1362 ; and the next year made Treafurer of Eng' 
 land, and tranflated to Bath and Wells, and by Papal Provifion 3 tranflated to Ely, 
 1366. He was very old and infirm when he came to this See; however, he conti- 
 nued Bifliop here above fix years ; having in the mean time refigned the Office of 
 Treafurer, about the middle of the year 1370. 
 
 The Bifhops of Ely had at this time belonging to the See, no lefs than ten diffe- 
 rent Manor-houfes, Caflles, or Palaces of Refidence, 4 which were fufficiently large 
 and commodious for the reception of therafelves and their Family; to which they 
 ufually reforted by turns, and lived with great hofpitality, according to the cufloni 
 of thofe times, chiefly on the produce of their Demefnes; appendant to which, there 
 was always a certain Stock, called Implementa Epifcopatus, confifling of Cattle necef- 
 fary for cultivation of thofe lands. During the lafl five years of Bifliop L' IJJe's life; 
 whilfl he was abroad at Avignon, and the Temporalties in the King's hands ; by 
 
 fome 
 
 ^ This Appropriation, however, did not take effeft -, for upon the next vacancy his SuccefTor 
 Bifhop Barnet collated a Redor : but afterwards Bp Fordham effecled the Appropriation in the year 
 1395. - Anno incipiente fcilicet, i Jan. Rymer. Feed, vol.vi. p.403. 3 Formerly the Popes 
 made ufe of their Plenitude of power in Provifions, only occafionally : by the connivance of our 
 Kings, and their interpofition in favour of thofe they were defirous of promoting in the Church ; 
 thefe Provifions became at length more frequent : for v;henever the Chapters did not Eledt fuch as 
 were recommended by the Crown ; immediately application was made to the Pope, to promote 
 them by way of Provifion : and this they did, till the Pope's power was fully eftablifhed by cu- 
 ftom. It is remarkable, that in the Bull of Provifion whereby this Bifhop is tranflated to Ely (See 
 Rymer. Feed, vol.6, p. 539.) the Pope openly and without difguife profefles, that he had Decreed 
 thenceforth to referve all the Archbifhopricks and Bilhopricks in England vacant by-Tranflations, 
 to his own difpofal : which was in effect to fay, that he had reler\^ed them all abfolutely to himfelf ; 
 for by theTranflation of any one to a fuperior Bifhoprick, the refl would follow in courfe. + Thefe 
 were, the Palace of Ely near the Cathedral ; Ely-Houfe Holbourn, their Town-Houfe ; Bifhop's 
 Hatfield, (now the Seat of the Earls of Salifbury,) and Hadham, both in Hertfordfliire; Somerfham 
 in Huntingtonfhire ; Balfham and Ditton, in Cambridgefhire 5 Downham Palace, Wifbech Caflle, 
 and Doddington, thefe three in the Iile of Ely. 
 
 X 2 
 
164. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 fome mifmanagement or other of the King's Officers, this Stock was embezzled and 
 made away with. Bifhop Langham complained of it to the King, and apphed to him 
 for reftitution ; and the King was pleafed to grant his requeft : however, he being 
 foon after tranflated to Canterbury ; it was deferred to this Bifhop's time -, and in 
 the year 1368, the King iflued an Order out of his Treafuiy for payment of 706/. 
 1" 5. ifd. to be applied for flocking the Biihop's Demefnes, -oiz, for 471 Oxen, at 20i. 
 per head ; for 292 Stotts, ' at 13;. i^d. and for 41 Draught-horfes at 20J. and this he 
 ordained to be the ftanding ftock of the See; and that every Bifhop, immediately be- 
 fore his entering into the Church to be inthroned, iliould at the Wefl Door thereof, 
 take a folemn Oath, to leave the faid Stock entire, or the full value thereof, to his 
 
 SuccelTor. * 
 
 He died at Hatfield, 7 7««^,i 373,3 and his Body was brought to Ely, and buried 
 near the High Altar, between two pillars on the South-fide of the Prefbytery ; which 
 he had beautified by three Windows 4 on the South-fide, and two on the North. A 
 handfome Monument of Grey Marble, with his Effigies engraved on Brafs, (now 
 torn off,) was there erefted to his Memory, s 
 
 The Convent oiEly proceeding to Ele6lion, as ufual j Henry de Wahfield, Trea- 
 furer of the King's Houfhold, was by them duly ele6led : but the Pope annulled all 
 their proceedings, and by his Provifion conferred the Bifliopriek upon 
 
 XXI. THOMAS DE ARUNDEL, 1374. 
 
 SECOND Son of Richard Earl of Arundel, and Archdeacon of Taunton, who was 
 then only twenty-two years of age, and a Subdeacon. He was confecrated April g, 
 1374. at Otford in Kent by the Archbifliop of Canterbury j but was not inflalled at 
 Ely, till two years after. 
 
 The Chancellors of the Univerfity of Cambridge, at this time, held their Office 
 only for two years. When a new Chancellor was elefled, he, being attended by one 
 of the Prodlors, and one of the Beadles of the Univerfity, always ufed to wait on 
 the Bifliop of Ely, wherever he happened to be at that time, whether in, or out of 
 his Diocefe, in order to obtain his Confirmation, before he entered on his Office. 
 The method of proceeding on this occafion was in a fummaiy way, and without the 
 formality of writing : the Pro6lor only verbally prefenting the Eled: to the Bifhop, 
 and praying him to Confirm him according to the cuflomary manner: and theEleft 
 having taken the Oath of Canonical Obedience, ^ and alfo another Oath to this ef- 
 fea, '■ciz. That he will not attempt to obtain, or confent to any flatute made, or to 
 
 be 
 > 5/0///,— according to Spelman, (Gloff. ad vocem.) are a kind of Horfes; but how to diftin- 
 cuilh from Equi care£}arii Draught-horfes here mentioned, I leave to others to determine. * MS. 
 Re^iltr. Ep*!. A. fol.36. 3 MS Harleian. 372 r. Angl. Sacr. vol.i. p. 664. * The Windows 
 here mentioned, were in tliat part of the Prefbytery of Bifliop Northwold's building; the old ones 
 of which were taken down, in order to make them more conformable to thofe in Bifhop Hotham's 
 part, which were more ornamented with Tracery in the Stone-work, and with painted Glafs. 5 Plate 
 XV. 6 Sometimes the Oaths were adminiflcred to the Chancellors, immediately after their Ad- 
 miffion and Confirmation. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 165 
 be made by the Univerfity, that may be in any wife prejudicial to the rights of the 
 Bifhop of £/)', his Succeffors, or his Church of Ely, ' was admitted to his Office, and 
 Confirmed by the Bifliop, and received the Benediction : and after his return to- the 
 Univerfity, a Congregation being called, one of the Proclors adminiftered to him 
 the Oath for the due and faithful difcharge of his Office : on which, the Proftor im- 
 mediately delivered to him the Seal of the Chancellor, and the Key o-f the common 
 Cheft. ^ — It happened that the Birtiop foon after his Confea-ation, being then at 
 Michain in Surry ; May 7, 1374; Robert Thurkilby one of the Proftors of the Univer- 
 fity, attended with one of the Beadles, came before him, and there prefented John 
 Donwich Do6lor of Decrees, lately ele6led Chancellor of the Univerfiity, for his Con- 
 firmation, as ufual : and the Bifhop accordingly admitted and confirmed him ; but 
 without firft requiring of him the Oaths, that had ufually been adminiftered on the 
 like occafions. Not long after, the Bifhop by infpefting the Regifters of his Pre- 
 decefibrs, finding bis error and omiffion ,- appointed his Official Nicholas Roos, LL.D. 
 his fpecial Commifl'ary, to require and demand the ufual Oaths ; who accordingly 
 cited the Chancellor to appear before him, in All Saints Church in Cambridge, for 
 that purpofe, on the Monday after the Feaft of St. Michael then next coming : and 
 the Chancellor refufing to obey the Summons, a warm and fpirited conteft was car- 
 ried on between them: at length the Caufe was removed into the Archbifhop's 
 Court of Arches j where Sentence was given Dec. 7, the fame year, in favour of the 
 Bifhop's claim, and the rights of his See of Ely. ^ 
 
 April 20, 1376, the Bifhop was enthroned 4 at Ely, with the ufual folemnities j 
 and in the Summer proceeded to a Vifitation of the Convent. 
 
 A difpute having rifen between the Bifhop and Edward Btimcll Archdeacon of 
 Ely, about Ecclefiaftical Jurifdi«5lion, and carried on in the Court of Canterbury, it was 
 terminated in 1379; and on June 2S, the Archdeacon in perfon came before the Bi- 
 fhop at his Manor at Downham, and made his fubmiffion, with profeffion of Cano- 
 nical Obedience. 5 
 
 In the year 1383, on complaint made to the King, of the ill government of 
 Kings Hall^ in Cambridge, under the then Mafterj by whofe negligence the Build- 
 ings were fuffered to run to ruin and decay ; fome of the eftates and polTeffions waft- 
 ed and deftroyed -, the Books, Plate, and other Goods belonging to the College dilh- 
 
 pated 
 ' Reglftr. Montacutc et L'Kle, paffim. * MS Regjflr. Ep"!. A. fol.io5. 3 Regiftrum Arun- 
 del, fol. 75, 56, &c. The whole Procefs, occurs in the RegifVer here cited ; by which it appears, that 
 Bifliop Barnet's omitting the ufual Oaths taken by the Chancellors on their Admiflion and Con- 
 firmation all his time, gave occafion to this Contefl:. However, Bifhop Arundel and fome of his- 
 immediate Succeflbrs did not conftantly infift on the Chancellors taking the Oaths ; but fometimes 
 admitted and confirmed them without it : neverthelefs, faving to themfelves and Succeflbrs the 
 right of exa<Sling it, whenever they fhould think fit fo ta do. 4 Ibid. fol. 14. s Ibid. tbl. 22, 30. 
 « This College or Hall was founded and endowed by K. Edward III. for 32 Scholars, under the 
 Government of a Mafter, Warden, or Cuftos, to the honour of God, the Virgin Mary, and All 
 Saints, in which Parifli it was fituate : it was confirmed by Simon Montacute, Bilhop of Ely, A. D. 
 1343. [Regift. Montacute, fol. 29.] and afterwards with all its Revenues valued at 211/. 12s. yd. 
 per ann. included in Trinity College by K. Henry VIII. a. D. 1546. 
 
i66 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 pated and loft ; and the number of the Scholars inftituted by the Royal Founder 
 dimhiiflied : the King by his Letters Patent, dated at Weftminjler, July 14, anno 7°. 
 appointed the Bifhop Vifitor thereof ; in the King's name, and by his authority, to 
 call before him the Mafter and Scholars, and others that he fhould think proper, and 
 enquire into, and to correct and reform all fuch abufes and irregularities as he 
 fliould find committed. ' 
 
 The Chancellorfliip of the Univerfity being vacant, in 1384, the Bifhop by his 
 Letters dated at Doivnham, July 2%, conftituted William de Gotham and John de Burgh, 
 Do6lors in Divinity, his Commifiioners to fupply and execute that Office, during 
 the vacancy : ^ and John de Burgh one of the faid CommifTioners, being elected to 
 that Office by the Univerfity, was admitted and confirmed Chancellor by the Bi- 
 fliop, in his Chapel in Holbourtiy London, Nov. 24. and there took the Oaths ufual 
 on that occafion. 3 
 
 OSi. 24, 1386, Michael de la Pole Earl of Suffolk, having been removed from the of- 
 fice of Lord Chancellor of England, on the preffing inftance of the Lords and Com- 
 mons in Parliament, though v^'ith great reluctance on the King's part ; the Bifliop 
 of Ely vi^as by the like petition appointed Chancellor in his ftead. 4 
 
 In 1388, he v^'as by Papal Provifion tranflated to the See oi Tork, vacant by the 
 removal of Alexander Nevyll, and the next year refigned the Seal of Chancellor. But 
 in 1391, he v^'as again made Chancellor j and in 1396, was tranflated to the See of 
 Canterbury; and died iv/5.19,1414.5 He was a Prelate of great magnificence and li- 
 berality, and whilft he held the See of Eh, almoft rebuilt the Bifliop's Palace in 
 Holbourn. 
 
 XXII. JOFIN FORDHAM, 1388. 
 
 WHO had been Dean of Wells, Prebendary of Lincoln, Tork, and Chichejler, and 
 Keeper of the King's Privy Seal ; was by Papal Provifion promoted to the 
 See of Durham in 1381, and Confecrated Jan. 5, following. He was much in favour 
 with King Richard II, and by him made Lord Treafurer, Jan. 17, 1386, but remov- 
 ed from that Office, at the inftance of the Parliament, in OBoher following. On the 
 vacancy of the See of Ely, by Bp. Arundel's Tranflation to Tork, he was by Pope 
 Urban VI, Tranflated to Ely : this appointment was confidered as a kind of Degrad- 
 ation ; which however, he was forced to accept ; having received the Pope's Bull 
 for that purpofe, which was delivered to him Sept. 27, 1388, at Huntingdon, * in his 
 way to Cambridge ; whither he was going to attend the Parliament there fitting at 
 that time : the fame day he made his profeffion of Obedience to the See of Rome, 
 in the Choir or Chancel of the Conventual Church of Bamivell, before ABp Court- 
 ney, who was commilfioncd to receive it : and at the fame time and place, the King 
 
 per- 
 
 » Regift. Arundel. fol.io6. * Ibid. fol. 49. 3 Ibid. fol. 51. 4 Ibid, fol.iii. Knyghton inter 
 X Scriptores. col. 2680, &c. 5 Anno foil. 1 Jan. incipiente. ^ Regiftr. Fordham, fol.i. 
 
 4 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 167 
 
 perfonally prefent, gave him poffeflion of the Temporaltles of the See : ' but he 
 was not Inthroned at Ely till 051. 24, 1389. ^ 
 
 During his Epifcopate, the Univerfity of Cambridge Is faid, to have obtained of 
 Pope Boniface IX, a Bull of Exemption, from the neceflity of having their Chancel- 
 lor-ele6t, confirmed by the Bifhop of Ely. 3 
 
 The difputes which had long time fubfifted between the Bifliops oi Ely and their 
 Archdeacons, concerning the exercife of Ecclefiaftical Jurifdidlion, within the whole 
 Diocefe of Ely, were by this Bifliop and 'John Welborn, LL.D. his Archdeacon, re- 
 ferred to the fole arbitration of Archbifhop Arundel; and by him all matters relatino- 
 thereto were terminated in 1402 j4 when the Church of Haddenham was appropiat- 
 ed to the Archdeaconry} in compenfation for fome part of the Jurifdiftion, v^hich 
 the Archdeacons before had exercifed; but was now fecured to the Bifliops. 5 
 
 There was alfo another Controverfy, between the Bifliop and the Prior and Con- 
 vent, which begun in 1400, and was attended with great trouble and expenfe on 
 both fides j and is faid to have cofl: the Bifliop three thoufand Marks, and the Con- 
 vent about two thoufand : ^ it was in relation to Ecclefiaflrical Jurifdidion, claimed 
 by the Prior and Convent in certain difl:ri6ls, and their right to all Fines, Amerce- 
 ments, Forfeitures, Goods and Chattels of Felons and Fugitives, and other Privile- 
 ges in all their Manors within the IJle of Ely ; and feveral other claims : all which 
 matters were, by the interpofition of King Henry V, referred to Arbitrators nominat- 
 ed by him, and accepted by both Parties ; namely, Henry Ware Keeper of the King's 
 Privy Seal, William Hankford, Chief Jufl:ice of the King's Bench, and Roger Norton, 
 another of the King's Jufliices} who, after hearing and examining the claims and e- 
 vldences of both Parties, gave their final Award under their Seals, dated on the Feafl: 
 of St. Nicolas, [Dec. 6,] 141 7. 7 
 
 Having continued Bifliop here above 37 years, he died at Doimham, in a very 
 advanced age, A^oi;.i9,i425, ^ and was interred in St. ilf<?ry's Chapel, not far from 
 Bifliop Montaciite. 
 
 XXm. PHILIP MORGAN. 1426. 
 
 TH E Convent of Ely having obtained Licence to proceed to Election ; the 
 King and his Minifl:ers recommended to them William Alnewick, LL.D. the 
 King's Confeffor, and Keeper of his Privy Seal, for their Bifliop : the Monks, how- 
 ever, 
 » Regiftr. Fordham, fol.i. * Ibid. fol. 9. 3 See Angl. Sacr, vol.i. p. 666. Note m. Where this 
 Bifhop's Regifter is cited for it •, though I do not there find any mention made of this Bull : how- 
 ever, it appears thence, that this Bifhop continued to confirm the Chancellors till 1400. in which 
 year May 28. Richard Billingford, S.T. P. was confirmed by him in the cuftomary form, and took 
 the ufual Oaths of Canonical Obedience-, and this is the lail Chancellor of the Univerfity of Cam- 
 bridge, I meet with, Confirmed by any Bifhop of Ely.— Vid. Joh. Caii Hifl. Academ. Cantabr. lib, 
 ii. p. 130, &c. 4 The claims of each Party, with the whole proceeding thereupon, and the Arch- 
 bifhop's final award •, may be met with, either in Bifliop Fordham's Regifler, fol. 220. or in the 
 Bifhopof Ely's RcgifLcr, A. pag. 53, 54, &c. s Rymer. Feed, v.viii. pag. 238^ ^ MS Harleian. 
 lS:°.372i. 7 MS Liber Niger 8^°. in Officio Regiftrarii apud Cantabr.— MS Cotton. Cxi, fol. 329. 
 ® 13 Kal. Dec. 1425. MSS Harleian 3721. et 7032. pag. 372. 
 
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 ever made choice of their own Prior Peter de Ely : but before he was confirmed, it 
 appeared that Pope Martin V, by his Bull, dated FeL 27,1425, • had Tranflated Phi- 
 lip Morgan, LL.D. Bifhop of ^or^^^r, to the SeeofE/y; the King confented to 
 it and accordingly gave him pofTeflion of the Temporalties, y^/'r/72 2.i426. This 
 Bifliop was an eminent Civilian, and had formerly been Chaplain to King Henry V, 
 by whom he was frequently employed in Embaflies, into Burgundy, France, Arragon, 
 and other parts abroad. * Jpril 8,1418, he was made the King's Chancellor of Nor- 
 mandy ; ' the year following promoted to the See of Worccjier : 4 and thence Tran- 
 flated to Ely, as before obferved. 
 
 A.D. 14301^ happened that memorable controverfy between this Bi (hop and the 
 Univerfity of Cambridge, {John Holbroke being at that time their Chancellor,) con- 
 cerning Ecclefiaftical Jurifdidion j which the Univerfity claimed as vefted folely in 
 themfelves, by virtue of two Papal Bulls, of Honoriusl, dated A. D. 624, and of Ser- 
 rius I, dated 689 ; copies of which, though the Originals were not to be found, they 
 pretended to be in their pofleflion. The Bifhop, on the other hand, infilled on his 
 Vifitatorial power, both as their Diocefan, and as confirmed by ufe and prefcription. 
 The Univerfity hereupon made their Appeal to Martin V then Pope ; who not being 
 perfe6tly acquainted with the caufe, appointed the Prior of Barnwell and John Dcp- 
 ing Canon of Lincoln, or either of them, his Delegates to terminate the difpute. The 
 caufe was heard by the Prior, (the other not attending,) and determined in favour 
 of the Univerfity : and that fentence afterwards confirmed by Pope Eugenius IV, in 
 the year 1433 ; by which the Univerfity was declared to be exempt both from Archie- 
 pifcopal and Epifcopal Jurifdiflion.^ 
 
 Having held this See 9 years, 26 weeks, and 4 days from the time the King 
 gave him pofTeflion of the Temporalties ; he died at Hatjield, 0^.25, 1435,7 and was 
 buried according to his own appointment in the Conventual Church of the Charter- 
 Houfe, London ; but without any Monument or Infcription remaining at this day. 
 
 XXIV. LEWIS DE LUXEMBURGH. 1438. 
 
 ON the Death of Fhilip Morgan, the Convent unanimoufly chofe Robert Fitz- 
 Hugh, Bifhop of London -, but he dying before his Tranflation ; the King fent 
 Lord John Tiptoft to them, earneftly recommending to their choice Thotnas Rudburn, 
 Bifliop of St. Davids : notwithftanding this, they fixed on Thomas Bourchier, Bifhop 
 of Worccjier, Chancellor of Oxford, at that time refident in the Univerfity ; and fent 
 thither two of their Monks to notify their Eledion, and to defire his confent : wlio 
 receiving them very cordially, readily aflTented 5 and immediately fent them to the 
 King, requeuing his concurrence. The King being at that time much difpleafed with 
 the Monks of Ely, for rejecting his recommendation, refufed to hearken to their 
 
 defire. 
 
 > 1426 incipiente. » RymerFoed. vol, ix. pag.136,141, 186, 304,388, 410, &c. 3 Ibid. p. 
 
 571. * Ibid. p. 774. s Caius de Antiq. Cantebr. Acad. )ib.i, p. 62. * Ibid. 7 Extat Certifi. 
 
 catio fafta Regi, de morte DnTi Philippi Morgan, per Priorem et Conventum Elitn. Data 26 die 
 
 Oft. A. P. 1435. Regift. Ep*! B. fol.46. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 169 
 defire. The Bilhop Ele6l however applying to Pope Eugenius IV, he, as it is faid, 
 confirmed the EIe(5lion, and fent his Bulls to the Eleft ; who neverthelefs did not 
 dare to make ufe of them, for fear of falling under a Frcemunire. 
 
 On this difpute, it is reafonable to fuppofe, the King and his Miniftry took 
 occafion to gratify one of his numerous Adherents of the French Nation, who 
 had loft their all in that Kingdom, and followed his fortunes into this. Among 
 thefe, none deferved particular marks of his Favour more than Lewis de Lux em- 
 burgh, ABp of Rouen, who had long fupported the Englijl) intereft in France; and 
 was befides of fo great a Family, and fo nearly allied to the Crown of England, that 
 it is rather furprifmg that he was not more amply rewarded, and that fo little is re- 
 corded of him by our Englifi Hiftorians. 
 
 He was the Son of John Lord de Beaurevoir by Margaret de Enghien, and Brother 
 o^ Peter de Luxemburgh Count de St.Paul.^ The firft account we find of him is in 
 1422 ; when, on the Deaths of Charles VI, at Paris, and our King Henry V, within a 
 few weeks one of another, he was the chief of an Embafly from France, to congra- 
 tulate the young King Henry VI, on his Acceflion to both Crowns : for the Succeffion 
 of that Prince to the Crown of Fra?2ce, being fettled by the Peace of Troyes; the Duke 
 of Bedford, the King's Uncle, then Regent, with the Council of that Kingdom, and 
 the City oi Paris, fent Deputies to London on that occafion ; at the head of which was 
 our Prelate, then Bifhop of Teroiienne. ^ As he was one of thofe who efpoufed the 
 Englip intereft in France, he was made Chancellor of that Kingdom, as well as of 
 Normandy, for YJxw^Henry ; and being a man of great parts, as well as of diftinguifliecl 
 extra6lion, he bore a great fway in the Tranfa6tions of thofe troublefome times. 
 This we may collect from the following account in Hall's Chronicle ; 3 where, al- 
 though he is called Bifhop of Ely, this mult be underftood by anticipation ; for he 
 was not Adminiftrator of that See till eight or nine Years after. " In 1429, Jolm 
 Duke of Bedford, Regent of France, peiceiving that the Englijlo loft ground in that 
 Kingdom, and being willing to fecure Normandy, he retired thither, leaving Govern- 
 our of the Cytie oi Paris, Leivis of Luxenborough, Bifhop of Tyrwyne and Eli, beyng 
 Chauncellor of Fraunce for the Kynge of England; a man of no leffe witt, then o£ 
 birthe, levynge with him a conveniente nombre of EngliJJjmen to defende bothe the 
 Cytie and Territory of P^m, and the Yfle oi Fraunce, then beynge in the EngliJJj- 
 mejis poffeflion and governaunce." As he was fo clofely connefted with both Courts, 
 it is likely that he was often occafionally in England : accordingly in Nov. i^T^i, ro 
 Hejiry VI ; when the young King went over into France to be crowned at Paris, we 
 are told that he was accompanied thither by our Bifliop his French Chancellor, with 
 the prime Nobility and Clergy of both Kingdoms. 4 But what follows, feems to point 
 out the true reafon of his being called Confanguineus Dotnini Regis, as alfo of his be- 
 ing in great favour in F}ftgland, and promotion to this Bifhoprick: on 14 Nov. 14.22, 
 
 Ann 
 
 ' Angl. Sacr. vol.i. p. 668. ^ This Bifhoprick has been fince included in thofe of Boulogacj 
 Ypres and St. Omer's. 3 Life of Henr.vi. fol.cxi, b. 4 Id. fol. cxvi. 
 
 Y 
 
i«o HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 Jnn of Burgundy, Dutchefs of Bedford, firftWife of the Regent, died : '' The Regent 
 was perfuaded, Vays the Hiftorian,' by the Lorde Lewes de Luxenborougke, Bifhop of 
 Tyrivyne and Ely, to marye the Lady 'jaquet, Doughter to Beter Earle of St. Baule, 
 and Neice to the faide Biiliop, and to Lorde >/-/; oi Luxenboroughe, to the intent, that 
 by thys newe affinitie, the old acquaintaunce and familiaritie, whiche he had with 
 that Noble Familie of Luxenboroughe, fhould be renewed and inforced, and with a 
 more furer Knot, knit and confirmed. Whereupon he departed from Calice to Tyr- 
 •wyne, where he was hyghely received of the Earle of St. Baule and his Bretheren, and 
 there he maried the faire and frealhe Lady Jaquet, of the Age of 17 Yeares, with all 
 Tryamphe and Nupciall Solempnitie." 
 
 In 1435, our Biftiop being Governor of Baris, that City revolted to the French % 
 at which time he, with Lord Willoughby and others of his party, both EngUJf} and 
 French, made a retreat into the Baftilc ; ^ which they defended for ten days j but 
 were forced to furrender it, and had liberty to retire to what place they pleafed. Hall 
 further informs us, 3 that in 1436, ' The Ducheffe of Bedforde, Sifter to Lfw^j Earle 
 of St. Baule, myndyng to marye, rather for pleafure then for honour, withoutc coun- 
 fayll of her Frendes, maryed a luftye Knyght called Sir Richarde Woodvile, to the 
 trreate difpleafure of her Uncle the Bifhop of Tyrivyne and the Earle her Brother.* 
 This Sir Richard was afterwards made Earl of Rhers, and by his Lady had Eliza- 
 beth Queen to King Edward IV, by whom flie had Elizabeth of York, Wife of King 
 
 Henry VII. 
 
 In the fame year 1436, on 19 06iober he was defied Archbifliop of Rouen in Nor- 
 mandy, and was inthroned 9 Auguji following : but as the Englijh affairs in France 
 be<^an' to be much on the decline about this time ; it is very probable that he had 
 no^full enjoyment of his See on account of the Wars j and therefore quitted France 
 entirely, and came into England to enjoy the Patronage of K. Henry Yl ; to whom 
 he fteadily adhered, and had given the higheft proofs of difinterefted loyalty. Where- 
 upon the King, as a reward for his gratuitous and faithful fervices, and in confider- 
 ation of the great lofTes he had fuftained on his account ; firft afllgned him an 
 annual penfion of looo.Marks iffuing out of his Exchequer here, with loool.per annum 
 out of the Revenues of Normandy, for his fupport : 4 and afterwards by his Letters 
 Patent, gave him the annual profits of the See of Ely, which were due to the King 
 from the Prior and Convent, -oiz. 2000/, inftead of his former Penfions.5 But the 
 difputes between the King and the Convent oi Ely, in regard to a SuccefTor to Bifhop 
 Morgan, being difficult to be adjufted; the King nominating one, while the Convent 
 as ftifiy adhered to their own choice; a medium was found out for adjufting matters, 
 fo as neither of the two i)arties ftiould be gratified. For the King on 7^^^22,1437, 
 wrote to the Pope,^ ftrongly recommending his moft dear Coufin Lewis ABp of 
 Rouen, to be Adminiftrator of the Diocefe ; ' Eo quod didus Archiepifcopatus fuit 
 
 parvi 
 
 ' Life of Henr. VI. fol. cxxl. b. ^ Id. fol. cxxx. b. 3 Id. fol. cxxxiiii. '^ Ryaier's Feed. voL x. 
 p. 6; I. 5 Id. Ibid. ? Angl. Sacr. vol. i. p. 668, 669. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCPI OF ELY. (bishops.) 171 
 
 parvl valoris, propter guerras ibidem faepius exortas;' and defiring his confirmation 
 of him in that office: he alfo wrote to many of the Cardinals on the fame fubjedl,, 
 with great commendations of his deferts. This was all done by the King, with the 
 ailent of his Council ; and the Letters are ftill to be met with among thofe of Bifliop 
 Becki}igto7j oi Bath and IFells, in the Lambeth Library.' Whereupon the Pope, aflent- 
 ing to the King's requeft, Bulls of perpetual Adminiftratorfhip were granted at the 
 beginning of the next year ; revoking at the fame time the Bulls of Bp Bourchiers 
 TranHation. Accordingly the Archbifliop of Rouen s Procurators received the Tem- 
 poralties of the See oi Ely on Aprils, 1438,2 as the Ely Regifler teftifies ; althouo-h 
 the Spiritualties could not be extorted from ABp Chicheley before the end of that 
 year; he having in a Synod at London held Apr. 28, 1438, remonftrated againft this 
 tranfaclion, as being of ill confequence to the EngUPd Church, in the bad precedent 
 it gave of introducing Foreigners into fome of its beft preferments : he therefore 
 defired the Synod to confult and deliberate about it. 3 What anfwer was made, or 
 whether any thing further was done in Convocation relative to this matter, does not 
 appear : but before the end of the Year, the Spiritualties were furrendered up : and 
 in the following Year 1439, the Parliament at the King's requeft, alfo acknow- 
 ledged 4- his title of Perpetual Adminiftrator of the See oiEly ; and confirmed to him 
 all kinds of Privileges, Franchifes, and Liberties belonging to his Church, in as full 
 and ample manner, as he might have held it, by the Name and Title of Bifliop 
 of Ely. 
 
 In 1439, on D^c.iS, he was created Cardinal Prieft by Pope EugeniuslY, by the 
 Title of SS ^atiior Coronatorum : 5 but as his advancement to the Cardinalate, with- 
 out the Royal Afl'ent, would have vacated all his other preferments, he did not ac- 
 cept of it, till he had informed the King thereof; who gave his confent in the fulleft 
 manner, with leave alfo to hold any other Ecclefiaftical preferment, he fhould after- 
 wards obtain, in order to fupport his ftate and dignity. Thefe Letters Patent are 
 dated 7 Febr. Anno 19 Henr.Vl, viz. 1441.* But this was, as I apprehend, upon his 
 fecond advancement by that Pope, to the fuperior dignity of Cardinal Bifliop, by the 
 ftyle of Bifliop of Tufculum in 1442 ; 7 for it is certain that he was Cardinal Prieft in 
 1439; as there is an original Parchment in the Archives of C.C.C.C. relating to a 
 difpute before his Vicar General John Blodwell, Dodor of Decrees, Dean of St.Afaph, 
 and Reclor of Baljham, Augiifl 12 of that Year, between the Prior and Convent of 
 Barnivell and that College, concerning St. Botolph's Church in Cambridge, when the 
 Patronage thereof was adjudged to belong to the latter i^ in which hb ftyle runs 
 thus, " Reverendiflimus in Chrifto Pater et Dominus, Dominus Ludovicus miferacione 
 divina tt. Sandlorum Quatuor Coronatorum, San6le Romane Ecclefie Prelbyter Car^ 
 dinalis de Lucemburgo vulgariter nuncupatus, Rothomagenjls Archiepifcopus, Ecclefie- 
 que et Epifcopatus Elienfis in Spiritualibus et Temporalibus Adminiftrator Perpe- 
 tuus : '* 
 
 ' Tanner's Bibl. Brit. Art. Beckington. ^ MS Cotton, Vefpafian, A. 19. fol.102. 3 Wilkins's 
 Concil. Mag. Brit, vol.iii. p.526. 4 Rym. Feed, vol.x. pag.737. 5 Angl. Sacr. vol.i. pag. 668. 
 6 Rymer's Poed. vol.x. p. 841. 7 Gallia Sacra, vol.i. pag. ^-^u. Et Angl. Sacr. vol. i. pag. 66^'. 
 * MS Collect. Cole, vol.viii. p.2j. 
 
 y 2 
 
172 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 tuus:" the very ftyle he makes ufe of in 1443, in a Grant of the Conftablefliip of 
 Wijbcch-Cajlle, dated at Holborn, July 23, ' not two months before his death. So that 
 it is reafonable to conclude, that though he might have been fo promoted by the 
 Pope, yet the Confirmation was never fully compleated ; and probably for the afore- 
 faid reafon ; efpecially as he is called by the fame Title by the Pope, in his Bull to 
 his Succeflbr, appointing him Bifliop of £/)'.» And this fufpicion is confirmed by a 
 Note in the nev^ Edition of Godiciji, 3 where it is faid, that no memorial is to be 
 found of this alteration of Title in the Archives of the Vatican. 
 
 In 1440, his Nephew the Count de St. Paul revolted to thzFrench Interefl: this, no 
 doubt, gave great uneafmcfs to the Englij}} Court, and to his Uncle in particular, 
 who had experienced fo many Royal favours from it. + 
 
 In 1442, on Dec. 9, he under the flyle of Chancellor of France y with others, was 
 appointed Ambaflador, to treat of a Peace with the King's Uncle, Charles the French 
 King, 5 his Adverfary, as he is called in the Inflrument. 
 
 He governed this Diocefe wholly by his Vicars-General, and was himfelf hardly 
 ever refident in it, or had any intercourfe with the Monks of his Church ; ^ who 
 probably, on their attachment to, and choice of Bifliop Bourchier, might be looked 
 on with indifference or jealoufy, on that account. 
 
 After he had prefided over this Diocefe five Years and rather more than fix 
 Months, he died at his Manor Houfe at Hatfield, 5^/^.18,1443; in the Church of 
 which place his Bowels were interred ; his Heart was carried over into Normandy , 
 by his Servants, and depofited in his Metropolitan Church there ; after his Body 
 had been conveyed to Ely, and there buried with great folemnity between two mar- 
 ble Pillars, on the South fide of the Prefbytery, jufl by the Eafl end, and near the 
 Altar of Relicks ; ^ where there is an handfome Altar Tomb ere6led to his Memory, 
 with his Eftigies thereon of Stone.^ After his deceafe, and we mufl prefume, after 
 his funeral obfequies were over in England, his Servants had Licence to depart the 
 Kingdom, and to go over into Normandy, when they moft likely carried his Heart 
 with them, in order to place it in his mofl fumptuous Cathedral at Rouen. This 
 Grant was pafied iGNov. 1443, 9 for 37 Perfons to go into Normandy, who are called^ 
 " Nuper Familiares et Servientes domeilici CardinaUs de Luxemburgh," with their Ef- 
 fc£ls, Horfes, 6cc. By the number of his Servants, it appears that the Cardinal muft 
 have been at great expenfe in his houfchold, and lived in a fplendid and hofpitable 
 manner: as lb many were attached to his fortunes abroad; and as he neceflarily 
 muft have had many more who ftaid in England. 
 
 After the funeral Services were all performed, his Executors gave to the Church 
 of Ely a Silver gilt Crofs, with the Images of our Lady and St. John ; and to the 
 High Altar, for its ufe, two Palls, a Chufublc, two Tunics with Albs, arol other or- 
 naments belonging to them *. moreover, each Monk had 6s. 8d.^'* 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 ' Reglftrum Ef\. Ellen. B. fol. 62. ^ MS Collca:. Cole, vol.xx^-. p.i. 3 De Pr.qsful. pag.26S. 
 Note 0. 4 Hall'sChron.Lifeof Henr.VI. fo!. clxii. a. 5 Rymer's Feed. vol. xi. p.13. ^ Angl. 
 Sacr. vol i. pag.668. 7 MS Harleian. 372 1 « Plate XIX. 9 Rymer's Feed. vol. xi. pag. 47. 
 '° Angl. Sacr. vol.i. p. 671. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 173 
 
 XXV. THOMAS BOURCHIER. 1444. 
 
 TH E Prior and Convent having obtained the King's Licence to elefl a Bifliop 
 on the Death of Cardinal Lewis de Liixemburgh, dated 140^.1443;' they 
 ao-ain eleded Thomas Bourchier Bifliop o{ Worcefler : however, before his Tran- 
 flation could be expedited, the Pope alfo fent his Bull of Provifion, dated at Rome^ 
 J an. I following, for tranflating him to Ely:^ and the King admitted him to the 
 Temporalties, by virtue of that Bull, a/Ffi^r. 1444: 3 but he was not inthroned at 
 Ely till 27 Af^r. 1447, above three years after. 
 
 This Prelate was related in blood to the nobleft Families in the Kingdom, being' 
 himfelf Great-Grand-Son to King Edivard IIL He was Son of William Bourchier^ 
 Earl of E'we in Normandy, by Ann his Wife, Daughter of Thomas of Wood/lock, Duke 
 of Glocejler, fixth Son of that Monarch. This Lady was eldeft Sifter, and one of the 
 Coheirs of Hiimfrey Plantagenet Duke of Buckingham, ajid had been herfelf firft mar- 
 ried to Edmund Stafford 'Ezx\ oi Stafford: fo that flie was a Lady of one of the greatefl: 
 Houfes, and dignified with fome of the moft illuftrious Titles of this Kingdom : 
 for flie wasCountefs o^ Hereford, Effex, Eive, Northampton, Buckingham, znd Stafford:'^- 
 who dying 17 He)ir.Yl,\^i^, flie appointed him, then Bifiiop of Worcefier, to be one 
 of the Executors of her Will. ^ 
 
 Lv 1424, May T\, he was admitted to the Prebend of Cokvich in the Cathedral 
 Church oi Lichfield;^ and occurs Dean of the Collegiate Church of St. Martin le 
 Grand in London in 1428 j^ he is faid to have been educated in NeviPs Hojlle in Ox^- 
 ford, of which Univerfity he was Chancellor from 1433 to 1437, ^"^ ^^'^^ created 
 Mafter of Arts in the former of thofe years. In 1432, he occurs Prebendary of Weji 
 Thiirrcck in the Free Chapel of Hajlings;^ and on 25 July 1433, vvas collated to the 
 Prebend of Coryngham in the Church of Lincoln. 9 In the fame year, Dec. 9, he was 
 elefted Bifliop olWorcejler ; but met with fome difficulties before he was eftabliflied 
 in that Biflioprick : for Pope Eugenius IV, had provided Thomas Broivn Dean of iS^- 
 rum, to that See, who was then with him at the Council of Bajil; and by Letters to 
 the King intreated that he would confirm his Provifion : but the King wrote to 
 Broivn, and ordered him to give up his pretenfions, if ever he expe6led any prefer- 
 ment in England; and let the Pope know, that he did not confent ; being rather de-^ 
 firous that his Coufin Thomas Bourchier, fliould be provided by his Holinefs to IVor- 
 cefter; and did readily confent, that the other might be promoted to Rochcjler: where- 
 upon the Pope, not willing to difoblige the King, granted his Bulls of Provifion for 
 Tkcmas Bourchier to the See of Worcefier, and the King gave him poflefiion of the 
 Tempoi-alties, ^/r.i5,i435;'° but by reafon of his want of age, his Confecration 
 was deferred till May 15 following. 
 
 Bishop 
 
 ' Rymer's Feed. vol. xi. pag.44. ^ Regiftrum Bourchier, fol. i. 3 Rym. Feed, vol.xi. paa. 52, 
 + Brook's Catalogue of the Kings, &c. p. 160,169, 320. ' Newcoiirr, vol. ii. pag 137. ^ \S'^llis's 
 Survey of Lichf. p430- ^ Newcourt, v. i. p.428. ^ Ibid. 9 Willis's Survey of Lincoln, p.i;Q, 
 w Godwin de Prxftil. pag. 466. note c, 
 
174 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 Bishop Bourchicrs former eledion from IVorxcflcr to the See of E/y, together with 
 
 his rcafons for declining it, has been already mentioned : but now on the death of 
 
 Cardinal Lctvh dc Luxemhurgh in 1443, he was tranflated by the fame Pope F.nge- 
 
 rJuslV, to this See with the King's confent and approbation. Notwithftanding the 
 
 Prior and Convent of E/y defied him a fecond time, it feems as if his firft accefs 
 
 thither, was iiot very agreeable to them ; for the Monk who writes his Life,' begins 
 
 with heavy complaints of the hardflaips the Church of Ely fuffered during his Ad- 
 
 iiiiniftration. ' He was tranllated, fays he, from TVorceflcr to Ely on Ma?-. 12, and 
 
 received all the profits of the See, from St. Andrews Term to i^^'-day, to the a- 
 
 mount of 295/, which we had paid to the King ; yet the Bifliop would not permit 
 
 lis to colled the money ; to the great detriment and damage of the Church, He 
 
 alfo deferred his Inftallation for above two years ; and imprifoned the Tenatits of 
 
 our Franchife in Ely, Brabam, Mepal and elfewherej nor would deliver them into 
 
 the cuftody of our Bailiff by Indenture, according to the Form and Ordinance of 
 
 our Award ;* by the advice of John Hay his Steward, he amerced our Prior, and feveral 
 
 of the Monks in office to their great grievance ; and being much intreated to be 
 
 kinder to them, Gifts and Piefents being offered him, he only gave them back good 
 
 words: we only gathered from him Flowers, inftead of Fruit, as from an ufelefs 
 
 Tree. Except on the Day of his Inftallation, he never would celebrate Mafs, or fo- 
 
 lemn fervice in his Cathedral. After he had fat 10 years, 23 weeks, and 5 days, he 
 
 was tranflated to Canterbury by Pope Nicholas V, on the Feaft of St. Bartholomew, 
 
 1454. He afterwards gave to the Church oi Ely jog Marks, towards the repairs of 
 
 the Tower, and at his Death, in recompence for his firft Eledion to be Bifliop of this 
 
 Diocefe, he gave an Image of our Saviour, of very great value, with other things.' ^ 
 
 By this account it ftiould feem, that his removal to the See of Canterbury was 
 
 much to the fatisfa6tion of the Convent of Ely ; and by the manner of his Eledion 
 
 to the Primacy, one would think that the Monks of that Church were under no ap- 
 
 prehenfions of any rigorous treatment from him : for we are informed,* that lie 
 
 was eledcd Archbifliop of Canterbury on Si. Georges Day, y^/r. 23,1454, by the 
 
 Monks, who were left at full liberty to choofe whomfoever they pleafed, the King 
 
 neither by word or writing, giving the leaft intimation whom he would have placed 
 
 in that hi"^h ftation, left he fliould feem to bias the Liberty of the Ele6lion : which 
 
 was celebrated, we are told by another authority.S with peculiar credit j for whereas 
 
 others had been ufually extorted by Letters from Kings and Princes, or provided by 
 
 Popes, this alone ftood exempt and free from fuch felicitations, and was performed 
 
 with the greateft Liberty and Freedom. He was inthroncd at Canterbury, 26 Jan. 
 
 following, at which Solemnity were prefent all his Noble Relations, with a great 
 
 company of the principal Nobility, Clergy, and Gentiy of the Kingdom. 
 
 ^ ■ On 
 
 • Ancrl. Sacr.vol. i. pag. 671. * ' Secundum formam et ordinationem landi noftri-,' is wrong 
 printed °— it fhould be read laudi noftri-,— and refers to the Final Award, concerning the leparate 
 and diftina claims and rights of the Bilhop and Convent, given by the Arbitrators appomted by 
 K. Henr.V, a. d. 1417.— See above p. 167, tinder the Article of Bifhop Fordham. 3 Angl. Sacr. 
 vol. i. p. 671,672. -> Godwin de Prcelul. p 129. s Antiqiiic. Britan. Eccl. pag. 438. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 175 
 
 On M^r.7,1455, 33 Hen.VI, he was conllituted Lord Chancellor oi E?7gland; and 
 fo continued, as it Ihould feem, till 1457, when the Seals were given to William 
 Waynjieet Bifliop of Winchejler, who by miftake is called by Dugdalc^^ William Wick- 
 ham., whereas the latter had been dead above fifty years. However, we are told by 
 Rymer;" that he refigned the Chancellor's Seal 1 1 0^.\/\.^^, 35 HenNl; which 11 051.. 
 is put down by Dugdale as the day on which his Succefibr was confirmed in that 
 great office, and places it in 1457. I leave it to others to fettle the Chronology. 
 
 After the Battle of Tcwtoji on Palm-Sunday, A/^r.29,1461, in which EdivardlV 
 was vi61orious, our Archbifhop performed the ceremony of his Coronation on June 
 29 following. 5 
 
 In 1464, Sepf.iS, he was created a Cardinal, by the Title of S. Cyriacus in Thermisy. 
 his Hat being delivered to him on Dec. 9, by the Archbifliop of Ra'-cenna., with great 
 folemnity. 4 
 
 In the time of E^/'U'jr^ IV, he obtained a Grant from the Crown of the Alien 
 Priory of Cranfcld in EjJ'ex, which he gave to the Prior and Convent oi Chrijl Church 
 in Canterbury : and they by a Deed, dated Sepf. 2,1473, obliged themfelves and Suc- 
 ceflbrs to pray for the good eflate of him while living, and for his Soul after his 
 deceafe:^ which I mention the rather, becaufe Blihop Godwin remarks,^ that the- 
 troubles and confufions of the times he lived in, were probably the occafion why 
 nothing of his Bounty to the Publick is recorded of him, except fome fmall Bene- 
 faftions to the Univerfities. And indeed he lived in very trying times, from the Reign 
 of Hen.VI, to that of Henr.YUy when the Kingdom was in continual confufion j and. 
 it required no fmall degree of prudence and fagacity, to conduct himfelf with fafety 
 through all thofe ftorms. Though he owed all his promotions to King HenryVl. 
 yet he was made choice of, or ex officio, crowned his Succefibr Edward YV ; on whofe 
 death in 1483, the Great and Privy Seal, with the Royal Signet, or Seal-Ring, were 
 committed to his cufliody;^ and in the follovi^ing year he crowned his Succefibr and 
 Brother KmgRichardlW ; and what is ftili more extraordinary, afterwards married 
 King Henry VII, to his Queen Elizabeth of Tork, Daughter to King Edward TV, hav- 
 ing before crowned her Hufi^and at Wejlminfter.^ 
 
 After having fat Archbifliop oi Canterbury 32 years, he died at his Palace of 
 Knoll m Kent , on Mrt^rc/6 30,1486,9 and was buried according to his V/ill, on the 
 North fide of the Choir of his Metropolitan Church, near the High Altar, under a. 
 very magnificent Tomb, which is ftill remaining. He left to his Church of Canter- 
 bury an Image of the Holy Trinity of pure Gold, richly fet with Jewels, and 27 Copes 
 
 of 
 
 ' Chronica Series, &c. pag. 66. * Fcjed. vol xi. pag. 383.. 3 Rapin, vol.i. pag. 596. Note 11, 
 Godwin, p.i2g. ' Newcourt, vol. ii. p. 460. * De Prcelul. Angl. p. 129. ' Antlq. Brit, Eccl. 
 p. 443. ^ Ibid. 9 Bifhop Godwin remarks, (De Prslul. Angl. p. 129.) That Cardinal Bourchier 
 was a Billiop above 5 1 years ; a longer time than any other he had met with among the Englilh 
 Bifhops : but our modern times have produced a more remarkable inftance of that kind, in the late 
 moft worthy Bifhop of Worcefter, Dr. John Hough, who was Confecrated Bifhop of Oxford May 
 1 1,1690, and died Bifhop of Worceiier, May 8,1743, in (hc^f year of his Age, having been a. 
 Bifhop near ^^ years. 
 
176 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 of red Tililie j to the Cathedral Church of JVorceJJer, an Image of the BlclTed Virgin 
 of Sih'-er gih ; and to the Church of Ely 200 Marks : with Legacies to fcvcral Mo- 
 nafteries ; and in recompence for Dilapidations he left 2000/ to his Succelforj and 
 Legacies of about 125/, to each of the Univerfitics, to be kept in Cherts, for the 
 fupport of the poor Scholai^.' 
 
 XXVI. WILLIAM GRAY, S.T. P. 1454. 
 
 ON the Tranflation of 1j\([\oy> Bourchier to the See of Canterbury, William 
 Gray, S.T. P. the King's Procurator ^ at Rome, was by King Hf;/^;y VI, re- 
 commended to Pope Nicholas V, (by whom he was much eflecmed,^) to fucceed him 
 at Ely, who granted him his Provifionary Bull,'* dated at Rojne, ^ww^ 2 1,1 454; being 
 at that time Notary Apoftolic, and Referendary to his Holinefs. 5 The King reflored 
 to him the Temporaltics of his See Sept. 6 following,^ and the Archbifliop confirmed 
 him the fame day, and confecrated him at Mortlake the day after, '■oiz. on Sept-jfi^^^J 
 This Bilhop is faid to be defcended of the noble Family of the Barons Gray of 
 Coiinor : ^ but of this there is great rcafon to doubt : as the Arms of that noble Fa- 
 mily are the fame with thofe of the late Duke of Kent -, being indeed both of the 
 lame original, and quite different from thofe afTigned to, and certainly borne by our 
 Bilhop, who gave Gules, a Lion rampant, and a bordure engrailed Argent ; which Arms 
 were given by an antient Family of the Name of Gray in Suffolk : 9 certain it is that 
 our Bifliop was educated in, and proved a very liberal Benefadlorto Baliol Colhge m 
 Oxford,wheve he not only built good part of the Libiary, but alfo furniflied the fame 
 with rare Manufcripts ; on the buildings whereof the Bifliop's faid Arms are ftill re- 
 maining in fcvcral places ; '" as they are alfo in feveral windows of their Library, 
 which, I fuppofe, was finiflied at the joint expenfe of Bifliop Gray, and Robert Abdy 
 the then Mafter of that College ; whofe names, as Dr. Savage obferves, are never put 
 afunder, in places where they are remembered." Whence it is evident that our 
 
 Bifliop 
 
 » This Legacy of 125/ to Cambridge, was afterwards united to a former Benefadion of Dr. 
 Richard Billingford, Mader of Benet College, and Chancellor of the Univerfity, who had founded 
 it, in order that the Students of the Univerfity might borrow out of it on their particular occafions. 
 [See Mafters's Hift. of C. C. C. C. p. 38.] From their being united in one fund, it was afterwards 
 called Bourchier's and Billingford's Chcft : it was in being in 1601, when 100/ was borrowed out 
 of it for the Univerfity •, but was afterwards embczzeled through the iniquity of the times. ' Ry- 
 mer's Feed. vol. xi. p. 367. Angl Sacr. vol. i. p. 672. ' Godwin de Prieful. p. 268. ♦ Regidrum 
 Gray, fol.i. ' Angl. Sacr. v. i. p. 672. ' Rym.er, v. xi. p. 358. ' Regift. Gray, fol.i. ' Bale 
 de Script. Illuftr. Brit. v. ii. p. 64. 9 MS Book of Heraldry, penes Magiftrum Cole. '° Dr. Sa- 
 vages B.illiofergus, p. 68. " Id. p. 109. — « On the North fide of our laid Library, the firft Win- 
 dow hath the Arms of Bifhop Gray, which are, a Lion rampant Argent, in a Field Gules, a Border 
 engrailed Argent; and Abdy's Arms ; the Vcrfes in Wreaths about thefe are, 
 
 1. Conditor ecce novi ftrudus hujus fuit Abdy: 
 
 2. Preful et huic Edi Gray Libros contulit Ely. 
 
 The fifth Window hath Bifhop Gray's and Abdy's Arms, with this Motto ; 
 
 1. Hos Deus adjecit : Deus his det gaudia celi ; 
 
 2. AbJy pcrfccit opus hoc, Gray Prelul et Ely.' Id. p. 61^, 70. 
 
 7 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 177 
 Biftiop retained a moll grateful fenfe of that place of his education;' from whence, 
 being mafter of an ample fortune, he removed to Ferrara, where he ftudied under 
 Guarini of Verona with as great profit to himfelf, as credit to his Mafter j^ efpecial- 
 ly in the Greek and Hebrew Languages. 
 
 In 1434, we find him Reclor oi Amerj7:am in Bucksy at which time he was collated 
 by his Kinfman and Namefake, IVilliam Gray Bifliop of Lincoln, to the Prebend of 
 T^ame, and on Mayib, to' the Archdeaconry of Northampton, in that Church ; 3 both 
 which preferments' he held till his promotion to this See. 
 
 In 1440, he was Chancellor of the Univerfity oiQxfGrd;\ and on OiS'. 2 1 , 1 443 , 
 was collated to the Prebend oi Longdon in the Cathedral oi Lichfeld.S In 1448, he 
 was made Archdeacon oi Northumberland, which, I fuppofe, he quitted in 1450, for 
 that of Richmond, to which he was admitted March t, of that year, being then S.T. B; 
 having been before, viz. i6 D^f.1447, collated to the Prebend of Barnby in the Me- 
 tropolitan Church Q^Tork; in which Church he was further collated to the Prebend 
 of Driffield, Aug, 20,1452.*^ 
 
 Though ftudious, he did not negle6l the knowledge of the World : 7 whereupon 
 King He7iry VI, admiring his great prudence and abihties, conftituted him his Procu- 
 rator at the Court of Rome ; and Pope Nicholas V, on account of his recondite and 
 excellent learning, and above all his humanity, benevolence, and candour, of his 
 own accord appointed him, on the vacancy, to this See in 1454;^ being at that 
 time his Referendary and Notary Apoftolic. ;9 though he was not inthroned at Ely 
 till March 20, 1458.'° 
 
 On his return, he was appointed, fays Godwin,^^ Chancellor, or according to his 
 Learned Annotator,'* Treafurer of England. In 1467, he was appointed by King 
 Edward W, his fpecial Commiflioner, to treat of Peace and Friendlliip with Alphonfo 
 Bifliop of Ciudad, Councellor and Ambaflador from Hettry King of Cajlile and Leon ; 
 which Treaty was concluded at Wejlminjler, 6July,i/\.6y.''i 
 
 On 27 0^,1469, he was conftituted Lord Treafurer of England, andfo continued 
 March J of the next year: '+ however Dugdale fays, that he was fo appointed 27 0£f, 
 1470; which great Office he difcharged only part of a Year, refigning the fame to 
 JohnTiptoft Earl oilVojxeJier, on or before July 10 following. '5 But he means the 
 fame Year with the former j for he calls it g^^'Edw.lY ; now O^u^^t-r of that Year 
 turns out 1469. 
 
 In 1 47 1, 1472, 1473, he was nominated the King's firft Commiffioner, amongft: 
 other Bifliops and Noblemen, to treat of Peace with the Commiffaries of Jajjies III, 
 King of Scotland. '^ 
 
 During the time he was Bifliop, the Prior and Convent were at great charges 
 in repairing the lower part of the Weftern Tower; the Arches and PiUars of which, 
 being found infufficient for its fupport, were therefore obliged to be ftrengthened, 
 
 by 
 
 » Godwin, p. 268. ^ Leland de Script. Brit, p.461. 3 Willis's Surv. of Lincoln, p.iii, 251. 
 4 Le Neve. p. 4.12. 5 Survey of Lichf. p. 451. 6 Willis's Surv. of York. p. 131. ^ Leland. 
 pag.462. * Godwin de Prsful. p. 268. » Rymer Feed. v. xi. p,358. '° Regift. Gray. fol. 120. 
 ■" De Prslul. pag. 268. " Ibid. Note u. '^ Rymer's Feed. v. xi. pag. 583. '•* Id. p. 648, 652. 
 'i Chronica Series, p. 63. '^ Rymer's Feed, vol.xi. p. 717, y2S» and jy6. 
 
 JU 
 
lyg HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 by wholly new-cafing them with Stone, in the mod fubftantial manner, as we now 
 fee them : in this work the Bifliop was a liberal Benefaclor, by giving at different 
 times confiderable fums towards it. He alfo ornamented the Prefbytery, with two 
 Windows on the North-fide, near the place where he was afterwards interred j on 
 the fides of which are his Arms fmgly engraved in Stone fhields ; and oppofite to 
 them, in other fhields of the fame fort, are the Arms of Gray alfo impaling a Saltier, 
 poffibly for Neville ; and not improbably defigned for his Parents. 
 
 In 1478,' the Bifhop began to decline in his health at London; zhti- EaJIer, he 
 came to £/;-, and from thence he removed to Downham ; » where he was attended 
 by the famous Phyfician of thofe times, Dr. JViiltcr Lempfter, formerly Fellow of 
 Kings College in Cambridge, and then fettled in Lo?jdo}i. On May 10 of the preced- 
 ing Year, the Bifliop had fettled an annual Penfion often Marks on him, to be paid 
 out of his Manor of Ditton ; ' he having then attended the Bifliop at Dodington : but 
 now that his attendance was become more neceflary, the Penfion was increafed to 
 twenty Marks for his Life, which was granted at Doivnham, Apr.\^,\^y?, ; and rati- 
 fied by the Prior and Convent on 2 1 of the fame Month : + befides which, the Dodor 
 was to have Bouch de Court, which, I fuppofe, means Entertainment, for himfelf, 
 two fervants, and three horfes, as often as he fliould have occafion to come to 
 the Bifliop, on his Lordfliip's account.' The Grant and Ratification of this Annuity, 
 as it throws a little light on the Hifl:ory of Phyfick, and may be looked upon by the 
 Gentlemen of that Profeflion as a Curiofity, are remitted into the Appendix.' This 
 Penfion continued to be paid to Dr. Lempjhr many years after the Bifliop's deceafe : 
 for in the Catalogue of the Harkian MSS, now in the Britijli Mufeum,7 is this, 
 
 * Warrant for Payment of an Annuyte of 20 Marcs, which the worfliipfuUe in God 
 « William Grey, late Bifliop of Ely, graunted to Walter Lemjler Doclour of Phiffike„ 
 
 • and did to be ratified & confirmed under the Convent Seale of the Monafterye of 
 « Ely. Yeven at Wejlm. 25 Dec. A" primo.' This was the i^ of Rich. Ill, viz. 1483-* 
 
 Our Bifliop died at Dow«Zw« ^Aug. 1478 : from whence on the day following, 
 his body was conveyed with great folemnity, almoft: all the Clergy of the Ifle affifl:- 
 ing on Horfcback, with Torches and led Horfes; and on the Afternoon of the faid 
 day, his Exequies were folemnly performed in the Choir: on the morrow he was bu- 
 ried betwixt two marble Pillars on the North-fide of the Prefbytery, near the place 
 where Bifliop Alcock's Chapel is now built. ' 
 
 At his death he bequeathed a variety of Plate and Ornaments to the Church ;'° and 
 to Baliol College, many curious and valuable Books and MSS, which he had colIe6t- 
 ed in Italy. He is faid to have written a great deal, and that very learnedly j" though 
 nothing is now extant.'^ 
 
 A Monument of grey Marble was erefled to his memory, over the place of his 
 interment, having thereon his Effigies in Marble, and under that his Portrait en- 
 graven on Brafs, both which, as well as mofl of the other decorations are now gone : 
 
 what remains of the Monument is reprefented in Plate XX. ^^_,,. , ^ „ , , 
 
 XXVII. JOHN 
 
 ^ Anno inclpientc. » Angl. Sacr. v.i. p. 672. 3 Regift. Gray. fol. 96. * Id. fo. 97. 5 MS Epi"* 
 
 EHen. B. fol. 84. « Appendix N". XXVIII. 7 N°- 433- Artie. . 73 1. fol. 1 60. See more 
 
 inftances of the fame kind, Id. Art. 905- fol. 74- b. 9 Angl. Sacr. v. 1. p. 67^. '° Id. Ibid. 
 >' Leland de Scriptor. Brit. p. 46. " Pitfeus. p. 855. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 179 
 
 XXVIL JOHN MORTON, LL. D. 1478. 
 
 WAS eldeft Son of Richard Morton of Milbourne St. Andrews^ Dorfet, Efq j born 
 at Beere in the faid County.' He received the fait part of his education a- 
 mong the Monks of Cenie Abby, and thence removed to Baliol College in Oxford i 
 became Moderator of the Civil-Law School, Principal of PeckivaterHaW in 1453, and 
 was one of the Commifiaries of the Univerfity. 
 
 In 1450 he was collated to the Sub-Deanery of the Cathedral of Lincoln,^ and in 
 1458 to the Prebend of Fordington in the Church of Salijbury, (which he refigned in 
 1476.) In the fame year 1458, he was inftalled Prebendary oi Corringham'i in the 
 Church oi Lincoln^ refigning his Sub-Deanery. In 1472 he was collated to the Refto- 
 ry of St. Du7ijlans in the Eafb, London, ''r (which he held only two years,) and about 
 the fame time to the Prebend of IJlington in the Church of St. FauU which he ex- 
 changed the next year for that of Chefwick. 
 
 In 1473 he was made Mafter of the Rolls, in 1474 Archdeacon of Winchejler, (in 
 both which offices he was fucceeded by his Nephew Robert Morton afterwards Bifliop 
 of Worcejer.) He was alfo in this year collated to the Archdeaconry of Chefler. The 
 next year he was inftalled by Proxy Archdeacon of Huntingdon^ 5 and alfo collated to 
 the Prebend of St. Decuman in the Cath. Church of Wells. ^ In 1476 he was inftalled 
 Prebendary of South Newbald in the Church oiTork, and alfo promoted to the Arch- 
 deaconry of Berk/hire, and the next year to that of LeiceJlerJ 
 
 These numerous promotions fliovv the efteem with which he was regarded by 
 feveral eminent Prelates, particularly by Cardinal Bourchier ABp of Canterbury, ^ ^^ 
 whom he recommended himfelf by a difplay of eminent abilities as a Civilian, during 
 his practice in the Court oi' Arches : and through his favour a way was opened to 
 his fatnre greatnefs under King Henry VI, who made him a Privy Councellor : and 
 he fo ftriftly adhered to the interefts of that unfortunate Prince, when moft others 
 deferted him ; that even King Edivard IV could not but admire and reward his fide- 
 lity, taking him into his Councils, and in 1478 making him both Bifhop oi Ely and 
 Lord High Chancellor of England-,') and fuch was the continuance of his regard to 
 him, that at his Death he appointed him one of his Executors. He received his no- 
 mination to the Biflioprick of Ely the day after the interment of Bifliop Gray, and 
 was the next day eleded; though the Papal Bull of Provifion did not arrive till 
 Dec. 24. The Temporalties were reftored 'Jan. 4, 1479,'° and he was Confecrated on 
 the 3I^ and Inftalled 29 Augujl following with great State and Magnificence." 
 
 Being 
 
 ' Baronettage of Engl. vol. ii. p. 39. Edit. 1720, * Willis's Cath. Lincoln, p. 97, 3 MSS 
 .Cole, vol. 27. p. 298. 4 Newcourt's Repert. vol.i. p. 138. 5 Willis's Cath. Lincoln, p. 107. 
 « Baronettage &c. p. 34. 7 Le Neve, p. 164, 280. « Godwin de Prjefulibus Angl. p. 130. 
 9 Chronica Juridicialia. pag. 139. !° Anno incipiente. " The Abbots of Thorney, Bury, and 
 Ramfey, with the Priors or Ely, Barnwell, and Anglefey, and the Mafter of the Rolls his Nephew, 
 attended at his Inftallation ; together with the following Knights and Gentlemen of the Country, Sir 
 Thomas Ho.vard, Sir John Donne, Sir John Wingfield,'Sir Harry Wentworth, John Sapcote, Sir Ed- 
 ward Wodehoufe, Sir Robert Chamberlayn, Sir John Cheyne, Sir William Brandon and his Lady, 
 
 Za Sir 
 
i8o HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 Being firmly attached to the interefts o( EdioardlV, no wonder if he was looked 
 on with an evil eye by Richard Prote61:or of Edward V j and accordingly, when the 
 Privy Council was aflembled in the Tower to confult about the Coronation of that 
 young King, the Bifliop of Ely, together with Rotheram ABp of 7~ork, Lord Stanleyy 
 and others, was taken into cuftody, as known enemies to the meafures then in agi- 
 tation. ' But our Bifliop was foon releafed from prifon, and given in ward to the 
 Duke o( Buckingham, at that time a warm partizan of Richard, but by converfation 
 with the Bifliop drawn off to oppofite interefts. The Bifliop was fent to the Duke's 
 Caftle at Brecknock, and efcaping from thence into the I/Ie of Ely, he pafl~ed the Seas 
 in difguife, and negotiated the Marriage between Henry Earl of Richmond and the 
 Princefs Elizabeth eldefl: Daughter of Edivard IV; thus providing for the future peace 
 and tranquillity of the Kingdom, by making a coalition of the divided Houfes of 
 Tork and Lancajler. * 
 
 He had before this time, under Edward IV, been employed in many Important 
 affairs of State, and fo early as 1473 had the Cuftody of the Great Seal committed 
 to his care for a time. 3 In 1474, he was fent Ambaflador to the Emperor of Gtr- 
 7?7any, and to the King of Hungary, to concert a League with them againft Lewis 
 King of France : 4 and the next year attended the King with his Army into France; 
 and in Auguft, together with Sir Thomas Howard, and two others, was appointed 
 Commiffioner to treat concerning the propofals of Peace which were offered by the 
 French King ; whereby a Peace was concluded on terms moft honourable and advan- 
 tageous for the Engli/h. 
 
 Ha VI NG by many fignal Services endeared himfelf to the Earl o( Richmond, afterwards 
 
 Henry VII ; he was, on the Death of Cardinal Bourchier ABp of Canterbury in i486, 
 
 appointed to fucceed him in that See, and was admitted to the Temporalties of it 
 
 iicc. 6, that year; having immediately after his Ele6lion received a Grant 5 of the 
 
 whole profits of it to his own ufe, and the difpofal of all Preferments annexed to it. 
 
 On 
 
 Sir Robert Fynes, and John Fortefcue, and other Gentry : who all dined with the Bifhop on this fo- 
 lemnity. The paiticuhrs of this Feaft, with feme Poetry on the occafion, are preferv^d in a curious 
 old printed Book in black Letter in the Heralds Office, and deferves a place in the Appendix ; as 
 well as another curious Memorial relating to this Inftallation, preferved among the Harieian MSS 
 in the Britilh Mufeum, giving an account of the Bifhop's Pilgrimage from his Palace at Downham 
 in the Ifle, two Miles from Ely, to his Cathedral Church on Aug. 29, being the Feaft of the Decol- 
 lation of St. John Baptift, our Prelate's Name-day, barefoot, with the Ceremonies of his Inftalla- 
 tion ; from whence the whole Company went with the Bilhop to his Palace to a fumptuous Enter- 
 tsi.iment. Appendix N° XXIX, XXX. 
 
 ' Hall's Chron. Edw. v. fol. xiii. h. * How this tranfacSlion was conducted, is minutely fee 
 
 down in the Chronicle which goes under the name of Edward Halle, [Life of Rich. iii. fol. xxix. a.] 
 where the Bifhop 's Charafter is naturally drawn, according to the manners of that Age •, and the par- 
 ticular converfations between the Duke and Bifhop are aUb related, and may by the Curious be per- 
 
 ufed. A late moft ingenious Writer has obliquely accufed our Bilhop of the violation of his 
 
 allegiance to Richard iii. [Hiftorical Doubts on the Life of Rich. iii. p. 18.] But can there be 
 any violation of allegiance to a Perfon to whom none was due, or for aught that appears, was ever 
 made ? — As the Biftiop w.is clapt up in priibn before Richard was crowned, and was never after 
 at liberty, till he attained it by his own flight, it is moft probable he never fwore any allegiance to 
 him at all. 3 Rymer Fcsd. vol. xi. p. 782. Dugd. Chron. Series &c. p. 71. 4 Ibid. p. 836. 
 and vol.xii. p. 14. 5 Ibid. p. 302. i 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) i8i 
 On^ug.S, 1487, he was appointed Lord High Chancellor of Efig/and. In 1493 
 Sepf. 20, he was created a Cardinal of the Church of Rome, by Pope Alexa?ider VI, 
 by the Title of St. Anaftafia. » He held the office of High Chancellor to his death ; 
 which happened on Sept. 15 or 16, 1500. He was buried beneath the Choir of the 
 Cathedral Church of Canterbury, and had a fumptuous Monument ereCled for him. 
 
 While he was Bifliop oi Ely he executed a work of very large expenfe and fm- 
 gular utility for draining the Fens and extending Navigation, by that Cut of 40 feet 
 in breadth and 4 in depth from JViJbech to Peterborough, which is called New Leame, 
 or Mortons Leame, being in courfe 12 Miles long; he alfo continued the fame through 
 Wijhech, and by other Cuts made a new Out- fall to the Sea. ^ He alfo rebuilt and 
 beautified the Bifhop's Palace at Hatjield, and rebuilt the Caftle at Wijhech : And many 
 other inftances of his liberality in repairing Edifices at Canterbury, Lambeth, Maid- 
 flone, AlUngton-Fark, Charing, and Ford, are mentioned by Leland ; ^ and at Oxford he 
 repaired the Canon-Law School, and was a large Contributor to the rebuilding of 
 St. Marys Church, and the Divinity School; his Arms are fliil remaining upon the 
 Tower of Wijhech Church. 
 
 By his Will he made large bequefls to pious ufes;4 and among thefe, he left to 
 his ancient Church of Ely his Silver Crofs, weighing 235 ounces, and his Epifcopal 
 Mitre richly fet with Pearls and Precious Stones : — in return for which, and alfo in 
 gratitude for many other favours conferred on them, both whilft he fat Bifliop there, 
 and afterwards as long as he lived, the Prior and Convent of Ely obliged themfelves 
 to ' find at their own expenfe, one of their Monks to fay daily the Mafs of Requiem 
 « for his Sou!, and the Souls of his Parents, Friends, and Benefaflors, for 20 years 
 
 * from the time of his death : and that the faid Monk in every fuch Mafs, fliould 
 
 • after the reading of the Gofpel, ingoing to the Lavatory, fay the Pfalm De profundi s, 
 ' and afk every one then prefent, to fay a Pater Nofler and Ave Maria, for their 
 ' Souls, agreeably to the Will of the faid moft reverend Lord fohn Morton, exprefifed 
 ' in his laft Will and Teftament.' This Obligation of the Prior and Convent is dated 
 in the Chapter-Houfe at Ely, April 20, 1502. 5 
 
 XXVIH. JOHN ALCOCK, LL. D. i486. 
 
 SO N of William Alcock by Joan his Wife, ^ was born at Beverley in Torkjlnrey. 
 and educated at Cambridge, and commenced LL.D. before 146 1 ; in which year 
 he was collated by Thomas Kemp Bifliop of London, to the Rectory of St. Margaret 
 
 FiJJj- 
 
 ' Ciaconius de vit. Pontlf. et Card. Tom. ill. col. 167. ^ Camden's Britannia, col. 294,412. 
 Diigdale's Hifl:. of Imbanking &c. pag. 364, 372, 376. 3 Itinerary, vol. vii. pag. 129. 4 He 
 founded Exhibitions for Scholars at both Univerfities, for 20 years after his deceafe; 20 at Oxford, 
 and 10 at Cambridge. Among his bequefts, there was one to the Lady Margaret, the King's 
 Daughter, (to whom he was God-father,) of a Golden Cup, and 40/. — He is laid alfo to have 
 founded 4 Scholarfhips in St. John's College in Cambridge : [Godwin de Prsful. p. 131. Note /.] 
 but as that College was not founded till fcveral years after his death ; if there are any fuch, they 
 muft be from application of his Money, intended at firft for fome other purpole. 5 Regilir. 
 
 Epf Elien. B. fol. 209. ^ Leland Itin. v. i, p. 50, 51. 
 
i82 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 Fijl:'-Strcet;^ and the fame year promoted to the Deanery of the Royal Chapel of 
 St. Stephen We/} mi njler : ^ in 1462 he was appointed Mafter of the Rolls. Dec.ib^ H^S, 
 he was inftalled Prebendary oi Broivndcfwood in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul i 
 and the fame year collated to the Prebend of South ylltoji in Salisbury Cathedral. 
 
 In 1470, he was of the Privy Council to the King, and conftituted his Ambafla- 
 dor to the King of Cajlile; 3 and the following year, together with the Queen and 
 others, was by King Edivard IV, appointed to be of the Privy Council to his Son 
 Edward Prince of Wales : he was alfo in the fame year one of the Commiflioners for 
 treating with the King of Scotland. In 1472, he was promoted to the See o^ Roche/lery 
 and alfo made Keeper of the Great Seal, till Robert StilUngto7i BiOiop of Bath and Wells 
 fhould be recovered of his infirmities. He founded a Free-Grammar-School at King- 
 Jlon upon Hull about the year 1476, in which year he was tranflated to Worcefier Sept. 1 8, 
 and received the Temporalties from the King Sept. 24. — While he continued Biftiop 
 there, he very elegantly enlarged the Collegiate Church of Wejlbury. About 1478, 
 he was appointed Prefident of Wales. In 1481, he vifited and reformed the Priory of 
 Little Malvern in Worcejlerjhire, rebuilt their Church, repaired their Convent, and in 
 a great meafure difcharged their Debts. 
 
 On the death of King Edward IV, in 1483, being then Traceptor to YAngEdicardY ^ 
 he was removed from that charge by his Uncle the Protector ; + however, he was 
 fuffered to enjoy his Liberty} and not, as many other of the young King's Frknds, 
 clapt up into prifon. 
 
 On March 6, i486, i Henry VII, foon after that King's Accefllon, on ABp Rothe- 
 rarns difmifllon from the office of Lord Chancellor, the Seals were delivered to his 
 cuftody ;5 which he refigned not long after to Bifliop M;r/o;/, and in October follow- 
 ing was tranllated to Ely.^ 
 
 In 1487 he Vifited in perfon the ancient Nunnery of St. Radegund in Cambridge."^ 
 It is probable that the many diforders he then found in that Houfe, firft fuggefted to 
 him the thoughts of fupprefllng it, and converting it into a College of Students j 
 though it was fome years before that defign was put iii execution. For after- 
 wards, upon his reprefenting the great irregularities of the Nuns, he obtained of the 
 King a Patent, dated at Wejlminjler June 12, 1497,* ^^^ diffolving the Nunnery, and 
 founding in it's ftead a perpetual College, confifting of one Maflcr, fix Fellows, and 
 a certain number of Scholars, for the increafe of Learning, Piety and Virtue, to be 
 called the College of the B. Virgin Mary, St. John the Evangelifi, and St. Radegund, 
 ntzr Cambridge ; to be governed by fuch Statutes as He or his Succeffors fliould think 
 proper to make and ordain. But theBifliop having thought proper to add to this Title, 
 that of the Holy Name Jcfus, it was even in his time commonly called jfefus College.9 
 Since that time it hath increafed much in Buildings and Revenues, under the Patro- 
 nage of the Bifliops of Ely ; and now confifts of a Mailer, fixteen Fellows, and thir- 
 ty Scholars. 
 
 His 
 
 ' Newcourt's Repertorlum, v. i. p. 406. * lb. p.i2T. 3 Rymer's Foed. v. xi. p. 653, 717, 764: 
 4 Joh. RofT) Hift. Reg. Angl. p. 212. 5 Dugdale's Chron. Series, p. 74. * Regift. Alcock, fol.i. 
 Rymer's Foedera, v. xii. p. 3 1 8. 7 Regiftrum Alcock, fol. 1 53. ^ Rymer's Food, v. xii. p. 6ri, 
 9 Regift. Alcock, fol. 125. > 5;> / 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 183 
 
 His Device was a Cock; of which allufion to his Name he was extremely fond; as 
 appears by his placing the figure of that Bird, with moral Sentences upon Scrolls in 
 almoft every part of the publick buildings which he eredled ; — thefe were many and 
 expenfive : He adorned almofl all his Manors with new buildings, and raifed from 
 the ground a noble Hall and Gallery ' in his Palace at Ely, and the remainder of his 
 revenues he fpent in a6ls of Hofpitality and Beneficence. 
 
 He died at his Caftle of Wisbech OB. i, 1500, and was buried in the middle of a 
 fumptuous Chapel which he had built for himfelf, at the Eaft-end of the North Ifle 
 of the Prefbytery of his Cathedral Church. 
 
 He was not only a confiderable Writer, but an excellent Archite6l; which occa- 
 fioned his being made * Comptroller of the Royal Works and Buildings under King 
 Henry VII : and his Chapel above-mentioned is a noble Specimen of his fkill in Ar- 
 chite6lure; though at prefent it lies fadly mangled by the fanatical zeal of tumultuous 
 Reformers, in the fame negle6led flate, which gave occafion, above a Century ago, 
 to Biflaop Gc^/to/« 5 to exprefs his wifhes, that fome Perfon of the many who were 
 benefited by Bifhop Alcock's munificence, would have the generofity to pay for it's 
 reparation. — His Tomb, with his Effigies thereon much defaced, is placed on the 
 North-fide of the Chapel under an Arch of Stone. 4 Some time fince, on opening a 
 Grave at a diftance from this Chapel, a Stone was turned up with this Infcription, 
 
 * Johannes Alcock Epus Elien. banc fabrycam fieri fecit 1488;' being probably the 
 Date when he began the Chapel : this Stone is at prefent placed in the Eafl wall of 
 the Chapel. s • 
 
 XXIX. RICHARD REDMAN, D.D. 1501. 
 
 AFTER a vacancy of near a year, being then Bifhop oi Exeter, was tranflatec! 
 to the See of Ely by Papal Provifion : the Temporalties were refl:ored to him 
 on Sept. 26, 1501,^ by King Henry VII, who alfo gave him all the profits due to the 
 Crown, during the vacancy. 
 
 He is faid to have been educated at Cambridge ; 7 became a Canon Regular of St. 
 Augiiflin of the order oi Premonjlre ; and in 1471, was Abbot of Shappe in Wejlmor- 
 land, (being alfo in 149 1 Vifitor General of his Order ;) which he held in commendant 
 with his Biftioprick of St. AJ'aph ; to which he was promoted as being zealous in the 
 
 interefts 
 ' Angl. Sacr. v. i. p. 6j^. — The Gallery now remaining on the Weft- fide of the Palace, was 
 built by Bifhop Goodrich •, whofe Arms are on the Bow-window towards the Green. ^ Parker's 
 Hift. of Cambr. p. 1 19. 3 De Praeful.Angl. p. 270. 4 Plate XXI. 5 Bale, who rarely fpeaks 
 of any one with moderation, thus acknowledges the good and amiable qualities of this worthy 
 Bifhop : ' Johannes Alcock, ab ipfa pueritia bonarum literarum ftudiis ac pietati deditus, ita a 
 
 • virtute in virtutem crcvit, ut eo nemo per Angliam majori fanftitatis nomine infigniretur. Par- 
 
 • ciffime plane per totam statem viiStitafle dicitur, duriterque vigihis, ftudiis, abftinentiis, & aliis 
 
 * calligationibus domuilTe prurientis fuas carnis illicebras : — in omni vita abftinentiffimus ifte erat.' 
 Bale, Script, illuftr. Britan. Catalog. Cent, 8. p. 631, 632. « Rymer's Feed. vol. xii. p. yy^, 770. 
 7 Godwin de Prsful. Angli.-e, p. 270. — Mr. Willis (Survey of Sr. Afaph Cath. p. 6g.) ' fup- 
 pofes him to have been born in Hertfordlhire, and near the Bifliop's Palace at Hatfield ; but upon 
 
 v.'hat 
 
184. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 intercfls of King Edward IV, when Thomas Knight was deprived on account of his 
 attachment to King Henry VI. It is probable that R. Bifliop of St. Afaph OB. 30, 1468, 
 mentioned by MvJVharton,^ was meant for him ; though (from the confufion of the 
 times,) he obtained not Ucence of Confecration from Canterbury till 051. 13, 1471, 
 and does not feem to have been Confecrated till the middle of the following year. * 
 However, as King Henry s party gained flrength in 1469, Bifliop Knight feems to have 
 been re-eflabliflicd in his See, and received a Summons to attend King Henry's Parli- 
 ament at ire/hnin/Ier -.^ where a6ling zealoufly for the rcftoration of his old Mafter, 
 againft the claims of Edioard IV, he was by that Prince convicted of High Treafon ; 
 and to compound for his fault, was forced to refign his Biflioprick ; upon which 
 he had an efpecial Pardon palled OB. 30, 1471. 
 
 Bishop Redman proved a moft liberal and generous Benefactor to the See of 
 St. Afaph, by rebuilding his Cathedral Church, which had been burnt down about 
 1404 by OwenGlendour, and laid in ruins near 80 years, with only the walls Hand- 
 ing : thefe he repaired about 1490, and having carried them up to their prefent 
 height, he placed thereon a new Roof, and made the Eafl:-Window, the Bifliop's 
 Throne, Stalls in the Choir, and other infide reparations and ornaments j 4 his Arms 
 yet remaining in divers parts of the Fabrick. 
 
 In 1487 he was entangled in the- affair of Lambert Symnell, and on that account 
 falling under the difpleafure of King Hemy VII, was complained of to the Pope for 
 this his difloyaltyj who by Bull dated y^;/. 9 that year, commifTioned the Archbifliop 
 with the Bifliops of IFitrcheJler, Ely and Exeter, to inquire into that matter, and to 
 tranfmit the refult of it to Rome.S It is reafonable to fuppofe that the Bifliop acquit- 
 ted himfelf to the King's fatisfaclion ; as he was in 1492^ appointed by him one of 
 hjs Comniiflloners to treat of Peace with the Scots, and the year after was made one 
 of his Privy Council. ^ In 1495 he was promoted to the See of Exeter, having the 
 
 Temporalties of it refl:ored to him Jan. 7 following ; ^ and in 1 50 1 was tranflated to 
 
 E/y ; 
 what authority I know not •, he further reports, that he was firft Redor of Ktjllliall in tliat County, 
 and then of Stretham in the Ifle of Ely, both of the gift of WilHam Gray Bifliop of this Diocefc, to 
 whom it is fuppofed, he was Chaplain ; but I ptefume that he was ncitiier Redtor of one, nor the 
 other-, for the Maflier Richard Redman, M. A. and Chaplain to Bifl-iop Gray, who at Downhani 
 pieiented him i Mar. 1455, (Regirt. Gray. fo. 12. b.) to the Redlory of Kclfliall, and who was 
 Chaplain to that Bifliop in 1457; ('bid. fo.zy.b.) who further collated him to the Redory of 
 Stretham aforeftid, 17 Mar. 1458, (ib. fo. ^i.(J.) when he is called his Domeflick Chaplain, was 
 a different Pcrfon from our Bifliop Redman ; as will appear fro'.n the following circumfliances : In 
 1488, being grown very old and infirm, having been in pofl"cfllon of Stretham 30 years, he was 
 difpofed to retire, and probably to Cambridge, for the remainder of his life : accordingly, on 
 29 Oct. 148S, he refigncd the laid Living of Stretham, into the hands of Bifliop Alcock, (Regift. 
 Alcock. fo. 32, 3^, 34.) on account of his great age and infirmities ; at whicli time he is called 
 Honorabilis Magijler Ricardiis Redamn, 8. T. B. when the Bifliop afligns him a Penfion of 12/. per 
 anil, out of that Redory, giving thefe reafons for that afhgnment, ' Becaufe he had laudably taken 
 
 • care of his Parifli during his incumbency, and that the Clerical Order fliould not be difgraced 
 
 * through Poverty.' Which Penfion was to be' paid quarterly at the High Altar of St. Sepulchre's 
 Church in Cambridge. ' De Epfs Lond. & S. Aiavenfibus. p. 351. ^ Id. p. 352. 3 Id. p. 351. 
 4 Willis's Survey of St. Afaph. p. 5, 48, 70, 133. Godwin de Prjeful. p. 641. 5 Rymer's Feed, 
 yol.xii, p. 333, 334. ^ Ibid. p. 494. ^ Godwin de Pi zelul. p. 911. Notew. ^Rymer's Feed. 
 voL xii. p. 577% 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 185 
 Ely ; where having lived with great Hofpitality not full four years, he died ox\Aug. 24, 
 1.505, at Ely-Houfe in Holbortiy and was buried according to his own dire^lions in his 
 Cathedral Church of Ely, between two Pillars on the North-fide of the Prefbytery, 
 where a fumptuous Monument' is eredled to his Memory. By his laft Will he gave 
 confiderably to his old Monaflery of Shappe ;^ feveral fmall Legacies to all the Reli- 
 gious Houfes in the Diocefe of Ely ; 100 Marks to the Cathedral, and the like Sum 
 to be dirtributed to the Poor on the day of his Burial. In his journeys, through 
 any towns where he flaid but an hour, it was his pra6lice to caufe a Bell to be rung, 
 that the Poor might come and partake of his Charity, which he plentifully bellow- 
 ed among them. ^ Bifhop Godwin who records this of him, feems however not to 
 approve of this oftentatious way of giving Alms, as bordering too much upon what 
 our B. Saviour has reprehended in the Pharifees ; and therefore fubjoins, ' Verifimile 
 « eft ilium qui tarn multum palam donabat, plurima etiam contulifle clanculum, 
 * quae omnibus non innotefcerent.' + 
 
 XXX. JAMES STANLEY, D. D. 1506. 
 
 WAS the third Son oi Thomas Stanley , created Earl oi Derby in 1485. Mr. Wood 
 reckons him to have received his education at Oxford. 5 In Bifhop Godwin 
 he is confidered as a Graduate in Cambridge : ^ however, he occurs Prebendary of 
 Holywell m the Cathedral Church of St. Paul,7 to which he was collated fo early as 
 Aug. 26, 1458,8 and held it till 1481, when he exchanged it for the Wardenfliip 
 of Manchejier. In 1491 he was inftalled Prebendary of Tat minfier prima in the Cathe- 
 dral Church of Salisbury, which he exchanged the next year for that of Bemijler pri~ 
 
 ma 
 ' Plate XXII. * Willis's Surv. of Ely Cath. p. 356. 3 FTearne's Preface to Pet. Lang- 
 
 toft's Chron. p. xxxiv. 4 De Prsful. Angl. p. 270, 27 1. s Achen. Oxon. v. i. p. 652, 6^ ^. 
 
 & Fafti p. 12. — In order to his Promotion to this See in 1506, Mr. Wood informs us, that he by 
 the Name of ' Jacobus Stanley nuper hujits Univerfitatis Scholafiicus,'' fupplicated the Congregation of 
 Regents, that he might be licenced to proceed in the Civil Law; which was granted, with fome 
 conditions : and that on Jan. 29. of the following year, the faid Regents, with the Non-Regents 
 did grant, that the faid James Stanley Bp. of Ely might be created Dr. of Decrees, by a Cap put: 
 on his Head by WiUiam A. Bp. of Canterbury and Richard Bp. of London : which Grant hew^ 
 accordingly executed at, or near London with folemnity ; a Letter of Thanks was fent to the Uni- 
 verfity for the honour they had done unto him. ^ De Prceful. Angl. pag. 271. — Where Bp. 
 
 Godwin fays exprefsly, that he was Dr, in Divinity, and his late Editor Dr. Richardlbn (Note r) 
 more particularly, that he was fo of Cambridge. ? Newcourt's Repert. v. i. p. 160. * This 
 circumftance ferves to correfl a miftake in Mr. Archdeacon Knight, who in his Life cf Erafmiis, 
 (pag. 18, 19,) takes notice of a young illiterate rich Prieff, who refided with him in his Houle ac 
 Paris in the year 1496, and who had refufed a Bifhoprick on a confcioufnefs of his Infufficiency ; 
 but was to have polTefllon of it the next year, when he had made fome further progrefs in Learn- 
 ing, and had made great offers to Erafmus to inftruft him : but all in vain; for Erafmus in his 
 boafting way, fays, that he defpifed thefe great offers, which would have taken him from his Stu- 
 dies. This perfon Dr. Knight fuppofes to have been our Bp. Stanley : but him it could not be, oit 
 many accounts ; as the tide oi Adolefcens, or Youth could not agree to his Age, even fuppofing liim 
 to have been a Beneficiary ever fo young ; for in 1458, 28 years before, we find him a Preben- 
 dary of St. Paul's : neither was he made a Bifhop till 9 or 10 years after the time alllgned by Eraf- 
 mus for the 2'' offer of that Dignity. 
 
 A a 
 
i86 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 ma m the fame Church: in 1493 he was made Dean of St. Martin % k Grand, Lon- 
 don:'' in 1500 Archdeacon of i?7V^woW; in 1505 Precentor of ^^//V^ttr;- having been 
 alfo Prebendary of the Collegiate Churches of Southwell and Rippon. 
 
 In 1506 he was promoted to the See of Ely, by the Pope's Bull of Provifion,^ 
 bearing date 17 July, that year. The Temporalties were reftored Nov. 5 following 
 by the King ; who alfo by a Grant dated 13 of the fame month, gave him the whole 
 profits of the See during the vacancy, to the amount of near 2500 A 
 
 It is reafonably enough fuppofed by Mr. Baker, 3 that the powerful intereft of 
 his Mother-in-law Margaret, Countefs oi Richmond and Derby, occafioned his promo- 
 tion in the Church : — ' The worft thing, fays he, fhe ever did !' — This refle6lion, 
 no doubt, is in regard to our Bifliop's Morals ; which will by no means bear the 
 flricteft fcrutiny ; and particularly hints at the ftory related by Bifhop Godivin, in 
 refpeft to his incontinency : and this has led that Hiftorian to be fo fevere on his Me- 
 mory, that he fays further, * That he died without performing any one thing, de- 
 ' fervin"- to be remembered -.'4 — thereby cancelling at once, on account of that 
 fmo-le fault, all the good actions of his Life. — However, we ought not, I think, on 
 that account, to forget feme worthy actions that are recorded of him. 
 
 He was extremely generous in point of Hofpitality : a Benefaftor to Jefus Col- 
 lege, by giving to it the Impropriation of the Re£tory of Great Shelford near Cam- 
 bridge, partly for founding a Fellowfliip therein, the Patronage of which he referv- 
 ed to his Succeflbrs the Bifhops of Ely: he alfo compiled the Statutes of that College, 
 and got them confirmed by Pope Julius II : he likewife built a noble Chapel on the 
 North-fide of the Choir of the Collegiate Church at Manchejler, and wainfcoted the 
 whole South-fide of the Choir, with ftalls and other ornaments ; and much improv- 
 ed the Bifhop oiElys Palace at Somerpam : add to this, his provident care in improv- 
 in"- the Patrona'^e of his See, by another Fellowfliip in the fame Univerfity, which 
 ftill remains in the nomination of his SucceflTors : for it appears by an Indenture of 
 agreement between our Bifhop and the Executors of the Countefs of Richmond and 
 Derby, bearing date \2 Dec. zHetiryYlll. 151055 when he agreed to give them 
 pofl'efilon of the Houfe or Priory (as it is there called) of St. John the Evangelift in 
 Cambridge, in order to found the prefent College of that Name j that he vi^as careful 
 to maintain the dignity and honour of his Cathedral Church, by ftipulating. That 
 the Bifhops of £/v, who were Founders and Patrons of the Houfe or Priory, flioukl 
 ftill be accounted as fecondary Founders of the College : and moreover referved to 
 himfelf the Nomination and Elcdion of three Fellows during his life, and to renew 
 them as often as their places became vacant; and to his SucceflTors for ever, the No- 
 mination and Eledtion of one of the Fellows of the faid College. 
 
 He died at Manchefler Mar. 22, 1515, and was there buried in the aforefaid Chapel, 
 which was then building and afterwards compleated, as was alfo his Tomb of grey 
 
 Marble, 
 
 » Newcouri's Repert. v.i. p. 428. == Rymer's Feed, vol.xiii. p. 15S. 3 Preface to Bp. 
 
 Filher's Fmcral Scrnion on the Countefs of Richm and Derby, p. xviii, and xxi. -^ Godwin de 
 Prxful. An^J. p. 271. 5 Regiltrum Epf Ellen. B. fol. 244, 245. 
 
 2 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 187 
 Maible, by his natural Son Sir 'John Stanley ; on the Table "of which Tomb, is a 
 fmall Figure of the Bifliop in Brafs, in Potitijicalibus, and an Infcription at his feet, 
 both of them perfedt, as reprefented in Plate XXIIL ' 
 
 XXXL NICHOLAS WEST, LL.D. 1515. 
 
 WA S the Son of John Wejl, a Baker of Putney in Surrey. By the violence of 
 his temper and by his mifcondu6l, he is faid to have fuffered difgrace in his 
 early years. ^ But thefe failings were abundantly compenfated by his future regula- 
 rity and diligence, and by a difplay of good Learning, particularly in Divinity, and 
 the Civil and Canon Law j which endeared him to Bilhop FiJJ:er and Sir Thomas 
 More, and proved the occafion of his rifmg in the World. Before his promotion in 
 the Church, we find him much employed in publick affairs in the reign of Henry VII, 
 to whom he was Chaplain : and indeed his (kill in matters of flate was fo eminent, 
 
 that 
 ' Bifhop Stanley's Chara6ler feems to be very impartially drawn in a MS Hiftory of the Derby Fa- 
 mily, (now in the pofleflion of a Gentleman who has contributed Materials to the biographical Pare 
 of this Hiftory :) it is in Verfe, and feems to have been written by a Perfon who lived near his time 
 and probably might remember him . — After fpeaking of the Bilhop's Father, and his other Chil- 
 dren, he thus proceeds ; 
 
 » His third Sonne was James, a goodlie Man, a Priefle : 
 ' Yet little Priefte's mettal was in him, by Chrifte ; 
 
 * As manie more, pittie ! Sacred Orders take 
 
 ' For Promotion, rather then for Chrifte's fake ; 
 ' And ofte, moft long of frendes, the truthe to tell : 
 * It is greate grace if fuch a one prove well . 
 
 * Greate abufe in Priefthood, and Marrimonie, 
 
 ' When fancie of Frendes fhall chufe for the Partie, 
 
 * A goodlie tawell Man, as was in all England, 
 
 ' And fped well in matters that he took in hand. 
 
 * King Henerie the VII"' a Prince noble and fage, 
 
 * ' Made him Bifhoppe for his Wifdome and Parentao-e. 
 ' Of Elie many a day was he Bysfhoppe there ; 
 
 ' Builded Sommerfame, the Bysfhopp's cheife Mannerc. 
 
 * An great Viander, as anie in his dayes : 
 
 * To Byslhoppes that then was, this is no difpraife. 
 
 * Becaufe he was a Prieft I dare doe noe lefs 
 
 ' But leeve, as I know not of his hardineffe. 
 « "What Priefte hath a blowe one the one eare, fodainlie 
 
 * Turne the other lykewife, for humilitie. 
 
 ■* Hee woulde not doe foe, by the Crofle in my purfe j 
 ' Yet I trufte his Soule fareth never the wurfe. 
 
 * For hee did Aftes bouldlie divers in his dales, 
 
 ' If hee had beene noe Priefte, had beene worthie praifc. 
 ' Hee did ende his life at merrie Manchefter, 
 ' And right honourablie lyes buried there, 
 
 * In his Chappell, which he began of Free-ftone : 
 
 ' Sir John Standeley made it out, when he was gone. 
 
 * God fend his Soule to the heavenlie companie 1 
 ' Farewell, godlie James, Bysfhoppe of Elie!' 
 
 Prior Robert Steward feems to have hit offhisCharadler in thefe few words, ( Angl. Sacr. v i TiSiG) 
 « yfr»;/i 5«^»; L;M\f /'mV/Vr •,'— which notably fuit with fome lines in this MS Poem. ' "^' ' ' 
 
 * MS Hift. of the Provofts and Fellows of King's College.— Godwin de Prsful. Angl. pag. 271. 
 
 Aa 2 
 
i88 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 that he was employed in numberlefs Embaflies and Negotiations abroad, ' in German 
 ny, France, Spain, and Scotland for above twenty-five years together. 
 
 He received the firft part of his education at Eton, and was admitted into King's 
 Colle"-e in Cambridge 1483, and being Fellow of that College proceeded to his De- 
 grees in Arts, and afterwards became LL.D. before 1501. He quitted the College 
 about 1499 : was Re(5lor of Egglefcliffe in the Biflioprick oi Durham : Archdeacon of 
 Derby in 1501 : and became Re6for of Witney in Oxfordjl:ire in 1502 ; which Bene- 
 fice he retained till he was made a Bifliop. In 1510, he was inftalled Dean of IVind- 
 for, and was Regifter of the moft noble Order of the Garter. 
 
 On Sept. 23, 1514) ^^ '^'^^ Wixh. other Ambafladors, appointed to conduct the 
 Lady Mary, the King's Sifter, into France, ^ where fhe was married at Abbeville 
 06f. 9"' or lo'** to Lc-jjis XII, and Crowned Queen Nov. 6. But Lewis dying Jan. i 
 following, the King fent over Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, with Sir Richard 
 Wingfield and our Dr. Wejl with Letters of Condoleance to his Sifter the Queen of 
 Trance ; who there privately married the D. of Suffolk. The two former returning 
 into England, Dr. Wejl remained at Paris Apr. 16, 1515, being commiffioned by the 
 King to ratify the Peace lately concluded between the two Crowns, and to receive 
 the Oath oi Francis I, for the due obfervation of the Articles; which ceremony was 
 performed May 8 in the Caftle oi Montargis. Before this time, Apr. 18, 151 5, we find 
 him ftyled Bifhop Elect of Ely j^ fo that he was very foon after the death of Bp. 
 Stanley nominated to that See. On May 1 8 the King granted him the profits of it + 
 for his own ufe, from the death of his FredecefTor: and Pope LeoX alfo by his Bull 
 dated at Rome Aug. 6, conferred the faid Biflioprick on him by way of Provifion : 5 
 the King put him into pofleflion of the Temporalties Sept. 6 ; On 06t. 7, he vi^as 
 Confecrated at Lambeth by ABp JFarham; and inthroned by Proxy Feb. 21 following.^ 
 
 On May 30, 151 5, he was, together with Thomas Lord Dacre and Grey/lock, and 
 Thomas Magnus Archdeacon of the Eajl-riditiz, in Yorkjlnre, appointed Commifl*ary 
 to treat with the King of Scotland'. On Oft. i, 15 18, he was employed as Ambafi!a- 
 dor in a Treaty of Peace between Pope Leo X, Francis I, and other Powers; and 
 alfo in a Treaty of Marriage between the Princefs Mary Daughter of K. Henry VIII, 
 and the young Dauphin Francis ; at which time an Interview between the two Kings, 
 Henry VIII and Francis I, was concerted ; and our Bifliop was appointed to attend 
 at that Ceremony ; which took place at Ardres near Calais, the celebrated Catnp Drap 
 d'Or.7 On Feb. 10, 15 19, he was appointed to furrender the City of Tcumay to the 
 French King. May 27, 1520, he attended the King at Canterbury at the reception of 
 the Emperor Charles V ;* and on Aug 28, 1525, we find him named with other Com- 
 miffioners in a Treaty of Peace and Friendfliip, with the Ambafladors of Francis 1,9 
 then a Prifoner at Madrid, and his Mother the Queen Regent of France. 
 
 He 
 
 » Rvmer's Feed. vol. xiii. pag. 35, 114, 155, 278, 309, 332, &c.— Lord Herbert's Life of 
 Henr.VIII. p. 22, 27, 30.— Fiddes's Life of Card. Wolfey. p. 67, 76, 96. ^ Rymer's Focd. 
 vol. xiii. p. 347. 3 Ibid. pag. 491, 501. 4lb.p.5io. 5 lb. p. 515, 516. * Regiftrum 
 Weft. fo. 5. 7 Montfaiicon Antiq. de la Monarchie Franc, vol. iv. p. 162. * Rymer's Focd. 
 vol. xiii. p. 768. 9 Id. vol. xiv, p. 56. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 189 
 
 He is generally acknowledged to have lived in the greateft: fplendor of any Pre- 
 late of his time, having above an Hundred Domefticks, at the wages, fome of 40 s, 
 others at 4/. — Each being allowed for their Winter and Summer Liveries 7 yards and 
 an half of Cloth, and 4 yards for their Winter Cloaks. The Poor relieved daily at 
 his Gate with Meat and Drink were 200 ; befides many occafional largefTes. ' 
 
 At Putney in Surrey, where he was born, he built a very elegant Chapel* adJoin-( 
 ing to the Church: and was a confiderable Benefador to Kings College ^ in Plate 
 and other refpecls. 
 
 Perhaps the Reader would not lay any great ftrefs upon the many encomiums^ 
 on the Learning, and other great accomplifhments of our Bifliop, which are to be 
 found in the Dedications of feveral Books of Literature and Piety to him : — though, 
 thofe of Bifliop FiJ}:er't muft be allowed to carry confiderable weight with them. 
 
 In the affair of the Divorce, he was a zealous Advocate for his Miftrefs Queen 
 Catharine, to whom he had long been Chaplain ; and wrote a Book, De non dijfohen- 
 do Henrici Regis prima Matrimonio cum Catharina: whilft King He?iry VIII was, at the 
 fame time, in eager purfuit of a Divorce. Thefe circumfliances confidered j no won- 
 der if our Bifliop was made fenfible, that however great a favourite he might here- 
 tofore have been ; yet that now the cafe was quite altered 5 and he found his inter- 
 eft with the King daily decline. The Gout and other bodily infirmities, brought. 
 upon him, or at leaft aggravated by the trouble and uneafineffes he met with in the- 
 abovementioned affair, it is generally thought, put a period to his Life on April 6, . 
 as Bp. Godwin^ fays, or by other accounts'^ on the 28"^ of that Month 1533. 
 
 According to his appointment, he was buried in the Chapel which he had*' 
 built for that purpofe, at the Eafl: end of the South-Ifle of the Prefljytery of his Ca- 
 thedral : — a work whofe Angular elegance and exquifite workmanfliip ftill appears^ 
 notwithftanding the outrageous violences which it has fuffered from the fanaticifm 
 of Enthufiaftick Reformers. His Arms are engraved and painted in various parts of. 
 the Chapel -, and his Motto carved on the Stone-work, is often repeated on a Mould-' 
 ing running round the whole, Gr^//^ Z)^/yz^w ^«o^y«;;z; — alluding perhaps to his. 
 own miflDehaviour, in his firft fetting out as a Scholar at the Univerfity, and his ex-, 
 emplary condufl afterwards ; and which probably he made ufe of, not fo much as a . 
 Motto, as a Memento on that occafion. On a brafs plate was formerly this Infcrip- 
 tion : ' Of your Charitie pray for the Soule of Nicholas Weft fometyme Bifliop of 
 ' this See, and for all Chriften Soules : in the whych Prayer he hath graunted to 
 ' every perfon fo doing, 40 days of pardon, for every time they fliall fo pray.' 
 
 XXXH. THOMAS GOODRICH. D. D. 1534. 
 
 ON the death of Bifliop Weji, his Nephew and Godfon Dr. Nicholas Haickins^ 
 Archdeacon of Ely, at that time the King's Ambaffador in foreign parts, was 
 defigned to fucceed him : ^ but he dying before his Confecration could be effected ; 
 
 the 
 ' MS Hifl. of King's College. — Godwin de PrJefuI. Angl. p. lyx. * Ibid. 3 Ibid. 4 Vid 
 Opera Cardinalis Fifheri. p. 101. Wirceburgi 1597. Fol. 5 De Prjeful. Angl. p. 272. « Angli 
 Sacra, vol. i. p. 676. 7 Godwin de Prsful. Angl. p. 272. Angl Sacr. vol. i. p. 676, ' -• 
 
190 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 the King granted his Licence to the Prior and Convent, dated March 6, 1534, to 
 choofe themfelvcs a Bifliop ;' who thereupon defied in their Chaptcr-houfe the 17"' 
 of the fame Montli, THOMAS GOODRICH, S.T.P.; which Eleaion was con- 
 firmed by the Archbifliop April 13 following, in the Parifli-Church oi Croydon ; who 
 alfo confecrated him in his own Chapel in that Town, on the 19"* of that Month. 
 He was inftalled by his Proxy William Meje LL.D. 2 May. 
 
 This Bifliop was the Second Son of Edward Goodrich of Eajl-Kirhy in Lijicoln- 
 Jlnre; was admitted Penfioner oiBenet College in Cambridge'^ foon after the year 1500. 
 He became Fellow of j'r/J/i College in 1510, commenced M. A. in 1514, and the 
 following year was Pro6ior of the Univerfity. Being of a ftudious turn, he made 
 great proficiency in feveral branches of Learning, particularly in the Civil and Ca- 
 non Laws. In 1529, he was appointed one of the Syndics to return an Anfwer 
 from the Univerfity of Cambridge, concerning the Lawfulnefs of King Henry VIII's 
 Marriage with Queen Catharine ; and from his readinefs to oblige the King in that 
 bufmefs, was recommended to his royal favour He was prefented to the Re6lory 
 of St. Peters Cheap in London, by Cardinal Wolfey at that time Commendatory of the 
 Monaftery of St. Alban; and foon after made Canon of St. Stephens Wejlminjler, and 
 -Chaplain to the King ; by whofe favour he was advanced to this See of Ely. 
 
 Being a zealous forwarder of the Reformation, on the 10''' of Sept. after his 
 coming hither, he Vifited the Prior and Convent of Ely : 3 and the next year fent a 
 Mandate to all the Clergy of his Diocefe, dated at Somerfham June 27, 1535, with 
 orders to erafe the Name of the Pope out of all their Books, and to publifli in their 
 Churches, that the Pope had no further authority in this Kingdom : this Mandate 
 may be feen in the Appendix ;+ together with his Injunflions, dated from Ely 21 
 061. 1 541, to the Clergy ; to fee that all Images, Relicks, Table-Monuments of 
 Miracles, Shrines, &c. be fo totally demoliflied and obliterated, with all fpeed and 
 diligence, that no remains or memory might be found of them for the future. 
 Which Injundlions were executed with fuch fpeed, fecrecy, and punfluality in his 
 Cathedral, and other Churches in the Diocefe of Ely -, that no traces remain of ma- 
 ny famous Shrines and Altars, which formerly were the obje6ls of frequent refort, 
 nor any figns at all, that they had ever exifted. 5 
 
 In 1540 he was appointed by the Convocation to be one of the Revifors of the 
 
 Tranflation of the New Teftament ; and St. John's Go/pel wzs allotted to his fhare : 
 
 He was named one of the Commiflioners for reforming the Ecclefiaftical Laws, both 
 
 by Henry VIII and Edu-ard VI, as well as by the Univerfity of Cambridge : and had 
 
 a hand in compiling the Common Prayer Book of the Church of England 1548; and 
 
 alfo the Injlitution of a Chrijiian Man. Befides this, he was of the Privy Council to 
 
 King Henry VIII and Edward VI, and employed by them in feveral Embaflics, and 
 
 other 
 
 ' Rymer's Foedera vol. xiv. p. 485, 486, 487, 527. » Mafters's Hill, of C.C.C. C. pag. 29J. 
 3 Regiftrum Goodrich, fo. 3, 25. 4 N° XXXI. 5 The lame Policy made the Piirchaiers of 
 Religious Houfes, in as great an hurry to pull down the Edifices, particularly the Churches and 
 Chapels belonging to them ; that they no longer fubfifting in the eyes of the people, might be the 
 iooner forgotten by them. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 191 
 
 other bufmefs of the State. In 1551, he was made Lord Chancellor of England, in 
 the room of Lord Ricby which high Office he difcharged with Angular reputation of 
 integrity : though in matters of Religion he was fufpe6led by fome, of too much dif- 
 pofition to temporize in favour of Popery, upon the accefllon of Queen Mary : but 
 for what reafon, I know not ; unlefs it was, becaufe he was fufFered to keep his Bi- 
 flioprick to his death ; though the Seals were then taken from him. He was efteem- 
 cd a Patron of Learned Men ; and expended hrge fums in building and embellifh- 
 ing his Palaces, particularly at Ely, where the long Gallery carries tokens of his mu- 
 nificence, his Arms ftill remaining on the ftone-work of the Bow-window towards 
 the Green. He died at SomerjJoam May 10, i 554 ; and was buried in the middle of 
 the Prefbytery of his Cathedral Church, under a Marble with his Effigies in Brafs, " 
 mitred, in his Pontifical Habit, and the Great Seal as Lord Chancellor in one of his 
 Hands, and an Infcription round it, which may be feen below. * 
 
 XXXin. THOMAS THIRLBY, LL.D. 1554. 
 
 WA S born at Cainbridge, and educated in Trinity Hall in that Univerfity, of ' 
 which Society he became Fellow, and was very eminent in the profeffion of 
 Civil Law. \\\ 1534 King Hrwry VIII preferred him to the Archdeaconry of Ely -^ . 
 and not long after made him Dean of the Chapel Royal. On the Diflblution of 
 Wejlminjler Ahhy, the King having, by his Letters Patent dated Dec. 17, 1540,. 
 creeled it into an Epifcopal See, appointed him Bifhop thereof, to which he was 
 Confecrated on the 19*'' of the fame Month. This new Biflioprick, however, did 
 not continue many years ; for in the reign of Edward VI, Bifhop Thirlby was pre- 
 vailed on to furrender it into the King's hands, March 29, 1550 ; who thereupon > 
 diffolved it ; at which time Middlefex, which had been affigned for it's Diocefe, was 
 reunited to the See of London, and the Bifliop ti-anflated to Norwich. As he had 
 been a Privy Councellor to K. Henry VIII, and Edward VI ; fo on the acceffion of 
 Queen Mary, he continued in the fame ftation ; and being in high favour at Court, 
 was tranflated to Ely, the Temporalties of which he received Sept. 15, 155453 and 
 was foon after fent AmbafTador to Rome, to reprefent to the Pope the ftate of the 
 Kingdom, and promife in the Name of King Philip and Queen Mary obedience to 
 the Apoftolick See. He is faid to have been a difcreet moderate Man, in refpecl to 
 his religious tenets ; and when he had the invidious taflc impofed on him of Degrad- 
 ing Archbifliop Cranmer, before he was burnt as an Heretick, he was obferved to fhed 
 abundance of tears, whilfl: he was performing that Office. However, there was one 
 
 Cler- 
 » Plate XXV. * * Thomas Goodricus annos pkis minus viginti Ecclefie hujus Epifcopus hoc 
 
 • loco fepultus eft. Duobus Anglie illuftriffimis Regibus, variis et Religionis et Reipublice mune- 
 ' ribus pergratus fiiit ; foris enim apud exteros Principes fepe Legatiis •, domi quidcm cum Reo-i 
 
 • Edwardo ejus Nominis Sexto aliquamdiu Confiliarius extitilTer, Magnus tandem Anglie fadus 
 
 • Cancellarius. Chariorne Principi propter fingularem prudentiam, an amabilior populo propter 
 ' integritatem et abftinentiam fuerit, adjudicandum eft perquam difficile. Obiit lo die Maii Anno 
 ' a Chrifto nato Millefimo [quitigentifrmo] quinquagefimo quarto.' • Si Deus nobifcam, quis cori- 
 ' tra nos,' 3 Rymer's Feed. vol. xv. p. 405. 
 
1:92 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 Clergyman 'John Hullicr Vicar of Baburham, burnt at Cambridge for Herefy in Ills 
 time ; and two others William Wolfey, and Robert Fygot condemned to the flames, by 
 Dr. Fuller his Chancellor, and burnt at Wijbech on the like account. 
 
 Bishop Thirlby muft be reckoned one of the moft confiderable Benefadtors to his 
 See of Ely ; for having by his intereft procured from the Crown the beft and moft 
 valuable part of the Patronage it at prefent enjoys ; a Grant of the Nomination and 
 Advowfon of the Eight Prebends in his Cathedral Church to himfelf and SuccefTors 
 for ever.' His benefadion alfo tojefus College in Cambridge, will be remembered with 
 gratitude by that Society, to whom he obtained a Grant of the Advowfons of the 
 "Vicarages of Fordbam, Gilden-Morden, Whittleford, Comberton, Hinxton, and Swavefey.^ 
 
 In the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's reign, he continued fome little time in fa- 
 vour, and was employed in publick affairs, being nominated one of the Queen's 
 CommifTioners in a Treaty with the Ambafladors of France, 3 and alfo in another 
 Treaty with the Ambalfadors from Scotland: but foon after the Queen's firft Parlia- 
 ment broke up ; on his refufing the Oath of Supremacy, and oppofing the Reforma- 
 tion of "Religion, that had been refolved on ; he was deprived of his Biflioprick, and 
 committed to the Tower. — He was reckoned a Learned and Good-natured Man, and 
 of an even and pleafant temper: one inftance I find recorded of him is, that upon 
 his commitment, being fearched by the Lieutenant of the Tower, and afked why he 
 carried fo much Gold about him, (having, it is faid, in his purfes and doublet to 
 the value of 500 French Crowns,) replyed, ' He loved to have his friends about him, 
 
 * as not knowing his fare without them.' 4- He did not long continue in his con- 
 finement in the Tower ; for his friends foon after obtained leave for him, and 
 Dr. Boxall his Archdeacon, and Tunjlal late Bp. of Durham, to live together with 
 ABp. Parker at Lambeth; where they were all very kindly treated. Here our Bifhop 
 lived for about 10 years; and dying in the Palace at Lambeth, Aug. 26, 1570, the 
 the ABp. took care to have him decently interred in the Chancel of the Parifh Church 
 there ; and placed over him a large plain Stone, with this fliort Infcription, • Hie ja- 
 
 * cet Thomas Thirleby olim Epifcopus EUenfis, qui obiit 26 Aug. A. D. J 570.' 
 
 XXXIV. RICHARD COX, D. D. 1559. 
 
 BORN at Whaddon in Buch, was educated in Eton School, and thence elefled to 
 AV;;^'s College in Cambridge, of which he was admitted Fellow 1519 ; but he 
 removed thence in 1525, with feveral other perfons of that Univerfity, at the in- 
 ftance of Cardinal Wolfey, to hi-s new-founded College in Oxford -, of which he was 
 made a Junior Fellow, and proceeded to the Degree of M. A. the following year. 
 Whilft he was at Oxford, being found a follower of Luther s opinions, he was brought 
 into fome trouble on that account ; which probably occafioned his leaving the Uni- 
 verfity. Some time after, he was made Mafter of Eton School, Chaplain to the King, 
 
 and 
 
 ' This Grant may be feen in Rymer's Foed. vol. xv. pag, 451. * Parker's S^fAfToc Cantab. 
 ^ Fuller Hift. Cambr. pag. 86. 3 Rymer Feed. vol. xv. pag. 510, 515. * MS Notes of the 
 Bifliops and Deans of Ely. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 193 
 
 and Tutor to the Prince of Wales, afterwards K. EdwardYh In the year 1541 the 
 King prefented him to the Archdeaconry of Ely, (vacant by the promotion of Dr. 
 Thirlby to the new-ereded See oiWejlminJter,) to which he was admitted on Mar. 25 ;' 
 and the fame year he was nominated the firft Prebendary of the fame, by the King's 
 Charter of Ere6lion, dated Sept. 10 ; — he was alfo inflalled Prebendary of Sutton in 
 the Church oi Lincoln June 11, 1542. — About this time he was Ukewife nominated 
 to the Biflioprick of Southwell in Nottinghamjlnre, one of the new Sees which King 
 Henry VIII intended to have ere6led, and to have endowed out of the revenues of 
 the lat-e diffolved Monafteries ; but that defign being laid afide, the King appointed 
 him Dean of the Cathedral Church of Ofeney near Oxford, another See of that King's 
 foundation ; which being transferred in 1546 to Chriji-Church in Oxford, he became 
 the firft Dean there. "When King Edward VI came to the Crown, Dr. Cox was made 
 his Almoner, and being in much favour at Court, the Univerfity of Oxford elected 
 him their Chancellor. All this reign, he was very active in promoting the Reforma- 
 tion of Religion that was then carrying on •, and was further preferred to a Canon- 
 ry of Windfor, and to the Deanery of Wejlminfter, into which laft he was inftalled 
 061. 22, 1549, and held it in commejidam with that of ChriJl-Church, as he did moft 
 of his other preferments as long as King Edward lived. On the death of that Prince, 
 and Succeflion of Queen Af^r)-, he was one of the firft that was committed to prifon, 
 having been fufpe6led, it feems, of favouring the SuccefTion of the Lady fane; how- 
 ever, he was foon releafed : when finding the Government-meafures all tended to 
 the overthrow of what had been done towards a Reformation of Religion in K. Ed- 
 ward's time, and to the reftoration of Popery ; he thought it not fafe ftaying in Eng- 
 land, but fled, with many others, to Frankfort in Germany ; where he continued in 
 exile, during that reign of perfecution, a zealous defender, and conftant in the ufe 
 of thtEngliJJ: Liturgy. In the very beginning oiQ^lizabeth's reign, and before It was 
 publickly known how flie Itood affefled to Religion, Dr. Cox returned to England ; 
 and was admitted into the fecret counfels of her Minifters, and appointed to confer 
 with other learned men well-afFe6ted to the Reformation, on the proper means for 
 reftoring ReHgion, to revife the Common Prayer ufed in King Edward's time, and to 
 prepare other matters againft the fitting of the Parliament ; which meeting on the 
 25"^ of Jan. 1558-9, he was appointed to Preach before them j and during their fefllon, 
 was, with other learned men of the Proteftants, engaged to hold a publick difputa- 
 tion with the Popifh Bifliops, before a great Afl'embly of both Houfes, and the 
 Lords of the Queen's Privy Council. Not long after, on the deprivation of Bp. 
 Thirlby, for refufing the oath of Supremacy, Dr. Cox was nominated to the See of 
 EJy, and was conlecrated ^ Dec. 21 following, being then Sixty years old. He was ge- 
 nerally efteemed a wife and learned Prelate, well acquainted with Church matters, 
 and on that account was often confulted by the Queen and her Miniftry, and his 
 judgment much relied on. He has indeed been reprefented as one who had more re- 
 
 ' Regiftrum Goodrich, fo. 36. ^ Parker de Andq. Ecclef. Brit. p. ^5. 
 
 Bb 
 
 gard 
 
ig^ HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 •^ard to fecular concerns, and to his private advantage, than to the true inteieft of 
 his Church ; and that merely on account of thofe Eftates that were aUenated from 
 his See, on his firft coming to it. But if that matter be fet in a fair light, it muft 
 appear that he was in no wife blameable for it. In the firft Parhament of Queen Eli- 
 zabeth there was an A6t • paffed, That the Queen might, on the vacancy of any Arch- 
 biflioprick or Biflioprick, rcferve to lierfelf any Lands belonging to them, giving the 
 value in Tenths and impropriate Rc6lories in lieu of them. The ill ufe that might 
 be made of that power, of taking away the Church-lands, but without enriching 
 the Crown, was apprehended at that time. On that occafion we find Dr. Cox then 
 Bp. Elecl o( Ely joining with Dv.Parker KQ^. Ele6l of Cajiterbury, Grindal Bp. Eledt 
 of London, Barlow of Chiche/kr, and Scory of Hereford, in an humble Addrefs ^ to the 
 Queen that flie would be pleafed to forbear fuch exchanges ; and that they might 
 not be thought unmindful of her great and neceflary charges, (which was made one 
 of the pretences for this A£l,) they made her an offer, in the name of the Province 
 of Canterburv, of looo Marks to be paid her yearly, in confideration of her forbear- 
 ance thereof. The Queen, however, was perfuaded to proceed roundly in this bufi- 
 nefs ; CommifTioners were appointed to furvey the feveral vacant Sees j and her Cour- 
 tiers did not fail to make ufb of the opportunity of picking and choofing for them- 
 felves fome of the befl Eftates belonging to them. ^ 
 
 Indeed the cenfure that has too frequently pafTed on many of the Bifhops in that 
 reign, for giving up the ancient pofTeffions of their Churches, to the detriment of 
 their Succeffors, feems in general to be without good foundation ; for certainly it 
 was not in their power to prevent it. 
 
 With refpeil to Bifliop Coxs Alienations, as they are called 4, though he certain- 
 ly parted with divers of the beft Eftates belonging to his Church, fpecified in the 
 Patent of 4. Eliz. S yet furely it cannot with juftice be faid, that he was eafily wrought 
 upon to do it. The truth is, thefe Manors were not voluntarily given up, but were 
 
 kept 
 
 ' There is a Copy of this Aft, In the Bp. of Ely's Regifler R. — It was never printed in any 
 Edition of the Statutes at large : but Bp. Gibfon firft inferred it in his Codex, &c. out of the Re- 
 cords of Parhament. pag. 676. =' The original, figned by the A.Bp. and Bps. Eleft, is ftill in 
 the Library of Bene't Coll.Camb. Mifcellanea iii. pag. 38 (. from whence I tranfcribed it, and fliall 
 give it a place in the Appendix. N°. xxxii. 3 The Sees of Canterbury, London, Hereford, Ely, 
 Cliichefttr, Salifbury, Lichfield and Coventry, B.ith and Wells, Exeter and Norwich, were doubt- 
 lels ftripped of fome of their Manors and Lands in the year 1560 ; as appears from the Reftitutions 
 of the Temporalties of that year; (which may be feen in Rymer's Fcedera. vo). xv. pag. 574, 575, 
 &c.) for there is the following claufe of Exception inferred in each of them, viz. ' Exceptis omni- 
 "' bus Maneriis, terris, &c. prasdidlo Epifcopatui dudum fpedantibus dz pertinentibus, modo in 
 
 • manus noftras, vigore cujufdam Aftus Anno Regni noftri primo inde nuper cditi & provifi, 
 
 * eledtis et captis, ac in Scaccario noftro de recordo refiJentibus.' — And that moft of the 
 other Sees underwent the like fcrutiny, when they happened to become vacant, appears like- 
 wife from the other Reftitutions in that reign. 4 Willis's Cathedr. Ely, pag. 338, 360. 5 Ibid, 
 pag. 33S. _ The Manors taken away from theChurch of Ely at this time, were Eaft Dereham, Pul- 
 ham, Bridgham, the Hundred and Manor of Mitford, the Manors of Terrington, Walpole, and 
 Wert Walton in Norfolk ; Brandon, Wetlieringfet, Ratlefden, Hecham, Hcrtcft, and Berking, in 
 
 Suffolk -, and Toiteridge in the County of Hertford, valued together at 6^^ ^- ^ ' •>• 4^- I" cx- 
 
 C'lange for which, t!ie Queen granted the Tenths of the Diocefe amounting to 384/. 14 J- 9^- ^"d 
 the Impropriations of Gifden Morden, Swafham Prior, Swafham Bulbeck, Scow cum Qtii, Water, 
 beach, St.Gilcs's Cambridge, Comberton, Hinxcon, Hailefton, and Swavefey, valued at 207/. 10 j. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 195 
 kept in the Queen's hands, by virtue of the abovementioned Acl ; and the Bifliop 
 was obhged to receive whatever the Queen's Commiflioners thought fit to give in ex- 
 change, out of the Tenths of the Clergy, and Impropriations then in poflefllon of the 
 
 Crown . 
 
 What troubles this worthy Bifhop met with, in the latter part of his life, for 
 endeavouring to preferve the other pofTefTions of his Church entire to his Succeflbrs ; 
 by withftanding the unreafonable folicitations of fome great perfons at Court, who 
 had got the Queen herfelf to interpofe her Letters in their behalf, for him to give up 
 Ely-Hoiife in Holbourn, and Somerpam Manor and Lands, one of the beft Manors of 
 his See; — may be feen in Strypes Annals of the Reformation'. — The cruel 
 ufage he underwent, and all for the preferving the revenues of his Bifhoprick, made 
 him very defirous of refigning his See% and retiring from the world : and he often- 
 times folicited the Queen's leave fo to do; and in the month of February 1580, he 
 feems to have obtained her confent to refign : but whatever was the impediment, he 
 did not live to fee that bufinefs fully compleated ; fo that he died Bifliop of Ely Ju- 
 ly 22, 1 581, He was buried in the Prefbytery of his Cathedral Church, on the South 
 fide of Bifhop Goodrich, under a Marble, having his Efiigies thereon in brafs, but it 
 has long fmce been taken away; and Bifhop Good'whv informs us, there was only a 
 part of the Infcription remaining on it in his time, which was this ; * 
 
 XXXV. MARTIN HETON, D.D. 1600. 
 
 TH E See of Ely continued vacant, from the death of Bifhop Cox, above eight- 
 teen years S j during which time Queen Elizabeth received the whole profits j 
 and the adminiftration thereof in fpiritual matters, was fupplied by Commiflioners 
 appointed by the Archbifliop of Canterbury ; the Dean oi Ely being generally one no- 
 minated in the Commifhon. What was the Queen's inducement at lafl, to fuffer it 
 to go out of her hands, does not fully appear : however, about the end of the year 
 1599, flie fent down her Conge d'Elire to the Dean and Chapter of Ely, to proceed 
 to an eledlion of a new Bifhop, nominating MARTIN HETON D.D. Dean of 
 Winchefter, to be by them elecled Bifliop : who was accordingly ele6f:ed Dec. 28, 1599, 
 Confirmed by the Archbifhop of Canterbury Feb. i, and Confecrated on Sunday Feb. 3, 
 following. 
 
 This Prelate was the Son oi George Heton, Efq; of Heton-Hall in the Parifli of 
 Dean in Lancajlnre the ancient Seat of the Family, and his Mother was Johanna 
 
 Daughter 
 
 ' Vol.ii. pag. 337, 360,368, 488, 528, 579, 658. * Ibid, pag. 4S8, 528, 580, 581, 582,583. 
 3 De Prfeful. Angl. pag. 274. 
 
 ^ ' Vita caduca vale, falveto vita perennis ; 
 
 ' Corpus terra tegit, Spiritus alta petit. 
 * In terra Chrifti Gallus Chriftiim refonabam, 
 
 ' Da, Chrifte, in ccelis te fine fine Ibnem.' 
 
 5 The true reafons for keeping the See of Ely fo long vacant, will appear by fome curious Anec- 
 dotes found among tlie Harleian MSS. N° 6850. — which the reader may fee in the Appendix, 
 K* xx.xiii. 
 
 Bb 2 
 
196 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 DauMiter of Sir Martin Bowes Lord Mayor of London, in 1545. The firft part of his 
 education was at Weflminller School ; whence he was fent to Oxford in 1571, and bo 
 came Student, and afterwards in 1582, Canon of Chrijl Church ; he ferved the office 
 of Viceclwncellor of that Univerfity in 1588; the next year was preferred to tlic 
 Deanery of Winchejler ; and fiom that Dignity was further promoted, as before ob- 
 ferved, to the See of Ely. 
 
 It appears by a Deed indented, Dated June 10, 42 EUz. [A.D. 1600,] and inrol- 
 led in Chancery, that divers anticnt Manors and Eftates ' of the clear yearly value 
 of 1 132 /. 3 i. 9^/. 4- and half farthing, were then alienated from the See of Ely, and 
 by this Bifliop, with the confent of the Dean and Chapter, conveyed to the Queen, 
 her Heirs and Succeflbrs for ever : And in recompenfe and fatisfa6lion for the fame, 
 the Queen granted and conveyed to the Bifliop, and his Succeflbrs certain other 
 eftates, confifting chiefly of Parfonages impropriate, and other Hereditaments to the 
 amount of 1 144/. \gs. yd. :^ yearly value. The Chara6ler of this Bifliop has been 
 impeached, and his Memory feverely treated, on account of thefe alienations, Mr. 
 Willis terms them facrilegious alienations^, and adds that Bp. Hefon was a greater 
 Alienator than his predeceflTor Bp, Cox3. Had thefe alienations been the voluntary 
 a6ls of thofe Bifliops, the cenfure, it muft be owned, had been juftly laid. But, as 
 the Law then ftood, the Queen had it wholly in her power to make thofe exchanges; 
 and might, I conceive, have taken to herfelf, had fhe fo pleafed, all the Eftates of 
 all the Bifliopricks in England, by way of exchange, without aflcing the confent of 
 the Bifliops. Thefe exchanges, it is confefled, were generally made to the difadvan- 
 tage of the Bifliopricks ; but the Parliament 4 had given the Queen, in the firft year 
 of her reign, an unprecedented and enormous power over them j and in the exercife 
 of that power, fhe adted throughout her long reign, with the utmoft impartiality; 
 for there was not a Bifhoprick in the Kingdom, (except perhaps Brijlol, Glocejler, Ox- 
 ford, and Peterborough, which had nothing to fpare;) from which the Queen did not, 
 at one time or other, when they happened to be vacant, take to herfelf a confiderable 
 part, and generally fpeaking, the beft and moft valuable part of their poflTefllons ; 
 giving them in exchange, as fhe might legally do» either the Tenths of the Clergy, 
 or Rectories impropriate. — Well was it for the fucceeding Bifliops, that this extra- 
 ordinary power in the Crown was reftrained by an A61 5 pafled foon after ! But it is 
 hard that all the Bifliops of that reign fliould be blamed, for fuftering thofe ex- 
 changes to be made, when it was out of their power to prevent it. 
 
 In 
 
 * The Manor and Soke of Somerfham with the Demefne Lands, the Park, Meadows, Paftures, 
 and Free-Chafes thereto belonging, die Manors of Fenton, BIiintil"ham, Colne, Erith and Pidley in 
 the County of Huntingdon : The Manor of Fen-Ditton, the Mill at Sturbridge, the Water- Mills 
 in the Town of Cambridge, Houell's Grange, Caldrey's Grange, Dereham Grange, the Site of the 
 late Priory of Swafham with all the Lands and Paftures thereto belonging, a Tenement with all the 
 Lands, Meadows, &c. in Ditton Valence alias Wood-Ditton, the Manors of Bahham, Triplow, 
 Granfden, Hardwicke, Shelford, in the County of Cambridge : The Manors of Stretham, Wilber- 
 ton, Haddenham, Littleport, Doddington with Benwick and March, in the Ifle of Ely : The Ma- 
 nors of Fekwell and Norwold in Norfolk ; of Glemsford and Bramford, and a Mefluage in Milden- 
 hall called Lambholme, in Suffolk : The Manors of Imphy Hall, Ratingdon, Hadftock, and 
 Littlcbury in ElTex -, and of L-ittle Hadham and Kclflnil in Fiertforddiire. * Survey of Ely Cath. 
 p. 361. 3 Ibid. p. 340. 4 Gibfon's Codex, &c. p. 676. 5 i Jac. cap. 3. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 197 
 
 In regard to Bifliop Heton, I do not find that he was in any wife blameable on 
 that account ; but was, as far as I am able to difcover, in all refpecls a very worthy 
 and dcfcrving man. The general characler which he maintained, during the nine 
 years and fix months he iat Bifliop of £/y, was that of a pious, hofpitable Bifliop, 
 and famous for his good Preaching. 
 
 He died at MiUenhall'm Suffolk ]w\y 14, 1609, and was buried in the South Tfle erf 
 the Prefljytery of his Cathedral Church ; where his two Daughters, one of them 
 married to Sir Robert Ftlmer of Sutton in Kent, Bart, the other to Sir Edward FijJi of 
 Bedfordfiire, Bart, erected a very elegant Monument to his memory, with his Effi- 
 gies thereon in Alabafter, which fuffered, it is faid, in the time of the great Rebel- 
 lion, the Hands and Nofe being broken, but the reft of it remains entire with the 
 underwritten Infcription'. 
 
 ' M. S. 
 
 Martinus Heton, ex antiqua Hetonorum Familia in Agro Lancaftrenfi oriundus, Filius Geor- 
 gli Heton Armigeri et Johannas ejus Uxoris, Filis-. Martini Bowes Equitis Aurati ; a qua partu- 
 riente et expirante Deo et Ecclefiae ReformatEe dicatiis eft. Ab Academia Oxonienfi ad omnes 
 Scholafticos Gradus et Honores eveflus ; ibique in Mde. Chrifti iinus odo Canonicorum conftitutus, 
 a Sereniffima Regina Elizabetha ad Decanatum Wintonia?, annum jam agens trigefimum fextum, 
 promotus •, Hujus Epifcopatus ultimo locum ac fedem obtinuit. Confecratus Feb. 3. A.D. 1599, 
 per decern annos plus minus, turn pie, turn publice, turn munifice, hie fe geflit in Cathedra, uE 
 qui communi voluntatum confenfu ec Amores et Officia erga fe excitaffet, non fine dolore, non fine-, 
 duplici damno abreptus eflTe videatur. Obiit Julii 14, A. D. 1609, iEtatis fuss 57. 
 
 Mardnus Tumulo hoc Elienfis Prteful Hetonus, 
 
 Parte fui fola deteriore jacet. 
 Parte fui meliore procul tellure recefilt •, 
 
 Clauditur hcec Coelo, conditur ilia Solo. 
 Quo nee Vir melior, nee amantior alter Honefti, 
 
 Sanffior, integrior, candidiorve fuit. 
 Qufe morum dulcedo inerac ! quam nobile pedtus ! 
 
 Quse probitas ori ! quse pietas animo ! 
 Quantum quantula terra tegit, quam dotibus amplum, 
 
 Dodlrina, ingenio, relligione Virum ! 
 Qua terris ergo fupereft, bonus et Pater et Vir 
 
 Audit : fama viri pofthuma veridica eft. 
 
 Scripfit Gulielmus Gager LL.D. Cancellarius hujus Dioecefeos, 
 Hoc edam incidam fupremo in marmore Carmen, 
 
 Et repetat verum pofthuma fama decus. 
 Ah 1 qui te celebrat non eft, O Hetone, Poeta ; 
 
 Qui canit has laudes, omnia vera canit. 
 Mens bona, fama, fides, et fandi candor honefti, 
 
 Relligio, pietas prifca, ferenus honor. 
 Magna quidem, vacuis fed inania nomina faxis,. 
 
 Digna prope et tumulo mortua verba fuo ; 
 Cundta fed hac vixere anima. tunc luce paluftrt 
 
 Nee frigens Elis, nee lare moefta (edens, 
 Dum Paftor gregibus panem divifit utrumque,. 
 
 In praedam ceffit temporis ipfe cibus.. 
 Celfe at mentis hones angufto carcere claudi 
 
 Non tulit Urbs, animi ftant Monumenta Viros. 
 
 Deflevit Georgius Heton, Cantab. Theolog. Bacalaur. Nepos Mceftifllmus. 
 
 XXXVl. 
 
igS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 XXXVI. LANCELOT ANDREWS, D.D. 1609. 
 
 BISHOP of Ch'che/icfy was defied to this See Sept. 22, 1609. This moft learn- 
 ed and excellent Prelate, was born in the Parifh of All-haUoics Berking in Lon- 
 don; he received the firft part of his education in Merchant-Taylors School 3 and was 
 thence fent to Pembroke Hall Cambridge, where he was chofen Fellow in 1 576. After 
 his entering into Holy Orders, he attended Henry Earl of Huntingdon Lord Prefident 
 of the Council in the North, and was by him employed chiefly in Preaching, and 
 frequent conferences with Recufants ; meeting with great fuccefs in converting fome 
 Priefts and many of the Laicty in thofe parts ; he became Chaplain to Sir Francis 
 Walfmgham Secretary to the Queen, and by his means ' was preferred to a Prebend 
 in the Collegiate Church of Southivell, and made Prebendary of St. Pancras and Refi- 
 dentiary of St. Paiifs London. He was alfo Vicar of St. Giles's without Cripplegate ; and 
 became Mafter of Pembroke Hall in 1589 ; and about that time was Chaplain to 
 Archbifliop IVhitgift. In the year I593^ the Queen promoted him to a Prebendal 
 Stall in St. Peters TVefminJlcr ; and in 1601, made him Dean of that Church. In 
 1605, he refigned his Maftcrfhip, Deanery, and other Church-preferments, on be- 
 ing made Bifliop of Chichejler, to which he was confecrated Nov. 3, and the day after 
 appointed Lord Almoner 3 to ¥J\t\^ James I : he was tranflated to Ely in 1609, and 
 from thence to TVincheJler in the beginning of the year 16 19; and was moreover Pre- 
 late of the moft noble Order of the Garter, Dean of the King's Chapel, and Privy 
 Counfellor of England and Scotland. He died at Winchefler-Houfe in Soutlruiark^ 
 Sept. 21, 1626, in the 71 year of his age, and was there buried in the Parifli Church 
 of St. Saviour, where a (lately Monument was ereded to his memory with an Infcrip- 
 tion4 thereon, fetting forth his preferments in the Church and State, with high en- 
 comiums on him ; and not beyond his real merits ; for he was indeed a perfon of 
 extraordinary endowments, very pious and charitable, of a mofl blamelefs life, an 
 eminent Preacher, (96 of his Sermons are ftill extant,) of univerfal learning, and one 
 of thofe who were principally concerned in the new Tranflation of the Bible. Of 
 his benefaclions and charitable acls, I meet with, among others, the following par- 
 ticulars 5 : He obtained Licence of Mortmain of 80 /. a year for Pembroke-Hall^ 
 whilft he was Mafler; gave 1000/. for founding two Fellowfliips there; the Patro- 
 nage of Raivreth in Effex, (his own patrimony ;) fome Plate, and 370 Books to the 
 Library. When Refidentiary of St, Paul's, he built the Houfe in Creed-Lane, be- 
 longing to his Prebend, having recovered it to the Church : repaired the Dean's 
 Lodgings in Wejlminfler : the Palace at Chichejler, and the Houfe at Aldingbourn : he 
 alfo laid out 2000/. in repairing £/v-//i5i^ in Holbourn, Ely-Palace, Doivnham Manor 
 and Wijbeach-Cajile; — as much at Winchejler, Farnham and Waltham : In a word, it ap- 
 pears by his Will, that he had applyed to charitable ufcs no lefs than 6326 /; befides 
 his private alms, which within the fix laft years of his life only, amounted to 1300 /. 
 
 XXXVII. 
 
 ' Miifeum Britan. MS. Harleian. N'^ 6994. Sed. 96. ^ Widmore's Hift. of Weftm. Abby. 
 
 p. 144. 5 Ryiner's Focd. v. xvi. p. 636. * Which may be leen in Dr. Kichardlon's Continua- 
 tion of Godwin de Prtefui. Angl. p. 241. 5 Paiktr's2:xt>.£Tc?Cantabr. inter Ciiftodes Aula- Perr;b. 
 MiifffumBntan. Hailcii^pCollccVicns. MS. N°;033. fo.2L^6, viz. VcLvi, ot Mr.T.Baker'sColk(fl;ons. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bismops.) igg 
 
 XXXVn. NICHOLAS FELT ON, D.D. 1619. 
 
 N the tranflation of Bifliop Andreias from Ely to Winchejler, Dr. NICHOLAS 
 FELTON Bifliop oi Briflol ^nz'^ tranflated to Ely March 11, and mftailed in 
 his Cathedral Church by proxy March 31, 161 9, — He was born at Tarmoutb iwNor. 
 folk, and admitted of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge, of which College he was chofeii 
 Fellow Nov. 27, 1583 '. Archbifliop Wbitgift collated him to the Redory of St.' 
 Mary-le-Boiv, Jan. 17, 1595-6, being then B. D; and he was fometime alfo Redor of 
 St. Antholiti's, London. — He was ele6led Mafter o{ Pembroke-Hall ]\xr\Q 29, i6i6; ad- 
 mitted Re£lor of Eajlon-Magna^ in Ejfex, Oda. 23, the fame year ; and collated to a 
 Prebend 3 in St. Paul's, (being then D.D.) Mar. 4. following. Li the year 1617, '^^ 
 was promoted to the See of Brijlol, to which he was confecrated Dec. 14 : the next 
 year he refigned his Mafterfliip, and was nominated4 to the Bifhoprick of Coventry 
 and Lichf eld ; but was tranflated to Ely, Mar. 11, 161 8-9, as before mentioned. He 
 died 061. 5, 1626, in the 63"^ year of his Age; and was buried under the Commu- 
 nion Table in St. Anihoh'n's Church London ; but without any Memorial or Infcrip- 
 tion. He was a very pious, learned and judicious ManS j and one of thofe who were 
 employed by King 'James I, in the New Tranflation of the Bible''. 
 
 XXXVHL JOHN BUCKERIDGE, D.D. 1628. 
 
 AFTER the See oi Ely had continued vacant more than a year and a half^ 
 JOHN BUCKERIDGE, D.D. Bifliop oi Rochefter was eleded Bifliop of 
 Ely, April 17, 1628. He was Son of William Buckeridge, by Elizabeth his Wife, 
 Daughter of Thomas Kebleivhyte of Bafilden in Berks, Son of Jobz Keblciohyte, Uncle to 
 Sir Thomas White Founder of St. fohis College in Oxfordi ; educated in Merchant- 
 Taylors School, and thence fent to St. John's College aforefaid in 1578, where he was 
 cliofen Fellow, and proceeded, through other Degrees, to D. D. in the latter end of 
 1596. After leaving the Univerfity, he became Chaplain to Robert Eavl of El/ex, 
 and was Redtor of North- Fambridge in E/fcx, and of North- Kilivorth in Leicefterfoire, 
 and was afterwards one of Archbifliop Whitgiffs Chaplains, and made Prebendary of 
 Hereford and of Rochefter. In 1604, he was preferred to the Archdeaconry of North- 
 hampton J and the fame year Nov. 5, was prefented by King fames to the Vicarage 
 of St. Giles's Cripplegate, vacant by the promotion of Di-. Andrews to the See of Chi- 
 chefler; about which time he was Chaplain to the King; was ele6led Prefident of St. 
 John's College in Oxford 1605 ; and infl:alled Canon of Wmdfor Apr. 15, 1606. His 
 eminent abilities in the pulpit were greatly eflreemed at Court ; infomuch that he was 
 chofcn to be one of the Four, (Dr. Andremos Bifliop of Chichefter, Dr. Barlow of Ro- 
 chefter, and Dr. John King Dean of Chri ft -Church, Oxford, being the other three,) who 
 were appointed to preach before the King at Hampton-Court in Sept. 1606, in order to 
 bring the Two Melvins and other Prefl^yterians of Scotland, to a right underfl:andin"- 
 
 o'f 
 
 theGallery of the Palace at Ely, and to bclongto ic for ever. ^Godwin de PiEekil. Angl.— pag. 275. 
 7 Newcourt's Repert. v. i. p. 357. 
 
300 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 of the Church o{ England'. In the year 1611, he was promoted to the See of Ro- 
 cheflcr, to which he was confecrated on June 9. Afterwards by the intereft of his 
 rometimc Pupil Dr. Laud, then Bifhop of Bath and JVells, he was tranflated to Ely m 
 1628 ; where having fat a Uttle more than three years, he died on May 23, 163 1, and 
 on the 31*^ of the fame Month, was buried in the Parifh-Church of Bromley m Kent, 
 without any memorial -, leaving behind him the Character of a very pious, learned 
 imd worthy Bifliop. He was fucceeded by 
 
 XXXIX. FRANCIS WHITE, D.D. 1631. 
 
 BISHOP of Norwich, who was ele6led to this See o( Ely, Nov. 15 ; had the Royal 
 Aflent Nov. 29, 163 1 ; and reflitution of the Temporalties, Feb. 23, following ^. 
 He was born at St. Neots in Huntingdonfiire, and educated in Caius College in Cam- 
 bridge. After leaving the Univerfity, he was prefcnted to the Rectory oi Broiighto?:- 
 Jljlley in the County of Leicejler, by Lord Grey of Groby 3 j he afterwards became 
 Reftor of St. Peters Cornhill, London; and was promoted by the King to the Deanery 
 of Carlijle, being inftalled there Oct. 15, 1622. He was alfo appointed Senior Dean 
 ol Sion College, London, by the Charter of Foundation, dated Mar. 13, i Charles 1.4 
 Nov. 3, following, he was confecrated Bifhop of Carlijle -, and was made Lord Almo- 
 ner to the King : two years after was tranflated to Norwich j and thence in 163 1, to 
 Ely ; where having been Bifliop Six years and about three months, he died in 
 Feb. 1637-8, at his Palace in Holbourn, and was buried with great folemnity in St. 
 Paul's Cathedral, London ; but without any memorial. He was generally accounted 
 a Man of great learning, a good Preacher, and an excellent Difputant and Polemi- 
 x:al Writer. 
 
 XL. MATTHEW W R E N, D. D. 1638. 
 
 ELDEST Son of Francis Wren, Citizen and Mercer of London, was born in the 
 Parifli of St. Peter-Cheap, London, Dec. 23, 1585 ; admitted a Student in Pem- 
 Iroke-Uall, Cambridge, June 23, 1601 ; and ele6led Fellow of the fame in Nov. 1605. 
 He became Chaplain to Lancelot Andrews, Bifliop of Ely, (who collated him, in 161 5 
 to the Rectory of Tevcrpam near Cambridge -,) and was afterwards nominated one of 
 the Chaplains in ordinary to King James I j and appointed to attend Prince Charles 
 in that capacity, in his journey into Spain, on that memorable occafion of the Spa' 
 nijli Match. Soon after his return with the Prince, who arrived at Port/mouth, 06t. 5, 
 1623, he was indalled Canon oilVincheJler -, and in May following prcfented to the 
 Reftory of Bingham in Nottinghamjl.nre ; was made Mafter of Peter-houfe, Catnbridge, 
 July 26, 1625 ; Dean of JVindfor, and Rcgifter of the Garter in 1628 ; and the fame 
 year elected Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge. He attended King Charles I, on his go- 
 ing to Scotland in 1633, and foon after his return was made Clerk of the Clofet. His 
 
 next 
 
 ' Newcourt Ibid. * Rymer'sFoed.vol.xix. p.322,334. 3 MS. Notes oftheBidiopsof Ely. * A.D. 
 '1625-6. — Par. I. Car. 1 Rymer's Feed. v. xviii. p. 320. — Sion College was founded by Thomas 
 T.Vhite, S. T. P. Vicar of St. Diinftan's in the Weft, who by his Will, bearing Date A.D. 1623, 
 ^ve 3000 /. for that piirpofe. Whetiier our Bifliop was related to the Founder, I know nor. 
 
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CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 201 
 
 next advancement was to the See o? Hereford, of which he was confecrated Bifhop, 
 Mar. 8, 1635 ; and in the fame year on Dec. 5, tranflated to Norwich -, made Dean of 
 the King's Chapel Mar. 7, following; and at length tranflated loEly, Apr, 24, 1638. 
 
 He was a perfon of great abilities and learning, of unfliaken loyalty to his Prince, 
 and a zealous advocate for promoting order and difcipline in the Church ; which he 
 endeavoured, (in concert with Archbifliop Laud,) to raife to a higher pitch than the 
 licentioufnefs of the times would permit; and thereby created to himfelf many ene- 
 mies. On the breaking out of the great Rebellion in 164 1, the Bifliops havin^- been 
 by force excluded from the Houfe of Lords; he joined with feveral other of his Bre- 
 thren, in a proteft' againft all proceedings of the Houfe during their exclufion ; 
 whereupon they were all charged with High Treafon, and on Dec. 30, 1641, com- 
 mitted to the Tower: but being fet at liberty May 6, 1642 ;' our Bifliop retired to 
 his Palace oi Downham near Ely j and was there arrefted again Aug. 30, following' 
 hurried up toLofiJon, and on Sept.i, again committed to the Tower; ^ where he con- 
 tinued under confinement near eighteen years, with great patience, refolution, and 
 firmnefs of mind . * Having at length outlived the Rebellion, he was freed from his 
 long imprifonment on March 17, preceeding the King's Reftoration May 29, 1660: 
 and in teftimony of his thankfulnefs to God, for his own deliverance, and the hap- 
 py turn of Publick affairs, he built at his own charge', that elegant Chapel of Pem- 
 broke-Hall, where he had been educated ; endowed it with the Manor of Hardwlcke 
 in Cambridgefnre ; and dedicated it himfelf on the Feaft of St. Matthew Sept. 21, 1 66 c • 
 and by his Will left all the Plate richly gilt, and the whole furniture of his Epifco- 
 pal Chapel, which was very fumptuous, for the ufe of it for ever. He died Apr. 24 
 1667, in the %z^ year of his Age, and was interred according to his own appoint- 
 ment, in a Vault which he had caufed to be built for that purpofe, under the Com- 
 munion Table of the new-built Chapel of Pembroke-Hall, without any further me- 
 morial than the initial Letters of his Name, and date of his Death, on his Coffin. 
 
 XLI. BENJAMIN LANEY, D.D. 1667. 
 
 BLSHOP of Lincoln was thence tranflated to Ely June 12, 1667. He was born at 
 Ipfwich in Sufolk, and admitted firft a Student in Chrijl's College Cambridge ; 
 but removed thence to Pembroke-Hall, of which he was eledled Fellow 0£l. 16 161 8 
 being then M.A. and proceeded to the Degree of B.D. in 1622. In the year 162 r, 
 he had leave of abfence for two years, being about to fet out on his travels, as it 
 fhould feem, in the King's fervice; for the College received Letters from the Secre- 
 tary of State, requiring in His Majefty's Name, that all profits be referved to Mr. 
 Laney, during his abfence. He became afterwards Reflor oi Buriton in HampJJnre -, 
 was defied Mafter of Pembroke-Hall, Dec. 2 5, 1 6 3 o ; inflalled Prebendary of Winchefter 
 
 July 
 
 ' Wilkins's Concil Mag. Brit, vol.iv. p. 553. ' From his Diary lately publinied in a Book 
 entitled Parentalm ; or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens : by Stephen Wren, Efq; 3 Ibid. 
 4 A large volume in folio of Theological Meditations, all written with his own hand during his im- 
 prifonment, which he entitled tbv iylwj 'ypx(pim 'Amur.^yKi<7[j.!)t was remaining at the time of his death* 
 but whether any part of them were afterwards printed, airong his other Works, I know not. — He 
 regularly Inftituted and Collated to all Preferments in his Diocefe, when he was confined in the 
 Tower ; though without the power of giving pofTeffion. s It coll: him near 4000 /. in buildincy. 
 
 C c '^' 
 
202 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 July 31, 1631 ; elc6led Vicechancellor in 1632 ; and was made Chaplain in ordinary 
 to King Char/es I, who promoted him to a Prebend oi Weftminjier, in June 1639. But 
 he loft all his Church-preferments, on account of his loyalty ; and was turned out 
 of his Mafterftiip Mar. 13, 1644, by the Earl of Manchcjler the Parliament's Vifitor, 
 for refufing the Covenant. He attended his Royal Mafter King Charles I, as one 
 of his Chaplains, at the Treaty of IJxbridge ; and after his death, became Chaplain to 
 King Charles II, and waited on him feveral years in his exile. Upon His Majefty's 
 hnj)py Return, he was reinftated in his Headfhip ; and made Dean of Rochefler in 
 July 1660 ; promoted to the See oi Peterborough in the month of DiT^w^t-r following; 
 whence he was tranflated to Lincohi Apr. 2, 1663 ; and at length to Ely in 1667. 
 
 He was a Pcrfon of a generous Spirit, and fpent the chief of his fortunes in works 
 of Piety, Munihcence, and Charity. He rebuilt great part of his Epifcopal Palace at 
 £/v, which was much ruined and decayed in the late times of ufurpation ; and by 
 his Will gave 500 /. to Pembroke-Hall ; and left a confiderable eftate at Soham, with 
 the remainder of his perfonal efFefts, (after his Debts and Legacies paid,) in the 
 hands of Truftees, for the ufe of the Poor inhabitants of Ely and Soham, for put- 
 tino- out Children Apprentices. He died on Jan. 24, 1674-5, and was buried in the 
 South Ifle of the Preibytery in his Cathedral Church, where may be feen a hand- 
 fome Mural Monument' erected to his memory, with an Infcription, as below..* 
 
 XLII. PETER GUNNING, D.D. 1675. 
 
 BISHOP of Chichejler, was thence tranHated to Ely. He was the Son of Mr. Peter 
 Gunning Vicar of Hoo in Kent, educated at the King's School in Canterbury, 
 and admitted a Student of Clare-Hall in Cambridge ; of which Society he was elected 
 Fellow, about the year 1633. Having taken the Degree of M.A. and entered into 
 Holy Orders ; he had the Curacy of St. Marys the Lefs in Cambridge, given him by 
 the Mafter and Fellows of Peter-Hcufe. He became an eminent Preacher, and as 
 fuch was licenfed by the Univerfity in 1641 ; where, upon the breaking out of the 
 Rebellion, he foon diftinguifhed himfelf by his zeal in the caufe of the King, and 
 defence of the Church j^ particularly, * by proterdng publickly againft the FaSiioriy 
 
 * when moft formidable, and urging the Univerfity to publifh a formal Proteftation 
 
 * againft thc'Rebcllious League,' in a Sermon at St. Mary s A And afterwards, being 
 on a vifit to his Mother in Kent; he preached two Sermons in the neighbourhood of 
 I'unbridge, exhorting his audience to a charitable contribution for the King's forces 
 in thofe parts. Having by this conduct drawn upon himfelf the refentment of the 
 prevailing Powers, he was forced for a time to abfcond ; but was taken, and impri- 
 
 foned : 
 > Plate xxvii. * " P. M. Reverend! in Chrifto Patrls Benjamini hiijus Ecdefiae Epifcopi, a 
 clara Laneiorum gente in agro Suffblcienfi oriundi. In cujus Elogio grandiloqua fama didicit non 
 mentiri. Nufquam melius quam in hoc Prjefule habitavic Anima, nufquam melior; Men te Cor- 
 poris dotes commendante, Mentis Corpore. Hie facundia amabilis, acumine terribilis, eruditione 
 audtifTimus, et meruit painum et tempfit. Hunc Monarchije et Hierarchiae ruina? feriebant im- 
 pavidum ; hunc earundem Reftauratio ad Thronum Pttroburgenfem, Lincolnienfem, Elienfem, 
 extiaiit horrentem -, et fidifTimum Filium reddidit ten dignum Patrem. Tandem gravis annis, et 
 SEtemitati maturu?, excelTit emeritus Viator ; et quod in terris indignabatur, fadtus eft in Ccelis 
 Comprchenfor. Denatus Jan. 24, A.D. 16745 jiEtatis autem fuse 84-, Tumulo prope ab hoc pa- 
 ricte condebatur Feb. 10." 
 
 3 MaRers's Hift. of Bene't Coll. Camb. p. 155. 4 Dr. Gower's Sermons on his Death, p. 1 7. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 203 
 
 foned : however, by fome means or other, he obtahied his liberty j and was then fum- 
 moned to Cambridge^ to take the Covenant ; which he abfokitcly refufed to do, and 
 was thereupon deprived of his Fellowfliip.' This occafioncd his leaving the Univer- 
 fity ; having firft, with the afTiftance of feveral of his Friends, drawn up a fpirited 
 and well-wrote Treatife againfl the Covenant ; which was foon after publiflied. He 
 then retired to Oxford, and was there incorporated M. A. ; was made one of the 
 Chaplains of New-College, and Curate of CaJJington, a fmall Village near Oxford; 
 where he officiated two years, and in the mean while preached occafionally before 
 the Court then at Oxford-, and was admitted to the Degree of B. D. the day before 
 the furrender of that place to the Parliament. Being thus obliged to quit that Uni- 
 verfity, he became Tutor to Lord Hatton, and to Sir Francis Compton ; and after- 
 wards Chaplain to Sir Robert Shirley, who out of regard to his great worth and learn- 
 ing, fettled on him a Penfion of 100/. a year for his Hfe : but having the misfortune 
 to lofe this his great Friend and Patron, (who for his Loyalty was committed to the 
 Tower, and there died ;) he then fixed at London, and conftantly made ufe of the 
 EngUPi Liturgy in the Chapel at Exefer-Houfe ; and in his difcourfes there from the 
 Pulpit J and in his publick and frequent Difputations with all kinds of Sedlaries, in 
 their own Congregations, with great courage maintained and defended the caufe of 
 the Church oi Etigland -, though he was often fent for, and reproved for it by the 
 Proteclor himfelf.^ 
 
 On the Reftoration, he was not only reftored to his Fellowfliip ; but alfo was one 
 of the firfl:, who were admitted to the Degree of D. D. by Mandate from the King, 
 dated June 21, 1660; the next month he was made Prebendary oi Canterbury, and in 
 December admitted to the Reclory of Cottefmore in RiitlandJJoire, and was about that 
 time alfo Reclor of Stoke-Bruern in the County of Northampton. In February follow- 
 ing, on the King's recommendation, he fucceeded to the Mafterfliip of Corpus-Chrijii 
 College in Cambridge, and to the Lady Margaret"^ Profefforfliip, both vacant by the 
 death of Dr. Z/CJ^- Dean oi Ely : but he foon quitted them, being appointed Regius 
 Profeflbr in Divinity, and Mafter of St.Johns College, in the room of Dr. Tuckneyt 
 v^'ho had been obliged to refign, on a Penfion of 100/. a year, to be paid by his Suc- 
 ceflbr. In the beginning of the year 1670, he was promoted to the See of Chichefer, 
 being confecrated Mar. 6 j and after five years, was tranflated to Ely, being confirm- 
 ed Bifliop thereof Mar. 4, 1674-5 : And having continued Bifliop of this Diocefe nine 
 years and four months, he died on July 6, 1684; and was buried in the South-Ifle of 
 the Piefbytery, near his PredecefTor Bifliop Laney j where there is a very handfome 
 Monument 3 ere6led to his Memory, with his Effigies thereon in Marble, and the In- 
 fcription referred to below. 4- 
 
 He 
 
 1 Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, Part. li. p. 142. ^ Ibid. 3 Plate xxviii. 
 
 4 " M. S. Reverendi admodum in Chrifto Patris ac Domini Petri Gunning Cantiani, e Schola 
 Cantuarienfi, Aulas Clarenfis apud Cantabr, Alumni et Socii; CoH. Corporis Chrifti, et Sti Johannis 
 Evang. Praefedi ; Domini Margaretsc et Regii Profefibris •, Ecclef. CantuarienfisCanonici iCiceltren- 
 fis etElienfis Epifcopi. Juxta hoc Marmor quiefcit Exemplar Sandtitatis,Do(5trinse AbylTus, Epifcopus 
 
 C c 2 fiqiiis 
 
204 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 He was reckoned one of the moft learned Prelates of his time, and was moreover 
 of a very charitable difpofition, and a liberal Benefaclor to all places he had any re- 
 lation to. Bcfidcs his conftant acts of charity and generofity in his life-time, in re- 
 lieving- the poor, fupporting many Scholars at the Univerfity, and adding to the 
 maintenance of poor Vicars in the Sees of ChicheJIer and Ely, he gave 500/. towards 
 building St. Paul's Lotidoii; 200/. to the rebuilding Clare-Hall, where he had been 
 Fellow, and by his Will left them 300/. towards a new Chapel ; to St. Johns Col- 
 lege, where he had been Mafter, he bequeathed his Library, (valued at 500/.) and 
 600/. in Money. ' Some time before his death, he had an intention of making a new 
 Choir to his Cathedral Church of Ely at his own expenfej but that dcfign not tak- 
 ing efFc(5V, he left by his Will 300/. for new paving the Choir : and by a Codicil to 
 his Will, dated Sept. 1 1, 1683, he ordered that " after all Legacies and Payments 
 difcharged, the refidue fliould be employed for the prefent relief of poor Vicars 
 within the County of Cambridge and IJle of Ely, where the Impropriations are in 
 the Bifliop." 
 
 XLHL FRANCIS TURNER, D.D. 1684. 
 
 WAS the Son ofDv.Tbcmas Turner Dean of Canterbury, and Canon Refidentiary 
 of St, Paul's London ; educated at Winchefter School, and thence eleded Fel- 
 low of New-College in Oxford ; where he took the Degrees in Arts ; that of Bache- 
 lor Apr. 14, 1659, and that of Mafter in the beginning of the year 1663. He com- 
 menced B.D. and D.D. July 6, 1669; and in December following was collated to the 
 Prebend of Sneating in St. Paul's London.- On the promotion of Dr. Gunning to the 
 See oi Chichejler, he fucceeded him in the Mafterfliip of St.Johns College in Cam- 
 bridge Apr. 1 1, 1670. In 1683, he was made Dean of JFindfor; and the fame year, 
 was promoted to the See of Rochejler, being confecrated on Nov. 1 1 ; and the next 
 year Aug. 23, was tranflated hither. Though he owed moll of thefe prefennents 
 to the influence of the Duke of Tork, ' afterwards King James II ; yet, on the accef- 
 fion of that Prince to the Throne, as foon as he perceived the violent meafures that 
 were purfued in that reign, and the open attempts to introduce Popery and Arbitra- 
 ry power ; he oppofed them to the utmofl:. He was one of the fix Bifliops, who 
 joined Archbifhop Sancroft on May 18, 1688, in fubfcribing and prefenting a Petition 
 to the King, fetting forth their reafons, why they could not comply with his com- 
 mands, in caufing his Majefty's Declaration for Liberty of Confcience to be read in 
 their Churches. This Petition being ftyled by the Court, A fcditious Libel againft 
 His Majefty and his Government, the Bifliops were all called before the Privy Coun- 
 cil ; and refufing to enter into recognizances, to appear in the Court of the King's- 
 
 Bench, 
 fiquis olim Apoftoliciis •, exulans ab Academia, Ecclefiam Anglicanam inter Schifmaticorum fiirias, 
 coram ipfo Cromwello, Concionibus, Difputationibus publice alleriiit, tantum non folus fuftiniiit, 
 vindicavit. At cum Deus et Rex redux nobis otium feciflet, hie tamen indefeflus, ftudiis, vigiliis, 
 precibus, jejuniis totus incubuit -, Fidelibus erudiendis, refiitandis H^reticis, vitam egit Ccclibem, 
 Angclicam •, bonis Ecclcfia: legatis Chriftum Hsredem fcripfit; et Virtiuibus diu optacum rapiiic 
 CaTum, Jul. 6, A.D. 1684, /Etatis fua; 71." 
 
 • Mafters's Hill, of Bene't Coll. Cambr. p. 159. * Newcourt's Repert. vol. i. p. 212. 3 Con- 
 tinuacio Godwini, de Prarful. Angl. per Rev. Virum D. Richardlbn, p. 277, 540. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 205 
 Bench, to anfwer the mifdemeanor in framing and prefcnting the faid Petition j- 
 were on June 8, committed to the Tower: on the 15"" of the fame Month, they were 
 brought by Habeas-Corpus to the King's-Bench Bar, where pleading Not Guilty to the 
 Information againft them, they were admitted to Bail ; and on the 29"" came upon 
 their Tryals in Wejiminjier-Hall, and the next morning were acquitted, to the great 
 joy of the Nation. However, when King William and Queen Mary were fettled on 
 the Throne, our Bifliop, among many others of his Brethren and the Clergy, re- 
 fufed to own the eflablifhed Government, out of a confcientious regard to the Alle- 
 giance he had fworn to King 'James II ; and refufing to take the Oaths required by 
 an A61 of Parliament made April 24, 1689, was by virtue of that A61 fufpended from 
 his Office, and about the beginning of the following year, deprived of his Biflioprick, 
 After which he lived the reft of his days in retirement; and dying Nov. 2, 1700, was 
 buried in the Chancel of the Parochial Church of TherfieU in Hertfordjlnre, (where 
 he had been Re£lor,) in a Vault formerly made for the interment of his Wife ; to 
 whofe memory he had ere6led a handfome Monument; and had at a great expenfe 
 new-paved the Chancel with Free-ftone, the part about the Altar with Marble ; wain- 
 fcotted the walls, ere6led Seat^ after the form of a Choir, and cieled it with Fret- 
 work;' but without any other Memorial of himfejf, than this one word ingraved 
 on a flone over the Vault, EXPERGISCAR. 
 
 XLIV. SYMON PATRICK, D.D. 1691. 
 
 WAS tranflated from the See of Chiche/ler, to this of Ely, July 2, 1691. ^ This 
 very pious and learned Prelate was born at Gainjborough in Lincolnfiire, Sept. 8, 
 1626 ; and admitted a Student of ^leetis College in Cambridge, June 25, 1644 : where 
 having taken the Degree of B.A. he was eleiSted Fellow Mar. i, 1648-9; and pro- 
 ceeded to his Degree of M. A. in 165 1 ; about which time he was admitted into Holy 
 Orders by Jofeph Hall Birtiop of Norwich, then refiding at Heigham near that City 
 after the lofs of his Bifhoprick. Not long after he became Chaplain to Sir Walter 
 Salnt-'John of Batterfea, who gave him that Living about the year 1658 ; which va- 
 cated his Fellowfhip; and the fame year he took his Degree of B.D. After the Re- 
 ftoration, in i66r, he was ele6led Mafter of ^ieen's College, by the major part of 
 the Fellows, 3 againft the King's recommendation of Mr. Anthoiiy Sparroiv, after- 
 wards Bifliop of Norwich : but the caufe, being heard before the King and Council 
 was decided in favour of Mr. Sparrow. 4 In 1662, Mr. Patricia was unexpectedly pre- 
 fented by William Earl of Bedford, to the Re6lory of St. Paul's Coveitt-Garden, to 
 which he was inftituted Sept. 23,5 where by his excellent Inftruclions and Example 
 he gained the entire love and efteem of his Parifliioners ; and more efpecially by con- 
 tinuing with them all the time of the great Plague in 1665. The following year he 
 determined to proceed in Divinity ; but having reafons to be difpleafed with his old 
 College ; thought proper to enter himfelf of Chriji-Church in Oxford; and was there 
 incorporated B.D., and on July 5, 1666, was admitted to the Degree of D.D. 
 
 About 
 ' Chauncy's Hift. Antiq. of Hertford (hire, p. 88. ^ Regifl:. Patrick, fo. i. 3 Wood's Hift. 
 of Oxf. vol. ii. p. 840. 4 Kennet's Regift. and Chron. p. 596. 5 Newcourt's Rcpert v. i. p. 707. 
 
2o6 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 About that time he was Chaplain in ordinaiy to His Majefty ; who in July 1672, pre- 
 ferred him to a Prebend oi fVcJlminJier; and afterwards to the Deanery of Peterbo- 
 rough, in which he was inftalled Aug. i, 1679. '. 
 
 During the reign of King J^wa II, he was one of thofe eminent perfons who 
 by their Difcourfes and Writings diftinguifhed themfelves, in defending the Proteftant 
 Religion, and that of the Church of England in particular j and in oppofing the vio- 
 lent attempts that were then made to introduce Popery and Arbitrary power : on 
 which account, he was foon after the Revolution, advanced to the See of Cbichejler, 
 void by the death of Bifhop Lake; being confecrated Oft. 13, 1689 :* and at length 
 on July 2, 1691, was tranflated to Ely\ which became vacant by Bifliop Turners re- 
 fufing to take the Oaths to King William and Queen Mary. 
 
 Whilst he was Bifliop here, he brought to a final iflue a Law-Suit that had been 
 long depending between the Bifliops of Ely and Lord Hattons Family, and procured 
 to himfelf and his Succeflbrs a Fee-farm Rent of 100/. a year out oi Hat ton-Gar den, 3 
 and the Mefluages ere6led thereupon ; and moreover, for the benefit of his See, ob- 
 tained an hdi of Parliament, 4 for leafing out the Manor and Demefne-lands of 
 Downham in the IJle of Ely, the Manfion whereof had fallen to ruin in the time of 
 the Ufurpation ; and for clearing himfelf and Succeflbrs from dilapidations there. 
 
 He died at Ely May 31, 1707, in the eighty-firfl: year of his Age, and was buried 
 in the Prefljytery of his Cathedral Church, where a handfome Monument, was foon 
 
 after 
 ' Le Neve's Fafli. p. 241 * Ibid. p. 59. 3 Mr. Hatton Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Eliza- 
 beth, (afterwards Lord Chancellor,) a Favourite of that Queen, had prevailed on her Majefty to 
 fpeak and write to Bifliop Cox, to let him have the befl: part of Ely-Houfe Holbourn, and all the 
 great Garden and Clofes belonging to it, on Leafe for 2 1 years, at little cr no Rent. Being thus 
 poflefled of it, he laid out money upon it, and fitted it to his own convenience : but confidering 
 that the prefent Bilhop's leafe would not bind his SucceflTors, becaufe it was of Demefnes; nothing 
 afterwards would ferve, but the whole Seat of the Bilhops of Ely in Holbourn in perpetuity. In 
 order to which, he applied again to the Qiieen, and obtained her Letter to the Bifhop for that pur- 
 pofe : and though the Queen prefled the Bifhop hard ; yet in an elegant Latin Letter to her, he 
 humbly fuggefted his refufal ; concluding, that to a perpetual Alienation of that his Houfe, his 
 fearful Conkience could never yield ». However, it ended in this ; that the Bifhop fhould by way 
 of Mortgage convey to the Qiieen, and the Queen to Mr. Hatton, the Houfe and Gardens, &c. 
 at that time in leafe to him ; but withal to be redeemable upon the payment of 1800/; the fum 
 which Mr. Hatton affirmed he had laid out upon it. Nothing was done towards paying off this 
 Mortgage, till Bifhop Andrews's time, who did refolve to pay it, left the Church ihould fuffer at 
 the long run : but this was prevented by the removal of him to Winchefter. Bifhop Wren after- 
 wards did tender the money, and obtained a Sentence in the Court of Requefts : but the long Par- 
 liament put a ftop to the proceedings, by the imprifonment of the Bifhop -, and fome kind of Ordi- 
 nance there was made, (but not by the Houfe of Lords,) to reverfc the Sentence. During the Bi- 
 ftiop's imprifonment, in the time of the Rebellion, the greateft and beft part of the Houfe was pul- 
 led down, the Garden was buik into Tenements, to the value of feveral Thoufand Pounds a year; 
 and Ely-Houfe reduced to a very dark and incommodious habitation, without any remains of it's 
 ancient Splendor and Magnificence, except the ancient Hall and Chapel. After the Reftoration, 
 Lord Hatton found it needful to infift on privilege of Parliament, to avoid anfwering to a Bill foon 
 exhibited ag.iinft him in Chancery, by which means, and other incidental delays, neither Bp.Wren, 
 nor any of his immediate SuccefTors, (by whom the Bill was revived,) were able to make any confider- 
 able progrefs in the Suit ; till Bp. Patrick at length thought proper to put an end to it, by accepting 
 of 100/ a year to be fettled on his See.*" + Private Aifts, 9 Will. Pari. 3. Sefl". 3. Adt. 2. 
 
 a Strype's Annals of the Reformation, p. 360. ^ MS. Harlcian. No 3789. p. 15. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 207 
 after eret5led to his memory,' with an Infcription referred to below. * An account of 
 the Books, Sermons and Tracts that he wrote, may be feen in Biographia Britannica; s 
 with other Memoirs of his Life. Bifliop Burnet ranks him among thofe many wor- 
 thy and eminent Clergymen in this Nation, who deferved a high Charafler, and 
 were indeed an honour to the Church, and to the Age in which they Uved.+ 
 
 XLV. JOHN MOORE, D.D. 1707. 
 
 SON of Thomas Moore of Market-Harborough in Leicejierjloire, was admitted a Stu- 
 dent of Clare-Hall in Cambridge, and was elecled Fellow of that Society. He af- 
 terwards became Chaplain to Heneage Finch Earl of Nottingham ; by whofe intereft 
 and favour he rofe to confiderable preferments ; and in particular was promoted to 
 the firft Prebendal Stall in this Cathedral Church of Ely, 5 being collated thereto by 
 Biihop Gunning, June 28, 1679. * His next preferment was the Reftory of St. Au- 
 Jlins London, to which he was admitted Dec. 31, 1687 ; but he quitted that, O6I.26, 
 1689, 7 on his being prefented by King William and Qoeen Mary, (to whom he was 
 then Chaplain in Ordinary,) to the Redory of St. Andrew's Holbourn, vacant by the 
 promotion of Dr. Stillingfeet to the See of Worcefler. On the deprivation of Dr. WiU 
 Ham Lloyd Biihop of Norwich, for not taking the Oaths to their Majefties, he was 
 advanced to that See; being confecrated July 5, 1691 ; and at length was thence 
 tranflated to this of Ely, July 31, 1707. He fat Bifliop here exaflly feven years ; and 
 dying at Ely-Houfe Holbourn, July 31, 17 14; v/as interred on the North-fide of the 
 Prefbytery of his Cathedral Church, near his Predeceflbr Bifliop P^/r/V/('; and has an 
 elegant Monument ^ erected to his Memory, with an Infcription as below. » He was 
 
 a 
 
 ^ Plate XXIX. 2 " M. S. Reverend! admodum in Chrifto Patris SiMONis Patrick per bien- 
 nium Ciceftrenfis, deinde per xvi annos Elienfis EpiCcopi : ad hos ampliffimos Dignitatis gradus, 
 propter eximia erga Ecclefiam ac Rempublicam merita, ab optimis Principibus Guliclmo et Maria, 
 evedi : cujus Pietatem infignem, Mores fanctiffimos, Ingenium elegans, acre, copiofum, prscla- 
 ram in omni Literarum genere Scientiam, abunde teftantur DiiSla, Fafta, Scripta ipfius ornnia -, 
 praefertim eriiditiffimi et luculentiffimi in S. S. Scripturam Commentarii, quovis Elogio majores, 
 quovis Marmore diuturniores. Vir, fi quis alius, Candore et Charitate vere Chriftiana, Ccnftantia 
 Animi invicta, iEquitate nullo partium rtudio inclinata. In optimis Artibus colendis promoven- 
 difque, in Negotiis maximi momenti gerendis, in univerfis vigilantiffimi Epifcopi muneribus ex- 
 plendis, ad extremum ufque fpiritum perpetuus et indefefllis. Cumulatis jam vicae omnibus^officiis, 
 pientiffimus Senex placide Animam Deo reddidit 3 i . Mali, A D. mdccvii. Anno iEtat. 81." _ 
 
 3 See the Article PATRICK. 4 Hiftory of his own Time. 5 See among the Prebendaries. 
 
 6 Regift. Gunning. 7 Newcourt's Repert. v.i. p. 275. ^ Phue xxx. 
 
 9 " Hie fitus eft Reverendus admodum in Chrifto Pater Johannes MooRE, Norvicenfis primo, 
 deinde hujus Dioecefeos Epifcopus, vits morum egregium ad imitationem exemplar-, in quotidian! 
 enim vit« confuetudine eluxit Comitate condita Gravitas, et cum venuftiffima Suavitate con- 
 junfla Auctoritas. In Concionando perpetuus erat, commovendis ad Pietatem Animis valde idoneo 
 afFeftu •, in rebus difficilioribus explicandis accuratilTimus ; Ecclefise ornandae pariter ac tuends Tem- 
 per intentus ; erga Amicos officiorum fedulitate indefefllis ; erga Patriam ea fide atque ftudio, ut 
 confilia ad publicam utilitatem & ad veram iibertatem fpcftantia, in omnibus rerum temporumque 
 commutationibus conftanter promoverit; Pauperibus inopiam pecunia, adverfam valetudinem rei 
 Medicse fcientia, (quas in iplb fumma fuit,) fublevabat •, inter Scientise Civilis Confuhos, rerum 
 prudentia bonique & squi cognitione, Celebris •, inter Literates ea demum erat^exiftimatione, ut 
 a mulcis fere annis nihil edicum fuerit de meliore nota, cui non ex inftrudiftima ejus Bibliotheca, 
 (quse nunc e munificentia Regia Academiae Cantabrigienfi ornamenco eft,) materiae aliquid ac- 
 ceflerit. Obiit Julii 31, 1714, iEtatis fuae 6i>.'* 3 
 
2o8 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 a great Colle6lor of fcarce and valuable Books, both Printed and MSS: the colIe6bIon 
 that he had made was indeed fo confiderable, as to be thought worthy of Royal no- 
 tice ; and was purchafed after his deceafe, by His Majefty King George I, for 6000 
 Guineas ; ' and given as a token of his royal favour, to the Univerfity of Cambridge. 
 
 XLVI. WILLIAM FLEETWOOD, D.D. 1714. 
 
 THIS learned and excellent Prelate was dcfcended from an ancient Family of 
 that name in LancajlAre ;'^ and we are told, 3 was born in the Tower oi Lon- 
 don on New-year's Day, 1656. He received the firft part of his Education at Eton- 
 School, and was from thence defied into K'uigs College in Cambridge. About the 
 time of the Revolution he entered into Holy Orders ; and foon after Preached in his 
 own College, on Lady-day 16B9, the Anniverfary Sermon of their Foundation, before 
 the Univerfitv. This Sermon, which was his firft eflay in publick, was printed at the 
 requcft of the Vicechancellor and Heads of Colleges, and gained him great reputa- 
 tion, which he afterwards fupported through lifej being accounted one of the moft 
 celebrated Preachers of his time. The fame year he became Re6lor of St. Aujliris in 
 London, to which he was inftituted Nov. 26 : 4 and was alfo Le6lurer of St. D////- 
 flans in the Wejl. Not long after, he was made Chaplain to King William and Queen 
 Mary ; and by the intereft oi'Dv.Godolphin at that time Vice-Provoft of Eton, was 
 eleded Fellow of that College. He was nominated by King William, a few days be- 
 fore his death, to a Canonry of Wind/or : but the Grant not having palled the 
 Seals, before the King died ; the Houfe of Commons addrefled Queen Ann, to give 
 that Canonry to their Chaplain : however, the affair being truly reprefented to the 
 Queen by Lord Godolphin^ ftie thought proper to give it to him. Nothing could be 
 more agreeable to him than thefe Preferments at Eton and Wind/or; whether it 
 was through an early and natural prejudice in favour of a place he had been ufed 
 to in his younger days j certain it is, that he had contracted a more than ordinary 
 liking to Eton and it's environs : and being naturally of a ftudious turn, and af- 
 fecting retirement, he took a refolution of quitting his City Preferments, and 
 retiring to Wexham a fmall Re<5lory \\\ Buckinghamjhire, where he had the convenien- 
 cy of a neat and commodious Houfe and Garden, rendered ftill more agreeable to 
 him, by it's nearnefs of fituation to his beloved Eton ; and thither he retreated, 
 about the year 1705. He bad not long enjoyed this retirement, before he was, 
 without his knowledge or folicitation, nominated by the Queen herfelf to the 
 See of St. Afaph, vacant by the death of Bifliop Beveridge : and it was this circum- 
 ftance, of it's being the Queen's own choice, that greatly contributed, as he told 
 fome of his friends, to conquer the averfion he had againft returning again into the 
 world, and induced him to accept the offer : and accordingly he was confecrated 
 Bifliop of St. Afaph, June 6, 1708, 
 
 He had always fhowed himfclf a true friend to the EngliJJ} Conftitution both in 
 Church and State ; and fo zealous was he in the defence of thofe principles on which 
 
 the 
 
 » Continuatio Godwin! de Prjeful. Angl. p. 277. * Account of his Life prefixed to his Works jn 
 Fol. Lond. 3 Ibid. 4 Kewcourt's Repcrt. vol. i. p. 28b. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 209 
 
 the Revolution was founded, and in fupport of the Settlement of the Crown on the 
 lUuftrious Houfe of Hanover; that in the latter part of Queen y/««'s reign, when 
 meafures were taken, by thofe who had got into power, and principles induftrioufly 
 propagated, tending to the fubverfion of all that had been done for the fafety of the 
 Kingdom, and it's fecurity from Popery and Arbitrary power, and when Party rage 
 was carried to a greater height than at any time fmce the Revolution : — our Bifliop 
 thought proper publickly to declare his fentiments of thofe meafures, and {how their 
 dangerous tendency, in that famous Preface prefixed to Four Sermons, which he 
 publiflied about May in the year 17 12. This publication was attended with a very 
 uncommon event ; for the Preface being taken notice of in the Houfe of Commons, 
 on a motion made for that purpofe, it was ordered to be burnt by the vote of a ma- 
 jority in the Houfe. — This extraordinary and memorable Vote, however intended^ 
 ferved only to fet his merits in a more confpicuous light, with all that had the prof- 
 perity of the Kingdom at heart, and were well-wifhers to the Proteftant caufe, 
 and the fucceffion of the Crown, as fettled by Law. Soon after the acceffion of 
 His Majerty King George I, he was nominated to the vacant See of Ely, and was 
 thither tranflated Dec. 18, 17 14, where he continued in the conftant attendance on 
 the duties of his office, and unwearied application to his fludies, as long as his 
 flrength would permit. He had ill health feveral years before his death j and in the 
 year 1723, found himfelf much worfe than ufual ; when being advifed to go into the 
 Country, for the benefit ,of the air j he retired to Tottenhmn in Middlefex, where he 
 died on the 4'*" of Auguft, in the Sixty-feventh year of his age; and was buried in 
 the Prefbytery of his Cathedral Church of Ely. A Monument ■ was foon after erect- 
 ed to his Memory, with an Infcription which is inferted below. ^ A more particular 
 account of this Bifliop's Life, written by his Nephew Dr. William Powell Dean of 
 St. Afaph and Prebendary of this Church, is prefixed to his Works, colIe6led toge- 
 ther after his death : and a further account of him and his Writings, may be found 
 in Biographia Brifannlca. ^ 
 
 XLVII. THOMAS GREENE, D.D. 1723. 
 
 WAS the Son of Mr. Thomas Greene of the Parifli of St. Peters Mancroft in Nor- 
 ivich and Sarah his Wife, and was there born in the year 1658.4 After his 
 education at the Grammar School in that City, he was fent to Corpin-Chrijli College 
 
 in 
 ' Plate XXXI. ^ " H. S. E. Gulielmus Fleetwood hujus Ecclefia?, olim AfaphenfisEpifcopus 
 pridie Non. Augiifti A.D. MDCCXxiii, fiije iEtatis lxvii nondum pervedus obiit, gravi jam 
 Seneftute innumcris laboriim Studiis approperaca-, quorum lane recenlioni neque ulla iatis pater 
 Tabula \ nee morum Sanflimoniam, Candorem ingenii, rerumque divinarum et humanarum Scien- 
 tiam, hie com me mo rare opus erat •, neque vero ineluflrabilem (iuavifTimc'E tamen) Eloquentiae vim, 
 Religion! Patriaeque Sacramento femper fido miiitantis -, nee robur illud Pedoris ultro f^Evientibus 
 formidolofe porentiae minis atque flammis oppofitum pro Domo nunc Regia, hoc eft, pro Legibus 
 iplaque Populi falute, et Civiii et Sempiterna. Ifta enim ad omnem memoriam ipfe quam plurimis 
 confignavit expreffitque Monumentis fuis ; qualia non ponimus fuperftites. Sed hoc teftari Conjux 
 diledifTmia fuam unicique Filii venerationem voluit, et defideria atque luiftus infanabiles folari. *l 
 3 See the Article Fleetwood. ^ Blomefield's Hi ft. of Norfolk, vol.ii. p. 424. 
 
 Dd 
 
2IO HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 in Cambridge, where he was admitted July 28, 1674; he foon became a Scholar of 
 the Houfe ; and having taken the Degree of B. A. he wasele6led Fellow of the Col- 
 Ico-e in 1680 : he proceeded in his Degree of M. A. in 1682, and to that of B.D. in 
 1690.' Soon after the promotion of Dr. Teni/on to the Archbiflioprick of Canterbu- 
 ry, he was made one of his Chaplains, and was collated to the Vicarage of Minfler 
 m the Ifle of Thanet, April 2, 1695; in which year alfo, he was admitted to his De- 
 gree of D.D. and refigned his Fellowfliip ; and about three years after, on the re- 
 commendation of Archbifliop Tenifon, was elected Mafter of the College : In 1699, 
 he was elected Vicechancellor of the Univerfity ; and in May 1702, was inftalled Pre- 
 bendary oi Canterbury ; and 06t. 28, 1708, was collated by the Archbifhop to the 
 Kzctory oi Adifiam in Ke?it -, and on Nov. 3. following was inftalled Archdeacon of 
 Canterbury. He was again appointed Vicechancellor of the Univerfity of Cambridge 
 in 171 3, and by reafon of his office, prefided at the Divinity Exercifes at the Pub- 
 lick Commencement, which happened in his year; when, notwithftanding his long 
 difufe of thofe Academical Exercifes, by his frequent and necefTary abfence from the 
 Univerfity, and engagements in a quite different courfe of life, he difcharged that 
 office with credit to himfelf, and reputation to the Univerfity. Soon after the ac- 
 ceffion of King George I, he was appointed one of the Chaplains in ordinary to His 
 Majefty ; and in 17 16, refigned his Mafterfhip, on being inffituted to the Vicarage 
 of St. Martin in the Fields, Wcfiminjler \ to which he was prefented by the Truftees 
 of his great Patron Archbifhop Tenifon, for the difpofal of his Options, of whom 
 he himfelf was one. He held this Living fometime in Commendam with the Bifliop- 
 rick of Norwich, to which he was promoted, on the tranflation of Bifhop Trimnel 
 to Winchejler, and was confecrated Oct. 8, 1721 ; and thence was tranflated to the See 
 of Ely, Sept. 24,^ 1723- As a tcftimony of his regard to Corpus Chrifli College, of 
 which he had been Mafter; in 1729, he gave 200/. for procuring Queen ^««'s 
 Bounty for augmenting the Curacy of St. Benedict in Cambridge belonging to it. 
 Having fat Bifhop here 14 years and an half, he died at Ely-Houfe Holbourn, May 18, 
 1738, in the eightieth year of his age, and was buried on the South-fide of his 
 Cathedral Church, where an elegant Monument 3 was foon after eredfed to his 
 memory, with an Infcription^ in two compartments; in one of which, are fet 
 forth his feveral preferments ; and in the other a very amiable chara6ler is given 
 of the Bifhop, and fuch as every one that remembers him, muft readily acknowr 
 
 ledge to have been juftly due to him. 
 
 XLVIII. 
 
 ' Mafters's Hift. of Corpus-Clirifl.i Coll. Camb. p. 177. * RegiO. Greene. 3 Plate xxxii. 
 ♦ " Hie jacet quod reliquum eft ThoMte Greene, S.T. P. hujus Ecclefirc nuper Epilcopi, qui 
 longo Honorum decurlu, CoUegii Corporis Chrifti Cantabrigienfis olim Socius, poftta Magifter, 
 Acaciemix bis Vice-Cancellarius, Ecclefia; Cantuarienfis Prsbcndarius et Archidiaconus, Parochije 
 Sti Martini in Campis Londin. Vicarius ; Epifcopatum primo Norviceni'em obtinuit, inde ad Eli- 
 cnlem trandatus eft Septembris die 23, 1723. 
 
 I luic Ecclefise poftquam per quindecim fere annos, fumma cum Diligentia?, Candoris, et Inte- 
 giitatis laude, mitifTimc prxfuiflct-, Fietate et Annis gravis, accepta tandem Rude, Uxori et nume- 
 rofne Proli, aliilque quampluribus Viduis et Orbis, Clero denique et Fopulo Elienfi Ikbilis deccffit, 
 Maii die 18, AnnoChrilU 1738, /Etatis lio." 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 2H 
 
 XLVHL ROBERT BUTTS, D.D. 1738. 
 
 ADefcendant of Sir William Butts, Phyfician in ordinary to King Henry VIII, • 
 by a younger Branch of the Family feated at Thornage in Norfolk j was Son of 
 William Butts Re6lor of Hertefl in Suffolk : he received the firft part of his education 
 at Bury School in that County ; and from thence was admitted a Student of Trinity 
 College in Cambridge. After he had taken his Degrees, he became one of the Preach- 
 ers of Bury ; and was prefented, in 171 7, by the Earl of Bri/lol, to his own Parifli 
 Church of Ickworth in Suffolk. In 1728, he was made one of the Chaplains in ordi- 
 nary to His late Majefl-y King George II, who promoted him, being then D.D. to 
 the Deanery oi Norwich, in which he was inilalled April 10, 1731 j and in the be- 
 ginning of the year 1733, advanced him to the Bifhoprick of Norwich, to which he 
 was confecrated on Feb. 25. On the death of BifhopGrf^w, in 1738, he was tran- 
 flated to Ely, in which See he was confirmed Bifhop June 27, and inthroned by 
 Proxy July 4 following;* where having fat Bifliop nine years and fix months, he 
 died at Ely-Houfe Holhourn on Jan. 26, in the beginning of the year 1748, and was 
 buried in the Cathedral Church in a Vault on the North-fide of the Prefbytery near 
 the Eaft-end ; where a very handfome Monument ' was foon after erefted to his me-- 
 mory, with his Bull thereon, and an Infcription as below. + 
 
 XLIX. Sir THOMAS GOOCH, Bart. D. D. 1 748. 
 
 SO N of Thojnas Gooch Gent, of Yarmouth in Norfolk, (defcended of an ancient Fa- 
 mily of that Name, fettled at Metingham in Suffolk ;) was firft educated at the 
 Grammar-School in Tarmouth, and thence admitted of Gonvile and Caius College in 
 Cambridge; where he was ele<5led Scholar, then Fellow of the College, in the 
 year 1698.. He afterwards became Chaplain to Dr. Henry Cc»;/)/'(5« Bifhop oi London ^ 
 who collated him to the Redory of the united Pariflies of St. Clemeiit Eajl-Cheap, and 
 ^t. Martin Orgars London : and about the year 17 13, was made Chaplain in ordina- 
 ry to her late Majefty Queen Jnn ; and was inftalled Archdeacon of Effex July 24, 
 1714, being collated thereto by 'S,\i[\o^Robinfon. On the death of Sh John Ellis Knt. 
 M. D. Mafter of Gonvile and Caius College, in Nov. 1716, he fucceeded him in the 
 Mafterfliip j and the next year was elecled Vicechancellor of the Univerfity of Cam^ 
 
 bridge j 
 ' Blomefield's Hift. of Norf. vol. ii. pag. 427. = Regift. Butts. 3 Plate xxxill. 
 4 " Intra hos lacros parietes, piis cineribus uicatos. Rev. admodiim in Chrifto Pater ac Domlnus Do- 
 minus RoBERTUS Butts Elienfis Epilcopus fitus eft-, mori, nefas elTet ilium pofTe dixerim, cujus 
 Dodtrina, Pietas, ac Candor, viverejubent mortuum. Neque ei defuit Animi fervor Theolocro 
 dignus, zelo D. Petri fimilis, et fande, quoad licuit, s?mu]us ; quoties leu Ecclerrc periclitands 
 hoftes, feu Reipub. perduelles fint debellandi. Si Principibus probis, dodlis, ac lapientibus placuifTe, 
 in minima laude ponendum non eft, hoc prxfertim nomine hie venerandus Antilles, idem et mul- 
 tiim amandus Aulicus celebraretur -, quippe lummce Sapientire, mirje Comitatis opinione fretus & 
 delegatus, Celfiffunus GE0RGIU5 II, Rex Anglic ilium a Sacris cooptandum maximc voluillet : de- 
 inde Eccles. Norvic. ex Decano pofieu ejufdem Eccles. Norvic. Infuia ornandum juberet ; denuo 
 iifdem regiis aufpiciis, tota plaudente Aula, ad Epifcopatum Elienfem merito evec'tus erar. Tenui 
 vice, at honefto genere SufFolcienf!, natus ad omne Bonum Jan. xo, 168 c •, defun(5lus ad fupremum 
 Jan. 26, 1747." Dd 2 
 
212 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 bridge ; in which office he was very infliumental in promoting a defign for building 
 a new Scnate-Houfe, and in forwarding a Subfcription for that purpofe ; and (o 
 fenfible was the Univerfity of his fervices, that they elecled him again the two fol- 
 lowing years, viz. in 1718, and 1719 ; during which three years of his Vicechancel- 
 lorfliip, by his good management, the fum of near 10,000/. was raifed by contribu- 
 tions, towards building that elegant and magnificent Fabrick. He was afterwards 
 made Canon Refidentiary of Chichefter, and became Prebendary of Canterbury in 1729. 
 His next promotion was to the See of Brifol, of which he was confecrated Bilhop 
 June 12, 1737 J whence he was foon after tranflated to Norwich^ and inthroned by 
 Proxy Nov. 9, 1738: at which time he refigned all his other Preferments, except 
 his Mafterfliip. Whilft he fat Bifhop of Norwich, he was at a confiderable ex- 
 penfe in repairing, beautifying, and adding to the convenience of the Epifcopal Pa- 
 lace: and in 1742, obtained of his late Majefty King George II, Charters for the 
 ellablifliment of two Societies, that had begun to be formed fome time before by fe- 
 veral worthy Clergymen, for the relief of the Widows and Orphans of Clergymen 
 within the Diocefe of Norivich ; and procuring them both to be incorporated ; the 
 one by the Name of ' The Governors of the charity for the relief of the poor Wi- 
 ' dows and Orphans of fuch Clergymen, as at the time of their deaths, were poflefled 
 ' of fome Ecclefiaftical Benefice or Curacy within the County of Norfolk or City of 
 ' Norivich or County of Norwich.' — The other of the fame kind for the Archdeacon- 
 ries of Stefolk and Sudbury and elfewhere in the County of Suffolk. He was tranflated 
 to the See of Ely Mar. 11, 1747-8 ; where having fat Bifliop about fix years, he died 
 at Ely-Houfe in Holhourn Feb. 14, 1754; and was buried on the 21'* of the fame 
 month in the Chapel of Gonvile and Cains College in Cambridge: where a Monument 
 was foon after erected to his memory with an Infcription, as below.' 
 
 L. MATTHIAS M A W S O N, D.D. 1754. 
 
 OF a reputable and wealthy Family fettled at Chcfwick in Middlefex^ was born in 
 the Parifli of Si.DunJlans in theWeJl, London, July 2r, 1683 •, and having re- 
 ceived the fir ft part of his education at St. P^7«/'s School, was admitted a Student at 
 Corpus-Cbrijii or Benet College in Cambridge in 1701 ; and foon after became Scholar 
 of that Houfe ; where having taken the Degree of B. A. in 1704, he was elecfled Fel- 
 low of the fame, 1707 j and proceeding to his Degree of M. A. the following year, 
 
 was 
 
 « " H. S. E. Revercndvis admodiin) Prseful Dominus Thomas Gocch Baronettiis, hujus Col- 
 leoil Schohuis, Sociiis, Cuftos ■, Acadcmi-e per tres iinnos Procancellaiius. Qi^ialis Ciiftos ? fi qii.-cras 
 tdlcntur Annales Collfgii, tcftes fint; ec hi facri Parietes, ipfius fub aiiipiciis rtftaurati, ornati. Pro- 
 cancellarius qualis ? teltctur Academia, ibidemque Scnaculiim viciniim, ambitu ejus diligcnti, et 
 inftanti prece, pene extrudtum. Parocluis ? Sandti Clementis Gives Londinenles. Canonicus ? Ci- 
 certrenfes, Cantuarienfes. Archidiaconus ? Effexienfes. Epifcopus .? BriRolienfes, Norviccnfts, Eli- 
 cnfes. Inter Amicos, Urbanitate, Fide, Conftanna ; apiid Omne", Facilitate, Elegantia, Gravitate, 
 ipedabilis. Obiit die Feb. 14, A. D. 1754, Mi. 80. Uxores habuit tres Mariam Gii/u/mi Sber- 
 loik venerabilis Decani Paulmi Filiam, "quas Uom. TlioMA.M GooCH de Benacre in Agro Suftbi- 
 cienfi enixa fato ceffit, et, quod optabat moribunda, cum illo quern unice aniabar, hie demum 
 jacet tunuilata: Hannam Doti. "johanms Miller Baronetti Filiam, Reverendi JoHANNis GoocH 
 Elienfis Ecclcfise Prsebendarii Matrem : MariaM deniqge Filiam Honorubihs Hattoni Ccmpon 
 magni illius Spencer Comiiis Northamptcnise Nepotis, quae mortuum deflet." 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (bishops.) 213 
 was appointed one of the Moderators of the Philofophy-Schools, and the next year 
 one of the Univerfity Taxors. About the year 171 8, he was made Prefident of the 
 College ; and a collegiate life was at that time fo agreeable to him, that he declined 
 accepting an offer made him by the late Duke of Somerjet Chancellor of the Univer- 
 fity, of one of the Portions of the valuable Reftory of Petworth in SiiJJ'ex. Oft. 6, 
 1724, he was unanimoufly ele6led Mafter of his College: in which ffation he conti- 
 nued with great reputation, above twenty years ; and then thought proper to refi^-n 
 Feb. 20, 1744-5, in favour of Mr. Caftle; having expended in the repairs of the Col- 
 lege above 200/; befides what he had laid out on the Mafter's Lodge.' He was col- 
 lated by Bifliop Greene, Dec. 21, 173 1, to the Rectory of Connuigton in the County of 
 Cambridge; this Living he refigned in April 1732, on being prefented, by the fame Pa- 
 tron, to the Re6lory of Hadjiock in EJjex : thefe were the only Livings he was ever 
 poffefled of; and the latter of them, on account of its affbrding him a convenient 
 retreat from the bufinefs of the Univerfity, he held feveral years. In 1730, he was 
 elected by the Univerfity, their Vicechancellor ; in which ftation, no one was more 
 attentive to the Duties of it than himfelf, and particularly in promoting Order and 
 good Difcipline in the Univerfity ; on which account, he was again ele6ted to the 
 fame office the following year. 
 
 In 1734, being nominated to the Bifhoprick of Glocefler, he declined accepting the 
 offer; but was afterwards prevailed on to accept that oi Landqffe, which became va- 
 cant in Auguft 1738 ; and was accordingly confecrated Bilhop thereof on Feb. 18, 
 following; and was thence tranflated to Chichefter 061. 21, 1740. ^ From Chichefter 
 he was at length tranflated to the See of Ely, and confirmed Bifhop thereof 
 March 15, 1754- 
 
 Concerning this venerable Prelate, I fliall not recount thofe praifes which are 
 due to him in common with feveral of his Predeceflbrs ; neitlier fhall I here repeat 
 the expreflions of my private gratitude : But it would be an unpardonable omiffion, 
 and ill becoming the character of a faithful and impartial Hiftorian, fliould I pafs 
 over in filence, fome ftriking monuments of his pious care and regard for this 
 Church and Place. 
 
 When his Lordfhip was promoted to this See, the City of Ely and Country about 
 it, were much on the decline; occafioned by the adjoining low lands having been 
 feveral years under water ; and the publick roads, at the fame time, in fo bad a ftate, 
 as not to be travelled with fafety. Under thefe diftrefsful circumftances, it was ob- 
 vious that the only effectual means of reftoring the Country to a flourifhino- ftate 
 would be to embank the River, to ere6l Mills for draining the Lands, and to open 
 fafe and free communications throughout the large and almofi: impaflable Levels 
 with which the City oi Ely was environed; all of them works of great difficulty, 
 and formidable in point of expenfe ! But they have been happily undertaken, under 
 the fandion of feveral Acts of Parliament ; and in confequence thereof a new and 
 
 better 
 ' Mafter^'s Hift. of Corpus-Chrifti College, pag. 198. ^ Whilft his LordOiip was Bifhop of 
 that See, he gave a confidcrable lum cf Money, for painting and beautifying the Choir of that 
 Cathedral. 
 
214 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 better face hath been given to the whole Country, and great advantages both of 
 Healtliinefs and Commerce have been derived to the Inhabitants. But whatever 
 praifes are due, (as many are certainly due) to the fagacity, at^tivity, and publick 
 fpirit of other Noblemen and Gentlemen ' of this County ; yet the fuccefs of the 
 feveral fchemes, hath been greatly owing to the fuggeilions of our worthy Bifhop, to 
 his advice and encouragement, his aid and munificence. 
 
 Neither hath our Bifhop been lefs active and folicitous to improve and beauti- 
 fy his Cathedral Church: Accordingly he offered to contribute the fum of one Thou- 
 fand pounds, towards defraying the charge of removing the Choir to the Eafl:-End, 
 being that part of the Church called the Prefbytery ; (an alteration which had been 
 long wifhed for, by all perfons of true tafte ;) and as the Dean and Piebendaries 
 have accepted his Lordfhip's offer, and have agreed alio to raife the like fum of one 
 Thoufand pounds among themfelves, for the fame purpofe, there can be no doubt, 
 but that this Undertaking, great as it is, will be finiflied in the beft manner, by 
 means of fo confidcrable a fund: And that nothing might be wanting to render the 
 Whole truly elegant, his Lordlhip, befides this Benefaction, hath engaged at his 
 own charges, to pave the New Choir vi'ith' black and white Marble; and alfo 
 to glaze all the Windows at the Eaft End thereof with Painted-Glafs ; an elegant 
 Defign for which hath been lately fettled, and is to be executed by an eminent Artift, 
 under the .infpedlion of a Gentleman of the moll approved tafle. A confiderable pro- 
 grefs is already made in the feveral branches of this Undertaking ; which, when com- 
 pleated according to the prefent Plan, ^ will render the Cathedral of Ely inferior to 
 
 none in Beauty and Magnificence. Great certainly are the Obligations w^hich the 
 
 whole Community, both of the Church and Ifle of Ely, are under to his Lordfliip, 
 on thefe and other accounts : 3 And I may venture to reprefent it as their general 
 Wifli, That the Life of fo valuable a Prelate may be prolonged to the utmoft term, 
 that can confift with his own comfort and happinefs ! 
 
 » On this occafion, I cr.nnot help mentioning the name of George Rifle Efq \ Alderman of Cam- 
 bridge ; wliofe bequeft of 200/. towards making a Turnpike-Road from Cambridge to Ely, (if 
 begun within a limited time,) invigorated that fcheme •, which many were apt to confider as im- 
 praclicable : But the luccefs of it hath anfwered the moft fanguine expedations of it's advocates, 
 and hath given occafion to open other like communications from Ely in all diredions. 
 
 * The Defign of the New Choir, (Plate XLix.) was made by, and is now executing under 
 the diredion of Mr. James Eflex of Cambridge, Architedl; by whom theRepairs and Improvements 
 of the Dome, Lantern, and other Parts of the Church were conducted. 
 
 3 Among thefe mufl: be mentioned. His having lately in a manner rebuilt, anu made very flrong 
 and coromodious the pubiick Gaol of Ely, at an expenfe of more than 500 /. 
 
 Mar. 24, 
 i77Q. 
 
 PRIORS 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (priors.) 215 
 
 PRIORS of ELY, 
 
 From the firfl: founding of the Bifhoprick, A.D. 1 109. 
 
 THE Abby of ELY refounded by King Edgar, A.D. 970, by the munificence 
 of that King and many other fubfequent Benefaaors, became poffefTed of fuch 
 confiderable revenues, before xhcNormmi Conqueft, as to afford a very liberal main- 
 tenance to an Abbot and Seventy Monks of the Benedi^ine Order. It continued in 
 that ftate about 239 years, under the government of Ten fucceffive Abbots ; when it 
 was, both by Regal and Papal authority, converted to an Epifcopal See in the 10"^ 
 year of K. Henry I, A.D. 1 109 ; and Hervey Bifliop of Bangor beino- tranflated to it 
 became the firft Bifliop oi Ely. Soon after this change, the Monks, who according; 
 to the cuftom of other Conventual Cathedrals in this Kingdom, conflituted his 
 Chapter, had a diftinfl part of the Abby Lands and Eftates affigned them for their 
 maintenance ; and the Bifhop who fucceeded in the place of the Abbot, had the reft 
 of the Eftates, and with them alfo retained many of the Privileges, honours and au- 
 thority, which formerly belonged to the Abbot ; and indeed in many refpedls was 
 ftill confidered as their Abbot : but having the care of a Diocefe added to that of the 
 Monaftery, the immediate government of the Monks devolved on the Prior • who 
 was then the fiift Perfon in the Monaftery, and held the fame rank, as the Deans of 
 other Cathedral Churches, in which the Chapters confifted of Secular Canons • He 
 prefided in Chapter, was the Cups of the Order, and by his office was to infpeft the- 
 behaviour of the other Members of the Society, and to fee that all performed their 
 duty in their feveral places and ftations. This chief Officer of the Monaftery was at 
 firft put in by the Bifliop, but afterwards came to be elefted by the Monks : He had 
 a number of Servants and Attendants to himfelf, and likewife his proper Hall Cham- 
 bers, and other neceftary apartments, fit for his Family, and diftina: from thofe of 
 the common Society, which were called the Prior's Lodgings ; where he kept hof- 
 pitality, and frequently invited the other members of the Society to his Table oc- 
 cafionally, in their turns, or as he thought proper; and entertained all ftrangers of 
 rank coming to the Monaftery; he was ufually ftyled Lord Prior; and in fome reigns 
 of our Kings, was fummoned to fit in Parliament. A Catalogue of thofe perfons who 
 have held this Dignity, was publiflied by Mr. Wharton, ' and fince his time by 
 Mr. Willis;^ fome miftakes there are in both, which I have endeavoured to reflifv • 
 but as they feem fo nearly compleat, as to the number of the Priors, I think it only 
 needful further to fay, that what correaions, alterations, and additions appear in 
 the following Catalogue, are founded on authentick Evidences. 
 
 1. VINCENT was the firft Prior of Ely after it became a Bifliop's See ; he died 
 in the life-time of Biftiop Hervey, and was fucceeded by 
 
 2. HENRY, who continued Prior till 1133 ; and then either refigned his Office 
 or was difplaced; for it appears,' that Bifliop A//;§-^//«j, on his firft comino- to £// 
 which was the latter end of that year, gave the Priorfliip to j. WILLIAM* 
 
 ' Angl. Sacr. v. i. p. 683. - Mitred Abbks. v.i. p.272. 3 MS. Lib. Elien. lib.iii. cap ^/ '' 
 
2i6 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 3. WILLIAM, and he together with his Predeceflbr Jfcw;' ' were both prefent 
 on Jan. 5. following, /. e. the beginning of the year 1 134, as Witneffes to an account 
 taken of the Treafures and Ornaments of the Church. How long he continued 
 Prior is uncertain, but his Succeflbr 
 
 4. TOM BERT or THEMBERT appears to have been poflefTed of that Dig- 
 nity about the year 1 144, and enjoyed it about nine or ten years j during which time 
 he improved the Buildings of the Monailery, and added fome Ornaments to the 
 Church ; and was fucceeded by 
 
 5. ALEXANDER, a pious and learned Monk of this Convent, who is alfo 
 commended for his knowledge in the Latin, French, and EngUjh Languages. " He had 
 fome vears before, in 1140 or 1141, been at Rome, zker King Supben had taken 
 into his hands the Bifhoprick of Ely ; having been fent thither on that occafion ; 
 and brought back with him Letters ^ of Pope Innocent II, direded to the King, and to 
 Henry Bifliop of Winchejier and the reft of the Bifliops of England, to reftore to the 
 Church of Ely it's ancient Liberties, and to the Bifliop his pofleffions that had 
 been taken from him. He became Prior of this Church about the year 1154;'!^ 
 and tranflated the Bones of feveral old Bifliops and Benefactors, from the old Con- 
 ventual Church, where they had formerly been buried, into the Cathedral Church, 
 as taken notice of before. 5 
 
 6. SOLOMON, who had been Precentor of the Church, occurs Prior in 1163,'^ 
 feveral years before the death of Bifliop A%£'//«^, who died in 1169J and was a 
 Witnefs to divers Charters and Grants of that Bifliop : he was prefent alfo at the 
 Confecration of his Succeflbr Geofry Ridel at Canterbury 061. 6, 1 1 74 ; at wliich lime 
 happened a conteft between our Prior and /J/V^^r^ Archdeacon of £/>',7 concerning 
 the richt of Prefenting the Bifliop Elefl to the Archbifliop for Confecration ; the 
 Archdeacon grounding his right to it, as being by virtue of his office the Bifliop's 
 Official } and the Prior aflTerting his right, as having in all refpe6ls the fame dignity 
 and privileges in his Conventual Cathedral, as the Deans had in all other Cathedral 
 Churches, where the Chapters confifted of Canons : which claim of the Prior was 
 allowed and confirmed by the Archbifliop, with the confent of all his Suffragans 
 then prefent. — In the year 1177, foon after Ea/lery King Henry II, in his progrefs 
 came to Ely, and there, being attended by a great many Bifliops, Earls, and Barons, 
 held a Council on affairs of State ; which being ended, he returned to London, in 
 order to keep his Whitfuntide there ; and at this Solemnity he promoted Solomon 
 Prior of Ely to the Abby oiThorney.^ On his promotion, 
 
 7. RICHARD, Subprior of the Convent, was made Prior, viz. in the year 1177. 
 He was reckoned a Man of confiderable learning, for the times in which he lived : 
 and had been at Rome in the time of Pope Eugenius III, on the bufmefs of his Mo- 
 naftery. He wrote feveral Books, mentioned by jB«.V, » and particularly the Hiffory 
 
 of 
 
 ' — ' his fobfcriptis prefentibus et teOibus, Willidmo Priore, Henrico dim Priore, &c.' ibid. 
 cap.46. Mbid.cap.6o. 3 Ibid. capp. 61, 62. 4 Angl. Sac. vol.i. p. 683. 5 Seepag. R5. notej. 
 « Chartular. Vctus penes Decanum & Capit. Elien. fol. 263. 7 Radiilf. de Diceto Imag. Hilt. 
 col. 581,582. « Chron.Joh. Bro.-npton, col. 1127, 1128. ' Cent. 3.01 82. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (priors.) 217 
 
 of the Church of Ely ; fome account of this latter Work and of the Author, is given 
 by Mr. Wharton in Anglia Sacra,^ and by Dr. Cave in his Hijloria Liferaria.'^ The 
 year of his death is uncertain : he was hving after the Feafl of St. Andrew 1 1 89 > « how 
 long after that time, I do not find ; but his Succeflbr, 
 
 8. ROBERT LONGCHAMP, occurs Prior in 1 194.^ He was Brother to /r////^;» 
 Longchamp Bifliop of Ely, and by him promoted to this Priorfliip. In 1 197,' he was 
 elefted Abbot of St.Mzrj's iwTork; but did not think fit to give his full confent j hav- 
 ing a view at the fame time to the Abby oi JVeJlminJler then vacant, which he hoped to 
 obtain by the intereft of his Brother the Chancellor, who was on his journey towards 
 Rome; but his Brother dyingjan. 30. following at PoitVers m France; as foon as he was 
 informed of it, he gave his confent, and was inftalled April 2. following. By this means 
 the See of £/y and the Priory became both vacant, at the fame time : And the Kino- who 
 was then in Normandy, fent over* Walter de Gutra Ahhot oWaltham, and Richard'^Barre 
 Archdeacon of Ely, with Letters to the Convent, and orders to proceed to an ele6lion 
 of a Bifliop ; to whom the Convent returned anfwer,That they could not eledl a Bifhop, 
 without a Prior. Whereupon Hubert Walter Archbifhop of Canterbury ilfued out a 
 Mandate to the Convent to ele6l themfelves a Prior ; and then they ele6led 
 
 9. JOHN DE STRATESHETE, about the end ofFeb.1197.8, for their Prior:' 
 and he is the firll Prior that came in by eledion ; for before that time the Bifliops con- 
 ferred that office according to their will. Soon after he was made Prior, he and fome of 
 the principal perfons of the Convent went over to the King who was at Walderoil in Nor- 
 mandy, and there QlQCttdEuJlace the Chancellor for their Bifliop. He was fucceeded by 
 
 10. HUGH, who, I find, was Prior Anno i"" pojl Coronationem Johannh Regis, as 
 the Date is expreffed in a Writing of that Age,» and I fuppofe means the year 1200; 
 he alfo occurs Prior in 1206;' and after him, 
 
 11. ROGER DE BRIGHAM became Prior fometime before 1215, and whilft 
 Euftace was Bifliop of Ely ; who Liftituted feveral Perfons to the Churches of 
 Wicham, Haukjlon, &c. on the Prefentation of Roger the Prior and the Convent of 
 Ely:' Roger continued Prior all the time of Bifliop John de Fontibus, and of Bifliop 
 Geofry de Burgh ; the latter of whom he furvived only a few weeks ; dying in the 
 beginning of the year 1229, whilfl: theTemporalties of the See were in pofleffion of the 
 King's Officers ; who laid hold on that occafion, to feize for the King's ufe the revenues 
 of the Priory, which had never been done before. However, the Monks on making ap- 
 plication to the King's Court, obtained a Precept direfted to the Keepers of the Tem- 
 poralties, ordering the revenues of the Priory to be reftored. " About this time Pope 
 Gregory IX, by his Bull dated at Peritjia June 12, 1229," confirmed all the Privilco-es 
 
 O 
 
 'Vol.i. Pref.p.XLV. »vol.ii.p.395. 3 MS. Cotton. Tiberius. B.2. fol 255. 4MS Reeift Dd 
 EpfEhen. M. p.3 1 8. 5 InquifmocoramThoma de Ingclthorp et Matheo Chriftien Cuftodibus Epil- 
 copatus poft mortem Gaifndi de Burgo 6 die Mar. An. 1 30 Henr. iii _ " Preterea Jurati diciint quod 
 tempore Regis Ricardi, Robertus de Longo Campo Prior Elien. et Frater Dni WilirEpf tunc' Cane 
 Dm Regis, eledus fuit inAbbatem Ebor. qui plene non confenfitprimo Eleftionide fe fade perconfi' 
 humEprFratns fui, eoquod AbbateWeftmonaft. tunc mortuo, mallet Epu. Frater ejus eum'tmnftujiffc 
 inAbbatemWeftmonaft.,quoWilioE^^^^ 
 
 deiefa6le,&c MS.Regift Ep.A.fol.39,40. 6 Ibid. 7 Ibid. « Chartular. vetus penes Decanum 
 & Capit. fo. 263. 9 Ibid fo ,99. - MS Regift. Epf M. fo. ,67. - So that what is laid ,u 
 Angl. Sacr. y.i. p^684, that Roger was eledted in the time of John fde Fontibus 1 is a miflikf 
 •■ MS. Regift. Epr A. fo. i<^, 40. » MS, Regift. Epf M. fo. 18, .9. "^"""""''^ "'^^'^'^'^• 
 
 E e 
 
2i8 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 gf the Prior and Convent of Ely, among which is that of elefting their Prior. 
 
 1 2. RALPH was confirmed Prior about Mar. 25, 1229 ; and I find that theBifhop 
 and lie had the adminiftration of the Archdeaconry committed to them in Augufl: 
 123^, by Giles' Archdeacon of Ely, Subdeacon and Chaplain to Pope Gregory IX : 
 he appears alfo to have been Prior in the year 1235; * and after him, 
 
 13. WALTER occurs Prior on Wednefday in Eafter-Week 1241.' He outlived 
 Bifhop Norivold and Bifhop Kilkenny, and was Prior when Hugh Balpam Sub-Prior of 
 the Convent was elecled Bifhop in 1257-j and was Witnefs to that Bifliop's Appro- 
 priation of Swajlam St. Mary to the Piior and Canons of Anglefcy, dated at Downham 
 Mar. 16, 1258-9/ and feenis to have died' May 13 following; for his SucceiFor 
 
 14. ROBERT DE LEVERINGTON was Prior March the 6th 1259-60*; and 
 died on the 12'*" of Sept. 1271. Whereupon the King's Efcheator took the Priory 
 into the King's hands : but the Monks foon obtained the King's Writ, dated Ocl. 21, 
 commanding him to reftore it to the Convent, as having been wrongfully feized. ^ 
 On the demife of a Prior, it was now ufual for the Convent to notify to the Bifliop 
 the vacancy, and defire leave to proceed to an eleilion ; — and after the election fo 
 made, to prefent the Ele6l for his Confirmation : and on this occafion I meet with 
 the Bifhop's Licence to the Sub-Prior and Convent, to ele^ a Prior, dated at Ely the 
 Wednefday after the Feaft of St. Matthew 127 1 ;' in purfuance of which, 
 
 15. HENRY DE BANCCIS or BANKS was ekaed Prior j he poffefTed this Dig- 
 nity a little more than two years, and died in the month of December 1273 ; the 
 Bifliop's Licence for ele^ing a new Prior being dated at Downham'' the 27th of that 
 month. This Prior and likewife his PredeceflTor, fat in the Bifhop's Temporal Court 
 as Juftices in Eyre, as appears by the Records cited below. "' 
 
 16. JOHN DE HEMMINGSTON was elefted Prior in January 1273-4; and prc- 
 fided here near 1 5 years. The new Refeflory or Common Hall, now the Deanery, 
 which feems to have been begun to be built about the year 1270," was finlflicd in 
 this Prior's time. He died Nov. 9, 1288 ; and the Convent had the Bifliop's Licence 
 to elea a new Prior, dated at Ely the 16th of the fame month ; whereupon 
 
 17. JOHN DE SHEPRETH was elefted Prior; he prefided but a little time; and 
 was fucceeded by 
 
 18. JOHN SALEMAN, DE MELRE, or DE ELY, who occurs Prior about 
 the year 1291. Whether he was born at Ely, or at Melre now McUreth in Cambridge- 
 
 Jhire, 
 ' MS Cotton. Tiberius. B. 2. fo. 252. ^ Chartular. vet. penes Decan. & Capit. Elien. fo 140. 
 3 MS Re"-ift. Epr M. fo. :?S5. + Madox Formulare. pag.:; 10. ^ ^ i Id. Maii eft Obitus Waltcri 
 Pr'ori* ' Ob-tuaiium l-.licn. M.S. Cotton. Vefpafian. A. 6. « Chartular. vet. penes Decanum & Capit. 
 tli'en 7o 109. 7 MS. Re^ift. EpfM. fo.i 17. » Ibid. fo. 195. 9 Ibid, fo.196, " "^Placitaapud 
 Fly coram Roberto de Leverington Priore Elien. Philippo de Infula et Jordano D'aventer temp. 
 Hu" F-jf nunc, &c." — " Pl.icita apiid Ely coram Priore, et Waltero de Wilburgham, Roberto de 
 ln<"i^a, -'^ndr. deElv, et aliis Jufticiar. Itinerant, ibidem Anno Reg. Henr. 56° incipiente, temp. Ilug^ 
 
 Fpi" &c " MS. Cotton. Vcrpafian. A. 1 9. fo. 90. " Finalis Concordia fada in Curia Dm £pi 
 
 H'ven apiid Ely, in Craftino Animariim, Anno regni Regis Menr. fil. Regis Johannis 57° Coram 
 Henrico de BanVis Priore de Ely, Roberto de Infula, et Waltero de Wilberliam Jufticiariis ipfius 
 E;)r Iti.ierantibus, &c." MS. Regift. Epf M. fo.374. " MS. Lambeth. 44b'. pag- 96. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (p.riors.) 2iq 
 
 flilre^ cannot be determined with any certainty ; though it is probable it was at one 
 or other of thofe places ; however, there is direft proof that his Father's Name was 
 Salomon a Goldfmith at Ely^ and who feems to have been a perfon of fome note 
 there ; and that he had a Brother whofe Name was Symo)i, ' poffefTed of an eftate in 
 Steuchworfh in the fame County, (the Manor whereof then belonged to the Prior and 
 Convent of Ely,) which eftate was afterwards given to, or purchafed by the Convent; 
 as appears by the evidences cited below.* On the death of rVi/liam de Luda in 1298^ 
 he v.-as elected Bifhop, by the major part of the Convent ; but another party of the 
 Monks having elefted "John de Langton the King's Chancellor, occafioned much dif- 
 fenfion among them ; and what added to their embarraiTment, was the King's Offi- 
 cers, (who were in pofTefTion of the Temporalties of the See,) taking alfo pofieflion 
 of the Priory. Whereupon the Prior and Convent, feeing what inconvenience they 
 were fubjeft to, every time the See became vacant, applied for redrefs; and though 
 they met with fome difficulties and delay; 3 obtained at length, by a Fine of 1000 
 Marks, the King's Charter, exempting the Priory fjom being again feized, by reafon 
 of the vacancy either of the See, or of the Priory. 4 — In the mean time the merits of 
 the Ele6lion having been examined by the Archbifhop, and Sentence ready to bei 
 given in favour of the Prior ; the Chancellor appealed to the Pope. The event was, 
 (as before related,?) that Pope Boniface VIII annulled the ele6lion of them both, and 
 on July 15, 1299, X.xzw'^izXtiS.RalphWalpok'^x^xo'^o'iNor'wich \.oEly, and promoted the 
 Prior oiEly to the See o( Norwich, who was confecrated by AYch\y\(hoY)TVi}7chelfey , Nov. 1 5 
 following.* After his advancement toNorwich, he was raifed to be Lord Chancellor 7 of 
 England in 13 19, which high office he held three or four years. He died on July 6, 
 1325, in the Priory oiFolkfton in Keiif, on his return from Paris, whither he had been 
 fent on an embaffy to the French King. ^ On his promotion to Norwich, 
 
 19. ROBERT DE ORFORDwas ekaed Prior in 1299; and on the death of 
 Bifliop Ralph JValpok, was by the Convent ele6led Bifhop of Ely, Apr. 14, 1302 j but did 
 not get pofleffion till near a year after, being obliged to take a journey to Rome, to fup- 
 porthis claim. Pope5o«zy^f^ VIII confirmed his eleftion; and on his return to England, 
 the King gave him pofTefiion of the Temporalties Feb. 4, following : after which, 
 
 20. WILLIAM DE CLARE was elefted Prior; but died after he had prefided 
 only feven weeks ; and was fucceeded by 21. JOHN 
 
 ' This Symon de Ely, as he is called, was made Archdeacon of Sudbury in 1308 -, which he ex- 
 changed f"" that of Suffolk in 131 1 -, and was fucceeded in this latter Archdeaconry Mar. 28, 1324, 
 by Alan de Ely, another of his Brothers. See Le Neve's Fad. p. 220, 222. — & Blomefield's Hifi. 
 Norf. v. ii. p. 359. * " Carta Symonis fil. Salomonis Aurifabri de Ely, de firma Trrre in Steuch- 
 worfh, Dno Johanni Priori Ehen. Fratri fuo et ejufdem loci Conventui ; tenend. & habend. did:. 
 terram, &c. a Feiio Nativitatis Domini An. Reg. Edw. fil. Regis Henrici 22'', ufque ad terminuin 
 
 40 annorum." Chartular. vet. penes Decan. et Capit. Elien. fo. 160. " Carta Symonis fil. 
 
 Salomonis Aurifabri, de conceffione difte terre, in puram et perpetuam Elcmofinam Difo Johanni 
 Priori Elien. Fratri fuo et Conventui." (fine Anno.) Ibid. 3 Madox Hift. Exchequer, p. O^o. 
 4 MS. Regift. Eof. M. fo. 124. The Charter bears Date OS:. 26. Tejte the King at WeCtm. An. 
 Reg. 27°.— Irrot. in Cancel!. Dn i Regis apud Ebor. Term. S. Trin. An. 28°. s Page 1 54. « God- 
 win de Prjeful. Angl. p. 4^3, Not. y. 7 Ibid. « ^g ^^-,1^ ji.,. Great Hall and Chapel belonging* 
 to the Epifcopal Palace at Norwich, and did other confiderable works, nif ntioned by Mr. BIojGc^ 
 field in his Hilt, of Norf, vol. ii. p. ■^^i^. 
 
 E e 2 
 
220 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 21. JOHN DE FRESINGFIELD, who occurs Prior on Tuefday after the 
 feaft of St. Thomas 1303.' He augmented the revenues of the Monaftery, by the 
 purchafe of fome confidcrable cftates in land, in Ely, Wichain, Sutton, and Doivnhaniy 
 which he appropriated to the ufe of his Succeflbrs.^ He prefided near 18 years; 
 when growing fomewhat infirm, he refigned the Priorfliip Feb. 16, 1 320-1 ; and had 
 a yearly Pcnfion, and other advantages, with convenient apartments in the Monaf- 
 tery afiigncd him for life ; where he lived in retirement about 18 years more; dying 
 fomctime after Michaelmas 1338.3 On his refignation, 
 
 22. JOHN DE CROUDEN, CRAUDEN, or CROWD EN,* was eleded Prior, 
 and entered on his office May 20, 1321.5 He prefided here twenty years: during 
 which time there were larger and more expenfive Buildings undertaken and carried on, 
 than perhaps in any other equal period of time, fince the foundation of the Church. 
 The Chapel of St. Mary on the North-fide of the Prefbytery was juft begun, the firfl 
 ftone of it being laid by Alan de Walfmgham the Subprior on Lady-day 1 3 2 1 . Soon after 
 this, on February 1 2 following, the great Tower in the middle of the Church fuddenly 
 falling down in the night, quite demolifhed the Choir that was under it, and fo much 
 damaged the Arches of the Nave Eaftward of the Tower, that they were obliged to be 
 taken down and rebuilt : befides this, the Prior built a very handfome Chapel of flone 
 covered with lead, a new Hall and Study adjoining to his Lodgings. Thefe greatWorks, 
 all carried on at the fame time, muft have been attended with a very large expenfe. 
 Neverthelefs, as the Prior and Convent exerted their utmofl: abilities ; they found fuch 
 afllftance from others, as enabled them to compleat their defigns j and in particular from 
 Bidiops Hotham and Montacute ; the former of thefe, with whom the Prior lived on the 
 moil friendly terms, generoufly took upon himfelf the charge of building the three 
 Arches of the Prefbytery adjoining to the Dome and Lantern, and lived to fee them 
 finiihed; and his Succeflbr Bp. Montacide was a moft liberal Benefactor to St. Marys 
 Chapel.vvhich he intended to have finiihed, but did not live to fee that defign compleated. 
 This Prior was a great encourager of learning in thofe that were under him : he pur- 
 chafed a Houfe at Cambridge, and fent thither fome of his Monks to refide, in order 
 for their better improvement in Univerfity Learning. ^ On the death of Bifliop Hotham 
 in I^^37, he was unanimoufly by the Convent eleded Bifliop of Ely, but by what 
 means he failed of fuccefs, has already been mentioned. " He died on Sept. 25,134;, and 
 
 was 
 ' Chartular. vet penes Decan. & Capit. Elien. fo. 196. ^ Angl. Sacr. v.i. p. 643. 3 Rot. 
 Compu:. Camerarii ad annum "> Mr. Wharton, and from him Mr. Willis and others, call him 
 Cranden, by an caly miftake of the u for n: but as he is exprcflly called Crowden, Croweden, and 
 fometimcsCrauden, in the Rotuli Computus, and other Writings of the Church in his own rime; there 
 is no doubt, but his true Name was de Crowden ; and that he took his Name from Crowden a 
 Village in Cambridgefhire, the place of his birth; as was ullial, eipecially widi the Monks, in diofe 
 times. 5 Rot. Comput Ihefaurar. ad annum. ' This Houfe was a few years after granted to 
 W. Bateman Bp. of Norwich, who on the fite thereof built part of Trinity Hall : and then the Ely 
 Monks fixed themfelvcs on the other fide of the Cam, with thofe of Ramfcy, Walden, and other 
 Benedictines •, thence called Monks College : whereon part of Magdalen College now ftands, Tanner's 
 Notir. Monaft. p. 32, 54. From the time of Prior Crowden, there was generally three or four of the 
 Ely Monks condantly refiding at Cambridge, maintained there at the Convent expenfe, and regu- 
 larly took their Degrees ; after which they returned to the Convent, and others were fent to lupply 
 their j lices: as appears from the Rot. Comput. remaining in tlie Church. ^ Page 158. 
 
 6 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (priors.) 22t 
 
 was buried in the PrefLytery at the feet of Bifliop Botham, under a large Marble inlaid 
 with brafs, whereon was formerly infcribed this Epitaph j 
 '■* Ha7ic Aram decorat de Crauden tumbajohannis, 
 ^ifiiit ]iic Prior ad bona pluria, pluribus annis. 
 Prefiilis hum Sedes elegit Fontificari; 
 Prefulis ante pedes ideo meruit twnulari." 
 
 23. ALAN DE WALSINGHAM, Sacrift of the Monaftery, was ekaed Prior 
 Oct. 25, 1 341, confirmed by B'xdiop Moniacute, Nov. 19, and Inftalled the next day 
 by the Biflaop himfelf in perfon.' His knowledge and Ikill in mechanical Arts, feems 
 to have given rife to that reputation he afterwards attained. The firft mention I find 
 made of him, is in the year 13 14, by Walfingham the Hiftorian,* who occafionally 
 (peaks of his fkill in Goldfmith's work; he was then one of the junior Monks of 
 this Church. But afterwards turning his mind to the fludy of Archite6lure, he be- 
 came one of the moft eminent Architedls of his time. In 1321, he was Sub-prior, 
 and on Lady-day that year laid the firfl: ftone of St. Marys Chapel, as before obferv- 
 ed : in December following, being made Sacrift, he had by this office the care of the 
 fabrick of the Church ; and the accident that happened to the Church foon after, by- 
 the fall of the great Tower, taken notice of before ; afforded an ample field for the 
 difplay of his genius. The idea he formed of erecting a lofty fpacious Odagon, 
 crowned with a Dome and Lantern, in the place of the old Tower, was new and un- 
 common; he had no model to follow: the difficulties attending fuch a ftru6lure, 
 and an original in it's kind, did not however deter him from attempting it: and his 
 fuccefs in the undertaking, is a proof of his fuperior fkill, a Monument that ftill 
 exifts, of his abilities in Archite^lure : For that he liimfelf was the Devifer of that 
 Work, and a£led throughout as principal Archite6l, is clear from the account that 
 is given of it ; 3 and is moreover confirmed by his Epitaph: and though there is no 
 direcl p^'-oof that he gave the Plans of St. Marys Chapel, and Bifhop Hothams new 
 building, yet I think it is not at all improbable but he did: and John de Wijbech^ 
 one of the Monks, who is with commendation recorded to have had the overfight of 
 St.Mzr;''sChapel,whilft it was in building, was, I apprehend, Overfeer under him. That 
 the Choir was begun by the fame eminent Archite6t, whilft he was Sacrift, and finiflied 
 in his life-time, we learn from the following Eulogium wrote when he v/as Prior, 
 " Vos qui regnorum vidijiis opus 'variorum, 
 
 Hunc fcitote Chorum pre cu?i£iis ejje decorum, 
 
 ^lem Prater Aknus fecit Conjiru5lor humanus. 
 
 Tunc Sacrijfa pius, nunc Prior egregius."' 
 Befides the great works about the Church, he was continually making improvements 
 in the buildings of the Monaftery, both whilft he was Sacrift, and after he became 
 Prior : the Sacrift's Office he almoft new built, made feveral additional apartments in it, 
 and encompaffed the whole with a ftrong wall ; in the North-weft corner of which he 
 built a fquare building of ftone, and covered it with lead ; part of this he appropriat- 
 ed to the ufe of Goldfmith's work, and for other purpofes relative to his Office : an- 
 other 
 ' Regift. Montacute. fo. 25. ^^ Tho. Walfingham Hill. Angl. Edw II. pag. 104. ^ Angl. Sacr. 
 v.i. p. 644.. ''■Ibid. p. 6; I. — John de Wifbech held the office of Cuftos Capellas B. Marias, fron:i 
 the time the Chapel was begun, to his death, which happened in July 13-19, during the great Plague ; 
 about which time the Chapel was nearly linilhed. 5 MS. Cotton. Titus A. i. 
 
222 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 other Building taken notice of as built by him, was contiguous to the Infirmary; it was 
 of ftone, covered with lead, and had convenient offices under it, chieBy intended for 
 the ufe of the Cuflos of the Infirmary. In his time aUb, Bells were firft put up in the 
 great Weftern Tower. Four of the largeft were caft by Mailer yoA/z de Glocejler, Founder, 
 in the year 1346 : the names and weight of which were thefe, Mary weighing 2180^'*-, 
 John 2jo^,'- Jc/"^3792,^" und IVal/ing/Mm 62S0,'- And notwithftanding thefe great ex- 
 penfes in building, during his adminiftration; he made feveral confiderable purchafes 
 of Lands and Eftates, in the mean time ; particularly the Manor of Brame near E/y, 
 and the Manor of Nepal in the JJIe of B/y j both which he added to the revenues of 
 the Monaftery, and which are ftill in the pofl'efllon of the Church. On the vacancy 
 of the See of Eh in 1 345, by the death of Bifliop Moritacute, the Convent unani- 
 moufly eledled their worthy Prior to fucceed him; but Pope Clement VI, without' 
 paying any regard to the merits of his perfon, or their right of Ele6lion, con- 
 ferred it byway of Provifion, on Thomas Uljle, as taken notice of before." He 
 lived, however, many years after that; for he occurs Prior in 1363, ij Edivard \ll,^ 
 and probably died the year following, viz. 1364; as feems to be intimated by his 
 Epitaph ; in which alfo the place of his interment is obfcurely hinted at; but the 
 exact place is not eafy to be afcertained. His Epitaph was this ; 
 
 " Flos Operatorum, dum vixit corpore fanus, 
 
 Hicjacet ante Chorum Prior en tumulatus Alanus! 
 
 Annis bis denis vivensfuit ipfe Sacrijia^ 
 
 Plus trihus his plenis Prior ens ferfecit et ijla ; 
 
 Sacr'Jiariam quafi fundiius edifcavit ; ^ 
 
 Mephale, Brame etiatn liuic Ecclejie cumuLivit ; 
 
 Pro veteri Tiirre, que quadam no5le cadebat, ^ 
 
 Hanc Turrini proprie quam cernitis hie faciebat : 
 
 Et plures JEdes quia fecerat ipfe Prioris, 
 
 Detur ei Sedes Celi, pro fine laboris." ' 
 
 24. WILLIAM HATHFIELD feems to have been the immediate SuccefTor to 
 Prior Walfingha/n;^ however, it was only a little while ; for 
 
 25. JOHN BUCTON occurs Prior in 1366,5 and held that office above Thirty- 
 years ; in the times of Biflaops Langham, Barnet, Arundel, and Fordbam ; the latter of 
 whom he inftalled in perfon, by commiffion from the Archdeacon of Canterbury. * 
 The great Gate of the Monaftery, ftill remaining, called Ely Porta; being the place 
 where the Manor-Court of the Prior and Convent was held ; was begun to be built 
 in this Prior's time ; and was :n building at the time of his death ; which happened 
 in the year 1397.'' He was fucceeded by 
 
 26. WILLIAM WALPOLE, who was ele61cd Prior before Auguft 10, 1397:' 
 and was in pofleffion of that office Sept. 20^ 1401 ; at which time this Church was 
 vifited by Archbiftiop Arundel. He refigned foon after, and was fucceeded by 
 
 27. WILLIAM POWCHER, Abbot oUValden in Efex. He had been a Monk of 
 
 JE/v, and was Sacrift of the Church in 1390, in which year he was ele6led Abbot of 
 
 JValden, and confirmed June 11:' but quitted that Preferment in 1401, being then eleded 
 
 Prior 
 
 ' Page 160. * Chart, ver. penes Dec. & Capit. fo. 243. 3 MS. Cotton. Tit. A. r. 4 Chare. 
 
 vet. penes Dec. & Capic. fo. 237. - Ibid. fo. 23 i. ^ Regift. Fordham. fo. 9. ' Rot. Compiit. 
 
 Thelaurarii, ad annun:i. * Rym. Focd. v. viii. p. 9. — Regift. Fordham. fo. 126. » Newcourt's 
 
 Repert. v. ii. p. 623. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (priors.) 223 
 
 Prior by theMonks of Ely, and lb returned to his old Houfe. During Iiis adminiftration, 
 the Pillars and Arches which fupport the Great Weftern Tower of the Church, were 
 begun in 1405, to be repaired and ftrengthened by a cafing of fVone, in the manner 
 we now fee them. ThisPrior ini4i3, firfr obtained of Pope John XXIU, the privilege of 
 wearing the Mitre, and the ufe of the Paftoral-rtafF, and other Pontifical ornaments, to 
 himfelf and his Succeflbrs. ' In his time alfo, the great Controverfy that had long fub- 
 fifted between the Bifliop, and the Prior and Convent; relating to fpiritual jurifdiclion, 
 and claims of privileges in their feveral Manors, and other matters, was finally deter- 
 mined by Reference, Dec. 13, 1417.^ Soon after which, I fuppofe, he died; for 
 
 28. EDMUND WALSINGHAM occurs Prior Augufl 14, 1418 : 3 and held that 
 Dignity alfo in 1424; and I find that on 061. 8, that year, he appointed his Proxy -t 
 in Parhament called to meet on Nov. 12 following, to which he had been fummon- 
 ed. He was fucceeded by 
 
 29. PETER DE ELY, who, I apprehend from feveral circumftances, was ele6led 
 Prior in April 1425 : on the 24th of which month, he conftituted Robert W ether ing fete- 
 Archdeacon of Ely, Joh?i Hales one of the King's Juftices, and Richard Tretharapp 
 Clerk, his Proxies in the Parliament which was to meet the lafl: day of that month. S The 
 fame year the See of Ely became vacant by the death of Bp. Fordham on Nov, 1 9 ; and on 
 Jan. 5, following, the Convent unanimoufly ele6led him for their Bifhop -.^ but before he 
 could be confirmed. Pope Martin V, by his Bull of Provifion, tranflated Philip Morgan 
 Bifliop ofWorceJler to Ely. He continued Prior July lo, 1429 : 7 And his SuccelTor 
 
 30. WILLIAM WELLS Bac. Dec. feems to have been elefled in 1430; on the 
 ift of 0(5lober this year,^ he conftituted Proxies to appear for him, in a Caufe de- 
 pending in the Archbifliop's Court of Canterbury. He enjoyed this Dignity above- 
 Thirty years ; and was cited to Convocation held May 3, 1460.9 After him, 
 
 31. HENRY PETERBOROUGH occurs Prior July 10, 1462;'" and continued^ 
 fo till July 26, 1478, on which day he refigned;" having on Feb. 14th preceeding 
 been ftruck with the palfy, and rendered incapable of difcharging his office. Where- 
 upon the Convent afllgned him a yearly penfion of 40/. for himfelf, his Chaplain,, 
 and Servants ; with a Chamber in the Infirmary, and other advantages. He lived to 
 Aug. 10, 1480, and then died. On his refignation, 
 
 32. ROGER WESTMINSTER, Sacrift of the Church, was elecled Prior on July 
 ^28, 1478, and inftalled the next day. '^ He continued to adminifter the Sacrift's office- 
 five or fix years after he became Prior ; having, it feems, begun fome great repairs about 
 the Weftern Tower of the Church, before his elettion. In 1495, Oft. 12, he appointed- 
 Mr. William Doughty the Biftiop's Official, and Robert Colvyle Cellerer, and JVilUajuWit- 
 tlefeyy Monks of his Convent, to appear for him in Convocation, Oct. 1 9, and to excufe. 
 
 his. 
 
 ' Regift. Epf Elien. A. fo.129. * See Page 167. — &: the Award itfclf at Page 27 of the Ap- 
 pendix. 3 Reg. Epf Elien. B. fo.T34. 4 Ibid. fo.ii6, 145. s lb. * Ang!. Sacr. v.i. ^.6(y. 
 7 Chart, vet, penes Dec. & Capit, fo. i 22. ^ Regillr. Epi" Elien. B. fo. 1 i 7, 146. s Regill. Gray,, 
 fo.icg. —This Prior, it is likely, died fometime in rhe year 1462, as I Judge by tlie foUowino; Ex- 
 tra£t from Downham Court Rolls, in a MS of Bp. Wren, viz. " Priore de Ely mortuo, novus^'prior 
 diftringitur ad faciendam fidelitatem." Rot. Cur. Dounham 2 Edw. iv. [i.e. A,!)* 1462.-J '" RenfL 
 Gray, fo. 110. " Angl. Sacr. v.i. p. 672. '- Ibid. p. 6yj, 6^5. '^ 
 
224 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 his abfence on account of Sicknefs : ' the fame excufe he likewife fent, Jan. 15, in 
 ,1496-7.2 He was Prior above 20 years ; for I find that he, with the Convent, pre- 
 fcnted a Clerk to the Vicarage of Mddreth, Nov. 15, 1499.5 He was fucceded by 
 
 33. ROBERT COLVILE, who was Prior 0(51-30, 1500 j at which time the Church 
 of Ely was vifited by the Chapter of Canterbury.'' He appears alfo to have been Prior 
 Aug. 1 5, 1 5 10 ; on which day he and the Convent prefented a Clerk to the Vicarage of 
 ^tapkford;^ and fliortly after, as I conceive, he refigned his office j for 
 
 34. WILLIAM WITLESEY occurs Prior Sept. 27, 1510/ and again on 
 Mar. 20, 1 51 3 : ^ and Mr. Wharton aflures us, that he was Prior in 1515, when the 
 Church was vifited by Archbifliop Wurham* However, there is room to doubt, 
 whether it might not be another fVi Hi am who was Prior in 1515, namely, 
 
 35. WILLIAM FOLIOTT, the time ofwhofe admiffion I find not; but he 
 certainly was Prior in the beginning of the year 1516 ; as appears from B\{hop fFeJi's 
 Rcgifter,' in which is inferted the whole procefs of the eleflion of a new Prior, on 
 his refignation ; to which eledlion all the Monks were cited, (and among the reft 
 Robert Cohyle and William Witlefey, who, I take it, were the two that had been Priors j 
 and had refigned;) on March 29, 1516; on which day 
 
 36. JOHN COTTENHAM was eleded Prior, and confirmed by Bifhop Wejl^ 
 April I, 1516.'° He died before the year 1522," and was fucceeded by 
 
 37. ROBERT WELLS, otherwife STEWARD, who was the laft Prior of this 
 Church: the former of thefe Names he probably took from the place of his 
 birth, and the latter was his Family Name. In the year 1536, he was nominated 
 with William More Bach. Deer, a Mafter in Chancery, and prefented by Bifliop Good- 
 rich to the King, for one of them to be eletSled Suffragan Bifliop ; but the King 
 made choice of the latter, who was accordingly confecrated by the title of Bifliop of 
 ColcheJIer. When the King and Parliament, in the year 1539, had rcfolved on the 
 fuppreihon of Monafteries in general, as one neceflary ftep towards a Reformation 
 of Religion ; our Prior readily complied with thofe meafures ; and not only perfuad- 
 cd the Monks of his own Convent, but was very adive in bringing over other Ab- 
 bots and Priors to furrender their Houfes to the King. Accordingly on the 1 8th of 
 November that year, he and the Monks of the Convent furrendered the whole fite 
 of the Monafliery of Ely, with all their Goods and Chattels, and all Eftates, Rents, 
 Profits, and Revenues'* thereto belonging, into the hands of the King's Commiffio- 
 ners for the King's ufe, by an Inftrument fealed with the Convent Seal, and fub- 
 fcribed by their hands. After which the Prior and Monks had each of them Pen- 
 lions afllgned for life, or until they were provided for by fome preferment, of as 
 great or greater value than their Penfions. The late Prior had an appointment of 
 120/. a year; and was made Guardian of the Goods, Plate, Ornaments, and Fur- 
 niture of the Church and Monaflery left there by the Commiflioners. 
 
 « Regift. Epf Elien. B. fo. 120, 149. ^ Ibid. fo. 150, 198. 3 Ibid. fo. 157. •♦ Angl. Sacr, 
 v.i. p. 685. 5 Regift. EpfB. fo. 186. * Ibid. 7 Ibid. fo. 187. * Ang. Sacr. v. i. p. 685. 
 » Fo. 5^5, 56. - '° Ibid. " Angl. Sacr. v.i, p. 685. " The Annual revenues of the Priory were 
 at this time computed at 1084/. 6s. i)d. according to Dugdale ; and 1301/. 8 J. id. according to 
 Speed. Tanner's Notitia Monaft. p. 35. 
 
 A N 
 
THE 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 AND 
 
 ANTIQUITIES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CONVENTUAL and CATHEDRAL 
 
 CHURCH of ELT. 
 
 By JAMES BENTHAM, M.A. 
 
 FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY OF ANT1Q_U ARI ES, LONDON, 
 
 RECTOR OF FELTWELL ST. NICHOLAS, NORFOLK, 
 
 AND LATE MINOR CANON OF ELY. 
 
 VOL. II. 
 
AN INVENTORY OF THE 
 
 PLATE, JEWELS, and ORNAMENTS of the CHURCH, 
 
 belonging to the late PRIORY at ELY, 
 
 Which were left in the cuftody of Mr. Rob E rt Wells Guardian there, after the 
 Surrender of the Monaftery into the King's hands, ( made Nov. 20. 31 Hen. viii.) 
 exclulive of what had been taken away for the King's Ufe. — From a MS. in 
 the Library of Corpus Chrifli College, Cambridge, Mifcell. XX. p. 341. 
 
 In the Vejirye^ yowells. 
 
 GILT PLATE; Inprimis, A pair of gret Candlejiicks gilt, weying 80 unces. 
 Item, a Fix gilt iveying 17. A fi ending Monjlral for the Sacrament with in a 
 fynne of tre in the botom, 124. A Crofs gilt ivith a fote of coper, 94. One Crofs with 
 a Staf weying 175 un. An other Crofs without Mary and John, with a Staff, 88. 
 A gilt Chalice with a Patent enameled, 73. Six other Chalices with Patents, 124. Three 
 pair of Senfers with Chaynes white, 123. Two gilt Crewetts, 13. -^ Cryfmatory of let her, 
 with 3 boxes of Siher 7iot weyd. A Ball f her and gilt, 14. A Chalice and two Cruetts 
 gilt 37. — Gilt and White; A HoH Water-pot with a flick weying 51. A peyr of 
 Candleflicks with a pece of wode in the fote of one of them, 71. Two white Bafons, 80. 
 Two Cruetts, 13. A Ship lacking a cover, 1 1. In all, 11 88 unces. 
 
 Ornamentes i?t the Vejlrie. 
 Inprimis, ASute of rede ti/fewe with three Coopes. Item, A Sute of courfe tiffewewith thre 
 Coopes futable. A Sute of red velvet imbrodred with flowers. A Sute of rede velvet with fmall 
 lyons of perle, with 2 Coopes futable. Four Copes of red filke full of ymagerie. A Sute of old 
 hawdkyn, red and grene, with 8 Copes futable. 4 Copes cf old bawdkyn. ASute of white 
 damafke imbrodred with Angels, and 11 Copes futable. A Sute of old white filke with garters, 
 and 2 Copes futable. A Cope of white filke with jejfiey rotes and prophetes. A Cope of white 
 ba'wdkyn with birds of gold. Two Copes of old white bawdkyn with offers of red tiJTewe' 
 A Sute of old white bawdkyn mixte with flowers, and one Cope futable. ASute of blew velvet 
 imbrodred with flowers, and 3 Copes futable. A Cope of b I ewe bawdkyn with lyons of gold 
 and unicorns white. A Sute of old grene bawdkyn, with 2 Copes futable. A Chefable of blew . 
 A red Pall for the Sepulture. Two Veflments of white datnafke with crofles. ASute of black 
 velvet with egles. Twenty Albes with ther apparels. Three Corpora fie Cafes with one Corporaffe, 
 One old Cope ofdi aper, filk. Four Copes of blew damafke with flowers. A Sute of blew bawdkyn 
 with birds and croffes of gold, with 6 Coopes futable. A Cope of blew bawdkyn with birds and 
 beafis of gold. An old Cope of red velvet with 2 Tinnicles. A Sute of old yellow fllke and 
 2 old Copes. A Sute of old black velvet with a Cope. A Tinnicle of blew tiffiew. A Sute of 
 crymiffen velvet, Bifljop Wefts gift. An Altar-Front of blew velvet imbrodred with 
 Archangels. A Front of white damafke with rofes. A Front ofcrimiffen velvet, white lyons 
 of pear le. A Front of yellow filk with gold. Eight old Stooles and 5 Phanrtans. An old 
 Vejlement of red tiffew imbroidred with gold. A Sute of red velvet with offers and fpred egles 
 Two white Tinnicles of damajke with flowers of gold. A fiingle Veflement of grene velvet. 
 Two Tinnicles of bawdkyn lyned with yellow filke. Thirty-feven Albes with tlo" Apparelh 
 
 T 2 Twenty 
 
HISTORY AND ANTIQJJITIES OF THE 
 
 Twenty Albes ivithoiit Appardh. A great Tapytt of red to lye afore the altar , with -white 
 rofes and pomegarnetts. Another old bleio Tapytt. A Front of red and grene bawdykin 
 with fwannes of gold. Five old fmgle Albes. ATinnick of blew farfenyt. Five Tinnicles 
 and a Cheafeable of bawdy kyn of diverse colors withjlrakes. Seven great Chejles. 
 
 In Byjhope Wejls Chaph. 
 
 Item. A fmgle Veflement of cloth of gold. A Veftement of clothe of gold, d^intaske wurke. A 
 
 fingle Vejlement of clothe of tiJJ'ew. An Altar Clothe and a F route of clothe of gold. A 
 
 Corporaffe with 2 Cafes of red and yellow bawdy kyn. An Hetfe clothe of black damafke with 
 
 a white croJJ'e. A fmgle Veflement ofblewfilke. 
 
 hi ByJJjope Alcoh Chaple. 
 An Altar Cloth of bawdkyn. A gilt ed Table upon the Altar. A Cheafeable of purple Satyn 
 with a Crofs of rede velvet and fcalope fiellcs. A fingle Veftement of grene Velvet with 
 
 fowr deluces. A fmgle Veftement of blew tiffew with a rede Crofs of tiftew. A fmgle 
 Veftement of white bawdkyn with a Croft'e of blew. An Altar Cloth of rede bawdkyn. A 
 
 fingle Veftement of white damafke imb?-oidrede with lily potts. .» 
 
 I?i the ^uye7\ 
 
 Two paer of Organs, and 6 Lether Stoles with iren to fyt apon in the ^yer. Four great 
 
 Laten Candlefticks before the baje altar, and 2 other of iren. Two Altar Frontes, one of 
 
 blewe bawdkyn^ and tV other of grene bawdkyn. 
 
 To the Highe Altare. 
 
 A Fronte of bawdkyn imbrodred with fwannes. Thirteen Altar Clothes good and bad. Two 
 
 rede Tappets to lye afore the altar^ with rofes and ftowres, and other of blew. A Pall of filke 
 
 for an Altar. A ftafidyng leSlure of laten with an cgle. Two great Candlefticks of laten, 
 
 and 2 little Candlefticks of laten. 
 
 In Byjldope Redmannes Chaple. 
 
 A fmgle Veflement ofgre?ie damafke, with an Albe. An xild dyaper Alter ^Clothe. A Front 
 
 of redftlke, with a little Chefte. 
 
 hi the Lady Chaple. 
 
 A paer of Organs, with 2 latyn Candlefticks. An Altar-Front of rede countrefete bawdkyn. 
 
 Two old Tapetts, one rede, th' other white. A paer of litle laten Candlefticks. A Veftment of 
 white bawdkin. An Altar-pillow of tinfon and 2 old ^ysftnns. 
 
 In the Ladie Chaple Chamber. 
 A foldyng Table, 2 Formes, 3 Cheftes, one Chair, 2 old ^lyfinns, Awndiern, and a paer of 
 Tongs. Two pullies of brafs, with 2 iren pynnes. An old Bafyn and Ewer of pewter, and 
 an hanginge haver of laten. Two ^lysftoins of old ftlk. A fingle Veftement oj blew velvet 
 with the offers of gold. A Veftement of white damaft:e with lyly potts, and an Altar Front 
 of the fame. A Veftment of white bawdkyn with lily potts. Four Cheafables of ivhite ftlke 
 with an Albe. A Veftement called the Lent Vefteme?it. Certeyn Lynnen Clothes for the Lent. 
 Five white Altar Clothes, 2 Towels, one of diaper. A Fronte for the Altar of white bawdkyn, 
 with a frontlet of the fame. Four Albes with th' Apparels. Two Corporaffes with cafes im- 
 brodred. Certain Scrolles & Ph ms. A Sawterboke with clafpes of fiver. A paynted 
 
 Hanging for the Altar, with a Fringe for the fame. Agret Cheft and a hanging Lampe. 
 
 AN 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY, 225 
 
 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 NEW FOUNDATION of the CHURCH of ELY 
 by King Henry VIII. A.D. 1541. 
 
 AFTER the Surrender of the Monaftery of £/>-, by the Prior and Convent of 
 Monks V the King's intention was, agreeable to the powers invefted in him 
 by Parliament, to ere6l and new-found the Church, for a Dean and eight Prebenda- 
 ries, and other Minillers, to perform Divine Service therein : and to endow it out of 
 the Revenues of the late diflblved Monaftery. A plan of his whole defign is flill ex- 
 tant,' and probably was drawn up by the King's dire6lion; it contains the Names 
 of the Dean, the eight Prebendaries, the eight Minor Canons, and of all other 
 Members of the Church ; with their feveral Appointments and Stipends ; a provifion 
 is alfo made for Alms, Repairs of the Church and Manors, and for mending high- 
 ways, and other charges and contingences ; amounting in the whole to the Sum of 
 995/. IS. ^d. 4-. — it is figned Richard Ryche, and was approved of by the King ; who 
 by his Letters Patent dated Sept. 10, 1541, Attno Regjii 33°. did grant his Royal 
 Charter for ere6ling the Cathedral Church of the late Monaftery of St. Peter and 
 St. Etheldreda at Ely, into a Cathedral Church, by the name and title of The Cathedral 
 Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, to confift of one Dean a Prieft, and 
 eight Prebendaries Prierts, with other Minifters necefTary for the celebrating Divine 
 Service therein. And did ordain the faid Cathedral Church to be the Epifcopal See 
 of the Bifliop of Ely and his Succeflbrs, with all the honours and privileges of an 
 Epifcopal See and Cathedral Church. And that the faid Cathedral Church might be 
 furnifhed and adorned with meet and proper Perfons, fuitable to their feveral places 
 and degrees ; did conftitute and appoint Robert Steward the late Prior, to be the 
 Dean, and i^/VZ'^r^Cox^ S.T.P. the 1 ft Prebendary, Matthew Parker S.T.P. the 2d 
 Prebendary, William Maye LL.D. the 3d Prebendary, William Lyfon LL.D. the 4th 
 Prebendary, Giles Ayer S.T.B. the 5th Prebendary, fohnCuftons the 6th Prebendary, 
 Robert Hamond the 7th Prebendary, and John Warde the 8th Prebendary. And that the 
 faid Dean and Prebendaries be one Body Corporate, have perpetual fucceflion, one 
 common Seal, be the Chapter of the then Bifliop of Ely and his Succeflbrs, and be 
 called The Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity 
 oj Ely : And by that Name may fue and be fued ; and hold, occupy, and enjoy any 
 Manors, Lordfliips, Lands, Tenements, Profits and Emoluments, as well Spiritual as 
 Temporal, and all other things hereafter to be given or granted to them by the King, 
 or his SuccelTors, or by any other perfon whatfoever, according to Law. Moreover, 
 for the furtherance of the King's defign, he of his fpecial grace and favour, did by 
 this Charter give and grant unto them the whole Site of the late diffolved Monafte- 
 ry, with all the ancient privileges, liberties, and free cuftoms of the fame, and the 
 
 Appencix, Numb, xxxiv. 
 
 F f 
 
 wliol 
 
526 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 whole Church there, with all the Chapels, Bells, Towers, Cloifters, Buildings, Houfes, 
 and Edifices, Grounds, Orchards, Gardens, Ponds, Vineyards, and all other Lands 
 and Places, being within the fite and precinfts of the faid late Monaftery, or reputed 
 as part or parcel thereof} to be holden of the King, his Heirs, and SuccefTors, in 
 pure and perpetual Alms. The King alfo grants to the Dean and Chapter, that the 
 Dean, for the time being, may nominate and appoint, and for lawful caufc expell and 
 remove, all the inferior Officers of the Church : faving to himfelf, his Heirs, and 
 SuccefTors, the right and title of nominating and appointing the Dean, the eight Pre- 
 bendaries, and the fix Bedes-men to be maintained there by the King's alms ; when- 
 focver and as often as their places become vacant by death or otherwife. And finally, 
 the King grants, by thefe prefents, to the Dean and Chapter, that they and their Sue- 
 ceflbrs fliall have thefe his Letters Patent duly made and fealed with the Great Seal of 
 England^ without making any Fine, or paying any Fee great or fmall, for the fame. 
 Tnis is the fubftance of the Charter of King Henry VIII, whereby he refounded the 
 Cathedral Church of Ely. — And by other Letters Patent of the fame Date, Sept. lo, 
 1 54 1 , theKlng endowed the Church with nearly the whole Revenues of the late Priory. 
 Oct. 28 following the King confl:itutcd77'f»nzj [Goodrich] Bifliopof E/y, S'wRobertPayton 
 Knight, Philip Paris VLiM^John Goodrich Efqrs. his Commiflioners ; fignifying unto them. 
 That whereas he had lately founded and ere(5led a Cathedral Church in honour of the 
 lioly 'Trinity in Ely, in the fite and place of the late Priory; and for the maintenance of 
 God's Service there, had ordained in the fame a Dean, eight Prebendaries, eight Minor 
 Canons, and other Minifters and Officers there ; — And for the good eftablifhmcnt and 
 continuance of the faid foundation, had endowed the faid Cathedral Church with divers 
 Manors, Lands, Tenements and PofTeffions ; — the King therefore willing that con- 
 venient Manfion-houfes and places be appointed and affigned to the faid Dean and 
 Prebendaries, and other Minifters and Perfons aforenamed ; did therefore conftitute 
 and appoint them hisCommiffioners, with full power to any three or two of them, 
 forthwith to repair unto the fite of the late Priory there, and at their difcretion, not 
 only to affign and appoint to the Dean and Prebendaries their feveral Stalls in the 
 Choir, and places in the Chapter-Houfe ; but alfo to appoint to them, and the Mi- 
 nor Canons, and other Minifters there named, to every of them according to their 
 degrees, convenient Dwelling-Houfes and Places, as far as the Buildings and Ground 
 of the fite of the faid Priory did extend ; in fuch manner that the Dean and Canons 
 may have feverally Houfes convenient to inhabit, keep hofpitality, and otherwife to 
 difpofe themfelves according to the Ordinances to be prefcribed to them : (provided 
 they do not meddle with the Bifhop's Manfion-Houfe, being within the precinds of 
 the faid late Monaftery, nor any part thereof;) and the reft of the Minifters to have 
 places and dwellings to inhabit, and keep Houfehold among themfelves accordingly; 
 and that they the Commiflioners put the Dean and Canons, and the other Minifters 
 and Perfons abovcnamed into poflefiion of their feveral Houfes, fo by them afligned 
 and appointed. Provided always, that the Minor Canons and other the faid Mini- 
 fters, except only the faid Dean and Prebendaries, fliall keep their Table and Coni- 
 Apns together, according to the Ordinances to be prefcribed to them. — And the 
 •''-*=^ Com- 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (deans.) 227 
 Commiflioners, or three or two of them, are required to certify in writing in parch- 
 ment under their Seals, to the Chancellor, and Council of the Court of Augmenta- 
 tion of the Revenues of the Crown, of their doings in this behalf. The Certificate 
 
 or Return made by the Commiffioners to the Court of Augmentation, I have not 
 met with ; — but there is a Note added to this Copy of the Commifllon, written by 
 Mr. 'John Goodrich one of the Commiflioners, containing a fliort and imperfect ac- 
 count of their proceedings hereon : whereby it appears that not only the Dean and 
 Prebendaries, had Houfes and convenient offices and gardens appointed them ; but 
 that the Minor Canons, Mafters of the School, Singing-Men and moft of the Offi- 
 cers in the Church, had Apartments and Rooms allotted them, according to their 
 nations and degrees in the Church, within the precin6ls of the College. — The Refecto- 
 ry or Great Hall, was appointed for the Minor-Canons, Schoolmafters, and inferior 
 Officers in common, to Dine and Sup in; — and the Malt-garner was fitted up for 
 the Grammar-School, with Apartments at the ends for the Mafter and Ufher. 
 
 The Book of Statutes given to the Church by King Henry VIII, is dated June 20, 
 1544, and figned by his Commiflioners Nicholas {Heath^ Bifliop oi JVorceJler, George 
 [D^T)'] Bifhop of Chichejler, and "Dr:. Richard Cox Archdeacon of Ely, and was by 
 them fent to Ely, accompanyed with a Letter dated June 23, to the Dean and Ca- 
 nons ; fignifying the King's pleafure, that on the receipt thereof, they caufe the fame 
 to be openly and diftindlly read, in their prefence, in the Chapter-houfe ; and that 
 the Offices of all the other Minifters be read and declared unto them; immediately 
 after which, that every Man for himfelf, before all the company, fwear to the obferv- 
 ance of the fame, according as by the faid Statutes is prefcribed. — By this lall acV, 
 was fully compleated the Foundation of the Church of Ely, in its prefent form of 
 Government, under a Dean and Chapter. 
 
 DEANS of ELY. 
 
 I, Y) OBERT STEWARD, alias WELLES, M.A. the laft Prior of this Mo- 
 Xv nafl:ery, who with the Monks of his Convent furrendered it to the King in 
 1539, had his reward, in being nominated in King H^wry VIII's Charter for new- 
 founding the Church, the firfl Dean thereof, Sept. 10, 1541. — He feems to have been 
 a Man who readily complied with all the changes of Religion made in the reign of 
 King Henry VIII, and in the Reformation carried on in K. Edward VI's time ; and 
 as eafily returned to the old Ceremonies and Do6lrines of the Church of Rome, on 
 Queen Mary's acceffion to the Throne. He died Sept. 22, 1557, and was buried be- 
 tween two Pillars on the South-fide of the Prelbytery with this Infcription on Brafs 
 round the Grave-flone : "Hie jacet Magifter Robertus St yward, primus Decanus 
 " hujus Ecclefie Cathedralis Elienfis ; qui obiit 22 die Menfis Septembris, et in Anno 
 " Domini 1557." — He bequeathed by his Will, or rather refl:ored to the Church 286 
 Ounces of Silver Plate gilt, and fome Vefl:ments and Copes, which had been left in 
 his hands as Guardian, at the time of the Surrender of his Monaflery. He was fuc- 
 
 ceeded by 
 
 F f 2 2. ANDREW 
 
228 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 2. ANDREW PERNE, D.D. who was born at Bilney in Norfolk, became Fellow 
 of St. Peters College in Cambridge, and was one of the ProcStors of the Univerfity in 
 1546. Bifhop GWr;V/» in 1549, prefented him to the Redory oilVaJpole, and the 
 foUovvin"- year to the Redory oi Fiilham in Norfolk. In 1551, he was Chaplain to 
 Kw^g Edward W, and one of his itinerary Preachers;' Nov. 8, 1552, was made Pre- 
 bendary o'iWcfiminfter; in the beginning of the year 1554, Mafter of his College; 
 and in 1557 was promoted to this Deanery oiEly ; he was aifo Re»5lor oi Balf:am in 
 Cambridgefnre. He fcrvcd the Office of Vicechancellor of the Univerfity of Cambridge 
 no lefs than five times ; once before he was made Mafler of Peter-Houfe, viz. in the 
 year 1551 ; ^nd four times afterwards, viz. in 1556, 1559, 1574. an^ 1580. He is 
 reckoned among the Benefactors to the Univerfity, and to his own College in parti- 
 cular, in which he founded one Fellowfliip, three Scholarfhips, gave to it a very valu- 
 able Library; and founded a Librarian's place. ^ — In the latter part of his life, he was 
 very much at Lambeth Palace with Archbifliop Whitgift, who had a great regard for 
 him, and treated him with all kindnefs ; and there he died April 26, 1589 ; and was 
 by the Archbifliop's dire6lion, decently buried in the Parifli Church at Lambeth; and 
 a Grave-flone was laid over him with an Infcription, which is now gone ; but was 
 in thefe words ; " D. O.M. Andre^e Perne, S. Th. Doclori, Cathedralis Ecclefiic 
 " Elierfs Decano, Collegii D.Petri in Academia Cantabrigia Magiftro munifico, bene 
 " merenti, virtute infigni, Literarum Maecenati optimo; hoc Monumentum, Pietatis 
 " et Amoris ergo, Richardus Perne Nepos pofuit. Obiit 26 die Aprilis, A. D. 1589. 
 " Scieniia inflat: Charitas asdificat."' 
 
 His Charafler has been varioufly reprefented; for though he is generally ac- 
 knowledged to have been a Man of Wit and Learning, an excellent Governor of his 
 College, and a great encourager of Learning; yet his compliance with all the 
 changes of Religion, that happened in his time, gave occafion to his enemies to reflect 
 on him, on that account. However, Dv. Whit gift (afterwards Archbifliop of Can- 
 terbury,) had a perfonal efteem for him, and alv\'ays lived on the moft friendly terms 
 with him ; and on occafion of fome reflections caft upon Dr. Pifr?/^', wrote thus in his 
 vindication; " I know him to be a wife and learned Man ; and howfoever the World 
 judo-eth of him, and of me for ufing his familiarity, (being by fundry means bound 
 unto him, and knowing him very well;) yet the Day will come, when both they 
 and we fliall be known as we are."+ Not long after his death, a Characfter was given 
 of him, by an Author in thofe times, in Anfwer to a Book written by Gabriel Harvey 
 of Saffron Walden, who had written abufively of Dr. Perne, in refpe6l of his compli- 
 ance in Queen Mary's Reign : wherein is hinted the eflreem the Archbifhop had for 
 him. " Dr. Perm is caflccd up in lead, and cannot arife to plead for himfelf : there- 
 fore I will commit this to Ink and Paper in his behalf: Few Men lived better, though 
 like David and Peter, he had his Fall ; yet the Univerfity had not a more careful Fa- 
 ther this Hundred Years : And if on no other regard, but that a chief Father of our 
 Commonwealth loved him, in whofe Houfe he died, he might have fpared and for- 
 
 born 
 
 ' Strype's Life of A .Bp. Grindal. p. 7. ^ Parker's 2 (lAtroj Cantab. 3 Strype's Life of A.Bp. 
 ■Whitgift, p. 5. * Ibid, p- 31. 
 
/ 
 
 7 
 
 } 
 
 CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (deans.) 229 
 
 bom him : His Hofpitality was great, as hath been kept before or ever fince, upon 
 the Place he had, (being Mafter of Pcfcr-Hcufe, and Dean of Eh :) and for his 
 Wit and Learning, they that miflike, want the Hke Wit and Learning, or clfe they 
 would have more judgment to difcern it."' 
 
 3. JOHN BELL, D.D. the third Dean of this Church, had been Fellow of 
 Peter-Hoiife in Cambridge, and Proclor of the Univerfity in 1558, He was prefented 
 by Queen Elizabeth to the Rectory of Fulbciirn St. Vigors in CambridgejJ^ire in 1560 ; 
 and was one of the Pro6lors of the Clergy of this Diocefe in Convocation in 1562, 
 when he fubfcribed, with the other Members of the Lower Houfe, to the Original 
 Draught of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, agreed upon in Convocation 
 that year. About that time he became Chaplain to Bifliop Cox, who collated him 
 to the Sixth Prebendal Stall in this Cathedral Church in 1566 j^ to the Reftory of 
 Fen-Ditton in the beginning of the year 1571 ; and to the Mafterfliip oi Jefus College 
 m Cambridge m i^jg. In 1582, he was elected Vicechancellor of the Univerfity; 
 and in 1589, was promoted to this Deanery of £/y: — having held this Dignity a 
 little more than two years, he died Oct. 31, 1591, and was buried in the Prefbytery 
 of this Cathedral Church, near his Predeceilor Dean Steivard, under a Grave-ftone, 
 thus Infcribed on a brafs rim round the edges, the greateft part of which is now 
 gone; " Johannes Bell San6lse Theologiae Profeflbr, quondam hujus Cathedralis 
 " Ecclefise Decanus, obiit 31 die Oflobris, Anno Domini 1591, -^tatis 61." 
 
 4. HUMPHREY TYNDALL, D.D. was defcended of a very ancient and noble' 
 Family of his Name, feated at Redenhall in Norfolk, and Son of Sir Thomas Tyndall 
 Knt. of Hockivold in that County, where probably he was born about the year 1550. 
 He was elected Fellow oi Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge, Nov. 24, 1567, being then 
 Bachelor of Arts ; became Vicar of Scham in Cambridge/hire in i ^jj ; Mafter of ^leerfs 
 College in 1579; and was elected Vicechancellor of the Univerfity in 1585 ; the fol- 
 lowing year he was made Chancellor of tlie Cathedral Church of Lichfeld, (being 
 inftalled there, Apr. 14 ;) and Archdeacon of Staford, about the fame time; and at 
 length was promoted to the Deanery of Ely in 1591, in the room of Dv.Bell : which 
 Dignity having enjoyed about Twenty-three years, he died Oct. 12, 1614 ; and was 
 buried in the Prefbytery of this Cathedral Church, near his immediate Predeceflbr, 
 under a Marble Grave-ftone, having thereon his Effigies engraved in Brafs, 4 with an 
 
 In- 
 ' Ibid. p. 5. * Willis Cath. 3 Dr. Fuller (in his Church Hiftory, and Account of the Univer- 
 fity of Cambridge, p. 81.) takes notice of a Tradition concerning our DeanTyndal; viz. " That in 
 the reign of Q^ Ehzabeth he was profered by a Proteftant Party in Bohemia to be made King tliere- 
 of; which he refuted, alledging, T^iS/ he had rather be ^een Elizabeth's SuhjeSl, than a Jcrei'^n 
 Prince. — " True it is, fays Fuller, that he was Son to Sir Thomas Tyndall of Hockwold in Nor- 
 folk-, tho' how Bohemian Blood came into his veins, he knew not." — But Blomefield (in his Hid. 
 of Norf. vol. i. p. 491) gives us the Pedigree of this Family ; and moreover informs us, " That the 
 Manor of Scales in Hockwold in Norfolk, after the i 7, of Hen. 6, was held by Anthony Wood- 
 vile Lord Scales (See Dugd. Bar. of England ;) and Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter and Coheir of 
 the Lord Scales ; and on the death of the fiid Elizabeth fans IlTue, it defcended to William Tyn- 
 dall, (Anceftor of our Dean,) who was knighted at the Creation of Arthur Prince of Wales, and 
 declared Heir of the Kingdom of Bohemia, in right of Margaret, his Great-Grandmother, Daughter 
 to the Duke of Theife, and Niece to the King of Bohemia, the Wife of Sir Simon Felbrigg, whofe 
 Daughter and Fleirefs Alana, was married to Sir William Tyndall of Dean in Northamptonfhire 
 .nnd Redenhale in Norfolk, Sec. Grandfather of the aforefaid Sir William Tyndall of Hockwold, &c." 
 * Plate XXV. 
 
230 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 Infcription on a fillet round the verge, and another on a large Plate at the feet, and 
 are as follow; " Vmphridus Tyndall, nobili Norfolcienfium Tyndallorum 
 " Familia oriundus, Decanus quartus iftius Ecclefiae, obiit 12 die Oclob. Anno Salutis 
 " Millcfimo Scxcentefiino Decimo quarto, Anno i^tatis fuae Sexagefimo Quinto. 
 
 " Ufquequo, Domine, ufquequo. 
 " The Body of the woorthy and reverend Prelate Vmphry Tyndall Doctor of 
 " Divinity, the Fourth Dean of this Church, and Mailer of Quee.ies Colledge in Cam- 
 " bridge doth here cxpeft the coming of our Saviour. 
 
 " In Prefencc, Government, good Aclions, and in Birth, 
 " Grave, wife, couragious, noble was this Earth. 
 *' The Poor, the Church, the Colledge faye here lyes 
 " A Friende, a Deane, a Maifter, true, good, wife." 
 
 5. HENRY Cy^SAR alias ADELMARE, D.D. was the third Son" of Cafor 
 j4delmare, Phyfician to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, and born (probably near 
 Tottenham in MiJdlefex, where his Father had a Seat,) in the year 1564. He was 
 educated at Baliol College and at St. Edmund-Hall in Oxford, where he proceeded to 
 his Degree of D.D. Nov. 6, 1 595 ; and was fometime Reclor of Benington in Hertford- 
 f:ire. Queen Elizabeth prefented him to the Reclory of St. Chrijlophers, London^ 
 Sept. 13, 1596; but he refigned that Living about July in the following year,^ He 
 became Prebendary of Wcjiminjler in Sept. 1609 ; and was made Dean oi Ely in 1614. 
 He held this Dignity above Twenty one years j and dying at Ely June 27, 1636, in 
 the Seventy-fecond year of his Age, was there buried on the North-fide of the Prcfby- 
 tery of the Cathedral Church, under a large Grave-ftone of Marble, with this Infcrip- 
 tion round the verge, ' Hie jacetHENRiCUS C^sar SacraeTheologiiEProfelfor, Quin- 
 *■ tus hujusEcclefijE Elienfis Decanus, de Stirpe illuftri Adelmariorum Familia; Nobilis 
 ' TrevifanaVenetorum in Italia oriundus.' And on the middle of the Stone, thefcVcrfes : 
 
 *■ CiESARlS Henrici manet hoc fub Marmore Corpus; 
 * Pars fua quas melior, Spiritus afl:ra colit.' 
 
 A Monument, with his Effigies in Stone,^ was alfo crefled to his Memory, againfl 
 the adjoining Pillar, with the Infcription referred to below. + He gave by his Will 
 1000/. towards augmenting the Places of the Minor Canons, Singingmen, Chorifters, 
 Schoolmaftcrs, &:c. of the Church oi Ely : And 1000/. more, to found two Fellow- 
 iliips and four Scholarfliips, in fome College in Camhidge: the Scholars to be chofen 
 
 out 
 ' Sir Julius Csefar Mafler of the Rolls was die eldcfl-, and Sir Thomas Cjefar one of die Barons of 
 the Exchequer the fecond Son. * Newcourt's Repert. vol.i. p. 324. sPJatexxxiv. 4 " Effigies 
 venerandi Viri Henrici defaris alias Adelmarii SS Tlieologije ProfefToris, hujus Ecclefi.t. 20 plus an- 
 xiis Drcani vigilantifTimi ; Filii illuftris Viri Jidii Ca'faris Adelmarii Medicinas Docloris, Sereniflimis 
 Aigli^e Reginis Marine et EHzabetha principis Medici ; Fratris HonoratifTimi DD Julii Cefaris Mi- 
 litis et Juris utriufque Doitoris, binis Rcgibus Jaccbo ct Carolo Magillri lacrorum Scriniorum, et e 
 Confiliis iecretioribus : De antiqua Stirpe AdeLnaria Faniilia Trevefana Venetorum annis prope 400 
 illuftri oriundi : Vita Coelibis, Religione devoti, I lumanitate candidi, Gravitate placidi, Charitate ia 
 hujus F.cclefis Chorum ct Mul'as Cantabrigienfcs ultimo Tellamento Munifici ; prsefcntis vitx 
 Bonis felicis, futurje fpe fehcioris, fruitione fselicifTimi. Qiii 27 Junii AX). 16:56, placide in Do- 
 n.ino obdormivit, annum Tluatis fure agens 72. Qi.ii et hoc memorine Sacrum meruit a D. Carolo 
 Cjefare Milite, Agnato fuo charifTimo et Executore Iblo." 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (deans.) 231 
 
 out of Ely School from time to time ; and the Fellows to be chofen out of thofe 
 Scholars as they became vacant.' 
 
 6. WILLIAM FULLER, D.D. y^^sSono^Mi-. Andrew Fuller olHadkigh in Suf- 
 folk, at which place he was born, about the year 1580 ; and was educated in Cathe- 
 rine Hall, Cambridge ; where he became Fellow. On Dec. 20, 1 607, he was Ordained, 
 on the Title of his Fellowfhip, both Deacon and Prieft the fame day, by ^i^o^Hetcn 
 in Ely Cathedral :* He afterwards became Chaplain in ordinary to King "James I; and 
 alfo to King Charles I, who prefented him July 16, 1628, being then D.D. to the 
 Vicarage o{ St. Giles without Cripplegate, London;^ and on July 14, 1636, promoted 
 him to the Deanery of Ely A This worthy Perfon in the beginning of the Rebellion 
 in 1642, was fequeftered from his Church of St. Gilesy and was foon after deprived 
 of his Deanery, being plundered, fome time imprifoned, and fpoiled of all, for his 
 Loyalty to his Prince. After which, he went to Oxford to attend the King ; and 
 whilft he was there. Preached feveral times before his Majefty ; and was incorpoi'at- 
 ed D.D. of that Univerfity Aug. 12, 1645. About the middle of March following, 
 he had a Grant from the King, of the Deanery of Durham ; but was never inftitut- 
 ed to it, 5 by reafon of the iniquity of the times. After the furrender of Oxford, re- 
 tiring to London, he there lived obfcurely till the time of his death, which happened 
 on May 1 2, 1659, being then 79 years of age : his Body, having been denied a place 
 of reft in his own Church of St. Giles, was conveyed to St, Vedaft\ Foftcr-Lane^ and 
 there interred. A Monument was foon after erefted there to his Memory, by his 
 Daughter, Jarie the Wife of Dr. Brian Walton Bifliop of Chejler. On his appoint- 
 ment to the Deanery oi Durham in 1646, 
 
 7. WILLIAM BEALE, D.D. was nominated for his Succeflbr in the Deanery 
 
 oi Ely; but having never been admitted to it, he cannot properly be confidered as 
 
 Dean of Ely : however, as he is frequently reckoned among the Deans ; fome account 
 
 of 
 ■ Sir Charles Csefar, Nephew to the Dean, being appointed his fole Executor, proved the Dean's 
 Will, took upon him the execution thereof, and paid Debts and Legacies; keeping in his hands 
 2000/. to anfwer the above-mentioned charitable ufes exprelled in the Will : and made choice of 
 Jefus College in Cambridge for his foundadon, and placed therein the Fellows and Scholars. In 
 1639, by the importunity of Archbifhop Laud, he was prevailed upon to lend the faid 2Cco/. to 
 his Majefty King Chades I •, and had the Privy Seal for the iame, and a Tally for repayment of 
 Principal and Intereft, out of the Augmentation OfSce. In the mean time. Sir Charles paid the 
 Annuities to the Church of Ely and to the College, from 1636, to 1642 -, when dyino- inteftate. 
 Dame Jane Csefar his Relift took out Letters of Adminiflration, and paid the Annuities fome years : 
 after her deceafe her eldeft Sen Sir Henry Caefar continued the payment of the Annuities j favino- 
 that in the times of the Ufurpation, fom,e part cf the Annuities to the Church of Ely, viz. to the 
 Minor Canons, Singingmen and Chorifters, was not paid; the Church being confidered as diffolv- 
 ed ; the Schoolmafter and Uflier ftill enjoying their Annuities; as alfo did the Fellows and Scho- 
 lars of Jefus College. After the Reftoration, Sir Henry, hoping he fhould have obtained the faid 
 20C0/. out cf the Exchequer with full intercft, did llill voluntarily advance and pay thefe Annui- 
 ties, and continued fo to do nil his death, which happened in the beginning of the year 1668 ; havino- 
 in the mean time, laboured to get the Debt owing from the Crown, and was in hopes of effedin? 
 it, and gave diredions, in his laft ficknefs, that the fame endeavours fhould be continued after his 
 death; which was endeavoured, but could not be efFeded : and fo this noble and pioufly intended 
 fienef.\6tion of Dean Csfar, came to nothing. ^ Regift. Heton. 3 Rymer's Feed, vol, xix. p. 42. 
 * Ibid. vol. XX. p. 130. * Ktnnet's Regift. and Chion. p.28. 
 
232 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 of him may not be thought improper in this place. This worthy Perfon had been Fel- 
 low of Pembroke- Hall, Cambridge, and was much efteemed by Dr. Laud, at that time 
 Eifliop oi St. David's, who promoted him in 1623 to the Archdeaconry of Carmar- 
 then in IVales, He was made Mafter oijefus College in Cambridge in 1632; but re- 
 moved to St.Jo/j;;'s College, on being eleded Mafter thereof Feb. 20, 1633-4. He 
 became Chaplain in ordinary to King Charles \; and was by his Majefty prefented to 
 theReclory of Paiu/erjpurie m Northampton/Jjire, Oft. 27, 1637;' ^"<^^ ^i'as alfo Rector 
 of Cottmgham in the fame County. On the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1642, 
 he was very zealous in promoting his Majcfty's Service, and particularly in collect- 
 ing the Univcrfity Plate and conveying it to the King : by which, and other ads of 
 Loyalty, having rendered himfelf obnoxious to the prevailing Powers ; he was feized 
 in coming out of his Chapel, by a party of Crojn'well's Soldiers, and with two 
 other worthy Heads of Colleges, D\\ Sterne Mziitv of J ejus CoWtgc, and Dr. M^r//;; 
 of Queens, carried off in triumph to London -, where they were all committed to feve- 
 ral'p^i-ifons, very barbaroufly treated, and turned out of all their preferments : and 
 after a long and tedious confinement, being releafcd on an exchange, Dv.Bea/e repair- 
 ed to Oxford, where the Court then was ; and was often called to preach before his 
 Majefty. During the time of his being there, Dr. Fuller having a Grant of the 
 Deanery of Durham, Dr. Beak was nominated to fucceed him in that of Ely, and, 
 it is faid,^ had a Grant of it from the King : but by the confufions of the times, 
 neither the one nor the other were ever admitted to their intended Dignities. — 
 After the King's death, he went abroad, and attended King Charles II in his exile ; 
 and being appointed Chaplain to Lord Cottington and Sir Edward Hyde (afterwards 
 Earl of Clarendon,) who were fent Ambafladors to Spain in 1650, he attended them 
 thither ; and dying at Madrid Oft. i, the following year, was obfcurely buried in the 
 Garden' of thcAmbaflador's Houfej x\\q Spatiiards not allowing publick Burial to 
 Perfons of a different Religion.' 
 
 8. RICHARD LOVE, D.D. Mafter ofCorpus-ChriJli or Bene t College in Cambridge, 
 was made Dean of Ely foon after the Reftoration of King Charles II, being inftitut- 
 ed Sept. 6,* and inftalled Sept. 28, 1660. He was Son of Richard Love Apothecary 
 of Great St. Mary's Parifli in Cambridge, where he was born Dec. 26, 1596 ; and was 
 afterwards admitted of C/^r^-i/r///, became Fellow of that College, and ferved the 
 Office of Proftor of the Univerfity in 1628. About that time he was made one of 
 the Chaplains in Ordinary to his Majefty King Charles I; who prefented him to the 
 Reaory of Eckington in Derbyf.'ire OcT:. 27, 1629 ;5 he was alfo Prebendary of Tach^ 
 brooke in the Cathedral Church of Lichfield, to which he was collated Oa. 12, 163 i; 
 and on the King's recommendation, being then D.D. was elefted Mafter of Corpus^ 
 ChrijU College, and admitted to the fame Apr. 4, 1632 ; and the following year was 
 chofen Vicechancellor of the Univerfity. In the times of the Rebellion and Ufurp- 
 
 ation, 
 
 ' Rymer's Feed. vol. xx. p. 220. ^ Kcnnet'b Rcglft. and Chi on. p. 2J^. ' Willis's Survey of 
 Ely Citli n j-o ■* Kegid. \^■len. — v.iiere the Dear.ery is laid to have been vacant, — " per de- 
 cenum venerubilis Viri Guilielmi Fuller b.T.P. ukimi Decani." * Kymei'b Fu:d. vol. xix. p. j 37. 
 
 2 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (deans.) z^j 
 
 patioTi, he was, as iv/Z/^r obferves, one of thofe four Heads of Colleges in Cambridge, 
 who, at the general turning out of the Loyal Clergy from their Benefices, " by the 
 fpecial favour of their Friends, and their own wary Compliance, continued in 
 their Places :" ' and was fo well efteemed in thofe times, that the Univerfity made 
 choice of him in 1649, for the hzdy Margaret's Profeflbr. Though it was not long 
 before he was in danger of lofing all his Preferments, by refufmg to fubfcribe to the 
 Engagement in 1650, when the Independents were uppermoft ; although, it feems, 
 he had fubfcribed to live peaceably and quietly, and to give no dijlurbance to the Publick.- 
 He found means, however, to extricate himfelf from thefe difficulties -, but whether 
 by fubmitting to the Subfcription or not, is uncertain ; and fo continued in his Ma- 
 flerfhip and other Preferments : 3 And at the Reftoration, had the addrefs to recom- 
 mend himfelf to the Court ; fo that the King thought fit to promote him to the 
 Deanery oi Ely, to which he was inftituted Sept. 6, 1660, as before obferved. He 
 lived not long to enjoy his new Preferment; but died about the latter end of Janu- 
 ary following; and was buried in the Chapel belonging to his College; without any 
 Monument or Infcription. He was fucceeded in this Deanery by 
 
 9. HENRY F'ERNE, D.D. the eighth Son of Sir John Feme Knight, born at 
 Tbrk, educated at Uppingham School in RutlandJJ.nre, by the care of Sir Thomas Nevil 
 of Holt in Leicejlerjliire, who had then lately married his Mother : He was admitted 
 of St. M7r)'-Hall, Oxford, in 1618 ; thence removed to Trinity College in Cambridge^ 
 where he was elefled Fellow. Having taken his Degree of B.D. he was made Do- 
 meftick Chaplain to Dr. Morton Bifhop of Durham ; with whom having continued 
 about a year, he took the Living of MarJJjam in Torkjloire, which was offered him by 
 his College; but quitted it foon, being prefented, by his Brother-in-law Henry Nevil 
 of Holt Efq; to the Reclory of Medboum in Leicejler/l:ire ; and not long after, the 
 Bifliop o^ Lincoln collated him to the Archdeaconry of Leicejler. In 1642, he pro- 
 ceeded to his Degree of D.D. ; and retiring to Leicejierjhire, when his Majefly came to 
 Leicejler on Friday July 22, he preached before him; and his Majefly was fo well 
 pleafed with his Difcourfe, that he made him one of his Chaplains. In November 
 following, he publiflied his Cafe of Conscience touching Rebellion, with his Name to it; 
 having the honour to be the firfl that printed any thing, as it is faid, for the King : 
 and foon after, being forced by the adverfe Party, to quit Medboum, he retired to 
 Oxford {ox fhelter. After the Battle at Nafeby (June 14, 1645,) he went to Newark 
 Garrifon, and continued there, till it was furrendered up. Afterwards the King 
 fent for him to the JJle of Wight, where he was the lafl of his Chaplains that preach- 
 ed before him. At the Refloration, he was made Mafter of Trinity College, being 
 admitted to it Aug. 3, 1660 ; the fame year was ele6led Vicechancellor of the Univer- 
 lity ; in Februaiy following promoted to the Deanery of Ely,'^ <;hofen Prolocutor of 
 the Convocation May 8, 166 1 ; ele6led again Vicechancellor of Cambridge in Novem- 
 ber; 
 
 » Hift. of Cambridge, p. 169. ^ Mafters's Hid:, of C.C.C.C. p. 150. ' Ibid, & pag.i5r, 
 152. where may be feen a further account of him, and an Apology for his conduct in thofe trying 
 times. 4 Inftitutus 16 die Feb. — Regift. Wren. 
 
234 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 ber ; Confecrated Bifliop of Chefter in Ely-Houfe Holbcurn, on Shrove-Sunday Feb. 9 ; 
 died at his Kinfman Mr. Nevil's Houfe in St. Paul's Church-yard, Mar. 16, being the 
 fifth Sunday after his Confecration, and the fecond year of his Vicechancellorfliip, 
 aged 59 years; and was buried March 25, 1662, in St. Edmund's Chapel in Weftmin- 
 Jler Abby; the whole Convocation of the Clergy, (as well Bifliops, as others,) with 
 divers of the Nobility, being prefent at his Funeral. Over his remains may be feen 
 a Marble-Stone inlaid with Brafs, on the verge of which, is the Infcription referred 
 to below. ' On his promotion to Chejler, he was fucceeded in this Deanery by 
 
 10. EDWARD MARTIN, D.D. who had been formerly Chaplain to Dr. Laud 
 Biihop of London (afterwards Archbifhop of Canterbury;) was Rector of Hougbton- 
 Conquejl in BedfordJJiire, and of Conington in the County of Cambridge ; became Mafter 
 of ^leens College in Cambridge in 163 1 ; and was elected one of the Pro6lors in Con- 
 vocation, for the Clergy of this Diocefe. When the Rebellion broke out in 1642, be- 
 ino- very warm in defence of the Church of England, and the King's caufe, he be- 
 came very early a Sufferer on that account; and particularly, being moft aclive 
 and zealous in collecting the Univerfity Plate, and tranfmitting it to his Majefty; he, 
 together with Dr. Sterne Mafter of Je/iis College, and Dr. Beak Mafler of St. John's, 
 ■were all feized at the fame time, by a party of CromivelFs Soldiers, and carried Pri- 
 foners to London, where they were committed firft to the Tower, and afterwards to 
 divers other Prifons. Whilft under confinement, he was fequeftcred from his Livings, 
 and turned out of his Mafterfhip ; and being thereby deprived of further means of 
 fubfiftence, he fuffered great hardiliips, and was reduced to extreme want : all which 
 he endured with a peculiar conftancy and firmnefs of fpirit, more than five years. * 
 Having at length obtained his liberty, he quitted his native Country, and fled into 
 France, where chiefly he continued till the Reftoration ; and returning into England 
 foon after his Majefty's happy arrival there, was reltored to his Rectory of Coning- 
 ton, reinftated in his Mafterfhip Aug. 3. 1 660 ; and again returned one of the Prodtors 
 in the Convocation of Clergy, that met in St. Paul's London May 8, 1661. In the be- 
 ginning of the following year, he had his Majefty's Letters Patent for the Deanery 
 of Ely, dated Feb. 22, and was inftituted to it Mar. 21,"' but being ill at that time, 
 was inftalled by Proxy, and died three or four days after, viz. Apr. 28,4 1662 ; and 
 was buried in the Chapel of ^/eens College, without any Monument or Memorial. 
 His Succeflor in this Deanery, was 
 
 11. FRANCIS WILFORD, D.D. Mafter of Corpus-Chrijli College in Cambridge, 
 a native of Kent, and admitted of Trinity College before 1631 ; where he became 
 Fellow and Tutor in 1636.5 In the beginning of the year 1646, he was inftituted 
 to the Re<5tory of Holliivell cum Ncedingicorth in the County of Huntingdon. Soon 
 after the Reftoration, he was admitted to the Degree of D.D.j about the fame 
 
 time 
 ' «' Hie jacct Henricus Feme, S.T.D. Johannis Feme Militis (Civitati Ebor. a Secretis) Filiiis 
 natLi oflavus, Collegii SS. Trinitatis Cantabr. Prafeclus, nmul et Ceftrenfis Epifcopus. Sedit quin- 
 que tantum Septimanis. Obiit Martii 16, A.D. i66i. iEtatis 59." * See Walker's Sufferings of 
 the Clergy, pare ii. pag. 154. ^ Regift. Wren. ♦ Willis's Cath. of Ely, p. 370. * Mallers's 
 Jfift. ofC.C.C.C. p.i6o. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (deans.) 235 
 
 time became Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majefty ; and through the intereft of 
 Dr. Sheldon Bifliop of London, was made Mafter of Corpus-ChrijU College, by a Royal 
 Mandate, June 29, 1661. The King alfo prefented him to the Archdeaconry oi Bed- 
 ford,^ to which he was admitted Apr. 9 following; and a few weeks after, promot- 
 ed him to the Deanery of Ely, to which he was inftituted on May 20,^ and inflalled 
 on the 30th of the fame month, 1662. He was elected Vicechancellor of the Uni- 
 verfity in 1665, and again in 1666 : and dying in the fecond year of his Vicechan- 
 cellorfhip, was buried in his own College Chapel July 18, 1667, without any Mo- 
 nument. Mr. Ma/iers informs us,' He is reported by Tradition to have been a Per- 
 fon of {lately Deportment, and of an arbitrary Temper : but obferves alfo that Lloyd 
 has drawn his Chara6ler in the following terms j " He was well feen in the Statutes 
 of the Univerfity, the Canons of the Church, and the Laws of the Landj a good 
 Scholar, and a ftrict Governor, able to inftruft Men to do well, and to reflrain them 
 from doing ill ; He ftruggled much with bad Manners, and fad Times, wherein 
 in promoting His Majefty's fervice, he was difcreet, clofe, and a^livej and did as 
 the Gladiators ufed to do Kot,>,ug ■sri'rfjBivt honefte decumbere"* 
 
 12. ROBERT MAPLETOFT, D.D. born in the beginning of the year 1610, 
 z.tNorth-'ThorePy in Lincohijlnre, (where his Father Mv. Henry Mapktoft was many years 
 Re6lor,) was educated at Lci(th-^z\\oo\, and thence admitted of ^teen's College in 
 Cambridge; when he had taken the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, he removed to Pern- 
 broke Hall, and was there made Fellow; and became alfo Chaplain to Bifliop Wren, 
 In 1644, being then B.D. he was ejected from his Fellowfhip, for not taking the Cove- 
 nant. After which he retired, and lived privately among his Friends, and parti* 
 cularly with Sir Robert Shirley in Leicejlerjljire, where he tecame acquainted with Dr. 
 Sheldon, afterwards Archbifliop of Canterbury. On the Reftoration he returned to 
 Cambridge, and was reinftated in his Fellowfliip ; and was inftalled Sub-Dean of 
 Lincoln Aug. 23, 1660 ; was made Prebendary of Clifton in the fame Church j and 
 became Rector of Clayworth in Nottinghamjlnre, about the fame time ; which Living 
 he afterwards exclianged for the \^icarage of Soham in Camb}-idge/l:ire. In 1661, he 
 refigned his Fellowfliip; in 1664, was elected Mafter oi Pembroke H^W; and at length 
 promoted by the King to the Deanery of Ely, to which he was inftituted Aug, 7, 
 1667. s He lived very hofpitably at Ely, and wherever elfe he refided, and was 
 cfteemed for the many pious and charitable a6ts he did in his lifetime ; and at his 
 death bequeathed to the Univerfity 100/. for the ufe of the Publick Library; fome 
 Lands to ^leens College and Pembroke Hall, for a Catechetical Lecture; 100/. to 
 poor Widows, chiefly of Clergymen ; His benefactions to the Church of Ely were, 
 to the Dean and Chapter about 400 acres of Wafli-land in Coveney, for the increafe 
 of the Singing-Men's Stipends, and on condition that they fliould frequent early 
 Prayers in the Cathedial : he alfo bequeathed to the Church of Ely, his Library of 
 
 Books, 
 
 * Vacant by the promotion of Dr. John Hacket to the See of Covent. and Liclif. Kennet's Re- 
 g'lft. and Chron. p. 6=,j. ^ Regift. Wren. 3 Hill, of Corpus Chrifti Coll. pag. 162. ■• Me- 
 moirs, p. 615. * Regift. Laney. 
 
236 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 Books, and 100/. more towards fitting up a place to receive them, and furnifliing it 
 with more Books ; to each of the Prebendaries a Ring of 20 s. to each Minor Canon 
 20 s. to each Schoolmafter 205. to each Singingman and Virger 10^. and to the Cho- 
 rifters 55. a piece. He died at Pembroke Hall Aug. 20, 1677, and was buried accord- 
 ing to his defire, in a Vault in the Chapel, near the Body of Biftiop fFren, the 
 Founder of it, his honoured Friend and Patron. He was fucceeded in this Dean- 
 ery by 
 
 13. JOHN SPENCER, D.D. Prebendary of this Church. He was born at 
 BoBon under Bleane in Kent j educated at the King's School at Canterbury, and thence 
 admitted of Corpus Chrljli or Bcne't College in Cambridge, to a Scholarftiip of Arch- 
 bifhop Parkers foundation, Mar. 25, 1645.' Having taken his Degrees in Arts, he 
 was elected Fellow of the College about the year 1655, and foon after entering into 
 holy Orders, was made one of the Univerfity Preachers ; and proceeded in his De- 
 gree of B.D. in 1659. As he was admitted, came into his Fellowfliip, and kept pof- 
 feflion of it during the Ufurpation, it is very probable that he followed the example 
 of Dr. Love at that time Mailer of the College, who is faid to have acquiefced in 
 moft of the meafurcs taken in thofe times of confufion, without any wife approving 
 them ; and that thefe were Mr. Spencer s principles, and were fufficiently known to 
 be fo, feems the more likely, as he was appointed to Preach the Univerfity Sermon 
 at St.M^r^-'s on June 28, 1660, the Day of publick Thankfgiving to God, for the hap- 
 py Refloration of his Majefty to his Kingdoms. ^ In 1665, he proceeded in his De- 
 gree of Do6lor in Divinity; and two years after, was prefented by his College to the 
 Re6loi7 ol Landbeach in Cambridgejkire, to which he was inftituted July 23, 1667$ 
 and was unanimoufly ele<5led Mailer of his College Aug. 3, following ; and the next 
 Month Sept. 5, was preferred by the King to the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, vacant 
 by the promotion of Dr. Sparrow, to the See of Exeter. The King alfo in 1672, 
 gave him a Prebend in this Church of Ely, in the room of Dr. Pearfon promoted to 
 the See of Chejler ; and five years after advanced him to the Deanery of Ely, on the 
 death of T>i\Mapletoft, to which he was inftituted in Sept. 1677. He was efteem- 
 ed one jof the greateft Scholars and Divines of the Age in which he lived j^ and was 
 a moll liberal Benefa6lor to his own College, upon which he fettled by Deed of Gift, 
 an Eftate of above 200/. yearly value, for the augmentation of the Mafterfhip, Fel- 
 lowfliips, Scholarfhips, and various other purpofes ; befides confiderable legacies left 
 to it by his Will ; in which he alfo gave to the Church of Ely 200 1. ; half of which 
 he ordered to be laid out in building a comely Font in the Cathedral, which was 
 accordingly executed in fine Marble, and curioufly wrought, with this Infcription 
 round it, " Legatum JoHANNis Spencer, S.T.T. Decani bujus Eccle/iaA.D.i6g2-"'^ 
 
 He 
 » Mafters's Hift. of Corpus-Chrifti Coll. pag.i6j. * Printed at Cambridge by Field, 1660.4'" 
 - See Kennet's Regift. & Chron. p.351. 3 His Book cnixrXtd De Legibus Hebrj;orum ritualibus, 
 et eannn raticnibus Libri tres, in 2 Tom. Fol. Cant.j68^, is a capital Work, and greatly and juftly 
 admired •, and has been fince reprinted feveral times, both at home and abroad : A more particular 
 account of this, and his other learned Works -, as alfo of his Benefaclions and Charities, may be feen 
 in Mr. Mafters's Hift. of Corpiis-Chrifti College, pag. 167, 168, 169, 170} — and alfo in Biogra^ 
 phia BritanrAca, under the Article Spencer. 4 Pkte xxxv, 
 
 3 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (deans.) 237 
 
 He likewife bequeathed 50/. and the Furniture of his Deanery to the Minor Canons 
 and Singingmen, with Legacies to the Virgers, Chorifters, 6cc. And 20/. to the Poor 
 of the two Parifhes in Ely. He died at his Lodge in Corpus-Chrijli College, May 27, 
 1693, and was interred in the Chapel there, near his immediate PredecelTor Dr. 
 Wilford, under a plain Stone of black Marble, with an Lifcription upon it, as below.* 
 
 14. JOHN LAMB, M. A. was probably born in London, where his Father was a 
 
 whole-fale Linen-Draper in Comhill: he was educated at--- School ; and 
 
 admitted of Sidney-Sujex College in Cambridge, where he took his Degree of B. A. in 
 1668; and that of M.A. in 1672: became Redlor of Whethamjled in Herffordjlnre ^ 
 and Chaplain in ordinary to King William and Queen Mary ; by whom he was no- 
 minated and prefented to this Deanery June 20, 1693 : in which Prefentation their 
 Majefties will and command, that their Prefentee be admitted Dean, notwithftand- 
 ing his not having taken the Degree of D.D. B.D. or LL.D. according to the Sta- 
 tutes of the Church: fignifying their royal pleafure that the Statutes be changed in 
 that refpecl, for this turn only ; agreeably to the Power referved to them in the faid 
 Statutes. He was accordingly inftituted and admitted by the Bifliop June 22, and 
 inftalled Dean the next day June 23, 1693: and foon after was created D.D. He 
 died at Ely Aug. 10, 1708 ; and was buried in the Chancel oi Whethamjled, where he 
 was Reilor; with only this fhort Infcription on his Grave-Stone; " J. L. ob. 10 die 
 Augufti, Anno Dom. 1708. ^tat. fu£e 60."* 
 
 15. CHARLES RODERICK, D.D. was born at Bunhury in Chejljire about the 
 year 1650 ; received the firft part of his Education at Eton School ; thence admitted 
 Scholar of J^//z^'s College in Cambridge, in 1667, and 3 years after Fellow of the 
 fame ; was afterwards Ufher of Eton School, and made Head Mafter thereof in 1682. 
 In 1689, he was created LL.D. and on Sept. 4, that year, ele6led Provoft oi King's 
 College; and the next Month proceeded by Royal Mandate to the Degree of D.D. 
 In 169 1, he had a royal prefentation to the Firft Prebendal Stall in this Church,, 
 (vacant by the promotion of T)!-. Moore to the Bifhoprick of Norwich ;) to which he 
 was admitted Aug. 1 2, that year. He was alfo prefented by Lord Townjhe^id to the 
 Reflory of Rayjtham in Norfolk; which he quitted for the Sine-Cure Redory of MiU 
 ton near Cambridge^ to which he was inftituted Apr. 12, 1692. On the death of Dean 
 Lamb, he was by Queen Anne promoted to this Deanery, to which he was admitted, 
 and inftalled Dean the fame day, Oct. 8, 1708. He died on Lady-Day 171 2, in the 
 62d year of his Age, and was buried in the Library Veftry on the South-fide of ii^/w^'s 
 College Chapel, with the underwritten Epitaph, 3 on a Mural Monument of White 
 Marble adjoining. 
 
 ' 16. ROBERT 
 
 ' " Hie iacet, qui magnum adeo ful apud Bonos et Rcmpublicam literariam reliquit defiderium, 
 Vir rariffimse Munificentise pariter ac Eruditionis Johannes Spencer S. T. P- Ecclefis Elienfis 
 Decanus, Archidiaconus Sudburienfis, et hiijus CoUegii Prsefedus ; qui obiit 27 die Mail, A.D. j 69^, 
 JEtatis 63, Prsefedurje 26." ^ On another Stone is an Infcription for his Wife, Elizabeth Dauoh- 
 ttr oi Dr. Henry Killigrew, of the ancient Family of the Kil/igrews of Cornwall, wiio died Ocfb. 28 
 1701. Salmon's Hift. of Hertfordfhire. pag. 147. '" Hie fitus eft CARoLtJs Roderick S.T.P. 
 EioNO' Gymnafiarchus 1682 ; quern Direipuliperamanterobfervaverant •, jam Socii, non immemores 
 beneficiorum, liberi, nee cujufdam Dominationi parentes, Prx'pofitum uno fuffragio Elegerant Anr/o 
 
 1689. 
 
2'>8 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE' 
 
 16. ROBERT MOSS, D.D.' bom, about the year 1667, at Gillingham in Nor- 
 folk, was the deleft Son of Robert Mofs, a Country Gentleman of good circumftances 
 who Uved at Po/iwike in the fame County, and occupied his own lands ; the firft part 
 of his Education was at Norwich School ; whence he was removed to Cambridge and 
 admitted o^Benet or Corpus-Chrijli College, Apr. 19, 1682; and having taken his 
 Decree of Bachelor of Arts in the beginning of 16S6, was the fame year chofen Fel- 
 low of the College ; in which ftation he continued many years, and was engaged in 
 the office of a Tutor in the College : he diftinguiflied himfclf in the mean-time as an 
 Academick of the firft clafs, being accounted one of the moft ingenious and acute 
 Difputants in the Schools, as well as one of the beft Preachers* in the Univerfity. 
 In 1696, he proceeded in his Degree of B.D. and fo fenfible was the Univerfity of his 
 merit, that he milled of the Orator's Place, (for which he was a Candidate, and con- 
 fefledly furniflied with every proper talent and accompliftiment,) but by a very few 
 votes. His firft call from the Univerfity was to the Preacher's place of Grays Inn^ 
 London^ into which he was chofen by that honourable Society in 1698 ; and the fol- 
 lowing year was appointed Preacher- Afliftant at ^x.'Jameis, JVeJiminfier, by Dr. Wake 
 then Re6lor, (afterwards Archbifhop of Canterbury,) with the concurrence of the 
 Veftry; and foon after was made Chaplain in ordinary to King William: he alfo con- 
 tinued in the fame ftation under Queen ^««, and when her Majefty vifited Cambridge 
 jj^ 1705, he attended her in that capacity, and ftiewas pleafed to confer on him the 
 Degree of D.D. In 1708, the Parifliioners of St. Laurence Jewry made him an offer 
 of their Tuefday-Lcclurcfliip, on the refignation of Dv.Stanbope; which though deem- 
 ed a poft of honour, rather than confiderable for it's endowment, on account of feve- 
 ral eminent Perfons that had held it, he accepted ; and continued to fupport the credit 
 and reputation thereof many years. On the death of Dr. Roderick, the Queen pro- 
 moted him to the Deanery of Ely, to which he was inftituted Apr. 30,' and inftalled 
 May 16, 1713 ; the following year. Dr. Robin/on Biftiop of London collated him to the 
 Redtory oi Geljkn m Hertford/hire -, which though a fmall Living in refpecl of pro- 
 fits, was very acceptable to him, as it afforded an agreeable retirement, and conve- 
 nient refting-place in his pafl'age from London to Ely ; cfpecially after his conftitution 
 begun to be impaired by many and fevere returns of the Gout ; which diftemper, 
 havin<^ feized him very early in life, in the latter part of it increafed fo as to occa- 
 fion atmoft a total difufe of his limbs ; and it was feared would, in a little time more, 
 
 have 
 
 1 689. jiunn Regina ad remunerandum promptifTima, Decanum Elienfem conftitiiit 1 708. Scholam, 
 
 quam invenic floi°ntem, cumulate auxit; in Philologis verfatifTimus edocuit pueros ; viriles animos 
 
 pr£ccepcis, doftrina, cxer.iplo, leniter formavit : Collegium hoc, multis nominibus cdebrandum, 
 
 nemini non acccpdfiimus adminiftravit; de proventu illius, dedignitate, de concordia, probitate et 
 
 literatura, plurimum folicitus : Ecclefiam remulo conatu fovit & honeftavit, commodisejus 6c: famK 
 
 impeiifms coni'ukiit, dilTidii caufas native candore & prudentia pacificus fopivit : cuicunque fortunas 
 
 par & squalis fuit •, intcgritate Vitse, fuaviffimis Moribus, fingulaii Humanitate & Erudidone fe- 
 
 licitcr inftnifcLis. Natus eft Bunhuri^ in Com. CeftrU : Obiit Mar. 25, 1712, Anno yEtatis 62." 
 
 » This Article is chiefly extrafted from Dr. Snape's Preface to Dr. Mol's's Sermons printed after his 
 
 deceafe in viii vols. 8vo. 1722-, — Alio from the account given of Dr. Mofs by Mr. Mafters, in his 
 
 Hift. of Corpus-Chrifti Coltege xt^^^, 4'". p. 347-— And hkcwife from the Supplement to Bio^ra- 
 
 fbia Britannica, under the Article koss. p. 132 — In all which places, a fuller account, and a 
 
 great and deferved Character is given of this worthy Dean. * He was ordained Deacon, by Dr. 
 
 Lake BiOiop of Chichefter, at London Dec. 26, 1688 j and Prieft, by Dr. Tenilbn Bilhop of Lin- 
 
 coin, at Bugden, Sept. 21, 1C90. 3 Rcgift. Moore. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (deans.) 239 
 
 have impaired his Senfes and Memory, had not Death fet him free March 26, 1729, 
 in the 63d year of his Age. He was buried on the North-fide of the Prefbytery in 
 this Cathedral Church, under a black Marble Stone, with only this fhort Infcription on 
 it, " Robert us Moss S.T.P. DecanusElienfisobiit 26 Martii, 1729, iEtatis 63." 
 
 37. JOHN FRANKLAND, D.D. was Brother of Sir T^homas Frankland, Bart, 
 and youngeft Son of Sir William Frankland of Thirkleby in T^orkJJjire, by Arabella 
 Daughter of Henry Bella/is Efq; eldeft Son of Thomas Lord Vifcount Falconberg. He 
 received his firft Grammar-learning at Coxwold in his native County of Jor^; and for 
 a fhort time finifhed it at Eton School ; whence he removed to Sidney-Su/fex College 
 in Cambridge ; where in 1700, he was made Fellow. In 1703, he was Senior Pro6tor 
 of the Univerfity; and in 1712, created D.D. ; fometime before which, he had been 
 prefented to the Re6lory of St. Stephens Church in the City of Brijlol. In 1723, he 
 was promoted to the Deanery of Glocejler; and in 1727, made Mafter of Sidney- 
 Sujfex College ; which making his removal to Ely from Glocejler, more eligible, he 
 got that exchange on the death of Dr. Mc/j; and was admitted Dean oi Ely April 28; 
 and inftalled May 22, 1729 : but continued in that ftation only one year, and three 
 months; when dying at Brijlol Sept. 3, 1730, he was buried in the Chancel of 
 St. Stephens Church in that City; where an elegant Mural Monument of white Marble 
 is erefted to his Memory, with this Infcription : " Near this Place lies the Body of 
 John Frankland D.D. 3d Son of Sir William Frankland oi Thirkleby in YorkJlnrCy 
 Bart, fometime Dean of Glocejler, afterwards oi Ely, Mafter of Sidney College in 
 Cambridge, and 22 years Redor of this Parifh, He married Mary the Daughter of 
 William and Sarah Tiirton of this City; by whom he left IfTue one Son, 'Jfohn, He 
 died Sept. 3, 1730, j^tat. 56." 
 
 18. PETER ALLIX, D.D. a native oi Alencon in the Kingdom of France, was 
 Son of Mr. Feter Allix a very learned and pious Divine, fometime Minifter of the 
 Reformed Church at Rouen, and afterwards of Charenton near Paris, the moft confi- 
 derable Church of the Reformed, in that Kingdom : who on the revocation of the 
 Edidt oi Nantz, leit France, about the year 1685 or 1686, and brought over his 
 Family with him, and fettled in England. His eldeft Son Peter was then about Five 
 years old; and fome time after, was fent to the Charter-Houfe School, London, where 
 he received the firft. part of his Education; and thence was admitted oi ^leens Col- 
 lege, Ca?iibridge; where having taken his Degree of B. A., he was collated by Bifhop 
 Patrick, to a Fellowfhip oijefus College, Mar. 2, 1704-5. He was ordained Deacon 
 May 6, following, and Prieft, May 19, 1706. Bifliop Moore conferred on him, in 
 February 171 2-3, the united Vicarages of Swajham St. Cyriac, and Swafham St. Mary's 
 in CambridgeJ]:>ire ; and in 1724, Apr. 2, he was inftituted to the Re6tory of Dry- 
 Drayton in the fame County, on the Prefentation of Elizabeth Dutchefs Dowager of 
 Bedford: but that Living he refigned in February following ; being then prefented 
 to the Reftory of CaJlle-Camps in Cambridgejhire, by the Governors of the Charter- 
 Houfe. On the vacancy of the Deanery of Ely, by the death of Dean Mofs, it was 
 generally expe£led, that he would then have been his Succeflbr ; but Dr. Frankland 
 
 Dean 
 
240 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 Dean of Glocejlcr, being at length fixed on for Ely; Dv.Allix fucceeded him in that 
 Deanery ; and in httle more than a year after, on Dr. Franklan^s death, fucceeded 
 him hkewife at Ely, where he was inftalled Dean Nov. 21, 1730. In this flation he 
 continued above twenty feven years : and in the latter part of his time, a Survey 
 havin^ been taken of the general ftate of the Fabrick of this Cathedral Church, by a 
 very ikilful Architect;' fome great Defects were difcovered, in the moft eflential parts 
 of the Building, and particularly in the Dome and Lantern over the Choir, which 
 were found in fuch imminent danger, by the decay of the main Timbers, which fup- 
 ported them ; that it was unanimoufly agreed upon in Chapter, to fet about the 
 Repairs immediately : Accordingly, this great and chargeable Work was foon after 
 begun under the direction of the fame Architect who had made the Survey, and 
 was carrying on at the time of his death, which happened on Jan. 1 1, 1758, in the 
 79th year of his Age. He was buried, by his own dire6tion, in the Church-Porch at 
 Cajlle-Camps : and a black Marble placed over his Grave, with only this fhort Infcrip- 
 tion; " Hic jacet Johannes Petrus Allix, S.T.P. l>izt\x Alenconienjis, Af- 
 " feftu autem vere Angkn-, hujus Ecclefias per Annos 33, Rector indignus. Obiit 
 " 1 1 Jan. Anno Domini 1758, ^tatis 79. Plura dici noluit Vir Optimus." 
 
 19. HUGH THOMAS, D.D. born in PembrokeJJnre, and educated at the Gram- 
 mar School in Pembroke, was admitted of Chrijl College in Cambridge A..Y>. 17243 after 
 taking his Degree of B.A. in 1728, he was eleded Fellow of that College, and pxo- 
 ceeded to his Degree of M.A. in 173 1 : He was afterwards feveral years Chaplain to 
 Archbifhop Huttoti, by whom he was preferred in the Church and Diocefe of Tork : 
 Feb. 18, 1754, he was elected Mafter of Chrijl College ; and the fame year proceed- 
 ed to his Degree of D.D. ; and the following year was made Chaplain to his Majefty; 
 who promoted him to this Deanery, to which he was inftituted and admitted July i^, 
 1758, and inftalled the fame day. I cannot conclude this article, without obferv- 
 ing; That the Repairs of this Church, juft begun in his Predeceflbr's time, have 
 jever fmce been carried on with vigour ; and that during the time of the prefent 
 Dean, more has been done, with the concurrence of the Prebendaries, towards 
 preferving and improving the venerable Fabrick of this Cathedral, in the Dome, and 
 Lantern, the Roof and Vaulting of the Preibytery, and Side Ifles thereof, than in 
 any one Century fmce the Reformation; befides the particular great Work, at this 
 time carrying on, by the liberal afliftance of the Bifliop,' in removing the Choir 
 to the Eaft-end of the Church, and otherwife adding to the magnificence of the 
 whole. 
 
 > Mr. Eflex of Cambridge. * See page 214. 
 
 ELY, May 19, 1770. 
 
 PRE- 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 241 
 
 PREBENDARIES of ELY. The Firfl Stall. 
 
 I. TJ I CHARD COX, D.D. Archdeacon of Ely, and Chaplain to King Henry VIII, 
 JLV was nominated the Firll Prebendary of this Church, by that King's Foun- 
 dation Charter, dated Sept. 10, 1541 : but was deprived of this, and all his other 
 preferments, in the beginning of Queen Marys reign -, fled beyond Sea, and conti- 
 nued abroad the remainder of her reign -, and returning on Queen Elizabeth's acceffioii 
 to the Throne, was made Bifliop of Ely. ^ 
 
 " 2. JOHN BOXALL, D.D. was inftalled in this Prebend, in 1554. He was 
 made one of the Principal Secretaries of State, under King Pbilip and Queen Mary, 
 and by them promoted to a Prebend of St. Paul's LonJon, made fuccefiively Dean of 
 Teterborough, Norwich, and Windfor, and conftituted Regifter of the Order of the 
 Garter : he was alfo Archdeacon of Ely : but deprived of all by Queen Elizabeth in 
 1559 : and was fucceeded in this Prebend, by 
 
 3. JOHN WARNER, M.D. i?^^///5 Profeffor of Phyfick, Warden of All-Souls 
 College in Oxford; Archdeacon of Cliveland; and Prebendary of Winchejler. He had 
 been deprived of his Wardenfliip in Queen Mary's reign ; but was reftored to it in 
 1559 J and the fame year was prCffnoted by Queen Elizabeth to the Deanery of Win- 
 chejier. He died ^t London, Mar. 21, i^'64-^, and was buried at Great-Stanmer in 
 Middle/ex. His Succeflbr was 
 
 4. JOHN PARKER, M. A. Reclor of Fen-Bitton in Cambridge/hire. He was col- 
 lated to the Archdeaconry of Ely 061. 21, 1568; and to the Re6tory of Stretham in • 
 this IJle, Sept. 24, 1570 ; and in Jan. following refigned Fen-Ditton. He died May 26, 
 1592, and was buried in Stretham Church within the Rails of the Communion-Table, 
 with an Infcription on his Grave-Stone, as below.^ 
 
 5. JOHN PALMER, M.A. Fellow of St. >;6;z's Coll. C^»;^r/^^^, and Chaplain 
 to Q^txi Elizabeth, was prefented to this Prebend by her Majefty, June 5, 1592 ; 
 and at the fame time to the Archdeaconry of Ely : was made Mafter of Magdalen 
 
 College 
 ^ See pag. 192 ; where having omitted his entire Epitaph, when firft put on his Stone, (as com- 
 municated to me by the late Dr. WilUs,) I iTiall fupply it here ; 
 " Haec ferme moriens fatus eft : 
 Vita caduca vale, falveto Vita perennis : 
 Corpus terra tegit, Spiritus alta petit. 
 In terra Chrifli Galius Chriftum relonabam : 
 Da, Chrifte, in coelis te fine fine fonem. 
 
 Ricardus Cox prjeftanti Ingenio, multiplici Doftrina infignis, duobus Chriftianiflimis Regibus, 
 
 primum Henrico VIII, deinde Edwardo VI, cujus et Inftitutor fuit, * ab Maria autem regnante 
 
 in exilium Religionis ergo mifilis : poft quinquennium ab EHzabetha Regina reftitutus : mox hujus 
 Ecclefise Antiftes fa6tus eft -, quam quidem Dignitatem, cum viginti duos Annos honorifice tenu- 
 iflet, Odogefimo fuse ^tatis Anno, obiit 22 die Julii, A. D. 1581." 
 
 - " Hie jacet Johannes Parker, qui prefuit huic Ecclefie 22 annos, fingulari laude et e 
 
 omnium. Fuit idem Archidiaconus Elienfis, et unus e Canonicis ; utraque Academia hono- 
 
 nim TituHs infignitus. Obiit 26 Maii, AnnoiEtatis fue ^<^^ et A.D- 1592." 
 
 * Capellanus, or fome other Word omitted. 
 
 Hh 
 
242 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 College in i^gs, and Dean of Peterborough in 1597. He lefigned his Mafterfhip, 
 Archdeaconry, and Deanery, fome years before : but kept poffeflion of this Prebend 
 till his death, about Nov. 16 14. 
 
 6. DANIEL WIGMORE, B.D. one of the Minor Canons of this Cathedral, was 
 collated by Bifliop Andrews, to this Stall, Nov. 26, 16 14; he held his Minor Canonry 
 with his Prebend, till his death; but quitted this Stall in March 1615-6, for the fe- 
 cond Stall, in exchange with 
 
 7. JOHN BOIS, B.D. who had been formerly Fellow of St. Johns College, Cam- 
 bridge ; and was then Reftor of Boxvjorth in CambridgeJJjire ; a very eminent and 
 learned Divine ; one of the Tranflators of the Bible in King James's reign ; and 
 afTifted Six Henry Savi/e in his edition of St. Chryfojom's Works. He died Jan. 14, 
 1643-4, in the 84th year of his Age, and was buried in the Cathedral, without any 
 memorial.' 
 
 8. JOHN MONTFORT,D.D. Canon of St. Paul's, London, andRe6ioro{rherfeld 
 and of T'e'un'ng, both in Hertfordjloire, was collated to this Stall on tlie death of 
 Mr. Boh ; but died in March 1651-2 ; and was buried at Tewing. 
 
 9. EDMUND MAPLETOFT, M. A. Rector of Doivnham in this JJle, and Arch- 
 deacon of £/y, was collated to this Prebend Mar. 12, 165 1-2; and died in December 
 following. 
 
 ID. STEPHEN HALL, B.D. Fellow of Jefus College, Cambridge, and Vicar of 
 Tordham, w^as collated to this Prebend Dec. 20, 1652 ; but not inftalled till Sept. 22, 
 1660. He died the following year, viz. on Aug. 18, 1661 ; and was buried in the 
 Chapel of Jefus College. 
 
 11. JOHN PEARSON, D.D. Mafter of Jefus College in Cambridge, having re- 
 figned the Fifth Prebcndal Stall, 061. 9, 1661 j was the fame day collated by the 
 Bilhop to this. He v/as admitted Mafter of Trinity College, Apr. 14, 1662 ; and af- 
 terwards promoted to the See oiChefier, to which he was confecrated Feb. 9, 1672-3 j 
 fufficiently known in the learned World, by his excellent Expofition on the Creed, 
 and his other Works. ^ 
 
 • 
 
 12. JOHN SPENCER, D.D. Archdeacon of Sudbury, and Mafter of £^wV Col- 
 lege in Cambridge,'was prefented to this Prebend by the King ; and inftituted to it by 
 the Bifliop Feb. 17, 1672-3. He was afterwards promoted to the Deanery of this 
 Church, and inftalled Dean, Sept. 19, 1677.3 
 
 13. JOHN MOORE, M.A. Chaplain to the Lord Chancellor P/Wi', having ob- 
 tained a Royal Prefentation to this Prebend, as belonging to the Crown, (jure pra- 
 rogativo,) on the promotion of Dr. Spencer to the Deanery ; exhibited it to Biftiop 
 Gunning, then at Ely, on Sept. 18, 1677. But the Bifliop did not think fit to infti- 
 
 tute him on that title; alledging that the right of collating to it, belonged to him, 
 
 by 
 
 ' See a more particular account of his Life, in Biograpbia Bn'iamiica, under the Article Bois. 
 » \ more full account of this learned Bifhop, his Writings, and Charader, may be found in Bio- 
 grapbia Eritannsca, under the Article Pearson. 3 See among the Deans. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 243 
 
 by virtue of his See. The matter, however, having continued fome time in fufpence, 
 was afterwards compromifed, by theBiftiop's collation of the faid Mr. Moore, June 2d, 
 1679; who was accordingly, the fame day, inftallcd Prebendary. He was afterwards 
 in 1691, promoted to the See of Norivich ; and at length tranflated to Ely.^ 
 
 14. CHARLES RODERICK, D.D. Provoft of Kings College, Cambridge, on the 
 promotion o^Dr. Moore to the See o^ Norwich, was inftituted, on the King's prefen- 
 tation, to this Prebend, Aug. 12, 169 1, He was afterwards advanced to the Deanery 
 of this Church, being admitted thereto Od. 8, 1708.* 
 
 15. ROBERT CANNON, D.D. Archdeacon of Norfolk, (fometime Fellow of 
 King's College, Cambridge,) and Minifler of Cbrijl-Church, London, was collated to this 
 Prebend Feb. 1 4, 1708-9. He became Sub-Almoner to the King; was made Prebend- 
 ary oi Wejlminjler, July 8, 1715; andDean of L/wi5/«Dec. 9, 172 1. He died Mar. 2 8, 
 1722 ; and was buried In Wefiminjler Abby j and fucceeded by 
 
 16. THOMAS JONES, B.D. Redor of Downham in the IJJe of Ely. He had been 
 Fellow of King's College in Cambridge, and one of the Tutors there ; afterwards be- 
 came Chaplain to Bifliop Fleetwood, who collated him to Doivnhatn, Jan. 14, 1714-55 
 and to this Prebend April 10, 1722. He refigned his Rectory oi Downhani, Apr. 9, 
 1750 J and retired to his Prebendal Houfe, where he died Dec. 18, 1759, in the 83d 
 year of his Age ; and was buried in the Prefbytery, near Bifliop Hotbam : His Suc- 
 cefibr was 
 
 17. HENRY HEATON, B.D. a native of Donca/ler in Torkfiire, admitted oi Cor- 
 fm-Chrifli College in Cambridge in 1730, and became Fellow and Tutor of the fame. 
 He was afterwards Chaplain to Archbiiliop Herriiig, who collated him in 1752, to 
 the Vicarages of Boughton under Bleane and Herjie-hill in Kent j to the Mafterfhip of 
 Eaftbridge Hofpital in Canterbury, in 1753 ; and to the Re6lory oi Ivechurch in that 
 Diocefe the following year ; when he quitted Herne-hill. He was prefented to this 
 Prebend, being an Option, by the Executors of the Archbifliop ; was inftituted to it 
 Dec. 28, 1759, inftalled Jan. 4, 1760 ; and is the prefent Prebendary of this Stall, 
 May 24, 1770. 
 
 PREBENDARIES of the Second Stall. 
 
 I. MATTHEW PARKER, D.D. Dean of the Collegiate Church o^ Stoke by Clare 
 in Suffolk, and Chaplain to King Henry VIII, was nominated to the Second Preben- 
 dal Stall in this Church, by the Foundation-Charter of that King, dated Sept. 10, 
 1541 ; by whofe recommendation alfo he was elecfted Mafter of Corpus-Cbrijli College 
 in Cambridge, Dec. 4, 1 544. He became afterwards Chaplain to King Edivard VI, Vv'ho 
 promoted him to the Prebend of Coringham, and to the Deanery oi Lincoln: but on the 
 acceflion of Queen Mary, he was deprived of all; and lived retired, till Queen Eliza- 
 beth came to the Crown ; when he was advanced, on account of his extraordinary 
 merit, to the Archbiflioprick of Canterbury. 
 
 2, JOHN 
 
 * See among the Bifhops. = See among the Deans. 
 
 Hh 2 
 
244- HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 2. JOHN YOUNG, D.D. who is faid to have been a Monk of Ramfey,'^ was 
 elected Mafter of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge in 1 553, in the room of Bifliop Ridley 
 deprived. April 12, 1554, he was inftituted to this Prebend, vacant by the depriva- 
 tion of Dr. Parker -y on the 24th of the fame month, to the Reftory of Stretham ; and 
 the fame year ferved the office of Vicechancellor of Cambridge. He was a very a6live 
 Man, in Queen Marys reign, in promoting Popery ; and was one of the Doctors fent 
 by the Univerfity of Cambridge in 1555, to difpute with Archbifliop Crtf«/«f/-, Bifliops 
 Ridley and Latimer ^ at Oxford; who lufFered martyrdom there, on account of their 
 Religion. On Queen £//2;fl/^<'//ys acceflion, he was deprived of all his preferments, 
 and confined in the King's-Bench prifon, where he died in 1 579, aged about 70. 
 
 3. JOHN PORIE, D.D. Mafter oi Corpus-Chrijli College, Cambridge, andRedor 
 of Landbeach, was promoted to this Prebend, on Dr. Toung's deprivation, and infti- 
 tuted to it in the beginning of the year 1560 : he became Prebendary of Canterbury 
 in 1561 ; and Re6lor of Lambeth in 1563 ; in which year he refigned this Prebend ;. 
 and was fucceeded by 
 
 4. THOMAS* HILL, M.A. Re£Vor of Kedingto?i in Sufolk, and oi Wickmere in 
 Norfolk, who was collated in 1563; and refigned this Sta^i the year following; and 
 on his refignation, 
 
 5. ROBERT BEAUMONT, D.D. Mafter of Trinity College in Cambridge, and 
 Archdeacon of Huntingdon, was collated Nov. 15, 1564; being at that time Vicechan- 
 cellor of the Univerfity : and had been Lady Margaret's Profeflx>r in Divinity. He was 
 a fccond time elected Vicechancellor, and died in that office about May, or the be- 
 ginning of June, 1567. 
 
 6. THOMAS ITHELL, LL.D. Mafter of Jefus College in Cambridge, and Chan- 
 cellor of the Diocefe, was collated to this Stall June 10, 1567; and on July 24 fol- 
 lowing, to the Sine-cure Redory of Elm cum Emneth in the IfJe of Ely : all which, 
 preferments^ he died pofl'efled of, about April or May 1579. 
 
 7. ROBERT NORGATE, B.D. Mafter of Corpiis-Chrifli College in Cambridge, 
 Prebendary of Lincoln, and Rector of Forncet in Norfolk, was admitted to this Pre- 
 bend May 8, 1579. He proceeded to his Degree of D.D. in 1581, and was elefled 
 Vicechancellor of Cambridge in 1584; and Nov. 10, that year, was prefented by the 
 Queen to the Rectory of Grafifdcn Parva in this Diocefe. Had formerly been one of 
 Archbifliop Parkers Chaplains, and by him prefented to the Rectory of Lachindon in 
 Epx. He died on Nov. 2, 1 5875 leaving a Widow, who married Dr. Nicholas Felton, 
 
 afterwards Bifliop of Ely. 
 
 8. THOMAS 
 
 » If lie had been Fellow of St. John's College in Cambridge, and A.B. in 1536, as Mr. Baker af- 
 firms, he could hardly have been a Monk of Ramfey, or any other Regular Convent. He was a 
 learned Man, and oppofed Buccr. * InWillis's Cath. Ely, pag.378. — and Le Neve's Fafti.pag.75. 
 he is called Thomas. — And in Bp. Cox's Regifter, his Collation is omitted •, however, that of his 
 SucceflTor is there entered •, " Item 15 die Nov. A.D. 1564, Dominus Epifcopus Canonicatum five 
 Priibendam quam Mag' Johannes Hill nuper habuit, per liberam refignationem cjuklem vacantcm, 
 contulit Magiftio Roberto Beaumont S.T. P. &c." 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 245 
 
 8. THOMAS NEVILE, M. A. Maimer of Mag^ia/ene CoWege m Camh-/dge, Chap- 
 lain to Queen Elizabeth, and Redlor of Doddington cum March in the IJle of Ely, was 
 prefented to this Prebend by the Queen, and inftituted to it Nov. 22, 1587. The fol- 
 lowing year, being then D.D., he was eleded Vicechancellor of the Univerfity; was 
 made Dean of Peterborough in 15903 and Mafter of Trinity College in 1593.' He re- 
 figned Doddington, on being inftituted Mar. 2, 1593-4, to Teverjham near Cambridge ^ 
 and was at length promoted to the Deanery oi Canterbury ]\xx\q 28, 1597. He died at 
 Cambridge May 2, 16 15; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral ; and fucceeded by 
 
 9. JOHN BOIS, B.D, Reftor of Boxworth in Cambridge/hire, who was collated to 
 this Prebend Aug. 25, 16155 having this favour conferred on him by Bifhop Andrews 
 merely on account of his worth and eminent learning, without his knowledge or ex- 
 pedation. He quitted it in March following, in exchange for the firft Stall,^ with 
 
 10. DANIEL WIGMORE, B.D. who was pofTefled of it before Mar. 25, 1616; 
 and was the fame year collated to the Archdeaconry oi Ely : both which preferments' 
 he held till the Cathedrals were diflblved in the Grand Rebellion ; and dying in 16465 
 was bm-ied at Shelford. 
 
 11. BERNARD HALE, D.D. Fellow of Peter-Houfe, having been collated by 
 Bifhop IVren, to the Re6tory of Fen-Ditton, June 22, 1660 ; was by him alfo promoted 
 to the Archdeaconry of Ely July 2, following; and the next day July 3, to this Pre- 
 bendal Stall ; in both which he was inftalled Sept. 22 ; and on Nov, 5, the fame year^ 
 on the promotion of Dr. Co/in to the See of Durham, was made Mafter of Peter-Houfe. 
 He died on Mar. 29, 1663, and was buried in the Chapel of Peter-Houfe ; to whick 
 College having been a confiderable Benefa£lor; the Society, in gratitude to his me- 
 mory, placed over him a Marble, with the Infcription referred to below.4 He was 
 fucceeded by 
 
 12. ANTHONY SPARROW, D.D. Mafter of Queens College, Cambridge, and 
 Archdeacon of Sudbury, who was inftalled May 7, 1663 ; and the following year was 
 eledled Vicechancellor of the Univerfity. In 1667, he was promoted to the See of 
 Exeter, and confecrated Bifliop Nov. 3 ; and in September 1676, was tranflated to 
 Norwich; where he died on May 19, 1685. On his promotion to Exeter, 
 
 13. JOHN LIGHTFOOT, D:D.Maf^sr of Catherine-Hall, Cambridge, and ReSior 
 of Great Munden in Hertfordpire, was prefented to this Stall, by Lord-Keeper Bridg- 
 man, inftituted Jan. 22, and inftalled Feb. 5, 1667-8, He died at Munden Dec. 6, 
 1675, and was there buried. 5 ' 
 
 14. HENRY 
 ■■ "Whilfl he was Mafter there, he built the Second Court of his College, called Nevile's Court. 
 2 See among the Prebendaries of the Firft Stall. 3 See among the Archdeacons. 4 " Me- " 
 morisB facrum venerabilis Viri Bernardi Hale, S.T.P. Elienfis Canonici, necnon Archidiaconi, 
 atque hujus Collegii Magiftri pii, eruditi, munifici ; qui Walden Regis in Com. Hartford natus, 
 obiit Martii 29, 1663, atque hie fepultus jacet. Hunc Lapidem Gratitudinis ergo pofuic Societas 
 Petrenfis." * His Charafter, feme particular circumftances of his Life, and an account of the 
 
 Works of this very learned Man, may be met with in Biographia BritaJinua, under the Articie. 
 LlGHTFOOT. 4. 
 
2^6 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 !4. HENRY HARRISON, D.D. Reftor oi Wetbersjieldm Suffolk, and Snathvellm 
 Camhridgejhrey was collated by Bifliop Gunning to this Prebend Dec. 13, and inftalled 
 Dec. 17, 1675. He died Sept. 5, 1690, aged 80 years, and was buried in the Chancel 
 of Wcjl-Wickbam Church in Cambridgejhirey with two Epitaphs; one on the Wall, the 
 other on the Floor ; and was fucceeded by 
 
 15. The Hon. HENRY FINCH, M.A. Brother to the Earl oi Nottingham, inftitut- 
 ed to this Prebend, on a Royal prefentation, 061. 10, 1690. He afterwards became 
 Dean of 2V/^, and was inftalled June 13, 1702; and was alfo Reclor of the great 
 Living of Winwick in Lancajhire , but refigned this Prebend, after two years pofTef- 
 iion, in favour of his Tutor, 
 
 16. THOMAS LOVETT, M.A. Fellow of Chriff^ College in Cambridge, who 
 was collated Dec. 1, and inftalled Dec. 10. 1692: he died Mar. 4, 1698-9, at Chrijl's 
 College, and was buried in the Chapel there, but without any memorial j and fuc- 
 ceeded by 
 
 17. ROBERT MIDDLETON, M.A. Brother-in-law to Bifhop P^/r/V/J, and Vi- 
 car of Cockfield in Suffex, collated Mar. 14, and inftalled Mar. 17, 1698-9 ; who dying 
 at Cockfield, about Sept. 1713, was fucceeded by 
 
 18. THOMAS TANNER, D.D. Fellow of ^//-5c«/f College in Oxford; Chan- 
 cellor of the Diocefe of Norwich, and Reclor of Thorpe near that City ; collated to 
 this Prebend Sept. 10, 1713, and inftalled the fame day. Dec. 7, 1721, on the re- 
 fignation of Dr. Camion, he was made Archdeacon of Norfolk ; and refigned this Pre- 
 bend Jan. I, 1723-4, on being nominated to a Canonry of Chriji-Church, Oxford, in 
 which he was inftalled the next month. In 1727, he was chofen Prolocutor of the 
 Convocation ; and at length promoted to the See of ^t.Afaph, of which he was con- 
 fecrated Biftiop Jan. 23, 173 1-2, He died dlChriJl-Church Dec. 14, 1735, and was bu- 
 ried in the Nave of that Cathedral, near the Pulpit ; where a Monument to his me- 
 mory is affixed to one of the Pillars, with an Infcription, as below.' 
 
 19. CLEMENT TOOKIE, M.A., afterwards LL.D., Vicar of Chippenham in Cam- 
 brid'^cJJnre, and Reclor of Worlington in Suffolk; (who had alfo been Second Mafter of 
 St. Paul's School, London ;) was, on Dr. Tanners refignation, collated to this Prebend, 
 Feb. 12, and inftalled Feb. 20, 1723-4. He died in June 1748, and was buried at 
 
 Chippenham ; and fucceeded by 
 
 20. JOHN 
 ' " M. S. Thom^ Tanner, S.T.P., qui natus Lavlngtoni* in agro Wlltonlenfi, in Collegium 
 Ref^inenfe admifllis, deinde Omnium Animarum Capellanus, mox Socius cooptatus eft ; optimarum 
 ibilrtium cultor, Antiquitatis prseferdm (ludio ita trahebatur, ut in Patriae Faftis, Monumentifque 
 •cruendis, nemo iilo diligentior, nemo in explicantiis peritior haberetur. Hinc mature evocatus 
 ad munus Cancellarii Dioeceleos Nordovicenfis •, auftus eft infuper Prsebenda Elienfi •, Academia: 
 denuo reftitutus, banc ^Edem Canonicus ornavit. A Clero interim Prolocutor renunciatus; ad 
 Epifcopatum tandem eveflus eft Afavcnfem. Vir erat ad omne officium fumma fide et diligentia, 
 rara pietate, humaniflima erga omnes voluntate, liberalitate in egenos cfFufiffima. Obiit 14 die De- 
 ccmbris A.D. 1735, .Sitatis 62." 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 247 
 20. JOHN NICOLS, M.A., fince D.D., Fellow of Merton College in Oxford; 
 and many years refident Chaplain to the EngliJJ: Merchants fettled at Oporto in Porfu- 
 gal'y who was collated to this Prebend 061. 1 1, and inftalled Od. 15, 1748. He is at 
 this time Preacher of the Charter-Houfe, London ; and the prefent polfefTor of this Stall, 
 June I, 1770. 
 
 PREBENDARIES of the Third Stall. 
 
 1. WILLIAM MAY, LL.D. was nominated to the Third Prebendal Stall in this 
 Cathedral, by the King's Charter of eredion Sept. 10, 154 1. He was at that time 
 Chancellor to Bifliop Goodrich ; Mafter of ^(ee?is College, Cambridge ; Redor alfo of 
 Balpam in Cambridgejhire, and of Littkbury Sine-cure in EJJex. He afterwards became 
 Dean of St. Paul's, London, An 1545; was Mafter of Requefts, in King Edward the 
 VI's reign 5 and one whofe Services were much ufed in the Reformation, under that 
 King^ In Queen Mary's time, he was deprived of his Deanery, and Mafterfliip of 
 ^een's College; but does not appear to have been difpoffeffed of this Prebend, How- 
 ever, he was reftored to his Deanery of St. Paul's, and Mafterfliip, on Queen Eliza- 
 beth's acceffion ; and was nominated and elected Archbifliop of Tork ; but dying be- 
 fore his Confecration, on Aug. 8, 1560, was buried in the Choir of St. Paul's Cathe- 
 dral, with the underwritten Infcription.' His Succeffor here was 
 
 2. THOMAS STYWARD, M.A,, the time of whofe admiffion does not appearj. 
 but in the Certificatcrium"- of Bifliop Cox, to the Archbifliop, of the State of the Dio- 
 cefe oi Ely, dated Jan. 28, 1560-1 ; he is returned " Prebendary of this Stall; was a 
 Prieft, and alfo M.A. ; was qualified for Preaching, and had a Special Licence for that 
 purpofe, both from the Archbifliop, and from the Bifliop ; that he refided here, and 
 kept Hofpitality." He was afterwards Re6lor of Downham near Ely ; and died, and 
 was buried in St.Mary's Chapel, Dec. 2, 1568. 
 
 3. JOHN WHITGIFT, D.D., Mafter of Trinity College, Cambridge, Rector of 
 Tever/l.^am in Cambridgejldire, and Chaplain to Bifliop Cox, was by him collated to this 
 Prebend Dec. 5, 1 568. He had formerly been Fellow of St. Peter's College, Cambridge j. 
 and thence eleQie^M.^Sisx oi Peinbroke-Hall'm 1567; which he quitted the fameyear^. 
 
 on 
 
 » " En! recubat tumulo GuLlELMus Meyius ifto, - ■ 
 
 Qui Sacra bis in hac ^de Decanus erat. 
 Cantabriam teneris petit ftudiofus ab annis ; 
 
 Ingenium ingenuis artibus excoliiit. 
 Clarus Doftoruni Juris- Prudentia fecit, 
 
 Pedlore qui miti carus ubique fuit. 
 Faftus Eboracus fortd Archiepifcopus idem eft; 
 
 Quern fungi officio Fata proterva vetant. 
 Attulit haec mortem, quse lux concefTit honorem j. 
 
 Maluit ac fieri Prasful adire polum. 
 Afpice quam rebus fit Sors incerta caducis ! 
 
 En ! pete qus nulla funt peritura die ! 
 
 Obiit Anno Verbi Incarnati 1560, 8 die Augufti*"' 
 ' MS; in Bene't Coll. Library, Mifcellaaea V. 
 
248 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 on being made Mafter of Trinity College : he was alfo fuccefllvely Lady Margarefs, 
 and Regius Profeflbr in Divinity: inftalled Dean oi Lincoln Aug. 2, 1571 ; confecrated 
 Bifliop of Worcejler Apr. 21, 1577; and at length tranflated to Canterbury Sept. 23, 
 1583. He died on Feb. 29, 1603-4, and was buried at Cr(?yio« on Mar. 27, following. 
 
 4. HUGH BOOTHE, B.D. Fellow oi Trinity College, Cambridge, was prefented 
 by the Queen to this Prebend, vacant by the promotion of Dr. Whitgift to Worcejler^ 
 and was inftituted O^. 8, 1577. He left College foon after; but what other prefer- 
 ment he had, I do not find : however, he was in polTefrion of this, at the time of 
 his death, which happened about January 1602-3. 
 
 5. ROBERT TINLEY, D.D. Archdeacon of Ely ; formerly Fellow of Magdalen 
 College in Oxford, and Pro6lor of that Univerfity in 1595 ; was collated to this Pre- 
 bend Feb. 4, and prefented to the Redory oi Glemsford in Suffolk, Feb- 8, 1602-3 = 
 which Redory he refigned on Feb. 23, 1607-8, being then prefented to the Vicarage 
 oiWitham in Effex ; as he was alfo on Aug. 23, following, to the Prebend of Kentifi- 
 Town in St. PWs, London. He died foon after Michaelmas 1616, at Witham, and was 
 there buried. 
 
 6. HIEROM BEALE, B.D. fometime Fellow oi Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge^ 
 Redor of Nuthurjl in Sufex, and Prebendary ol Chlchejler ; was collated to this Stall, 
 before Dec. 21, 1616. He was chofen Mafter of Pembroke-Hall Feb. 21, 1618-9 ; and 
 the fame year created D.D.; became RecVor of Hardwick, and oi Willitighafn in Cam- 
 bridgejkire ; Vicechancellor of the Univerfity in 1622 ; Chaplain and Sub-almoner to 
 King James I. He died about Michaelmas 1630 : and was fucceeded by 
 
 7. ELIZEUS BURGES, B.D. (formerly of St. Johns College, Oxford,) Archdea- 
 con of Rochefler, Re6lor of South- Fleet in Kent, and Vicar of Canewdon in Effex ; who 
 was collated by Biftiop Buckeridge foon after Michaelmas, 1630. He was eje6led from 
 his Archdeaconry, and this Prebend in the times of the Ufurpation -, but whether 
 from his Parochial Cures, I do not find. He died about the end of the year 1652, and 
 is fuppofed to have been buried at South-Fleet. 
 
 8. WILLIAM HOLDER, M.A. late Fellow of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge ; and 
 Redlor of Blechingdon in Oxfordpire, was collated by Bifhop Wren, then in the Tower 
 of London, Jan. 25, 1652-3, but not inftalled till Sept. 22, 1660. After the King's 
 Reftoration, he was created D.D. at Oxford, became Reftor of Northivold in Norfolk, 
 and of Tidd St. Giles's in the Jfe of Ely ; and was afterwards Canon Refidentiary of 
 St.PauFs London, Reftor of Therfeld in Hertfordjlnre, Sub-Almoner to the King, 
 Dean of his Majefty's Chapel ; and Fellow of the Royal Society. He died Jan. 24, 
 1697-8, in the 82d year of his age, and was buried in the Undercroft of St. PWs, 
 London -, where there is a Monument ereded to his Memory. 
 
 9. THOMAS RICHA-RDSON, D.D. Fellow of Eton, and Re^or of Glayflon in 
 the County of Rutland, was collated to X\ > Prebend Feb. 1, and inftalled Feb. 17, 
 1697-8. He was made Mafter of Peter-Houfe \n Cambridge, Dec. 9, 1699; and re- 
 figned this Stall Dec. 4, 1700.— He died July 31, 1733, aged 79, and was buried in 
 Peter-Houfe Q\,z^,\. 10. DREW 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 249 
 10. DREW CRESSENER, D.D. Vicar of Soham in CambridgeJInre, fucceeded to 
 this Stall on T)\:. Richard/on s refignation, being collated thereto Dec. 12, 1700. He 
 had formerly been Fellow of Pemh-oke-Hall, <^ambridge , and Proctor of the Univer- 
 fityin 1678. He died at So/yam Feb. 20, 171 7-8, and was there buried ^ with the 
 underwritten Infcription.' 
 
 I r. CHARLES FLEETWOOD, M.A. afterwards LL.D, Son of Bifliop Fleetwood, 
 Fellow of Kifig's College in Cambridgey was collated to this Prebend by his Father, 
 Mar. r7, and inftalled Mar. 22, 1717-8; he was prefented in January following to 
 the Re6lory of Barley in Hertfordjlnre; and collated Nov. 28, 1722, to the Redory of 
 Cottenham in Cambridgejlnre: afterwards became Canon of Exeter^ and Archdeacon of 
 Cornwall. He died at Cottenham July 27, 1737, aiKl was buried in the Prefbytery of 
 this Cathedral in the fame Vault with his Father: and a Monument ^ to his Memo- 
 ry, was foon after erefted in the South-Ille of the Prefbytery, with an Infcription, 
 as below. 3 
 
 12. THOMAS GREENE, M.A. (fince D.D.) eldeft Son of BiHiop Greene^ late 
 Fellow of Corpus-Chrijii College, and at that time Fellow oijefus College, Cambridge^ 
 was collated by his Father to this Prebend, and to the Re<5lory of Cottenham in Cam- 
 hridgeflnre Aug. i, and was inftalled Prebendary here Aug. 2, 1737. His next pro- 
 motion, was to the Chancellorfhip of the Church of Lichfield, to which he was pre- 
 sented in May 1751, by Archbilhop Herring, as his Option : and in Auguft the fame 
 year, was made one of the King's Chaplains. April 27,- 1755, he attended his Ma- 
 jefty in his laft journey to Hanover as his Chaplain; and returning with him Sept. i c 
 following; was in May 1756, made Prebendary oi JVefijni?ifier : which, however, he 
 refigned the next year, on being nominated by his Majefty to the Deanery of Salifi. 
 hury in February, and inftalled Dean there Mar. 13, 1757. He is the prefent poffelTGr 
 of this Prebend, June 9, '^'J'jo, 
 
 PREBENDARIES of the Fourth StalL 
 
 1. WILLIAM LYSON or LESON, LL.D, a Mafter in Chancery, and Preben- 
 dary of Gaya-Minor, in the Church of Lichfield, was appointed the Fourth Preben^ 
 dary in this Cathedral, by the King's Charter of ereftion Sept. 10, 1541. He was 
 Re6lor of Southam in Warwick/hire ; and in his Will, dated Jan. 8, 1549, a little be- 
 fore his death, he appointed to be buried in this Cathedral. 
 
 2. RICHARD WILKS, B.D., Mafter of Chrifi College, Cambridge, was Chaplain 
 to Bifliop Goodrich; and by him prefented to the Re6tory of Pulham in Norfolk, Dec. 7, 
 
 ^542; 
 
 * " Depofitiim Drugonis Cressentir S.T.P. Aulse Pembrochian^ per 15 annos Socii ; luijus 
 Ecclefise per 39 annosVicarii-, Ecclefise Elienfis per 17 annos Canonici : Obiic 20 die Menfis Februarii, 
 A.D. 17 17, i^tatis fuaeyg." 
 
 » Plate XXXVI. 3 "Herelyeth the Body of Charles Fleetwood, LL.D. only remaining Son 
 of William Lord Bifhop of Ely. He was Archdeacon of Cornwall, Canon of this Church, and of 
 Exeter, and Reftor of Cottenham in this Diocefe. He married in the year 171 8, Anne the eldeft 
 Daughter of the Right Reverend Father in God Stephen Wefton now Lord Bifhop of Exeter; who 
 being left a Widow by his death, eredted this Monument to the Memory of her moft dear deceafed 
 Hufband. He dyed at Cottenham on the 27th day of July in the year of our Lord 1737, and of 
 his Age the 44th." 
 
 li 
 
<* 
 
 250 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 1542 ; collated to the Rectory of Fen-Ditton in Cambridgejlnre, June 1 1, 1544 ; and to 
 the Mafterfliip of St.Johns Hofpital in Ely, 061. 25, 1547 ; was prefented by the King 
 to this Prebend, Jan. 12, 1549-50. He died at Ely, and was buried in St. Mary's 
 Church Oft. 13, 1556 ; having been deprived of his Maftcrflnp of Chri/Fs College in 
 ICC'* and probably of this Stall foon after: but who was his immediate Succeflbr 
 here, is not very clear ; unlefs it was, 
 
 3. JOHN EBDEN, M.A., Fellow of St. Peters College in Cambridge, and Proflor 
 of the Univerfity in 1550 ; who was Prebendary of this Stall in 1560; but when ad- 
 mitted to it, does not appear. In the Certijicatoriim^ of the Diocefe of Ely, by Bifhop 
 Cox, dated Jan. 28, 1 560-1, he is faid to be " M.A., not to refide much at Ely, but 
 at Cambridge, in ^lecns College, for the fake of profecuting his Studies ; was quali- 
 fied for Preaching, and had a fpecial Licence for that purpofe from the Archbifhop." 
 He was about that time promoted by the Queen to the Archdeaconry of Durham ^ 
 which he refigned in 1 563 ; having been promoted to the Prebend of Mapejbury in 
 St. Paufs, London j and alfo to a Prebend of Witichejier, in 1562 : and is fuppofed to 
 have refio-ned this Stall alfo about the fame time. He proceeded to his Degree of 
 D.D. in 1564: and became Archdeacon of Winchejler in 1571 j refigned that Dignity 
 •j^ i^^^ . but held his Prebend there about 50 years ; dying in 161 2. 
 
 4. MATTHEW HUTTON, B.D. Mafter oi F embroke-Hall in Cambridge; (for- 
 merly Fellow of "trinity College;) became Prebendary of this Stall on the refignation 
 of Ebden, but the exact time does not appear : he was Lady Margaret's Profeilbr in 
 1 56 1, and refigned it the following year, on being madei?^^;/« Profeflbr in Divini- 
 ty; and on Sept. 4, 1563, was inftituted to the Reftory of Boxwortb in Cambridge- 
 (Jnre; created D.D. in 1565 ; and the fame year became Prebendary of Weftminfter ; 
 which he refigned, as alfo the Mafterfliip oi Pembroke-Hall, his Profefl'orihip, and Pre- 
 bend at Ely, in 1567, on being made Dean of Tork: from which Dignity he was 
 promoted to the See of Durham, and confecrated Bifhop thereof, July 27, 1589; 
 thence tranflated to the Metropolitan See of Tork, and inthroned there Mar. 3 1, 1595. 
 He died at Bifiopjlhorp Jan. 16, 1605-6, and was buried in Tork Cathedral. 
 
 5. HENRY HARVEY or HERVEY, LL.D., of a refpearable (and fince ennobled) 
 Family,^ fettled at Ichioorth in Suffolk ; Mafter of Trinity-Hall in Cambridge ; Re6tor of 
 Littlebury, Sinecure, mEffex ; and Precentor of St. PauFs, London ; was collated to this 
 Prebend, vacant by the refignation of Dr. Hutton, June 25, 1567. He had been Arch- 
 deacon of Middle/ex ; but had refigned it in 1554; and Chancellor of this Diocefe the 
 laft year of Bifliop Thirleby's time ; alfo Vicechancellor of the Univerfity in 1560. He 
 was fometime Dean of the Arches, and Founder of DoSiors-Commom, in London ; and 
 is reckoned among the Benefactors of Trinity-Hall, where he enlarged the Buildings, 
 and founded one Scholarfliip. He died about February 1584-5; and was fucceed- 
 
 ed by 
 
 6. THOMAS 
 
 • MS. Bene't Coll. Library, Mifcellanea, V; * « Non ukimum Familia; fua? Harveians de 
 Ickworth in Suffokia Decus." Parker's Sxe^stsj Cantabrig. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 251 
 
 6. THOMAS NUCE, B.D., who was admitted to this Stall, on the Queen's pre- 
 fentation, Feb. 21, 1584-5. He had been of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge, where he was 
 admitted Fellow In 1562 ; was fometime Reftor of Oxborough in Norfolk ; ofBeckles, 
 and Wejlon-Market in Suffolk ; alfo Vicar of GayJJey in that County j where he died 
 Nov. 8, 1617 J and was buried in the Chancel of that Church, under a Stone infcribed, 
 as below.' 
 
 7. ROGER ANDREWS, D.D., formerly Fellow of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge, 
 and Vicar of Chigwell in EJfex ; and at the time of the vacancy of this Stall, Preben- 
 dary, Archdeacon, and Chancellor of the Church of Chlcbejler; was collated to it, by~ 
 his Brother Bifhop Andrews, Nov. 17, 1617 ; and the following year, to the Mafter- 
 fliip of Jefui College, Cambridge ; befides which, he had likewife the Shiecure Re61-ory 
 oiElm cum Emneth in this Diocefe ; and in the year 1 625, was made Prebendary of Wi7i- 
 chejler. He was one of thofe learned Men, who were employed by King 'fames I, in the 
 Tranflation of the Bible. He died foon after Michaelmas 1635; and was fucceeded by 
 
 8. JOHN HARRIS, M.A., collated to this Prebend before Oa. 27, 1635, What 
 other preferment he held with this, does not fully appear j unlefs it was the Refto- 
 ry of Pajfenham in Nortbamptonftnre, to which he had been prefented by the Crown 
 in 1632; and where he is fuppofed to have died, and been buried in 1658. 
 
 9. HENRY BRUNSELL, M.A., was collated to this Prebend Oa.4, and inflall- 
 edOa. 18, 1660 J and on Jan. 16 following, was admitted to the Degree of LL.D. at 
 Oxford. He had been educated in Magdalen-Hall in that Unlverfityj and admitted to 
 the pradife of Phyfick : but on the King's Reftoration, laying afide that faculty, be- 
 took himfelf to Divinity ; and became Re6lor of Clayivorth in Nottinghamjhire, and 
 Prebendary of Southivell. Aug. 14, 1662, he was collated to the Re(flory oi Stretham. 
 in this Diocefe; where dying Feb. 23, 1678-9, he was buried in the Chancel of that 
 Church, and hath on his Grave-ftone a fliort Infcription, as below.* He founded three 
 Exhibitions 2i\. Magdalen College, Oxford; and three more at fefus College, Cambridge. 
 
 10. WILLIAM SAYWELL, D.D., Chaplain to Blfliop Gunning, and Chancellor 
 of the Church of Chichefter ; was collated to this Prebend Feb. 28, 1678-9 j as he was 
 alfo, in December following, to the Maflerfhip of y^j College, Cambridge, and to the 
 Re6lory of JVillingha?n in this Diocefe; and on Jan. 22, 1680-1, to the Archdeaconry 
 of Ely : all which preferments he died poffeffed of; and was buried in fefus College 
 Chapel, with only this fhort Infcription, " GuL. Saywell, S.T.P. hujus Coll. Cuflos, 
 obiit Jun. 9, 1701." His SuccefTor was 
 
 II. CHft^RLES 
 
 * " Here who lyes, if you enquere, 
 'Tis Thomas Nuce his Sepulchere, 
 
 Vicar of this Parifh late ; 
 
 Whofe Soule enjoyes a happy ftate, 
 
 And in fulnefs fhail of tyme, 
 ReaflUme this earthly flyme. 
 
 By his fide now, as In life, 
 
 Lyes the Body of his Wife, 
 Ann, who in number even. 
 
 Five Sonnes brought him. Daughters feven. 
 To the world they lyvinge dyde. 
 
 So dyinge lyvinge they abide. 
 
 He died the 8th day of November A.D. 1617. She died A.D. 1613." 
 
 , LL.E 
 
 Statis i\ 
 
 li 2 
 
 * " Hie jacet Henricus Brunsell, LL.D. Pr^bendarius Ecdefise Eiienfis, et Redlor de 
 Stretham. Obiit 23 Feb, 1678, Anno .^tatis fuse 61." 
 
252 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 11. CHARLES ASHTON, B.D., a Native of Derbyjl^ire ; he was admitted of 
 ^eeris College in Caml>nJge, May 18, 1682 ; and having taken his Degree of B.A., 
 was elefted Fellow of that College, Apr. 30, 1687, to be admitted to profits upon a 
 future vacancy ; which did not happen till Apr. 9, 1690: he became Chaplain to 
 Bifhop Patrick, by whom he was prefented to the Redlory of Rattenden in Effe.\\ 
 Mar. 10, 1698-9 J which Living he exchanged, in June following, for a Chaplainfliip 
 of Chelfea College or Hofpital ; and that preferment alfo he foon after quitted, on 
 being collated by his Patron to this Prebendal Stall, July 3, 1701 ; and the next day 
 to tiie Mafterfhip of Jefiis College, Cambridge ; both vacant by the death of Dr. Say- 
 'nell: the fame year he proceeded to his Degree of D.D.; and was eledled Vicechan- 
 cellor of the Univerfity in 1702. His Mafterfliip and Prebend, (both which he was - 
 in pofleffion of above fifty years) were the only preferments he held afterwards ; not 
 choohng to accept of any Parochial Benefice j but leading a very retired and fludious 
 life in his College ; except when flatntable refidence, and attendance at Chapters, 
 required his prefence at Ely, on which occafions, he feldom or never failed to be 
 prefent, till the latter part of his life. He had great knowledge in mofl branches of 
 Literature, particularly in Chronology, and in the Greek and Latin Languages j. 
 but could never be prevailed on to publifli any thing in his own Name : though it 
 is well known, that he affifted his Friends in the pubhcation of many learned Works . 
 and fulce his death a correft Edition of 7«/?/«ilf^r/}'r's Apologies, has been publifhed 
 from his MSS, by the Rev. Mr. Keller, late Fellow of Jefus College, Cambridge, the 
 prefent worthy Redor of Keljhall in Hertfordjhire. Dr. ^p^ton was a generous Con- 
 tributor in his Life-time to the Ornament of his College; where he died in March' 
 1752, in the 87th year of his Age, and was buried in the College Chapel, with the 
 Epitaph referred to below.' 
 
 12. HENRY GOODALL, D.D., fometime Fellow o{ Gonvile and Caius College 
 in Cambridge, Prebendary of Norwich, Reflor of the confolidated Re(5lorres of Bixlcy 
 and Framlingham-Earh in Norfolk, Archdeacon of Suffolk, and Chaplain to Bifhop- 
 Gcoch; was by him collated to this Prebend Mar. 24, 1752. He refigned it Aug. 24,. 
 the following year : whereupon, 
 
 13. JOHN GOOCH, M.A., younger Son of Bifhop Gooch, Re6lor of Willinghamy 
 
 and of Fen-Ditton in Cambridgejhire, was inflalled Prebendary thereof Sept. 9, 1753 : 
 
 and proceeded to his Degree of D.D. in 1765. He holds fome offices in the Diocefe 
 
 of Ncr'wich, which were given him by his Father, whilft Bifliop of that See : befides 
 
 which, upon the death of Dr. Atwell in 1768, he was appointed CommifTary of the 
 
 Archdeaconry of Sudbury, and Town of Bury, by Dr. Philip Tonge, now Lord Bifhop 
 
 of Norwich : and is the prefent pofTeffor of this Stall, June 16, 1770. 
 
 PR E- 
 
 ' " Car. Ashton S.T.P. hujus Collegii per annos L Magifler, obiit Anno Chrlfti mdcclu. 
 JCtat. Lxxxvji." 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 253. 
 
 PREBENDARIES of the Fifth Stall. 
 
 1. GILES EYRE, B.D., Fellow and Vice-Provoft o( King's College in Cambridge, 
 having been prefented by that College, and inftituted to the Re6lory oiKingeJlon nxCam- 
 bridgeJ}Are]\xnt 2, 1 538 ; and likewife collated byBifhop Goodrich to the Vicarage oiFul- 
 bourn All-Saint iZt\>t. 25, and tothe^/V/tvwT Re6loryof £/;//cum£OT«r/Z',Oct. 17, 1540 j. 
 was nominated by King i/t'^ry VIII, (to whom he was Chaplain,) to the Fifth Prebend in 
 this Church, by the Foundation- Charter, Sept. 10, 1541. He was afterwards created 
 D.D. ; became Chaplain to King EdivardNl j and was employed under him, in feveral 
 Commiflions, for the Reformation of Religion. He refigned this Stall in 1549 ; being, 
 that year made Prebendary oiWeJlminJler^ Dean oiChicheJler^ and Prebendary oiHurJl- 
 waity in the Church oiTork: and died in 1551, or before Feb. 12, the following year. 
 
 2. ANTHONY OTWAY, LL.B., on the refignation of Dr. Eyre, was prefented 
 to this Stall, and admitted to it Sept. 11,1 549. What other preferment he had, does 
 not appear: only I find, he died about November, 1554. 
 
 3. JOHN FULLER, LL.D., Fellow of All-Souh College, Oxford, and there ad> 
 mitted to his Degree of LL.D. in Jan. 1545-6 ; became Redor ofHanwell'm Middle/ex- 
 in 1 547 J which Living he refigned in 1551 ; having about that time been conftitut- 
 ed Vicar General to Dr. Thirliy Biftiop of Norwich. He was next promoted to the 
 Reflories of Dereham and North-Creak, and the Vicarage of Sieafham in Norfolk : and 
 on Bifliop 'Thirlbfs tranflation to Ely in 1554, was made his Chancellor ; collated to 
 the Mafterfhip oijefus College, Cambridge ; and admitted to this Prebend Nov. 16, 1 554;- 
 and had other preferments in this Diocefe, as the Reftories Hilderfiam, Fen-Ditton and 
 IVilbraham in CambridgeJJ.nre : and May 28, 1558, was inftituted to the Prebend of 
 Chamberlaifi'woodlxwh.tChxxvch of St-Paul's, London ; and died before Dec. 14, following. 
 
 4. THOMAS WILLET, Clerk,, was admitted to this Prebend in 1560 j but the 
 exaft time does not appear. He officiated as Publick Notary at the Confecration of 
 Archbifliop P^r/5^r in X^;«/5£'/^ Chapel, Dec. 17, 1559: and was ordained Deacon by Dr. 
 Grindall Bp. oi London, Jan. 14, following'; the fame year, was prefented by the Queen 
 to the Re6lory oi Thurcajlon in Leicefterfiire. In Bp. Cox's Certifcatorium,^ of the flate 
 of this Diocefe, to the Archbifliop, dated ztEly, Jan. 28, 1560-L; he is returned, " Pre- 
 bendary there, a Prieft, no Graduate, but qualified for preaching, and had a fpecial Li- 
 cence for that purpofe, from the Bifliop of ^ ; and refided there with his Family.'" 
 Bifliop Cox afterwards prefented him to the Redlory of Barley in Hertfordjl.nre, to which; 
 he was inftituted Apr. 3, 1571. He refigned this Prebend in July 1587; and dying at; 
 Barley, in April 1598, was there buried. He was fucceeded in this Stall by 
 
 5. ANDREW WILLET, Mj\^ afterwards D.D., Son of the abovenamed Tho- 
 mas Willet. This eminent and learned Perfon, was born at Ely, and educated in the- 
 Grammar-School there ; was firft admitted of Pefer-Houfe, and afterwards became: 
 Scholar and Fellow of Chri/i College, Cambridge. At the age of Twenty-five, he was. 
 prefented by the Queen to this Prebend, vacant by his Father's refig^aationj and was, 
 
 » MS» in Bene'c Coll. Library, Mifcellanea. Y.. 
 
254- HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 admitted July 22, 1587J the following year, Nov. 12, was inftituted to the Reaory 
 of ChiUerley in CambriJgepire -, and in 1597, July 2, to the Reaory of Graiifdeti- 
 Parva in the fame County. He likewife fucceeded his Father, (though not imme- 
 diately,) in the Reaory of Bar/ey in HertfordJl:ire -, for which he exchanged his Liv- 
 ing oiGranJdeji, and was inftituted, (being then B.D.) Jan. 29, 1598-9: and not 
 long after was created D.D. He was a Perfon of great induftry, piety, and judgment ; 
 and was accounted one of the beft Commentators, and moft celebrated controverfial 
 Writers of that Age." His death was occafioned by a cafual fall from his Horfe, in 
 the Road near Hodfdcn : he died Dec. 4, 1 62 1, and was buried in the Chancel of Bar- 
 ley, to the Poor of which Parifli he gave a fmall Tenement, and 40/. in Money. 
 His Grave-ftone is infcribed as below.^ His Succeflbr was 
 
 6. RALPH BROWNRIGGE, B.D., TcWovf o{ Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge ; where 
 he became M.A. 1617; and B.D, in 1621 ; in December which year Bifhop Felton col- 
 lated him to this Prebend, and alfo prefented him to the Reaory of Barley, both va- 
 cant by Dr. Willet's death. He proceeded to his Degree of D.D. in 1626 ; and Sept. r, 
 1629, was collated by Bifliop M?/-/o«, (to whom he was Chaplain,) to the Prebend 
 of Tachbrook in L/V/j/^f/^ Cathedral ; but quitted it Sept. 19, 163 1, being collated to 
 the Archdeaconry of Coventry. He was alfo Mafter of Catharine-Hall, in Cambridge^ 
 and four times Vicechancellor of the Univerfity. After Bifhop Morton was tranf- 
 
 lated 
 
 ^ His Works were, DeAniwie natura, &c '. — Synopfis Papifmi: — A Sixfold Commentary on Genefis, 
 
 Exodus, Leviticus: — An Harmony cri the lii and 2d Books of S^imnti: - Commentary on 'D^^nidy 
 
 Romans, Jude : —Ecclefia triumpbans : — Thefaurus Ecclefi^e, &c. His Synopfis Papifmi, had 4 
 
 fcveral Editions in his hfe-time, and was dedicated to King James I, " who approved and conftant- 
 ly patronaged the fame, having been ktn and allowed by the Lords, the ReV* Bifhops, and ever 
 fince had in great efteem in both Univerfities, and alio much defired by all the learned both of the 
 Clergy and Laiety." as it is exp-elTed in a fpecial Licence granted by K. Charles I, for reprinting 
 it, to his Son Paul Willet CI. dated Apr. 26. 1630. [Rym. Foed. vol. xix, p. 161.] — His Harmo- 
 ny on the ift and 2d Books of Samuel, were printed in 1613, and 1614: and to each of them is 
 prefixed an elegant Latin Epirtle -, — The former addrefled to the Mafter and Fellows of Chrift Col- 
 lege; in which are recounted the Bifhops and eminent Men, who had been of their Society: — The 
 latter addrefted to his Brethren the Dean and Prebendaries of Ely -, wherein he recounts, within his own 
 memory, no lefs than 3 Archbithops and 4 Biftiops who had either been Dignitaries of this Church, 
 or bred up at Ely-School ; which in his time was in fo flourifhing ftate, that he remembers above 
 300 Scholars in it at once: and further obferves, that near 20 Mailers of Colleges in the Univerfity 
 of Cambridge, had been Deans, or Prebendaries of Ely. But 1 muft refer the curious Reader, who 
 would know more perfedly the ftate of the Church of Ely, at that time, to the Epiftle itfelf. 
 
 » " Hie jacet Andreas Willet Dodor Sacrse Theologije, aliquando hujus Ecclefix Miniftcr, ct 
 niao^num totius verje Ecclefize Ornamentum. Ob. ^tat. fuse 59, Dec, 4. A.D. 162 1. 
 «* Vivus in hoc tegitur, Leftor, mirare. Sepulchre, 
 WlLLETTUS, fua poft Funera vivus adhuc ! 
 Qiiin ubi nunc habitat cognofcere-, confule fumptu 
 
 Magnifico ftrudtam, Scripta polita, Domum. 
 Interea partem hanc ejus, quam Fata tulerunt, 
 Hk ubi paulifpcr fleris, abire potcs.'* 
 
 *' Thou that 'ere while didft fuch ftrong rcafons frame, 
 As yet, great Willet, are the Poplin's ftiame ; 
 Now by thy Sicknefs, and by Death haft made 
 Strong arguments to prove, That Man's a Ihadei 
 Thy Life did fhew thy deep Divinity: 
 Death only taught us thy Humanity.'* 
 
 6 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 255 
 lated to Durham^ he collated him in 1641, to the nth Stall in that Cathedral : and 
 the fame year, in December, he was nominated to the See of Exeter^ and confe- 
 crated Bifiiop thereof May 15, 1642. But the troubles that enfued, did not permit 
 him to enjoy that Dignity : being foon deprived of all his Ecclefiaftical preferments, 
 and at length of his Mafterfhip, in 1645, for his Loyalty. Thus left deftitute, he re- 
 tired to the houfe of Thomas Rich, Efq; of Sunning in Berk/Jxire, by whom he was ge- 
 neroufly entertained : and about a year before his death, was invited to be Preacher of 
 the T(?//;//(?, London-, where he had a very liberal appointment, and lodgings handfome- 
 ly furnifhed for him by the Society: however, he did not long enjoy them ; for dying 
 on Dec. 7, 1659, he was honourably buried in the Temple Ch\x\xh, at the expenfe of 
 the Society: znd'Dic.Gauden, his SuccefTor at Exeter, foon after obtained leave to 
 place over his Grave a Marble Stone, with an Infcription, as below." 
 
 7. JOHN PEARSON, D.D., Redor of St. Chrijiophers behind the Royal-Exchange, 
 London, was collated to this Prebend Aug. 27, and inftalled Sept. 22, 1660 : on the 
 the 26th of the fame month, he was inftalled Archdeacon of Surry ; and on Nov. 30 
 following, made Mafter of Jefiis College in Cambridge. He refigncd this Stall 061. 9,. 
 1661 J and was the fame day collated to the Firft Stall : where fome further account 
 may be feen of him. His SuccefTor in this Stall was 
 
 8. THOMAS WREN, M.D. and LL.D, Second Son of Bifhop Wren. He was 
 firft admitted a Student at Cambridge; but being forced to leave that Univerfity in. 
 the times of the Ufurpation ; retired to Oxford; where applying himfelf to the ftudy 
 of Phyfick about 8 years ; on the King's Reftoration, was admitted Doctor in that 
 Faculty, by virtue of the Chancellor's Letter : and immediately after entering into 
 Holy Orders, was prefented by his Father to the Sinecure Re6lory of Littkbury in 
 Ejfex, Aug. 10, 1660; and to the Re6lory oi Ncrthwoldm Norfolk, June 10, 1661 : on 
 Jan. 1 5 following, being then LL.D., he was collated to this Prebend ; alfo to the Reclory 
 oiWillingham in CambridgejJnre, Aug. 20, 1 662 j and at length to the Archdeaconry of 
 Ely, Apr. 8, 1663. All which preferments, except North'wold,w\nc\\ he refigned in i662>- 
 he held till the time of his death, v/hich happened about 061. 1679; on the 24th of 
 which month he was buried at Wilberton in the Ifle of Ely : and was fucceeded by 
 
 9. HUMPHREY GOWER, D.D., who had been Fellow of St. fohn-. College in 
 Cambridge, and one of the Univerfity Taxors in 1667; in which year he became 
 Re6tor of Faglefoam in Effex; but refigned that Living, on being collated by Bifliop 
 Gwining, Nov. 20, 1675, to the Rectory oi Newton in the IJle of Ely .- the fame Patron 
 alfo conferred on him Fen-Ditton in Cambridgejlnre, July 4, 1677, being then D.D. 5 
 and two years after made him Mafter oi fefus College, July 7; and Prebendary of 
 this Stall, 06t. 25, 1679: on Dec. 3 following, he was elei^ted Mafter of St. John's 
 College i Vicechancellor of the Univerfity in 1680 ; and L^dy Margaret's Profeffor 
 
 of 
 
 ' " Sumptibus& Aufpiciis Honorab. Societat. Templi, fubtus pofita; funt Reliquiae Radolphi 
 Brown RIG G S.T.D. Cantab. ReverendifEEpifcopiExon. quern honoremoptime meruit, &perannos 
 1 9, tenuic •, malo tamen Seculi fato, (Bellis, Schifmatibus, Sacrilegiis, & Regicidibus ferociente,) nun- 
 quam exercuic. Tandem annoiEtatis 67, Provinciam terreftrem nondum vilam dererens, ad cceleftem 
 migravit, .Slra Chrifti 1 659 ; illucefceiueCaroli 11, felicillimo reditu. L.M^P.J.G. EpifcExon. Eledus, 
 
256 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 of Divinity in 1688. He was accounted a very learned Man, and an excellent Gover- 
 nor of his College ; to which he left 500 /. towards purchafing Livings, and a con- 
 fidcrable Eftate at tripk'jjy to be annexed to the Mafterfnip for ever. He died on 
 March 27, 171 1 ; and was buried in St. y^i'w's College Chapel, with an Infcription 
 referred to below.' 
 
 10. JOHN DxWIES, LL.D. and D.D., was born in London April 22, 1679: his 
 Father was a Merchant or Tradefman in that City ; he was educated at Charter' 
 Hcufs School ; and admitted of ^^-ifw's College, Cambridge, June 8, 1695; became 
 B.A. in 1698 J was ek£led Fellow of his College, July 7, 170 1 ; proceeded to his De- 
 gree of M.A. the following year; was Proctor of the Univerfity in 1709; and in 
 J711, was created LL.D; in which year Bifhop A/sor^ collated him to this Prebend, 
 Sept. 24; and the fame day, to the Rectory of Fen-Ditton in Cambridge/hire; both 
 vacant by the death of Dr. Gower: he was elected Mafter of his College, Mar. 23, 
 1716-7; to qualify him for which Preferment, he was created D.D. ; and became 
 afterwards Chaplain in ordinary to King George I. He was a Perfon well llcilled in 
 the learned Languages, and had a confiderable fhare of Critical knowledge in them i 
 of which he gave fufficient proof in the valuable Editions he publifhed of Maximus 
 7)rius, Cafar's Commentaries, Mirmciui Felix, LaSfantius Epitome, and Tullfs phi- 
 lofophical Works. He died on Mar. 7, 1731-2; and was buried in S^ueens College 
 Chapel, under a Marble Stone, with the underwritten Infcription.* 
 
 11. CHRISTOPHER CLARKE, M.A., Archdeacon of Ncr'-^ich, and Reflor of 
 Kejion and Hayes near Bromley in Kent, was collated to this Prebend Mar. 14, and in- 
 ftalled Mar. 23, 173 1-2. There is extant a Mezzotinto Print of him, by Faber, 1740; 
 by which we are informed, that he was born at Noricich, educated at Cbrift College, 
 Cambridge ; and ordained Prieft in Lambeth Chapel Feb. 27, 1697-8, in the prefence 
 of the Emperour Peter the Great, Czar of Mufcovy, &c. was Chaplain to James Earl 
 of Derby ; a Member of the Corporation for propagating the Gofpel in foreign Parts j 
 and one of the Governors of the new General Hofpital at Bath. He died at Marling- 
 ford-Hall in Norfolk, about the beginning of June 1742 ; and was fucceeded by 
 
 12. The Hon. CHARLES HERVEY, M.A., and fmce D.D., Fourth Son of the 
 late Earl, and Uncle to the prefent Earl of Briftol. He was educated at the School of 
 Bury St. Edmunds, in Suffolk ; thence admitted as Nobleman of ^een's College hi 
 Cambridge, 0.5t. 28, 1724, where he took his Degree of M.A. in right of his Family j 
 continued his refidence in College for feveral years after; and the;: entering into Holy 
 Orders, was not long after collated to this Prebend, on June 10, and inftalledjune 12, 
 1742 : he was afterwards prefented by his Father to the Rectories of Sprcughton and 
 Sbctley, mSuffolk : and is the prefent pofleflbr of this Prebendal Stall, June 21, 1770. 
 
 PRE- 
 • "M.S. Depofitum Viri admodum reverend! Homphredi Gower S.T.P. Coll. Divi Jo- 
 hannis Praerecli ; S. Theolog. pro Donn. Margareta Profefibris ; Eccl. Elienfis Canonic: ; qui Col- 
 legium hoc per Annos triginta & amplius ftrenue & felicitcr rexerat. Obiit 27 Martii, A.D. 1711, 
 .^tatis fuse 74." 
 
 - " Hie fitc funt reliquis JoHANNls Davies LL. & S.T.D. hujus Collegii Fraefidis, ac Elienrs 
 Canonici. Natus eft Londini Aprilis die 22, 1679 ; Denatus in his /Edibus Martii <Jie 7, 1731. 
 Piura dici noluic \'lr optimus." 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 257 
 
 PREBENDARIES of the Sixth Stall. 
 
 1. JOHN CUSTONS, late one of the Monks of this Priory, was nominated the 
 Sixth Prebendary of this Church, by the King's Foundation-Charter, Sept. 10, 1541. 
 He alfo became Rector of Melton in Suffolk -, and dying fometime in February, or 
 March, 1543-4; was fucceeded by 
 
 2. THOMAS BACON, B.D., Prebendary of Stoke by Clare in Suffolk, and one of 
 the King's Chaplains ; who was admitted on the King's Prefentation Mar. 15, 1 543-4. 
 He is faid to have been Brother of Nicholas Bacon oi London, Merchant :' was fome- 
 time Vicar of Ho.xne, and Redor of Barrow, and of Brandon-Ferry in Suffolk : became 
 Mafter of Go7ivile-HaU in Cambridge in 1552 ; and was the immediate Predeceffor of 
 the Learned John Caius, M.D., Second Founder of that College. He died about the 
 end of the year 1559 ; and was fucceeded in this Prebend, by 
 
 3. ANDREW DEANE, M.A., who is returned as Prebendary of this Stall in 
 the Certificatoriwn'^ of Bifliop Cox, before-cited, Jan. 28, 1 560-1 ; in which it is faid, 
 " That he is a Prieft, and often refides on his Prebend, but oftener on his ReJlory 
 of Doivnham ; he is M.A., and qualified for Preaching; has no fpecial Licence for 
 Preaching; nor does he exercife his talent that way, except in his own Parifh; nor does 
 he keep a Family there." He died at Dowjiham, and was there buried Dec. 16, 1565. 
 
 4. JOHN BELL, B.D., (afterwards D.D.) Redor of Fulbourn St. Vigors, in Cam^ 
 bridgejhire, and Chaplain to Bifliop Cox, was collated to this Prebend about the be- 
 ginning of 1 566 ; but the exa6l time does not appear. He had been Fellow of Peter- 
 Houfe, and Pro6lor of the Univerfity in 1558 ; and was alfo Proctor in Convocation 
 for the Clergy of this Diocefe in 1562, when he was one of the original Subfcribers 
 to the XXXIX Articles of Religion. Bifliop Cox collated him to the Redory of Fen- 
 Difton, Jan. 50, 1570- i; to the Mafl:erfliip oijefus College, in 1579 : and on the death 
 of Dr. Feme in 1589, he was made Dean of this Church. 3 
 
 5. EDWARD GRANT, D.D., Prebendary of ^^//«/;z/?^r, Maflrer of /F^y?/////;/^r 
 School, and Reftor of Byntree and Foulfiam in Norfolk, became Prebendary of this 
 Stall in 1589 ; but the exact time of his admiflion, appears not. He had been Vicar 
 oi South -Benjleet in Fffex, in 1584, but refigned it foon ; became afterwards Rector 
 of Barnet in HertfordJJnre, Nov. 3, 1591 ; and of Toppesfeld in Effex, Apr. 22, 1598. 
 He was efteemed one of the beft: Clafllc-Scholars of his time ; a good Latin Poet j 
 and excellent in Greek; of which Language he compofed a copious Grammar; af- 
 terwards abridged by the famous William Camden, to whom he refigned his School in 
 1592 ; having been about 20 years Mafl:er. He died Aug. 4, 1601, was buried in 
 Wefiminfier Abby, without any memorial ; and was fucceeded in this Stall, by 
 
 6. JOHN HILLS, B.D., (afterwards, D.D.,) who was collated to this Stall, 
 Aug. 17, 1601. He was Fellow of 'jefus College, Cambridge ; and before his promo- 
 tion to this Prebend, was prefented by the Queen to the Vicarage of Fulbourn All- 
 Saints, 
 
 ' Parker's ZxtAfTo,- Cantabr. » MS. in Bene't Coll. Library, Mifcell. V. 3 See amons the Deans. 
 
 Kk 
 
2^8 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 Saints, his native place, July 28, 1592: and afterwaixls was inftailed Piebendary of 
 Langford-Ecclefia, in the Church of Lincoln, Apr. 27, 1609 ; became Archdeacon of 
 Lincoln, Sept. 21, 1612; next, was made Maflcr o^ Catharine-Hall, Cambridge ; and 
 elecTted Vicechancellor, in 1616. He died about Michaelmas 1626; and was buried 
 at Ho7-Jl:eath in CambriJgcjljire. His SuccefTor was 
 
 7. JAMES WEDDERBURNE, D.D., a native of Scotland, Reftor of Compton In 
 Uampp.nre, and Prel)endaiy oi Whitchurch \\\ 'C^\<i^\\\x'C<:\\ oi Wells : collated to this 
 Stall, before Chriftmas, 1626. He was prefented by the King to tlie Vicarage of 
 Mildenhall in Suffolk, Dec. 12, 1628 ; and quitted this Stall about Lady-day 1636; on 
 teing then promoted to the Bifhoprick of Dumblane in Scotland; in which Kingdom 
 he became Dean of the King's Chapel: and dying Sept. 23, 1639, aged 54, was bu- 
 ried in Canterbury Cathedral. 
 
 8. NEHEMIAH ROGER.S, M.A., was prefented by the King, (jure prcerogativo,) 
 to this Prebend Apr. r, 1636. He was fometime Fellow of Jefus College, Cambridge; 
 and was lineally defcended from the Rev. Mr. John Rogers, the firft Martyr in Queen 
 Mary's reign. He became Vicar of Meting in Effex, May 13, 1620; Reclor of Tey- 
 Magna Sinecure, in the fame County, May 25, 1632 ; and Re6lor alfo of St. BotolpB^ 
 Bifcopgate, London, Mar. 26, 1642. But the Rebellion breaking out foon after, he was 
 deprived of all his preferments, for his Loyalty to King Charks I. He died, it is faid, 
 in 1660, and was buried at MeJJing. 
 
 9. LAURENCE WOxMACK, M.A., (foon after, D.D.) Reaor oiHorninger and 
 Boxford in Suffolk, was collated to this Prebend July 5, and inftalled Sept. 22, 1660 : 
 the fame year was made Archdeacon of Suffolk ; and collated to the Prebend oiPreJion 
 in the Church of Hereford. He was promoted to the See of St. David's, and confe- 
 crated Bifhop thereof, Nov, i r, 1683 ; but beheld this Prebend, either in Commendam, or 
 "by Difpenfation, till his death ; which happened on March 12, 1685-6 : he was buried 
 in '$>X. Margaret'^ Church, Wejitninjler, where is a white Marble Monument affixed to one 
 of the Pillars at the Weft-end of the Church, with the underwritten Infcription.' 
 
 10. FRANCIS ROPER, B.D., Fellow ofSt.Jobis College, Cambridge, and Vicar of 
 Waterbeach in CambridgeJJ.ire, was collated to this Prebend on the day his Pi-edecefTor 
 Bp. Wotnack died, viz. Mar. 1 2 j and was inftalled Apr. i, 1 686. He refigned Waterbeach 
 about Michaelmas following, and became Re6lor of Northwold in Norfolk. He was de- 
 prived in 1690, for refufing to take the Oaths appointed by Aft of Parliament : and 
 dying Apr. 13, 1719) was buried in St.John's College Chapel, without any memorial. 
 
 11. FRANCIS FERNE, M.A., Reftor of Dcivnham near £/>>, was inftituted to 
 this Prebend Oft. 23, 1690, being prefented thereto by the Crown, by reafon of the 
 deprivation of Mr. Roper. He had been Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge ; and 
 in 1680, became Mafter of the Grammar-School at Wijbccb in \\\z IJle of Ely ; and 
 Reftor of Downham, Dec. 30, 1689. He died in his Prebendal Houfe at Ely, and was 
 
 buried 
 
 » " Hk jiixta reconditur quod mortale fuit Rev. in Clirifto Pjtrls Laurentii WoMACKEpil- 
 copi Mencvenfts, qui poll multorum annorum operam Ecclcfia: Anglicana; egregie navatam, Infulani 
 Corona Immortalicatis comniutavic. Mar. 12, 1685, ^tat. 73 : Necnon Filite unicje fu£e //ww.f, quae 
 •3, QSt. prjeced. ad Animarum Virginum confortium, (quovis conjugio praeltancius,) 19 annorum 
 Virgo hinc cvocata eft." 7 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 259 
 buried Aug. 24, 1713, in the Prefbyteiy of the Cathedral Church, at the Weft-end 
 of Bp. G//;z///;;/s Grave -ftonej but without any memorial. 
 
 12. V/HADCOCK PRIEST, B.D,, Reftor oi Afwarby in Lincolnfihcy and Fellow 
 of Clare-Hall, Cambridge ; was collated to this Prebend Mar. 2, and likewife to the 
 Reiiory o( Domiham, (both vacant by Mr. Feme's death,) Mar. 31,1714. He died of 
 the Small-pox at Cambridge^ and was buried in the North Ifie of St. Edwara's Church 
 there, Jan. 8, 1714-5J without any memorial. 
 
 13. RALPH PERKINS, LL.D., was born in Zc/;^!?;/ about the year 1658, educated 
 at Charfer-Houfe School, and thence admitted of ^een's College, Cambridge, in 1675 j 
 where he was elected Fellow, (being then B.A.,) in 1680: he became Chaplain to 
 Bifhop Patrick^ who collated him to the Redory of Stretham near Ely, June 8, 1696 r 
 he refigned his Fellov/fiiip in 1699 > though he made the College his chief place of 
 rcfidence, for many years after ; and was occafionally a confiderable Benefactor to it ; 
 he was collated by Bifliop Fleetwood to this Prebend, Jan. 15, 1714-5: — refigned his 
 Re6tory of <S//v//6<2,v;, 06t. 10, 1727; and fome time after, having divided his large 
 and valuable collection of Booiis, between this Church Library, and that of ^ieefi'^ 
 College, retired to London; where having lived to the age of 93, or upwards, he died 
 in May ly^ i : but gave in his life-time, to the Corporation for the relief of Clergy- 
 men's Widows and Children, and other publick Charities, above 3500/. 
 
 14. JOHN-SAMUEL HILL, D.D., was born in Cambridge, A.D. 1715 ; educated 
 at Kingjlon upo?i Hull School ; and admitted oiSt.Johns College; where having taken 
 his Degree ofB.A., in 1737; and that of M. A. in 1741 ; he was nominated by Bifliop 
 Butts to the Bifhop of E//s Fellowfliip in that College, July 3, 1742. He was after- 
 wards prefented to the Redlory of Thorneton, near Old-Malton in Torkjhire ; became 
 Chaplain to Archbiihop i7(?/T/;/^% who gave him a Prebend in the Church oiTorki 
 and, after his tranflation to Canterbury, alfo nominated him, by virtue of his Option, 
 to the Sixth Stall in this Church, to which he was admitted May 20, and inftallcd 
 May 27, 1 75 1. He died at Thorneton in September 1757, and was there buried. 
 
 15. THOMAS D'OYLY, L.L.D, Archdeacon oi Lewes, and Chancellor of the 
 Church of Chichefier, formerly Fellow of All-Souls College, Oxford, was collated to 
 this Prebend Sept. 21, and inflalled Sept. 22, 1757. He was alfo Re<5tor oi St. Mary 
 Abchurch, London, and of St. Peter's in the Town of St.Albajis, Hertford/hire. He died 
 at IQnfmgton,]z.n..z'j, 1770, aged 60, and was buried in Chepwick Church.' 
 
 16. MATTHIAS D'OYLY, M.A., eldeft Son of the above-mentioned Dv.Thomas 
 T)'Oyly, was collated Feb. i, and inftalled Feb. 7, 1770. He was of ff^tfmin/ler School, 
 thence admitted of Bene' t College, Cambridge; where having taken his Degree of B.A. 
 in 1765, he proceeded to his Degree of M.A. 1768. He was prefented by his Father, 
 (as Chancellor of the Church of Chichejler,) to the Living of Pevenfey in Sujfex, in 
 1767 J and is the prefent poflefTor of this Stall, June 25, 1770. 
 
 PRE- 
 
 ' Dr.D'OYLY died about 6 o'clock in the Evening of Jan. 27 ; his Wife having been ftruck witli 
 the Palfy that Afternoon, and dying before the next Morning, they were both buried together in the 
 fame Vault in Chehvick Church. 
 
 Kk 2 
 
26o HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 PREBENDARIES of the Seventh Stall. 
 
 1. ROBERT HAMOND, Prieft, late one of the Monks, and Sub-Prior of this 
 Monaftery, at the time of it's diflblution; was nominated the Seventh Prebendary of 
 this Church, by the King's new Foundation-Charter, Sept. lo, 1541. He afterwards 
 became Vicar of Stapleford in CambridgeJJ.nrs : but was deprived of both his prefer- 
 ments, in the Firft year of Queen M/r/s reign, 1554, for being married. 
 
 2. THOMAS ELLIS, Vicar of Blackmore in EJfex, and lafl: Prior of the late dilTolv- 
 ed Priory of Black Canons at Leighs-Parva in that County, was prefented by Queen 
 Mary to this Prebend, and was admitted to it May 11, 1554. He afterwards ex- 
 changed this Prebend in 1556, for the Fourth Prebend in Norwich Cathedral, with 
 
 3. THOMAS PEACOCKE, B.D., formerly Fellow of S>t..Johns College Cambridge ; 
 afterwards Chantry-Prieft in St. Laure?2ces Church in Ipfwich; and Redlor o( Nackton 
 in Sit folk. He was inftalled Prebendary of Norwich Aipr. 23, 1 554: and Bifhop Thir/bj, 
 after his tranflation to the See of Ely, collated him to the Redtory of Downham near 
 £/v, 061. 25, 1555 ; about which time he became Mafter of ^een's College in Cam- 
 Iridge: the next year he got an exchange of his Prebend oi Norwich, for the Seventh 
 Stall in this Cathedral j to which he was collated by the Bifliop, Nov. 30, 1556)' and 
 was afterwards prefented to the Re«5lory of Barley in HertfordJJnre. In the year 1559, 
 he was deprived of his Mafterfhip of ^leens College, and of this Prebend, if not of 
 his other preferments j and was fucceeded here, by 
 
 4. EDWARD GASCOINE, L.L.D. ; the time of whofe admiflion does not ap- 
 pear : He was Mafter of Jefus College, Cambridge, in 1 560 ; and Chancellor to Bifhop 
 Cox; in whofe Certifcatorium^ of the ftate of this Diocefe Jan. 28, 1 560-1, he is thus 
 returned as the Seventh Prebendary of £/y ; " M^^^v Edward Gafcoyne there, is a Deacon, 
 does not much refide there, but at Cambridge, where he lives -, is L.L.D j not qualified 
 for Preaching ; nor has he a fpecial Licence for it ; nor does he keep Hofpitality there." 
 By another account,3 " He was zTorkPnre-7nan born j Fellow of Peter-Houfe; died 1 563, 
 aged 80 ; and gave his Books to Jefus College Library." His Succeflbr here was 
 
 5. JOHN MAY, D.D., probably in the year 1563 ; but the time of his admidlon 
 to this Prebend is not fet down. He was a Suffolk-man born, and Brother oi William 
 May, LL.D., Prebendary of this Church, Mafter oi ^leeris College Cainbridge, after- 
 wards Archbifhop Ele6t of York; and was elected Fellow of ^een's College in 1550, 
 whilft his Brother was Mafter. In 1560, he was Recflor oi Stantori St. Michael's in 
 Cambridgefnre ; and was elected Mafter oi Catharine -Hall that year; and foon after 
 created D.D. He afterwards became Reftor of Darfeld^ and Archdeacon of Eaji- 
 Riding in TorkJUre, to which he was admitted Aug. 3, 1569; and the fame year was 
 elected Vicechancellor of Cambridge. In 1577, he was promoted to the See oiCarliJle^ 
 by the intereft and recommendation of the Earl of Shrew/bury j which favour he ac- 
 knowledged by a Letter to him, dated zX Huntingdon June i, that year, being then 
 
 Biftiop 
 
 This was the firft Collation to a Prebend oi Ely: Bifhop Thirlby having juft then obtained a 
 
 Grant from the Crown, of the Ad vow fon of the Eight Prebends of this Church, tohimfelt and his 
 
 Succeflbrs, dated Nov. 27, 1556, Rym. Feed. vol. xv. p. 451. » MS. in Bene't Coll. Library. 
 
 Milixllan, V. 3 Ex informatione Dodloris Br. Willis. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 261 
 
 Bifliop-Elect ; requeuing to hold his Reclory of Darfieldm Commendam \ (Loi'd Scroop 
 having then the ufe of Rofe-CaJIle, till Michaelmas;) — and he having given up lately 
 x\\zMz?ttrih\\)oi Catharine- Hall, in favour of one of his Lordfliip's Chaplains.' He was 
 confecrated Bifliop of Carlijle Sept. 29, i c^jj ; but held this Prebend in Commendam, till 
 1582. He died on Feb. 15, 1597-8, and was buried in his Cathedral Church oi Carlijle, 
 
 6. EDMUND BARWELL, D.D., Mailer of Chrijl College in Cambridge, was pre- 
 fented by the Queen to this Prebend, and was admitted May 10, 1582. He was in- 
 ftituted to the Reclory of Toft in Cambridgeflnre, Oct. 14, 1584: whetlier he held any 
 other Benefice, does not appear. He was prefent in Chapter Sept. 22, 1609, at the- 
 Ele(ftion of Dr. Andrews Bifliop of Ely ; and dying before Chriftraas following, was 
 buried in Cbriyi College Chapel. 
 
 7. JOHN DUPORT, D.D., Mafter of Jefus College In Cambridge, fucceeded to this 
 Prebend between Michaelmas and Chrijlmas 1609. He was Son of Thomas Duport of 
 Shepjked in Leicejlerjlnre, Efq;, became Fellow of "Jefus College, Cambridge ; and was 
 one of the Univerfity Proclors in 1580 ; in which year he was inftituted to the Re>aory 
 of Harleton in Cambridgejlnre : and afterwards became Reflor of Bof-^orth and Med^ 
 bourne \n\i\s native County of Lei cefter. In 1583, Dec. 24, he was collated to the 
 Sine-cure Re6lory of Fulham in Middlefex; and fucceeded Henry Hcr'-cey LL.D. Apr. 29 
 1585, in the Precentorfliip of St.Paul's, London: became Mafter of J ef us College in 
 1590; was four times elefled Vicechancellor of the Univerfity, in 1593, 1594, i6o;v 
 and 1609: and was one of thofe Learned Men employed by King7^;/;6'j I, inTranflating 
 the Bible. He died about or foon after Chrijlmas i6iy -, and was fucceeded by 
 
 8. SAMUEL COLLINS, D.D., Provoft of Kings College in Cambridge. This veiy 
 eminent and learned Man, was a Native of Buckingham ; educated at Eton Schookj 
 and became Fellow of Kings College in Cambridge: his firft ecclefiaftical preferment, 
 feems to have been the Vicarage of Braintree in EJfex; to which he was prefented by 
 Robert Lord Rich, and was inftituted Feb. 15, 161C-11 :* afterwards, proceeding to 
 his Degree of D.D., he was ele6led Provoft of King's College in 16 15; became Regi:is 
 Profelfor in Divinity 061. 22, 16 17 ; and Feb. 19, following, was collated by Bifhop- 
 Andrews to this Prebend : his other preferments were the Reclory of Fen-Ditton, and 
 the Sine-cure Re6lory of Milton in Cambridgejljire. He was in all refpedls a Man of 
 great Worth and Abilities ; and no one ever difcharged the office of Publick ProfefTor 
 in Divinity, with greater credit to the Univerfity. But notwithftanding his extraor- 
 dinary merits, his Loyalty in the times of the Great Rebellion, was judged an infu- 
 perable obje(flion againft him ; fo that he was in 1644 ejected from all his prefer- 
 ments, except his Profefix)rfhip -, which he was in fome raeafure obliged to keep, as 
 another could not eafily be found equal to it, or that chofe to accept it : fo that hs 
 continued to difcharge that office as ufual, two or three years after. On the death of 
 "Dr. Thomas Hcwel, Bifliop of Brijlcl, in 1646, he had an offer made him of that 
 Bifhoprick ; but declined it. Some little time before his death, he is faid to have been 
 removed from his Profefirorfliip, by order of Parliament : after which he lived retired 
 zx. Cambridge; and dying on Sept. 16, 1651, v/as buried in King's College Chapel. 
 
 9. JOSEPH 
 ? Strype's Annals of the Reformation, pag-433. * Nev/court's Repertorium. vol. ii. p. S9. 
 
2^2 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 9. JOSEPll BEAUMONT, M.A., was Fellow of Pctcr-Houfe in Cambridge ; but 
 ejected thence in the time of the Rebellion Apr. 8, 1644; having been prefented by 
 Bifliop ^rt-w, during his confinement in the Tower, on Jan. 11, preceeding, to the 
 Reclory oi Kc}JJ:al in Hertfordfiire : the fame Patron alfo collated him to the Sine-cure 
 Re6lory of Elm cum Etmieth in the Jjle of Ely, Apr. 18, 1646; and likewife to the 
 Reclory of Granfden Parva in Cambridgejlnre, July 5, 1650. After the Reftoration of 
 King Charles II, he was admitted to the Degree of D.D. by a Royal Mandate dated 
 July 28, 1660: and having fomctime before, been collated to this Prebend, was in- 
 ltalledSept.22,1660. Hewas made Mafter of yi?/«i College, Apr. 17, 1662; andjan.23, 
 following, was collated to theRedtory oiConington. The next year, on the death of Dr. 
 Ilak Mafter of Peter-Houfe, the Fellows of the College having been fomewhat irregular 
 in their proceedings to a new Eleflion -, the Bifliop, as Vifitor of the College, appointed 
 Dr. Beaumont to that Mafterfhip, Apr. 11, 1663 ; and alfo collated him Apr. 11, 1664, 
 to the Reflory of 7evcrjl:am in Cambrldgefi.nre ; but he refigned that Living foon after, 
 and was June 3, following, prefented to the Re6lory of Barley in Hertfordjhire. He 
 refigned this Stall OCt. 20, 1665, in exchange for the Eighth Stall,' with 
 
 10. RICHARD BALL, D.D.,^ who was accordingly inftalled here the next day, 
 viz. Ocl. 21, 1665. He was afterwards made Mafter of the Temple, London ; where he 
 died, Apr. 6, 16 84, and was buried in the Veftry of the Temple Church, with an la- 
 fcription on his Grave-ftone, as under.3 
 
 1 1. JOHN NALSON, LL.D., Reftor of Dodington cumMarch, in the J/7e of Ely, was 
 collated to this Prebend Apr. 11, and inftalled Apr. 17, 1684. He was Author of thofe 
 Volumes of Colleflions which go under his Name j died March 24, 1685-6, aged 48 
 years ; and was buried in the Cathedral, with the under-written Infcription.4- 
 
 12. THOMAS TURNER, D.D., one of the Sons of Thomas Turner, D.D., late Dean 
 
 of Canterbury, and Brother o( Dr. Francis Turner, Bifliop of Ely, was collated by his 
 
 Brother, to this Prebend Mar. 26, and inftalled Apr. i, 1686. He was born inBrifol 
 
 1645, and educated at Corpus-Chrijli College in Oxford, of which he was elected 
 
 Feilov/ : 
 ' See the Sch Stall. * Of whom fee more, among the Prebendaries of the 8th Stall. 
 3 •' Hie jacetRiCHARDUs3ALL,S,T.P. Carololl CapellanuSjDomus utriufque Templi Magifter 
 €t Servus. Obiit die 6 Aprilis, A.D. 1684, iEtatis fuse 86." 
 
 * " Johannes Nalson, LLJD. hujus Ecclefia: Canonicus, Eccl. de Bodington cum Capella de 
 March Redlorj Vir in Ecclcfu, Rcpublica, Orbe licerato, nunquam fatis celebiandus •, qui fumma 
 Eruditione, Acumine fingulari Doftrinam et Difciplinam Ecclefias Anglicanie Apoftolicam, divina 
 Regum /1n?Jiie Jura, et facrofandtam Majeftatem contra Fanaticum fchirmaticorum Rebellium Puri- 
 tatis et Libertatis prstcxtum, fehciter propugnavit ; nee calamo folum, fed vita fere et fanguine la- 
 bantem Regis et EcclefiJE caufam aflTeruit, Faftionis in Comitiis dominantis infolentire et furori au- 
 fus fe opponere -, a quibns nova Authoritate, inaudito Exemplo citarus, in carcerem conjcflus, tan- 
 tum non oppredus eft •, fed eo magis Bonorum omnium a:llimatione, prasferu.Ti Principis auguftiffimi 
 Caroli iecundi, et facratiflimi Prjefulis Petri Elieajs hvor'i commendatus; ab lioc in Canor.iccrum 
 fuorum Collegium afcriptus, et ad fanftiflimam amicitiam, intimam neceffitudinem, iinius Laris ec 
 Menllc confortium benigne vocatus ; ab illo Regii Favoris et Patrocinii prs.Gdio munitus contra 
 grafTantem Faclioforum invidiam et furorem : Et (cum folus tanto operi par mcritu videretur) juflus 
 horrendrE Schifmaticorum Rebellionis, qux Carolo Primo Martyri Sceptrum ct Vitnm infando Bello 
 ct exccrabili Parricidio eripuit, Originem et Progrefium jufta et fideli, ex Aftis publicis, hiftoria con- 
 Icribere, hoc grande et immortale Opus iino et altero Volumine feliciter inchoatum, fummo ct Lire- 
 rarumet Hiftorijedifpendio, imperfcdlum deftituitAuthoris ad Laborum Requiem et Mercedcm vo- 
 cati prxmaturus nee talis Orbi et Ecckfise dcflendus Obicus 24 Die Martii, A.D. 1 6S5-6, -Ctat. 4S.'* 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 263 
 Fellow : he afterwards became Chaplain to Dr. Henry Compton BiHiop of London, who 
 collated him Nov. 4, 1680, to the Re6lory of Thorley m Hertford/J^ire ; and Dec. 20 
 following, to the Archdeaconry of Effex-y and in 1682, to the Prebend oi Mapefbury 
 in St. Paul's, London. He commenced D.D. at Oxford July 2, 1683 ; and was elected 
 Prefident of Corpus-C/jri^i College, Mar. 13, 1687-8 j and the fame year, May 7, was 
 inftituted to the Sine-cure Redory of Fulha?n, on the prefentation of his Brother the 
 Bifhop of Ely, to whom the Advowfon thereof, for that turn, had been granted; (the 
 Bifliop oi London being then under fufpenfion;)' and at length was made Precentor 
 and Prebendary oi Brcivn/n-codm St.Paurs, Jan. 11, 16S9. What his political Prin- 
 ciples were at the Revolution, we are not told : though, by keeping ix^ffeflion of his^ 
 Preferments, it is to be prefumed, he did not follow the example of his Brolher the 
 Bifhop of Ely, but took the Oaths of Allegiance to their Majefcies. However, we are 
 informed, = after the Ad: paffed in the laft year of King William III, requiring the 
 Abjuration Oath to be taken before Aug. i, 1702, under penalty of forfeiting all ec- 
 clefiaftical preferments ; that Dr. Turner went down from London to Oxford July 28, 
 feemingly with full refolution not to take the Oath, but to quit all his preferments: 
 but on better advice, he made no rcfignation ; knowing that if he was legally called 
 upon to prove his compliance with the A61, his preferments would be void in courfe ; 
 and fo continued to adt, as if he had taken the Oath : by which means he retained 
 his preferments to his death, without ever taking it at all. He died Apr. 30, 17 14, 
 and was buried in the Chapel oi Corpus-Chrijli College, where there is a Monument, 
 and an Infcription written by Edmund ChiJJoull, B.D. 3 
 
 13. SAMUEL KNIGHT, M.A., (afterwards D.D.) a Native of London, (where 
 his Father was free of the Mercer's Company,) received the early part of his edu- 
 cation atSt.P^r//'s School; and was thence admitted of Tr/zw"/)' College in Cambridge', 
 where having taken his Degree of M.A., he became Chaplain to Edward Earl of Or- 
 ford, who prefented him to the Reclory of Borough-Green in Cambridgefiire, to which 
 he was inftituted Nov. 3, 1707. He afterwards was collated by Bifhop Moore to this 
 Prebendal Stall, June 8, 1714; and prefented by him to the Rectory oi Blunt ejl^m \\\ 
 Huntingdonfoire, June 22, following: was made Chaplain to his late Majefty 1729 j. 
 and promoted by Bifliop Sherlock to the Archdeaconry oi Berks, 1735. He died Dec. 10, 
 J 746, in the 72d year of his Age, and was buried in the Chancel of Bluntejham Church, 
 
 where 
 
 ' Newcourt's Repert. v. i. pag. 74. ^ Memoirs of the Life of William Whifton, written by 
 himfelf. pag. 176, &:c. 3 Dr. Turner was a fingle Man, and remarkable for his Munificence and 
 Charity in his life-time : and by his Will left the bulk of his Fortunes, which were very confider- 
 able, to publick and charitable ufes; for befides 4000/. in legacies to his Relations and Friends; he 
 gave or left to his College 6000/. for improving the Buildings, and other purpofes; — to the Dean 
 and Chapter of £j 1000/. for augmenting the Singing-Men's Stipends, and 100/., the intereft 
 whereof to be expended in putting out Children of the Town of £/y Apprentices, at the nomination 
 of his SuccefTors in this Stall; and the remainder of his effecls, which amounted to 20000/., his 
 Executors were directed to lay out in Eftates and Lands, and fettle them on the Governors of the 
 Charity for relief of poor W'idows and Children of Clergymen. — His Executors accordingly pur- 
 chafed the Manor of Stozu* in Norlhawyptop.foire, and other Eftates there, and at IVeJt-Wrattino- in 
 Camhridgefime, amounting to above looo/. a year, and fettled them, A.D. 1716, agreeably to his 
 Will; and moreover erected a fumptuous Monument in 5/cw Church, to his Memory; with an 
 Infcription, v.hich may be itz{-i in Dr, Willis's Survey of this Cathedral, pag. 390. 
 
 * Stow Nine- Churches, 
 
264 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 where a neat Monument of white Marble is erefled to his Memory, with an In- 
 fcription,' written by his Friend Mr. Cajile late Dean of Hereford, who knew him well, 
 and has given him a very worthy Charafter; and fuch as all thofe who remember 
 Dr. Kni^bt, will readily allow to be a very juft one. 
 
 14. EYTON BUTTS, M.A., eldeft Son of Bifhop Butts, educated at Charter- 
 Hot fe School, London, was thence admitted of Catharine-Hall, Cambridge; where hav- 
 ing taken his Degree of B.A. in 1740, he was ekaed Fellow of that Society; and 
 proceeded to his Degree of M.A.^' in 1742. He was ordained Piieft in April 1744 ; 
 and on Mar. 5, 1744-5. was prefented by his Father to the Re£lory of Stiailwell in 
 CamhridgejlAre; collated to this Prebend vacant \>^V>x.Knight\ death, Dec. 13, 1746; 
 and likewife prefented to the Re^ory of Feltwell St. Nicholas in Norfolk, Jan. 20, fol- 
 lowing: All which preferments he exchanged Feb. 12, 1754, for the Chancellorfhip 
 of Leighlin in Ireland, and fome other preferments in expeaance,3 with 
 
 15. BARNARD GARNETT, D.D., who on the faid exchange, was collated by 
 Bifliop Gooch to this Prebend, and prefented to the abovementioned Re6lories of 
 Snail'U'cll, and Feltwell St. Nicholas, the fame day, viz. Feb. 12, 1754, only two days 
 before the Bifliop's death. Dr. Garnett was a Native of Tork, and Brother of Dr.John 
 Garnett then Bifliop of Leighlin and Femes, and now of Clogher in Ireland; and was 
 admitted of Sidney-Sujjex College in Cambridge in 1733 ; took his Degree of B.A. in 
 1736-7, and that of M.A. in 1740 ; became Vicar of Wiljhamllcde in Bedfordjlnre ; was 
 created D.D. in 1753 ; and dying at Bath about the middle of January 1768, was 
 fuccceded by 
 
 16. JOHN WARREN, M.A., Son of Richard Warren, D.D. Archdeacon of .S«/- 
 folk^ and Re6lor of CavendiJJj in that County. He was educated at Bury St. Edmund's 
 
 School; thence admitted oi Gonvile and Caius College in Cambridge; He proceeded 
 to the Degree of B.A. 1750-51, and to that of M.A. in 1754; was made Re^or of 
 Levcrington in the I/lc of Ely by Bifliop Gooch ; became afterwards domeflick Chaplain 
 to the prefent Bifliop, who collated him firft to the Rectory of Tcverjham in Cam- 
 bridgejlnre, and afterwards to this Prebend, and prefented him to the Rc£lory of 
 Snail-well, (on his refigning Teverflmm,) the fame day, viz. Jan. 23, 1768 : — to whom 
 1 take this opportunity of acknowledging my felf obliged for his friendly fuggeftions 
 refpecling this Work, particularly for undertaking, at my rcquell, Ihe Hiflorical Ac- 
 count of the Royal Franchife of Ely, printed in the Appendix, Numb. XX VI I. He is 
 
 the prefent pofleflbr of this Stall, June 29, 1770. 
 
 ^ PRE- 
 
 1 " Hie juxca fitus eft Samuel Knight, S.T.P. EcclefiE E'ienj^s Prxbendariu';, Com. Berkaijis 
 Arclmliaconus, et luijus Ecclefiae Rcdtor : Rei Anciquariae cujiifcumque generis Cukor (fiidiofus ; 
 prscipiic vero Famae Virorum Ingenii, VirCiitis et Literarum laude maxime infignium, Fautor ex- 
 jtnius ; proiit ea, quae fcripfit dc Vita rebufque geftis celeb. E>\ifmi ec Co.'cti, paiain tertatum f"a- 
 ciunt.' Concionando afTiduus •, rebufque gerendis fedulu.s, prsfertim lis quibus aut Amorem inter 
 Amicos, locorum longinquitate difTitos, fovere, aut publicum Ecclefias commodum promovere, auc 
 quamplurimis prodefle potuerit : adeo ut pofteris jure commendetur, tanquam I lumano generi A- 
 micus. Laboribus, Suidiis, Negotiis, tandem confeftus, in hoc loco placidam invenit qiiietem, 
 beatam expedans Refurreftionem. Ob. Dec. 10, 1746. ^tat. 72. Hoc Monumentum, Reverentise 
 ct Pictdtis ergo, pofuit Filius unicus." 
 
 a Qua Epilcopi Filius. 3 He has lately been promoted to the Deanery of Cloyne. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 265 
 
 PREBENDARIES of the Eighth Stall. 
 
 1. JOHN WARD Prieft, late one of the Monks and Sacrift of this Piiory ; after 
 it's diUblution, was nominated by the King to the Eighth Prebend in this Church, by 
 his new Foundation-Charter, Sept. 10, 1541. What other preferment he held 
 a-fterwards, I find not, neither the time of his death : but his SuccefTor in this 
 Stall, was 
 
 2. EDWARD LEEDS, M.A., a Native of Bencndcn in Kent, and a Student in 
 Benct College in Cambridge, where he commenced M.A. about the year 1547. Bifliop 
 Goodrich conferred on him the Re6lory of Granfden-Farva in CaifibridgeJJnre, June 20, 
 1548; the fame year' he was inftituted to this Prebend; and afterwards collated to 
 theReclory ol Newton with the Chapel of St. Mary on the Sea-coajt annexed; and 
 Feb-i2j 1 55 1-2, to the Sine-ciire Reclory of Elm cum Emneth in the IJle of Ely : he 
 was alfo Chancellor to Bifliop Goodrich, and one of his Executors. \n the beginning 
 of Queen M/sry's reign, he refigned his Livings ol Granfden and Newton; but feems 
 to have kept pofTeffion of his other preferments, till Queen Elizabeth's acceflion ; 
 when he admitted himfelf a Member of Doctors Commons, London ; and was made 
 Chaplain to Archbifliop Parker; became Re6lor oi Cottenham in Cambridge/ljire ^ 
 Mafter oiSt.John's Hofpital in Ely, as alfo of Clare-HaU'm Cambridge; and Precentor 
 of the Church ol Lichfield ; and proceeded to his Degree of LL.D. in 1569: he was* 
 alfo a Mafl:er in Chancery, and had the Chara6ler of one of the mofl eminent Civi- 
 lians of that Age : proved a confidcrabie Benefaftor to Clare -Hall, having procured 
 of the Queen a Grant of St._7oZ';/s Hofpital, and with confent of the Bifhop, fur- 
 rendered the whole fite and pofl^eiTions thereof, to the Mafter and Fellows of Clare^ 
 Hall for ever; which Grant was confirmed by the Dean and Chapter oi Ely, Mar. 2 6, 
 1562. About the year 1570, he purchafed the Manor of Croxton in Cambridgejlnre 
 of Sir Richard Sackvyle, and rebuilt the Manor-Houfe, and was himfelf alfo infli- 
 .tuted to the Reclory of Croxton, July 14, 1573. He refigned his Mafterfliip of Clare- 
 HaU'm iS7^y Cottenham in 1581, and his Re6lory of Croxton and this Prebend in 
 1584: after which he retired to his Manor of Croxton; and dying Feb. 17, 1589-90, 
 was buried in the Chancel of that Church, where is a handfome Monument of 
 Stone to his memory, with a fmall Figure of him in Brafs, and an Infcription as 
 below.* 
 
 3. JAMES TAYLOR, B.D., (afterwards D.D.) Yxzzx o<i Sutton near Ely, was pre- 
 
 fented by the Queen to this Stall, and inflituted June 2, 1587. He became Redor 
 
 <b1 Afpden and oiWeJlmill \n Hertfordfinre ; and dying Mar. ig, 1622, was buried at 
 
 WefimilL 
 
 4. JOHN 
 • Willis's Surv. Cath. of Ely, p. 391- 
 
 2 " Edwardus Leeds, LL.D. natus apud Bemnden in Com. Cantii, duduin Magifter Aulse Clare 
 in Aczdemia. Cani a Mgienji ; et tarn in eadem Aula, quam in Collegio Emanuelis Benefaftor* cum 
 primis; Unus Magiftrorum Cancellariae, et Dominus Manerii de Croxton; obiit 17 die Feb. A.T>, 
 1589; cujus Corpus hie jacet fepultum." 
 
 * He gave an Eftate of i6 /. a year to Emmanuel College, and looo Marks towards rebuilding that College. 
 
 L i 
 
266 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 4. JOHN CROPLEY, D.D., fometime Fellow of Triiiity College in Cambridge, 
 Reftor of Neioion and of Girton in this Diocefe, was collated to this Stall, before 
 Mar. 25, 1623. He died foon after Michaelmas 1629; and was fucceeded by 
 
 5. WILLIAM EYRE, B.D., Re6lor of Horkcjly-Magna in Effexy who occurs Pre- 
 bendary of this Stall Dec. 25, 1629; and was alfo in poirelTion of it at Chriftmas 1641 ;, 
 but died foon after ; for 
 
 6. JOHN BUCKERIDGE, M.A., was collated Feb. 21, 164 1-2, to this Prebend, 
 faid to be vacant by the death of Mr.£>r^, He was Re6lor of Willingham'm Cam- 
 bndgeJJ:ire; and dying in the time of the Ufurpation, about the end of the year 1651, 
 was fucceeded by 
 
 7. RICHARD BALL, M.A., fometime Fellow oi Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge, and 
 Re^or of IVilby and Wefierjield'm Suffolk, who was collated to this Prebend, Jan. 19, 
 1651-2, but not inftalled here, (being then D.D.,) till Sept. 22, 1660 ; in which 
 month, he was alfo inftalled Prebendary of Bigglefwade in Lincoh Cathedral. To- 
 wards the end of Crom'well's Ufurpation, he was Redor of St. Mary Wookhurch, Lon- 
 don, and was a Preacher much followed by the Loyal party: foon after the King's 
 Refloration, he became Chaplain in ordinary to his Majefty : and Bifliop Wren pre- 
 fented him to the Rev5lory of Bhintijl:am in HuntingdonJl:ire, Aug. 18, 1662. He ex- 
 changed this Prebend Oct. 20, 1665, for the Seventh Stall, » with 
 
 8. JOSEPH BEAUMONT, D.D., who was accordingly inftalled Ocl. 21, 1665, 
 
 Some account of him has been given already -^ to which muft be added, that he 
 
 was e]e6ted Regius Profeffor in Divinity in 1672. He died Nov. 23, 1699, in the 
 
 84th year of his age, and was buried in Peter-Hoiife Chapel, with the underwritten 
 
 Infcriptions on his Grave-ftone, and on a Mural Monument there erected to his 
 
 memory.j At the time of his deatli, he was Mafter of Peter-Houfe, Regius Pro- 
 
 feffor in Divinity, Prebendary of this Church, Redor of Barky in HertfordJJ.ire, of 
 
 ^everjham in CambridgeJJAre, and of the Sine-cure Redtory of Elm cum Emneth in 
 
 the IJle of Ely. 
 
 9. WILLIAM 
 
 ^ See among the Prebendaries of the Seventh Stall. - Pag. 2C2. 
 
 3 On his Grave-ftone, " Depofitum Viri admodum reverend! Jcsephi Beaumont, S.T.P. 
 Reoii, et Ecclefias Elicnfis Canonici ; qui obiit 23 die Nov. A. D. 1699, ^tatis fuas 84: hie requiefcit 
 in fpe beats refurredionis." 
 
 On a Mural Monument, " P.M.J, sephi Beaumont, S.T.P. Regli, et hujus Collegii 
 Cuftodis dioniffimi ; qui Dodrinae omnis ct Pietatis Gazophylacium fuit auguftifljmum, Pocta, O- 
 rator, Theoloous prsftantifTimus, quovis nomine Ha;reticorum malleu.s, et Veritatis vindex palma- 
 rius. Obiit i€tatis fuse Annu 84, (,illuftre fpecimen, quod cgregiis aiiquando producatur a;cas,) 
 A.D. 1699, in ipib nempe Seculi pede, utpote Litcratorum, qui in illo floruere, non modo Coro- 
 nis, verumetiam Summa. 
 
 At tibi quod bini ornentur, Vir maxime, Cippi, 
 
 Plic auri, ille marmoris, veniam dato ; 
 Non metus ut vigeat fcris tua gloria Seclis, 
 
 Sed noftra id importunior pictas facit : 
 Neutro fcimus eges, cum Scripta reliqueris Auro 
 Pretiofiora, perenniora Marmore." 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (prebendaries.) 267 
 
 •9. WILLIAM COLDWELL, M.A,, Vicar of Wisbech, in the IJIe of Ely, was 
 collated to this Prebend, Dec. 15, and inftalled Dec. 29, 1699. He died June 8, 
 1702, and was buried in Wisbech Church, where there is a Monument ere<5led to his 
 Memory, with an Infcription as below.' 
 
 10. JAMES- SMITH, B.D., (afterwards, D.D.) Reftor of Cottenham m Cambridge- 
 JJnre, was collated to this Prebend, and inftalled June 22, 1702. He had been Fellow 
 
 of %/i?^;?'s College in Cambridge ; and became domeftick Chaplain to Bifliop Patrick, 
 by whom he was firft prefented to the Rectory of Rattenden in Effex, Dec. 18, 1693 j 
 but quitted that Living on being collated by his Patron to the Redlory of Cottenham, 
 Ocl. 1 1, 1698. He died June 8, 171-5, and was buried in Cottenham Church, under a 
 Marble infcribed, as below.- 
 
 11. STEPHEN WESTON, D.D,, fometime Fellow of ir/;z/s College, Cambridge ^ 
 Second Mafter alfo of Eton School ; and afterwards Fellow of Eton^ and Vicar of 
 Mapledereham m Oxford/}:! re; was collated to this Prebend, and inftalled June 23, 1715, 
 He refigned this Stall about Lady-Day 1717; and was afterwards promoted to the 
 See of Exeter, being confecrated Bifliop thereof Dec. 28, 1724. He died at his Palace 
 at Exeter, ]an. 16, 1741-2, aged yy, and was buried in his Cathedral. His Abilities 
 both as a Scholar and Divine, are fo well difplayed by Bifliop Sher/ock,5 in a Preface 
 to his Sermons and Difcourfes, publiflied fuice his death -, that nothing further need 
 be faid of them here, 
 
 1 2. WILLIAM POWELL, M.A,, Nephew of Bifliop Fleetwood, was born at 
 
 Hampton-Court, where his Father, (who was of a good Family, feated near Bifhops- 
 
 'Cajlle in Shroppire,) had fome place under the Xing. His School-education was at 
 
 Eton, 
 » " Near this place lyedi the Body of William Coldwell, Prebendary of Ely; who lived 51 
 years Vicar of this Church : He died the 8th day of June, aged 78 years, in the year of our Lord 1702. 
 His firft Wife v/as Judith the Daughter of John Leman of Tudenham in the County of Norfolk, 
 Gent, by whom he had fix Children, Prudence only furviving, who married Wiiham Fiennes, Efq; 
 His fecond Wife was Jane, one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Anthony Goldborough of Lapley 
 in the County of Hundngdon, Efq; by whom he had leven Children, two only furviving, Martha, 
 who married James Balder of Sutton in the County of Lincoln, Efq; and Wiiham his only Son, 
 who married Mary, one of the Daughters of Thomas Edwards of this Town, Efq;. He died 
 February 1 1, 1706, at Welwin in the County of Hartford, and lyeth there interred, whole Widow 
 in teftimony of her AfFeftion to her Hufband's Father, erected this Monument in the year of our 
 Lord 170S." 
 
 2 " Sub hoc marmore conduntur reliquise Jacobi Smith, S.T.P. Collegii Reginalis apud Can^ 
 tab. olim Socii ; quern fandiffimus Prsful Symon Elienfis nuper Epifcopus, propter morum cando- 
 rem, fui haud abfimilem, ut fibi a Sacris Domeflicis elfet, elegit; quem poftea Redlorem hujus 
 Ecclefias de Cottenham conftituit, A.D. 1698; ac deinde inter Canonicos Elienfes cenferi juffit, 
 A.D. 1702. Qiii (poft obitum dilediirimaeConjugls Penelopes, Dom. Richardi Kirle Equitis Au- 
 rari Fiha?, fub hoc etiem Saxo condita;,) iniqua valitudine diu conflidatus, morti tandem conceffit 
 6 Id. Junii, A.D. 1715, iEtatis 58. Quem Doftrina fingularis, cum fummd modeftia, prudens in 
 rebus agendis Solertia, cum fumma Integritate conjundta, cuivis muneri obeundo parem fecerat : 
 Eundem fpeftatifTima Fides Amicis unice carum, fuaviffimi Mores Notis ac Familiaribus merito 
 gratum, Religionis autem finceras Cultus, vitsque Sandimonia Bonis omnibus verc obfervandum 
 reddidit." 
 
 3 See Preface to Bifliop Wefton's 5'ermons 8vo. 1747. 
 
 L 1 2 
 
268 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 Eton^ whence he was admitted of St.yo^«'s College in Cambridge \ and having taken 
 his Degree of M.A., was preferred in the Diocele of St. Afaph ; became Redlor of 
 Llanymyfiech, Vicar of Blod-well in the County of Salop, KcCtov alfo of Llang'wm 
 Sine-ciire, in DcnbighJJnre, and one of the Canons of St. Afaph. After Bifhop Fleet'■J^ood'^ 
 tranflation to Ely, he collated him to this Prebend, vacant by Dr. Wejlons re- 
 fignation, in which he was initalled April 6, 1717. He proceeded to his Degree 
 of D.D. at Cambridge in 1730, being a Publick Commencement ; the following year 
 was made Dean of St. Afaph; and afterwards alfo Archdeacon of Chefter. In the lat- 
 ter part of his life, being of a tender conflitution, he refigncd both his parochial 
 Cures of Llanytnyiiech, and Blodwe//, as alfo this Prebend, Mar. 26, 1741 ; and having 
 purchafed an Eftate at Chriftleton near Chejler, he retired thither,, and made it the chief 
 place of his refidence, during the remainder of his life ; and there dying April 14, 
 175 1, Aged 72, he was buried, by his own appointment, in Chrifilefon Church-yard ; 
 and over his remains is placed a raifed Tomb, inclofed with iron rails, with an In- 
 fcription, as below.' 
 
 13. JOHN PRICE, B.D., born at Glynn, in the Parifli o^ Llangollen in Denhigh- 
 fiAre, was Fellow of fefits College in Oxford, and had the Living of Evefham in JVcj-' 
 ceflerfJ:ire,\\A\t\\ he was collated to this Prebend (on Dr. PoivelPs refignation,) April 10, 
 and was inftalled Apr. 13, 1741. He foon after proceeded to his Degree of D.D. ; 
 and having quitted Evefjam, was prefented to the Recflory of Denbigh ; of which he 
 is now Redor; as he is likewife oi Llaiigivm Sine-cure; Canon alfo of St. Ajapb; and 
 the prefent pofTeiror of this Stall, July 5, 1770. 
 
 ' " Here lieth the Body of WiLLfAM Powell, D.D. late Dean of St. Afaph, Archdeacon of 
 Chefter, and Reflor of the Sine-cures of Hope and Llangwm in the Diocefe of St. Afaph. The 
 Preferments he enjoyed, did him lefs honour than thofe he refigned ; having been Prebendary of 
 Ely, Reftor of Llanymynech, and Vicar of Blodwell, which he kept no longer than his health per- 
 mitted him to difcharge the duties of them. His affefhing Difcourfes from the Pulpit, were enforced 
 by a religious and exemplary Life •, his Friendfhip was fincere, and the proofs of it uncommon j 
 and his Charity to the poor was conft-ant and confiderable. He departed this Life April 14, 1751, 
 Aged 72." 
 
 CON- 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (archdeacons.) 269 
 
 CONCERNING THE 
 
 ARCHDEACONRY of CAMBRIDGE and of ELY. 
 
 WHILST the County of Cambridge continued part of the Diocefe of Lincoln^ 
 it was under the flime Archdeacon with HuntwgdonJJnre and part of Hertford- 
 JJArc : hut the IJIe of E/y, (though fometimes reckoned as part of Cami>ndgcJJ:ire,J ■ 
 having been always exempt from the jurifdi6lion of the Bifliop of Lincoln, or indeed 
 of any other Bifliop; the Archidiaconal power thereof was vefted in the Abby of Eh\ 
 and was exercifed by the Sacrift of the Church. On the converfion therefore of the 
 Abby oiEly into a Biflioprick, in 1 109 ; and CambridgeJJnre being then feparated from 
 the Church of Lincoln, and allotted for the Diocefe of this new-ere6led See of Ely ; 
 a diftinct Archdeacon was placed here, whofe original Title was, Archdeacon of Cam- 
 bridge; the Sacrift of the Church ftill being in polFefTion of Archidiaconal jurifdi^lion 
 throughout the whole IJle of Eh, as before: which form and order was obferved 
 during the life oi Nicholas the Firft Archdeacon of Cambridge; but was broke throuo-h 
 by his Succeflbr William de Laventon the Second Archdeacon, who foon after his ad- 
 miffion, by the Title of Archdeacon of Cambridge, with the confent, or at leafl: by 
 the connivance of his Uncle Bi£hop Hervey, aflumed the Title of Archdeacon oi Ely ; 
 and claimed and exercifed jurifdi6tion, without any regard to the privileges and im- 
 munities of the Church ; as well within the IJle of Ely, as the reft of the County of 
 Cambridge, This, however, afterwards afforded occafion for a long and fpirited con-- 
 troverfy, between feveral of the Bifnops of Ely, (who themfelves came at length to 
 claim fole jurifdi6lion within the J/le,) and their Archdeacons : which was at laft 
 finally determined, in the time of Bifliop Fordham, and John Welborn Archdeacon, by 
 Arclibifhop^raWf/; to whofe fole arbitration the matter was referred ; and whofe 
 Judgment and Final Award, dated Nov. 19, 1401, is the Rule by which the feparate- 
 Rights of the Bifliop and Archdeacon are at prefent regulated and adjufted. — By 
 virtue of this Decifion and Judgment thus awarded, the Bifliop olEly hath the cuftody 
 of all vacant Churches and Benefices within the City and Diocefe of Ely; alfo all 
 manner of ordinary jurifdiftion in the City oi Ely, and the Deaneries of Ely, and 
 Wijbech, and in all thcfe Villages and Manors here fpecifically mentioned, namelv, 
 Wivelingham, Fen-Ditton, Homingfey, Teverfiam, Balfiam, Great- Shelf ord, Tripplow, 
 Little-Granfden, and Hardwiek ; and over all Redors and Vicars of Churches, and 
 other Beneficiaries of the Collation and Patronage of the Bifliops of Ely ; his own 
 Official, Commifl"aries, Regifters, and all other his Minifters, and menial Sen'ants ; 
 likewife in all Religious Houfes, and over all Ferfons belonging to them, throu^-hout 
 his Diocefe : provided, that in cafe any of the Ferfons above defcribed do offend with- 
 in the limits of the Archdeacon's jurifdiclion, then the Archdeacon fliall prefent the 
 Names of fuch delinquents, together with the fpecifick nature of their crimes, to the 
 Bifliop, his Official, or Commilfary General j and if the Bifliop does not proceed to 
 canonical corredion, either by himfelf, or his Minifters, within one month after 
 fuch prefentment madej then the Archdeacon may- proceed, without further delay, 
 
 to 
 
270 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 to their coireclion and punifliment; except with regard to Perfons of any Religious 
 Older whofe correftion was refeived folely to the Bifhop; and the Archdeacon was 
 not to intermeddle. The Bifhop alfo by this Award hath the Probate of Wills, and 
 right of granting Letters of Adminiftration within the City of Ely, and the five 
 Deaneries of £/)', Wisbech, Camps, Gbejiertoji, and Berton; alfo of all Beneficed Perfons 
 and Chaplains within his Diocefe; except that the Archdeacon hath that power in the 
 Parifli olWilbcrton before appropriated, and the Parifh of Baddenbam by this Agree- 
 ment intended to be appropriated to his Archdeaconry ; and of all his own Officials, 
 ConimifTaries, Regifter, and other Officers in his Confilfory, and menial Servants j 
 and likcwife of all Perfons dwelling and dying within the Deaneries of Cambridge, 
 Bourne, and Shfugey, — Beneficed Perfons and Chaplains, and others before defcribed, 
 only excepted and referved to the Bifhop ; always faving to the Archbifliop of Can^ 
 terbury his full prerogative of proving Wills of all Perfons having efFefls in different 
 Diocefes within his Province. The Bifliop's fole right of convoking and holding 
 Synods was confirmed; at which, the Archdeacon, or his Official, might be an Af- 
 fefTor, according to his ftate and degree. The Bifliop is limited to Triennial Vifita- 
 tions within his Diocefe ; hath power of Indu6lion into all Churches, Hofpitals, and 
 Benefices of his own Collation ; and had alfo the Inftallation of all Religious Perfons 
 of both Sexes ; except the Inflallation of the Abbot of Thoniey, the Priors of Beniwell 
 and Anvjefey ; and the Induclions of Siuavefey and Linton, which were referved to the 
 Archdeacon. Moreover, the Archdeacon's right of holding his Confiflory Court, is 
 allowed; with power of appointing and removing his own Officers, and all kind of 
 jurifdidion over them, and his own Servants ; only they mufl obey the Bifliop in all 
 lawful and canonical commands; otherwife, they are fubje6t to the Bifliop's cenfure: 
 the Archdeacon likewife hath cognizance, examination, and determination, per viam 
 preventionis, of all Caufes belonging to the Ecclefiaflical Court, within his jurifdiflion; 
 except cafes of the validity of Marriage and Divorces, and other matters, perfons, and 
 cafes above- fpecified, and referved by this Decree to the Bifliop^; except alfo cafes of 
 Appeal and Complaint : — the Archdeacon alfo holds his Vifitation tlirough the Dio- 
 cefe, for reformation of abufes in matters ecclefiaflical and belonging to his office ; 
 except perfons, places, and cafes, by this Decree fpecially referved to the Bifliop. — 
 I do not mean here to give the Reader acompleat and perfe6l account of all the di- 
 ilincl and feparate Rights of the Bifliop and Archdeacon, in refpe6l of Ecclefiaflical 
 jurifdiQion within the Diocefe of Ely -, but fliall refer him to the Decree itfelf, and 
 inform him where he may find it : ' all that I fliall obferve further concerning this 
 matter, is, that in recompenfe for fome part of that jurifdiction, which former 
 Archdeacons had claimed and exercifed.; it was further decreed, that the Bifliop 
 Ihould appropriate to the Archdeaconry, the Reclory of Haddenham in the I/le o/Efy; 
 which appropriation was to take place on the next vacancy of that Redlory : and in 
 the mean time, the Bifliop was to pay annually a flipend of 40/. to the Archdeacon; 
 which was to ceafe, as foon as he . came into full pofl'eflion of that Redlory. The 
 
 King's 
 ' IntheBiniopofEly'sRegider A. fol. 53, 54, &c; — alfo in Bp. Fordham's Regifter,fol.2 20.— 
 and in a MS. 8vo, called the Black Book, in the Bifhop of Ely's Regifter's Office in Cambridge. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (archdeacons.) 271 
 King's Licence for that puipofe, and the Pope's Confirmation thereof, were ac- 
 cordingly foon after obtained : and William Noioun Redor of Haddenham, at the time 
 of this appropriation,- died September 18, 1405 :' by vvhofe death, the Re^Slory of 
 Haddenham devolved to the then Archdeacon John Welborn -, and has ever fmce been 
 enjoyed by his Succeffors. 
 
 This Dignity, of which the Bifhop is Patron, is valued in the King's Books, at 
 97/. 5 J. 2d.\, and hath the Impropriations of Wilberton and Haddenham in the IJleof 
 Ely, annexed to itj. the former before 1291, and the latter in 1401. 
 
 ARCHDEACONS. 
 
 I. TW TICHOL AS, after the removal of the See of Dorchefter to Lincoln^ by Bifliop 
 X^ Remigius^ was appointed the firft Archdeacon of the Counties of Cambridgey 
 Huntingdon, and Hertford, about the year 1092 : and when CamhridgejJnre was fepa- 
 rated from the Church of Lincoln, to conftitute a diftincft Diocefe for the new-erev5ted 
 See of E/y, in 1109 ; he continued in that office, without any diminution of his 
 jurifdiftion, under the refpeflive Bifhops of Lincoln and £/>'; and with regard to 
 the latter, was called Archdeacon of Cambridge, not of Ely : for the I/le of £//, 
 (though accounted part of the County of Cambridge,) had always been exempt from 
 his jurifdiclion; and the Archidiaconal power thereof, being vefted in the Monaftery, 
 was exercifed by the Sacrift of the Church of Ely ; the Archdeacon's jurifdi6lion ex- 
 tending only over the reft of the County of Cambridge : and even there the Church of 
 Ely had fome rights and dues, in their own Churches, and within their own Manors, , 
 which were colle6led and received by the Archdeacon, and by him paid to the Sacrift. 
 Thefe privileges and immunities the Church of Ely was in pofleflion of, and con- 
 tinued to enjoy, during the life of Nicholas, the firft Archdeacon of this Diocefe; 
 who having fome difpute with B\{\\op Hervey, relative to his office and jurifdiction, 
 appealed to the Court of Rome -, and having fet out, in order to profecute his Appeal, 
 fell fick, and died on his journey thither, about the year 1 1 1 6, or 1 1 17. 
 
 2. WILLIAM DE LAVENTON, a Native of JVales, and Nephew of Blffiop Her- 
 vey, who at that time held fome place in the King's Court ;=- having, at the inftance 
 of his Uncle the Bifhop, procured a Mandate from the King, diretSled to the Monks 
 of Ely, to admit him Archdeacon j was accordingly by them admitted ; but not be- 
 fore he had folemnly engaged, to pay the Convent a Penfion, that had ufually been 
 paid by his Predeceflbr ; and not to interfere with the privileges and immunities of. 
 
 their- 
 
 ^ He was buried in Haddenham Chancel, under a Marble inlaid with Brafs, and thus infcribed, 
 '• Hie jacet Willielmus Noioun ultimus Reclor iftius Ecclefiae, et Canonicus Eccks. Cath. 
 Ebor. Lincoln, et Ciceftr., qui obiit i8 die Menfis Sept. A. D. 1405. Cujus Anime .propieietur 
 Deus. Amen," 
 
 ^ " Epifcopus [Herveius] ut hocnovit, [mortem Niclwlai,] a Rege Henrico Mandatu'm. obtinuir, 
 etMonacliis fubito in Ely, tanquam ab eo tranfmifliim, hoc continens precept), quatenus Difpe/ifctorem 
 _/5<«wquendamWillielmumBritonem, cognatumEpifcopi, in Archidiaconum ccleriter fuldpiant/' Lib. 
 Elien. vet. MS. lib. iii. cap. 34. — Et in Rot. Mag. Scacc. incerd Anni Regis Henrici I, fic habetur, 
 " Herveius Epus de Ely r. c. de 7 Marcis Auri et dimid. pro Minifterio Wilielmi Nepotis fui." 
 Vid. Difcept. Epiftolar. de Magno Rot. Scacc. ad finem Madoxii Hift. de Scaccario. pag. 74. 
 
272 HISTORY AND ANTIQIJITIES OF THE 
 
 their Church, or their jurifdiction within the IJIe of Ely : all which he readily pro- 
 mifed to obferve and keep ; but foon after forgot his engagements, and began to call 
 in queftion their privileges and jurifdiction : which occafioned a controverfy between 
 him and the Monks of the Church, which lafted all his time, and was carried on by 
 his Succcflbrs ; and at length was taken up by the Bifliops, who afterwards claimed 
 the fole Jurifdiction within the IJJe, and held a long conteft with their Archdeacons 
 about it; which was not finally adjufted till 1401. This Archdeacon was Chaplain 
 to King Henry I,; and obtained of his Uncle Bifliop Hervey the Manor of Fampef- 
 ivorth, in CambridgeJJ.irey to be held of the Church by Military Service ; and the Ma- 
 nor oi Little Thetjord, near £/>-, .tohimfelf and Heirs, at the referved Rent of 5 j. a 
 year, to be paid to the Monks : which Grants were confirmed by King He7iry I.' He 
 held this Dignity till the latter part of Bifliop Nigellus's time; and dying about the 
 year 1 160 ;* was fucceeded by 
 
 3. RICHARD DE ELY, or FITZ-NEAL, Son of Bifliop Nlgellus;^ educated -in 
 the Monaftery of Ely, Treafurer to King Havy II j and Author of the famous 
 Dialogue of the Exchequer, commonly afcribed to G^rvafe of Tilbury A He was alfo 
 one of the King's Itinerant Jufl:ices, in the reign of K. He/iry II; and Canon of St. 
 PauFs, London ; became Dean of Lincoln in 1184; and was promoted to the See of 
 London, in 11 89, being confecrated Bifliop thereof on Dec. 3 1, tliat year.: in which 
 ftation, having continued about nine years, he died on September 10, 1 198 ; and was 
 buried in his Cathedral Church of St. Paul; to which he had been a great Benefa6torj 
 particularly in the New building, at the Eafl:-end thereof. 
 
 4. RICHARD BARRE, Chaplain to King Henry II, was fent on feveral em- 
 bafiles abroad, during that King's reign; particularly in 1169, with a threatning 
 mefla^e to the Pope, requiring him, in the King's Name, to abfolve all thofe per- 
 fons who had been excommunicated by Archbifliop Becket : 5 he was afterwards made 
 Chancellor or Keeper of the Seal, to the young King Henry, on whofe Rebellion a- 
 "■ainfl: his Father, in 1 173, he continued in his loyalty to his old Mafl:er, and came 
 and delivered up to him the Seal. In 11 88, being then Archdeacon of Lifieux in 
 Normandy, he was fent by the King, Ambaflador to the Emperors of Rome and Con- 
 
 Jlajitinopk, and to Bela King of Hungary, to defire a fafe condud for the King's Army 
 through their territories, to the Holy Land ■,'^ and returned with a favourable An- 
 fvver from thofe Princes : and the year after became Archdeacon of Ely. In the 9th 
 and loth years of King Richard I, he was one of the Jufl:iciers of the King's Court. 7 
 He was a Perfon of confidcrable note for his learning in thofe times ; and wrote a 
 Compendium of the Old ajid Nciv Tejiavient, which he dedicated to his Patron Bifliop 
 
 Long- 
 » MS. F.prElien. A. fo. 86. - William de Laventon, Archdeacon of Ely, occurs as Witnefs 
 in feveral Charters of Bp. Nigellus, with Richard Fitz-Neal, Treafurer to K. Hen. II ; which office 
 he obtained about the year 1159. MS. Regilt. Epf M. fo. 155, 136. 3 Richard had a Difperifa- 
 tion from Pope Alexander 3, to hold any Ecclefiaftical Dignity ; notwichftanding his not being 
 born of a lawful Matrimony. Radulf de Diceto Ymag. Hift. col. 65 1. 4 See the Epiftolary Dil"- 
 fertation, at the end of Madox's Hift. of the Exchequer, 5 Rymer's Feed. vol. i. pag.29. ^ Ra- 
 dulf de Diceto, Ymag. Hilt. col. 519, <536. 7 Madox Hift. Exchequer, p. 78. — et Firma Burgi, 
 p. 124. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (archdeacons.) 273 
 Loiigchamp, and is ftill remaining among the Harkian MSS,' He outlived his Patron 
 abovementioned, and his Name occurs frequently as a Witnefs in the Charters of Bp. 
 Eiiftace ; but when he died I do not find. 
 
 5. STEPHEN RIDEL, who was Nephew of Biihop Ridel, is faid by Dr. Willis - to 
 have held this Dignity in 1210, and to have refigned it in 12 14. He was Chancellor 
 to John Earl of Moriton, afterwards King "John ; and was poflelled of feveral Eccle- 
 fiaftical Benefices in this Diocefe, of which he was deprived by Bifhop Longcbamp ; 3 
 but probably reftored to them again; as he afterwards occurs as Witnefs, with 
 Ri cbcir J Barre Archdeacon of Ely, in feveral Charters of Bifliop Eujlace. 
 
 6. ADAM DE TILNEY, or LIN LIE, as he is called by Matthew Paris,^ was 
 Counfellor and Advocate to John Abbot of ^t.Albaris, about the year 12 13, and a 
 Civilian of fome eminence ; which occafioned his being taken notice of by Ste;he?i 
 La7igton Archbifliop oi Canterbury , who on his firfl coming into England, invited him, 
 among other learned Men, into his Service, with hopes of preferment ; and probab- 
 ly through his intereft and recommendation it was, that he obtained this Dignity 
 in 1 2 1 4. 5 He died Nov. 6, 1219;^ and was fucceeded by 
 
 7. GILES, who is faid to be poffefTed of it, in 1222.7 As this Dignity became 
 vacant in 1 2 1 9, when the King was applying to the Pope, to provide a Bifliop for 
 this See, in the room of Robert ofTork;^ it is probable that Giles then obtained this 
 Dignity by the Pope's authority, efpecially as he was a foreigner. In 1233, he rtyles 
 himfelf Subdeacon, and Chaplain of our Lord the Pope, and Archdeacon of Ely, in 
 an Inftrument whereby he grants the Adminiftration of his Archdeaconry to Hu^h 
 Biihop and Ralph Prior of Ely:^ for which they were to pay him 90 Marks yearly, 
 befides 1005. Peter-pence due to the Pope. 
 
 8. ROBERT DE LEICESTER occurs Archdeacon here in 1238;'° and after- 
 wards, in feveral Charters of Bifhop Norivold, moft of them without Dates j but in 
 one of them dated 1241, and in another dated 1245." 
 
 9. NICHOLAS DE ELY, fucceeded to this Dignity in Bifhop Norwold's time, and 
 is faid to have pofTefTed it in 1249 : '2 He was Redlor of Elm in the I/Ie of Eh, in 
 1254: became Keeper of the Great Seal, Od. 18, 1260 ; ^3 but refigned it the' fol- 
 lowing year: was alfo Frehendary of IFildland m St. Pmd's, London ; and Treafurer 
 of England, in 1262 ; the next year on Sept. 18, he was again conftituted Keeper of 
 the Great Seal, and held it whilfl the King was abroad. H — He was promoted to the 
 See of Worcejler, and confecrated Bifliop thereof Sept. 19, 1266^ and the next year 
 
 tjanf- 
 » In the Britidi Mufeiim, N°. 32^5. — It is a large fair MS. on parchment, containing 2^4 
 leaves in folio : After the Preface it thus begins, " Incipit Compendium Ricardi Barre ETienfis 
 Archidiaconi de Veteri et Novo Teftamento." — and ends thus, '* Explicit Liber Maojitri Ricardi 
 Barre Elienfis Archidiaconi, qui dicitur Compendium Veteris et Novi Teftamenti." which I tlie 
 rather take notice of, as he is omitted by the learned Dr. Cave in liis Hijtcria Ltteraria of that Aoe 
 * Willis's Surv. ofElyCath. p,372. 3 Angl. Sacr. vol. ii. p. 404. 4 VitaeAbbatum S, Alba'ni! 
 pag. 1044. 5 Adam occurs Archdeacon in a Charter of Robert Eleft of Ely. MS.Reojfl. Epf 
 Elien. M. fo. 167. ^ Le Neve's Faft. p. 73. 7 Willis, ut fupra, ^ 5gg pgg j^^_ ^ Cotton 
 Library. Tiberius. B.2. fo. 352. "^ Le Neve, ut fupra. " Regift. Epf Elien. M.-fo. 168 5S4 
 " Le Neve, ut fupra. '3 Madox, Hift. of the Exchequer, p. 48. ^Rymer, Feed, vol i n '77- 
 
27+ HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 tianflated to Wincbefler; where he died on Feb. 1 2, 1 279-80, and was buried at Waverky- 
 Abby in Surrey -, but his heart was depofited at Winchejler. On his promotion to Worcefler^ 
 
 10. JOHN BALSHAM fucceeded to this Dignity; as appears by his Mandate, re- 
 lating to ibme Tithes due to the Sacrift in Downham, dated at Ditton, Aug. 18, 1267.' 
 After him, 
 
 1 1. RALPH WALPOLE, D.D. Redor oi SomcrJ}:>am in HuntingdonJInre, was Arch- 
 deacon here in 1271. He was promoted to the See oi Norwich in 1288 j and July 15, 
 1289, tranllated to this See of Ely.^ 
 
 12. JOHN OSEVILLE, a Nephew or near Relation of Bifliop Kirkeby^ fucceeded 
 to this Archdeaconry about the year 1289 ; he held it alfo in 129 1 :' and aftei- him, 
 
 1 3. RALPH DE FODRINGAY was Archdeacon in 1292 : he was alfo Prebendary 
 of Langford Maiior, in the Church of Lincoln, and died in I3i6.4' 
 
 14. WILLIAM, a Cardinal Priefl, by the Title of Sti Ciriaci in Tirmis, refiding 
 at Avignon, fucceeded to this Dignity, probably in 1316. He was Archdeacon here in 
 1324; as appears by the King's Letter to the Pope, S complaining of the Cardinal's Con- 
 fervator, for citing the Bifliop's CommifTaries out of the Kingdom, to appear before 
 him zx. Avignon, to the manifeft detriment of his Subjeds, and their great vexation: 
 he probably held this Archdeaconry till 1335; when Richard de Byntioortb, (afterwards 
 Bifliop o{ London,) was admitted to it; but the fame year gave up his pretenfions, to 
 
 15. JOHN DE OFFORD, Brother of the Earl of 5'//^o/>^, Chaplain to the King, 
 and Prebendary of St. PWs, London. He was frequently employed by the King in 
 foreign embaflies ;* and had confiderable pref2rments in the Church ; was Preben- 
 dary of Tork, Hereford, and Lincoln ; of which laft he was made Dean in 1 344 : he was 
 likewife Keeper of the King's Privy Seal ; and July 30, 1345, was conftituted Lord 
 Chancellor of England:'' and at length, at the King's requeft, was by a Bull of Pope 
 CJement VI, dated at Avignon Sept. 24, 1 348, promoted to the See of Canterbury 5 but be- 
 fore he was confecrated, he died at Tottenhall, May 20, 1349, in the time of the great 
 Plague ; and was privately buried in Canterbury Cathedral. On his advancement to 
 the Deanery of Lincoln in 1344,^ he was fucceeded in this Archdeaconry by 
 
 16. GAILLARD DE MOTA, a Cardinal Deacon of the Church oi Rome, by the 
 Title of 5. Lucia in Silice ; who was likewife Archdeacon of Oxford, Precentor of 
 Ckichejler, and Prebendary oi Milton in the Church oi Lincoln', he died,9 in the begin- 
 ning of the year 1357; and was fucceeded by 
 
 17. JAMES DE BEAUFORT, Archdeacon oi London, and Prebendaiy of St. 5/^ 
 
 phens, Weflminfcr ; who was prcfented by the King to this Archdeaconry, Feb. 4, 1 356-7. 
 
 His Succeifor was 
 
 18. ANDROYNUS, 
 ' MS. ver. Chartr.lar. penes Dccan. etCapir. fo, 54. ' See pag. 154. 3 LeNeve, Fafti, p. 73. 
 4 Willis's Cath. Lincoln, p. 199. 5 Rym. Feed. v. iv. p. 25. ' Ibid. vol. 5. p. c^6, 92, 93, 95, 
 176, 266, &c. ^ Ibid. pag. 474. ' "Jobn deTyd who is faid, by Dr. IVillis, to have fucceeded as 
 Archdeacon, was only Official. 9 Gilbert de Bruera, and Bernard de Qtu'afon, are faid to have held 
 this Dignity •, the former in 1351, and the latter in 1353 : fLe Neve's Faft. p.73.1 — however it is 
 certain, that tl-»c Cardinal was in poncfTiOn both thofe, and the three foUowing years. Rcgift. L'Ifle, 
 lb. 76, 79, 80, 81, 82. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCK OF ELY. (archdeacons.) 27J 
 
 18. ANDROYNUS, a Cardinal of the Church of Rome, Abbot of Cluni : he came 
 into England feveral times, in quality of Nuncio from Pope Innocent VI ; ' and was 
 much efteem.ed by the King, on whofe recommendation^ the Pope created him a 
 Cardinal in 1361 ; and the King prefented him to this Archdeaconry in 1363. 
 
 19. EDWARD BURNELL, Prebendary of Cherminjier and Beer, in the Church of 
 Salisbury, occurs Archdeacon here in, 1376} and had then a conteft with the Bifliop 
 in the Court of Canterbury, about fpiritual and ecclefiaftical jurifdiclion within thi? 
 Diocefe.3 However, the Archdeacon fubmitted, and took the oath of canonical obe- 
 dience to the Bifliop 2it Doivnham, June 28, 1397, "i- and in March following refigned 
 his Archdeaconry, in exchange for the Re6lory of Cottenham in this Diocefe, 5 with 
 
 20. JOHN CRYSTCHIRCH, who was accordingly induded, Mar. 10, 1379-80, 
 by the Bifliop's Chancellor. 
 
 21. THOMAS PATTESLE was collated, on the death oijohn Cryjlchirch, May 20, 
 13871 and refigned it the week. following in exchange for Cottenham,^ with 
 
 22. THOMAS DE DALBY, Prebendaiy oi Salisbury, and oi Lincoln, and fometime 
 Re6>or of Barki?ig in Suffolk, oiStretham near Ely, and of Leigh in Stafford/hire; which 
 laft he ex'changed in 1386, for Cottenham -, and this again for the Archdeaconry of Ely i 
 was collated May 28, 1387; but refigned it in 1388, on being prefented by the King 
 to the Archdeaconiy oi Richmofid, in which he was inftalled Sept. 23, 1388.7 
 
 23. THOMAS FERIBY, Prebendary of Abflhorpe in the Church of I'ork, was ad- 
 mitted to this Dignity 061. 5, 1388 ; and afterwards exchanged it, in 1394, for the 
 Re61:ory of Fordingbridge in the Diocefe of Winchejier, with 
 
 24. RICHARD CLIFFORD, whofe Mandate for indu6lion, is dated Sept. 2. 1394. 
 He had confiderable Preferments in the Church before this time j was Prebendary of 
 St.P^Kfs, London, alfo oi Lincoln, Salisbury, York, and St. Stephens, Wejlminller : he 
 exchanged this Archdeaconry and his Prebend of Salisbury, in March 1396-7, with 
 Adam Moitrum, for the Archdeaconry oi Canterbury -, and on the 28th of that month, 
 was inftalled Dean of Tork. He was alfo Keeper of the Privy Seal to King Richard II; 
 and one of the Executors of that King's Will :^ and in 140 1, was nominated by the 
 Pope to the See of Bath and Wells ; but the King not giving his confent, he was pro- 
 moted the fame year to the Biflioprick of Worcejler ; and thence tranflated to London, 
 Oct. 13, 14073 where dying Aug. 20, 1421, he was buried in St. Paul's Church. 
 
 25. ADAM DE MOTTRUM, having refigned his Archdeaconry of Canterbury, 
 as before mentioned, in exchange for the Prebend of Iioarn9 \n the Church of Salif- 
 bury, and this Archdeaconry ; was admitted to this latter about the end of March, 1 397. 
 He quitted it the fame year, as alfo the Prebend of Fenton in the Church of Tork, and 
 
 a 
 « Rymer FceJ. vol. v. p. 81+. and vol. vi. p. 206, 365. - Ibid, vol.vi. p. 303, 32S. 3 Regift, 
 Arundel, fo. 22. 4 Ibid. fo. 30. 5 In his Will, proved May 4, he ordered his Body to be 
 buried in the Church of the Friars Minor, London •, to whom he bequeathed 40/. —to the Poor of 
 Cottenham 20 /. to the Poor of Cherminfter and Beer 20/. — Ibid. fo. 56. ^ Thomas Patcefle was 
 collated in i'^96 to the Reftory of Great Shelford near Cambridge-, of which he died Redor, 
 Od. 11, 14U -, and was there buried. 7 His Will was proved May 20,1400-, in which he ordered his 
 Body to be buried, about the middle of theNave, in York Cathedral. LeNeve Fall. p. 325. =^ R'yni. 
 Foed. vol. viii. p. y^. 9 Regift. Fordham. fo. 58. 
 
 M m 2 
 
2-6 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 a Prebend at Exeter, in exchange for the Precentorfliip of Salisbury, and the Prebend 
 of Husbourn and Burbage in the fame Church, with 
 
 26. JOHN WELBORN, LL.D. who was admitted to this Dignity Oa. 13, 1397. 
 In his time the Difpute concerning jurifdiflion, long-time fubfifling between the 
 IBifliops of £|y and their Archdeacons, was finally determined, on an A})peal and Re- 
 ference, by Archbifliop Anmdell^ Nov. 19, 1401 :' and at the fame time Haddcnham 
 was appropriated to the Archdeaconry, in recompenfe for that part of jurifdiclion, 
 from which the Archdeacon receded. The time of his death does not appear; but 
 he was living Jan. 8, 1408-9,=' being then returned as fummoned to Convocation; 
 and probably died foon after; for his SuccelTor 
 
 27. JOHN METFIELD, LL.D. a Kinfman of Bifliop Tordham, and his Chancel- 
 lor, Reclor alfo of Leveringtoii and Tyrington, and fometime of Ptilham in Norfolk ; 
 occurs Archdeacon here 140953 and likewife May 27, 141 1 :+ the latter end of which 
 year, he is faid to have died, and been buried at Ely. His SuccelTor was 
 
 28. ROBERT WETHERINGSETE, Reaor of Northwold in Norfolk, and of We- 
 theringfete in Suffolk ; but the time of his admilllon does not appear. He had alfo a 
 Prebend in the Church ol Lincoln; and dying Mar. 2, 1444-5, was buried in Wilberton 
 Church, where is ftill to be {^t\\ a Grey Marble, wdth his Effigies in Brafs. 
 
 29. JOHN STOKES, LL.D. Chancellor of this Diocefe, and Reftor of Stowe cum 
 ^/i in Cambridgejl:irc, was collated by Bifliop Bourchicr, to this Archdeaconry, Mar. 15, 
 3444-5. He had alio the Prebend of Itickbarroiv in the Church of Hereford ; and was 
 made Precentor of 5'rt//V-^//r)' July 15, 1457: and dying about Chriftmas 1466, was 
 fucceeded in this Dignity, by 
 
 30. RICHARD BOLE, LL.B. Reflor oi Baljl.^it, the Bifliop's Official, and Pre- 
 bendary of the Collegiate Church of Haftings in Suffex ; who was collated Feb. 6, 1 466-7, 
 and about the fame time refigned Baljl:am, and was prefented to the Redory of Eajl- 
 Berbam in Norjolk. He died in September 1477, and was buried in the Chancel of 
 Wilberton Church, near his Predeceffor Wet her ing fete, under a Marble, having there- 
 on his Effigies in Brafs, and an imperfea Infcription. 
 
 31. RICHARD ROBINSON, LL.D. Reftor of Barking in Suffolk, Official of this 
 Diocefe, was collated by Bp. Gr^y to the Reftory of Doddington, Jan. 1, 1468-9 ; to the 
 Chapel or Hofpital of St. Mary Magdalene at Steresbridge near Cambridge, May 14, 1477; 
 and to this Archdeaconry Sept. 30, following : on which he refigned his other prefer- 
 ments; but held his Archdeaconry till his death, in 1479; when he was fucceeded by 
 
 32. THOMAS MORTON, Brother of Bp.A/o7V(?77, who collated him to this Dignity 
 h 1479 : he had alfo the Prebend oi Ccnfumptum per Mare in St. Paul's, London; but 
 
 what other preferment, I know not. He died in 1496 ; and his Succeflbr here, was 
 
 33. THOMAS ALCOCK, LL.D. a Kinfman of Bp. ^/coc/^, who prefented him to 
 Brandon in Suffolk, Jan. 12, 1490-1 ; the year after, to Bluntijl:am in Huntingdonjlnre : 
 and Aug. 17, 1496, collated him to this Archdeaconry; -on which, he refigned 
 Brandon : he became afterwards Chancellor to Bifliop Wejl; and was by him collated to 
 the Malkifliip ofjcfus College, Cambridge: but this preferment he foon quitted, being 
 
 ad- 
 ' Regift. Furdhair. fo. 220. "■ Ibid. fo. 171. 3 MS. Epf Elien. B. fo. 129. 4 Regift. Ford- 
 am. fo. 20b'. 
 
 1 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (archdeacons.) 277 
 admitted in Feb. 1515-16 ; and refigned it July 14, following; as he did alfo this Arch- 
 deaconry Oct. 27, 1 527, on having an annual Penfion of 50 /. affigned him out of it, for 
 life.' The time of his death does not appear ; but he was probably buried in Wilhcrton.' 
 Chancel, to which Church he feems to have been a confiderable Benefa(5tor.^ 
 
 34. NICHOLAS HAWKINS, LL.D. Nephew of Bifhop Wefl, then abroad' 
 in foreign parts, was collated to this Archdeaconry, and admitted by proxy Nov. 9, 
 1527. He was Re6lor of Doddington in the^,? of Ely, and of S?iailwell in Cambridge^ 
 
 Jbire; the former of which he refigned, on being made Archdeacon. At the time of 
 Bifliop Weji"?, death, in April 15531 he was employed on an embafly abroad; and waa. 
 defigned by the King to have fucceeded him in the See of £/)' ; but died before Confecra- 
 tion. Dr. Willii informs us, 3 his Will was dated Dec. 29, 1533 ; but not proved till 
 061. 2 o, 1 53 5 ; in which he appoints to be buried in Civitate Barbatrenfi, where he died. 
 
 35. THOMAS THIRLBY, LL.D. Chaplain to King i?^«ry VIII, was prefented 
 by him to this Archdeaconry in 1534; and foon after made Dean of the Chapel 
 Royal; confecrated Bifliop of the new-erefted See oiWe[iminJlerj in 1540 ; thence. 
 tranJlated to Norwich in 1550; and at length to Ely A 
 
 36. RICHARD COX, D.D. Chaplain to the King, and Tutor to Prince Edward,. 
 afterwards King Edward VI, was admitted to this Dignity, on the King's prefenta- 
 tion Mar. 25, 1541 ; and in September following, was nominated firft Prebendary of 
 this Church. He had other confiderable preferments under King He?iry VIII, and 
 Edward VI ; being very zealous in the Reformation of Religion. On which account 
 he was obliged to leave the Kingdom, when Queen Mary came to the Crown : but 
 returned on Queen Elizabeth's acceffion ; and was made Bifliop of Ely. s 
 
 37. HENRY COLE, LL.D. was educated at Winchejler School, and became Fel- 
 low of New College in Oxford, about the year 153^0: afterwards travelled into Italy , 
 and fludied at Padua; was created LL.D. at Oxford \n 1540; in which year he re- 
 figned his Fellowfhip; being then fettled at London, an Advocate in the Court of 
 Arches, and Re6lor of Chelmsford in Effex. In 1542, he was ele6led Warden of New- 
 College; was Prebendary alfo of St. Paul's, and of Salisbury ; and in 1545, became 
 Reclor of Newton Longville, Bucks. He fometime complied with the Reformation 
 under K. Edward VJ ; but towards the end of that reign was difgufted, or changed- 
 his mind ; and refigned his Warden fhip, and Newton Longville, as he had fometime 
 before his Living of Chelmsford. On Queen Mary' s^acce^ion he proved a zealous Papift • 
 was made Archdeacon of Ely; (in the room of Dv.Cox, vt'ho had fled beyond Scaj) 
 and Provoft of Eton, in 1554. He was one of thofe who were appointed to difpute 
 publickly at Oxford, with Archbifliop Cramner, and Bifliops Ridley and Latimer ; and 
 
 preach- 
 ' Reg'ifl:. Weft, fo. 39, 40, 41. — ^His refignation was made before a Publick Notary, " in quadam 
 Capella infra Re6toriam five Manfionem de Wilberton, Elien. Dicec. &c." - In the Chapel of Wil- 
 berton Church, are two Gothic Niches or Tabernacles, one on each fide of the Eall Window, in 
 which were formerly placed Statues ; but now removed : under that on the South-fide is infcribed in . 
 gold letters, " Mafter Thomas Alcock j" the other h.as no Inl'cription that appears ; but under 
 it is a plain Altar-Tomb of grey Marble robbed of its Brafs; and over the Niches, and in many 
 other places of the roof, are carved and painted the Arms of Alcock, viz. Ar, a Fefs inter 3 Cjocks 
 heads erafed, Sa. 3 Surv. of Ely Cath. p. 374. 4 See pag. 191. 5 See pag. 152. 
 
278 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 preached the Sermon immediately before the burning of Archbifliop Cranmer, Mar. 2 r, 
 1 - c '-6 : and in December following, was made Dean of St. Pauls, London ; about 
 ■which time he quitted this Archdeaconry. In the firft year of Queen Elizabeth, he 
 was again appointed, with others on the fide of the Papifts, to difpute publickly, be- 
 fore the Privy Council, with the Proteftant Divines j and afterwards, refufnig to com- 
 ply with the Reformation of Religion, was fined and imprifoned in the Fleet : and 
 died in confinement in December 1 579. 
 
 38. JOHN BOXx'VLL, D.D. Prebendary of this Church, was made Archdeacon, 
 on Dr. Coles refignation : but deprived of both, and his other preferments, in the 
 firft of Queen Elizabeth. ' After which he was committed to the free cuftody of 
 Archbifliop Parker at Lambeth Palace, with Bifliops Thirlby and Tunjlall -, but foon af- 
 ter falling fick of a Fever, was permitted to go to the Houfe of a near Relation at 
 London ; where he lived quietly in retirement feveral years after j and died in 1570. 
 
 39. ROBERT WISDOM, B.D. Re6lor of Settrington in Torkfiire, obtained the 
 Queen's prefentation to this Archdeaconry, on Dr. Boxalls deprivation, and was in- 
 flituted Feb. 27, 1559-60. He is returned in B'lihop Cox's Cert locator i urn ^ to the Arch- 
 bifliop, dated Jan. 28 following, that he was " a Prieft, and B.D., and ufually re- 
 fided on his Re6lory of IVilbertou, appropriated to his Archdeaconry ; was qualified 
 alfo for Preaching, and licenced thereto by the Queen's Majefty." His Name is alfo 
 among the original Subfcribers to the xxxix Articles of Religion. 3 He died in Sep- 
 tember 1568 ; and Dr. Willis fuppofed, from fome ludicrous Verfes of Bifliop Corbet, 
 by him cited,+ that he was buried at St. Martins Church, Oxford: but it appears 
 from Wilberton Parifli-Regifter, that he was there buried, Sept. 20, 1568. 
 
 40. JOHN PAPvKER, M.A. Prebendary of this Church, 5 was collated to this 
 Dignity OcV. 21, 1568: on whofe deccafe in 1592, 
 
 41. JOHN PALMER, M.A. (afterwards D.D.) Chaplain to the Queen, was by 
 her Majefty prefcnted to this Archdeaconry, June 5, 1592; and at the fame time to a 
 Prebend in this Church, both vacant by the death of Mi: John Parker,^ He refign- 
 
 • ed this Dignity in 1600, when 
 
 42. ROBERT TINLEY, D.D. a Kinfman of Bifliop Heton, and Fellow of Magdalen 
 College in Oxford, was collated to it July 17, 1600. He had been Proflor of thatUniver- 
 fity in 1 595, and was then eflreemed a Man of parts, and an excellent Preacher: was infti- 
 tuted to the Re6lory of Duxford St. Peter's in Cainbridgejl:ire, Mar. 27, 1601 j and col- 
 lated to the Third Prebendal Stall in this Church, Feb. 4, 1602-3; ^"^ likewife pre- 
 fented to the Redory of Gletmford in Suffolk, the fame month ; which Living he refigned 
 in Feb. 1607-8, being then collated to the Vicarage of Witham in Effex -, and in Auguft 
 following, to the Prebend of Kcntijh-Town, in St. PauPs, London. He died in Nov. 1 6 1 6^ 
 is fuppofed to be buried at Witham-, and was fucceeded in this Dignity, by 
 
 43. DANIEL WIGMORE, B.D. He was M.A., and oi^een's College, Cambridge, 
 when he was ordained Deacon and Prieft the fame day, by Bifliop Heton at Downbain, 
 Dec. 28, 1602 ; became Minor Canon of this Church in 1605 ; Head-Maftcr of Ely- 
 
 School 
 
 ' See pag. 241. - MS. Bene't Coll. Library. Mifcellanea, V. 3 Ibid. MS. Mifcell. iii. 4 Surv. 
 ofElyCath. p- 374. s Sec pag. 241. * Ibid. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. (archdeacons.) 279 
 School m 1609 J and Divinity Le6lurer in this Cathedral, 161 1. Bifhop Andreivs pre- 
 ferred him to the Firft Prebendal Stall in this Church, Nov. 26, 1614; and further 
 collated him to this Archdeaconry about March 1616-17. ^^ ^^^ fometime Re6tor 
 of Northwold in Norfolk ; and of Snailivell in Cambridgejloire : and after the diflblutioii 
 of Cathedrals, in the time of the Rebellion, feems to have retired to his Eflate at Litfle 
 Shclford near Cambridge; where he died in 1646, and was there buried. 
 
 44. EDMUND MAPLETOFT.M.A. Reaor oWownham, and oillardwlck in this 
 Diocefe, was collated byBp. Wren^ then confined in xhtTower of London, to this Archdea- 
 conry Feb. 4, 1646-7 ; about a year after to the Redory oiWilli7igham \\\Cambridgcfire\ 
 and on Mar. 12, 1651-2, to the Firft Stall in this Church : but dying in December fol- 
 lowing, was never inftalled or put in pofleffion, either of his Archdeaconry, or Prebend. 
 
 45. BERNARD HALE, D.D. Reaor of Fen-Difton in Cambridgejl:ire, was col- 
 lated to this Dignity July 2, 1660; and the day after to a Prebendal Stall in this 
 Church: of whom fee more among the Prebendaries.' 
 
 46. THOMAS WREN, LL D. Prebendary of this Church, was collated, by his 
 Father Bifliop Wren, to this Archdeaconry, on the death of Dr. Hale, Apr. 8, 1663 : 
 concerning him likewife, fee among the Prebendaries of the Fifth Stall. ^ On his 
 deceafe, in Oaober 1679, he was fucceeded by 
 
 47. BARNABAS OLEY, M.A. Prefident oi Clare Ball in Cambridge, and Vicar 
 of Great Grandfden in Huntingdonjlnre. He was born at Thorp near Wakefield in York- 
 Jliire ; (of which place his Father was Vicar;) and was Pro^or of the Univerfity in 
 
 1635. On the breaking out of the Rebellion, he was very a6live in colleding the 
 Univerfity Plate ; and was intrufted in conveying it to the King at Nottingham in 
 Auguft 1642 : but for this, and other ads of loyalty, was turned out of his Fellow- 
 fhip, by the Earl of Manchejler, Apr. 8, 1644 ; and forced to quit his Vicarage. Af- 
 ter having fuffered much, during the Ufurpation ; he was in 1660, reftored both to 
 his Fellowfliip and Vicarage ; and Sept. 4, that year, inftalled Prebendary of Wor- 
 cejler: and Biftiop Gunning, (to whom he had formerly been Tutor,) collated him tj 
 this Archdeaconry, Nov. 8, into which he was inducted, by Proxy, Nov. 17, 1679 : 
 this Dignity, however, after a little more than a year's poffefiion, he voluntarily re- 
 figned ; not thinking himfelf, in his great humility, fufficient to difcharge the Duty 
 of it. He was a learned Man ;^ and no lefs eminent for his piety and charities: 
 was an efpecial Benefaaor to Clare Hall, when it was rebuilding, as well by his own 
 benefaclion, as by his aftiduous and effectual application to others, and conftant infpec- 
 tion of the Work. He alfo gave loo/. to Kings College j 100/. to St. Paul's, Lon- 
 don; built a fair Vicarage-houfe and a School at Granfden; left part of his Eftate 
 to augment poor Vicarages ; and part of his Books, to the fucceeding Vicars oi North- 
 Grimjlon in Tork/Jjire. He died Feb. 20, 1685-6. 
 
 48. WILLIAM SAYWELL, D.D. Mafter of Jefus College in Cambridge, ai:d 
 one of the Prebendaries of this Church,4 was collated to this Dignity, vacant by Mr. 
 Oleys refignation, Jan. 22, 1 680-1. He died June 9, 1701 j and was fucceeded by 
 
 49- RICHARD 
 » Page 245. ^ Page 2/^5. 3 He publlfhed Dr. Jackfon's Works, and M'. Herbert's Coun- 
 try Parfoni to each of which he prefixed a Preface. * See pag. 251. 
 
2So HISTORY AND ANTK:KJITIES OF ELY. 
 
 49. RICHARD BENTLEY, D.D. This eminent Critick and Divine, bom at 
 Wakcfield'm Torkpirc in 1662, was of St, Jo/w's, College in Cambridge ; and was incor- 
 porated M.A. at Oxford, July 4, 1689: Ibmetimc after, became domeftick Chaplain 
 to Dr. St'illifjgfeet, Bifhop of Worcefler; and. one of the Prebendaries of that Church . 
 and in April 1694, Keeper of the Royal Library at St.y^;wtj's ; alfo Chaplain in ordi- 
 nary to his Majefty King William ; by whom he was promoted to the Mafterfliip of 
 Iriniiy College in Cambridge; being admitted Mafter there, Feb. i, ^; in which 
 year he refigncd his Prebend oi JVorceJler : and June 12, 1701, was collated to this 
 Archdeaconry : and in the year 1716 or 17 17, was ele(5ted Regius ProfeflTor of Divi- 
 nity in the LTniverfity o( Cambridge. He died on July 14, 1742, and was buried in 
 Trinity College Chapel, with only this fliort Infcription on a black Marble over him, 
 -" H. S. F,. RiCHARDUS Bentley S.T.P.R. obiit 14 Jul. 1742, iEtatis 80." 
 
 50. ROBERT EYTON, D.D. was horn at Shrewsbury 1681; admitted into St. 
 Johns College, Cambridge ; there proceeded to his Degrees : he entered into Holy Or- 
 <iers 1705 ; became Redor of fFem in the County of Salop ; and was collated by his 
 Brother-in-Law Bifliop Butts to this Archdeaconry Sept. 16, 1742. He died in 1751, 
 about Michaelmas ; and was fucceeded by 
 
 51. CHARLES PLUMPTRE, B.D. who was collated to this Dignity, Dec 20, 
 37^1. — He was born at Nottingham ; (which Town his Fathtv John Plumptre, Efq; 
 reprefented in feveral Parliaments ;) educated at Hackney School ; and thence admit- 
 ted oi Clare Hall, Cambridge, in 1730: having taken his Degree of B.A. he after- 
 wards removed to ^leens College, where he was elecled Fellow j and proceeded to 
 his Degree of M.A. in 1737, and of B.D. in 1746. The late Earl of Hardwicke firft 
 prefented him to the Re^ory of Wimple in Cambridge/Jjire in ly^.^; foon after, he 
 had the Living of Whaddon in the fame County, on the prefentation of the Dean and 
 Canons of Wind/or; about the year 1746, Lord Hardwicke alfo promoted him to a 
 Prebend in the Church of Norwich; which he refigned in 1751, on being collated to 
 this Archdeaconry: in 1752, he was created D.D. and was prefented to the Re(flory 
 of St.M^ry Woolnoth in London, then in the gift of his Patron, as Lord Chancellor ; at 
 which time he refigned both his Cambridgejl^ire Livings ; has fince been appointed Af- 
 ternoon Preacher at St. James's Church, Wejlminjler; and is the prefent pofTeflbr of 
 this Dignity, Aug. i, 1770. 
 
 THE 
 
HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF ELY. 281 
 
 TJoe Precs?itor a?id Divinity LeSitirer^ Nov. i. 1770. 
 Thomas Watkins,M.A. ontheDeathof HenryGunning, M.A. Nov.25,1764. 
 
 The. Minor CanonSy 
 
 1. Thomas Watkins, M.A. on the Refignation of the Rev. Thomas Manlove, 
 
 made Minor Canon of Norwich, June 14, 1723. 
 
 2. Jeffry Bentham, M.A. on the Refignation of Thomas Tookie, M.A. pre- 
 
 fer'd to the Vicarage of Meldreth, May 8, 1744. 
 
 3. William Irwin, M.A. on the Death of Henry Gunning, M.A. Nov. 25, 1764. 
 
 4. Thomas Atcherley, M.A. on the Death of Tho' Ellis, M.A. Nov.25. 1764. 
 
 5. ThomasEllis, M.A. on the Refignation of James Bentham, M.A. prefer'd 
 
 to the Rectory of Feltwell St. Nicholas, Norfolk, July 5, 1768. 
 
 Epijiolar and Sacriji, 
 Jeffry Bentham, M.A. on the Refignat" of James Bentham, M.A.July 5, 1768. 
 
 Head-Majler of the Grammar-School^ 
 William lRWiN,M.A.ontheRerignat"of Henry Gunning, M.A. 061. 10,1763. 
 
 Ufider-Mafler of the famey 
 Thomas Atcherley, M.A. (vacant by the Death of Tho' Ellis, M.A.) Jul. 6, 1767. 
 
 Steward of the Dean and Chapter s Courts,, 
 Charles Greene Efq; in part, on Charles Clarke Efq; being made one of 
 the Barons of the Exchequer, June 14, 1743: and the whole, on the Death of 
 Thomas Luck, Efq; June 14, 1752. 
 
 Auditory 
 Deering Jones, M.A. on the Death of Josiah Currer, M.A. June 14, 1748. 
 
 Regiflrary 
 Thomas Watkins, M.A. on the Death of Samuel Bentham, M.A.June 1733. 
 
 Organifl and Mafler of the ChoriflerSy 
 Mr.DAVloWooD, on the Death of Mr. John Elbon, June 14, 1768. 
 
 The Lay-Clarks or Singijtg-Meny 
 
 I. Wenham Tower, Half-place, June 14, 173 1. — Whole, Nov. 25, 1732. 
 
 1. Francis Winter, June 14, 1736. — — Nov. 25, 1743. 
 
 l.fohnFigot, — June 14, 1754. June 14, 1755. 
 
 ^. William MarJJ:all, June 14, J 758. Apr. 5, 1759. 
 
 t. Worth MarJJjall, June 14, 1763. 
 
 J, William Winter, — Nov. 25, 1766. — Nov. 25, 1767. 
 
 8. [Vacant] late fofeph Marjlmll. 
 
 N n 
 
282 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 A GENERAL DESCRIPTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CATHEDRAL and other BUILDINGS. 
 
 THERE is not perhaps, any one Fabrick in this Kingdom that exhibits a larger, 
 more elegant, or a more magnificent difplay of what is called Gothic Archi- 
 teclure, than the Cathedral of Ely, or that will better illuftrate the Hiftory of this 
 kind of Building in England.— Thtk things, if fet in their proper light, might af- 
 ford matter fufficient for a whole Volume: and it would be a fubjeft well worth the 
 attention of an Antiquarian, to inveftigate the Origin and Progrefs of Architedure 
 in our Country ; to note the various Modes of Building in different Ages; to obferve 
 the tranfitions from one Style to another ; and the gradual advances towards Perfec- 
 tion, from examples that are ftill remaining. Something to this effecl has been al- 
 ready attempted, in the Introdu6lion to this Hiflory ;' much more might be added 
 from the Remains of the Old Conventual Church here, and of this Cathedral j per- 
 haps more than will eafily be found together in any other part of the Kingdom. 
 Whether God will give me life to digeft thofe Memorials, which, in the profecutlon 
 of this Hiftory, I have colleaed, is very uncertain. At prefent, I can only gratify 
 the Reader with a plain Narrative refpe6ling the prefent Fabrick, its feveral Parts, 
 their Dimenfions, and the different Times at which they were ereded. 
 
 The principal Entrance into this Church is at the Weft End, by a handfome Vefti- 
 bule, formerly called the Galilee, leading under a grand and lofty Tower, and fo on- 
 ward through the Nave, commonly ufed for a Sermon-place. The Front of the 
 Veftibule is impaired in its beauty, by the infertion of Two fmall Stone Door-ways 
 of a very uncouth form, inftead of the elegant open Entrance, in which they are 
 placed: this Veftibule was built hy B'liho^ EuJlaclMus, about the year 1200: the 
 exterior ground hath been raifed confiderably j and this alfo contributes to hurt the 
 appearance of the Fabrick. 
 
 The great Tower was anciently flanked on the Northfide, with a Building of the 
 fame kind as that now ftanding on the South ; forming in the whole Weftern Front 
 an auguft appearance : but the Northern part falling, or being taken down, (at what 
 time is uncertain,) a defign was formed to erect another Building inftead thereof, 
 
 upon 
 ' Page 15, 16, &c. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. 283 
 
 upon a more contra6led PJan, and different Defign ; but it was never carried hio-her 
 than about 12 or 14 Feet. The Building now ftanding on the South, however ele- 
 gant, and agreeable to the eye, has fo much original weaknefs, owing to the too 
 frequent and difproportionate Intercolumniations, and the Parts not being fufficientlv 
 tied together j that it hath long, (perhaps foon after the adjoining Tower was raifed 
 to its prefent height,) carried in the Infide a ruinous afpe6l: It was built at the fame 
 time v/ith the Tower, after the year 1174, which was carried up only to the firft 
 Battlements, and not finifhed when that Bifliop died in 1 189. The interior view of 
 the Tower is in itfelf very beautiful, being decorated with fmall Colonnades running 
 round it in feveral Stories one above another, and enlightened by twenty-feven Win- 
 dows : but this beauty is all loft, by ftopping up the Windows, and by the infertion 
 of a Belfry-floor, and of feveral irregular beams, placed there to dired the courfe of 
 the Bell-ropes. 
 
 The palTage through the Nave is very grand, the Arcades are lofty j but the Roof 
 appears to a difadvantage, for want of a proper Ceiling. 
 
 As we advance through the Nave, the View gradually opens into a magnificent 
 06lagon riflng up with a Dome, and terminated by an elegant and well-illuminat- 
 ed Lantern. ' 
 
 This Oftagon, if not fmgular, is unequalled by any thing of the kind. Its con- 
 ftru6lion, though bold, was owing to the prudence of the Architect, to prevent the 
 misfortune which hath arifen in fome Churches, and particularly in this, A.D. 1322: 
 For in the middle of this Church, as in all or moft other Cathedrals, anciently flood 
 a lofty Stone Tower, fupported by four large Pillars, the Foundations of which I have 
 difcovered: thefe by the united prefTure of the Arches both of the Nave and Tranfept, 
 wanting a proper Counterpoife, gave way ; the Tower fell down, and demoliflied the 
 Choir under it ; and probably fo much weakened the three contiguous Arches Eaft- 
 ward, that they were obliged to be taken down. By this expedient of an Octagonal 
 Form, the Archite6l Alan de Walfingham, one of the Monks, at that time Sacrift, and 
 afterwards Prior of the Convent, in a great meafure guarded againft future accidents 
 of the fame kind : he alfo embellifhed the Choir with a moft elegant fet of Stalls, 
 (now effectually repairing and placing in the New Choir:) but by continuing the 
 Choir in its former fituation, the beauty and grandeur of the Oftagon were greatly 
 obfcured. This inconvenience is now happily removed, by carrying the Choir to 
 the Eaft end of the Church. 
 
 The North and South Tranfepts are of a Style of building different from the fore- 
 going: they were built in the reigns oi William Rufus and Henry I, and are the oldeft 
 parts of the Church. The North-weft angle of the North Tranfept fell down. 
 Mar. 29, 1699, about 10 o'clock in the Evening:— the Rebuilding of which coft 
 
 2637/. 
 » See Plates XLili, XLiv, XLI. 
 
 N n 3 
 
284 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 2637/. 6 s. 4^. The Arches here and of the Nave are circular ; the Pillars large, 
 but not more fo than the weight they fuftain, feems to require : they are handfome- 
 ly diverfified, though without afFeftation of little Ornaments.' 
 
 The Nave was in building from about the middle oi Henry Ift's reign, and appears 
 to have been compleated before the year 11 74. 
 
 The fpace comprehended within the three Arches ftanding Eaftward of the Octa- 
 gon, is highly cmbelliflied j the Vaulting is divided into regular Compartments by 
 various Ribs fpringing from the Capitals of the Pillars; at the Interfeclions of which 
 are elegant Foliage and Flowers of curious workmanfliip : The Arches of the fecond 
 Arcade, and the Windows above them, are embellifhed with Traccry-work of fuch 
 elegance and delicacy as feem fcarcely confiftent with ftrength. This part was re- 
 edified at the expcnfe of Bifliop f/c/Z)^/;/ ; whofe raifed Tomb^ was placed under- 
 neath ; but fuffered much from Fanatical zeal : the remains of it are removed into 
 the North Ifle. 
 
 The Cathedral Church in its original Dimenfions, extended little further than the 
 beginning of the prefent Choir, viz. thofe three Arches beyond the Octagon in a di- 
 rect line, and then ended in a Circular form ; fo that the foundations of this circular 
 end are now within the Choir j I difcovered them a few years ago ; and again very 
 lately traced them out, when the old Pavement was taken up in order to level the 
 ground for the reception of the New Choir. See the form of the original ending 
 reprefented in Plate XLix. Fig. i. Bifliop Northivold took down this circular end, 
 and lengthened the Church to the Eaftward fix Arches farther; which fpace, antient- 
 ly called the Prefbytery, is now occupied by the prefent Choir, begun to be removed 
 hither, A.D. 1769. Nothing can be conceived more elegant than this part: the Or- 
 naments are rich, but majeftically plain and fimple ; the ftrength and gracefulnefs of 
 the whole being equally confulted: It was begun to be built in 1235, and finifl:ied 
 before 1252. See Plate XLiii. 
 
 The upper part of the outward Eaftern Front (See Plate xlv.) had given way, and 
 hung out of the perpendicular, near two Feet; but was reftored to it's firft ftate un- 
 der the dire6tion of Mr. EJfex; who alfo gave the Defign for the new Roofing over 
 the whole of the Eaftern part of the Church, lately finiflied, and contrived with great 
 judgment to ftrengthen the Stone Walls, which give it fupport. To the fame ju- 
 dicious Architect likewifc is owing that ftrength and fecurity which are feen in the 
 whole Wood-work of the Dome and Lantern ; which through long inattention were 
 brought into a dangerous condition ; the main Supporters being rotted, and the 
 whole threatening ruin by it's own weight : This dangerous work was taken in 
 hand in 1757, and a compleat reparation effcdcd in five years. 
 
 As 
 
 » Plates XLIII, xLiv. ^ Plate xviii. 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. 285 
 
 As to the removal of the Choh*, into that part of the Church called the Prefbytery, 
 it is allowed by the befl: judges to be one of the mofh ufeful and ornamental Im- 
 provements that could have been effecled ; the Defign was worthy of that Tafte and 
 fpirit of Improvement, which Co eminently diftinguifh this Age and Country; and 
 the inducements to it were many : the Prefbytery itfelf made full one third of the 
 Cathedral, but of a far more laboured and finillied %Ie of building ; and in refpe6l 
 of Elegance, Proportion, and Decorations, may juftly be accounted one of the 
 choiccft and moft perfect remains of Gothic Architefture : This ftately and fumptu- 
 ous part of the Fabrick was firft built in order to extend the Church to a mote con- 
 venient length for the reception of the High Altar, but particularly to make room 
 for the magnificent Shrine of St. EtheUreda, and for fuch-like gainful and fuperfti- 
 tious purpofes ; therefore of courfe fell into difufe after the Reformation : and was in 
 a manner loft, or an ufelefs incumbrance to the Church : but now, by the introduflioii 
 of the Choir into it, it is not only become the moft ufeful part of the Church, but con- 
 tributes in the higheft degree to the beauty and magnificence of the Whole j and with 
 regard to real ufe and importance, by the advantage this part of the Church hath 
 of a moft curious and arched Roof of Stone, it hath been found on trial to be bet- 
 ter adapted in all refpeds to the purpofes of Reading and Hearing, as well as of the 
 Organ and Voices, for performing the feveral parts of Divine Service, than the 
 place of the late Choir: And in refpect to Beauty and Ornament; whereas by the 
 fituation of the late Choir, the Tranfept or great Crofs of the Church, with the 
 0(5lagon in the centre, was broken and divided into three parts, by the two blank 
 fides of the Choir, and thereby the Arches were interfered, the Pillars in a great 
 meafure hid, the Uniformity deftroyed, and the general View intercepted; — Now by 
 this Alteration, both the Nave and Tranfept have acquired their due Dimenfions, and. 
 the Church hath been cleared of thofe Inconfiftencies, by which the view of it, in its 
 real Harmony and Proportion, had hitherto been obftrucled. None of thefe defirable 
 ends could have been effecled without removing the late Choir ; and what adds greatly 
 to recommend this Defign, now carrying into execution, is, that the fpacious 
 Oelagon formed in the Centre of the Tranfept, covered with an elegant Dome and. 
 Lantern, and carried up to the height of 142 Feet within, being already laid open, 
 is now feen, as it deferves, in its proper point of view, in the fame manner as the 
 Dome of St. Paul's, London -, fo that when the Whole is finifhed, there is no doubt but 
 this Church will thereby be rendered one of the moft elegant and magnificent in 
 the Kingdom. — I muft here obferve, that on removing the Choir, the Bones of thofe 
 Seven Saxon Worthies, all of them great Benefactors to the Church of Ely, before the 
 Nonnan Conqueft; and mentioned in the former part of this Work, (pag, 85,) to 
 have been immured in the North Wall of the Choir ; namely, of Wdjian ABp. of 
 York, Ofmond a Sivedip Biihop, ^IwinBp. of Ehnham, MIfgar ox Algar Bp. oiEhnhamy 
 Ednoth Bp. oi Dorchejler, AtheJJlan Bp. o{ Elmham, and of Bn'fhnofh Duke of North- 
 umberland; were found, on taking down that Wall : and the manner of their difpo- 
 fition was exactly conformable to the account there given : the Bones of each beino- 
 
 3 placed 
 
286 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 placed In feparate Cells within the Wall, under their feveral Names and painted Effi- 
 gies. Thefe are now put into diflin6t Cafes, and will be depofited in fome con- 
 venient part of the Church, with a fuitable Memorial, to preferve their Names to 
 Pofterity. 
 
 In the year 132 1, that moft curious Stru6lure, formerly called ?>t. Marys Chapel, 
 (now ufcd as a Parochial Church for Trinity Parifh,) was begun to be built. The 
 Architect was Alan de fValfmgham, the fame who difplayed his fkill in building the 
 Dome. Bifliop Montacute's liberality greatly afllfted the Convent, and enabled 
 them to carry on that Work ; though he did not live to fee it compleated ; for it was 
 not finiflied till 1349, four years after his death. For quantity and Variety, as well 
 as delicacy of Sculpture, perhaps few fingle Chapels ever exceeded it : the vaulting 
 is bold, but delicate and requiring great care for its Prefervation.' The Elegance of 
 this Building could not preferve it from being mangled by the ignorant rage of Fa- 
 naticks : and the large remains of its Sculpture are now miferably clogged and ob- 
 fcured by White-wafli: this Sculpture, befides a great variety of Flower-work, 
 Foliage, and Ornaments about the Niches, enriched with Statues, feems to have 
 reprefenled in high Relief many parts of Scripture Hiftory, and probably, as was the 
 cuftom of thofe times, Legendary Stories. 
 
 Two other fmall Chapels at the Eaft-end of the two Side-Ifles of the Church, 
 different in kind, but of elegant conftruction and richly ornamented, cannot fail of 
 giving pleafure to every beholder; namely. The Chapel in which Bifliop Alcock was 
 intombed, built about 1488 i^ And the Chapel of Bifhop Weft, built for the like ufe 
 about 1530.3 In this lafl:, the Spectator will admire the remains of excellent Carv- 
 ing in a Style inferior to none of the prefent Age j and muft lament the indifcreet 
 and foolifli zeal of thofe who fo miferably defaced it. 
 
 Several Parts of this Church have undergone great changes, fince the original 
 building. Befides that great Alteration, which was effected by building the Octagon, 
 Dome, and Lantern ; the addition of Six Arches to the length of it, by Bifliop 
 Northii;old; and the rebuilding the three remaining Arches adjoining to the Dome, by 
 Bifliop Hotbam; which have been taken notice of before: The great Weftern Tower 
 being originally carried up no higher than the firfl: Battlements about 118934 the 
 Octangular Building with the four Turrets were added, about 1380 : but fome time 
 after, this Tower being apprehended in a dangerous way of fpreading afunder, (pro- 
 bably by the additional weight on it,) it was found neceffary to brace it together, by 
 a curious and judicious Frame of Timber, cramped with Iron, and key'd into the 
 Stone- work; and likewife to enlarge and cafe the Pillars underneath 3 which latter 
 %vork, I find was begun A.D, 1406. 
 
 f See Plates xlvii. xlviii. * See Plate xxi. 3 See Plate xxiv. 4 See Plate i, xiir. 
 
 The 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. 287 
 
 The middle and lower tiers of Windows in the Side-Ifles of the Nave and Tran- 
 fept, were originally of the fame plain circular kind as now appear in the uppermofi: 
 tire : a fpecimen of the Whole middle tire according to its original ftructure, is 
 flill to be feen in the Eaft-fide of the Northern Tranfept. 
 
 On the North-fide of the Nave antiently flood a Parochial Church, which, be- 
 ing ruinated, was foon after the Reformation entirely pulled down ; and St. Marys 
 Chapel affigned by the Dean and Chapter, in 1566, for the ufe of Trinity Parifli. In 
 1662, the exterior Wall of the North Ifle was new cafed. 
 
 I need not mention, that the Removal of the Choir neceflarily required a removal 
 of feveral Monuments originally placed againft the Pillars ; but which are now 
 diftributed in the two Side-Ifles, and greatly add to their decoration. 
 
 In the North Ifle of the Choir, are the Chapel and Monument oi'^\^\oy^ Alcock ; the 
 remains of Bifliop Gr^^i's Monument; the Monuments of Bifliop F/^^/toW, Bifliop 
 Patrick^ Bifliop Hotham, Bifhop Kilkenny, Bifliop Redman^ and Dean Ccefar. 
 
 In the South Ifle are, the Chapel and Monument of Bifliop Weft ; the Monu- 
 ments of Bifliop Gr^*?/;^, "Dv. Charles Fketivocd, Francis Say, ECq; B'lihop La?2ey, 'John 
 Lord Tiptoft Earl of Worcejler, Bifliop Gunning, the remains of Bifliop i?«rw/'s and 
 Bifliop Northwold's Monuments j the Monuments of Bifliop Bidts, Bifliop Moore, 
 Bifliop De Liida, Robert Stuart Efq; Sir Mark Stuart, Kingfmill Lucy Efq; and 
 Henry Gunning, M.A. 
 
 The Forms of Contignation in the Roofs, &c. which prevailed in different times, 
 may in fome meafure be colledled from Plates xliii, xliv. 
 
 Exterior Dimenjt07is of the Cathedral^ taken 1770. 
 
 Feet. 
 
 The whole Length of the Church, from Wefl: to Eafl:. — — ■ 535. 
 
 The Length of the Tranfept from North to South. ■ 190. 
 
 The Height of the Wefliern Tower with the Spire. ■ 270. 
 
 The Height of the Four Stone-Turrets of the Wefl:ern Tower. ■ 215. 
 
 The Height of the Lantern over the Dome. ■ ■ 1 70. 
 
 The Height of the Two Towers on the South Wing of the Weftern Tower. 1 20. 
 
 The Height of the Four Stone Spires, on the N. and S. ends of the Tranfept. 120. 
 
 The Height of the Eaftern Front, to the top of the Crofs. •' 112. 
 
 The Height of the Roof over the Nave. • » ■ < 104; 
 
 Interior 
 
28S HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE 
 
 hiterior Dime?jJlo?ts of the fame. 
 The whole Length from Weft to Eaft. ■ — 
 
 viz. The GaUlee or Weftern Veftibule. 
 The Weftern Tower. — 
 
 The Nave. — - 
 
 Crofting the 06lagon. ■ — 
 
 From the Eaftern Side of the Octagon, to the Entrance of 
 the Choir, ■ 
 
 Thence to the Eaft-End of the Choir. ■ 
 
 Feet. 
 
 Inches. 
 
 5^7' 
 
 
 40. 
 
 
 48. 
 
 
 203. 
 
 
 7t. 
 
 6. 
 
 53- 
 
 
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 6. 
 
 5^7- 
 
 
 178. 
 
 6. 
 
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 6. 
 
 76. 
 
 6. 
 
 6j. 
 
 4. 
 
 62. 
 
 
 The Length of the Tranfept from North to South. ■ 
 
 The Breadth of the Nave with the Side-Ifles. — — 
 
 The Breadth of that part Eaftward of the Dome. 
 
 The clear Diameter of the 06lagon, from one Pillar to its oppofite. 
 
 The Height of the Pillars which fupport the Dome and Lantern. 
 
 The perpendicular Height of the Dome, fpringing from the Capitals 
 
 of the Pillars, to the Aperture of the Lantern. 32. 
 
 The Height of the Lantern itfelf, from its Aperture on the Dome, to 
 
 its vaulted Roof. — — 48. 
 
 The clear Diameter of the Lantern within. ■ ■ - 30. 
 
 The whole Height from the Floor to the Centre of the Lantern. 142. 
 
 The Length of the New Choir from the Entrance to the Eaft-end. i o i . 
 
 The Breadth of the New Choir from the backs of the Stalls. — 34 2 i 
 
 The Height of the vaulted Roof of the new Choir. 70. 
 
 TheLength of St.Mary's Chapel, (ufed as aChurch for Trinity Parifti,)Infide. 100. 
 
 The Breadth of the fame, within. ' ■ 46. 
 
 The Height of its vaulted Roof within. ■ ■ 60. 
 
 The Cloifters, of which there are but fmall Remains at prefent, have been much 
 
 altered and enlarged at different times : They were on the South-fide of the Church, 
 
 and had a communication with the old Chaptcr-Houfe and the Refedory of the 
 
 Convent, now the Dean's Lodgings. — But to give the Reader a general Idea of the 
 
 original Form of the Cathedral, and the Site of the Convent, &c. I have delineated 
 
 in Plate xlix, a Plan of the Conventual Church and Buildings annexed to it, the 
 
 original Form of the Cathedral before it was enlarged, with the Cloifters, Chapter- 
 
 Jioufe, and other Buildings adjoining to it. 
 
 la 
 
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ELY. 289 
 
 In Plate xlviii, I have given. 
 
 Fig. I. A Reprefentation of the Shrine of St. Etheldreda ; fee page 1 17. 
 
 Fig. 2. The Difpofition of the Shrines, &c. near the Circular End of the Cathedral, 
 
 Fig. 3. Specimens of ancient Gothic Ornaments, Capitals, &c. taken chiefly from 
 the Remains of the Conventual Church, Plate i v. and mentioned p. 34, 35. 
 
 In Plate i v, is reprefented a Plan and Elevation of the Remains of the Old Con- 
 ventual Church cleared of the prefent Incumbrances, mentioned pag. 24 ; by which 
 will appear the Style of Archite6ture prevailing in the earlieft times of the Saxons. 
 
 The general Dimenfions of this Church were as follows, viz. 
 
 The Length of the Nave, from the Weft Door to the Door entering into the Choir, 
 105 Feet. 
 
 The Length of the Choir, from the Weft Wall, to the Entrance into the Tribuna, 
 ^,51 Feet. 
 
 The whole Length within, from the Weft Door to the Eaft End, 169 Feet. 
 
 The Breadth of the Nave, including the Porticos, 41 Feet. 
 
 The Breadth of the Choir, 394. Feet. 
 
 The Height of the Nave, &c. from the Floor to the Roof, 3 3 Feet. 
 
 The North Door-way b, is reprefented in Plate V. Fig. i. 
 The Choir Door c, by Fig. 2. in the fame Plate. 
 
 d The Weft Door. 
 
 e e e Part of the Convent adjoining to the Church. 
 
 Plate L. Fig. i. I have given, A Perfpeclive View of Ely Forta, the prefent Gate- 
 way into the College, p. 222. 
 
 Fig. 2, 3. A perfeiSled Plan and Section of the old Chapter- Houfe 5 drawn from 
 the Remains yet ftanding in the Dean's Garden, and from the other Parts of the 
 Foundations difcovered by digging. 
 
 I am fenfible that there are many other Particulars within this Diftri(5l, deferving 
 the attention of the Curious ; fuch are, the Alterations made in the Convent, &c. 
 and the feveral Edifices, whofe Traces and Parts are now remaining ; to which 
 might be added, the ancient and prefent ftate of the Epifcopal Palaces, and of 
 other Religious Houfes in and near the City of Ely. But thefe Particulars, not 
 falling within my propofed Plan, I refer, and earneftly recommend, to fome future 
 reprefentation. Neither can I at prefent accurately defcribe the Works in the New 
 Choir, or the other Improvements, which are now carrying on, from the no lefs . 
 generous than provident Care of the Dean and Prebendaries, aflifted and invigorated 
 by the Munificence of the prefent Bifhop. 
 
 JAMES BE NT HAM. 
 
 £/>-, Nov. I, 1770. 
 
 Oo 
 
290 A Catalogue of the PRINTS. 
 
 I. South-Eaft Profped: of the Cathedral Church of Ely. 
 
 II. Head-piece to Dedication, Arms of the Bifliop. 
 
 III. Head-piece, p. i. Augufiin the Monk, MilTionary from Pope Gregory the Great, 
 preaching to Ethelbert King of Kent, A.D. 597. 
 
 IV. A Plan and Elevation of the Remains of the Old Conventual Church, built by St. 
 Etheldreda, in the time of the Heptarchy, A.D. 673, and repaired in King Edgars 
 Reign, A.D. 970. 
 
 V. Two Door- ways of the faid Cnurch. 
 
 VI. South Door into the Cathedral. 
 
 VII. South Door from the Weft End of the Clolfter. 
 
 VIII. The Effigies oiS. Etheldreda, Foundrefs of the Conventual Church and Convent 
 adjoining, taken from a Painting in Glafs in the Bifhop's Palace at Ely. 
 
 I'he Hijlorical Reliefs on the Eight Pillars of the Dome, in four Plates, viz. 
 
 IX. I. S. EtheLlrcda\ Marriage with £,g/r/VKing oi Northumberland, pag. 48. 
 2. Her receiving the Veil at Coldinghani Abby, pag. 50. 
 
 X. 3. A Legendary Story of her, explained p. 52. 
 
 4. Another of the fame kind, explained at pag. 53. 
 
 XI. 5. S. Etheldreda conftituted Abbefs of Ely, pag. 54. 
 6. Her death and interment, pag. 58. 
 
 XII. 7. Tranflation of her Body, pag. 61. 
 
 8. Another Legendary Story, found in Monkifli Writers of her Life. 
 
 XIII. Tabula EVterfis; being the Names, Effigies, and Arms of the Forty Knights quar- 
 tered on the Monaftery oi Ely by King William the Conqueror, with the Names and 
 Effigies of the Monks their Companions : taken from an ancient Painting in the Palace 
 at Ely. 
 
 XIV. The Arms of the See of Ely, and of the Bifhops; 
 
 XV. Remains of the Monuments of B'llhop Barnet ; and of Hugo de Northwold, Builder 
 of the Prefbytery, being that part of the Church where the New Choir is placed. 
 
 XVI. Monument of Bifliop Kilkcmiy. 
 XV^II. Monument of Bifliop De Luda. 
 
 XVIII. Monument of Bifliop Hotham, Builder of the Three Arches Eaftward of the 
 Dome. 
 
 XIX. Monument of Cardinal Lewis de Luxemburgh, Archbifliop of Rouen, and Perpetual 
 Adminiftrator of the Biflioprick of Ely. 
 
 XX. Remains of Bifliop Gray's Monument. 
 
 XXI. Infide View of Bifliop yf/fof/i-'s Chapel, and Graveftone. 
 
 XXII. Monument of B'lfhop Redman. 
 
 XXIII. Monument of Bifliop 6'/<3«/(7. 
 
 XXIV. Infide View of Bifliop IFeJl's Chapel, and Monument. 
 
 1 XXV. Grave- 
 
A Catalogue of the PRI NTS, 291 
 
 XXV. Graveftones of Bifhop Goodrich, and Dean Tindal. 
 
 XXVI. Monument of Bilhop Heton. 
 
 XXVII. Monument of Bifhop Z,a;?0'' 
 
 XXVIII. Monument of Bifliop Gunning. 
 
 XXIX. Monument of Bifliop Patrick. 
 
 XXX. Monument of Bifliop Mjijr^. 
 
 XXXI. Monument of Bifliop Fleetwood. 
 
 XXXII. Monument of Bifliop Gr^^^f. 
 
 XXXIII. Monument of Bifliop £z^//j-. 
 
 XXXIV. Monument of Dean Cafar. 
 
 XXXV. AView of the elegant Marble Font and Cover, given to the Church byDean Spencer. 
 
 XXXVI. Monument of Dr. Charles Fleetwood, Prebendary of £//. 
 
 XXXVII. Monument of John Tiptoft Earl oiWorceJier and his two Wives. 
 
 XXXVIII. Monument ol Robert Steward, Efq; 
 
 XXXIX. Monument of Sir Mark Steward. 
 XL. A Plan of the Cathedral. 
 
 XLI. Infide View of the Dome and Lantern. 
 
 XLII. A Geometrical Elevation of the South-fide of the Cathedral, taken A.D. 175^. 
 
 XLIII. A Sedlion of the Cathedral from Eaft to Weft. 
 
 XLIV. A Sedlion.of the Dome and Lantern through the Great Crofs. 
 
 XLV. An Elevation of the Eaft-end of the Cathedral. 
 
 XLVI. A Perfpeftive View of St. Mary's Chapel, adjoining to the Cathedral; now ufed 
 as a Church for Trinity Parifli. 
 
 XLVII. Infide View of the fame. 
 
 XLVIII. Fig. I. The Shrine of S. Etheldreda. 
 
 2. Plan of the Altars and Shrines, pag. 117. 
 
 3. Specimens of ancient Gothic Ornaments, Capitals, &c. in the Old Con- 
 ventual Church, &c. pag. 34, 35. 
 
 XLIX. Fig. I. Plan of the Cathedral Church, as originally built. 
 
 2. Plan of the Cloiflers adjoining, ftiewing the feveral Alterations they have 
 undergone. 
 
 3. Site of the Old Chapter-houfe. 
 
 4. Plan of the Conventual Church. 
 
 5. A Plan of the Convent adjoining. 
 
 L. Fig. I. AView of the Weft-fide of Ely Porta, the prefent Gate-way into the College. 
 
 2. Sedlion of the Old Chapter-Houfe. 
 
 3. Plan of the fame. 
 
 ^02 DireQions 
 
292 
 
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 Dire&ions to the Binder, 
 
 HIS Work is contrived fo as to bind in One or Two Volumes, as flaall be 
 thought proper. 
 
 Place the South Profpeft of the Cathedral, Plate I. before the General Title. 
 Plates IV. & V. at pag. 29, Plate X. at pag. 52. 
 
 • VI. & VII. at pag. 35. ■ XI. at pag. 54. 
 
 •■ ' VIII. at pag. 45. — — XII. at pag. 58. 
 
 ■ IX. at pag. 48. — -■■ XIII. at pag. 106. 
 
 Place the Title Vol. II. before Sheet F f. 
 
 Let Plate XIV, and all the remaining Prints follow this Half-Sheet, in the order 
 they are numbered j and after them the Appendix, &c. 
 
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APPENDIX 
 
 T O T H E 
 
 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of ELT, 
 
 Number I. 
 
 Carta Regis Eadgari de Infiitutioiie Ahhatice 
 Elienfis. — Ex Autographo, penes Rev. et 
 Doft. Carolum Malon, S.T. P. 1766. 
 
 OMnipotentis Dei cundlorum fceptra regen- 
 tis moderamine regum, immo totius feculi 
 creatureque cundle indilTolubili regimine eque 
 gubernantis habenas, ipliusnutuet gracia fufful- 
 tus. Ego Eadgarus bafileus diledle infule Al- 
 bio7iis, fubditis nobis fceptris Scotorum, Ciuiibro- 
 rr/wque, ac Britto?ium-> et omnium circumcirca 
 regionum quiete pace perfruens, lludiofus folli- 
 cite de laudibus Creatoris omnium occupor ad- 
 dendis, ne noftra inertia noftrifque diebus plus 
 equo lervitus ejus tepefcere videatur, fed greges 
 nionachorum et fanftimonilium hac noftra tem- 
 peftate, ipfo opitulante qui le nobifcum ufque in 
 linem feculi manere promittere dignatus ell-, u- 
 bique in regno noftro defertis monafteriis anti- 
 quitus Dei famulatu deficiente nunc reviviicente 
 adfurgere cupimus fub Betiedicli Abbatis regula 
 viventes, quatinus illorum precatu & vigente re- 
 ligione fand:a, fervitus Dei, nos ipfum placatum 
 recftorem habere queamus. Unde frequentes mo- 
 nitus venerabilis Athelimoldi Epifcopi cordetenus 
 pertrcdlans, cupio honorare hoc privilegio rebus- 
 que copiolis Monaflerium quod in regione Elig 
 fitum dinofcitur, antiquitus ac Sanfti Petri A- 
 poftolorum principis honore dicatum, decora- 
 tumque reliquiis tk: miraculis Alme Virginis 
 JEtheldredc, cujus vita venerabilis nobis modernis 
 hiftoria Anglorum promitur, que etiam incor- 
 ruptibili corpore hadlenus condita maufoleo 
 marmoreo albo perdurat. Locus denique pre- 
 diftus, deficiente fervitio Dei, noflra etate regali 
 fifco fubditus erat, fed a Secretis nofter Atliel- 
 uuoldus Deique amator dioceii Uiiintonienjis ci- 
 vitatis fungens, datis nobis fexaginta callatis in 
 villa que abaccolis Heartmgas nuncupatur, mu- 
 tuavit locum predidlum cum appendiciis ejus, 
 augmentavique mutuationi tres villas que his 
 nominibus xocYtzntuv Meldebiirna, Eanrdngaford., 
 Nortiunwld, et ipfe ilico monachos meo confilio 
 et auxilio Deo fideliter regulari norma fervientes 
 pcrplures inibi collocavit, quibufque Brihtno- 
 thnm quendam fapientem ac bene morieratum 
 {fic,'\ virum prepofiti jure prefecit; Cui effedtui 
 admoium ego congaudens letabundus pro amore 
 
 Chnfti et Sanfti Petri, quern patronum michi 
 fub Deo elegi, & %2iX\€(.t /EtheldredeN'n^mii Deo 
 ddea:e,_et ejus profapie fandteillic quiefcentis, et 
 pro animabus patrum meorum regum antiquo- 
 rum, augmentare largiter mutuationem illamhis 
 donis, teftibus confiliariis meis, volo, hoc eft, dc 
 cem millia anguillarum que omni anno in villa 
 que et uuyllan dicitur, pro expenditione red- 
 duntur, fratribus ad vidualia modo et dein- 
 ceps concedo, et intra paludes caufas fecu- 
 lares duorum centuriatuum, et extra paludes 
 quinque centuriatuum in IJiikhlauiian in pro- 
 vincia_ OriejjtaUiim Saxomun, benigne ad fratrum 
 neceflaria fanftiendo largior, quin etiam omnes 
 caufas feu correptiones tranfgreffionum jufte le- 
 gis in fermonibus fecularibus omnium terrarum 
 live villarum ad Monafterium predidium rite 
 pertipentium, et quas in futurum euum Dei 
 providentia loco prefato largitura eft, five emp- 
 tionefeu donatione aut aliquajufta adquifitione. 
 Stentcaufe feculares emendande tarn dementi 
 examine fratrum loco manentium vid;ui vel vef- 
 titui neceflaria miniftrantes, adhuc infuper om- 
 nem quartum nummum rei publice in provin- 
 cia Grantaceajler fratribus reddendum jure per- 
 petuo cenfeo. Et fit hoc privilegium liberum 
 quafi munus noftrum Deo devote oblatum et 
 fandlis predidis, ad remedium animarum nof- 
 trarum, licuti prefati fumus, ut nullus Regum 
 nee Principum aut uUius ordinis quiflibet pre- 
 potens in pofterum obftinata tyrannide aliquid 
 horum infringere prefumat, fi non vult habere 
 omnipotentis Dei maledidlionem et Sancflorum 
 ejus et meam et patrum meorum pro quibus 
 ifta omnia libera haberi volumus eterna libertate 
 in eternum. Amen. 
 
 Hoc Privilegium hujus donationis et libertatis 
 fecimus fcribi Annolncarnationis Domini noftri 
 Jefu Chrifti Nongenteflimo Septuagefimo, In- 
 diftione tertia decima. Anno Regni mei eque 
 tertio decimo, in Villa Regali que famofo vo- 
 cabulo a folicolis Vrdfamere nominatur, non 
 clam in angulo, fed fub divo palam eviden- 
 tiffime, fcientibus totius Regni mei Primatibus, 
 quorum _ quedam Nomina hie infra inferi ad 
 teftimonium in pofterum mandavimus. 
 Ego Eadgarus Rex animo benigno hoclaro-iendo 
 
 Deo concelTi, et regia fublimitate corroboravi + 
 
 Ego DUXSTAN Archiep~s corroboravi 
 
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 His igitur tefllbus et allis compluribus de om- 
 nibus Dignitatibus et Primatibus regni mei hec 
 conltituta et pcravTla nofcuntur, que etiam 
 noftra ufitata ferniocinatione dcfcribi mandavi- 
 mus hac eadcm Iceda, quo pollint in auribus 
 vulgi Ibnare, ne aliqua fcrupulocitate admiiceri 
 videantur, fed Regia audloritate leu poteftate 
 nobis a Deo donata omnis coiitradidio funditus 
 adnuUetur : 
 
 Go&e arlmihti gum pixien&e '5ejist &c. 
 
 Carta Regis Edwardi Confefforis de Liber- 
 tatibtis Rcclefice Elienjis. 
 
 EDWARDUS Dei gracia Rex Anglorutn 
 cunftis ChrilH fidelibus perpetuam in Do- 
 ni'no lalutem. Cum Rex et Dominus omnium 
 Deus nullo indigens cundta poffideat, agit ineffa- 
 biii qua hominem dilexit caritate, ut ex hiis que 
 ufui humano creata largiter miniftrat, Ipfe ali- 
 qua quail donaria gratanter recipiat, quo fe co- 
 lentes ad lue fervitutis intencionem devociore? 
 reddat, quos pollmodum perpetua fecum liber- 
 tate regnare concedat; Qua fervitutis intencione 
 antiqui Patres fuccenfi, fua primum Domino 
 ftuduerunt impendcre, pollmodum fe, nnitu- 
 antes terrenis ccleftia, temporalibus fempitcrna. 
 Quorum veftigia JEdgarus avus meus ac Prede- 
 celfor fceptrigere poteftatis diligenter fubfe- 
 quens, et exempla perfeftius implens, Elyenfe 
 Cenobium et alia, illud tamen egregie preter 
 cetera reflauravit, reftaurans ditavit, ditans om- 
 nimoda libertate quietavit, confultus adjutufque 
 fedula Sandti JEthelis:oldi fummonicionc vel co- 
 piofaprediorum augmentacioncj quod et Sand:o 
 Dunjlano alacriter collaudante cundlifque Pri- 
 matibus Regni privilegio firmatum eft. Mthel- 
 redus quoque Pater meus fue gubernacionis 
 tempore quedam predia eidem loco contulit, 
 prioremque libertatem fue fuorumque concef- 
 
 lionis privilegio folidavit. Horum ego 
 
 JEdwardus Del gracia fuccefibr licet indlgnus, 
 cum in hils devotam circa Dei eccleiiam, reli- 
 glonem vel religiofe devoclonls operacionem 
 longe difpar confpicio, veneranda eorum Statuta 
 nequaquam infrlngere prefumo, fed fortlter 
 quantum in mea etticacia eft, defenfare, et ut- 
 cumque augere defideroj unde et prefato Ce- 
 nobio villam nomine Lakingehei firme ct here- 
 dltaile fubiclo, quo illorum aliquo mode jungar 
 conlbrcio, et Sancftorum inlbi multlpllci meri- 
 torum laude qulefcencium amplliiccr fuffragioj 
 Libertatem ab eifdcm, ut diximu?, relHtutam, 
 ab ipfa autem Regina Virgine Sandtiirima prius 
 habitacionc poftelfam, polfefllone fandiificatam, 
 fanftlficaclone venerabilem faftam, Invlolatam 
 manere et omnimode provehendam cenfeo, 
 quod et prlvllegil atteftacione, mcorumquc con- 
 fenfu Fidellum ftabile prefentibus et futuris 
 pronuncio. Summam ergo eorum que lllo loco 
 hoc noftro adjacent tempore, vel quail legum 
 confuetudine, nominatim fubjecfta monftrabimus 
 defcripclone. In Comitatu Grantccejfer, ipfa 
 Infula cum duobus Centurlatibus et omnibus 
 appcndiciis ; Extra, Swafham, Horningefey, Dit- 
 tune, Haiikeftone, Neiitone, Stapelford, Sc/ielj'ord, 
 Trippehnve, Meldeburne, Erningeford, Grante^ 
 dene, Steuechivorth, Balejham, Fulburne, 'revere- 
 JJiam, V/eJlley, Truvipkone, Wrattinge, SneU'welkt 
 
 Dittone, 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 *, 
 
 D'lttone, Har^^oyk, Middeltiine, Impefone, Cof en- 
 ham, WyceUngham, Omnifque Quartus Num- 
 mus Rei publice in Provincia Grantecefter, et 
 
 alique terre in ipfa Villa. In Comitatu Suf- 
 
 jolch, Hertejl, Glamesford, Hecham, Ratefdene, 
 Drenchejlone, Neddinge, Berkinges, Bercham, 
 JVetheringfete, Lheremere, Adiolt, Wychelaue 
 Qmnque et dlniidium Centuriatum, Siitburne, 
 Me/tone, Kingejlone, Ho, Stoke, Debcham, Brith- 
 ivelle, Ordebruge, Brandtme. — In Comitatu 
 Northfolch, Feltewelk, Breggehat?!, Met/ielwo/de, 
 Crokejione, Watinge, Mundeford, Berc, Wesfeld, 
 Finceham, Nortbivelle, Walepol cwm. appendiciis, 
 Merham, Der/iam, Thorp, Pulcham. — In Co- 
 mitatu Excejfe [1. JEjexie,^ Hadejloke, Lttelbirih, 
 Stmt lay. Due Rot hinges, Ratendune, Amerdene, 
 Brachefene, Ejire, Fanbruge, Terlinges. — In Co- 
 mitatu Hereford, Hadliam, Hethfeld, KeleJJielle. 
 — In Comitatu Huntendiine, Spaidwyk cum ap- 
 pendiciis, SumereJJiam, Colne, Bluntejham. Hec 
 et horum appendicia live majora five minora, 
 inluper omnia a quocumque adjefta vel adicien- 
 da bonorum teftimonio poffelTa, cum omni Sa- 
 cha et Socha, line aliqua excepcione fecularis 
 vel eccleliaftice jufticie, illi Monafterio damus, 
 data quieta clamamus, eadem qua Sandli viri 
 illud glorificaverunt libertate, quo neque Epif- 
 copus, neque Comes, neque alicujus exaccionis 
 Miniiter, line licencia vel advocacione Abbatis 
 et Fratrum ullo modo fe prefumat intromittere, 
 vel rem Sandte aliquo modo inquietare. Sitque 
 in eorum, ut femper fuit, arbitrio, a quocum- 
 que potillimum elegerint ordinari, vel fua fanc- 
 titicari Epifcopo. Convenienti equidem difpo- 
 ficione Regina hac utitur libertate, que Regem 
 et Regnuni Mundumque florentem deferens, 
 Infidam pro dotalicio polTedit, ubi f])onfo fuo 
 Chriito integerrime fervivit, quod et caro flo- 
 rens in tumulo, vefte eciam incorrupta oftendit : 
 Hec quemcumque voluitEpifcopum alFcivit, fed 
 Sandlus Wilfridia Fboracenfis Archiepifcopus 
 familiarior ei exxitit, qui earn cum fuo cetu 
 Virginum confecravit. Cum autem multo pof- 
 teriori tempore, fervicio Dei pene deficiente, 
 JEdgartis reftauraret Cenobium, polito ibi grege 
 Monachorum, Abbates prefecit; quos Sancflus 
 /EthelwoUus et ^■an^wsDunftanv.s SandtufqueO/^ 
 ivaldus ordinaverunt, et quamdiu vixerunt quail 
 fuis confuluerunt. Poft hos quofque meliores 
 vinculo caritatis fibi adtrahebant, e quibus ali- 
 quos fecum in Monafterio retinebant. Harum 
 ergo confuetudinum cum non fuiffem Confti- 
 tutor, malo effe Teftis et lidelis Conlervator, 
 tjuam perhdus et deteftabilis Everfor, Dominum 
 lummum Salvatorem invocans, ut qui hec Con- 
 itituta San<fl:orum noftrumque infregerit teft:a- 
 mentum, Sanftorum et Omnipotentis, nili pe- 
 niteat, incurrat odium, induens malediccionem 
 ficut vellimentum, dum fude emulatur oppro- 
 brium. 
 
 Numb. hi. 
 
 Prtvllegium Tapes ViCTORls II. de L'lberta- 
 tibiis Eccle/ice EUenJis. — E duobus Libris 
 MSS. Fol. Notat. A. et M. in ^dibus Dom. 
 Epifcopi Elien. Holbourn. 
 
 VICTOR Epifcopus, Servus Servorum Dei, 
 Mdivardo Regi Angloriim filio diledliffimo, 
 cuncftifque Principibus regni falutem et Apofto- 
 licam benediftionem. Privilegium Apoftolica 
 et Romane Ecclelie au(floritate antiquitus con- 
 fcriptum et multorum fepius atteftatione au£to- 
 rizatum fuper cenobium Elienfe, quod glorioli 
 fancSle Ecclelie Patres pio affedlu, larga manu 
 conllituerunt, veftre pie peticioni fuccindle re- 
 novamus, ac perpetua Habilitate firmamus, im- 
 mo_ firmatum conclamamus. Mandamus ergo 
 et jure Apoftolico precipimus liberam effe Ec- 
 cleliam, et omnia que ibi continentur vel adja- 
 cent vel adicientur, Cellis, terris, agris, pafcuis, 
 paludibus, lilvis, venationibus, aquis, pifcatio- 
 nibus, libertatibus, ferviciis, debitis, decimis, 
 cenfu, capitationibus, legibus, confuetudinibus, 
 caularum difcuflionibus, correptionibus, emen- 
 dationibus five eccleliafticis live fecularibus, et 
 omnino quecumque fcriptis vel teftamentis ip- 
 fius loci vel teliimonio bonorum hominum re- 
 memorari pofl'unt, que a regibus vel ab aliquo 
 fidelium Sandlis in illo Monafterio collata vel 
 concella funt, quo nemo ex hiis fubtrahere vel 
 diminuere aut dilperdere aliqua occafione, judi- 
 cio vel poteftate prefumat, nee Epifcopus, nee 
 alicujus ordinis minifter fe intromittat. Siquis 
 vero malignitatis fpiritu commotus banc liber- 
 tatem loci illius infringere, noftrumque privi- 
 legium contempnere vel abicere voluerit, a Deo 
 et ab omnibus Sandtis ejus lit condempnatus, 
 et a Nobis in quantum licet excommunicatus, 
 et a confortio omnium fidelium feperatus nili 
 refipifcat. Fiat, fiat; Placet, placet; Laudatis, 
 laudamus. Hoc fit ftabile. Fiat, fiat, fiat. 
 
 Numb. IV. 
 
 Rejnaj'Iis on the Tabula Eliensis, 
 Plate XIII. 
 
 THERE are ^cv^ pieces of Englifti Antiquity 
 that have afforded more amufement to 
 the Curious, than the Reprefentation given of 
 certain Knights and Monks of Ely; taken, as 
 it is faid, from a Painting formerly to be it^n 
 in the great Refeftory of the Monaftery, now 
 the Deanery, of Ely, Several Copies of it 
 have been publiilied : One by Fuller, [Church 
 Hiftory, pag. 169.] communicated to him by 
 Sir Simon Archer. Another is at Oxford, of 
 Dugdale's CoUedlion in the Alhmolean Mufeum. 
 [MS. 6501. II. F.2.] — That from whence my 
 *A a Copper- 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Copper- plate Print is taken, is an ancientPaint- 
 ing, lately in poflefiion of Dr. Knight Prebendary 
 ofKly, and now by his Gift remaining in the 
 Palace of Ely, and is often quoted by the learn- 
 ed Dr. Stukeleyin his account of the Origin and 
 Ufefulnefs of Heraldry, under the title of •Tabula 
 EHenfis. [Palsographia Britan. N° ii. pag. 120.] 
 By which it appears, that the Knights and 
 Gentlemen there reprefcnted were fome of the 
 principal Officers in William the Conqueror's 
 Army, and of Families that made the greatell: 
 figure at that time, their Defcendants Itiii bear- 
 ing the fame Arms. 
 
 The great difficulty is to determine about 
 what time thefe Arms were firll: put up in the 
 Common Hall of the Monall:ery. That they 
 were put up and painted there in the reign of 
 the Conqueror, feems to be intimated by a MS. 
 lately in the King's Library [MS. 18. C. i. 3.] 
 now in the Britilli^ Mufeum, entitled * Story 
 
 * found in the IJle of Ely.' In which fragment 
 of Hiflory the account given of this matter is 
 as follows : — ' Then the Captaines layeng their 
 
 * heades together,' [N.B. in the fame MS a 
 few lines before, it is faid, the Monks confulted 
 together to furrender the Ifle, and went to the 
 King at Warwick,] * thought it good to fue to 
 
 * the King for mercie. Whereupon Meffingers 
 
 * are difpatched to the Kinges court which was 
 
 * then at Warwick, carrying to the King rich 
 
 * treafure for the appeafmg of bis wrath for 
 
 * their offence. With this prefent the King is 
 
 * pacified, yet under this condicion, that during 
 
 * his difpleafure they fliould at the charge of 
 ' the Monaftery entertayne with meate, drinke, 
 
 * and lodging 40 of the Kinge's Souldiours; for 
 
 * he feared left that whilll he bent his forces a- 
 
 * gainfl: the untamed Scotts, the Ifle of Elie, 
 
 * being of force to be feared, fliould to the en- 
 
 * dangering of his flate, revolt againe. Thes 
 
 * Souldiours come with their retinewe, of whom 
 
 * every one is put to one of the chiefeft Monkes, 
 
 * even as a gueft to his hofl. But the King ap- 
 
 * pointed that Brithnodus the Steward fhould 
 
 * fet the Souldiours and the Monkes together, 
 ' one with another, at meate in their common 
 
 * Hall of the Monaftery. — What fliould I ufe 
 
 * many words? — The Hofles made exceeding 
 
 * much of their Gueftes, and the Gueftes of 
 ' their Hoftes. At length when the cyvill broyles 
 
 * were cleane extinguilhed, and all indevours to 
 ' the Kinge's mind atteyned, his rage being af- 
 ' fwaged, he was content to eafc the Monkes 
 ' of this yoke wherewith their pride was nowe 
 ' fufficiently abated, and called thefe Souldiours 
 ' awaye againe to be fent into Normandy to re- 
 ' prefle the pride of his infolent Sonne Robert, 
 
 * which at that tyme havyng the raynes at li- 
 ' bertye, made great burly burly there. Thefe 
 
 * Souldiours were forry to depart ; but our 
 
 * Monkes (marvel it is to tell,) did not only with 
 
 ' teares bewail the departure of their deere fel- 
 ' lows the noble Souldiours, but alfo with howl- 
 
 * ing fearfull to be heard, did cry out beating 
 ' their breftes voyd of all hope. — When thele 
 ' Gentlemen (hould departe, all our Monkes, 
 ' (whofe number was great,) wearing copes did 
 ' curteoufly bring them as farre as Hadenhatn 
 ' in proceffion with finging, ■ and with 
 
 * all the folemnitie that could be. And when 
 
 * they were returned home, they very curioufly 
 ' caufcd every mans Armes to be painted upon 
 ' the walls of the Pldl where they dined and 
 
 * fupped, for a perpetual memory of them. 
 ' Which Armes have been from time to time, 
 ' from predecelfors to fucceffors, from anti- 
 
 * quity to this prefent, diligently kept and po- 
 
 * liffied.' — Fuller has the like account in his 
 Church Hiftory, p. 169, feemingly a different 
 tranflation of the fame Author. 
 
 In order to give fome light into this affair, it 
 will be proper to obferve, that in the year 1070, 
 the 4th year of his reign, the Conqueror made 
 all the lands belonging to the Church, fubjecft 
 to Knights-fervice, /. e. to be held of him by 
 the fervice of finding fuch a number of Soldiers 
 as he was pleafed to impofc on them, to be ir> 
 readinefs whenever he fliould have occafion for 
 them : and it fliould feem from the above ac- 
 count, that the Abby of Ely was fettled at 
 Forty Knights-fees, at the time that the Abbot 
 was with the King at Warwick to treat about 
 the Surrender of the Ifle. Indeed it was ufual 
 with the King to quarter his Soldiers on the 
 Monafteries in many places of the Kingdom, 
 before Knights-Service was fixed and impofed 
 on the Church ; which ferved the purpofe both 
 of faving the expence of maintaining his Army, 
 and alfo of having them in readinefs to fupprefs 
 any infurred:ions of the people. — Now on tak- 
 ing the Ifle of Ely by force in the year 1071, he 
 went to the Monaflery, and the Abbot and 
 Monks being under his difpleafure, he placed 
 therein a fufficient number of Soldiers to keep 
 the Monks in awe ; and thefe were defigned, 
 together with thofe left at Aldrey-Caflle at the 
 fame time, to defend the Ifle, and keep poffet- 
 fion of it till all thofe difturbances were over; — 
 but are not to be confidered as the Soldiers that 
 the Monaflery was to find by their tenure of 
 Knights-fervice, which were fixed at forty; 
 but only as a garrifon that he placed in the Ifle 
 to ferve the prefent purpofe, till peace was fet- 
 tled. How long the King kept this garrifon in 
 the Ifle, is uncertain ; probably it was with- 
 drawn when the King had fixed Theodwin in 
 the Abby; for then, having an Abbot to liis 
 mind, and one that he could truft:, there would 
 be the lefs occafion for it, as he had one prefent 
 on the place to take care of his intercfl:. 
 
 That thefe Arms were put up in the reign of 
 \ the Conqueror, will hardly be allowed by thofe- 
 
 whcr 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 who afTert, that Hereditary or Family Arms were 
 not in ufe before the reign of Henry II. or Henr. 
 Ill, and who obferve Hkewife that in the fame 
 Family the Sons oftentimes ufed different Arms 
 from thofe their Fathers had, till about Henr. 
 III. when Arms became hereditary, defcending 
 from Father to Son, and were made ufe of as 
 i^tfw//^'-Cognizances. — However, fmce it is al- 
 lowed, that psrfonal Arms, Cognizances, or Or- 
 namental Diftindlions of particular perfons on 
 their Arms, were in ufe in the time of the Con- 
 queror, it does not appear quite improbable, 
 but that thefe very Arms or Cognizances might 
 be the fame that were ufed by thofe Knights, 
 to whom they are attributed. 
 
 The title of the Painting from whence my 
 Print is taken, gives us the year 1087, as if the 
 Knights were placed there that year : — but 
 that is certainly a miftake, and probably was 
 occafioned by the King's ordering, in the year 
 1086, juft before he left England, the fame num- 
 ber of Soldiers to be provided for by the Mo- 
 naftery, in the time of Abbot Simeon; who 
 accordingly procured fuch of his Tenants, and 
 others that were willing to enter into his Ser- 
 vice, and placed them in the Monaftery; where 
 they were all in the year 1087, provided with 
 meat and drink, and had their flipends paid 
 them by the Abbot, to be in readinefs when 
 the King fliould have occafion for them. 
 
 I therefore apprehend, that it is to fome time 
 during the Adminirtration of Godfrey, that we 
 are to refer what is mentioned concerning this 
 ancient Painting. This Godfrey was a Monk, 
 who had been brought over from Normandy 
 with Theodwin, whom K. William had pro- 
 moted to the Abby of Ely, and under him 
 having had the chief management of the affairs 
 of the Monailery, was upon the death of 
 Theodwin ordered by the King to take upon 
 himfelf the Adminiftration of the Abby, till the 
 King fhould fix on a Succeffor : He continued 
 to govern the Monaftery in all refpedls as if 
 he had really been Abbot, almoft feven years. 
 It is probable that upon the Death of Theodwin, 
 when the King fent down to Ely Eudo the 
 Sewer, William de Belfou, and Anger his great 
 Officers, to take an inventory of the Moveables 
 of that Church, in the prefence of the Sheriffs; 
 he likewife ordered thefe 40 Knights and 
 Gentlemen to attend them, and to effedluate 
 his commands ; thefe were Soldiers of fortune, 
 and fome of his followers, for whom he 
 had not as yet made any fettled provifion ; 
 who therefore for the prefent were each of 
 them placed with a Monk, as his affociate in 
 the Common Hall, to be maintained at the 
 Charge of the Abby, till he fhould otherwife 
 provide for them. Godfrey is the firft men- 
 tioned in the Catalogue of the Monks, being 
 the Chief, and_Adininil'Lrator of the Abby at 
 
 that time; with whom is placed Opfal Mafler 
 of the King's military Engines ; — no Abbot of 
 the Monalfery is mentioned, becaufe there was 
 none; for had there been one, fome of the 
 Knights, being of eminent rank and quality, 
 would no doubt have been placed with the Ab- 
 bot. — It is probable that the King kept the 
 Monaffery the longer time vacant, that the 
 Knights might be the better maintained. — 
 The time that thefe Knights were withdrawn 
 likewife fixes it to the time of Godfrey's Admi- 
 niftration ; for they were called away and fent 
 into Normandy on the infurredlion of Robert 
 the King's Son, who in the year 1077 was en- 
 deavouring to feize the Dukedom of Normandy. 
 — Fuller thinks that thefe Arms were fet up in 
 Ely Hall, (as may appear, fays he, by inferring 
 the Coat of Robert the 14th Bilhop of Ely,) a- 
 bout the year 1306. But no conclufive argu- 
 ment can be drawn from that circumftance, 
 that they were thtn firj} put up; but that they 
 were probably renewed in that Bifhop's time; 
 agreeably enough to the account given in the 
 above MS. ' that they have been from time to 
 * time, from predeceffors to fucceffors, from 
 ' antiquity to this prefent, dihgently kept and 
 ' polifhed.' 
 
 2. 
 
 Further Remarks on fiit' TABULA Eliensis,' 
 by the Rev. Mr. Cole ReBor of Blecheley, Bucks. 
 
 I Look upon the Ely Tablet as a great curiofity 
 and valuable piece of Antiquity; however, 
 I cannot by any means think it near the Date it 
 carrys in it's front; and that for many reafons. 
 In the firff place, the Charadters do not feem to 
 be above 3 or 400 years old, no more than the 
 Form of the Figures. Mr.Walpole in his Anec- 
 dotes of Painting in England, vol. i. p. 24. 
 feems to place the utmoil: extent of Oyl-Paint- 
 ing to the 14th Century. The pointed or rather 
 rounded fhape of the Helmets worn by the 
 Knights, is alfo a proof that the Picture was paint- 
 ed not before the 14th Century, when Helmets 
 of that fafhion were firft introduced in order to 
 parry off the force of a Sword or other Inftru- 
 ment the better, by Hiding afide, than the elder 
 ones of a flat form at top, ufed before that timej 
 as Father Monfaucon very rightly obferves, in 
 his Antiquitez de la Monarchic Francoife, vol.2. 
 p. 286. Befides, the fliape of the Shields or 
 Coats of Arms, if they are made like thofe in 
 the original pidlure, betray it to be of a more 
 Modern Date ffill: for that fhape, rounded to- 
 wards the bottom, was introduced in the 15th 
 or 1 6th Century; whereas the form of an old 
 fliield in Edw. 3d's time was almoft triangular, 
 with a narrow point at bottom : the very utmofl 
 extent of antiquity that can be allowed to this 
 Pi(^ure; but I think the Letters and Charafters 
 
 will 
 
*i 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 will reduce it lower. * As to the difficulty of 
 tiic time oi' bearing Coat Armour as a didindiion 
 for Names and Families, in my opinion, that 
 will not much affe<5t the Authenticity either of 
 the FaCH:, or the Picture : for it is only fuppofing 
 the general Hillory of (o many Knights being 
 hofnu-ibly entertained at Dly, and agreeing well 
 with their Entertainers, to be true; and one 
 may eafily conceive fuch a fadl to be handed 
 down, either by Writing, Painting, or Tradi- 
 tion, to their SuccefTors, witli the Names, both 
 of Monks and Knights; and allowing that Coat 
 Armour was not yet introduced, as I think it 
 was not, notwithftanding what Dr. Stukeley iays 
 to the contraiy; yet in a Century after, when it 
 became much the falhion, it is mod natural to 
 fuppofe, that the grateful Monks would add the 
 Family Arms of each particular Knight, as was 
 then made ufe of, to enliven their Pifture, and 
 be an encouragement for thcfe Families to 
 whom the Arms belonged, to be Benefactors to 
 the Convent. It feems to be agreed on all 
 hands, that what we now call Coat Armour, as 
 an hereditary diflindlion of Families, was intro- 
 duced not before the middle of the r2th Cent- 
 ury, after the Second Croifade : though perhaps 
 fomefew inrtances, rather of Devices than Arms, 
 may be produced as high as the Conquell ; yet 
 we can never fuppofe, with any kind of ])roba- 
 bility, th.it thefe 40 Coats were born by the fe- 
 veral Knights, to whom they feem appropriated, 
 fo early as 1087: although it is notorious that 
 almoll every Coat was born by the Family or 
 Name as mentioned on the Table : from whence 
 wc muft conclude that the Table or Pidture, 
 \\ ith thefe different Arms, was devifed or paint- 
 ed many years after the tranfadion it was to re- 
 prefent happened. It is no difficult matter to 
 account for thefe old Knights fondnefs for their 
 I,andlords the Monks of Ely : they lived on the 
 Fat of the Land, and knew when they were 
 well. That they were much at their cafe, is 
 highly probable from this Dillic, which you 
 may nave overlooked in Fuller, Book 6. p. 299, 
 who records, that Ely put down all the Abbeys 
 for Feafting: his words are thefe; ' Of all Ab- 
 
 * beys in England, Ely bare away the Bell for 
 
 * bountiful Feaft-making ; the vicinity of the 
 
 * Fens aftbrding them plenty of Flefli, Fifli and 
 
 * Fowle, at low rates. Hereupon the Poet, 
 
 * Praevifis aliis, Elienfia Ferta videre, 
 
 * Eft, quafi praevifa nodle, videre diem. 
 
 * When other Fealts before have been, 
 
 * If thofeof Elie laft be feen, 
 
 * Tis like to one who hath feen Night, 
 
 * And then beholds the Day fo bright. 
 
 But to be ferlous : I really look upon this old 
 Pid:ure to be one of our mod antient pieces of 
 Painting, and higlily deferving the honour you 
 have done it, by having it engraved. When I 
 was at Ely in 1759, I was the more defirous of 
 looking at the Ely Tablet hung up in the 
 Palace, and taking a Copy of it, as Dr. Stukeley 
 in liis loofe> vague and fupercilious manner, has 
 in his 2^. part of Origines Royftonianae, p. i;o, 
 &c. very imperfeftly, not to fay, abfurdly and 
 falfely, given part of it, as he pretends, from 
 the Tablet of Ely itfelf: but how juflly, any 
 one that will be at the pains to collate the one 
 with the other, may eafily judge. If he mang- 
 les, falfilies and disfigures other monuments, 
 which pafs through his hands in the fame man- 
 ner he has done this, certain I am that no great 
 ftrefs can be laid on his Authority. There are 
 alfo 2 other printed Accounts of this curious 
 Tablet, the one given us by Dr. Fuller in his 
 Church Hiftory, Book 2, p. 168, 169. with a 
 Sheet of the Arms of the feveral Knights : the 
 other by Mr. Blomefield, in the hrft page, and 
 what follows, of a 4'" Book entitled Collctlanea 
 Ccintabrigieiijia, printed at Fersfield, in 1742; 
 the 20 firft pages of which Book he afterwards 
 cancelled, and replaced them with Infcriptions 
 and Antiquities wholly relating to the County 
 of Cambridge : fo that, I fuppofe, this Tablet of 
 Ely is not eafily 10 be met with at prefent, by 
 him : on which account, I Ihall give a defcriji- 
 tion of it, from his cancelled Book; a Copy of 
 which is in my polfeffion, given by him to me. 
 He printed it from an original old Parchment 
 Roll, then in his polfeffion, now where difperf- 
 ed I know not, and formerly hung up in the 
 Refectory of the Priory of Ely : it is above a 
 yard long, having a piece of filk hanging before 
 it : on the Top are the Arms of St.Ethelburgh, 
 as ffie is there called, for St.Etheldreda, Found- 
 refs of the Abbey, viz. Gules, 3 Crowns Or; — 
 of St. Ethelwalde Bp. of Winchefter, viz. Gules, 
 3 Keys erecfl Argent; the fame as were after- 
 wards affumed for the Priory, and now ufed for 
 the Deaner)' : — of King William the Conque- 
 ror, \iz. Gules, 2 Lions paflant guardant. Or: 
 — and of Robert deOrford the 14''' Bilhop of 
 Ely, viz. Gules, 3 Keys erect, about the middle 
 of each, an Annulet crowned. Argent : — dur- 
 ing which BiHiop's time, this Roll was made : 
 fo that it mull be between the years 1301 and 
 1309, when that Bilhop died. The Hiftorical 
 part is in the middle, a Tranflaticn of which 
 into Engliih may be ken in Fuller, in the before 
 cited place; (where by the way he calls Earl 
 Morcar of Northumberland by the Name of 
 
 Earl 
 
 • Another circuniuance by which the ar^c of this Tablet may be probably giiefTcJ at, is the form of that Ornnment 
 in which the Infcription is wrote; it is a tind of Cartouch, or Compartment of Leather- work ; this kind of Ornameiu, 
 rather plain and liinple, was ufed in Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture, in the time of Henr. 7. and of Henr. 8; 
 whether earlier, does not appear: however, it continued in ufe, though in a more airy and ioofe form, during the reigns 
 of Edw. 6, and Q^Ehzabeth, and probably later: but taking; the form of the Letters and other circiimrtances together; 
 it is moft likely the Tablet was painted in the time either of Henr. 7, or of Henr. 8. [This Note by Mr. Ja. ElTex. j 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Earl of Margary;) and on each fide are 20 
 Sheilds of the Knights who were quartered up- 
 on the Abbey, over each of which is the Knight's 
 Name, with that of the Monk with whom he 
 was quartered. But as the Pifture at Ely ex- 
 hibits both the Arms, with the Effigies of the 
 Knights and Monks in their proper Benedidline 
 Habit, this is a greater Curiofity than that in 
 the late Mr. Blomefield's poiTellion : though per- 
 haps his may be the older. Dr. Fuller feems 
 to ha\e taken his Tranfcript from the fame 
 Parchment which afterwards came into Mr. 
 Blomefeild'spoffellion ; as Bp. Robert deOrford's 
 Arms were depidtedwith the others on the fame 
 Wall orTableti for I do not exadlly underlland 
 him. As to the year 1306, when, he fays, they 
 were fet up in Ely Hall, that is to be fuppofed 
 only to be guefs-work, as the mean year be- 
 tween his advancement to that See, and his 
 Death : though he fays the writing was com- 
 pofed in the Time of Hen. 7. poffibly therefore 
 the one might be a Copy from the other : for 
 that there were many of the fame fort is evident 
 from this circumftance: when Dr. Peter Heylyn 
 in his Examen Hirtoricum, exprefly wrote a- 
 gainll the Church Hillorian, finds fault with him 
 at p. 4, of his Preface, for printing this Roll, as 
 being foreign to an Ecclefiaftical Hiftory : Dr. or 
 Mr. Fuller, in his Appeal of injured Innocence, 
 p. 34, returns him thislenfible Anfwer j 'TheArms 
 
 * of the Knights of Ely might on a threefold title 
 
 * have efcaped the Animadvertor'scenfure: Firft, 
 
 * they were never before printed; Secondly,thevvall 
 
 * whereon they were depifted, is now demoliihed; 
 
 * Laftly, each Knight being blended (or, as I 
 
 * may fay, empaled) with a Monk, a moiety of 
 
 * that mixture may be conftrued reducible to 
 
 * Church Hiftory.' By which account, we may 
 learn, that there was ftill another Piifture or 
 Drawing of thefe Knights and Monks of Ely on 
 a wall, dltrerent from that whence the Writing 
 or Parchment-Roll exhibited it; if that was his 
 meaning in his former Defcription of it. And 
 indeed he tells us in his Church Hirtory, Book 2. 
 p. 169, that befides one which was depidted on 
 the Vi'al', or hung up againll; it, in the Common 
 Hall or Refedory of the Convent at Ely, which 
 hall was defi;royed at the Dilfolution, fo that he 
 could never have icen it there; there was ano- 
 ther Tranfcript, as he calls it, of thefe Arms 
 depifted on the wall of the Dean's Dining- 
 room, which was lately extant, as he fays : by 
 which I conclude it was demolilhed in the PvC- 
 beliious Tunes, and to which he alludes in his 
 Anfwer to Dr. Heylyn: from which Drawing 
 at the Deanery his Plate of Arms was taken; 
 
 * rather truly than neatly done, fays he, out of 
 
 * defire to conform to the Original.' From 
 whence we may judge that his was no flovenly 
 or bad Copy : fo that from that now at Ely, 
 Dr. Fuller's and Mr. Blomefield's, which has all \ 
 
 the marks of originality, we may eafily be 
 enabled to examine the authenticity of Dr. 
 Stukeley's account of it : who unluckily trips at 
 the threfiiold, (no good omen,) in quoting this 
 Picture: for at p. 121. of his Fal(^ographia 
 Britamika, Number 2, he thus miftakes the 
 Knight's Name and Ofiice, Licrginellus Dux 
 Centum Bipenntferoru7n; when in reality, as I 
 well remember it myfelf, and agreeably to Mr. 
 Blomefield's Copy, it {hould be Lucarnajjiis Dux 
 Ilium Bipenorum, Chief of all the Halberdiers ; 
 or as Fuller has it. Captain of the Billmen. As 
 for every diflference in each Copy, I fliall not 
 trouble myfelf or you about it, only marking 
 the chief. At p. 123, Dr. Stukeley produces 
 Duchet Dux ArchiteSlorum, with as little diffi- 
 dence as if it was the real reading; whereas the 
 fmallefi: fhare of Heraldic fkill, of which how- 
 ever much parade is made, would have inform.- 
 ed him, that the Coat under this Knight be- 
 longed to the ancient Yz-mWy oi Touchet, which 
 alone might have led him to the true fpelling 
 of the Bearer's Name : your Plate calls him Dux 
 Architenetum, and Blomefield's Architenentiumy 
 which Fuller Tranflates Captain of the Bowmen i 
 but then furely it ought to have been Arcute~ 
 ?2entium, as probably it might be in his Copy : 
 indeed there is no great dependance upon the 
 Readings of old Writings and MSS; hov/ever. 
 Fuller's tranflation conveys to us his notion of 
 the Officer; which is a very probable one: nei- 
 ther do I much conceive the ufe of a Cofnpa?iy 
 of ArchiteSls in an Expedition. At p. 123, Dr. 
 Stukelfy tells us Alexander de Monte bore Gules, 
 3 Cheverons Or. Fuller calls him. Monte- Vignite, 
 and the 1 others Monte-Vigente or Vigifite : all 
 which is no other than a falfe orthography for 
 Montefichet, the old Barons of which Name 
 adtuallygaveforCoat Armour G;//r'j, 3 Cheveronels 
 Or; as is evident from a curious MS of Heraldry 
 in my pofi'effion, copied from the Original in 
 the Library of King's College in Cambridge. In 
 the fame page, he mifcalls from every other au- 
 thority Anthony de Lo7iga Spata, by the Name 
 of Aumarus; a name in my opinion m.ore pro- 
 bable; had it not been 3 againft one; and one 
 fo apt to mifiake. At p. 124. he very prudently 
 drops the Office oiBlimt, as there feemed to be 
 fome difficulty in it; {■d.y'm^ only Blundus Dux 
 bore fo and fo : in your Plate he is called Na- 
 "vium viititarium Dux, Captain of a Man of War, 
 or rather Admiral of the Fleet ; which feems to 
 be a reafonable Officer : what to make of Mr. 
 Blomefield's Manuum jnilitarium Dux, 1 knovv 
 not, no more than of Fuller's Captain Genera/ 
 of Footmen. The Arms doubtlefs are thofe of 
 the Blount Family. In the fame page Dr. 
 Stukeley fays that Paga7ius le Lorain Equitum 
 S igniter bears Barry of ^ pi:ces Ar. & A%: the 
 v/ell-known Coat of the noble and numerous 
 Family of Grey: which alone was fufficient, 
 
 one 
 
*8 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 one would have thought, to have dired:ed an 
 able Antiquarian to the Bearer's Name, which 
 \\as Pagan le Graye, according to your Plate 
 and Mr.Blomefield's MS: although, it mult be 
 confefled, Dr. Fuller was modelUy doubtful a- 
 bout the true Name, and did not at random put 
 clown any thing he thought proper, but thus 
 
 cautioufly worded it. Pagan Standcrd-bcai-- 
 
 er of the Horfcmen. In the next page, 1 25, he 
 lays Abrahaiiius de Pecam, gave Gules, a Fefs 
 between 2 Chc-cerous Argent, the well-known 
 Ordinaries of the old Barons de Pechy : accord- 
 ingly he is fo called in every other Authority : 
 your Plate adjoins him crz/n Rthelberto Eiveri 
 Monacho; but as Blomelield and Fuller agree in 
 Rthelberto fetiiori, it is moft probable that is the 
 true reading ; tliough no other Ethelbert appears 
 in the liftj yet as there probably were many 
 more Monks in the Convent at that time than 
 thefe 40, v/ho figure with their Knights by 
 their fide, that objedlion vanilhes. At p. 1 26, 
 he puts Adanus for Adamiis, againfl: the united 
 authority of the 3 other Authors. He at the 
 fame page calls Fides de Fnrnroailo, Fiden. In 
 your Plate it is Lumbardo, which no doubt 
 ihould be Lumbardus, for the Arms belong to 
 the Name of Fi/;-«?W/. At the fame place he 
 calls Ei/Jlace le Not); Enjiachiiis le Nothiis, that 
 is Eujlace the Bajlard; for which, if the good 
 Knight was living, he might chance to be call- 
 ed before his Betters : the truth is, they were 
 two Brothers or Kinfmen, as appears by the 
 famenefs of their Arms, but being of different 
 complexions, to diflinguilh them afunder, the 
 one was called Enftace le Blanch, or the Fair; 
 while the other was diftinguilhed by the appel- 
 lation o^ leNoir, or the Black, or Broun: from 
 >\'hich cuftom we have fo many of the latter 
 Name. At p. 127. he gives us, Pigottis tertius 
 Jiliiis Bodct, for Bigotus tertius filiiis Bigot i, as in 
 every other examplej befides the notorious dif- 
 I'crence between the Arms of Pigot and Bigot. 
 Immediately under this he makes this further 
 miltake, Bevaliiis Dux Militum irrfus Ely, for 
 Belnjius Prefes Militum i-erfus Elye ; the Arms 
 fulficiently intimating that they belonged to 
 the Name of Bella/is, the famous General v.ho 
 gave his Name to the Works South of Ald- 
 reth Caufev, flill retaining the Name of 
 Belfar's Hills; though againlt every Authority 
 Dr. Stukeley has given the honour of that A- 
 chievement to a Phantom of his own raifing, a 
 mere ideal or imaginary Perfon, who never was 
 heard of before, in this manner, p. 129, Urfois, 
 Majhr of the Conquerors Military engines, bore 
 Argent, a Crofs Sable; Ely Tablet; he repaired 
 the Roman Camp South of Audrey Car fey. Why 
 he choofes to call his Hero JJrfis, initead of 
 his true Name Opfal or Opfalus, I know not : 
 fure I am, that the Family of Opfall bear the 
 aforefaid Arms. In the next line he is guilty 
 
 of another mifnomer, Writing in this manner, 
 Pezrel Captain of 200 Foot, Gules, a Crofs Flory 
 Argent. Ely Tab. Mr.Blomefield has it thus, 
 Paynell trecentorum peditum Prefes; which I 
 take to be the exaft reading, as the Arms of 
 Paynel exadtly correfpond ; and Fuller was not 
 far fliort of the right Name when he wrote 
 Patnell, the / and n being fo clofely joined toge- 
 ther as might eafily occalion his miflake. The 
 reading in your Plate may very probably be ac- 
 cording to the Tablet; but MSS and Tran- 
 fcripts from old Infcriptions mull not always be 
 depended on : there can be no doubt in this 
 cafe, where the Arms of one of the firll: Knights 
 of the Garter of the Name of Paynel corrobo- 
 rates Mr.Blomefield's authority. In the fame 
 page Dr. Stukeley thus carelefly mentions Se- 
 'wardus Anglus PrefcEtus; whereas it flands thus 
 in all the reft, Seivardus Anglus /l?ionePrefe£lus, 
 whom Fuller therefore ftyles, ViSiualer of the 
 Camp. But a greater overfight is at p. 132, 
 Talbotus 6 filius in legatione miffus, for Talbotus 
 fepius in legatis mifj'us, or as Fuller expreffes it 
 in Englifli, Talboie fent oftentymes Embaffadour. 
 Neither do I think Dr. Stukeley is altogether 
 exadl:, when he tranflates, at the fame page, 
 Walterus de Lacy Scutifer Conquejioris, by Sicord- 
 bearer to the Conqueror; when in reality he was 
 Shield- bearer; probably at that time a very dif- 
 ferent Officer from the former. In the next Ar- 
 ticle he is ftill more unhappy in not knowing, 
 or at lead; overlooking the Arms of the great 
 Family of Bigod Earls of Norfolk, quartered at 
 this time by the mofl: Noble Houfe of Howard, 
 viz. Per Pale Or. & Vert, a Lion rampajit Gu: 
 very different from thofe of Pigot, for thus he 
 miftakes that Legend, Pigotus Equitum 300 
 Dux, for Bigotus 6cc. In p. 133, he gives Haf- 
 tingus Miles, but goes no further : however. 
 Fuller adds, A Soldier fkilful in Navigation, and 
 thereby fufliciently explains his profeffion and 
 occupation, together with the difficulty in the 
 reading in your Plate and Mr. Blomefield's 
 Book, where it is Hajiyngs Miles Navita peritus, 
 and in your's, Nauttic excerfitus. At p. 134, he 
 curtails one half of the Knight's Name, ac- 
 cording to all the authorities which I have 
 fcen ; Blomefield calling him Grofmanchus, your 
 Tablet le Grojje Manchus, ct Fuller le Grofmu- 
 neus; but as he could not well tell how to 
 manage the 2 laft fyllables of the Name, whe- 
 ther it expreffed the Bearer's Country, as Dun~ 
 fan le Grojje, of the Country of La Matiche; or ex- 
 preffed fume other property or endowment of 
 mind, or body; bethought heft to fliorten it, 
 by writing only Dunftan le Grofs. But the high- 
 efl: piece of conjedrure and guefs-work is 
 yet to come ; for knowing that the Arms of 
 Mauleverer were 3 Greyhounds, and feeing 
 them under 'Johannes de Eboraco amah, which 
 he knew not what to make of, and at the fune 
 
 time, 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 */ 
 
 time, I fuppofe, rccolledling that in our old 
 French Deeds and Writings, the City of York is 
 always called Everwick or fomewhat like it, he 
 thought out of Amnio and Everwick the Name 
 o{ Mauleverer might ealily be deduced, accord- 
 ing to the known rules of Etymology; whereas 
 in good truth, no fuch word as Amnio is to be 
 met with, but in his account of the Ely Table; 
 for every other defcription of it, has it in this 
 manner "Jodftes de Eboraco, Atiglus ; or as Fuller 
 expreffes it Jolin ofYorke, an EngUfliman. But 
 this is a flight fault to the next; he could not, 
 it feems, read the Ely Tablet over the Arms of 
 Argentem, viz. Giiks, 3 covered Cups ArgenU 
 which he ignorantly calls Salts; although fo 
 great an Antiquary ought to have been ac- 
 quainted with thefe Arms in a more efpecial 
 manner, as the Bearer thereof the Argentines of 
 Cambridgejhire held their Manor of Wymondly in 
 Hertfordlhire by Grand Serjeantry, as being the 
 Kifigs Cup-Bearer, whereof the Covered Cups 
 in their Shield was an expreffive Demonftration. 
 But this is far from being the worft part of this 
 Article; for rather than omit any one of the 40 
 Articles of the Table which he here undertakes 
 to defcribe, he had rather, it Ihould feem, give 
 an utterly falfe one, than that the Number 
 fliould be incompleat : for thus is this Article 
 
 delivered to us ' Sctitatonau laxatoriim. 
 
 Gules, 3 Salts Or. Ely Ta.' when in fact 
 
 the whole Article is a mere forgery; as may be 
 feen by the real Infcription, Argentien curd vul- 
 neratorum habet, as in your engraved Table; 
 from whence the Dr. pretends to take his Copy; 
 and moreover by falfifying the Colour or Metal 
 of the Cups from Argent to Or, deftroys one 
 part of the little merit in the Science he com- 
 mends; as no doubt the Name of Argentine 
 was alluded to in the Arge?it or Silver metal of 
 the Cups in the Shield. In Mr. Blometield's 
 Lift it is, Argentien cur am habiiit vulneratorum; 
 which Fuller has ridiculoufly enough tranflated, 
 Surgeon General, taking, as it is reafonable to 
 fuppofe, the 3 covered Cups, for fo many Galli- 
 pots or Boxes of Salve. Not much more lucky 
 was his guefs in the next Article, which is 
 Pigotus Pontium Procurator, or Bridge- MajJer, 
 as Fuller has it; which is thus mangled by our 
 
 Antiquary, Pigotus ilium Procurator. The 
 
 next Knight's Name is wholly omitted, which 
 was Ivo ; for thus Dr. Stiikeley gives us this Le- 
 gend, Willus Comitis Warren Prater, inftead of, 
 Ivo Willmi Comitis Warren Prater. But to do 
 the Dr.juftice, Fuller has made the fame omif- 
 fion : however, as the one quotes the Ely Tab- 
 let all along for his authority, where the Name 
 Ivo is yet to be feen, and wholly omits it; the 
 fame excufe will not do for the one, as for the 
 other. Dr. Fuller has made a llrange tranflatic<n 
 for one who knew fo well the meaning of the 
 word Sacrifta, v/hen he gives us this, Eneas de 
 
 Novo Burgo with Olane the holye Monk of tha 
 Monafterye, for Sacriftain or Sacrifi of the Mo- 
 naflery. Mr. Blomefield has it in this manner. Ap- 
 neas de Novo Burgo, cum Ala?io Cccnobii Sacrijfa 
 Monaclw, fo that I think there can be no doubt 
 but the Monk or Sacriftain's Name in your en- 
 graved Table ought to be Alano. The laft Ar- 
 ticle in Dr. Stukeley's account of this Tablet is 
 conformable to the firft, that is, utterly wrong ; 
 in the real Table is, Nigellus de la Fontaundore^ 
 which the Doftor has thus metamorphofed, Ni- 
 gellus de la Fontana, Ermine, 3 Lunets Sable. 
 But I think that fort of Crefcent born in this 
 Shield, is called by Heralds, Increfce^it : for I 
 will not be pofitive about a thing I may be 
 miftaken in, and do not pretend to know much 
 of. 
 
 Heartily glad am I to have got to the end of 
 this Fault-finding bufmefs : but a Perfon who 
 has carried his abufe to fuch an excefs as 
 Dr.Stukeley has done againft Mefs" Blomefield 
 and Parkins, in an argument which they under- 
 ftood as well as himfelf, deferves no better 
 quarter than he has met with here; where 
 much more might be objefted to his enthufiaftic 
 and fanciful Difiertation on bearing AnriS, in 
 which he takes occafion to introduce the-ElyTablet, 
 was one fo difpofed : and give me leave to finifh 
 this long Letter with this Obfervation, That I 
 verily believe, notwithftanding the pretences to 
 Heraldry, with the affiftance of Mr. Wingfeild 
 Bodenham's MSS, [See p. 105. of Pal. Brit.] no 
 one perfon can be produced, in fo few inftances, 
 to be guilty of fo many egregious, capital and 
 glaring miftakes. 
 
 NUMB. V. 
 
 Far ice Carta Regis WiLLIELMI CONQJJES- 
 TORis Anglic, de Libertatibus, et Con- 
 fuetudinibus Ecclefia Eliot/is. — E Lib. Elien. 
 MS. Hb. ii. cap. 117, &c. Et MS. Fol. 
 notat. M. in iEdibus Dom. Epifcopi Ellen. 
 Holbourn. 
 
 I. 
 
 I LLIELMUS Angloriun Rex, omnibus Fi- 
 dehbus fuis et Vicecomitibus in quorum 
 vicecomitatibus Abbatia de Ely terras habet, 
 Salutem. Precipio ut Abbatia de Ely habeat 
 omnes confuetudines fuas, fcilicet, Sacham et 
 Socham, To! et Team, et Infangenethef, Ham- 
 focna, et Grithbriche, Fithwite, et Ferdwite, 
 infra burgum et extra, et omnes alias forisfac- 
 turas que emendabiles funt in terra fua fuper 
 fuos homines; has, inquam, habeat ficut habuit 
 die qua Rex JEdwardus fuit vivus et mortuus, 
 et ficut mea juffione dirationate funt apud 
 Kenteford per plures Scyras ante meos Baronos, 
 videlicet, Gaujridum Conftancievfem Epifcopum, 
 et Baldewynum Abbatem, et Abbateni Aif, et 
 
 * B PFlf- 
 
'10 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Wlfwohium Abbatem, ct IvQnem de Tailebois, et 
 Petrum de Valoniis, et Picotum Vicecomitem, 
 et Tieliim de Helum, et Hugonem de Hojdeng, et 
 Gocclinum de N'oricic, et plures alios. Tefle Ro- 
 ger o Bigot. 
 
 2. 
 
 Alia Carta ejiifdem, de PoJfeJJionibics Eccltfia 
 rejlituendis. 
 
 WILLIELMUS Rex Anglie, Lanfranco 
 Archiepifcopo, et R. Comiti Moritonii, 
 et Gaiifrido Confiaticienfi Epifcopo, Salutem. 
 Mando vobis et precipio ut iterum faciatis con- 
 gregari omnes Scyras que interfuerunt placito 
 nabito de terris Ecclefie de Ely antequain mea 
 Conjux in Nonnanniam noviffime veniret; cum 
 quibus etiam fint de Baronibus meis qui com- 
 petenter adeffe poterint, et predidto placito in- 
 terfuerunt, et qui terras ejufdem Ecclefie te- 
 nent; quibus in unum congregatis, eligantur 
 plures de illis Anglu, qui fciunt quomodo terre 
 jacebant prefate Ecclefie, die qua Rex JEdiaar- 
 dus obiit; et quod inde dixerint ibidem jurando 
 tefientur. Quo tafto, reftituantur Ecclefie ter- 
 re que in dominio luo erant die obitus ^divardi, 
 exceptis his quas homines clamabant me fibi 
 dedifie; illas vero litteris mihi fignate que fint, 
 et qui eas tenent. Qni autem tenent Thein- 
 landes, que proculdubio dcbent teneri de Ec- 
 clefia, faciant concordiam cum Abbate quam 
 meliorem poterint, ct fi noluerint, terre rema- 
 neant ad Ecclefiam. Hoc quoque detinentibus 
 Socam et Sacam fiat. Denique precipite ut illi 
 homines faciant pontem de Ely, qui meo pre- 
 cepto et difpofitione hucufquc ilium ibliti funt 
 facere. 
 
 Alia Carta ejufdem Regis. 
 
 WILLIELMUSRex Anglorum, Gosfrido 
 Epifcopo et Rodberto Comiti Moritonio, 
 Salutem. Facite fimul venire omnes illos qui 
 terras tenent de dominico vidlu Ecclefie de 
 Ely; et volo ut Ecclefia eas habeat ficut habe- 
 bat die qua Mdivardus Rex fuit vivus et mor- 
 tuus; et fi aliquis dixerit quod inde de meo 
 dono aliquid habeat, mandate mihi magnitu- 
 dinem terre, et quomodo eam reclamat, et Ego 
 fecundum quod audiero, aut ei inde efcambitio- 
 nem reddam, aut aliud faciam. Facite etiam 
 ut Symcon habeat omnes confuetudines que ad 
 Abbatiam de Ely pertinent, ficut eas habebat 
 Anteceflbr ejus tempore Regis Mdu-ardi. Pre- 
 terea facite ut Abbas faifitus fit de illis Thein- 
 landes que ad Abbatiam pertinebant die quo 
 R, Rj. fuit mortuus, fi illi qui eas habent fe- 
 cum concordare noluerint. Et ad ifiiid {)lacitum 
 fubmonete Will, de Guarenna et Riciu dum fili- 
 um Comitis Gileberti, et Hugonem de Monte 
 
 forti, et Gaufridum de Manna lilla, et Ra- 
 duljum de Belfou, et Herveian Biturjcenfem, et 
 Hardutiinum de Efcakrs-, et alios quos Abbas 
 vobis nominabit. 
 
 w 
 
 Alia Carta ejufdem. 
 
 ILLIELMUSRex Anglorum, Lanfranco 
 Archiepifcopo et Gosjrido Conjiancicnji 
 Epifcopo, Salutem. Facite Abbatem de Ely 
 refaifiari de ifi:is terris quas ifli tenent, Hugo de 
 Monte forti unum Manerium nomine Bercham, 
 Ricardus filius Comitis Gileberti, Brochefened ; 
 P/cc/ Vicecomes, Impintunam; Hugo de Bernerui 
 3 Hidas, Reniigitis Epifcopus i Hidam, Epifco- 
 pus Baiocenfis 3 Hidas, Frodo frater Abbatis 1 
 Manerium, Duo Carpentarii i Hidam et 3 V ; 
 Si ipfe Abbas poterit oftendere fupradidlas terras 
 elfe de dominio fue Ecclefie, et fi fupradidi 
 homines non poterint oftendere, ut eas terras 
 habuifleiit de dono meoj facite etiam quod Ab- 
 bas prediftus habeat Sacam et Socam, et alias 
 confuetudines, ficut anteceflbr ejus habuit, die 
 qua Rex JEdwardus fuit vivus et mortuus. 
 
 Carta alia ejufdem, de ^linque Hundredis itz 
 
 SUTHFOLC. 
 
 "\I7" ILLIELMUS Rex Anglorum, Lanfranco 
 
 ^^ Archiepifcopo, Gosfrido ConJla?icienJi E- 
 })ifcopo, et Rodberto Com. de Moritonio, Salutem. 
 Facite Symeotiem Abbatem habere Sacam et So- 
 cam fuam, prout fuus Anteceflbr habuit T.K.M. 
 videlicet, de Quinque Hundrez de Sutlfolc, Jt 
 ab omnibus viris qui terras tenent in illis Hun- 
 drez. Videte ne Abbas predidlus quicquam in- 
 jufte perdat; et facite ut omnia fua cum magno 
 honore tenes^. 
 
 6. 
 
 Prohibitum Regis ne Epifcopus LiNCOLNIEN- 
 SIS, aut Secular is yujlicia, novas conjuetudi- 
 nes intra Insulam requirant. 
 
 "1171 LLIELMUS Rex Anglorum, Lanfranco- 
 ^^ Archiepifcopo, et Gosfrido Epifcopo, et 
 Rodberto Comiti de Moritonio, Salutem. De- 
 fendite ne Remigius Epifcopus novas confuetu- 
 dines requirat infra Infulam de Ely. Nolo enim 
 ut ibi habeat nifi illud quod anteceflbr ejus ha- 
 beat T.R./E. fcilicct, qua die i])fe Rex mor- 
 tuus eft. Et fi Remigius Epifcopus inde placitare 
 voluerit, placitet inde ficut feciflet T.R. IE. Et 
 placitum iftud fit in veftra prefentia. De cufto- 
 dia de Noreii-ic Abbatem Symeonem quietum 
 efle dimittite, fed ibi munitionem fuam conduci 
 faciat et cuftodiri. Facite remanere placitum de 
 terris quas calumpniantur JFiilitlmus de 0:i, et 
 Raduljus filius Gualeranni, et Rodbertus Gernun, 
 
 ii 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 * 
 
 II 
 
 fi inde placitare voluerint, ficut Inde placitafient 
 T.R.^. et licut ill eodem tempore Abbatia 
 confuetLidines fuas habebat. Volo iiteas omnino 
 facialis habere, ficut Abbas per Cartas fuas, et 
 per teftes fuos eas deplacitare poterit. 
 
 Praecept 117)1 Regis quod Abbas de'EhY benedlcatur 
 fecundiim iifunt Ecclefice, et quod pojfejjiones loci 
 defcribentur. 
 
 WILLIELMUSRex Anglorum, Lanfranco 
 Archiepifcopo, Salutem. Volo ut videas 
 Cartas Abbatis de Ely, et fi dicunt quod Abbas 
 ejufdem loci debeat benedici ubicumque Rex 
 iilius terre precipiet, mando ut eum ipfe bene- 
 dicas. Preterea fac ut illi faciant Pontem de 
 Ely fine excufatione qui eum foliti funt facere. 
 Inquire per Epifcopum Conjlaiicienfem et per 
 Epifcopum JValcheliimm, et per ceteros qui ter- 
 ras Sandle JEtheldrede fcribi et jurare [f. jurari] 
 fecerunt, quomodo j urate fuerunt, et qui eas 
 juraverunt, et qui jurationem audierunt, et 
 que funt terre, et quante, et quot, et quo- 
 mode vocate, et qui eas tcnent. His diftindle 
 notatis et fcriptis, fac ut cito inde reiveritatem 
 per breve tuum fciam, et cum eo veniat legatus 
 Abbatis. 
 
 8. 
 Praceptum Regis quod confuetudines prijlince de 
 libertate Ecckfice ill i bat a fervent ur. 
 
 "\I7 ILLIELMUS Rex Anglorum, Lanfranco 
 ^^ Archiepifcopo et Gosfrido Conftanciarian 
 Epifcopo, atque Rodberto Comiti, Salutem. 
 Mando vobis ut Abbatem de FJy fine dilatione 
 habere facialis benedidlionem, et terras fuas, at- 
 que omnes confuetudines, ut vobis fepe per bre- 
 via mea mandavi ; et quicquid ipfe per placitum 
 de dominio adquifierit, nil cuiquam inde tribuat 
 nifi mea licentia, et fe de placitorum ei facite 
 redlum, defendentes ut nullus ejus incidat filvas, 
 munitionemque fuam habeat in Norwico, et ho- 
 mines fui ibi fint cum opus fuerit, omniaque fua 
 cum honore habeat. Tefte Rogero de Liireio. 
 
 Aliud ejufdem Regis Praceptum. 
 
 W ILLIELMUS Rex Anglorum, Lanfranco 
 Archiepifcopo, et Gosfrido, Salutem. Volo 
 ut confecratio Abbatis de Ely, quam Remigius 
 Epifcopus requirit, remaneat, donee per litteras 
 tuas cognofcam fi Remigius monftravit vel mon- 
 flrare poterit, quod anteceffores fui Abbates de 
 Ely confecralTent. Quod ad Chriftianitatem per- 
 tinet in ilia Abbatia fiat : et confuetudines pro 
 quibus Remigius vinum requirit, ipfe habeat, fi 
 monftrare poterit antecefibres ejus habuifle 
 T.R.iE. Molendinum de Grant ebruge quod 
 Picotus fecit deftruatur, fi alterum difturbat. De 
 
 dominicis tern's Sanfte Miheldrede fit Abbas 
 fiifitus, ficut alia vice precepij qui alteras terras 
 tenent, vel Socam vcl Sacam, de Abbate recog- 
 nofcant et deferviant j aut eas dimittant. 
 
 Numb. VI. 
 
 Epijlola varice, de Mutatione Ccsmbii 
 E L I E N s I s in Epifcopatum. 
 
 I. 
 
 Epijlola Anselmi Cantuar. Archiepifcopi ad 
 Papam Paschalem II. A.D. 1108. — Ex 
 Eadmeri Hift. Nov. Lib. 4. pag. 96. 
 
 DOMINO et Patri Reverendo Pafchali Sum- 
 mo Pontifici, Anfelmus Ecclefiae Cantuari- 
 enfis, debitam obedientiam, cum fideli obfequio 
 et orationibus. Qupniam robur difpofitionum, 
 qu£B utiliter fiunt, in Ecclefia Dei, de veflrae 
 pendet authoritate prudentiae quando_ fiunt, et 
 ad veftram referendjE funt notitiam et judicium, 
 ut, cum Apoftolico affenfu fuerint confirmatze, 
 nulla praefumptione a pofi:eris, qu£e falubriter 
 fiatutag funt, queant violari, fed rata permaneant 
 in perpetuum. In AngUa eftquidam Epifcopa- 
 tus, fcilicet Lincolienjis, cujus_ Diocsefis tarn 
 ampla eft, ut ad ea qus non nifi ab Epifcopali 
 perfona fieri queunt, unus Epifcopus plene fuffi- 
 cere non poflit. Quod cum confideraret Rex, 
 et Epifcopi, et Principes, et alii rationabiles et 
 religiofi viri Kegm Anglorum ; ad utilitatem Ec- 
 clefias vifum confilium eft, Epifcopaturn prsefa- 
 tum in duos dividere ; ita ut Sedes Epifcopalis 
 in quadam Abbatia quse fita eft in Infula vocata 
 Heli, et eft intra prjefatamDiocaefim, conftitua- 
 tur, Monachis ibidem permanentibus, ficut funt 
 multi Epifcopatus qui Monachos in matre Ec- 
 clefia habent, non Canonicos. Quod libenter 
 concedit Epifcopus Lincolienfis Robertus nomi- 
 ne, quia pro iis quae alTumuntur de fua Ecclefia 
 ad inftaurandum novum Epifcopatum in Heliy 
 tantum Ecclefiae Lincohenfi reftauratur, ut ipfe 
 fufficiens et gratum fibi efie fateatur. Cui rei 
 mihi tum propter prasdiclam necefiitatem, turn 
 propter multitudinem pr2edi<florum qui in hoc 
 confentiunt, vifum eft ut, fdlva veftra autho- 
 ritate, in perpetuum roboretur, ne a pofteris 
 ulla praefumptione, quod bene ftatutum fue- 
 rit, violetur. Oramus Dominum Omnipoten- 
 tem, ut Ecclefiae fua; vos ia diuturna profperi- 
 tate cuftodiat. 
 
 2. 
 
 Epiftda Pa s C H A L I S II. Papce ad Rcgcm 
 Henricuai I. — E. Lib. Elien. MS. lib.iii. 
 cap. 2. 
 
 PASCHALIS Epifcopus fervus Servorum 
 Dei, diledo in Chrifto Filio Henrico gloriofo 
 Regi Anglorum y Salutem et Ap ollolicam Bene- 
 * B 2 di- 
 
'12 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 didlionem. Omnlpotenti Deo gratias agimus, 
 quod talem te nollns temporibus conftituit; qui 
 ct terrenum regiuim lapicnter ad honorem Dei 
 gubernas et eterni Regis follicitudinem ante 
 oculos portas. Poftulafli liquidem a Nobis per 
 litteras, ut in loco qui E/y dicitur novus ex A- 
 pollolica audtoritatc Epilcopatus conftituatur; 
 quia Lincolnicrifem Epifcopatum tante magnitu- 
 dinis elTe dixiili, ut ad peragenda ea que Epif- 
 copalis funt officii, unus Epifcopus nullatenus 
 fulHcere poffit ; pro quo et devotionem tue vo- 
 luntatis laudanius, et diri)oritioni aflenfum pre- 
 bcmus ; ita tamen ut in celebri loco conftituatur, 
 ne Nomen Epifcopi, quod ablit, vilefcat. Ad 
 hoc enim Epilcopus conilituitur, ut populum 
 Dei et verbo doceat, et vita informet, et ad ve- 
 runi Paftorem Dominum commiriarum libi ani- 
 marum lucra reportet. In aliis quoque de qui- 
 bus rogafti, licet quedam ibi inordinata videan- 
 tur, tue tamen voluntati refragari nequaquam 
 valemus. Novit preterea Gloria veflra Domi- 
 num Ha-veum Epifcopum, quern vita et fcientia 
 commendat non modica, nimia barbarorum fe- 
 rocia et perfecutione de Sede fua expullum, et 
 multa fidelium fratrumque fuorum cede fuiffe 
 fugatum; cujus ut Scientia frucftum qui non 
 periit afferre, et Vita bonum valeat Dei populo 
 exemplum prebere, volumus et rogamus, ut li- 
 qua eum apud vos vacans ecclefia vocaverit, ibi 
 ex audloritate Apoftolica conftituatur; ne in- 
 frudluofo diu filentio torpeat, qui vite celeftis 
 documenta in fcientia et moribus portat. Omni- 
 potens Deus Apoftolorum fuorum precibus et 
 vos et prolem veftram cuftodiat, et celefte poft 
 terrenum Vobis regnumconcedat. Dataxi, Kal. 
 Decembris. 
 
 3- 
 
 Epiftola Paschalis II. Papce, ad Rcgcm 
 Henricum I. — E. Lib. Elien.MS. lib.iii. 
 cap. 3. 
 
 PASCHALIS Epifcopus, Servus Servorum 
 Dei, Diledto filio Henrico gloriofo Regi An- 
 glorum, Salutem et Apoftolicam benedidtionem. 
 Dulciffime Nobis dileclionis tue litteras recepi- 
 mus, affcilionis quam erga beatum Petrum et 
 Nos e'lus famulos geris dulcedinem oftendentes. 
 De quibus fatis gavifi fumus, quia in terreni 
 Regis corde patrie celeftis amorem cognofcimus. 
 Ideoque tanto tuis libentius et facilius peticioni- 
 bus aifenfum prebemus, quanto te certius que 
 celefti Regi placeant expetcre comperimus. Ad 
 caufam autem illam quam fecrete affedtio veftra 
 nobis intimare curavit^ iludium quantum pote- 
 rimus adhibere curavimus. In omnibus etiam 
 in quibufcunique poterimus, ad honorem Dei et 
 Gl jrie tue cxcellentiam et exaltationem, liben- 
 ter querimus. De excambio preterea illo de quo 
 Nos per fratres noftros llcrvcum Epifcopum et 
 Petrum Canierarium tua rogavit dilecftio, fi ad 
 utilitatem Ecclcfie licut mandafti lieri potcrit. 
 
 tuis peticionibus aflenfum prebemus. Eundem 
 Fratrem Herveum Epifcopum, quern tibi di- 
 ledlum cognovimus, glorie tue attencius com- 
 mendamus. 
 
 EpiJlolaV ASCHALlS II. Papa aJ AnselmuU 
 Archiepifcopwn. — E Lib. Elien. MS. lib.iii. 
 cap. 4. 
 
 PASCHALIS Epifcopus, Servus Servorum 
 Dei, A'^enerabili fratri Anfelmo Cantuarienji 
 Archiepifcopo, Salutem et Apoftolicam bene- 
 didionem. Novit fratcrnitas tua quod ficut ex 
 Apoftolica fententia perpenditur, Omnis ponti- 
 fex ex hominibus afliimptus, pro hominibus in 
 his que ad Deum funt, conftituitur. PVater 
 vefter ifte Herveus quern vita et fcientia com- 
 mendat, ob barbarorum immanitatem quam in 
 fratres ejus et alios Chriftianos crudeliter exer- 
 cuerunt, in ecclefia in qua conftitutus eft Epif- 
 copale officium adimplere non potuit. Ne igi- 
 tur officium fibi injundlum infrudluofum rema- 
 neat, Dileftioni tue mandamus, rogantes ut ei 
 attentius provideas. Et fiqua apud vos vacans 
 ecclella eum vocaverit, ex Apoftolice Sedis auc- 
 toritate in ea eum conftituas, quatinus ibi Deo 
 fervire et Epifcopale officium. Domino largi- 
 ente, adimplere valeat, ne infrudluofo filentio 
 diu torpeat, qui vite celeftis documenta in fci- 
 entia et moribus portat. Interim autem in om- 
 nibus eum commendatum habeas; fatis enim 
 ftrenue et fideliter fe apud Nos in caufis veftris 
 ftudiofum exhibuit. Fraternitatem tuam inco- 
 lumem per multa tempora Virtus divina cufto- 
 diat. Data xi Kal. Decembris. 
 
 Epi/iolaF ASCHAtis PapceW. ^t^Anselmum 
 Archiepifcopum, et conprovinciales Epifcopos. 
 — E Lib. Elien. MS. lib. iii. cap. 5. — Et e 
 MS. Fol. notat. M. in iEdibus Dom. Epif- 
 copi Elien. Holbourn. 
 
 PASCHALIS Epifcopus, Servus Servorum 
 Dei, Venerabili fratri Anfelmo Cantuarienji 
 Archiepifcopo, et ceteris comprovincialibus E- 
 pifcopis, Salutem et Apolliolicam benediftionem. 
 Inter cetera regna terrarum ad Apoftolice Sedis 
 dile(flionematqueobedicntiamyf7/^'-/(5rwwregnum 
 fpecialiter pertinere, Apoftolice Sedis Scripta, et 
 ^«^//rrtn///;Hyftoriarumferies manifeftant. Qua 
 nimirum caufa follicitudinem noftram propen- 
 fius impellit illius rcgni ecclefias familiarius con- 
 fovere, et earum difpofitionibus folliticius invigi- 
 lare. Lincolnicttjem itaque Epifcopatum tantum 
 tamque fpaciofum ex filii noltri Regis vcftrifque 
 Uteris agnovimus, ut ad ea que Epitcopalis funt 
 officii peragenda unus nullatenus llifficere poffit 
 Epifcopus. Quapropter ex voluntate Lincolnieti/is 
 Epilcopi poftulat a Nobis idem kariliimus filius 
 
 nofter 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 * 
 
 13 
 
 nofter et Chriftlaniflimus Rex Anghnm Hen- 
 ricus, qiiatinus in parte una Epifcopatus ipfius, 
 ex Apollolice Sedis permifTione, novus Epifco- 
 patus conftituatur, in loco videlicet qui Ely yo- 
 catur. Cujus Nos peticionibus, quia religiofe 
 videbantur, aflenfum libenter prebuimus, et E- 
 pifcopatum in loco prefato conflituendi ex A- 
 poftolica audloritate licentiam damus ; Statuen- 
 tes ut Sedes Epifcopalis in loco predidto conlU- 
 tuta, omni deinceps tempore perleveret. Parro- 
 chiam quoque, quam veftra fraternitas, cum 
 predido fratre Lincolnienjt Epilcopo, et Regis 
 providentia eidem Epifcopatui defignayerit, per- 
 petuo poffideat. Porro de Monalterio in quo 
 Sedes Epifcopalis conil:ituitur, Anglkorum Mo- 
 nafteriorum in quibus Epifcopi conftituti funt 
 confuetudo fervabitur. Hujus Conftitucionis 
 confervatores Omnipotentis Dei et Apoflolo- 
 rum fuorum benedidlione perpetuo perfruantur. 
 Amen.* Ego Pafchalis Catholice Ecclefie Epif- 
 copus. Data apud Troiam, per manum Leojih 
 'Roman. Ecclefie Diaconi Cardinalis, 1 1 Kal. 
 Decembris, Indidlione prima. Anno Dominice 
 Incarnationis Millelimo Centefimo Odlavo, 
 Pontificatus autem Domini FafchaUsW. Pape 
 Anno X. 
 
 * Hincadfnem, Efolo MS. M. Dom. Epifcopi Elien.Holbourn. 
 
 Numb. vii. 
 
 Carta Regis Henrici, qiiomodo Abb at lam de 
 Ely in Epijcopatum tranfmutavit. — E Lib. 
 Elien. MS. lib. iii. cap. 6. 
 
 IN nomine Sandle et Individue Trinitatis, Pa- 
 tris et Filii et Spiritus Sanfti. Anno Incar- 
 nationis Dominice M.c. viii, Inditflione, Anno 
 vero Pontiiicatus Domini Pafchalis Pape ii, deci- 
 mo; Regni quoque mei fimiliter decinio. Ego 
 Henricus providente divina dementia KcxAn- 
 glorian, et Normaimorutn Dux, Willidmi Magni 
 Regis filius, qui Edwardo Regi hereditario jure 
 fucceffit in regnum ; Videns paucos, et ob hoc 
 plurimum laborantcs in mefle, et in ipfa Lin- 
 colnienfem Ecclefiam multa plebe fecundam; ex 
 audtoritate et confilio predidii Pape Pafchalis, et 
 affenfu fimul et prece Rodberti Lincolnicnfis E- 
 pifcopi, qui tunc ecclefie predifte prefidebat, et 
 tocius Capituli fui cum iplb, annuente Domino 
 Anfclmo beate memorie Cantuarienfi Archiepif- 
 copo, et Thoma ii. venerabili Eboracenfium Ar- 
 chiepifcopo, et uuiveriis Epifcopis et Abbatlbus 
 tocius Anglic, fed et omnibus Ducibus, Comiti- 
 hus et Principibus regni mei; Elienfe Monafte- 
 rium, in quo quidem ufque in tempora mea Ab- 
 bates prefuerant, cum Cantebrigienfi provincia, 
 quantum videlicet ad jus Lincolnicnfis Ecclefie 
 pertinebat, cum Abbatiis duabus, Thorncia vi- 
 delicet et Cateriht, in Epifcopalem Sedem, ficut 
 et ceteros Epifcopatus Regni mei, liberam et 
 
 abfolutam perenniter Statuo et Confirmo. Et 
 pro fubjeftione et omnibus Epifcopalibus con- 
 fuetudinibus ad fupradidlam Lincolnienfan Ec- 
 clefiam pertinentibus abfolvendis, confilio et af- 
 fenfu predidli Pape Pafchalis, de beneficiis ejuf- 
 dem Monafterii, Villam nomine Spaldewic cum 
 appendiciis fuis, que in territorio Huntendonie 
 fita eft, cum omnibus confuetudinibus ad villam 
 predidlam pertinentibus, fupradidte Lincolnienfi 
 Ecclefie, et Rodberto ejufdem Sedis Epifcopo, et 
 Succellbribus fuis, ficut earn unquam Elienfe 
 Monaflerium liberius et quietius tenuit, jure 
 perpetuo tradidi pofiidenda. Primum fiquidem 
 Lundoniis apud Weflmonafierium in folemnitate 
 Pentecoftes de negotio ifto in prefentia mea co- 
 ram felicis memorie Anfelmo Archiepifcopo, et 
 univerfis Epifcopis, et Abbatibus, et Proceribus 
 regni mei, tradlatum eft, et eorum omnium 
 communis afi"enfus eft favorabiliter confecutus. 
 Poft mortem vero predidli Pontificis Anfelmi, ex 
 audloritate Domini Pape Pafchalis, ficut jam 
 fupradidlum eft, in Concilio apud Cafinuii 
 Notingaham habito, in Die Tranilationis Beate 
 /Etheldi'ede Virginis Sedis ejufdem, feliciter per 
 mifericordiam Dei et terminatum eft et defini- 
 tum, XVI. Kal. Novembris; [^faventibus etfub- 
 fcribentibus iis quorum annotata funt hie tarn 
 Signa quam Nomina. 
 
 Ego Mathildis Anglorum Regina fubfcripfi \ 
 
 Ego Mathildis Sponfa Regis Romani -^ 
 
 Signum Hervei EUenfis Epifcopi primi -j- 
 
 Signum Rogerii Epifcopi Salefburienfis -j- 
 
 Signum i?<3»«^ Cancellarii 4» 
 
 Signum Richardi Baiocenfis liplfcdpi -{- 
 
 Signum Herheyti N&rivicenfis Epifcopi -^ 
 
 Signum Reinelmi Hcrefcrdenfis Epifcopi -j- 
 
 Signum Radulpbi Rofeifis Epifcopi -{- 
 
 Signum Richardi hondonenfis Epifcopi -^ 
 
 Signum Roherti Ceflrenfis Epifcopi -|- 
 
 Signum IVillielmi Exoniofis Epifcopi '^ 
 
 Signum Ranulphi Dunebnenfis Epifcopi 'j* 
 
 Signum Roberti Lincolnicnfis Epifcopi \ 
 Signum Roberti Comitis dit-\- MellcJito 
 Signum Willielmi Comitis de W-\arrenna 
 
 Signum Simonis Comitis ^ 
 Signum Stepha-ni dt-\- Albamara 
 Signum Rogeri Comitis Pi£la-\-ven/is 
 
 Signum Gilberti de Jquila -^ 
 
 Signum JVilliel-m de Albini -ji- 
 
 Signum Nigelli de Albini -p 
 
 * The original Charter is faid to have been extant in the 
 year 1640; as is noted in the Alonaficon AngUcanum, I'ol.I. 
 /"'^■95- — and from thence ike Subfcriptions to thi^ Charter 
 are added. 
 
 Numb, 
 
J4. 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Numb. viii. 
 
 A Bijjcrtation on the foregoing Charter of King 
 Henry I. and a Defence of it, againfl the 
 OhjcBicm made to it by Mr. Selden and 
 Mr. Wharton. 
 
 MR. Selden was the firft that intimated his 
 fufpicion of this Charter, and made leveral 
 objefticms againfl: it to prove it fpurious : 
 fSeldcni in Eadmerum Notas et Spicilegium. 
 jpag. 212.] in which he was followed by Mr. 
 Wharton, [Angl. Sacr. vol.i. pag.678. Note^.] 
 ■who not only adopts the fame fufpicion and ob- 
 ieftions; but alfo charges the Monks of £/)' with 
 forging it. But as 1 am fully perfuaded that it 
 is genuine, I fliall give my reafons for it, and take 
 the liberty of enquiring and examining, whether 
 the objeftions made againfl: it, are well founded, 
 or not. 
 
 The principal objcdion of Mr. Selden, is to 
 the Date of it, which is in thefe words; " Anno 
 *' Incarnationis Dominice 1 108, Indidlione, Ari- 
 *' no vero Pontificatus Domini Pafchalis Pape ii, 
 *' decimo; regni quoque mei fimiliter decimo." 
 On which Mr. Selden obferves, * That Anfelm 
 
 * died II Kal. of May a.d. 1109; — but in this 
 
 * Charter which carries theDate of the year 1 108, 
 
 * ^«j/?//;; is mentioned as dead. Befides(fayshe)the 
 
 * year 1 108, is called the loth year of King He?iry; 
 
 * whereas it could at moll be no more than the 
 
 * 9th year of his reign.' — M.v.J'V/iarton adds 
 nothing new againfl: the Charter, but only puts 
 Mr. Selden's objedlions in other words. * The 
 ' times (fays he) fixed in the Charter are incom- 
 
 * patiblej for the loth year of King Henry I. 
 
 * begins Augufl: 2. 1109; nor can it be faid that 
 
 * 1 109 ought to be fubltituted for 1 108, becaufc 
 
 * the loth year of Pope Pafli a/ ended Augufl: 14, 
 
 * 1 109.' — To thefe objedtions, it would be eafy 
 to add many more of the fame kind againfl: the 
 Charter, equally Itrong and conclufive, but over- 
 looked both by Mr. Se/den and Mr. Wliarton; 
 
 — for inflance, Thomas II, Archbilhop oi Tork, 
 is faid to have been one of thofe who were con- 
 fenting to this Charter for erc6ling the See of 
 Ely ; whereas it is evident from undoubted au- 
 thority, that he was not confecrated before the 
 4th of the Kal. of July 1 109; and confequently 
 could not be Archbifliop before that time; — 
 bcfides, //t'ri't'j' himfelf was one of the Bifliops 
 who allifled at his Confecration, and was then 
 ilyled only Bilhop oi Bangor; which evidently 
 Ihows, he was not tranflated to Ely at that time. 
 
 — Thefe, U mull: be confefled, are apparent fole- 
 cifms in Chronology, and mofl: grofs Antichro- 
 nifms, as "My. Selden calls them; — Suppofing 
 that all thofe feveral characSlers in the Date, 
 were intended to exprefs one and the fame year, 
 namely, 1 108 ; — for the icth year of Pope Paf- 
 chal, and the loth year of K. Henr. I, are un- 
 
 doubtedly the two different years, 1 108, and 1 1 09. 
 — But the miftake, I conceive, is in Mr. Selden^ 
 in fuppofing all thofe four characters were de- 
 figned to denote one and the fame year; — for 
 had he examined the contents of the Charter 
 with his ufual exadlnefs, he mufl: have found, 
 that what is afcribed to the Pope, that is, his 
 giving his Fiat, perfectly agrees with the former 
 part of the Date, under thefe feveral marks, viz. 
 A.D. 1 108, the ifl:year of Indidlion,* and the 
 loth year of his Pontificate; — but what is 
 afcribed to the King, which is his finiflnng the 
 bufinefs, and giving the Charter, was in the 
 loth year of his reign, /. e. the year of our Lord 
 II 09. As I fliall now endeavour to prove. 
 
 I mufl: own, on firfl: reading over the Charter 
 with Mr. Selden s obfervations upon it, I was in 
 fome doubt about it, and rather inclined to think 
 it fpurious; both from the manifell inconfiflen- 
 cies in the Date, when applied to the fame year, 
 and likewife from the authority of a perfon of 
 fuch diftinguiflied abilities in criticifm as Mr, 
 Selden. However, on finding that two dirtindt 
 years were exprefied in the Date of the Char- 
 ter, and that the tranfadlions mention'd in the 
 Charter, feverally and with great exactnefs cor- 
 refponded with thofe two years ; I could not 
 but acquit the Monks of forgery, laid to their 
 charge by Mr. Wharton ; even though he had 
 Mr. Selden % opinion to vouch for it. 
 
 There is certainly a want of perfpicuity in the 
 Date of this Charter; otherwife it could never 
 have been lb greatly miftaken : but the millake, 
 I imagine, arofe on feeing the feveral chrono- 
 logical marks of two feperate years blended to- 
 gether, without proper difl:indtion; and taking 
 it for granted, that they were all to be applied 
 to one year. An almofl: fimilar inftance of inac- 
 curacy may be {eew in the Date of K. William 
 the Conquerors Foundation Charter of the Col- 
 legiate Church of St. Martin Le Grand, Lon- 
 don, [Monafl:. Angl. vol. iii. verfus finem, in- 
 ter Ecclcfias Collegiat. pag. 27.] exprefl'ed in 
 thefe terms ; ' Scripta efl: h.ec Cartula Anno ab 
 
 * Incarnatione Domini mlxviii, fcilicet, ado 
 ' anno regni mei ; pera<fta vero efl: hgsc donatio 
 
 * DieNatalis Domini, et pofl:quam in die Pente- 
 ' cofles confirmata, quando Mathilda, Conjux 
 
 * The Era cf Indi^ion, is a Cycle of 1^ years ; and is vfually 
 txprejfcd by Iviiclio i""^, 2'", (^c. or, Indiilionis annus 1°"", 
 2du8^ £?"(-. And in the printed Copies of this Charter given us 
 by Mr. Seltlen and Mr. Wharton, a blank fpace is left after 
 the word Indiiflione, . . . as if fome figure was omitted; but 
 in all the ancient MS Copies that I hjve feen, (and I have 
 feen feveral,) lnd\&\one Jlands alone, without either a figure 
 or blank f puce after it ; and is, I apprihend to be underjlood ab- 
 folutely,f)r the Firft year of Indidion. And to fupport this 
 explanation, the Reader may fee another inflance of it in a 
 Ch.irter cf King Ced walla to Aldclin Ai^hot of Malmcfbury, 
 thus Dated, ' Scripta autem ejl hac Munificentia, Indidione, 
 ' Anno ab Incarnatione Domini 688.' which was alfo the Firft 
 year of Indidioa. See Angl. Sacr. vol. ii. pag. ii. 
 
 * mea 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 * 
 
 ^5 
 
 * mea in Bafilica S. Petri Weftmonafterii in Re- 
 
 * ginam divino nutu eft confecrata.' /. e. " This 
 Charter was wrote in the year of the Incarna- 
 tion of our Lord 1068. namely, in the 2d year 
 of my reign J but this donation was made on 
 the day of the Nativity of our Lord, [preceed- 
 ing, /'. ^. 1067;] And afterwards confirmed on 
 the day of Pentecoft, when Mathilda my Wife 
 was by the divine favour confecrated Queen in 
 the Church of St. Peter at Wefiminfter" [which 
 was in the year 1068.] — So in refpedl to our 
 Bjly Charter, it was thought neceffary to refer to 
 the Council held at London in Whitfuntide 
 A. D. 1 108, when the affair was firft moved, and 
 there approved ofj — and likewife to the Pope's 
 affent, which was obtained the fame year in the 
 Month of November J — and laftly to the King's 
 Confirmation, when the bufinefs was finally con- 
 cluded, and figned in form, by the Queen of 
 Englarid, the Queen of the Romans, the Birtiops, 
 and Nobles then prefent, at the Council held at 
 Nottingham in October a. d. i 109. — The Date, 
 it is true, might have been more accurately ex- 
 prefTedj but as it now ftands in the Charter, is 
 furely fufceptible of a very confiftent folution, 
 and agrees perfectly with the contents of the 
 Charter to which it is prefixed. If any doubt 
 ftill remains with the reader, how he is to un- 
 derftand the Date of this Charter ; — perhaps it 
 will appear plainer to him, to have before him 
 a tranflation of it, with the addition of a few 
 words, by way of paraphrafe, which fliall be 
 included in crotchets. * In the Name of the 
 
 * holy and undivided Trinity, the Father, and 
 
 * the Son, and the Holy Spirit.' [The matters 
 herein after related, were tranfafted,] ' In the 
 
 * year of our Lord's Incarnation 1108, in the 
 ' [firft year of] Indiftion, and in the loth year 
 
 * of the Pontificate of [our] Lord Pope Pqfchal 
 ' the 2d; and likewife in the loth year of my 
 
 * reign.' — On reading a Date expreffed in thofe 
 terms; could any one doubt, but that the tranf- 
 a(itions related in the Charter, to which it was 
 prefixed, were partly done in the year 1108, and 
 partly done and finiihed in the 10th year of the 
 King, i. e. a.d. i 109 ? — efpecially if on perufal 
 of them, it plainly appears to be fo in fa<^ ? 
 
 Though I have hitherto confidered thofe 
 feveral defignations of time expreffed in the be- 
 ginning of this Charter, as the Date of it; and 
 in compliance with Mr. Selden and Mr. Whar- 
 ton, have called it fo ; — yet I beg leave to ob- 
 fcrve, that if by the Date of any Inftrument, we 
 are to underftand the time and place expreffed, 
 when and where it paffed, or was figned ; — 
 then it is really not the Date of this Charter. — 
 The Date properly fpeaking is at the end of it, 
 in thefe words, ' Poft mortem — Anfebni— in 
 ' Concilio apud Caftrum Notingaham habito, in 
 
 * die Tranflationis Beate Mtheldrede Virginis — 
 
 * XVI. Kal. Novembris.'— Which fufiiciently de- 
 
 notes the year, and determines It to have been 
 1 109, /. e. the icth year of the King : — befides, 
 the Princefs Matilda the King's Daughter, fub- 
 fcribes to the Charter under this Title, ' Ego 
 ' Mathildis fponfa Regis Rom.' which Title did 
 not belong to her, till about Midfummer 1109, 
 when llie was efpoufed to the Emperor. To 
 obviate any doubt that may arife, whether in- 
 deed there was any Council held at Nottingham 
 that year; (of which I do not find any mention 
 made in the Hiftorians of that time;) we have 
 not only this Charter to produce in evidence fof 
 it ; but alfo another of the fame King to Raniilf 
 Bifhop of Durham, among the Harhian MSS. 
 in the Britijh Mi/feim [N". 258. fed. 20. — See 
 alfo an Abftradt of it, in Monaft. Angl. vol. ii. 
 pag. 845.] in which the King ftyles himfelf, ' Fi- 
 ' liusMagni Regis /^F//Z'>//;7/, qui beat^e memoriae 
 ' Regi jEd\i;ardo fucceffit;' which is almoft the 
 fame ftyle as he ufes in the Ely Charter ; and 
 the Date of it is in thefe words : * Hasc Donatio 
 
 • fadta eft Anno ab incarnatione Domini MCix^ 
 
 * in Concilio totius Anglias apud Nottingham; 
 Thomas Archbifliop of Tork is the firft who fub- 
 fcribes to it ; and among the reft are Richard 
 Bp. of London, Robert Bp. of Chejler, Herbert 
 Bp. of Norzi'ich, Hervey Bp. oi Ely, Robert Earl 
 of Mellent, William Earl of Warren, and Gilbert 
 de Aqiiila, — feven witneffes, who alfo fubfcribed 
 to the Ely Charter. 
 
 It appears then that the Charter for the erec- 
 tion of the See of Ely, carries with it the 
 ftrongeft marks of genuinenefs that can be re- 
 quired ; — and that it was given by the King in 
 a Council held at Nottingham, in the year of 
 our Lord 1109; and therefore the Mcnk muft 
 be acquitted of the charge of forging it, and is 
 guilty only of an error in judgment, in placing 
 the eredtion of the See oi Ely in the year i ic8 ; 
 — an error the more pardonable in him, as Mr. 
 Selden himfelf fell into the like error of miftaking 
 the Date of this Charter : the only difference 
 between them is this; ^\v. Selden being con- 
 vinced that the See of Ely was not erefted till 
 the year 1109; — and finding a Charter that 
 feems to fix it to the year 1108; concludes it to 
 be a fpurious Charter : — the Monk having the 
 fame Charter before him, though he was of 
 opinion, that 1 109, was the true year; yet rely- 
 ing more on the authority of the Charter, than 
 his own judgment, fixes it to the year 1 108. — 
 Both of them were miftaken, but drew dift'erent 
 conclufions from their niiftakes ; the one con- 
 cludes the Charter fpurious ; the other diftrufts 
 his own judgment, and therefore fixes on a 
 wrong year. — ^For that the Monk was led into 
 this error by a view of this Charter, appears by 
 his own words which introduce the Charter; he 
 tells us, [Lib. Elien. lib. iii. c. 5.] ' After the Pope 
 ' had given his confent to the eredtion of the bee 
 * of Ely,' (which was without doubt in 1 108,) 
 
 Hervey 
 
i6 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 * Hervey fet out on his return to England, and de- 
 
 * livered the Pope's Letters to the King, and to the 
 ' Archb'dhop, and obtained their confent;' (he 
 then adds) ' and in the following year rinidied the 
 ' whole bufinefs, viz. in the year ofour Lord 1108.' 
 — He ihould have faid, in the year 1 109, for that 
 was the following year. — So that it is plain, in 
 fettling his chronology, the Monk was in a right 
 track, which would have led him, had he purlUed 
 it, to the year 1109; — but feeing the Charter 
 carried in the front of it 1108, and millaking it 
 for the Date of it, he Hops (hort, and puts it down 
 as fuch, without further enquiry. 
 
 But there is another objection Mr. Selden 
 makes to the Charter; he thinks, the ftyle of it 
 is different from others made in that Age. — 
 No one perhaps was a better judge of the forms 
 and ftyle of ancient Charters than Mr. SeUen: 
 and yet if one Ihould make a judgment of this 
 Charter, by comparing it with others about the 
 fame Age; (many of which may be found in the 
 Monajlicon, and other CoUedlionsj) allowing alio 
 for the difference of occafions, and other con- 
 coniitant circumll:ances ; it would be difficult, I 
 believe, to point out any remark-able peculiari- 
 ties in this; or to ihow how it differs from thofe 
 generally in ufe, more than they do from one 
 another. There is indeed one word, and only 
 one that Mr. &dden objedls to, and that is the 
 Title of Duces, there ufed with Comites and 
 .Principes, to exprefs the Temporal Nobility, as 
 diftinguillied from the Spiritual. — I mull own, 
 the Title of Duces, as a diftindt Title among 
 the Nobility is, as far as I can learn, unufual in 
 that Age; however, the word Dux occurs as a 
 general Title of the Temporal Nobility, and is 
 ufed in that fenfe by Malmejhury one of the beft 
 Writers in that reign. [' Anglia fafta eft exte- 
 ' rorum habitatio, et alienigenarum dominatio; 
 ' nullus hodie Anglus Dux, vel Pontifex, vel 
 
 * Abbas, (S:c.' Malmelh. de Reg. Angl. pag. 93,] 
 Mr. SdJcn rightly oblerves, the Title of Duces 
 came into difufe at the time of the Conqueft, 
 and was not revived as a diftindl Title of honour, 
 till the reign of Edivard IIL Neverthelefs, I 
 am fully perfuaded, if Mr. Selden had not firll: 
 of all been prepoffeffed with an opinion, that 
 the Charter was fpurious, from the feeming in- 
 confillency he thought he had difcovered in the 
 Date" of it; he would never have made any ob- 
 jcdion to the Charter merely on that account; 
 "he would rather have doubted, vshethcr Duces 
 had not been miftaken for fome other word by 
 the Tranfcriber; or, if it had been found in the 
 Original, he would have noted the peculiar ac- 
 ceptation of the word in that place ; or, he might 
 have undtrilood it as a general term to exi)refs 
 the Temporal Nobility, explained by the follow- 
 ing Titles o^ CoiiiUes and Principes ; as thus, the 
 Duces R.'giii the leading Men, in the fame fenfe 
 as I\I(ignates is ufed, which includes the Cowites 
 and Principes of the Kingdom. 
 
 Mr. Wharton i objeftions againfl this Charter, 
 are the fame with thofe above, and indeed are 
 taken from Mr. Selden, without the addition of 
 any thing new againlf it; and therefore will not 
 require a diilind: conlideration. But Mr. Selden 
 having intimated his fufpicion of the Charter, 
 on account of the inconlillency he thought he 
 had difcovered in the Date of it; Mr, Wharton 
 takes the hint, and without further examina- 
 tion, charges the Monks oi Ely with forging the 
 Charter; and not only that, but the Letters too, 
 which are faid to have been wrote on the occa- 
 fion by Pope Pafchal to the King, and Arch- 
 bifhop Anfehn. And indeed if the charge of 
 forgery againll the Monks, with refpecfl to the 
 Charter, had been made good, there might have 
 been fome reafon to fufpe6t the Letters too, 
 unlefs they appear to be fupported by better 
 authority. But let us hear Mr. Wharton's 
 charge ; he fays, * The Monks of Ely being 
 
 * perfuaded that the Biflioprick of Ely could 
 ' not have been legally founded, without the 
 ' authority of the Pope; therefore devifed this 
 ' Charter, and Letters from the Pope : for that 
 ' they are fpurious will appear, if they are com- 
 ' pared with the account given by Eadmer, who 
 
 * was prefent at thofe tranfadlions.' And then 
 he refers us to a paffage in Eadmer s Hiftory j 
 [Eadmeri Hiftoria Nov. lib. iv. pag. 96.] in 
 which there is not a word that affedts the 
 credit either of the Charter or Letters in quef- 
 tion. — Eadmer there only tells us, " That the 
 " affair of ered:ing a new See at Ely, was firft 
 " debated after Whitflintide in the Council of 
 " London, a. d. i 108, and was agreed to by 
 " the King, and the Archbifliop, and the other 
 " Great Men of the Kingdom : but An/elm, to 
 " whom that bufinefs chiefly belonged, know- 
 " ing that a new Bifhoprick could no where be 
 " legally eredted without the confent of the 
 " Pope, wrote to him for his Confirmation." 
 [The Letter of Anfehn to Pope Pafchal, the 
 Reader may fee in this Appendix, Numb. VL 1.] 
 
 ' Now, fa)s Mr. Wharton, Pafchal never 
 
 ' confirmed it during the life of Anfehn; for 
 ' which realbn, Anfehn did not fuffer it to take 
 
 * place : but Anfehn dying in May 1109; after 
 
 * that, the Epifcopal See was eredled at Elyt 
 ' and Hervcy promoted to it. For thus Eadmer 
 
 * relates the affair.' [Hilforia Nov. lib. iv. 
 p. 104.] " In the mean time," (i. e. after the 
 middle of the Year 1109,) " Hervey BiHiop of 
 " Bangor was fully tranflatcd from his See, 
 " which he had quitted long before, and was 
 " inthroned in the new Bifhoprick which the 
 " King and the Great Men had agreed to be 
 " placed in Ely, as before related : to obtain 
 " which, he had laboured hard by much in- 
 " treaty, many fair promifes, and great attend- 
 " ance; but was not able to accomplilli it, till 
 *' after the death oi Anfelm." 'Here (fiys Mr. 
 
 4 Wharton) 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Wharton) ' is no mention of the Pope's Con- 
 
 * iirmation ; but Eadtner feems rather to hint the 
 
 * contrary, namely, that the fame legal obftacle 
 ' rtill fubfifted, the defedl of the Pope's Li- 
 
 * cence.' — The reader will ealily obferve here, 
 that the whole of Mr. Wharton's argument is 
 founded on the delays xhzt Hervey va&t with, be- 
 fore he could accompli(h his Tranflation to Ely, 
 v/hich he fuppofes were entirely owing to the 
 Pope's not giving his confent; but may other- 
 wife be more eafily accounted fori — by the long 
 abfence of the King, who went into Normandy 
 before Auguft i io8, and did not return till May 
 1-109; the death oi Anfehn which happened in 
 April, before the King returned to England; 
 and the multiplicity of affairs that took up his 
 attention afterwards, particularly his receiving 
 the Embalfadors of the Emperor, which was 
 done in the mofl fplendid manner ever known 
 before ; and the efpoufal of his Daughter the 
 Princefs Matilda to the Emperor. 
 
 The citation that M-V. Wharton makes from 
 one of Pope Pafchal's Letters wrote in the year 
 1115, [Eadmeri Hift. Nov. lib. iv. pag. 1 1 3] is fo- 
 reign to the purpofe, and relates to the Tranfla- 
 tion of Ralph BiHiop of Rochcjier to the See of 
 Canterbury the year before, by the King, and 
 the Bilhops, and Great Men, without confult- 
 ing the Pope j in that Letter therefore, which 
 is diredled to the King and the Bifliops oi Eng- 
 land, the Pope complains of the little regard 
 paid to the See of Rotne in that bufinefs, and 
 tells them, ' It had been ufual, on fuch occa- 
 
 * fions, to confult the Apoffolic See; — but you, 
 (fays he) determine the afi^airs of Bifliops with- 
 ' out confulting us ; — you prefume to Tranflate 
 
 * Bifliops without our authority, which we 
 
 * Icnow is prohibited to be done, without the 
 
 * authority and leave of the holy See of Rome.' 
 This pafiage, as it does not relate to, fo is it in 
 no wife apphcable to this cafe ; becaufe in the 
 alfair of fixing a Bilhoprick at Ely, it appears 
 from Eadmer, that application was made to the 
 Pope by Anfebn, for his licence and confent. 
 And indeed Mr. Wharton feems to be aware of 
 this defedt in his argument, and adds, ' Certain- 
 
 * ly if the Pope's confent was obtained, yet this 
 
 * Hiil:ory, which relates that the bulineis was 
 
 * finilliecl, and Hervey tranllated to Ely in the 
 *'year ito8, may be proved to be falfe; for it is 
 
 * evident from Eadmer, that it was not accom- 
 *■ plifhed till after the death of An/elm, viz. in 
 
 * the year 1 109.' And then recurs again to the 
 feeming inconliftencies in the Date of the Char- 
 ter, on v/hich he lays the chief ffrefs. But thefe 
 Ihaveconfidered before, and proved that theyarife 
 only from miflaking the true Date of it which is 
 found placed, not at the beginning but at the end 
 of the Charter; and that the Charter was Given 
 and Signed, not in the year 1 108, but in the lOth 
 year of King Henry I. a. d. i 109. 
 
 '^7 
 
 Numb. ix. 
 
 Carta Regis Henrici I, de Liber tatibus Ec- 
 clefice Elienfis. — E Lib. Ellen. MS. hb.iii. 
 cap. 7. Et e MS. Pol. notat. M. in TEdi- 
 bus Dom. Epifcopi Ehen. Holbourn. 
 
 HENRICUS Rex Anglorum, Archiepif-" 
 copis, Epifcopis, et Abbatibus, et Comi- 
 tibus, et Baronibus, et Vicecomitibus, et Mi-' 
 niflris, et omnibus Fidelibus fuis Francis et, 
 A}iglis tocius Anglie, Salutem. Sciatis me con- 
 cefiilfe Herveo Epifcopo Epifcopatum de Elv, 
 cum omnibus terris et poffeffionibus ad eundem 
 Epifcopatum pertinentibus; et Volo et Preci-. 
 pio, ut prefata Ecclelia Elienfis habeat honorifice 
 et libere et quiete omnes confuetudines fuas in- 
 fra burgum et extra, in terra et in aqua, et in 
 paludibus, et in piano, et in bofco, videlicet, 
 Socam et Sacam et Toll et Theam et Infangan-^ 
 theof et Hamfocna et Grihtbriche et Fithwite^ 
 et Ferdwite, et omnes alias Forisfaduras efnen- 
 dabiles; ficut melius habuit die qua JEdwardia 
 Rex vivus et mortuus fuit, et ficut diratiocina- 
 tum fuit in tempore Patris mei apud Kejieteford 
 coram Baronibus Patris mei Walchelino Epif^ 
 copo, Gosfrido Epifcopo ConJJancienfi, et Balde- 
 ivino Abbate Sandli Mdmundi, et Ivone Taikboist 
 et Petro de Valoniis, et teflimonio plurium Scy- 
 rarurn; et Sciatis quia non fum guarant. quod 
 aliqiris ponat calumpniam in hiis predidis con- 
 fuetudinibus. Tt^.Ranulfo Cancellario, et Gile- 
 berto de Aquila, et Hamone Dapifero, et Willielmo 
 deAlbeneio, et Pagaiio dePeveril, et Will. dePever. 
 de Dover. Apud Cajfrum Helgoti in Scalopefcyra. 
 
 NUMB. X. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis de adqiiiefatiote Villct de 
 Hadham. Ex iifdem MSS. 
 
 HENRICUS Rex Anglorum, Ricardo Epif- 
 copo London, et Hugoni de Boc bland, et 
 omnibus Baronibus, et omnibus fidelibus fuis 
 Francis et Anglis, de Hertfordfcyra, Salutem. 
 Sciatis me reddidifle Domino Deo et Sando 
 Petro, et Sandle yEM^'Za'r^^if Virgini, et Herveo- 
 Elyaifi Epifcopo, Manerium de Hadham in pace 
 et in quietudine, amodo et ufque in fempiter- 
 num, licuti melius Abbatia de Ely tenuit tem- 
 pore Patris mei, et tempore Mdicardi Regis; 
 cum Soca, et Saca, et Toll, et Team, et Injan- 
 gentheof, infra Burgum et extra; Quod Mane- 
 rium Ramiulfus Epifcopus Dunholmenjis injufle 
 tenebat. Tefte Willielmo Winton. Epifcopo, et 
 Rogero Epifcopo Sarejb, et Roberto Epifcopo 
 Lincoln, et Willielmo Epifcopo Exonie, et Rober- 
 to Epifcopo de Ceftria, et Johanne Epifcopo de 
 Bada, et Radulfo Epifcopo -de i^owro'/'r. et Ran- 
 nulfo Cancellario, et R. Comite de Mellent, et 
 Gileberto de Aquila, et Will, de Alhen. et H. Da- 
 pifero, QiNigello de Alben.SiLc. Apud Windrefores, 
 
 * C in 
 
^i8 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 in Pentccofl. In Anno quo Filla Regis data eft 
 Impcratori. 
 
 Numb. XI. 
 
 Carta ejufJem Regis, quod Monachi de Ely qiiieti 
 Jint de Theloneo. Ex iifdem MSS. 
 
 HENRICUS Rex Anglomm, Vicecomiti- 
 bus iuis, et Miniftris Anglle, Salutem. 
 Precipio, ut ubicumque Monachi de Ely pote- 
 rint invenire Materiem, et Plumbum, ct Fer- 
 rum, et Petram ad vendendum, et cetera que 
 opus fmt ad operationem Ecclefie, quieti fint ab 
 omni Theloneo, et abfque Confuetudine. Telle 
 Rogero Bi^ot, Apud Saltredam. 
 
 NUMB. XII. 
 jilia Carta ejufdem Re^is, de eodem. Ex iif- 
 dem MSS. 
 
 HENRICUS Rex Angl. Omnibus Vice- 
 comitibus et MiniHris fuis tocius Anglie, 
 Salutem. Precipio, quod ubicumque Monachi 
 de Ely poterint invenire Materiem, et Plum- 
 bum, et Ferrum, et Petram ad emendum, et 
 cetera que opus fuerint ad operationem Ecclefie 
 de Ely, fint ita quieti de Theloneo, et omni Paf- 
 fagio, et Confuetudine, licut precepi per meum 
 aliud Brevci et nullus eis fuper hoc injuriam vel 
 contumeliam inde faciat, fuper Forisfaduram 
 meam. Tefle Cancellario. Apud Saltredajn. 
 
 NUMB. XIIL 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, de concejjionc Feria in Ely, 
 adFeJlum San£la Etbeldredcs. E MS. praeno- 
 minato M. 
 
 HENRICUS Rex Angl Archiepifcopis, E- 
 pifcopis, Abbatibus, Comitibus, Viceco- 
 mitibus, Baronibus, et omnibus fidelibus fuis 
 tocius Anglie, Salutem. Sciatis me conceflifle 
 Deo et Ecclefie de Ely, et Herijeo Epifcopo ha- 
 bere Feriam in Ely feptem diebus, videlicet, 3 
 diebus ante feftum San die Mthddrede, et in Die 
 feftivitatis ejufdem, que ell in Vigiliis Sandli 
 Johannis Baptijie, et 3 diebus poll fellum. Et 
 Volo et Precipio firmiter, quod omnes homines 
 ad illam venientes, cum omnibus rebus fuis fir- 
 mam pacem meam habeant in eundo et redeun- 
 do; Et nullus eos diilurbet, neque injuriam, 
 neque contumeliam faciat, fuper 10 libr. foris- 
 'facftiire, Tefle Roberto Comite Gloiieceftrie, et 
 IVdlielmo de Alhcneio, ct Nigello dc Alben. et 'Jo- 
 tifltine Baioc. Apud IFintoniam. 
 
 NUMB. XIV. 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, quod homines SanSla Ethel- 
 dredce quieti fnt a Scyra et Himdreda. Ex 
 iifdem MSS. 
 
 ENRICUS Rex Ang-lorum, Archiepifco- 
 pis, Epifgopi?, Abbatibus, Comitibus, Ba- 
 6 
 
 H 
 
 ronibus, et omnibus fidelibus fuis Francis et 
 Anglis, Salutem. Sciatis me conceflifTe et quie- 
 tum clamalfe Epifcopum Herveum de Ely, et 
 omnes Succefibres fuos Epifcopos Ecclefie Sandle 
 Mtheldrede de Ely, quou nullus de dominio fuo 
 requirat vel vadat ad Scyram vel Hundredam; 
 fed Epifcopus habeat omnes forisfadluras fuper 
 homines fuos libere et quiete nunc et inperpe- 
 tuum, ficut melius habuit die qua Rex Aid- 
 icardus fuit vivus et mortuus; et prohibeo ne 
 inde amodo requiratur, vel donetur, nee prop- 
 ter hoc aliquid de fuo capiatur, aut hominum 
 fuorum. Hoc autem concedo pro falute animc 
 mee, et flatu Regni mei, et pro animabus Pa- 
 tris mei et Matris mee, et PredecefTorum ct 
 Succeflbrum meorum. Telle Jolianne Luxovi- 
 enfe Epifcopo, et Roberto de Sigillo, Will, de 
 Tancarvilla, et Will, de Albenio, et Gaufrido 
 de Clintune, et Jolianne filio Johannis. Apud 
 Argenton. 
 
 Numb. XV. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, de Fofjefjionihus Ecdejict 
 Elienfis colligendis. Ex iildem MSS. 
 
 HENRICUS K&x Angloruni, omnibus Ba- 
 ronibus, et omnibus hominibus Francis 
 et Anglis qui tenent terras de Epifcopatu de Eljt 
 Salutem. Volo, et Precipio, et Concedo, ut 
 Ecclefia de Ely, et Herveus Epifcopus habeat in 
 dominio fuo omnes illas terras, cum hominibus 
 et confuetudinibus quas Symcon Abbas habebat 
 in dominio fuo die ilia qua fuit vivus et mor^^ 
 tuus; nifiilli qui poflunt monftrare fe tunc redle 
 tenuiife conceifu Regis Anglie qui tunc erat, et 
 conceflu Sytneonis Abbatis et Conventus Ecclefie 
 de Ely. Tefle Roberto Comite de Mellent, et 
 Gileberto de Aquila. 
 
 NUMB. XVI. 
 
 Carta ejifdcm Regis, contra Invafores terrarum 
 et bonorum SanSla Mtheldredce. Ex iifdem 
 MSS. 
 
 HENRICUS Rex Anghrum, Archiepifco- 
 pis, Epifcopis, Abbatibus, Comitibus, 
 Vicecomitibus, et omnibus Fidelibus tocius 
 Anglie, Salutem. Volo, et Precipio, quod om- 
 nes illi qui tenent terras illas, quas Epifcopus 
 Elycnfis clamat, quas Carta mea Wintonie tefla- 
 tur juratas fuilfe ad feudum Ecclefie Elyenjis 
 tempore Patris mei, et unde verbum oflenfum 
 efl coram Jullicia mea, recognofcant de Epifco- 
 po Elyenji, et faciant ei inde lervitium talc qua- 
 le confideravero, fecundum valentiam terrarum. 
 Tefle Gaufrido Cancellario, et Gaufrido de Clin- 
 tune, et Pagano filio Johannis. Apud Sanctum. 
 Peirum defuptr Divam. 
 
 Numb: 
 
APPEND IX. 
 
 '^9 
 
 Numb. xvii. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, de Libertate §lulnque Hun- 
 dredorum. Ex iifdem MSS. 
 
 HENRICUS KtxAnglonm, HerberfoE- 
 pifcopo, et Radidfo de Bcllaf, et Radidfo 
 Pajjelewe, et omnibus fidelibus luis Francis et 
 Anglis de Siithfolc, Salutem. Precipio quod E- 
 pifcopatus de Ely, et Herveiis ejufdem loci E- 
 pifcopus, bene et quiete et honoriiice teneat et 
 habeat omnes confuetudines fuas, fcilicet, Sa- 
 cham et Socham, et Toll et Theam, et Infan- 
 gentheof, et Hamfocne, et Grithbriche, et 
 Fidtwite, et Ferdwite, et omnes alias Forisfac- 
 turas in Qmnque Hundredis et dimid. de Wic- 
 lava, ficut melius habuit ipfa Ecclefia de Ely, 
 eadem die qua Edwardus Rex vivus et mortuus 
 fuit, et ficut dirationatum fuit in tempore Patris 
 mei apud Kenetheford teftimonio plurium Scy- 
 rarum, et coram Baronibus Patris mei, videli- 
 cet, coram Goisfrido Epifcopo Conjiancienji, et 
 Walcelino Wintojiienji Epifcopo, et Baldewino 
 Abbate de SanBo JEdmundo, et Petro de Valoniis, 
 et aliis quampluribus. Et fciatis quod non fum 
 warant. alicui neque de Socha, neque de Sacha, 
 neque de aliqua alia Confuetudine, quod ea ha- 
 beat in predidHs Hundredis, nifi per Elyenfem 
 Epifcopum. Tefle Rannulfo Cancellario, Gile- 
 berto de Aquila, et Hamone Dapifero. Apud 
 Cajlrum Helgoti in Salopefsyra. 
 
 NUMB. XVIII. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis Henrici I. de acquieta- 
 tione, de war da Militum in Cajlello Regis de 
 Norwic. Ex iifdem MSS. 
 
 HENRICUS Rex Angkrwn, Archiepifco- 
 pis, Epifcopis, AbbatJbus, Comitibus, Ba- 
 ronibus, Vicecomitibus, et omnibus fidelibus 
 Francis et Anglis tocius Anglie, Salutem. Scia- 
 tis me clamalfe quietum Epifcopum Herveum 
 de Ely, et omnes Succeflbres fuos Epifcopos de 
 Ely, nunc et ufque in lempiternum de warda 
 Militum quam facere folebant in Caftello meo 
 ^& No7"wic, et de illis 25s. et fd. et ob. quos 
 dabant unoquoque anno vigili meo de eodem 
 Caftello, de liberatione fua, et de omnibus illis 
 ferviciis, omnibus modis, et omnibus operatio- 
 nibus, et rebus univerlis que fieri folebant pre- 
 didlo Caftello de Epifcopatu de Ely. Et Con- 
 cedo quod idem Herveus Epifcopus, et omnes 
 Epifcopi Succeflbres illius habeant amodo in 
 Infula de Ely, wardam fuam de Militibus fuis, 
 et omnia fervitia fua que prius faciebant in Caf- 
 tello prenominato, ita bene et plenarie ficut ea 
 in Caftello plenius fiebant. Hanc autem liber- 
 tatem et donationem facio Hervco Epifcopo, et 
 omnibus Epifcopis Succeflbribus ejus amodo in- 
 
 tegram et inconcuflam pro filitte anime mee, et 
 Patris mei, et Matris mee, in remiffionem pec- 
 catorum meorum. Tefte Rogero Epifcopo Sa~ 
 rejberienfi, et Alexandra Epifcopo Lincohvery/i, 
 et Oiiio Epifcopo Ebroicenjl, et Gaufrido Can- 
 cellario, i^(5/^^r/(?Comite-de Glouecefira,Willelmo 
 Comite de Warenne, et V/ill. de Albcncio, et 
 Brie/mo filio Comitis, et Hugone Bigoto, et Mi- 
 lone de Glouecejir, et Gaufrido de Clintune, et 
 Will, de Albeneio Britone, et Will, d^ Ponddarche, 
 Apud Windrefores. 
 
 Numb. xix. 
 
 Carta ejifdem Regis Henrici I. de Scrvitia 
 Militum. Ex iifdem MSS. 
 
 HENRICUS Rex Anglorum, Archiepifco- 
 pis, Epifcopis, Abbatibus, Comitibus, &c, 
 Salutem. Sciatis quia Volo, et Concedo, et 
 Precipio, ut omnes illi Barones et Vavafi"ores, 
 qui terras illas tenent quas Carta mea Wintonie 
 de Thefauro meo teftatur fuiife juratas tempore 
 Patris mei ad feudum Ecclefie de Ely, recog- 
 nofcant eas, et teneant de predifta Ecclefia et 
 Epifcopo de Ely amodo et in perpetuum, fa* 
 ciendo inde Ecclefie Servitium Milicie fecun- 
 dum tenuras, et fecundum hoc quod fervitia 
 ftatuta funt in eifdem terris; et ita quod Baro- 
 nes et VavafTores eafdem terras tenentes, fint 
 quieti erga me, et alios dominos fuos, de tanto 
 fervitio, quantum inde Epifcopo et Ecclefie pre- 
 didle facere debuerint, in ftatuto fervitio Mili- 
 cie; et Volo, et Precipio, ut Epifcopus et Ec- 
 clefia bene, et honorifice, et in pace, et quiete 
 teneant, cum Sacha et Socha, Toll et Tiieam, 
 et Infangentheof, et cum omnibus aliis confue- 
 tudinibus et quietationibus fuis, cum quibus 
 melius et quietius et honorabilius aliud feudum 
 fuum tenent; et fervitium fuum de terris pre- 
 didlis illi qui terras tenent amodo faciant Epif- 
 copo, ubi Epifcopus facit aliud fervitium fuunl 
 de Ecclefia fua. Tefte Rogero Sarefberienfi E- 
 pifcopo, et Gaufrido Cancellario, et Roberto de 
 Sigillo, et Will, de Tancar^uilla, et Will, di Albe^ 
 neio Pincerna, et Radulfe Bajfet, et Gaufrido ds 
 Clintune. Apud Eilinges, in trajifitu meo» 
 
 Numb. XX. 
 
 Carta ejifdem Regis Henrici I. de acquiela- 
 tione \o.fol. de Wardpetii. Ex iifdem MSS. 
 
 "LTENRICUS Rex Anglormn, Archiepifco- 
 ^^ pis, _ Epifcopis, Abbatibus, Comitibus, 
 Vicecomitibus, et omnibus Fidelibus fuis tocius 
 Anglie, Salutem. Sciatis me clamafi^ quietos 
 amodo ufque in fempiternum, Deo et Sandle 
 JEtlieldrede, et Ecclefie Elyenfi, et Herveo Epif 
 copo, et Succeflbribus fuis, 40 folidos qui re 
 * C 2 quirebantu 
 
 :ur 
 
'20 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 quirebantur de terra fiia de Wardpeni, et de ho- 
 niinibus fuis. Et prohibeo, ne amodo requi- 
 rantur, vel donentur, nee propter hoc aliquid 
 de fuo capiatur, vel homiiium fuorum. Hoc 
 aiitem concedo pro fakite Anime mee, ct Statu 
 Regni mci, et pro Animabus Patris et Matris 
 mee, et Conjugis mee Maiildis Regine, et Wil- 
 lielmi Filii mei, et Predeceirorum et SuccclTo- 
 rum meorum. Tefle ychanne Lexo-cienfe Epif- 
 copo, et Roberto de SigUlo, et WUUehno de Tanccir- 
 '•jil/a, et Willlelvio de Albeneio, et Ganfrido de 
 Clintiine, et Johanne fil. yohannis. Apud Ar- 
 gent on. 
 
 Numb. XXI. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, de relaxatione 40. Libra- 
 ■ 11 mi) rum Scutagii. Ex iifdem MSS. 
 
 HENRICUS Rex Anglorum, Archiepifco- 
 pis, Epifcopis, Abbatibus, Comitibiis, &c. 
 Salutein. Sciatis me condonaffe Ecclefie Sande 
 JEtheldrede de Ely, pro Dei amore, et anima Pa- 
 tris et Matris mee, et pro redemptione peccato- 
 rum meorum, et petitione Hervei ejufdem Ec- 
 clefie Epifcopi, 40. Libras de illis 100. Libris, 
 quas predidta Ecclefia folebat dare de Scutagio, 
 quando Scutagium currebat per terram meam 
 Ang/ie i ita quod Ecclefia amodo in perpetuum 
 non dabit inde nifi 60. Libras, quando Scuta- 
 gium per terram evenerit; et ita in perpetuum 
 fit de predidis 40. Libris Ecclefia predidta quie- 
 ta. Tefte Roger Epifcopo Sarejhcrienfi, Gau- 
 frido Cancellario meo, et Roberto de Sigillo, et 
 'Will, de Tancar •villa, et Will, de Albeneio Pin- 
 ccrna, et Radulfo Baffet, et Gaufrido de Clintiine, 
 et Will, de Pondelarclie. Apud Eilinges in tran- 
 fitu meo. 
 
 Numb. XXII. 
 
 Carta Regis Henrici L de Conceffione Ahbatia 
 de Chaieris Ecclejia Elienfi. Ex iifdem MSS. 
 
 HENRICUS Rex Anglorum, Archiepifco- 
 pis, Epifcopis, Abbatibus, Comitibus, 
 Vicecomitibas, Baronibus, et omnibus Fideli- 
 bus tocius Anglie, Salutem. Sciatis me dedifTe 
 ct concefTifle Deo et Ecclefie Elyetifi, et Herveo 
 Epifcopo in Elemofmam, Abbatiam de Cliateriz, 
 cum terris, et poffeffionibus, et omnibus rebus 
 eidem Abbatie pertinentibus. Et Volo, et Pre- 
 eipio lirmiter,^ ut bene et in pace teneat, et qui- 
 cte et honorifice, cum Sacha et Socha, et Toll 
 et Theam, et Infangenetheof, et omnibus Con- 
 fuetudinibus et Libertatibus, ficut melius ct 
 quietius, et honorificentius tenet alias terras 
 fuas de Epifcopatu de Ely. Tcfle Gaufrido Can- 
 cellario, et Willielmo de Albeneio Pincerna, et 
 Gaufrido de C Untune, et Pagano filio Johannis. 
 Apud SanSlum Petrum dejuper Divam. 
 
 Numb. XXiii. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis Henrici L de Libertate 
 Hundredorum SanSlce Mtheldrcda. Ex iifdem 
 MSS. 
 
 "LJENRICUS RtxAngl. Omnibus Baroni- 
 •*•-*■ bus qui terras tenent in Hundredis Epif- 
 copi de Ely, Salutem. Prccipio vobis, quod ve- 
 niatis ad placita Hundredarum Epifcopi, per 
 fummonitionem fervientium Epifcopi, ita bene 
 et plenarie ficut melius vos et homines veftri fo- 
 letis venire, ex tempore Patris mei, et Fratris, 
 et meo poflea; et ficut venire debetis, ne placi- 
 tum vel redtitudo Ecclefie remaneant pro penu- 
 ria Judicantium. Et facite Epifcopo quicquid 
 facere foliti eftis Anteceflbribus fuis et ipfi poll- 
 ea, ficut facere debetis. Tefle Cancellario. 
 Apud Helling. 
 
 NUMB. XXIV. 
 
 Alia Carta ejufdem Regis, ne homines Epifcopa" 
 tus Elie?tfis placitent, nifi ubi fcleba?it placi- 
 tare. Ex iifdem MSS. 
 
 UENRICUS Rex Angl. Omnibus Viceco- 
 ■*• -'' mitibus in quorum Vicecomitatibus Her- 
 veiis Epifcopus de Ely habet terram, Salutem. 
 Nolo ut homines de Epifcopatu alibi placitent 
 de placitis unde implacitati fuerint nifi ubi fole- 
 bant placitare in tempore JEdivardi Regis, et 
 tempore Patris mei et Fratris. Tefle Cancella- 
 rio. Apud * Clivam. 
 
 NUMB. XXV. 
 
 Carta ejufdem Regis, quod Res Abbatia aquo et 
 jujlo mcdo di'vidantur. Ex iifdem MSS. 
 
 HENRICUS Rex Anglorum, Archiepifco- 
 pis, Epifcopis, Abbatibus, Comitibus, 
 Vicecomitibus, et omnibus Fidehbus fuis Fran- 
 cis et Anglis tocius Anglie, Salutem. Sciatis 
 quod Volo et Concedo et Precipio, ut Mona- 
 chi de Ely, de fua Abbatia habeant jufiam 
 portionem et equam divifionem, fecundum 
 morem ct jus Ecclefiall;icum, in rebus om- 
 nibus, videlicet, terris, poffelTionibus, digni- 
 tatibus, et bonis que proprie ufui eorum ac fuf- 
 tentationi fidelium largitione illis donate llint 
 atque conccfi!e, cum follempniter et integre ipfa 
 Abbatia fuerit in Epifcopatum commutata. Et 
 Nolo ut inde aliquam moleftiam five minora- 
 tionem patiantur, fed equanimiter eorum portio 
 et res tocius Abbatie dividantur ab invicem, ct 
 per facramentum bonorum et fidelium homi- 
 num de honore Sancfle JEtheldrede diligenter in- 
 quifite fcripto adfignentur, et ad vidum eorurn 
 atque necefiitates amodo deputate libcre et qui- 
 ete permaneant, nee qiiifquam fuper his in- 
 
 quietare 
 • AI. DivanS) vel Diuam, 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 * 
 
 21 
 
 quietare eos prefumat. Tefte Rnndulfo Cancel- 
 lario, et Gikberto de Aqiiila, Haimo. Dapifero, 
 et Will, de Alben. et Pagano Pe'ver. Apud Caf- 
 trum Helgoti in Scalopefcyra. 
 
 NUMB. XXVI. 
 
 C7r/^HERVEI Epifcopi EUenJls, de rebus quas 
 permifit et concejjit Monachos habere. Ex iifdem 
 MSS. — et ex alio MS. Dom. Epifcopi E- 
 lienfis» Notat. A. 
 
 HERVEUS Dei gracIaE/v^w/f Ecclefie E- 
 pifcopus primus, Univeriis Ecclelie filiis, 
 tam prefentibus quam futuris, Salutem. Cum, 
 Deo difponente, Cenobium Elyenfe regimini 
 meo foret commiffum, Cenobiique nomine de- 
 lete, in Epifcopii dignitatem, Dompni Pape 
 Fafchalis auftoritate, et Principis noiin Henrici 
 confenfu, Procerumque fuorum confilio, com- 
 mutatum fuilTet; Deere vi neceffaria Monacho- 
 rum a rebus Epifcopalibus feparare. Monacho- 
 rum quippe neceffaria prius per omnem ejuf- 
 dem Cenobii poteftatem communiter capieban- 
 tur. Ego vero fi eodem modo in pollerum ma- 
 neret, aliquam tali de caufa feditionem timens 
 puUulare, res Monachorum a rebus Epifcopali- 
 bus feparatim ordinavi; et ad ipforum neceffa- 
 ria, eifdem ad horam aflentientibus, hec fub- 
 fcripta illos feparatim poflldere permLfij et ut 
 permiffa et divifa funt, nifi quid a pofteris meis 
 erga eos liberalius fiat, in perpetuum manere 
 concedo. Terrarum igitur nomina hec funt. 
 Infra Infula^n, Suthona, Wicham, Wkheford, 
 JVintewortha, Tidbrithfe'ia, Stuntcneia cum xxiii. 
 milibus anguillarum que adjacent Manerioj et 
 omnes apportatus et oblationes Altarium Matris 
 Ecclefie, ad fuftentandas ejufdem Ecclefie ne- 
 
 . ceflitatesj et Ecclefiam Sanfle Marie de Ely, 
 cum terris, et decimis, et omnibus rebus ad ip- 
 fam Ecclefiam pertinentibus, et nominatim tota 
 decima de Bertona mea, et una Vaccaria in 
 Biehj, [^c^c/^, MS. A.] tt St ret ham, fub hac di- 
 vifione, ut due partes pertineant ad Domum 
 Hofpitalitatis, tercia vero ad necefiaria Mona- 
 chorum ; Quatuor quoque penfas cafei in Dere- 
 
 forda; et fex penfas falis in Tirentona; quin e- 
 tiam ligna in Somcrjluim et in BluntcJJiatn, iicut 
 melius habuerunt tempore Predeceilorum meo- 
 rum; et fuper ripam de Bluntejliam, una Man- 
 lura terre cum quinque acris, ubi coiligantur 
 ligna; et cum odlo acris prati, unde pafcan^ur 
 boves qui ligna attrahunt; Vineam etiam fuam 
 in Ely, ficut habuerunt antequam ad Epifcopa- 
 tum venirem; et fex Pifcatores ad pifcandum in 
 aquis ubi folebant, cum eorum manfionibus. 
 Extra Infulam, in Cantebrigefcyra, Haiieclufiuna, 
 Neivetona, Sceldford, Meldtburna, Melretha, Siwf- 
 hamji^ et duodecim Sceppe frumenti et brafii, 
 
 . quas debent heredes Hardwini de Scalariis. In 
 
 * Camden. ^ Pag. ^j, ^6. fupra. ^Pag. 46. fupra. d Pag. 
 
 Stithfolc,^ Bergham, Winejlonay Stoca, Mcltona> 
 Baldrefeia, Suthburna, Brihtivella cum Rixemera* 
 Socha quoque Quinque Hundredorum et dim.i- 
 dii, Lachingeia, Undeleia, Sceppeia, Fotejlhorp ad 
 mandatum Monachorum; et Triginta milia A- 
 lecium de Dunawico; Concedo eis etiam omnes 
 Servientes fuos de omnibus minifteriis fuis, ut 
 eos cum fuis manfuris libere poflldeant. Per- 
 mitto preterea ut habeant et libere poflldeant u- 
 niverfa dona, que eifdem ante tempus Epifco- 
 patus mei, five tempore meo data funt, vel ia 
 pofterum dabuntur, five in terris, five in eccle- 
 fiis, five in decimis, five in pifcariis, five in de- 
 nariis, five in quocumque redditu, quern eis 
 quilibet fidelium hacftenus contulerit, five pofl- 
 modum coUaturus fit. Omnia autem prefcripta» 
 infuper et Curiam fuam ipfis concedo, cum u-- 
 niverfis libertatibus et confuetudinibus que in 
 terris, que mei juris funt, fervantur, nichil pror- 
 fus excipiens; ita ut aliquis pofierorum meorum 
 de ipforum rebus nichil omnino fe intromittat, 
 nifi quod eofdem cum omnibus poflefiionibus- 
 fuis fideliter et indefinenter protegat et manute- 
 neat. Siquis vero malignitatis fpiritu commo- 
 tus, hanc noflram Conceflionem et Donatio- 
 nem infringere, contempnere, vel abicere volu- 
 erit, a Deo, et ab omnibus Sandtis ejus fit con- 
 dempnatus, et a Nobis, in quantum licet, ex- 
 communicatus, et a confortio fidelium fepara- 
 tus, nifi refipifcat. Fiat, Fiat. Amen. 
 
 Numb, xxvil. 
 
 Aji Hijlorlcal Ac count of the Royal Franchise 
 of Ely ; by the Rev. Mr. Warren Redlor of 
 Lever ington in the Ifle of Ely, and Chaplain ta 
 the Right Reverend the Lord Bijljop of Ely. 
 
 T N the time of the Heptarchj^, ^ as well as for 
 -■■ feveral centuries after, it was ufual for the 
 Kings to inveft fome of their principal Subjedts 
 with a jurifdidlion in all matters, both civil and 
 criminal, within certain diftridls. Tonbert, a 
 great Nobleman of the Eall: Angles in the fe- 
 venth century, _ feems to have been abfolute 
 Proprietor'' of ajurifdiction of this kind through- 
 out the Ifle of Ely; which, together with other 
 eftates in the faid l\l&, he fettled on Etheldreda,. 
 the daughter of Anna King of the Eafi x'\ngles,. 
 whom Tonbert married in 652; and dying a- 
 bout three years after, Etheldreda became pof- 
 fefi'ed of this jurifdi3:ion in right of her mar- 
 riage-fettlement.^ In 673, Etheldreda founded a 
 Monaflery at Ely; and endowed it with many- 
 valuable eftates in that country, and elfewherej 
 and fettled on it alfo her temporal jurifdidion. 
 throughout the Ifle; the profits of which were, 
 probably at that time, confiderable. "* In 870,. 
 the Danes riiied and burnt the Monaftery of 
 Ely;'= and the year after, Borrhed, ^ King of 
 
 Mercia,. 
 54. fupra. « Millan'ia Kcr.net VoL i. p. 55. f Pag. (4. fupra» 
 
'22 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Mercla, taking advantage of the great confufion | 
 and dilbrder, which the Danes had occafioned 
 in the Ille of Ely, feized the eftates of the Mo- 
 naftery; and annexed the right of jurifdiftion 
 to his own Crown. « Borrhed did not long en- 
 joy thefe new acquifitions, as the Danes depriv- 
 ed him of all his territories about three years af- 
 ter, and forced him to fly into foreign parts. '' 
 In the year 876, King Alfred, having expelled 
 the Danes out of Mercia, added that kingdom 
 to his other dominions; and, by that means, 
 became poflefied of the temporal jurifdidtion 
 throughout the I lie of Ely; which, as we ob- 
 ferved juft now, had been annexed to the 
 Crown of Mercia by Borrhed, the late unfortu- 
 nate King. ' During thefe troubles, the Mo- 
 naftery of Ely lay in ruins, and no attempts were 
 made to rebuild it for fome years; till at length 
 a few Ecclefiaftics, encouraged by King Alfred, 
 and the Inhabitants of Ely, repaired the Ifles of 
 the old Church, as well as their circumftances 
 would admit; and fet up the publick worfliip 
 of God in it. '' It does not appear what particu- 
 lar eftates King Alfred fettled on this fmall So- 
 ciety; but, it is pretty certain, that he did not 
 inveft it with any part of that temporal jurif- 
 didion, which the old Monaftery enjoyed : ' 
 This mark of Royal Favour was not conferred 
 till the next century; when King Edgar, by his 
 Charter in the thirteenth year of his reign, A. D. 
 970, refounded the Monaftery of E/y; and en- 
 dowed it with very large poffeffions, and, a- 
 mong other valuable privileges, reftored to it 
 the temporal jurifdid:ion throughout the Ifle of 
 Ely." This Charter of Edgar is very long; but 
 all that relates to our purpofe, is contained in 
 thefe few words, viz. Ego Edgarus Rex &c. in- 
 tra f dudes caufas feculares duorum centuriatuum, 
 et extra paludes (^uinque centuriatuum in Wichlayoe 
 in Provincial 0[tentol'ium Saxonum benigne adfra- 
 trum necejfaria fanciendo largior. The two hun- 
 dreds, mentioned in this Charter as being with- 
 in the fens, include the whole Ifle of Ely: The 
 five hundreds without the fens lie in Suffolk, 
 are commonly called Saint Etheldreda's Liber- 
 ties, and belong now to the Dean and Chapter 
 of Ely; but as the jurifdidion, which the Dean 
 and Chapter claim in thefe hundreds, is no part 
 of my prefent inquiry, I fliall take no further 
 notice concerning that matt.er. " _ The words in 
 Edgar's Charter being general; it is difficult to 
 gather from thence, what kind of jurifdidlion 
 was granted to the Monaftcry by means of 
 them; but, as it was ufual in thole times, for 
 
 the Crown to inveft private perfons with a 
 power of jud^ng in all matters, arifing within 
 a certain diftriift, it is very probable, that the 
 jurifdidion granted here by Edgar, was intend- 
 ed to be very full and compleat, and, in every 
 refpeft, truly Regal; efpecially, as this bufinew 
 was managed by Dunftan andEthehvold; ° who 
 were the Reftorers of Monkery in the tenth 
 century, and had great influence over the King.? 
 This Charter has been always confidered as the 
 foundation of that temporal jurifdidtion, which 
 the Monaftery of Ely continued to exercife 
 (with very little interruption) from the time it 
 was refounded, till the Bifhoprick was eredled; 
 and which hath, from that time, as will appear 
 prefently, been vefted in the See of Ely. 
 
 The next Charter, relating to this Franchife, 
 was from Edward the Confeflbr; and though it 
 has no date, yet if it were neceffary, it would 
 not be difficult to fix pretty exaflly about what 
 year it was granted. 1 The claufc in the Confef- 
 lor's Charter, which it may be proper to cite on 
 this occafion, is as follows, viz. hifufer omnia 
 a quocunque adjeSla, vel adjicienda, bonorum tejii- 
 monio fojj'efj'a aim omni facha et jbchd Jme aliqua. 
 except tone fecularis vel ecclejiajlice jujiitie Hit Mo- 
 nafterio datnus, data quieta clamamus eadem qua, 
 San^i Viri illud glorificaverunt libertate, quo ne^ 
 que Epifcopus, nee Comes, nee alicujus exaclionis 
 Minijier, fine licentid vel advocatione Abbatis et 
 Fratrum, ullo modo fe prefumat intromittere. "■ 
 We obferved juft now, that the words in 
 Edgar's Charter were fo general, that it was 
 difficult to explain what powers and privileges 
 were given to the Monaftery by means of them; 
 but, the words, in the Charter now before us, 
 being much more particular, plainly fliew, that 
 the Monaftery of Ely was to be exempt from 
 epifcopal jurifdidtion, and to have fo full an au- 
 thority in all temporal matters arifing within 
 the Ifle of Ely, that no officer of the Crown 
 was to intermeddle, unlefs called in by the Ab- 
 bot and Monks. 
 
 Many eminent Writers of Britifti Antiquities' 
 accufe the Monks of forging Royal Grants and 
 Charters; and there is realon to believe, that 
 they often had recourfe to fuch fcandalous prac- 
 tices; but, there is no room to fufpedl, that the 
 Charters now referred to were forged; as there 
 is no fadl in our early hiftory better attefted, 
 than that of King Edgar's refounding the Mo- 
 naftery of Ely, and reftoring to it all it's antient 
 privileges: And with refpedt to Edward the 
 Confeffor's Charter, that is indeed more full and 
 
 par- 
 
 g Pag. 6g. fupra. "^ M\llon\w Kentiet vo\.\. ^. <j,b. ' Ibid, k Pag. 7o.fupra. 'Ibid, m Bi(hop of Ely's Reglft. Liber M. 
 pag. 64, 65, 66. " Pag. 73. fupra. » Pag. 71, 72. fupra. P Milton \\\ Kennel vol. i. pag.63. "5 King Edward^ charter, 
 according to Liber Elienfis MS, was confirmed by Pope Vi^or 11. foon after the King had granted it; and as Vinor II 
 •was advanced to the Popedom in April 1055 and died in 'June 1057, this Charter was granted a.d. 1056, or therea- 
 bouts. See 5«t/<T's Hift. of the Popes Vol. 5. pag. 203-206, and the Bull of YiHor \\. in the Bifhop of i'Z/sRegift. 
 Lib. M. pag. I, r Biftiop of El/i Regift. Lib, M. pag. 70,71, 72. ' Camden, Sdden and others, 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 '23 
 
 particular than Edgar's ; but it does not, I ap- 
 prehend, grant any new privileges, but only 
 confirms the old, of which the Monks were in 
 quiet poileffion, when this Charter was granted; 
 fo that fuppofing them capable of committing 
 fo bafe a fraud, yet it was hardly worth their 
 while for fo fmall an advantage ; and befides, it 
 is very certain, that they could have no occafion 
 to make ufe of any indire<ft means in the pre- 
 fent cafe, as Edward the ConfefTor was, accord- 
 ing to the charadler our hiftorians give of him, 
 ready enough to bellow favours of this kind. 
 
 From the time of this Grant by Edward the 
 Confeffor nothing remarkable occurs concern- 
 ing this franchife till the reign of WilHam the 
 Conqueror; who, having met with great oppo- 
 fition from the Monks of Ely, took away fome 
 of their eftates, and made them redeem others 
 by a heavy fine, and entirely deprived them of 
 all their Royalties, as well in the Ille oi Ely, as 
 elfewhere;"^ but, in the year 1080, or there- 
 abouts, the King was pleafed to reftore to the 
 Abbot and Monks of Ely the fame powers and 
 privileges as they were in pofleffion of at the 
 death of Edward the Confeffor. William the 
 Conqueror's Charter runs in thefe words viz. 
 Willielmiis Anglorum Rex omnibus Fidelibus Jiiis 
 &c. Precipio ut Abbatia de Ely habeat omnes 
 confuetudines fuas feiiicet Sac ham et Sochani, To I 
 ef . Team et Infangenethef, Hamfocna et Grith- 
 briche, Fithwite et Ferdwite, infra Burgum et 
 extra, et omnes alias PorisfaBuras, que emen- 
 dabiles funt in terra fua fuper fiios homines : has, 
 inquam, habeat, Jicut habuit die, qua Rex Ed- 
 wardusfuit vivus et mortuus. " 
 
 Henry the firft, in the loth year of his reign, 
 A D. 1 109, founded the Bhhoprick of Ely out of 
 a part of the revenues of the Abbey, and con- 
 verted the Abbey into a Conventual Church;" 
 and, immediately after, gave a charter, by which 
 he allowed that the Church of Ely fhould con- 
 tinue to have the fame Privileges and Liberties, 
 as it had die, qua. Edwardus vivus et mortuus 
 fiiit. "^ It will be proper to obferve here, that, 
 after the Bilhoprick was founded, the Charters 
 concerning the Liberties, which were granted 
 by feveral of the fucceeding Kings, were not 
 granted to the Bifhop iblely, but to the Biihop, 
 Prior and Convent jointly;^ but as the Abbots, 
 before the Bifhoprick was founded, ufed to ex- 
 ercife the temporal Jurifdiftion throughout the 
 lile of Ely independently of the other Members 
 of the Church; fo the Bilhops being in the 
 place of the Abbots, always confidcred them- 
 felves to be in like manner invefted with this 
 Jurifdidion, and accordingly exercifed it inde- 
 
 pently of the Prior and Convent; who were 
 however permitted to have great powers and 
 privileges within the circuits of' their feveral 
 Manors in the Ifle of Ely. * 
 
 Thefe private jurifdidtions, by the frequent 
 Grants of our Kings, became at length fo nu- 
 merous, that they deprived the Crown of a 
 great part of it's authority and revenue: for 
 which reafon Edward the firft, a wife and poli- 
 tic Prince, was refolved, by fome means or o- 
 ther, to refume thefe franchifes, and to velt 
 them again in the Crown; and, it being fug- 
 gefted to the King, that few or none of thft 
 Nobility, Clergy, or Commonalty, who had 
 Franchifes by means of Grants from the King's 
 Predeceffors, could produce their Charters ; It 
 was openly proclaimed that every man, that 
 held thofe liberties or other poffeffions by Grant 
 from any of the King's Progenitors, fhould, be- 
 fore certain fele(5led perfons thereunto appoint- 
 ed, Ihew quo jure quove nomine iW retinerent : 
 Whereupon many of thefe Liberties were taken 
 into the King's hands, becaufe the Charters or 
 Grants, under which they were claimed, could 
 not be produced: '' But this way of proceeding 
 being contrary to Law gave great offence to the 
 nation;'' which as foon as the King perceived^ 
 the Statute of ^0 Warranto was enafted, 
 which quieted the minds of the people, and, at 
 the fame time, very well ferved the King's pur- 
 pofe; as all Franchifes, which anyone had, ei- 
 ther by Grant or Prefcription, ought, according 
 to this Statute, to be claimed before the Juftices 
 in Eyre at their next fitting in the County, 
 where the Franchife lay; and, in cafe no claim 
 was made, or when made, not proved to the 
 fatisfa<ftion of the Juftices in Eyre,, fuch Liber- 
 ties were loft, and taken into the King's hands. * 
 This Statute was made atGlocefter in the 6th of 
 Ed. I. and publilhed in the 30th of his reign> 
 and under that year it generally occurs in our 
 Statute-books. * 
 
 There can be no doubt but that proper care 
 was taken to claim the Franchife of the Ifle of 
 Ely at the next Eyre for the County of Cam- 
 bridge after the paffing of this Statute; though 
 nothing of this kind appears on record till the 
 3ad year of Edward the firft; when Robert Or- 
 ford, Biftiop of Ely, fent his Steward to the Ju- 
 ftices in Eyre at Cambridge to claim the Fran- 
 chife of the Ifle of Ely; '" and, in the 8th year of 
 Edward the Second, John Keeton, Bifhop of 
 Ely, fent his Steward to Cambridge, to inter- 
 pofe a claim of the like kind, e Both thefe 
 claims were inquired into by the Juftices ia 
 Eyre, and allowed. In the 15th year of Edward 
 
 the 
 
 t Darnel in Kemiet Vol', i. pag. 106. " Bifhop of £//s Resift. Liber M. pag. 712, 73. " IVkartoifi Angl. Sac. Vol. i. 615. 
 y Biflnop of Elys Regift. Lib. M. pag. 75. z Biihop of Elys Regift. Liber M. pag. 81, 92, 129. ^ Bifliop of Elys Regift. 
 Liber M. pag. 1 24, 1 25, 1 26. ^ Ci;^^ 2 Inft. pag.2-8o. ' ibid. ^ Coif 2 Inft. pag. 281. e Cs^itf 2. Inft. pag. 27a, f Ex- 
 emplifiCatio Libertatum ecclefiae Elien, Bifliop's Regift, Liber P. s. Ibid» 
 
 r- 
 
'2^ 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Che 3d, at the Afiizes at Cambriiige complaint 
 WAS made to the Court, that no jurymen ap- 
 peared from the Ille of \L\y, though a precept 
 had been fent to the Baililf of the lllc to empa- 
 nel Jurymen for the Hundreds of Wifhech and 
 Witchford; but, as the fummoning of the In- 
 habitants of the iile to fcrve on Juries for the 
 County, was an encroachment on the Liberties 
 of the Churcli of Ely; Simon Montacute, then 
 Bilhop, fent his Attorney to Cambridge to claim 
 the franchife of the Iflc of Ely; and on his ex- 
 hibiting an authentic copy of the proceedings 
 in thecaufeof Bifhop Keeton, the Court allow- 
 ed Bifhop Montacute's claims. ^ 
 
 It hath been obferved, in the courfe of this 
 inquiry, that the words, in the feveral Charters, 
 were fo general, that it was dithcult to explain 
 Ivhat particular powers and privileges, the Mo- 
 naftery, and afterwards the See of Ely, were 
 entitled to by virtue of thofe Charters; but, this 
 dithculty will be, in a great meafure, cleared 
 up, by confidering the feveral claims, which 
 the Bilhoj)?, Orjord, Keeton and Montacute, 
 made before the King's Juftices in Eyre at 
 Cambridge; as thefe claims are drawn up v.ith 
 much more exadlnefs and precifion than the 
 old Charters; which were probably framed by 
 Monks, and, according to their manner, in very 
 obfcure and vague terms. I have put down 
 thefe claims at full length in the colledfion of 
 records at the end of this Account; and as they 
 \vere, in every refpeft, allowed, there is no room 
 to doubt but that the Bilhop of Ely did formerly 
 appoint the levcral Juftices for the Ifle by com- 
 miflions in his own name and under his own 
 leal; and, that he had a Court as well for deter- 
 mining all picas of the Crown, as all other mat- 
 ters arifing within the faid Ifie. ' 
 
 Befides this Exemjilification'^ of the Liberties 
 of the Church of Ely in the 1 8th year of Edward 
 the Third, from whence I have extra<Sed fome 
 of the foregoing articles, other Exemplifications 
 were granted in fucceeding reigns, and many 
 Writs pro allocandis Libertatibus Rpo Elienji; 
 and in particular, feveral for allowing theBifhop 
 all fines, amerciaments, forfeitures, goods of 
 felons of themfelves, &c. for, as this was the 
 only part of the Jurifdi<5lion, from which any 
 profit could arife to the See of Ely> the Bilhops 
 feem to have been on that account, the more 
 frequently called on by the Crown to fliew their 
 claim in this refped:. ' 
 
 • But, though the Biihop of Ely might anti- 
 ently have had a power of hearing and deter- 
 mining all pleas of the Crown, as well as all o- 
 ther matters arifing within the Iflc of Ely; yet, 
 
 in the Reign of Edward the Second, and per- 
 haps earlier, when the King's Juliices in Eyre 
 were fitting at Cambridge, it v/as ufual for the 
 Bilhop of Ely to fend his Steward or Attorney 
 for a copy of the King's CommifTion ; which be- 
 ing brought to Ely, the Bilhop 's Juftices were 
 obliged to proceed, in the Adminiftration of 
 Juftice, according to the form and tenor there- 
 of, as appears from the following charge, which 
 the Juftices in Eyre gave to the Bilhop's Attor- 
 ney, on their delivering to him a tranfcript of 
 the King's Commiflion, viz. £/ diclum ejl eidein 
 Aitornato quod celeris ji{J}itia ibidem [i. e. infra 
 Infulam Elienfem] ex/iibeatur juxta formam 
 Coimnijjionis Domini Regis yujiiciariis Iiic dire5le, 
 cujus tranfcriptum eidem Attornato in Curia libe- 
 ratur. "" It may be difficult to fay, how long 
 this pradlice of fending a tranfcript of the King's 
 Commiflion to the Bilhop's Juftices continued, 
 but it was probably left off before the time of 
 Henry the 8th, or very early in his reign; as 
 that King ilfued a Commiflion under the Great 
 Seal, on the 18th of November 1515, empower- 
 ing certain perfons therein named, to deliver 
 the Prifoners confined in the Gaol at Ely;" and 
 what is well worthy of notice, Nicholas Weft, 
 then Bilhop of Ely, granted a Commiflion like- 
 wile under his hand and Seal for the fame pur- 
 pofe, bearing date the fame day as the King's 
 Commiflion, and conftituting the fame perlbns- 
 Commiflioners;" which f^ems to imply, that 
 the Bifliop apprehended that his authority, in 
 this cafe, was difputable; and therefore, rather 
 than give it up entirely, he had recourfe to this 
 contrivance; which wasprobably often madeufeof 
 in thole days, as well as in much later times; p 
 But the claim, which the Bilhop and other 
 Lords of Franchifes affe<fted to keep up by this 
 device, was totally taken away by a Statute 
 in the 27th of Hen. 8, which gave a general 
 and important blow to all thefe private jurifdic- 
 tions; As it took from the Lords of all Fran- 
 chifes the power of Pardon, and alfo the power 
 of naming Juftices of Eyre, of Aflize, of Peace, 
 and of Gaol-delivery; and what this Statute 
 took from the Lords of Franchifes, it gave to 
 the Crown; and, in order to abolilh even the 
 form of the antient authority, when the reality 
 was gone, it ordained that all Writs and Procels 
 within Liberties ihall be made in the name and 
 ftile of the King, and only the Tefte in the name 
 of the Proprietor of the Franchife : '^ And, agree- 
 ably to this Statute, Jujiices of Ajjize, of Fence, 
 afid of Gaol-Delivery for the lile of Ely, are now 
 made by Letters Patent under the Great Seal, 
 and all Writs run in the King's name, Trfle the 
 
 Bilhop, 
 
 h Ibid. ' Colleifiion of records Nun.b. i. 2. 3. ^ Tliis Exemplification was granted under the Great Seal 18 Ed. r'. 
 and is enrolled in the Exchequer in the Roll of Patents under the 28''' 01 Ed. 3''. ' Bifhop of Ely's RcgilT. Lib. B et M. 
 palTnn. ^'••' Exemplitication in the 18 Ed. 2^, " Bilhop Jrejl's Regirter. » Ibid, P Dalrymple^ Hiftory of Feudal property 
 Cap. 7 throughout, s 27 H. 8. c. 24.. ' 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Bidiop, as Lord of the Franchifo. It will not 
 be improper to obferve here, that the Bifliop of 
 Ely, and his temporal Steward, (for the time 
 being,) are conilituted by this A61 Juftices of 
 the Peace within the faid I fie, for ever. "■ 
 
 The Chief Juftice of the Ifle of Ely is ap- 
 pointed by Letters Patent under the hand and 
 Seal of the Bilhop, and holds his Office, quam diu 
 fe bene gejjerit. ' 13y virtue of this Patent from the 
 BiOiop, the Chief Juftice hears and determines 
 all Pleas, real, mixt, and perfonal, at the fuit of 
 ^ny perfons whatfoever, in the Ifle of Ely ; and, as 
 he is of the Riorum in the Commiffions from 
 the King, he tries alfo all the Pleas of the Crown 
 •arifing within the faid Ifle. The feveral Offi- 
 cers under the Chief Juflice are appointed like- 
 wife by the Bifhop : fome of whom are Paten- 
 tees for life, and others during pleafure only. 
 The High Bailiff, Clerk of the Peace, Clerk of 
 the Crown and AiTize, and Cuflos Rotulorum,^ 
 are Patentees for lifej but the Coroners hold 
 their Offices, during the Bitliop's pleafure only." 
 
 In the Statute Z)f exconiinunicato capiendo, the 
 Ifle of Ely is laid to be a Liberty, within which the 
 K ing's Writ runneth not ; and a particular p rocefs, 
 in the cafe of a Signifcauk for the Ifle of Ely, is 
 diredled by that adlj * but, notwithftanding this, 
 the King's Writ runs now in the Ifle of Ely, and 
 no attempt has been made of late to itop it. 
 
 From the paffing of this Adf, I find nothing 
 of any confequence concerning this jurifdidlion, 
 till the 1 8th year of Charles the Second; when 
 Bilhop Wren fent his Attorney to the Court of 
 King's Bench, (then fitting at the Caflle at 
 Wind/or,) to claim in general the Franchife of 
 the Ifle of Ely, and to demand in particular 
 that a certain caufe, arifing w^ithin the faid Ifle, 
 which had been begun in the Court of King's 
 Bench, might be removed from thence, and or- 
 dered to be heard by the Biihop's Chief^ Juftice j 
 it being a matter, of which the Bifliop's Court 
 had cognizance. The claim, which Bifliop 
 IVren made, was, after proper inquiry, allowed, 
 and the caufe was removed out of the Court of 
 King's Bench, and a day fixed for trying it at 
 Wilbech by the Bifliop's Chief Juftice. ^ This 
 feems to have been a very remarkable cafe; and 
 yet one would imagine that it was foon forgot- 
 ten, or totally difregarded; as it has been a 
 common pradlice for many years, to begin fuits 
 in the King's Courts concerning fuch matters a- 
 
 r Ibid. Sea. 20. s Bifhop of Ely's Regift. of Parents. ' 3 et 4 Ed. 6. c. i. Sea 5. " Bilhop of Ely's Re<rift of Pa 
 l,^"'';v T -^ 7, ; f^P" V'' -.' ^ '• ^ 9"""'-'^'°" °^ '■"^'■'^s at the end of tliis Hiilorical Account. N". 4. ami Bifhoo's 
 l;"!''^-, ^r- . V°';.^°^V , ' It appears from divers records amnns the Archives belonging to th.e See of Ely that the 
 BiOiop s Chief Jufticc ufed to hold pleas lor levying fines and fuffering common recoveries for the affurance of land? 
 Yithin the me of Ely ; but a doubt being made about thirty years ago concerning the authority of the Bilhon's Chief 
 Juftice in tills relpea, no fines have been levied, nor common recoveries fuffered in the Bifhop's Court of Pleas finr^ 
 that time. It is very remailcable that the pov;er of the Bifhop's Chief Juftice in this particular was not quertioned 
 much fooner ; as Sir Edward Coke has expreOy faid, That a fine cannot be levied, to have the foree of a final Concord h anv 
 that bath power tcnere placita, hut only before the Jiijlhes of the Court of Common Pleai. See Coke 2 Infl ci c a Soear 
 .,.- T..,_. _ .^ , • 27 Hen. 8. C. 24. ^ ^ ^' ^ 
 
 *25 
 
 riling within the Ifle of Ely, as not only might, 
 but ought, according to the Judgment given in 
 the cafe of Bifhop JV?'en, to have been tried by 
 the Bilhop of Ely's Chief Juftice only; and, as 
 it is veiy ufual likewife to remove caufes out of 
 the Bifliop's Court into the King's Courts by 
 V/rits of Certiorari, the bufinefs on the Pleas- 
 fide lias, on both thefe accounts, been much on 
 the decline for many years. 
 
 Fines, Amerciaments, Forfeitures of Recog- 
 nizances, and all other forfeitures, and alio 
 Port -fines on the alienation of lands within the 
 Ifle of Ely, belong to the Bifliop; but, as the 
 profits, arifing from thence, are not equal to 
 the Bifhop's cxpences for Officers, Salaries, &c. 
 this Junf'didion, when confidered as a matter of 
 gain, is not worth having; yet, as it gives the See 
 of Ely fbme peculiar powers and privileges, no 
 Bifhop would be wflhng to part with it : But, 
 with refped to the Inhabitants of the Ifle, this 
 Franchile is a matter of great convenience ; fince, 
 befides otheradvantages, they have juftice admi- 
 niflered as it were at their very doors, in all 
 pleas of the Crown; and, in moft civfl cafes, they 
 need not, unlefs they think fit, have recourfe to 
 any other place for juftice, but the Bifliop's 
 Court of Pleas belonging to this jurifdiftion.'' 
 
 From what has been laid, we may venture to 
 pronounce that this Franchife is one of the moft: 
 antient of the kind in the whole kingdom, as we 
 have traced it as far back as the Seventh Centuryj 
 and as it is probably the moft antient, fo does it 
 contain a larger diftrift; and has morepowersand 
 privileges belonging to it than any other Fran- 
 
 chife,exceptthatoftheBifhop of Durham; which 
 not only takes in a greater trad: of Countrv, than 
 the Ifle of Ely, but itill retains all Regal Rights,* 
 fuch only excepted, as were taken away ^y the 
 h&. for Recontinuing Liberties in the Croxm. ^ 
 
 CoUeSlion of Records referred to in the foregoing 
 
 Hijhrical Account, &c. 
 
 I. 
 
 ' T rENIT Robertus Epifcopus Elienfls 
 
 V * per Robertum de Maddynglee, fe- 
 ' nefcallum fuum, loco ipfius Epifcopi, et petit 
 ' libertates fuas et ecclefia; fu^, et clamat no- 
 ' mine didi Epifcopi Infulam Ehenfem liberam 
 ' et quietam ab onini exaftione regali, et cog- 
 ' nitionem omnium placitorum CoroniE tarn de 
 
 felo- 
 
 maii's account of the County Palatine of Durham. •> 
 
■'26 A P P E 
 
 * felonlis et tranfgrefTionibus in Infula Elienfi 
 ' faiSlis, quam de terris et tenementis in eacknn 
 
 * infula exillentibus, et quod Jufliciarii Domini 
 ' Regis, quicunque fuerinc, dc aliquibus phicitis 
 
 * pradittam inluJam tangentibus, feu alii Minillri 
 ' Domini Regis, intromitterc feu ingredi ad ali- 
 ' quod officium exercendum aliquo fenfu non 
 
 * debent. Et preterea Senefcallus clamat nomine 
 
 * ipfius Epifcoj)i, quod pra-didus fipifcopus, per 
 
 * Jufticiarios fuos loco ipfius Epifcopi pollit et 
 
 * debeat placitare, et terminare omnia placita 
 
 * pritdidla, ficut temporibus retroacflis, in itincre 
 ' Julticiariorum et aliorum quorumcunque AlTig- 
 
 * natorum, allocari et fieri confueverunt.' 
 
 2. 
 
 * TTENIT quidam Johannes de Can- 
 
 V ' tabrigia, Senefcallus Epifcopi Eli- 
 
 * enfis, et clamat habere nomine pra^didli Epif- 
 
 * copi, Domini fui, diverfas libertates in Comi- 
 
 * tatu Cantabrigias, viz. infra Infulam fuam E- 
 
 * lienfem, retornum omnium brevium Regis, et 
 ' Minirtrorum fuorum, ac cognitionem omnium 
 
 * placitorum, tarn de Corona quam de aliis qui- 
 
 * buscunque per Miniltros ipfius Epifcopi fa- 
 
 * ciend. ita quod nullus Minifter Domini Regis 
 
 * ad aliquod oflicium in eadem infula exercend. 
 
 * ingredi feu intromittere debeat.' 
 
 3- 
 
 The Charters of Edgar, Edward the Conjejfor, 
 Richard the Fir/t, and Edward the Second 
 are recited in BiJJjop Mont a cut es claim, and 
 then folloiD thefe ivords, viz. 
 
 VIRTUTE quarum conceffionum et ver- 
 ' borum generalium prsdidtus Abbas, 
 qui tunc fuit, et Fratres ejufdem loci, et Suc- 
 celfores fui, a tempore concellionum prsdic- 
 tarum, line interruptione aliquali, et poftea 
 poft creationem Abbatis ejufdem loci in Epif- 
 copum, omnes Epifcopi loci pra^difti, Pra?de- 
 celFores Epifcopi, qui nunc eft, ufi funt, quod 
 quandocunque aliqiiis tenens aut refidens infra 
 eandem infulam implacitatus fuerit per extrin- 
 fecos, de aliqua re vel caula infra eandem in- 
 fulam emergente, coram aliquibus Judicibus 
 Ixcularibus, placitum illud triandum fuit co- 
 ram Julliciariis did:i Ei)ifcopi apud Ely: Et 
 limiliter habuerunt cognitionem, et jurifdic- 
 tionem omnium placitorum infra infulam 
 ppcedicftam emergentium, tarn placitorum Co- 
 ronae et aliorum placitorum ex Officio, quam 
 ad fedlam partium, per Jufticiarios fuos pro- 
 prios inquirend. audiend. et triand.' 
 
 4. 
 ' Ti'rminoSanSliHillariiAnnoRegniDoinijiiCaroU 
 * Secundi nunc Regis Anglia^c. xviii.' Rot. 229. 
 ' Cantab. 
 
 MEMORANDUM quod die Martis, 
 ' &c. coram Domino Rege apud Caf- 
 
 * trum dc Windfor venit Edvardub Grange per 
 
 N D I X. 
 
 SamuelcmWall, Attornatum fuum, et protu- 
 lit hie in curia didli D. Regis tunc ibidem 
 quandam Billam fuam verlus Theophilum 
 Simpfon in cuftodia Mariscalli, &c. et funt 
 plegii de profecutione, fcilicet Johannes Doe 
 et Richardus Roe, qua; quidem Billa fe- 
 quitur in his verbis, Cantab. Edvardus 
 Grange queritur deTheophilo Simpfon in cuf- 
 todia Mariscalli D. Regis coram ipfo Rege &;c. 
 pro eo viz. Quod cuni quidam Arthurus 
 Young generofus, tricefimo die Septembris 
 Anno Regni Domini Caroli Secundi nunc 
 Regis Anglian &c. decimo feptimo apud Down- 
 ham in Comitatu prajdidlo dimifmet, concef- 
 fifl'ct et ad firmam tradidifl'et pra;fato Edvardo 
 unum Melluagium, quadraginta acras terrae 
 arabilis, et quadringentas acras paftura; cum 
 pertinentiis pra-fato Edvardo et Affignatis 
 fuis, a vicefimo die ejufdem Menfis Septem- 
 bris anno decimo feptimo fupradidto ufque ad 
 plenum finem et terminum quinque annorum, 
 &c. virtute cujus dimi/lionis idem Edvardus 
 in tenementum pra-didium cum pertinentiis 
 intravit, et fuit inde pofleffionatus, quoufque 
 pra;diftus Theophilus poftea, fcilicet eodem 
 tricefimo die Septembris anno fupradidto vi et 
 armis, &c. in tenementum prjediftum cum 
 pertinentiis, in et fuper polTeffionem ipfius 
 Edvardi inde intravit, et ipfum Edvardum a 
 firma fua pr2:dida, termino fuo prsdiclo inde 
 nondum finito, ejecit, expulit et amovit, ip- 
 fumque Edvardum a pofieflione fua pra'dida 
 fie e'ledtum inde extratenuit et adhuc extratenet, 
 et alia enormia eiintulit contra pacem didi D. 
 Regis nunc, ad damnum ipfius Edvardi viginti 
 librarum; et inde producit fedam &c. 
 * Et praedidlus Theophilus Simpfon, per Jo- 
 hannem CufFe, Attornatum fuum, vcnit et 
 defendit vim &:c. et fuper hoc venit Mat- 
 thaeus, Epifcopus Elienfis, per Alexandrum 
 Brome, Attornatum fuum, &c. et dicit quod 
 tenementum pradidlurn cum pertinentiis eft 
 infra Infulam Elienfem in Comitatu Cantabri- 
 gire, et infra jurifdidicnem libertatis Epii'copi 
 Elienfis, et petit inde libertates et privilegia 
 fua, fcilicet habend. cognitionem placiti 
 pradlcti in Curia didi Epifcopi coram Jufti- 
 ciario fuo tenend. Id^mque Epifcopus ul- 
 teriiis dicit, quod hujusmodi libertates, &c. 
 fcilicet in Curia D. Edvardi tertii, 5cc. fcilicet 
 termino Sandi Hillarii anno regni fui vicefimo 
 primo Allocatio fuit tunc Epifcopo EHenfi,&c. 
 in quodam placitoTranfgrefiionis inter Katha- 
 rinam Buck de Littleport querentem, et Wil- 
 helmum Tiveto et alios dc Littleport, defen- 
 dentes, prout per rccordum pra:di(5ti placiti, 
 6cc. pleniiis apparet : Idemque Epifcopus Eli- 
 enfis dicit quod hujufmodi libertates, &c. Sci- 
 licet in dida Curia didi D. Regis Edvardi 
 coram ipfo Rege termino Sandi Michaelis an- 
 no regni fui vicefimo allocatio fuit tunc Epif- 
 
 ' copo 
 
APPENDIX. *27 
 
 Monachos ex alia, diu turbatam, debitis medlis 
 reformare ; ac litibus, jurgiis, mentiuni dillrac- 
 tionibus, bonoriim fpiritualium & temporaliuni 
 diiripacionibus, et aliis infinitis dilcordiarum in- 
 cominodis finem imponi perpetuo duraturum; 
 ambas Partes lupradiftas ad iuam metuendilll- 
 mam prefenciam convocans, eafdem ad compro- 
 mittend. de & fuperquibufdam Controverfiis, Li- 
 tibus, Dilcordiis, Accionibus, Demandis, et Que- 
 relis, inter eafdem Partes habitis 6c exortis, in 
 Nos Henricum, WiUkhnuin et Rogerum fupradic- 
 tos, mediis iibi placabilibus inducere dignaba- 
 tur : p; efate quoque Partes, votis Regiis annu- 
 entes, in Nos tres unanimiter compromiferunt, 
 ac Decreto, Laudo, Arbitrio, Judicio five amica- 
 bili Compofitioni, & finali Determinationi no- 
 ftris, in alto&bafTo fefpontaneti fubmiferunt; et 
 eifdem ftare 6c obedire in omnibus promiferunt. 
 
 Nos vero Arbitri, Compromiirarii five amica- 
 biles Compolitores antedidti, ob reverenciam Dei 
 & Ecclelie fue, ac fpecialiter ad mandatum didli 
 Metuendiffimi Domini Noftri Regis, onus hujus 
 Com])romiffi in Nos aflumentes; auditifque hmc 
 6c inde propofiti?, cum luis allegacionibus noa 
 paucis ; infped:is iniuper 6c dilcuffis Juribus 6c 
 Munimentis Parcium prediftarum ; faitis quo- 
 que inquificionibus diverfis ; nee non partibus 
 prediftis ad viam concordie, excogitatis mediis 
 per Nosj indudlis ; partim de earundem Parcium 
 exprelTo confenfu, partim ex auftoritate Nobis 
 in hac parte attributa, noilra communi delibe- 
 
 UNIVERSIS Chrilti fidelibus ad quos pre- racione, ad Laudum, Arbitrium, Judicium, a- 
 fens^criptura tripartita pervenerit, Henri- micabilem Compoficionem five Sentenciam dif- 
 
 finitivam procedimus in hunc modum ; judicium 
 
 In Dei Nomine, Amen. Nos Henriais, WUU^-^xq Spiri. 
 elmus, et Rcgerus compromiffarii antedidu, au- '"?,'.' J""*^- 
 ditis per JNos et plenius inteliectis mentis omni- 
 um et fingulorum lupra 6c infrafcriptorum, fo- 
 lum Deum habentes pre oculis, et de Jurifperi- 
 torum confilio, per banc noftram diffinitivam 
 Sentenciam, Laudamus, Arbitraniur, Decerni- 
 mus, Judicamus, Diffinimus, 6c finaliter Termi- 
 namus. Quod Epifcopus Elienfis modernus, pro 
 tempore fuo, ac fiji Succeflbres Epifcopi Elien- 
 fes, fiiis fiicceflivis temporibus, imperpetuura 
 habebit et habebunt omnimodam Junfdiclionem 
 Spiritualem, foli et in folidum, per totam Ci- 
 vitatem et Diocefim Elien. abfque reclamacione 
 feu contradidlione Prioris 6c Conventus, five Sa- 
 crifle Ecclefie £//;'«. predidl. ; exceptis hiis que in- 
 tra fcribuntur, in quibus Sacrifta habebit fpiritua- 
 lem jurifdidlionem, modo6c forma infrafcriptis. 
 
 Habebit 
 
 * This remarkable Arbitration (mentioned and referred to in p. 167. Note 7.) having a near relation to the Subje<ft of 
 the foregoing Hiftorical Account of the Royal Franchife of Ely, written by the Rev. Mr. Warren ; I could not well omit 
 giving it a place here; efpecially as it feryes to illuftrate and confirm the Account above given by my learned and wor- 
 Friend of that Royal Franchife; and fets the Temporal Jurifdic^ion of the Billiop of Ely in a very clear and confpi- 
 cuous light. — It's ufefulnefs at this day, and the Authority it bears, will appear on the perufal. — It was made by Perfons 
 of the moft refpeflable Charaders at that time, The Keeper of the King's Privy Seal, The Chief Juflice of the Kins's 
 Bench, and The Chief Juftice of the Common Pleas, Arbitrators nominated and appointed by King Henry V, to fettle 
 a long Controverfy between John Fordham Bifhop of Ely, and William Povvcher Prior of the Church of Ely, concern- 
 ing their feveral Claims of Temporal, as well as Spiritual Juril'diclion, and other matters controverted between theoi. 
 
 * D 2 
 
 * copo Elienfi, 6cc. in quodam placito 6cc. inter 
 
 * Katharinam Buck querentem, et Henricum 
 
 * de London et alios, defendentes, prout per 
 
 * Recordum placiti pra;dicl:i, 6cc. plenius appa- 
 
 * ret, et petit idem Epifcopus inde libertatem 
 
 * fuam habend. cognitionem Placiti praedidH 
 
 * in curia didti Epifcopi coram Jufticiario fuo 
 
 * apud Wifbech tenend. Super quo auditis et 
 
 * intelleftis praemilfis, et infpecflis allocationibus 
 
 * prasditllis, qucefitum eft a partibus, fi quid di- 
 " cere fciant, aut velint, quare prasdiclus Epif- 
 
 * copus Elienfis libertatem fuam in placito ifio 
 
 * habere non debeat: Qm dicunt, quod non : i- 
 
 * debque habeat Epifcopus praedidlus libertatem 
 
 * fuam, in placito ifto : Et fuper hoc praedidlus 
 
 * Attornatus ejufdem Epifcopi praefixit diem 
 ' partibus praediftis, coram Jufticiario ejufdem 
 ' Epifcopi apud Wilbech, 6cc. Et diftum eft 
 ' eidem Attornato, quod partibus prsdiclis ibi- 
 
 * dem plena et celens Juftitia exhibeatur, alio- 
 
 * quin redeant, 6cc.' 
 
 §II§ 
 Laudiimjive Arbitrium inter Johannem Epif- 
 copiun Elienfem, et Willielmum Priorem Eli- 
 en. fciSl. A, D. 14 1 7. dc Juribus eorum et 
 Sicccejforum utriufque Partis. — e MS Cotton 
 C. II. fol. 329.— et alio MS 8^"- in Officio 
 Regiftr. apud Cantab.* 
 
 "NIVERSIS Chrifti fidelibus ad quos pre- 
 fens Scriptura tripartita pervenerit, Henri- 
 ciis Ware Cuftos Privati Sigilli, Willielmus Hank- 
 ford Capitalis Jufticiarius Domini Regis, et Ro- 
 geriis Hortotin unus jufticiarius Domini Regis ad 
 ad Placita coram ipfo Domino Rege tenend. Sa- 
 lutem in Omnium Salvatore. 
 
 Ipfe Autor pacis Mediator Dei 6c Hominum 
 a fjmmisad yma defcendens ut pacem que peri- 
 it inter Deum 6c Hominem reform.aret, et eo fir- 
 mius ftabiliret, eandem nafcendo hominibus 
 nunciavit, inter homines converfando verbis do- 
 cuit et exemplo, ac finaliter quafi per viam Te- 
 ftamenti perpetuo duraturi moriendo reliquit, ad 
 fraternum amorem 6c caritatis vinculum fui No- 
 minis Cultores hiis et aliis mediis exhortando. 
 Ad que fui interioris hominis oculos convertens 
 Chrirtianifllmus Princeps Dominus nofter Rex 
 Anglie 6c Francie Henricus V, volenfque Pacem 
 in Eccles. Cath. EUen. que fui Patronatus exillit, 
 inter Epifcopum ex parte una, ac Priorem 6c 
 
*28 
 
 Sacriftac 
 jiirildiiftio 
 in Hofpi- 
 tali Sti.Jo- 
 hannis ec 
 Cupellanis 
 dele 
 <M<;i)e in 
 E.Y. 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 In Capel- 
 Janis Pa- 
 roch. in 
 Ely. 
 
 Tn Mini- 
 ftris Mo 
 nalUrii et 
 /^lancrio- 
 rum. 
 
 De cele- 
 bratiune 
 SvnoJi in 
 Pri irutu 
 lie Hern- 
 well. 
 
 Habebit namque Sacrifla Elienfis, qui pro 
 tempore fuerit, imperpetuum, jurifciidijnem in 
 Hofpitali Sti.Johunnis Baptijle infra Civitatem 
 Elienjem fituato, ac in Capellanis Cantarie fupcr 
 le Grene in eadeni, tanquam Vicarius Epifcopi, 
 et prout in t'undacionibus et ordinacionibus eo- 
 rumdem exprefTe continetur, et non aliter, aut 
 alio niodo ; led confiderato quod dicti Capellani 
 Cantarie fitper le Grene celebrant infra Ecclefiam 
 Cath. EUen. ac, ut dicitur, in certis Divinis ob- 
 fequiis hendis in eadem, folebant intereffc, cul- 
 tunique augtnentare divinuin ; fi Capellani, aut 
 eoruin aliquis, ilia que fibi racione alicujus Sta- 
 tuti, Compoficionis, Confuetudinis, aut Funda- 
 cionis incumbunt in hac parte, non perficiat aut 
 perticiant; Sacrilla Elien. qui pro tempore fue- 
 rit, eofdem cohercebit per cenfuras Ecclefiafticas, 
 aut alias injundiones, 6c jurifdidionem Spiritu- 
 aleni quamcunique, quociens et quum libi vide- 
 bitur expedire. flabebit quoque idem Sacrilla, 
 qui pro tempore fuerit, imperpetuum, omnem et 
 cmnimodam jurifdidionem Spiritualem (caufis 
 Herefium dumtaxat exceptis,) in omnibus & lin- 
 
 gulis Capellanis et in Clericis Paroch. 
 
 in duabus Ecclefiis Paroch. infra Civitatem Ell- 
 en, didis Religiofis viris appropriatis, et quarum 
 frudus ad officium Sacriftarie piertinent, confue- 
 tc defervientibus, ac obedienciam canonicam re- 
 cipiet ab eifdem. Et quia jurifdidtio aliorum 
 Clericorum & Laicorum infra eafdem Parochias, 
 extra loca didlis Religiofis inferius attributa de- 
 gencium, ad Epilcopum pertinet ; prefati Capel 
 lani & Clerici in nrefatis duabus Eccleliis fervi- 
 entes, Epifcopo EUen. qui pro tempore fuerit, 
 preftabunt eciam juramcntum obediencie, quo 
 ad fua licita et canonica mandata. Ad hec idem 
 Sacrilla habebit omnem 6: omnimodam jurifdic- 
 tionem Spiritualem ic Eccleliallicam, (caufis 
 Herefium dumtaxat exceptis,) in omnibus & lin- 
 gulis perfonis infrafcriptis, videlicet, Clericorum 
 6c Laicorum, Scrvienciumqne Officiariorum, ac 
 artificiariorum, & minillrorum fecularium qiio- 
 rumcumque didli Monafterii, et aliorum fecula 
 rium quorumcumque infra fepta didli Monafte- 
 rii, aut extra in grangiis five maneriis ipfius Mo- 
 nallerii juxta Ely, videlicet, 'Tirbntfey, Brame, 
 Stonteney, Thorney, Northney, ^aveney, Sc Sclie 
 pey, ferviencium aut moram trahencium, eciam 
 infra Civitatem EUen. et extra didlum Monafte- 
 rium de node cubantium. 
 
 Preterea de confenfu et alTenfu didi Reveren- 
 di Patris £//>///« Epifcopi, eo non obilante, quod 
 temporibus retroadis Supprior Elyenjis venire 
 folebat fingulis annis ad Synodum Epifcopi Ely- 
 enjis in Prioratu de Berneioelle celebrand, cum 
 duobus aliis Monachis Monafterii Elyenfts, ^ et 
 apparatibus diverlis, ac in eadem Synodo Miffim 
 celebrare fokmpnem: ex nunc tamen idem E- 
 }>ifcopus auLSuccelfores fui, live xMiniftri eorum- 
 dem, hujufmodi adventum Supprioris aut Mo- 
 nachorum, live dide MilTe celebracionem, ab 
 
 eifiem minime vendicabit aut vendicabunt ; fed 
 erunt iidem Prior & Conventus, ac Supprior, & 
 Monachi, & eorum Succeflbres, de premilfo 
 onere omnino quleti imperpetuum; eritque in 
 eledione didorum Prioris & Conventus in futu- 
 rum, mittere ad Synodum fupradidam unum 
 de Monachis Elicn. aut alium Procuratorem le- 
 gitimum, ad interelTendum in eadem Synodo, 
 tradandumquc & confenciendum hiis que ibi- 
 dem legitime peragentur. 
 
 Infupcr, habebit Sacrilla £//>«. qui pro tern- Exctwio 
 pore fuerit, imperpetuum, omnem et omnimo- proEpif. 
 dam jurifdidionem, Spiritualem & Ecclefialli- v"[?°^,j'J' 
 cam antedidam, (caufis Herefium dumtaxat ex- nibus.Ap, 
 ceptis,) prout fuperius continetur, folus & in fo- P5j'^'-,." 
 lidum, futuris femper temporibus, abfque recia- """ 
 macione Epifcopi Elienfis, qui pro tempore fue- 
 rit, pacificeet quiete; Salvis tamen Vifitacionum 
 temporibus, ac Caulis 6c Negociis ad eundem 
 Epifcopum per viam AppelLicionis, five Querele, 
 legitime devolutis ; in quibus Vifitacionum tem- 
 poribus, ac Appellacionibus, 6c Querelis, Epif- 
 copus, qui pro tempore fuerit, cognicionem, dif- 
 culfionem, ac folidam jurifdidionem habebit, 6c 
 debitam correccionem, prout jura volunt. 
 
 Verumtamen fi idem Sacrilla, qui pro tempore D^f^u. 
 fuerit, in faciendo julliciam five debitam cor- gemii sj. 
 reccionem, quoad perfonas fue iurifdidionis fu- '■"'^'''* p" 
 
 .\ r • !• r ■ T' ■/- I s dies. 
 
 perius alcnptas, negligens luerit, ac per Epilco- 
 pum Elyenfem, qui pro tempore luerit, aut ip- 
 iius audoritate, ad faciend. jullic:am, five debi- 
 tam correccionem, circa aliquem eorundem, in 
 fpecie monitus five requifitus fuerit, ac ipfam ju- 
 lliciam five correccionem, celfante jullo impedi- 
 mento, coram eodem Epifcopo, fi opus fuerit, pro 
 bando, per 1 5 dies, a tempore dide monicionis live 
 requilicionis continue numerandos, facere dillu- 
 lerit; ex tunc ipfa jurifdidio, quoad illam per- 
 lonam, circa quam juilicia ^wt debita correccio 
 ell negleda, ad eundem Epifcopum, qui pro 
 tempore fuerit, pro ilia vice cenfeatur omnino 
 de\oluta ; idemque Epifcopus julliciam taciat 6c 
 corrigat in hac parte, reclamacione 'iwt contra- 
 diccione Prioris, aut Conventus, five Sacrille 
 predidorum, in aliquo non obilante. 
 
 Cum etiam predidus Prior clamaverit habere ciamenm 
 fibi, 6c Succeflbribus fuis, Omnia Fines, Amer- Pnorisde 
 ciamenta, 6c Exitus forisfados, de omnibus te- J^^""j'*' 
 nentibus de feodo fuo infra Infulam de Ely exif- &c. 
 tentibus, per quamcumque caufam emcrgentur, 
 in quibufcumque Curiis et Placeis regiis adjudi- 
 cantur; clamaverit eciam idem Prior, habere fi-_pjBo. 
 bi, 6c Succeflbribus luis nredidis, infra Infubm r,M,kCi- 
 predidam, Omnia Bona oc Catalla quorumcum-f»"'* ^"r 
 que hominum 6c tenendum luorum, lelonum, 
 fugitivorum, 5c dampnatorum, in Curiis Domi- 
 ni Regis, ac annum, diem et vallum de eoruin 
 terris he tenementis, 6c omnes alias forisfaduras 
 que Domino Regi infra feoda et terras fua pof- 
 lent quovifmodo pertinere; — clamaverit eciarn— ^^^^^■ 
 idem Prior, habere fibi, 6c Succeiroribus fuis \"'^,^' 5,'c, 
 
 pre- 
 
predicts, Retorna omnium Brevlum, &Summo- 
 nicionum de Scaccario, et eorumdem Brevium 
 & Summon, executiones, in omnibus terris et 
 feodis luis, infra eandfm Infulam; &c eciam ha- 
 bere & tenere omnia Placita de Avcriis & Catal- 
 lis captis & injufte detentis, & omnia alia Placi- 
 ta, que Vicecomes, virtute Brevium Domini Re- 
 gis, vel audloritate propria, & fui officii potefta- 
 Refponfio te, poffet cognofcere vel tenere : — Predisftufque 
 Epiicopi. Epifcopus, prefato Priori refpondendo, clama- 
 verit habere libi, 6c SuccefToribus Tuis infra & per 
 totam Infulam prediftam, Cogniciones omnimo- 
 dorum Placitorum, & omnes Fines, Amercia- 
 menta, et Exitus forisfadtos, in quibuflibet Do- 
 mini Regis Curiis & Placeis, de quibulcumque 
 perfonis, ex caufa quacumque, infra InJuLim 
 predidtam emergencia ; clamaverit eciam idem 
 Epifcopus, habere fibi, & SuccefToribus fuis, 
 Omnia Bona & Catalla fugitivorum, et felonum, 
 dampnatorum, in quibufcumque Curiis Domini 
 Regis, ac annum, diem & vartum de eorum ter- 
 ris 6c tenementis, 6c omnes alias forisfadluras 
 que accidere poffint infra Infulam predidlam; — 
 clamaverit eciam idem Epifcopus, habere libi, 
 & SuccefToribus fuis predidtis, Retorna omnium 
 Brevium Regiorum, 6c Summon, de Scaccario, 
 6c Preceptorum Jufl^iciar. et executiones eorum- 
 dem, de quibufcumque caufis emergen, infra 
 Infulam fupradidlam j et in evidenciam clameo- 
 rum ipfius Epifcopi predi<florum, ofienderit idem 
 Epifcopus diverfis AUocaciones inde in Curiis 
 Regiis libi, 6c PredecefToribus fuis, habitas 6c 
 concefTas, eadem clamea ad intencionem ipliu-- 
 Epifcopi approbantes. Et in hoc quod predidlus 
 Prior clamat habere 6c tenere omnia Placita de 
 Averiis captis et injuiie detentis, et alia Placita 
 Vicecomitalia fapradidla; Dixerit idem Epifco- 
 pus, Placita ilia fibi, et fuis Succeflbribus, per- 
 tinere per predidlas evidencias per ipfum Epifco- 
 pum ollenfas, plenius continen'es, quod Ipfe et 
 Predeceflbres lui, in Curiis Regiis habuerunt cog- 
 niciones omnimodorum Placitorum infra Inju- 
 lam antediclam, et eciam Retorna, et Execatio- 
 nes Breuum quorujiicumque in^vi. Infulam illam 
 emergencium; quibus terminis Brevia, et Placi- 
 
 jiuikiiim ta Vicecomitalia includuniur : Nos Arbitri 
 
 tia!ie''?'i'a"- pfedidl, auditis, intelledis, et attentis eviden- 
 citorum, tiis 6c allegacionibus ex utraque parte prediclo- 
 Fiuibus rm-j-j Epifcopi 6c Prioris propolitis 6c os^enlis, Ar- 
 nientisjOcc. bitramur, Uecernimu?, Judicamus, Uifrinimus, 
 6c finaliterTerminamus, quod prediftus Epifco- 
 pus, 6c SuccefTores fui, pro perpetuo habebunt 
 Cogniciones omnimodorum Placitorum in Cu- 
 riis Domini Regis, 6c Heredum fuorum, infra 
 Infulam predidtam emergencium, et omnia Fi- 
 nes, Amerciamenta 6c Exitus forisficflos, in qui- 
 buflibet Curiis 6c Placeis Domini Regis, 6c He- 
 redum fuorum, %x caufa quacumque emergen- 
 cia infra Infulam antedidlam ; abtque predidti 
 Prioris, aut SuccefTorum fuorum, impedimento 
 eis aliqualiter iafereiid, , et fimiliter quod pre- 
 
 APPENDIX, *29 
 
 fatus Epifcopus, 6c SuccefTores fui^ habebunt -p/^^°' 
 
 omnia Bona 6c Catalla fugitivorum, felonum, 6c taiiis Feio- 
 dampnatorum, et alias Forisfafturas quafcum-n"'.^-^"- 
 que, in Curiis Domini Regis, 6c Heredum fuo-fu^r&c. 
 rum, adjudicat. five adjudicand. contingerent in- 
 fra Infulam fupradidtam, abfque impedimento 
 predidf-i Prioris, 6c SuccefTorum fuorum, imper- 
 petuum: — Ac eciam quod predidlus Epifcopus, De Retor- 
 et SuccefTores fui imperpetuum, habebunt Re- JJ'^^l^^gJ; 
 torna omnium Brevium Regiorum, 6c Summon, orum, ic 
 de Scaccario, et precepta Jufticiariorum, 6c ex- 
 ecutiones eorumdem infra eandem IrfuLim, ex 
 quacumque caufa emergen., abfque hoc quod 
 predidlus Prior, be Miniitri, aut Succeflbres fui, 
 I'e de eifdem aliqualiter intromittent : — Et quoad 
 Placita de Averiis, 6c Catallis captis et injufle 
 detentis, ac alia Placita Vicecomitalia fupradidta, 
 ex quo predidlus Prior non dedixerit predidlani 
 Libertatem et Jurifdidlionem prefati Epil<:opi, 
 de habendo Cogniciones omnimodorum Placito- 
 rum infra Infulam antedidlam ; et fimiliter evi- 
 dencie ipfius Epifcopi probaverint, quod idem 
 Epifcopus et PredecefTores fui Jufliciarios fuos 
 ad Placita ilia \x\^i2i Infulam predidtam tenend. a 
 longo tempore fuccefiive habuerunt conflitutos; 
 et predidtus Prior nuUam Allocationem de hu- 
 jufmodi Libertate fibi nee PredecefToribus fuis 
 fadtam allt gaverit nee oftenderit -, et fimiliter in 
 hoc quod Retorna Brevium et Executiones om- 
 nimodorum Brevium, in quibus tarn Brevia de 
 Replegiare et Vicecomitalia, quam alia Brevia in- 
 telliguntur, prefato Epifcopo infra Infulam pre- 
 didtam pertinuerunt faciend:— Nos Arbitri pre- judicium 
 didli, Arbitramur, Decernimus, Judicamus, Dif- c"; '^."'■"<^<» 
 finimus, et hnaliter 1 erminamus, quod predic- Averus 
 tus Epifcopus, ^ SuccefTores fui, habebunt et"p'iset 
 lenebunt hujufmodi Placita de Averiis 6c Catal- ^t^^^l" p*a. 
 lis captis et injul^e detentis, et alia Placita Vice-cita vice- 
 comitalia predidla rnks^Infulam antedidlam^ abf- j°"j^'_'^'^ 
 que predidli Prioris, et SuccefTorum fuorum, 
 perturbatione aliqua contrarie faciend. ; PlacitisExcept-o 
 infra feoda et terras predidli Prioris, et SuccefTo- proPHore. 
 rum fuorum, in Infula predidla, in Curiis Baron, 
 V^ifibus franci plegii, five Letis fuis, eifdem Cu- 
 riis et Vifibus five Letis pertinentibus, prefato 
 Priori et fuis Succeflbribus femper falvis. 
 
 Item cum prediclus Prior clamavent habere c^j^jpu^j 
 fibi et SuccefToribus Ibis omnia Fines,. Amerci- Prions de 
 amenta, et exitus forisfadfos. Bona 6c Catalla ^'"'^"^ 
 tugitivorum, relonuin, et Dampnatorum, et mentis, 
 alias Forisfadluras quafcumque de omnibus ho- '^^^I's^ 
 minibus et tenentibus fuis in terris et feodis fuis ^c^^deTe. 
 infra Infulam predidtam,. quandocuinque homi- n^ntibus 
 nes et tenentes illi am^erciati fuerint, vel fines fe- '^^"" 
 cerint, vel corum bona et catalla fuerint forisfac- 
 ta, in omnibus et fingulis Curiis predidli Epif- 
 copi, et SuccefTorum fuorum ; quamvis hcniliie^ 
 vel tenentes illi de prefato Epifcopo, aut.^uccef-' 
 foribus fuis, alibi tenuerint infra eandem Inju- 
 l-im; — clamaverit eciam predidtus Prior habere . 
 fibi et Succelibrjbus fuis omnia Bona et Catalla 
 
 vpcata 
 
'JO 
 
 Lie Wayf« 
 A: birsycs. 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Jiulicium 
 
 deFiiiibus, 
 
 Aineici- 
 
 aiiitrnr. 
 
 Catallis 
 
 FtloiHim, 
 
 et iiliis Fo- 
 
 ristacluris 
 
 in maneri- 
 
 is Iui5. 
 
 De forif. 
 fai^luiis 
 CKtraneo- 
 riini III tc 
 od.Fiioris 
 
 vocata Wiiyfs, ct animalia vocata Strayes in feo- 
 dis, tcrris, et tenementis fuis infra Injiihun pre- 
 diiftain; ct habere libcracionem Extraftarum 
 hujufniodi finium fartoruni, exituum, et amer- 
 cianientoriim, ct bouorum et catallorum loris- 
 fadlorum ; ac Ballivum fuum, cum Virga in 
 nianu fua, fedentem juxta Ballivum prediiti E- 
 pilcopi, et Succeflbrum fuorum, omni die cujuf- 
 libet Vifus franci plegii, et Halimote apud ii^/v 
 tenend. ; — prcdicflufque Epifcopus materias illas 
 contradixerit J — et predid:us IVior nihilominus 
 Biverfas Extradlas de conlimilihus finibus, exiti- 
 bus, amerciamentis, bonis et catallis felonum, 
 ab hujulmodi Curiis predidli Epifcopi et aliquo- 
 rum Predecefibrum iuorum, ipll Priori, et ali- 
 quibus Prcdeccirorum fuorum, oftenderit libera- 
 tas, clamcum ipfius Prioris de Extradlis illis in 
 forma predi(fla liberand. verifimiliteraffirmantes; 
 — Nos Arbitri predicfti, au.iitis inde et intellec- 
 tis evidenciis nobis exhibitis et oftenfis, et alle- 
 gacionibus ex iitraque parte propoiitis, Arbitra- 
 mur, Decernimus, Judicamus, Ditiinimus, et fi- 
 naliter Terminamus, quod fecundum allegacio- 
 nes et evidencias ex parte predidli Prioris propo- 
 fitas et oitenfas, eidem Priori et Succeflbribus 
 fuis pertinebit ad habendum, et quod ipfi de ce- 
 tero hahebunt, omnia Fines, Amerciamenta, et 
 Exitus forisfaclos. Bona et Catalla felonum, fu- 
 gitivorum, et dampnatorum, et alias Forisfadlu- 
 ras quafcumque accidentes five exiftentes in om- 
 nibus terris, feodis, et tenementis fuis, que af- 
 fignata fuerunt Monachis Elien. perantiquas fe- 
 paracionem et aflignacionem, per quendam nu- 
 per Epifcopum £//('/?/?;'//, in Ely, Sutton, Wichatn, 
 tVynteworth, Wichcford, Stunteney., Tirhutfey, 
 WitleJ]'ey, et alibi infra Injiilam predi(flam, (dt- 
 quibus ea que funt in Kly, inquibufdam Inden- 
 turis prefcn ibas annexis j^lenius declaratur,) de 
 omnibus hominibus et tenentibus fuis cubanti- 
 bus et levantibus in eifdem terris, feodis, et te- 
 nementis, in omnibus et fmgulis Curiis predidti 
 Epifcopi, et Succelf ;runi fuorum, infra Infulam 
 illam imperpetuum ; tarn de Placitis, undeCog- 
 niciones in Curiis Domini Regis ;)redid:o Epif- 
 copo conceduntur, aut fibi, vel Succelforibus fu- 
 is, in Curiis Regiis impofterum concedentur; 
 quam de aliis Placitis, Cuifis, et - ccionibus 
 quibufcumque, per Extradas per minillros ea- 
 rumdem Curiarum faciend., et Ballivo predidti 
 Prioris aut SuccelTorum fuorum pro tempore ex- 
 illen. liberand.; Salviset rckrvatis predidloEpif- 
 copo, et SuccefToribus fuis, omnimodis finibus, 
 et gerfumis fadtis, leu faciendis, pro terris et te- 
 nementis in quibufcumque Curiis difti Epifcopi, 
 et Succeflbrum fuorum, infra Injulam j)redidlam, 
 qui ad uiuin Epifcopi pro tempore exifl;en. per 
 Ballivum fuum levand. integre remanebunt. — Et 
 fi aliqui extranei, non tcnentcs didti Epifcopi, 
 aut Succeflbrum fuorum, forisfecerint in diclis 
 terris, tenementis. et feodis, prediftis Monachis, 
 ut prcmittitur, aflignatis, per quod Bona et Ca- 
 
 talla fua perdere debeantj In hoc cafu hujulmo- 
 di Buna et Catalla in eifdem terris, tenementis, 
 et feodis, tempore forisfafture predifte exiften- 
 cia, prefato Priori et Succeflbribus fuis imperpe- 
 tuum remanebunt.— Et flcontigerit aliquod Pla- 
 citum tangens aliquem hominem iive tenentem 
 predidi Prioris, aut Succeflbrum fuorum, in d:c- 
 tis feodis, terris, et tenementis, que fuerunt de 
 predidlis antiquis feparacione ct aflignacione, ut 
 prediftum efl, cubantem & Icvantem, in Cur. 
 Domini Regis pendcre, cujus caufa emerferit 
 infra Infuhim fupradidtam, et predidlus Epifco- 
 pus et ejus Attornati, aut aliquis Succeflbrum 
 iuorum et Attornatus funs, poUquam eorum a- 
 liquis de Placito illo racionabilitcr premunitus 
 fuerit, vel noticiam inde habuerit, negligentes 
 fuerint vel remifli, ad petend. cognicionem Pla- 
 citi illius; quod tunc poll: negligenciam five 
 remiflionem illam, prediftus Prior et Succeflbres 
 fui omnia Exitus, Amerciamenta, et Fines inde 
 perveniencia et contingencia habebunt, per ex- 
 tra(5las Ballivo fuo liberand. per Ballivum pre- 
 dict! Ej)ifcwpi, vel Succeflbrum fuorum pro tem- 
 pore exiften. poflquam idem Ballivus Epifcopi 
 allocacionem inde habuerit in Scaccario, vel a- 
 lia Curia Domini Regis.— Provifo femper, quod 
 predidlus Prior et Succeflbres fui, vel Ballivus 
 Prioris pro tempore exifl:ens, fuper qualibet li- 
 beracione talium extraftorum in quibus Fines, 
 Amerciamenta, five Exitus forisfadti in Placito 
 unde Epifcopus pro tempore exiflens optinuerit 
 cognicionem in Curia Domini Regis content, fu- 
 erint, folvent vel folvet Ballivo Epifcopi ad tunc 
 exiflenti, pro qualibet cognicione talis Placiti 
 per Epifcopum ilium fie obtenta, (>s. %d. ad u- 
 fum ejufdem Epifcopi imperpetuum, pro cufla- 
 giis fuis in Curia Domini Regis fadlis, lecundum 
 illam confuetudinem, quod pro qualibet tali 
 cognicione Placiti ibidem habita 6s. id. pro feo- 
 dis folvi debent. — Et (i aliquis Prior pro tempore 
 exiftens, feoda ilia Ballivo Epifcopi tunc exiflen- 
 ti folvere recufaverit. Fines, Amerciamenta, et 
 Exitus forisfadti in hujufmodi Placitis, unde 
 cogniciones optentc fuerint, ad ufum Epifcopi 
 tunc exillentis, per Ballivum fuum levanda re- 
 manebunt. — Et eciam fi quis hominum vel te- 
 nendum predidli nunc Prioris vel Succeflbrum 
 fuorum, infultum vel relculfum fecerit alicui 
 Ballivo vel Minillro predidli Epifcopi, vel Suc- 
 ceflbrum fuorum, in executione Legis facienda, 
 quominus Ballivus vel Minifler ille execuciones 
 Brevium Domini Regis, Preceptorum Jufticiar. 
 feu alterius Ofliciarii predidti Epifcopi, et Suc- 
 ceflbrum fuorum, facere poterit, per quod mi- 
 fericordiam inciderit, exitus amifcrit, vel finem 
 fecerit in aliqua Curia predidli Epifcopi, vel Suc- 
 ceflxjrum fuorum ;— ex tunc Amerciamenta, Ex- 
 itus, et Fines inde emergen, pertinebunt predidto 
 Epifcopo, et Succeflbribus fuis, imperpetuum.— 
 Et quoad hoc quod predidlus nunc Prior clamat, 
 quod Ballivus fuus fcderet juxta Ballivum Epif- 
 
 co])i, 
 \ 
 
 Contra 
 negligen- 
 tiain At- 
 tornati E- 
 pilcopi. 
 
 De </. ti. 
 
 JiallivoE. 
 pifcopii 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 '31 
 
 IIS Epifco 
 pi. 
 
 Ballivo 
 pilcopi. 
 
 copi, cumVirga in manu fua, in fornix predifta; 
 — Nos Arbitri predifti Arbitramur, Decernimus, 
 ^i^'^i'effi'jne Ji-'dicamus, Ditiinimu?, et tinaliter Terminamus, 
 BiHiviPfi- quod Ballivus predifti Prioris, et Succeilorum 
 ?"r"r^!' fuorum, lie federe poterit, ad informandum Se- 
 nelcaUum Epilcopi de tenentibus Prioris, et ad 
 recipiendum extraftas eorundem tenenciumj fet 
 non ad judicandum, nee fe de judiciis, five gu- 
 bernacione, vel regula Curie, aliqualiter intromit- 
 tendum ; Et fimiliter idem Ballivus efle debet ad 
 afForacionem amerciamentorum, in que tenentes 
 Prioris inciderint, ad informandum afforatores 
 de qualitate et quantitate tranfgreirionum, er 
 caufarum, pro quibus milericordias inciderint ; 
 Salvo lemper, quod idem Ballivus primo jura- 
 DeAmerc. bitur ad Secreta Curie concelanda. — Et fimiliter 
 Prioris^ii- Arbitramur, Decernimus, Judicamus, Diffini- 
 beraiid. mus, ct finaliter Terminamus, quod predidius 
 nunc Epifcopus, et Succeffores fui imperpetuum, 
 habebunt omnia Fines, Amerciamenta, et Exi- 
 tus focisfaftos, de omnibus tenentibus et homi- 
 nibus fuis contingen. in Curiis, et Vifibus fran- 
 ci plegii, predidli Prioris, et SuccefTorum fuo- 
 rum, imp.rpetuum-,— ita quod homines et te- 
 nentes illi non fuerint cubantes et levantes in 
 prediclis terris, feodis, et tensmentis predidti 
 Prioris et Succeflbrum fuorum, que fuerunt de 
 predi(5lis antiquis feparacione et aflignacione, ut 
 predidlum eft, per extrad;as inde Ballivo Epilco- 
 pi, liberand. in predifta forma qua Ballivus Pri- 
 oris extraftas fuas de Curiis Epif-opi recipiet 
 liberatas; — Salvis et refervatis prefato Priori et 
 SuccefToribus fuis omnimodis finibus et gerfumis 
 fadtis, feu faciendis, pro terris et tenementis, in 
 quibufcumque Curiis di(fli Priori?, et Succelfo- 
 rum fuorum, infra Infulam prediftam, qui ad 
 ufum Prioris pro tempore exiil. per Ballivurn 
 DeWayfs fuuni Itvand. integrc remanebunt. — Et ulterius 
 Arbitramur, Decernimus, Judicamus, Dilfini- 
 mus, et finaiiter Terminamus, quod predidius 
 Prior, et Succeflbres fui, habebunt omnia Bona 
 et Catalla vocata Wayfs, et animalia vocata Sprays, 
 acciden. in terris, feodis, et tenementis fuis de 
 antiquis feparacione et aflignacione prediftis ex- 
 ilien. ut predictum eft-, et omnia Bona et Ca- 
 talla vocata Wayfs, et animalia vocata Strays, a- 
 libi infra Infulam predicflam accidencia prediclo 
 Epifcopo, et fuis SuccelToribus imperpetuum, 
 pertinebunt, abfque predicti Prioris, aut SuccelTo- 
 rum fuorum, contradidlione, vel clam, apponend. 
 Item cum predidtus Prior clamaverit habere 
 fibi, et Succefibribus fuis, liberam Warrennam, 
 in omnibus Maneriis, terris, et tenementis fuis 
 predicflls, nuper Wionzcnh Elyenfbiis ^tr predic- 
 tas antiquas feparacionem et aflignacionem aflig- 
 natis, et oftenderit nobis Arbitris antedidlis, 
 Cartam Domini Henrici nuper Regis AngUe fil. 
 Reg. "Johannis, cuidam nuper Priori et Conven- 
 tui fuo de Ely, de Libertate ilia in omnibus ter- 
 ris et tenementis fuis, faclam;— Nos Arbitri an- 
 tedidti, vilis evidenciis ex utraque parte, eifque 
 
 et Strays 
 in feodo 
 Piioris. 
 
 Climeum, 
 et Judi. 
 cium pro 
 Warren - 
 na. 
 
 audltis, et intellecftls ; Arbitramvir, Decernimus, 
 Judicamus, Difiinimus, et finaliter Terminamus, 
 quod idem Prior, et Succeffores fui, libera War- 
 renna ilia, abfque impeticione predidli Epifco- 
 pi, vel Succcfforum fuorum, gaudebunt pacifice 
 et quiete;— Et fimiliter predidtus Epifcopus, et 
 Succeffores fui, habebunt liberam Warrennam 
 fuam, alibi per totam Infulam fupradiftam. 
 
 Item cum predidlus Prior queftus fuerit, ho- De.Juftici- 
 mines et tenentes fuos multipliciter opprimi et ^tTtue'^^dTs. 
 gravari in hoc, quod prediftus Epifcopus con- 
 Itituit Jufticiarios fuos ad Pacem Domini Regis 
 in predidta/;///^Az confervandam; — ad quod pre-ciame„m 
 didus Epifcopus dixerit, quod ipfe, et omneSpj'f''^";!^^ 
 Predeceflores fui Epifcopi Elyenfes, a tempore Kfgumte- 
 Mutacionis Abbacie de Ely in Epiicopatum, et "*"''"'"" 
 
 All All • TO • '^"1 Eiien. 
 
 ommes Abbates Abbacie predicte ante mutacio-iiberam, 
 nem illam, virtute Cartarum Dominorum Re-^'^- 
 gum A/QgUe, Edgar i, Sti Ed'wardi et Henrici I 
 poft Conqueftum, habuerunt et tenuerunt pre- 
 dicflam Infulam liberam et quietam ab omni ex- 
 aftione Regali ; et inter alias Libertates, et Fran- 
 chefias, habuerunt, et ufi fuerunt inconcuffe Re- Amgnan- 
 
 dijullicia- 
 ^ _ _ _ , rios, liber- 
 
 de quibufcumque Caufis five Que- tatem da- 
 
 gali Jurifdicflior.e, ad affignand. Jufticiariosfuos ^10;^,;,^^. 
 
 ad Inquirend ^ ^ 
 
 rclis, infra prediftam Infulam emergentibus ; nee J-opuf^^'' 
 non ad Inquirend. Audiend. et Terminand. quaf- 
 cumque Caufas, Felonias, Tranfgreffiones, eta- 
 lia Malefadla infra Infulam predidlam fafta et Nulius ju- 
 perpetrata ; — Ita quod nulius Tufticiarius, vel ''"^'^'"'"^ 
 miniiler Domini Regis, ad premiiia intra i;{/z^-tra in.'"u- 
 lam predidtam faciend. venit, vel aliqualiter in- '»«! vcnit. 
 tromifitj — Et qucciens, et quum Dominus Rex 
 Jufticiarios fuos affignaverit, ad Inquirend. Au- 
 diend. et Teiminand. aliqua Felonias, Tranf- 
 grelliones, aut Nlalefacla in Comit. Cant, per- 
 Ijctrata, five ad Pacem in eodem Comitatu Con- 
 fervand., et alia quecumque in Commiffione in- 
 de eis direfta Faciend., Exercend., feu Exe- 
 quend., iidem Jufticiarii poft predidias Liberta- 
 tes, Franchefias, et Jurifdidlionem Regalem nu- 
 per Abbatibus de Ely per predicftos nuper Reges 
 conceffas eifdcm Abbatibus, ante mutacionem Regis ju- 
 
 fti(.iai 
 Con 
 
 Abbacie predicfle in Epifcopatum, et ipfi nunc 
 Epifcopo, et Predecefforibus fuis, poft mutacio- Cant. Se- 
 ntm illam; in Seffion;bus fuis femper delibera-''^''^'-. 
 
 A All ■ ^ -r^ • r • tranlirip- 
 
 verunt Attornat. Abbatis, vel Epiicopi pro tem-tum com- 
 pore exifien. Tranfcriptum Commiflionis Do-n"^-nis 
 mini Regis eifdem Jufticiariis directe, ut idem ^°i'fo?Jiato 
 Abbas, vel Epifcopus, Jufticiarios fuos infra In- EpKcopi 
 fulam predictam conllituere, et affignare poffet, ''^*'*""'* 
 ad omnia in eodem Tranfcripto contenta, infra 
 et per totam Infulam predictam faciend. exer- 
 cend. implend. et exequend. — Et pro pleniori 
 informacior.e inde Nobis predidtis Arbitris ex- 
 hibenda, monftraverit Nobis idem nunc Epifco- 
 pus quamplura Recorda, de hujufmodi Tran- 
 fcriptis Commiffionum, tam ad Audiend. et 
 Terminand., quani ad Pacem Confervand. et a- 
 lia in eifdem Tranfcriptis contenta Faciend., Ex- 
 ercend., Implend., et Exequend. Attornatis ip- 
 fi us 
 
Juiiiciiim 
 po Jiilti- 
 ciariis E- 
 I'licopi iri' 
 )'. a IiiCu- 
 1am. 
 
 Prhuiu. 
 
 A P P E 
 
 fius Ej/ifcopl, et Predece(Torum fuorum, per Ju- 
 
 fliciarios in eifdem Conunillionibus nominatos, 
 liberataruni : — Super quo, viiis evidenciis pre- 
 didtis, et auditis racioiiibus, ex parte predidti 
 Prioris, in contrarium allegatis ; videtur Nobis 
 Arbitris antediiitis, prtfatuiii Epilcopum, nee 
 PredecefTores fuos, in conllitucione hujufmodi 
 Jufticiariorum miniine deliquifle; per quod, Ar- 
 bitramur, Decernimus, Judicainus,DiltiaiiTuis, et 
 fina]iterTerminanius,qu6dpredidusnuucEpirco- 
 pus, et Succellbrcs fui, hujufmodi Jullicianos in 
 Injula predifta de cetero conlHtuent, et afTigna- 
 bunt, in predifta forma per PredecelTores fuos an- 
 tiquitus ufitata, line predid:i Prioris, et Succefro- 
 rum ruorum, et eorum tenencium, impedimento. 
 Item cum predidhis Prior clamaverit tenere 
 omnes pofTelTiones fuas, que per antiquas fcpara- 
 cionem et aflignacionem predicflas, tunc Mona- 
 chis de Ely aiiignate fuerunt, de Domino Rege 
 inmcdiate, et non de prefato Epilbopo; — Nos 
 Arbitri predidti, certis de caufis nos moventibus, 
 renuimus inde multum tra(ftare, et finalitcr Ju- 
 dicare J — Nobis tamen inde videtur expediens et 
 conforme, quod ulus et modus inde poil fepa- 
 racionem et affignacioncm jMCaiftas optent. in- 
 ter predi£lum nunc Epiicopum, et Priorem, et 
 Succeflorcs, fervarentur de cetcro in futurum. 
 ciameum Item cum predi^lhis Prior clamaverit habere 
 Prions de Prjfonam in hifula predidtu, de omnibus homi- 
 nibus, tenentibu?, et lervientibus lu'S, mira in- 
 fidain illam; et allegaverit, quod ipfe, et omnes 
 PredecefTores fu', hujufmodi Prifonam, a tem- 
 pore quo non extat memoria, habuerunt i — pre- 
 diftufque nunc Epifcopus, prediiftum Priorem, 
 et PredecefTores fuos, Prifonam illam taliter ha- 
 jiidkium buifTe contradixerit : — Nos Arbitri predidi, })ro 
 pace, Concordia, et diledlione, inter predidos 
 nunc Epifcopum, et Priorem, et fuos Succellb- 
 res, mcLus etiblidais nutricnd. Arbitramur, De- 
 cernimus, judicainus, Uiflinimus, et tinaliter 
 Terminamus, quod fiquos homines, tenentes, 
 vel fervientes fami'.iares ])redi(fli nunc Prioris, 
 vel SuccefTorum iuorum, in terris, fcodis, et te- 
 nementis fuis de antiquis Ibparacione et alTigna- 
 cionepredii5tis,cubantes et levantes, perBallivum, 
 vel alium Miniltrum predidi Epifcopi, vel Suc- 
 cefTorum fuorum, per nroCLflum legiscapiconti- 
 gerit in futurum;— Ballivus, per literas Prioris 
 pro tempore exiflentis, cum fuo iigillo fignand. 
 deputandus, (pro quo idem Prior refpondere vo- 
 lueret, et debebit,) veniet ad Ballivum, vel Mi- 
 nii^rum Epifcopi, qui homines et tenentes, vel 
 fervientes ilios ceperit, et petet eos fibi delibe- 
 rari in Prifona ejufdem Prioris cuftodiendos ;— - 
 Et predidus Ballivus, vel Minifter E])ifcopi, eos 
 eidem Ballivo Prioris, in forma ilia, cullodien- 
 dos incontinentcr liberablt, abl'que feodo procap- 
 cione, vel deliberacione eorum capiendo, perln- 
 denturam inde inter eos primitus faciendam ; — 
 qui quidem Ballivus Prioris, homines, tenentes, 
 vel fervientes hujufmodi, fic captos ct liberates, 
 
 ci£ ca. 
 
 N D I X. 
 
 bene et fuflkienter cuftodiet, et eos reducet Bal- 
 livo vel Minillro Epifcopi racionabiliter ergadies, 
 verfus cos per procelTum legis limitatos, five li- 
 mitandos ;-— et fi evaferint, vel ad dies illos de- CLiufiiia 
 fuerint, Ballivus Prioris Cuflos Prifjne fue, {\ ')«= '^''•«- 
 futhciens fuerit, et non lugcnt, juflificari volensj 
 fin autem, Prior, pro tempore exillens, Epifco- 
 })0, qui pro tempore fuent, et ejus Miniftris, 
 dampna que luiiinuerint, emendabit, et eos in- 
 dempncs in omnibus confervabit, et pro evafione 
 iimiliter refpondebit ;— Provilo fcmper, quodoefxecu. 
 executiode illis, qui pro exccucione Statutorum ''°""='>'*- 
 Mercatorii et Stapule, debitis, vel dampnis re- MerM™. 
 cuperatis, five aliis rebus adjudicatis, et recupe- ■'''"'"»• 
 ratis in Cur. Domini Regis, vel Epifcopi Elyen- ?"'*'•*'• 
 fisy pro tempore exift. capicndi funt, Baliivis pre- 
 didi nunc Epifcopi, et SuccelTorum fuorum, et 
 non Miniftris Prioris, ct SuccefTorum fuorum re- 
 manebit in omnibus faciend. 
 
 Item cum predidus nunc Prior clamaverit ha- ciameum 
 here fibi, et Succeflbribus fuis, de predido nunc P"""* «•• 
 Epilbopo, et SuccelToribus fuis, quendam annu- iiuatim."' 
 um redditum locj-. et pro tiulo redditus illius 
 habend. protulerit quandam Cartam fub nomine 
 Galfricii nuper Epifcopi RUenfis ; per quam fup- 
 ponitur, ipfum nuper Epilcopum, ad honorem 
 Dei, et perperuam veneracionem Beate Ethel- 
 drede, concefhfTe et dedifTe looj. annuos de 
 Scaccario fuo, in afluetis quatuor anni terminis, 
 a Sacrifta Elienjis Exrclefie percipend. ad unum 
 Cereum provid. ante Majus Altare illius Eccle- 
 fie, ita quod continue efTet accenfusj— afTeru- 
 ilTetque predidus Galjridus nuper Epifcopus, per 
 Cartam predidam, ipfum collacionem illam 
 feciffe de afTenfu Capituli Elknjis perpetuo vali- 
 turam, et in illius rei fidem, Si^illum fuum, una 
 cum Sigillo Capitulari El'tenjis Ecclelie Carte 
 predide appofuiffe ; — Ad quod predidus Epif- 
 copus, (proteflando quod non cognovit aliquid 
 de clameo predido nunc Prioris, de redditu pre- 
 dido,) dixerit, qubd predidus Gcdfridus nuper 
 Epilbojius obiit ante C(jronacionem Domini Ri~ 
 chardi nuper Regis Anglie Primi pofl Conque- 
 ftum ;-— Dixerit eciam idem nunc Epifbopus, 
 quod per Cartam predidam minime declaratur, 
 quod redditus predidus in aliquo loco certo pcr- 
 cipi deberet, nil! in Scaccario ipfius Galfridi uw- 
 per Epifcopi, quod per luam mortem ab elTencia 
 defiit, et finivit ; ac licet Carta predida pro vita 
 iplius nuper Epifcopi fiif^ciens crederetur, ta- 
 men adSuccclToresfuosfblucioni redditus predidi 
 obligandum, (cum verba fua tantum in eadeni 
 inferantur, et fui fblius fadum fuerit,) non re- 
 ferret ;--y\llegaverit eciam nunc Epifcopus, quod 
 nee predidus nunc Prior, nee aliquis Predecef- 
 Ibrum fuorum, fuit feifitus de annuo redditu 
 
 predido infra tempus memorie ; Nos Arbitri judicium 
 
 predidi, auditis, et intelledis, tam Carta predida ^i' """• 
 quam racionibus ex utraque parte bine et inde 
 propofitis, Arbitramur, Dccernimus, Judicamus, 
 Difhnimus, et iinaliter Terminamus, quod titu- 
 
 lus 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Clameum 
 Pnoris de 
 Vaftis et 
 Mari/cis, 
 &c. 
 
 Judicium 
 de eis. 
 
 lus predidii nunc Priorls, ad habendum annuum 
 redditum predi(flum per Cartam predidlam fac- 
 tus, non eft fufficiens ad predidtum nunc Epifco- 
 pum, et Succeflbres fuos, de eodem annuo red- 
 ditu onerandum ; eo quod Carta predid:a men- 
 cionem non facit de aliqua Perfona habili vel 
 ydonea, que redditum ilium perciperet, nifi tan- 
 tum de Sacrifta Ecclefie, qui ad hoc habilis eiYe 
 non poteft:, eo quod Perfona capax in lege non fitj 
 nee in eadem Carta memoratur, quod redditus 
 ille de prefato Galfrido nuper Epifcopo et Sucef- 
 foribus fuis capi deberet ; per quod SuccefTores 
 ipfius Epifcopi per Cartam illam ornerandi non 
 funt ; ac limiliter in eadem Carta recitatur, quod 
 Epifcopus prediftus Sigillum fuum una cum Si- 
 gillo Capitulari Rlienfis Ecclelie Carte predidle 
 appofuit ; — que verba iplius nuper Epifcopi, et 
 non Capituli, ipfum nunc Epifcopum nee one- 
 rant, neque ligant. 
 
 Item cum predidlus Prior clamaverit Iblum 
 Vaftorum et Marifcorum in Infula predidla, in- 
 fra Maneria fua de Suttoun, Wiclieliam, Wicheford, 
 Wynteiforth, Witkjjey, et Stiinteney, que funt in- 
 fra eandem Infulatn, efle fuum, et SuccelTorum 
 fuorum; — Nos Arbitri predidli, auditis, et in- 
 telledlis allegacionibus predidli nunc Prioris, et 
 refponfionibus predidti nunc Epifcopi proinde 
 propofitis, Arbitramur, Decernimus, Judicamus, 
 Diffinimus, et finaliter Terminamus, quod folum 
 Vaftorum et Marifcorum predidlorum, ut parcel- 
 la predidlorum Maneriorum de Suttoun, Wicham, 
 Wicheford, IVmteiaorth, Wittlefey, et Stunteiiey 
 prefato nunc Priori, et Succeftbribus fuis, pro jure 
 fuo inde plenius probato, imperpetuum pertinebit. 
 
 Item cum predidus Prior clamaverit, quod 
 ipfe, et Succeflbres fui, cum predido nunc E- 
 pifcopo, et SuccefToribus fuis, elfent Domini 
 Vaftorum et Marifcorum de Ely, et ea infimul 
 pro indivifo, et in communi cum predidlo nunc 
 Epifcopo, et SuccelToribus fuis, tenerent ; — 
 clamaverit eciam idem Prior, habere fibi et Suc- 
 celToribus fuis omnes Forisfaduras in Vaftis et 
 Marifcis de£/^' accidentes, vocat. Forfakures of 
 theFennes, viz. omnes Turbas foffas, Rofcum et 
 Lefchiam falcatos vel meflbs in predidis Vaftis 
 et Marifcis per homines forinfecos, quolibet 
 tempore anni ; vel per homines reftdentes infra 
 Villam de Ely predidam, tempore feilTonabili, 
 Turbas, Rofcum, et Lefchiam illos in Vaftis et 
 Marifcis predidis, ultra terminum in Cur. de 
 Vifu Franci Plegii apud Ely tent, limitatum di- 
 mittentes ; unde predidus nunc Prior, fe, et Pre- 
 deceftc res fuos, a tempore quo non extat memo- 
 ria, fuiile feifuos, allegaverit ; — predidufque 
 nunc Epifcopus, (proteftando ipfum non cogno- 
 vifle aliqua per predidum Priorem proinde fupe- 
 rius allegata,) dixerit, quod ipfe, et Predeceftb- 
 res fui Epifcopi Elienfes, fuerunt fuccelTive feifiti 
 ut foli tenentes de Manerio de£/j' cum pertinen- 
 ciis, unde Solum Vaftorum et Marifcorum de 
 Ely eft parcella, abfque hoc quod predidus nunc 
 
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 Prior de Ely, feu aliquis Predeceflbrum fuorum, 
 aliquid habucrint in Manerio et Solo illis infra 
 tenipus memorie ; — et ulteriiis idem nunc Epif- 
 copus dixerit, quod ipfe, et omnes Predeceftbres 
 fui Epifcopi Elie7ifes, a tempore quo non extat 
 memoria, habuerunt omnes predidas Forisfadu- 
 ras vocat. The Fofaitiires of the Fenn 's j — abf- 
 que hoc quod predidus nunc Prior, aut aliquis 
 Predecelforum fuorum, a toto tempore illo, ali- 
 quid habuerit in eifdcm; — allegaverit eciam 
 idem nunc Epifcopus, quod inter terras et tene- 
 menta per predidas autiquas feparacionem et 
 affignacionem prefatis nuper Monachis de Ely 
 affignat., nichil didum fuit de predidis Vaftis 
 et Marifcis de Ely ; et fie Vafta et Marifci ilia, 
 cum refiduo pofleflionum Abbacie de Ely, tunc 
 Epifcopo Elien, et ejus Succeftbribus, remanfe- 
 runt; per quod, eadem Vafta et Marifci, parcel- 
 la Maneriorum, terrarum, et tenementorum ei- 
 dem tunc Epifcopo remanencium, dici debent ; 
 — Nos Arbitri predidi, auditis, et intelledis al- 
 legacionibus inde ex utraque parte propofitis, Ar- 
 bitramur, Decernimus, Judicamus, Difiinimus, 
 et finaliter Terminamus, quod Solum Vaftorum 
 et Marifcorum de Ely dido Epifcopo, et Succef- 
 foribus fuis, pro redo fuo inde plenius declarato, 
 imperpetuum pertinebit;— et quoad Forisfac- 
 turas vocatas Forfakures of the Fennes, in Vaftis 
 et Marifcis de Ely, fuperius declaratas, predidi 
 nunc Epifcopus, et Prior, pro fe et Succefibri- 
 bus fuis, per mediacionem noftram, in forma fe- 
 quenti pro perpetuo concordantur, videlicet ; — 
 Quod predidus nunc Epifcopus et Succefibres 
 lui habebunt omnes predidas Forisfaduras voca- 
 tas Forfakures oj the Fennes, de omnibus tenen- 
 tibus fuis in Vaftis et Marifcis de Ely predidis, 
 et omnimodas alias Forisfaduras de eorum Bo- 
 nis et Catallis in eifdem Vaftis et Marifcis de 
 £/^' accidentibus •,— Et ulterius, quod omnes ille 
 Forisfadure vocate Forfakures of the Fennesy 
 fcilicet, Turbe foliate, Rofcus et Lefchia falcati 
 et mefli aliquo tempore anni, in didis Vaftis et 
 Marifcis At Ely per aliquem forinfecum, viz. ul- 
 lum non habentem commune Eftoverium in eif- 
 dem Vaftis et Marifcis, utrum infra vel extra 
 predidam Infulam manferit, equaliter dividi de- 
 bent inter predidos nunc Epifcopum et Priorem, 
 et Succefibres fuos ; ita quod predidus nunc E- 
 pifcopus et Succefibres fui, unam medietatem, 
 et predidus nunc Prior et Succefibres fui, alter- 
 am medietatem Forisfadurarum illarum, habe- 
 bunt imperpetuum; — et quod predidus nunc 
 Epifcopus, et Succefibres fui, foli per fe perci- 
 pient et habebunt imperpetuum, omnia Fines, 
 Amerciamenta, et Exitus forisfados, ac Foris- 
 laduras de Bonis et Catallis didorum forinfeco- 
 rum infra Vafta et Marifcos predida, ex qua- 
 cumque caufa emergencia et accidencia; — Et 
 predidus Prior et Succefibres fui, foli per fe im- 
 j)erpetuum percipient et habebunt, omnes Foris- 
 faduras vocatas The Forfakures of the Fennes, 
 * E infra 
 
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 APPENDIX. 
 
 infra Vafta et Marifcos de Ely, de omnibus te- 
 nentibus fuis, cubantibus et levantibus in terris, 
 feodis, et tenementis fuis, que fuerunt de pre- 
 diiflis antiquis fcparacicne et allignacione, com- 
 mune Ertoverium in Vaftis et Marifcis de Ely 
 predidis habentihus, licet alibi tcnueiint de E- 
 pifcopo ; ac omnia Fine?, Amerciaments, et Ex- 
 itus forisfadl:os, ac quafcumque alias ForisfacT:a- 
 ras de eornm Bonis et Catallis in Curia predidi 
 nunc Epilcopi, et Succeflbrum fuorum, ex qua- 
 cumque caula, in ValHs et Marifcis predidis 
 emergencia et accidencia. — Et ne, quod abfit, 
 aliqua predidtorum importerum potuerint in du- 
 bium revocari, Laudamus, Arbitramur, Judica- 
 mus, et Decernimus, quod de et fuper noilro 
 prelenti Arbitrio, Laudo, Sentencia, Judicio, live 
 amicabili Compolicione, fiant Litere Indentate 
 et Tripartite, quarum Una remaneat in Archivis 
 Domini Nollri Regis, fub Sigillis noftris et Par- 
 cium prediftarum figillata ; Alia vero penes E- 
 pifcopum Elienfem, qui pro tempore fuerit, fub 
 Sigillis noftris, ac didorum Prioris et Conven- 
 tus ; Tercia vero penes prefatos Priorem et Con- 
 ventum, fub Sigillis noitris, ac difti Reverendi 
 Patris Johannis Epifcopi Elyenfis. 
 
 In quorum omnium fidem et teftimonium, Nos 
 
 Henrtciis, Willielmus, et Rogerus, Arbitri antedidi 
 
 SigillanortraPrefentibus, penes Epifcopum £/)'('«- 
 
 /cm, qui pro tempore fuerit, remanentibus, appofu- 
 
 imus. Dat.inFe!loS.A7f/i?/^/Epifcopi,A.D.i4i7- 
 
 Et nos Willielmus Prior Ecclefie Cath. Elyeu. 
 et ejufdem loci Capitulum, live Conventus, pre- 
 didtum Laudum, Arbitrium, Sentenciam, Judi- 
 cium, five amicabilem Compoficionem, in om- 
 nibus fuis partibus fupradidis, et prout fiiperius 
 icribuntur, et recitantur, pro Nobis, et Succef- 
 foribus Noftris, tenore Prefencium, Approba- 
 mus, Ratificamus, confirmamus, et exprelfe E- 
 mologamus. In cujus rci teftimonium, huic 
 parti prefentis Indenture penes Epifcopum E- 
 lyen., qui pro tempore fuerit, remanenti, Sigil- 
 lum nortrum Commune appofuimus. Dat. in 
 Domo noftra Capitulari in Fefto Ste Lucie Vir- 
 ginis, A.D. 1417 fupradido. 
 
 NUMB. XXVIII. 
 
 Penfo annua Walteri Lempjler, M. D. cMS 
 Epr Elienfis. B. fol. 84. 
 
 OMNIBUS Chrifti fidelibus ad quos prefen- 
 tes Litere pervenerint, Willislmus permiflione 
 divina Epus Elienfis, Salutem in Domino fcmpi- 
 ternam. Noveritis nos concelfille, et hoc prefen- 
 ti Scripto noftro confirmalfe diledo et fideli no- 
 ftro Maglftro Waltero Lemjier in Medicinis 
 Dodori, pro bono Servicio fuo. Nobis et Eccle- 
 fie Noftre Elienji impenfo, et impofterum im- 
 pendcndo, quendam annualem Redditum viginti 
 Marcarum, ad terminum Vite fuc annuatim per- 
 cipiendum de nobis, et SuccefToribus noftris, in 
 Fefto Sti Andree Apoftoli, de et in Manerio no- 
 
 ftro de Fen-Ditton in Comit. Cajttebrtg. per ma- 
 nus occupatorum live miniftrorum ddi manerii 
 pro tempore exiftentium : ac etiam concefliffe 
 eidcm Magiftro LemJlcr BouCH de Court pro 
 l"e, et duobus Servientibus fuis, et ad tres Equos 
 fuos, tociens quociens eundem Magiftrum Wal- 
 terum Lemjier infra Hofpicium nollrum circa 
 negocia noitra fore contigerit. In cujus rei telU- 
 moniuni Prefentibus Sigillum noftrum eft appen- 
 fum. Dat. in Manerio noftro AtDounham, Decimo 
 odtavo die Menfis Aprilis, Anno Domini 1478, 
 noftreque Confecrationis Anno Vicelimo quarto. 
 
 Conjirmacio Prioris et Conventus. 
 
 Et nos Prior et Conventus Eccles. Cath. Elien. 
 habito fupcr premiflis diligent! ac fufficienti 
 tradlatu, Omnia et lingula per i)refatum venera- 
 bilem Patrem noftrum, ut premittitur, concelfa, 
 rata habentes et grata, quatenus in Nobis eft, et 
 ad nos attinet, plena deliberacione, approbamus, 
 ratificamus, et confirmamus per Prelentes. Ita 
 tamen quod predidlus Walterus Lemftcr tempore 
 alicujus Vacacionis Epifcopatus Elienfis, nichi pro 
 vadiis fuis, vel menfa, vel liberatura fua de Bonis 
 Epifcopatus £/.'tv;yZf, vel Prioratus ejufdem, aut alio 
 quocunque modo ad Ecclefiam £//>«/?»; fpedlanti- 
 bus, percipere debeat, vel quomodolibet vendica- 
 re. In cujus rei teftimonium Sigillum noftrum 
 commune Prefentibus eft appenfum. Dat. quo 
 ad nos in Domo noftra Capitulari vicefimo primo 
 Die Menfis Aprilis, Anno Domini 1478. 
 
 NUMB. XXIX. 
 
 Tnflallatio fohannis Morton Epifcopi Elienfis.—- 
 e M S Bibliothecc-e Harleians Catalog. N°. 
 372 1 ,cui titulus Chronicen Ecclefias Elienfis. 
 
 INSTALLATIO ejus erat in Fefto Decolla- 
 tionis Sti 'Joh. Bapt. in feria 3''" A. D. 1479, 
 ' fub tali modo J Predidlus Dominus Epifcopus 
 
 * exiftens apud manerium fuum in Dounham dif- 
 
 * calciatus, difcooperto capite, et nudis pedibus, 
 
 * in Rocheto, venit cum bediis in manu fua di- 
 
 * cendo orationes Dominicas per viam, nee vo- 
 
 * luit communicare cum aliquo per viam de ma- 
 
 * teriis fecularibus; qui cum venilfet ad Eccle- 
 ' liam Ste Marie in Ely, ingrelTus ufque ad Al- 
 ' tare, ibidem recubuit fuper fedilej et didlis 
 ' orationibus, obtulit fuper Altare 5'; deinde, lo- 
 
 * tis pedibus per clericum parochialem, venit 
 ' nudis pedibus ad oftium Occidentale ecclclie 
 ' Cath. Elien : ubi fuper Cathedram honefte cum 
 'pall, et jjulvineribus ornatam genuflexit ; de- 
 
 * inde Dominus Vnor Rogerus JVeJhnynfyr tradi- 
 ' dit ei afperforium aque benedide ; quo fadlo, 
 ' idem Prior, Archidiaconus, et Subprior thuri- 
 ' ficaverunt eum ; et tunc Prior tradidit ei Cru- 
 
 * cem deofculandum; quo ftante, Magifter Ro- 
 ' bertus Bredon Notarius legit coram eo Cartam 
 
 * Domini Regis diftindle & fatis aperte, in qua 
 ' continebantur ea ad que obligabatur implcre Sc 
 ' cuftodire; ct ad hoc obfervandum preftitit cor- 
 
 ' porale 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 porale juramentum fuper Textum ; quo ofcu- 
 lato, rtatim Cantor incepit Preces SummeTri- 
 nitati, et cum procefTione folempni duxerunt 
 eum Monachi in capis per Chorum ad Sum- 
 mum Altare, & ibi fuper Sedile honefle orna- 
 tum genuflexit; et Dominus Prior dixit fuper 
 eum Orationem; et optulit fuper Altare 5'^ 
 tunc perrexit ad feretrum Sanfte Etheldrede, 
 Cantore incipiente Refponfum, O Rex C/iriJic, 
 tuiim, 6cc. — et ibi Dominus Prior dixit lliper 
 eum, fuper Cathedram genufledtentem, Ora- 
 tionem, Deus, qui (x'lmie caj}itatis,bic. — et ibi 
 obtulit 5^ ; Deinde progreiTus ad Reliquias ; 
 quibus ofculatis, obtulit 5'. et fic procellit ad 
 omnia Feretra Sandlarum : finitifque fic pere- 
 grinationibus fuis, tranlivit ad Veltiarium, ubi, 
 lotis pedibus per Clericum fupradiftum, de- 
 dit ei 5'. — Tunc indutus erat veftimentis Pon- 
 tificalibus, et preciofis ornamentis, et fic 
 traniiens fuper tapeta ufque Cathedram Mag- 
 nam juxta Summum Altare fituatam, preciofe 
 preparatamj et ibi ortenfa erat Commiffio ab 
 Archidiacono Cantiiar. mifla ad Dominum 
 Priorem, Archidiaconum Elienfem, et Cle- 
 ricum Rotulorum : quam legebat Rotulorum 
 Clericus; cujus audloritate CommifTarii pre- 
 di(fli impofuerunt, et eundem Reverendum Do- 
 minum Epifcopum federe in Cathedra fece- 
 runt ; quo fa6lo, flatim Cantor incepit Te De- 
 tim laudamus; cantandofolempniter cum organis 
 et cantoribus : et interim Dominus Epilcopus 
 furrexit et venit ad Stallum fuum in Choro, et 
 ibi Commillarii prefati impofuerunt ilium in 
 Stallum fuum, Clerico Rotulorum dicente, Nos 
 auSloritate prediSla Infiallamus vos, &c. Dein- 
 de afcendit ad Sedile coram Altare Sti Petri 
 pofitum, in quo refidebat ; et Dominus Prior 
 ac totus Conventus finguli veniebant, et genu- 
 fleftendo ofculabantur manum ejus & os. Quo 
 finite, regreffus eft ad Velliarium, & prepara- 
 vit fe ad MilTam celebrandam de Sto Jo/ianne 
 Baptijia, cum omni folempnitate et Melodia, 
 &c. Poll: Miffam, depofitis ornatibus, ivit ad 
 Palacium, cam Abbatibus de Bury, Ramfey, & 
 'Thor?iey, Priore et toto Conventu, et cum plu- 
 ribus Militibus, Armigeris, ac Generolis, ac 
 magna multitudine vulgi; nam magnum et 
 fumptuofum erat Convivium.' 
 
 NUMB. XXX. 
 'The Seniycis att the Stallation of the Bijhop of 
 Ely. (Morton.) — Copied from an old Book 
 in the Heralds Office, wanting the Title- 
 page, printed in the old black character. 
 
 f Le premere Courfe pur leftates. 
 f Un Sotelte de lyon blanke reherfal. 
 Think and thanke Prelate of grate prife. 
 That it hath pleafed the habundant grace 
 Of King Edward, in all his ^Cli wife. 
 
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 The to promote hydar to his pleafe. 
 
 This lytil Yie, whyle thou haft tyme and fpace, 
 
 For to repayre do ay thy befy cure ; 
 
 For thy rewarde of heven thou fhalt be fure. 
 
 fl Pur potage. 
 
 Frumenty and Venifon. 
 Syngnet rofted. 
 Graunt luce infanis. 
 Roo roefted regardaunt. 
 Fefant roofted. 
 Venifon in pafte. 
 Crete Cuftard. 
 Leche porpul. 
 
 IT Un Sotelte de Nativitate Saintjohn. Reherfall. 
 
 BlifTyd John Baptift, for thy Name fo precioufe, 
 Gracia Dei be thy true interpretation : 
 Pray ever to God that in thy lyue virtuoufe, 
 John noweofthisSee, thorough thy mediation, 
 Prelerued be, which be this Stallacion 
 Thus is entred in to his Chirche, 
 Ther longe to endure many good dedis to workc. 
 
 fl The Second Courfe. 
 ^ Un Sotelte le glede Ely. Reherfall. 
 O mortal Man, call to remembrance. 
 This Text, De terra tu plamafti me. 
 What than avayleth all worldly pleiaunce, 
 Syche to the erthe thou ftialt reuert; 
 De lime terre, how God hath ordeyned the, 
 Lodefterre of Ely, loo fuch is Goddys myght, 
 Hym therefore to ferue thou art bonden of right. 
 
 IT Gely to potage. 
 
 Stoker roofted. 
 
 Pecoke floriftied. 
 
 Carpe in Soppis. 
 
 Rabetts roofted. 
 
 Breme freihewater. 
 
 PVeature Semeca, 
 
 Orenge in pafte, 
 
 Tarte borboyne. 
 
 Leche damaftce. 
 IT Un Sotelte de dieu Schepard, 
 Ego fum Paftor bonus. Reherfall. 
 John, ofte reuolue in thy rememberance 
 
 ThatofmyGracehauemadethehereprotedlor, 
 And of this folde I geve the gouernance j 
 From rauenors to be ther true defenfor. 
 Them to preferue euery tyme & ower; 
 Lerne of me, and do thy befy deuor 
 From my folke al rauen to difleuor. 
 II Refponcio Epifcopi. 
 Fayn I woldc, blilTed Lorde, yf it like the. 
 This Cure, of thy diuine puruiaunce 
 And I'pecial moft grace haft given me. 
 To gyde and rewle after thy pleiaunce. 
 And to expel al rebel with thy maintence: 
 FromthisChirche,goodLorde,gevemethaigrace, 
 And fo me to rewle, wyth the to have a place. 
 
 * ^ i <i The 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
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 fl The Third Courfe, 
 f Un Sotelte le Sentis Pctre, Paule, & Andrewc. 
 
 Rcherlall. 
 Remembre when this that ihiineth bright 
 With gret abundaunce, al is but ya) n glorie ; 
 Lerne tor to die, and welcome we in you Knight, 
 Welcome my Prieft and Bislliop verily : 
 The holy Peter, bliffed Poule, and I 
 Of this our Chirche make the Protedlor, 
 And of this Yle the vertuoufe Gouernor. 
 
 V Creme of Almondes to potage. 
 Boateur roolled. 
 Perche in gelye. Curlew. 
 Plower roolted. 
 Un carte de gely florirtiyd. 
 Crenes dendofe. 
 Larkes roorted. 
 Freflie Storgion. 
 Quinces in pafte. 
 Tarte Poleyn. 
 Fritour bounce. 
 Leche Rciall. 
 
 f Un Sotelte de le Eglefure letonne. Reherfall. 
 
 Now hereby ye bee welcome into this Hal, 
 From the higheft unto the loweft degree j 
 Requiring and ipecially praing you al, 
 Yield to God the louing, and not to me ; 
 And ferthermore, of your benignitie. 
 Domino Deo noftro gracias agamus. 
 And prayfe his Name with TeDeum laudamus. 
 
 fr Syttyng at the high dees. 
 My Lord of Ely in the myddes. 
 
 f On the right hande. 
 
 The Abbot of Berye, 
 The Abbot of Ramefey, 
 The Prior of Ely, 
 The Mayfter of the Rollis, 
 The Prior of Braunwell, 
 The Prior of Anglelhe\ e. 
 
 fl On the other handc, 
 Syr Thomas Howard, 
 Syr John Donne, 
 Syr John Wyngelfeld, 
 Syr Harry Wentworthe, 
 John Sapcote, 
 Syr Edward Woodhous, 
 Syr Robert Chambcrlayn, 
 Syr John Cheyne, 
 Syr William Brandon, 
 Syr Robert Fynes, 
 John Fortefcu. 
 
 The Abbot of Thorney, and my Lady Brandon, 
 and other Eftatis, in the Chambre. 
 
 NUMB. XXXL 
 
 " Mafidatum pro Declaratione pretenfe jurtfjic- 
 ' tiojiii per Romanum Pontificem ufurpate, ac 
 
 * in hoc Regno Anglie extirpate ; et ut Nomen 
 
 * Pape in omnibus libris ecclejiajiicis dekatur.' 
 — E Regiftro Goodrich, fo. 25. 
 
 THOMAS miferatione divina Elien. E- 
 ' pus. Univerfis et lingulis Abbatibus, 
 ' Prioribus, Decanis, Prepofitis, Gardianis, Rec- 
 ' toribus, Vicariis, Capellanis, Curatis, et aliis 
 ' quibufcunque Eccleliafticis perfonis ubilibet, 
 ' ac intra Diocefim et Jurifdidlionem noftras ex- 
 ' irtentibus, tam in locis exemptis quam non ex- 
 
 * emptis, Salutem, graciam et benedidlionem. 
 ' Acceptis Literis fereniffimi, illurtriffimi, et po- 
 ' tentifiimi Principis et Domini Nortri Henrici 
 ' Odlavi, Dei gracia Anglie et Francie Regis, Fi- 
 
 * dei Defenforis, et Domini Hibernie, ac in ter- 
 
 * ris Supremi Ecclefie Anglicane Capitis, Nobis 
 
 * diredlis, ac ejufdem Regie Majeftatis ad infra- 
 
 * fcripta exequenda Mandatum continentibusj— 
 
 * Vobis ex parte ejufdem Regie Majeftatis man- 
 ' dantes, etiam Nos firmiter injungendo Man- 
 
 * damus, quatenus fingulis diebus Dominicis et 
 ' folemnibus Feftis proxime port intimationem 
 ' prefentium fequentibus, intra Miflarum Solem- 
 ' nia aut Vefperarum Officia, cum major affue- 
 ' rit Populi multitudo in Ecclefiis veftris, pub- 
 ' licetis feu publicari faciatis Populo verbis An- 
 
 * glicanis integrum et perfedturn tenorem verbo- 
 
 ' rum fequentium : — " Ye fliall underftande 
 
 " that the unlawful! Jurifdidtion, Pouer, and 
 
 " Authorite of longe tyme ufurpid by the Bif- 
 
 " fliope of Rome in this Realme, who then 
 
 " was called Pope, ys now by God's Lawe juft- 
 
 " ly, lawfully, and grownde Rayfons and Cau- 
 
 " fes, by authorite of Parliament, and by and 
 
 " withe the hole confent and agrement of all 
 
 " the Bisftiops, Prelatis, and bothe Univerfities 
 
 " of Ox) or the and Cambridge y and alfo of the 
 
 " hole Clargie of this Realme, extind: and 
 
 " ceafed for ever, as of no ftrengithe, value, or 
 
 " effefte in this Realme oi Englonde. In whiche 
 
 " Realme the faid hole Clergie, Bisfhopes, Pre- 
 
 " latis, and either of the Convocations of bothe 
 
 " Provinces, with alfo the Univerfities of O.v- 
 
 " fort he and Cambridge have accordyng to God's 
 
 " Lawes, and uppon good and lawfull reafons 
 
 " and grownds, knowleged the King's Highnes 
 
 " to be the Supreme Hcde in Erthe, immediate- 
 
 " ly under God, of the Churche of Englonde : 
 
 " whiche there knowleage being confefled, and 
 
 " now by Parliament eftablifhed, and by God's 
 
 " Lawes juftyfiable to be jiiftlye executid; fo 
 
 " ought every trew Chriften fubjede of this 
 
 " Realme, not onely to knoweleage and obedy- 
 
 " ently recognife the King's Highnes to be Su- 
 
 " preme Hede in Erthe of the Cherche of Erig- 
 
 I" hnde, but allfo to fpeke, publisfhe, and to 
 " teche there Childern and Servaunts the fame; 
 
 '• and 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 ** and to (liewe unto them, who that the faid 
 " Bisfhope of Rome hath hertofore Ufurpyd, not 
 *' onely upon God, but alfo upon Prynces of this 
 ** Realme and there Progenitors. Whereforcj 
 " and to thentente ye (holde the better beleve 
 ** me herin, and take and receave the trueth, as 
 " ye ought to doo, I declare this unto yow, not 
 " not onely of my felf, whiche I do knowe to 
 *' be true, but alfo declare unto you, that the 
 *' fame ys certyfyed to me frome thi mouthe of 
 *' myne Ordinarye the Bisfliop oi Ely under his 
 " Seale, whiche I have redy to (hew unto you." 
 * Mandamus infuper, ut in quibufcunque Li- 
 
 * bris Sacris five prophanis intra Ecclelias veftras 
 
 * exiflentibus, et in quacumque earumdem parte, 
 
 * Textu, five Rubrica, Nomen Pape nominatum 
 ' aut fignatum, ut nominetur, reperiatis; aut 
 
 * quicquid in publicis fecretifve Collecflis et Ora- 
 
 * tionibus, Sententiaque generali quotannis qua- 
 
 * ter declarari folita, legi, dici, aut commemora- 
 ' ri folet aut poflet, quod ad poteflatis, jurifHic- 
 
 * tionis, aut authoritatis ejufdem confervationem 
 
 * aut ampliationem pertinere; five jurilciidtioni 
 
 * facratilhme Regie Majeffatis predifte quovis 
 
 * padlo derogare pofTe videatur, id omne quam 
 
 * celerrime, omni cum diligcntia, expungatis aut 
 
 * deleatis, aut expungi aut deleri facialis : non 
 
 * omittatis fub pena contemptus. Dat. noftro 
 
 * fub Sigillo in Manerio noftro de Somerjliam 27 
 
 * die Menfis Junii, A. D. 1535.' 
 
 InjunSimies Domini Thome Elien. Epifcopi, 
 A. D. 1541. — e Regiflro Goodrich, fol.41, 
 
 * 'T^ H O M A S miferatione divina Elienjis Epif- 
 
 X * copus ad Caufas Ecclefiaflicas Dccidend. 
 
 * infra Diocefim noftram EUenfem audloritate re- 
 
 * gia fulcitus, Univerfis et fingulis Re<floribus, 
 
 * Vicariis, Curatis, et aliis Miniflris Curam infra 
 
 * Diocefim et Jurifdicflionem nollram Elien. pre- 
 ' didl. habentibus quibufcumque, Salutem, gra- 
 
 * tiam, et benediilionem. Vobis communiter et 
 ' divifim committimus, ac firmiter injungendo 
 
 * ex parte SerenifTimi in Chriflo Principis et 
 
 * Domini Noftri Domini Henrici Odtavi Dei gra- 
 
 * cia Anglie et Francie Regis, Fidei Defenforis, 
 
 * Domini Hibernie, ac in terris, fub Chrifto, Ec- 
 ' clefie Anglicane Capitis Supremi; Mandamus 
 
 * quatenus ftatim poll receptionem prefentium, 
 ' in Eccleliis, Capellis, et Curis vobis commifTis 
 
 * diligentem inquifitionem faciatis de omnibus et 
 
 * fingulis Articulis fequentibusj 
 
 * Firfl, for all Images & Bones of fuche as the 
 
 * Kyng's people reforted and offered unto. 
 
 ' Item, for the Ornaments, Writtings, Table- 
 
 * Monument ofMyracles orPylgrymage,Shryne, 
 
 * Coveryng of Shryne appertaining to the faide 
 
 * Images and Bones. 
 
 * Item, of all thofe v/hiche do offer and fett 
 
 * up Candles agaynfl the Kyng's Injund:ions. 
 
 * Item, of all thofe that dothe not obferve 
 ' and kepe the laid Injunctions accordyrg to the 
 
 * meaning of the fame. 
 
 '37 
 
 * Et fi quid ad notitlam veflram deducatur 
 ' quod in duobus prioribus Articulis contentumt 
 
 * fit, illud fub teltimonio trium fidedignorum 
 
 * hominum fie deleatis et aboleatis, ut nulla e- 
 ' jufdem impofferum memoria remanere poterit; 
 
 * aut ii id commode facere nequeatis, Mandamus 
 
 * ut cum omni celeritate et diligentia ad noflrant 
 ^ prelent am, ubicumque tunc in Diocefi noftra 
 
 * jE/zt-??/; fuerimus, id deferatis, deferrive curetis. 
 ' Qups autcm noveritis quippiam advertus duos 
 
 * polteriores Articulos feciffe, non folum moneatia 
 
 * ut ab hujufmodi vanis et fupertfitiofis rebus, et 
 
 * tranfgrefiione Injundtionum Regiarum abffine- 
 ' ant; vcrumetiameorum omnium etfingulorura 
 
 * Nomina et Cognomina Nobis aut Vicario nofiro 
 ' in SpiritualibusGeneraliperfonaliter,autperLi- 
 ' teras veflras patentes, ofienfe perpetrate feriera 
 ' in fe continentes, certificetis et fignificetis. Et 
 ' hec omnia et fingula facere non omittatis, fub pe- 
 ' nis in Injundlionibus Regiis exprelhs. Dat. fub 
 ' Sigillo Noftro apud Ely 21 die Menfis Odobris, 
 ' A. D. 1 54 1, et noflre Confecrationis Anno 8^°. 
 
 NUMB. XXXII. 
 Petition of Matthew Parker ABp. EleSl of Cant. 
 Edmund Grindall Eledi of Lond. Richard Cox 
 Elea of Ely, William Barlow EleB of Chichef- 
 ter, and John Scoiy EleSi of Hereford, to 
 ^ Elizabeth. From a MS, in the Library of 
 Bene't Coll. Camb. Mifcellanea III. p. 381. 
 
 MOST humbly fhe withe your Excellent Ma- 
 jeflie your lowly Oratours and loving Sub- 
 jects we underwritten, that lyke as your mofl 
 Noble Father of immortal memorie King Henry 
 the VIII, and your mofl Godly and Noble Bro- 
 ther King Edward the VI, in their pryncely 
 zeale which they bare to the fiate of Chrifl's 
 Faith, did moche tendre the advauncement of 
 Lerning, by cheriffhing of Students and encow- 
 raging of Mynyflers ; whereby they were the 
 more hable to do their duties to God, and to 
 ferve the necefTitie of the Realme, by which their 
 royall & pryncely affedion they purchafed per- 
 petual fame and prayfe, as well within their own 
 Realmes, as through owte all Chriftendom: So 
 we truft undoubtedly that your Grace, being en- 
 dued with the benefites of knowlege farre above 
 any of your noble Progenitors, will be enclyncd 
 no lefs to the mayntenance of Lerning for the 
 fetting furthe of Chrifl's true Religion, now for 
 want of futticient Mynyflers in great jeopardie 
 of decaye. In refpecft whereof we truft th it your 
 Highnets' gracious difpoiition will yet ftaye and 
 remitte this prefent alteration and exchange (as 
 we fuppofe in our confciences, under reforma- 
 tion of your greatwifdome,) not mete to procede 
 for the inconveniences thereof now partly per- 
 ceyved like to enfue, and upon fuch good grounds 
 and reafons as we culde particularly defcrfbe in 
 
 wrytyng, 
 
*38 APPENDIX. 
 
 wrytyng, if your Highnes' pleafure were to ad- 1 
 niiite us to the declaration of the fame. 
 
 And yet left we (huld apj)ere not to confidre 
 your Highnes' manyfold and great charges dayly 
 fufteyned : In moft humble wile, We Fyve under- 
 written, for us a;id the Province of Canterburie, 
 do offre to give unto the lame yerely amongft us 
 one annuall Penfion of one Thoufand Marks 
 during our Lyves 6ccontynuance in the Bilihop- 
 ricks for and in confideration of the exoneration 
 of the faid exchaunge. 
 
 How be it, moft gracious Sovereigne, as moft 
 obedient Subjefts, in true and lowly allegiaunce 
 of our hcrtes, we fue and praye that if this our 
 faid fupplication lliall not be thought mete to take 
 place, that yet your Highnefs wu!d condelcende 
 favourably to perufe thies our Petitions following; 
 which we be peifwaded to be grounded upon na- 
 turall cquitie, godly confcience, and good confor- 
 mitie, tor moft part of them, to the Adl paiTed. 
 
 1 . Firft that theVicaridgsof impropriedBenefices 
 apointed in exchaung may be made juft Lyv- 
 ings for the Incumbents of the fame : and that 
 the Chauncells and Manlion-Houfes decayed 
 might be confidered by furvcy, tofome reafon- 
 ableproportionofallowaunce in theexchaunge. 
 
 2. Item, that yerely Penlions payable may be 
 reprifed out of the Perfonage fet over in ex- 
 chaunge, and that yerely diftributions with 
 the charges ofChurche Books, &:c. maybe 
 allowed, fuche as the Injundtions bynde the 
 ReiTtories wit hall. 
 
 3. Item, that where the Man red with the Ma- 
 nors is withdrawen from us, that we be not 
 hereafter importably charged with the fet- 
 ting furthe of Men to warre. 
 
 4. Item, that perquifites of Courtes, and 
 Woods, Sales, & other fuch cafuall prof) tes 
 may be percels of the extent of the Manors, 
 and that confideration may be had for the 
 equivalent recompence of the fame, and that 
 allowaunce may be made of Procurations 
 and Synods payeable at the Vifitations of 
 Perfonages impropriat, and alfo allowaunce 
 for the meane profyts, after the deathe of the 
 Incumbent, to the next SuccefTor, fo charged 
 in the Firft-fruts and Tenthes, which meane 
 profytes were tranflated by Acfl of Parlement 
 from the Bifiliop to the Succeftbr of the Be- 
 nifice, from the death of his Predeceftbr. 
 
 5. Item, that Fees to Kepers of Parkes and 
 Woods, not yet valued, be not reprifed out 
 of the value of the Manors, and that the faid 
 Parkes and Woods may be alfo valued, and 
 that Corne, Shepe, Fowle, ad Fyflhe, with 
 caiiage & other commodities may remayne 
 for hofpitallitie to the Biiihoppes. 
 
 6. Item, that the Patronage appendant to the 
 Manors exchaunged may berefervcd to theBif 
 fhoppes Sea, and that the BiOhoppes of the 
 new-ere<fled Churches may geve the Prebends 
 
 of thofe Churches, as in other is ufed, the ra- 
 ther to maynteyne lerned Men 6c Preachers. 
 
 7. Item, if any of the Tenthes and Rectories 
 be evidted from us by ordre of Lawe, that 
 then recompence may be made. 
 
 8. Item, that we may have remedie by Lawe, 
 to recover the Tentnes denyed or delayed, as 
 well as when they were percels of the reve- 
 nues of the Crowne; before which afliarancc 
 no exchaunge can reafonably palfe. 
 
 9. Item, that no Rentes be returned for Spiri- 
 tual pofl'cfii'jns which be ])aid into the Ex- 
 chequer for annual Rentes Temporall referv- 
 ed, Nomine Decim^. 
 
 10. Item, that Bihhopprickes may be difcharg- 
 ed of all Arrearages of Subfidies and Tenthes, 
 and other incumbraunces palfed in the daies 
 of the Predeceftbrs, and in tymes of Vaca- 
 tion ; and that for the firft yere of our Fruits 
 paying, to be difcharged of Sublidie, as be- 
 fore tyme haihe ben ufed. 
 
 1 1. Item, that it may pleafe your Highnes to con- 
 tynue the newe-ereifled Seas founded upon 
 great confiderations by your noble Progenitor 
 the faid King Henry ; and that the Benifice of 
 Chffe may be annexed to the Sea oi Roc heft er; 
 and from the Sea ot Chefter, the Benifice late 
 an nexed thereunto be not dilmembered, in con- 
 fideration of the exilitie of their Bifibopricks. 
 
 12. Item, we moft humbly defyer your Maje- 
 ftie that in confideration of our chargeable 
 expectation, and for the burden of necefiary 
 furayture of our Howfes, and for the dif- 
 charge of the great Fees paid before, and at 
 the relHtution of Temporalties, to fufi^er us 
 to enjoye the half years Rent laft paft at Mi- 
 chaelmas ; and that our Firft-frutes may be 
 abated, and diftributed into more yeres, for 
 the better mayntenaunce of Hofpitallitie. 
 And that we may be put to our owne Suer- 
 tie at the compofition of our Frutes. Which 
 gracious favour in the latter premifles, if your 
 Highnes do not fhevve towards us, we Ihall 
 not dare entre our functions whereto your 
 Grace bathe nominated us, being to import- 
 able ells for us to beare. 
 
 All which Petitions, moft redoubted So- 
 vereigne Ladie, we make toyour Highnes, not 
 in refpecft of private worldly advauncement 
 or temporall gayne, (as God knowcth our 
 herts,} but in reipedof Godd's glory, Chrift's 
 Faithe and Religion, your Grace's Honour 
 and difcharge of your confcience to all the 
 world, and for the honorable report of your 
 Nobilitie, and to the confort of the Realme. 
 
 Your Highnes' moft humble Orators 
 Matthue E'ed Cant, 
 Edm. Eledt London. 
 Richard El a Ely. 
 Willmu'^ Elea Ciceftren. 
 John Eledt of Hereford. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 '39 
 
 NUMB. XXXIII. 
 
 Reafonsfor making a Bipop of Elye* From the 
 HarleianMS. N°685o. Se6l.69. fol.297, 5cc. 
 
 ' Reafons for making a Bifhop of Elie.' 
 
 * "D Y makinge a Bifhop of Elye, Your MajefTie 
 
 * X^ Ihall fill that Sea which hath ben 14 yeeres 
 
 * voyde. — Remove the opinion of kepinge a 
 
 * Biihopricke fo longe in your Majefti's hands. — 
 
 * By placinge an olde Bifliop there, it will not 
 
 * (lykely.) be long out of your Majefti's hands. — 
 ' The Bilhop's Hovvfes of accelfe, now in great 
 
 * ruyne, will be repayred.— The Dyoces lliall be 
 
 * vizited, touchinge Papifts and yll difpofed 
 
 * people. — And a Leaffe may be made from the 
 ' Bifhop to your^Majeftie, and fo to be geaven 
 
 * to my felf, of vi.c/. by yeere of thofe polfef- 
 
 * fions for fuch reafonable veers as the Bifhop may 
 
 * graunte, without deminifhinge any ufual rent 
 
 ' for the fame. The Tennants may have there- 
 
 ' by good and perfedl eftats of their Fermes from 
 
 * me, which will encorage them to repayre their 
 
 * Howfes, and mayntayne their Hulhandrye, 
 
 * which now they forbeare, whyle their eftats 
 ' be uncertaine and doubtfull. — Your Majeftie 
 ' hereby fhall not (as it is likely,) lofe any profitt, 
 
 * regardinge the Tenthes, Subfidies, and FirlT:- 
 
 * fruits you ar to receave, and to be qui ted of 
 
 * chardgs you now fuflayne, how foone it is lyke 
 
 * to. retorne to your hands againe : but rather be 
 
 * bettered in commoditie, yf two or three more 
 
 * Bifhops be removed, by havinge Firft-fruits of 
 
 * every of them. — The Bifhops that fliall be 
 
 * tranilated will be glad fo to be advaunced to 
 ' Bilhopriks of better revenew. And your 
 
 * Majeftie lliall inable me your mofl- bounden 
 
 * pore Servante to ferve you in that great and 
 ' chardgeable place it hath pleafed your Heigh- 
 
 * jiefs to appoynte me.' 
 
 ' How the filling of the Sea of Elie may be nere 
 ' as valuable to her Majeftie as the Sea vacant. 
 ' That the placinge of a Bifliop in the Sea of 
 
 * Elie will be as profitable to her Majeftie, as 
 
 * now the vacancye thereof is, befides divers 
 ' other reafons, for the which alfo yt appeareth 
 
 * to be varie expedient:— The clere profhtt of the 
 ' Biihopricke of Elye, as it hath ben anfwered 
 
 * to her Majeftie fince the Sea became lalt voyde, 
 
 * (as will appeare by the Accompts remayninge 
 ' with Mr Auditor Neale,) hath been communi- 
 
 * bus annis xv.'/i. In liew whereof. Her 
 
 * Majeftie by placinge a Bufhopp there Ihall yere- 
 ' ly have for the Tenthes thereof ccxiij.//. ix.j. 
 ' x.ci. q. For theSubfedieyerely iij.' iiii." n]./i. 
 ' vj.j. viij.rt'. — For the Firft-fruits (the Tenthes 
 
 * beinge 'deducfted,) each yere, by the fpace of 
 
 ' ij yeres ix."= Ix. //. xiiij.x. ij.^. oL qu. — in all 
 
 * yerely to be anfwered to her Majeftie M.v' 
 ' Jvij.//, x.s. viij.rf'. ob. q. dim. 
 
 'Moreover, the Bufhopp of Norwich who is 
 ' iiij." viij. yeres olde beinge tranilated to the 
 ' B. of Elie, which is of lefTer chardge and jurif- 
 
 * didlion, there will come to her Maieftie for the 
 ' Firft-fruits of the Buflioprick of "Norwich at 
 ' leaft viij.<^ //. 
 
 ' And lb it appeareth that her Majeftie fliall 
 ' take profitt, and not any loft"e by the placinge 
 ' of a Buftiopp in the Sea of Elie. 
 
 ' By occalion alfo of this tranflation, divers 
 
 * other removes may become verie profitable to 
 ' her Majeftie, viz. The Firft-fruits of the B. of 
 
 * Hereforde, by that B. remove to Norwich 
 ' vij.' //. - The Firft-fruits of the B. of Chi- 
 ' chefter, by his remove to HerefFord vi.' //. — 
 
 * The Firft-fruits of the B. of Chefter, by his re- 
 ' move to Chichefter iij.' Ix.//. — And the like 
 ' out of tlieB. of Feterborowe, by his remove to 
 
 * Chefter iii.' //. — In all mm. x.li. 
 
 ' Furthermore the B. of Elie beinge beftowed 
 
 * upon fo olde a Man as the B. of Norwich, is 
 ' yearie likely fhortly to be againe at her Ma- 
 
 * jeftie's difpofinge. 
 
 ' Divers Services ar to be performed by that 
 
 * B. as findinge of Horfe and Men in tyme of 
 ' War, &c. - The Clergye will like well of fil- 
 ' linge the Sea that hath been fo longe vacant,. 
 ' and the opinion of keepinge a Bilhopprick fo^ 
 ' longe in her Majeftie's hands, will be removed. 
 ' — The B. Houfes of accefTe by the long vacan- 
 
 * eye growen in great decaye, and many Tene- 
 
 * ments within the B. houlden at will, and by 
 ' uncerteine eftates, (and therefore nrach ruen- 
 ' ated to the impoverilhinge of the Sea,.) hereaf- 
 
 * ter will be repaired and kept in good order. — 
 ' The number of Papifts by the longe want of a- 
 ' B. harbored and increafed in that Dioceile wiL 
 
 * be diminifhed.' 
 
 • Small lofie to her Majeftie yf the L. Keeper 
 ' have a Leafe of parte of the Landes of the Bi- 
 ' fhopprick of Elye. 
 
 * Your Majeftie may make a Biflhop of Elie, 
 ' fo as little or no lofte of profitt will be to your 
 
 * Majefty, for the reafons following. 
 
 ♦ Your Majefty ftiall have of the B. of Ehe ia 
 'Tenths yerely ccxiij. //. ix.j. x.d. q. — For 
 
 * every Subfidie out of the fame ccc.iiij'"' iij.//. 
 
 * viij. J. — For the Firft-fruits of the fame, beino- 
 ' M.ix.=. xxi//. viij s. v\).d. to be paid in three 
 ' yeres, will be per annum vj.*: xL//. viij.j-. x.ri' 
 
 ' — And your Majefty fliall have the Firft-fruits 
 
 * of the B. of Lincoln, Worcefter, Chichefter, or 
 ' of the Livings of the Dean of Durham, or of" 
 ' fome other Ecclefiafticali perfon woorthy or 
 ' meet for that Dignitie, which will be at the 
 
 leaft 
 * They appear to have been drawn up by Sergeant Puckering, fometime Lord Keeper of the Great Seal bv wav of 
 ^etinon for h.mfelf, m recompenfe of his Services. N. B. Bp. Cox died July 22, 1581 i and this was wroie vvhe.^ the Se- 
 f Fv harf been 11 vears vacant : a;\H thereforp ahniit rhA Voo, .,«, .< .. j .i.w ovv. 
 
 of Ely had been 14 years vacanti aad therefore about the Year 1595. 
 
'4-0 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 * leaft: viij'.//. within three yeres, and wilbe per 
 
 * annum cclxvj.//. xiij.J. iiij.i/. And lb your 
 
 * Majcilie may have by making a B. of Elie in 
 
 * protitt yerely during three yecrs M.v' iiij.//. — 
 
 * which is as much as now is cleerlyanlwered to 
 
 * your Majcfty for the B. of Ely, as will aj)peer 
 
 * by the Auditor's accompts. 
 
 ' But it may be ohjedted, that if the B. live 
 
 * after three yeers, then her Majefty (hall have 
 
 * lofle. For anfwer thereunto, — Such one 
 
 * may now be appointed B. of Elie, as ihal be 
 
 * thought woorthy to be removed and advanced 
 
 * to fome other of the better Bifhopricks, when 
 
 * they Ihall fall void; unto one of which (if any 
 
 * of them fo happen to become void within three 
 
 * yeers, as likely it may be,) Your Majefty may 
 
 * translate that B. of Elye to fuch See vacant, and 
 
 * fo have Elie in your Highnes' hands again, as 
 
 * now you have;- Or if your Majeftie pleafe 
 
 * to make him firft B. of Elie whom yourHigh- 
 
 * nes entends to make B. of Winchefler, and 
 ' keep the revenues of Winchefter in your hands 
 
 * for a ycer, untill you (liall pleafe to remoove 
 
 * Elye to Winchefler; then Your Majefty fliall 
 
 * have more profitt therby, than now you have, 
 
 * (for that Winchefter B. is per annum clare 
 
 * MM, iii///) and then have Ely into your hands 
 ' again, as before. 
 
 * For a Leas of part of the pofTefTions of Elye. 
 
 ' Yt may pleafe your mofl excellent Majeflie, 
 
 * to graunte me, (your mofl bounden Servante,) 
 
 * your princelie favor, that I may have a Leafe 
 
 * of parte of the poflefTions of the Bilhoprike of 
 
 * Elye, not exceedinge a thirde parte thereof in 
 
 * valew, for fuch reafonable terme of yeeres, as 
 ' the Bilhop may graunte unto your Majcflie, 
 
 * yeeldinge to the Bilhop and his SuccefTors the 
 bell accuftomed rents, now or at any tyme 
 heertofore anfwered to the Bifhop for the fame, 
 Sc performinge all ufual covenaunts for pay- 
 ment of Rents and doinge reparations. — For 
 theaccomplilhmentwhereof,yt may pleafe your 
 Majelfie to tranflate one of the oldeft Birtiops, 
 whoe may make the fame Leafe, by whofe 
 great age, it is likeley, the fame Bifliopricke 
 will not tarie longe forth of your Majellie's 
 hands. 
 
 ' I fynde no other fuit fo fitt for your Majeflie 
 to graunte me, as this; for the exchanges, fee- 
 fermes, and Leafes of your Majeflie's owne 
 Lands, ar to be taken from your owne felfe, 
 and from your Royal revenews. — And Licences 
 for tranfportations, or things forbidden, ar not 
 fo fitt for your Majeflie to graunte, nor for me 
 to afke. 
 
 * Objedion. — Yt may perchance be objedled, 
 
 * that your Majeflie havinge now the revenew of 
 
 * the Bifhoprike, doth forgoe the fame, by mak- 
 
 * inge a Bilhop. 
 
 * Anfwer. — Your Majellie, by geevinge the 
 Bilhoprike, fliall have the Firfl-fruits, which is 
 one yeers profitt, and the Tenthes and Subfi- 
 dies belides, which you cannot have whilelf the 
 the Billioprike remayneth in your Majeftie's 
 hands, which together (as I take it,) will be as 
 profitable to your Majeftie, as it is, now the 
 Bilhoprike remayneth in your hands. — And 
 your Majeftie Ihall hereby have moreover the 
 Firll-fruits of thatBilhoprike, from whence your 
 Majeftie fliall be pleafed to tranflate a Bilhop to 
 Elye, and alfo of fo many as you Ihall be pleafed, 
 by that occafion to remove or tranflate. 
 
 * Obiedtion. — The Clergei-men may per- 
 chance thinke your Majeftie doth decreafce the 
 revenewes of the Church, by makinge a Leafe 
 of the Bifliop's Lands. 
 
 ' Anfwer. — So longe as the inheritance, and 
 the ordinarie rents of the Bifhoprike is not de- 
 miniflied, thei can not thinke any ihinge there- 
 of; but rather may be glad, that after fo longe 
 vacancei, your Majeftie will be pleafed to make 
 a Bifliop; becaufe ther will be one Sea more 
 filled then hath ben many yeers heretofore. — 
 And vvher for wante of a Bifliop, a great num- 
 ber of Papifts ar harbored in that Dioces, and 
 the Bifliop's howfes much decayed, your Ma- 
 jeftie by makinge a Bifliop may cafely remedy 
 thefe inconveniences.— And moreover, if your 
 Majeftie make a Bifliop of Elye, he is to doe 
 Your Heighnes divers Services, as fyndinge of 
 Men and Horfes in tyme of Warr, &;c. 
 
 NUMB. XXXIV. 
 Tbe Boke of the eredlion of the Kings mice Col- 
 lege at Elye, with the Names & Portiofi of li- 
 mnge ajjigned to the Deane, and all other Of- 
 ficers appoitited for the accompli /hment of the 
 fame. — From a MS in the Library of Bene't 
 College Cambridge, intitled MS Mifcella- 
 nea XX. pag. 293. 
 
 120 
 
 d. 
 6 
 
 The Dean there. 
 Robert Ste\vard latePriour there to 7 
 have - J 
 
 Eight Prebendaries there. 
 Richard Coxe Dodor of Divinitie \ 
 
 to have • ' J 
 
 Matthewe Parker Dodlor of Divi- 7 
 
 nitie to have ■ ■ J 
 
 William Mayne D' of Lawe to have 
 Giles Ayer Bach, of Divinitie to have 
 William Lyfon a Mafter of the l 
 
 Chauncery ■ • 3 
 
 Sir John Cuftons late Munke there. 
 Sir Robert Hamonde late Munke 7 
 
 there J 
 
 Sir John Warde late Munke there ^ o o o 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 ao 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 
 o 
 o 
 
 o 
 o 
 
 160 
 
 Eight 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Eight Peticanons there. 
 Sir John Stoneham late Munlce there 
 Sir Edmunde Coots one of the fame i 
 
 houfe j 
 
 Sir William Sewall late Munke there 
 Sir John Chateris late Munke there 
 Sir John Bury late Munke there 
 Sir John Corbet late Munke there 
 Sir Nicholas Duxford one of the 7 
 
 faid houfe I 
 
 Sir William Whittered late Munke 7 
 
 there — — . j 
 
 The Gofpeler and Epiftoler there. 
 Sir John Spirarde Gofpeler there 
 Sir Thomas Mawnds Pilloler there 
 
 Four Studentes in Divinitie. 
 Thomas Wilberton late Munke there 
 John Barker to have yerely 
 Stephen Cheflon to have yerely 
 
 10 
 ID 
 
 d. 
 
 o 
 
 lO 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 ID 
 
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 o 
 
 lO 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 lO 
 
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 o 
 
 lO 
 
 lO 
 
 o 
 
 Eight Singing-men to Sing Pr 
 
 in the Quere. 
 John Godman, a Singingman there 7 
 
 to have 
 James Teryngton to have 
 Matthewe Storie to have 
 William Cowpar 
 William Smith the yonger 
 John Coope 
 Thomas Benet 
 John Halfe to have 
 
 A Scole Mafter for the Querifters. 
 William Smith the elder 
 
 Eight Queriflers. 
 Roberte Hullyard to have 
 John Cooke to have 
 John Wellx 
 Thomas Ellefter 
 John Salmon 
 Thomas Cofte 
 John Silvertop 
 Richard Smithe 
 
 I 
 
 Two Sextens there. 
 Launcelott Lubfon chief Sexten 
 Roberte Wolname under Sexten 
 
 8o 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 8 
 8 
 
 o 
 o 
 
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 o 
 
 i6 
 
 o 
 
 G 
 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 
 13 4 
 
 13 4 
 
 13 4 
 
 13 4 
 
 26 
 
 13 4 
 
 13 4 
 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 
 13 
 13 
 13 
 13 
 '3 
 13 
 13 
 
 4 
 4 
 4 
 4 
 4 
 4 
 4 
 
 S3 6 8 
 
 ID 
 
 3 
 3 
 3 
 3 
 3 
 3 
 3 
 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 
 8 
 8 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 26 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 The Scole Mafter of the Grammar 
 
 Scole. 
 Ralphe Holland 
 
 The Uihere there. 
 William Theolas 
 
 XXiril.ScolerstobetaughtGrammar, 
 
 William Larder . 
 
 Thomas Tirrell 
 
 Lancelot Fleure — 
 
 Thomas Stevv^ard — — 
 
 John Alen 
 
 William Slough . , 
 
 Henry Pratt , 
 
 William Hamond 
 
 John Saunders . 
 
 William Steward . 
 
 Nicholas Floure 
 
 Robert Warde 
 
 William Parker . 
 
 Lancelot More 
 
 John Crowe . 
 
 Thomas Parker . . 
 
 Robert Bulward . . 
 
 William Bluton 1 
 
 John Skele 
 
 John More 
 
 John Thurlowe . . 
 
 Robert Odam 
 
 Thomas Wefemaa ■ 
 
 Robert Steward . 
 
 6. Aged men decayed in the King's 
 
 Warres or Service. 
 Richard Plumfted , 
 
 Henry Hugans . 
 
 Richard Jekell ■ 
 
 John Rombolde ■» 
 
 Lewes Walter ■ 
 
 John Camton ■ .. .. 
 
 The Almes yerely. 
 To be diftributed yerely in Almes 
 
 Reparations yerely. 
 Reparations of the Church and 7 
 Manors . j 
 
 For making and mending High-ways. 
 Item to be employ 'd in mending > 
 High-ways —. J 
 
 The Steward of the Lands. 
 Henry Lucas Steward of the Lands? 
 there — — 5 
 
 The Auditor there. 
 GrifFyn Tyndall Auditor there to have 
 
 *4i 
 /. s. d. 
 
 16 13 4 
 
 800 
 24 13 4 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 8 
 
 6 8 
 
 6 8 
 368 
 368 
 368 
 3 6 8 
 3 6 8 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 80 
 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 6 
 
 13 4 
 13 4 
 
 13 
 13 
 
 13 
 13 
 
 4 
 4 
 
 4 
 4 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 • 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 ID 
 
 
 
 
 
 Two 
 
6 o 
 6 o 
 
 •42 
 
 Two Porters there. 
 Thomas Parker chief Porter 
 Richard Halydoune under Porter 
 
 The Butler there. 
 Nicholas Cratbrd to have Wages 6 o 
 
 Two Cookes to have ther wages and dietts. 
 Laurence Alee Chief Cooke 6 o 
 
 Jefopp Proper under Cooke 3 6 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 d. 
 
 o 
 o 
 
 12 
 
 } 
 
 9 6 8 
 60c 
 
 The Caterer. 
 Robert Berldge Caterer there to 
 have yerely 
 
 The Deane's expences in receyving of the 
 
 Rents, and Surveying of the Lands. 
 Item the Deane's expences, ut fupra 10 o o 
 
 Extraordinary Charges. 
 Allowed for extraordinary charges I 20 o o 
 yerely ' j 
 
 The Summe total ofall the Charges? gg ^ 
 
 aforefaid 1 
 
 Sum of the ded ns not charged, t 
 
 wich the Tenthes in the com- > i79 ^ ^ 
 feflion J 
 
 ■ 83 II 6 
 
 41 ij 9 ob 
 
 mon poffefTion 
 
 For the Tenthes 
 For the Firfl-fruts 
 
 125 7 3 ob 
 
 And fo to here all Charges, and to paye the 
 Tenthes, and Firft-fruts, it maye pleafe the 
 King's Majeftie to endowe the Church withe 
 — 995I. cs. i"] d. ob. 
 
 Richard Ryche. 
 
 Numb, xxviil 
 
 Obfervafions on the Arms of the Bijhops of Ely, 
 in a Letter from Mr. Cole. 
 
 " Dear Sir, 
 
 TO acquit myfelf of my Promife to you at 
 Cambridge, 1 here fend you fuch Obferva- 
 tions on the Arms of the Buhops of Ely as have 
 fallen in my way. 
 
 ■ t. Hervry. His Arms in Anglia Sacra, vol.i. 
 p. 6 16. feem to be fidlitious. 
 
 a. Nigd'us. His alfo are certainly fo. p. 6 18. 
 
 3. Geoffrey Ridel, p. 631. Thcfe appear to be 
 more authentic : but I have no Authority to 
 fupport them. 
 
 4. WiUinm de Longchnmp. His Arms corre- 
 fpond with thofe of his Name, in an old MS of 
 Heraldry in the Library of King's College : but 
 
 I have no other Authority than Angl. Sacr. v. i. 
 p. 632. to afcertain them to him, which how- 
 ever feems fufficient. 
 
 c. Eujlace. In my Copy of Angl. Sacr. p. 633. 
 I have with a pen changed the Field of his 
 Arms from Ermines to Or; but upon what Au- 
 thority I cannot at prefent recolledl. 
 
 6. yolm deFountaines. His Arms, as in p. 634, 
 of Anglia Sacra, feem to be merely chimerical 
 and fanciful, and not at all in the ftyle of He- 
 raldry. 
 
 7. Geoffrey de Bur go. In my Copy of Angl. 
 Sacr. p. 635. his Arms are fpecified by a pen to 
 be, Az. 3 Fleurs de Lis Erm. 
 
 8. Hugh de Northivold. The Arms affigned 
 him in Angl. Sacr. p. 63 c. feem to be fidlitious; 
 or probably taken from lome old Seal, where it 
 is not unlikely that the Arms of Ely and 
 St. Edmund's Bury Abby, might be depidled. 
 
 9. William de Kilkenny. I know nothing more 
 of thefe Arms, than in Angl. Sacr. p. 636. 
 
 \o. Hugh de Baljlmm. Gules, 3 Pales Or-, as 
 marked in my Copy of Angl. Sacr. p. 637, 
 which agree with the Arms of his College, ex- 
 cept the Border, which is an ufual addition to 
 Religious Foundations. 
 
 1 1 . John de Kirkeby. I know nothing more of 
 his Arms than in Angl. Sacr. p. 637. 
 
 12. William de Luda. The Arms afligned him 
 in Angl. Sacr. p. 638, are falfe Heraldr}', viz. 
 The chief checquy Or. & Argent. 
 
 13. Ralph de Walpole. I know nothing to con- 
 tradid: the Arms given by the Monk of Ely in 
 Angl. Sacr. p. 639, which are the fame given by 
 the Earl of Orford. 
 
 14. Robert de Orford. His Arms in Angl. 
 Sacr. vol.i. p. 640. are Gules, 3 Croicns perforated 
 by 3 Keys Or; which are confirmed by their 
 being depi(fled on the Tablet of the Knights 
 and Monks of Ely, publifhed by Fuller in his 
 Church Hiftory. 
 
 15. fohn de Ketene. I have nothing to add to 
 his Arms more than in Angl. Sacr. vol.i. p. 641. 
 
 16. John de Hotham. His Arms in Angl. Sacr. 
 p. 643. are nearly the fame with thofe in the 
 Chancel window of the Church of Ditton near 
 Cambridge, where they are thus blafoned, Bar- 
 ry of 10 Ar. G" Az. on a Canton Or. a Martlet 
 Sable. They were there in 1745- 
 
 17. Simon Mont acute. His Arms in Angl. Sacr. 
 p. 649, I do not know how to account for; 
 they being not an ufual bearing, for one of his 
 profeflion, and at that time. I fliould rather 
 think his real and true Arms are thofe on Stone 
 feveral times to be met with on the Walls of the 
 Cathedral, and particularly, if I remember right, 
 
 on 
 
A P P E iN D I X. 
 
 « 
 
 43 
 
 on the outfide of the Weft End to the North of 
 S t.Mary's Chapel, where they are only 3F?{/F/j-; and 
 fhould be thus blafoned, Arg, 3 FufilsmFeJ]e Gules. 
 
 18. Thomas de L'ljle. His Arms in Anglfa Sa- 
 cra, p. 652, are a mere fidlion : his true Coat, 
 as I took it in 1747, from an original Seal of his, 
 in the Archives of Corpus Chrifti College in 
 Cambridge, is, A Cheveron between 3 Trefoils 
 
 Jlip'ii. This agrees with the Arms of the Family 
 oi Lijle, as I find in the aforefaid Manufcript of 
 Heraldry, which are thus blafoned. Gules, a Che- 
 veron inter 3 Leaves Or, Jlip'dVert : fo that the 
 Colours are alfo recovered. I cannot be miftaken 
 in this Account of his Arms, as the Deed is 
 dated at Downham 3 Febr. 1352, and 8th of his 
 Confecration : on the one fide of the Seal at the 
 bottom are the Arms of the See of Ely, and on 
 the other his own Coat, as above; and between 
 them, is a Bifliop on his knees praying to the 
 figure of a Bifliop between two Women, under 
 Canopies. What makes me fo particular is, that 
 the Arms of his Succelfor, 
 
 19. Simon Langham, are faid in Anglia Sacra, 
 p^663, to be a Chenjeron embatteled Gules inter 
 3 Trefoils Vert; which are almoft the fame af- 
 figned to Thomas de L'Ifle: which Arms thus 
 blafoned, Or, a Cheveron embatteled Gules, be- 
 tiveen 3 Trefoils flip'd Vert, are alfo given to 
 Bifliop Langham in the new Edition by Dr. Drake 
 of Archbilliop Parker's Antiquitates Britannic^, 
 p. 373. Yet on Cardinal Langham's Monument 
 in Weftminfter Abby, thefe Arms appear not; 
 though in the former-quoted MS of Heraldry, 
 the Arms of Langham are as here appropriated 
 in Anglia Sacra. 
 
 20. "John Barnet. The Arms of BiQiop Barnet 
 in Angl. Sacr. p. 664, accord exad:ly with thofe 
 in a North Window of Elme Church, which 
 are thus blafoned. Argent, a Saltire and in Chief 
 a Leopard's Face, Sable. There were two of 
 them perfedl in 1745, when I was there; and 
 by' one of them this imperfedl Infcription — 
 dale Capeir JSni "JolTis — which, no doubt, 
 might be fupplied by Bar?iet Eft Flienfts. The 
 Arms of the See of Ely are alfo there. 
 
 i\. Thojnas Arundel. The Arms afllgned to 
 Bi(hop Arundel in Angl. Sacr. p. 664 are, Gules, 
 a Lion rampant ivithin a Border engrailed Or. 
 But this is not exadl; as may be feen in many 
 places of my Colledlions for Cambridgefhire. 
 His true Arms are thus Blafoned, ^larterly, \Jl. 
 and ^th. Gules, a Lion rampant Or: id. and 3^. 
 Checquy Or and Azure ; all within a Bordure en- 
 grailed. Argent. Thefe Arms are ftill to be feen 
 in the Eaft- Window of the Chancel of the 
 Church of Hadenham; and alfo in a fmall 
 North window of the Chancel of Arkefden 
 Church in EfTex, where they are beautifully co- 
 loured and as neatly let into the uppermofl 
 
 flone-work, and fiirrounded by red glafs, in 
 which are fet 3 Golden Crowns, for the See of 
 Ely: fet up there probably by a Vici^.r of that 
 Church, who had obligations to him. The 
 lame Arms are carved on an oaken flail in the 
 Chancel of Landbeche Church. But I need not 
 be {o particular, as his Pedigree clearly evinces 
 thefe to be his true Bearing, bating the Border, 
 which was added as an addition for an Eccle- 
 fiaftic : for which fee a Difcourfe by Francis 
 Thynne, Lancafler Herald, publiflied by Hearne, 
 in the ColleSlion of Difcourf-s by Antiquaries. 
 P-256. The Bilhop was third Son of Richard 
 Fitz-AIan Earl of Arundel, by his Wife Alice, 
 Daughter of William, and Sifter and Heir of 
 John Earl Warren. Now the Arms of Fitz- 
 Alan are, Gu. a Lion Rampant Or; and thofe of 
 Warren are Checquy Or. & Az; and thefe he 
 bore quartered with his own, in right of his 
 Mother. 
 
 _ 22, John Fordham. The Arms appropriated to 
 him in Angl. Sacr. vol.i. p. 666. are. Sable, a 
 Cheveron between 3 CrofJ'es flory Or; which are 
 confirmed by divers authentic vouchers. The 
 firft I Ihall mention is one of his own Seals, ap- 
 pendant to an original Deed, relating to fome 
 Lands in Barham near Linton, bearing date 5. 
 Henr. 4. The Seal was round and bigger than 
 a Crown-piece, but the fides were broken off, 
 and no Letters remaining but at the bottom 
 Gracia. The Shield has thefe Arms, A Cheveron 
 inter 3 Croffes flory, and above, the Shield a- 
 mong the open-work of the Seal, are 3 Crowns 
 for the See of Ely. This Seal was lent to me 
 by Mr. Thomas Martin of Palgrave in Suffolk in 
 1752. — I have obferved likewife Bifliop Ford- 
 ham's Arms on two Graveftones in the Diocefe 
 of Ely : the Bifliop having been Patron to both 
 the Perfons to whom they belong; both of whom 
 alfo had been Archdeacons of Ely. The firft is 
 on the Grave-Stone of Thomas PateflyRedtor of 
 Great-Shclford; where he lies buried in the 
 Chancel of that noble Church, which he built 
 from the Ground, together witli the Chancel 
 and Tower : theSpire which flood on it fell down 
 in the high Wind about the beginning of this 
 Century : he alfo glazed it with painted Glafs ; 
 gave Books, Images and Veftments, and all other 
 Ornaments to it, in a moft liberal and ample man- 
 ner : and out of gratitude to his Patron, put his 
 Arms on the Stone Font in the Church, and or- 
 dered the fame to be put on his Tomb-Stone, 
 with thofe of the See of Ely, in a feparate Coat; 
 which are again carved in Stone Shields at the 
 turning of the Arch, which divides the Nave 
 from the Chancel; in which laft he lies buried 
 under a large grey Marble; on which is his EiK- 
 gies in Brafs in a Cope, under a Canopy, above 
 which, on either fide, are the Arms of the See oi 
 Ely, and his Patron Eiflaop Fordham.— The 
 * F 2 other 
 
^4' 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 either Grave-Stone having Bifhop FcM-dhani's 
 Arms on it, is that of Robert Wetheringfet in 
 the Chancel ofWilberton Church; which Chan- 
 cel he had rebuilt. His Monument is a large 
 f-'rey Marble, having his full Effigies in Brafs, 
 habited in his Cope, and under a Canopy; above 
 which, on either fide, arc the Arms of the See of 
 Ely and thofe of his Patron Bifliop Fordham. 
 The BiHiop's Arms, together with thofe of his 
 See, are likewife carved in Stone-Shields on each 
 fide of the Arch of the Weft-Uoor of the Tower 
 of Granchefter Church near Cambridge; which 
 afcertains the time when it was eredted. In the 
 North-Ifle of the Prelbytery, are his Arms in 
 the above colours. 
 
 C3. Philip Morgaji. I know nothing more of 
 liis Arms than in Angl. Sacr. voli. p-666. 
 
 24. L:'-vis de Luxembourg. His Arms, as in Angl. 
 Sacr. vol. i. p. 668, are thus blalbncd, Checqiiy 
 Arg. & ylz. on the Arg. a Torteaux, on the Az. a 
 F/cur cle Lis Or. Thcfe Arms are totally wrong : 
 no doubt his real Arms are the fame afcribed to 
 his Niece the celebrated Jaquclina or Jaquetta 
 de Luxemburgh, Dutchefs of Bedford, who bore, 
 ^uarterfy, iji. and ^th. Argent, a Lion rampant, 
 ^levejurchcc. Gules, crowned. Or, for Luxem- 
 hirgh, id. and 3^. Gules: a Star of \i Points Ar- 
 gent : as in Sandford, p. 3 13- being the fame 
 which are quartered by her Daughter Queen 
 Elizabeth Wodville, Wife to King Edward IV : 
 At leaft the Lion of Luxcmburgh certainly be- 
 longs to him. 
 
 25. Thomas Bourchier. The Arms affigned him 
 in Angl. Sacr. p. 671, are not exacfl. His right 
 Bearing is in a Window of Fulbourn All Saints 
 Church near Cambridge, and enfigned with a 
 Alitre ; as alfo in a Window of Littlebuij Church 
 in Eflex: fo that we may be fure thefe are his 
 true Arms, put up in his Life time, viz. ^iar- 
 taly i/?. and ^th. Arg. a Crofs engrailed Gu. in- 
 ter 4 Water-Bojigets, Sal?, id. and 3^. Gul. a 
 Fcffe Arg. int. 10 or 12 Billets Or; all ivithin a 
 Bordiire Azure. The Border was added to his 
 paternal Coat, becaufe -he was an Ecclefiaftic -, 
 not in Derogation, as Mr. Thynne vainly ima- 
 gines; but as ■^rxyhonourable Difference in regard 
 to his facred Charadler. Mr. Thynne, Lancafter 
 Herald in 1605, has a fmall Tradt entitled. The 
 Diifye and Office of an Heraulde of Armes, pub- 
 liflied by Mr. Hearnc, among many other Trea- 
 tifes, under this Title, A ColleBion of curious 
 Difcoiirfes, '■ji^ritten by eminent Antiquaries : I fhall 
 tranfcribe fo much of it as relates to the Clergy's 
 bearing Coat Armour ; not out of any value I 
 conceive it is worth-, but to confute his fooliHi 
 conjefture: it is at p. 255, where on tiic Margin 
 is wrote, " Armes granted to the Cleargy ought 
 TiOt to defcend to their Children." He then pro- 
 ceeds thus "Armes appointed for Bifliopps ought 
 not to defcend to tncir Children, for they are 
 
 not within the Compafie of the Lawes of Armes; 
 which only taketh Notice of Bifliopps as Offi- 
 cers of the Church, and not as military Men, or 
 Perfons to be employed in Offices or Affixires of 
 Layemen : though fome of them ha\ e been very 
 great Souldiers. For both Canons and Examples 
 do forbidde the fame; fince in temporall Ac- 
 tions inTyme paft it was alleadged againft them. 
 For it was objefted to Hubert Walter Archbifliop 
 of Canterburye, being Chiefe Juftice and Chaun- 
 cellor in the Time of King John, that he inter- 
 meddled in Laye Caufes, and dealte in Bloode : 
 as ahbe the fame was layed againll the other 
 Cleargimen, for haveinge of Offices in the Ex- 
 chequer, and the King's Howfe, when Ibme of 
 them were Clerckes of the Kitchin, fome Trea- 
 furer of the Howfehold, &c. Yea fo much did 
 our Aunceftors derogate from the Armes of 
 Billiopps, as that the Bifhopps which were in- 
 terefled in the Armes of their Aunceftors, might 
 not beare the Armes of his Howfe without Ibme 
 notorious Difference, not anfwerable to the Dif- 
 ference of other younger Bretheren : as did the 
 Bifhopp of Lincolne, Henry Burgherfhe ; the 
 Archbiffiopp of Canterbury, Thomas Arundell ; 
 tb.e Archbifhopp of Yorke, Richarde Scroope; 
 the Bifliopp of Norwiche, Henry Spencer , and 
 many others, who did not beare the common Dif- 
 ferences ofArmesof younger Sonnes; butgreatand 
 notorious Differences ; as Borders, fome engrayl- 
 
 ed, fbme witli Myters, or fuch lykc, 6cc." 
 
 Thus far Mr. Thynne :• to whom it may be re- 
 plied. That it is no wonder, that both Canons 
 ^wd. Examples are againft the Bearing of Coat Ar- 
 mour by the Sons of Clergymen: lince it was an 
 Abfurdity even to have luppofed it : the Clergy, 
 by the Canons being prohibited to marry, and 
 confequently ibppofed to have no Children : 
 therefore it can never be thought ftrange that 
 there are no Examples of that Ibrt. As to the 
 Objedtions againll Archbifliop Hubert Walter, 
 and other Eccleliaftics, who meddled too much 
 perhaps in fecular Matters, and more than was 
 conlilient with their Fundtion as Churchmen; 
 though this may be ever fo true, yet it makes 
 nothing to the Argument of their being dilqua- 
 lilied to bear Armories : what was objeded a- 
 gainft thefe fort of Clergymen, was, not t leir 
 bearing Coat Armour, or Family Enfigns of Ho- 
 nour, but, executing fecular Offices, in Prejudice 
 to their priminary Inftitution and Deltination in 
 the Church. Nor is what he fays, in refpecT: to 
 the derogation from the Clergy's Arms,_lefs ab- 
 furd : the differences born by them in their 
 Shields, as ! conceive, are rather to be looked 
 upon as honourable, than difgraceful, or deroga- 
 tory. Nor can it be reafonably fuppofed, that 
 being of an Order and Profeitlon, which was 
 more effiecially held lacred in thofe Times, to 
 which the Writer refers, would be fo far held 
 difgraceful, as to IciTcn or derogate from natural 
 
 Rights 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 45 
 
 Rights and parental Prerogatives. Is it credible, 
 for inliance, that Thomas Bourchier, BiQiop of 
 Ely, afterwards ArchbilTiop of Canterbury and 
 Cardinal, who would take place of his elder Bro- 
 ther, the Earl of Eflex, merely on account of his 
 dignity in the Church j (liould yet be thought fo 
 much to difgrace, or derogate from the honour 
 of his Family, as not to be fuffered to bear his 
 Father's Coat Armour, becaufe he was an Eccle- 
 fialHc? It is ridiculous to luppofe it. According- 
 ly we fee inFulbourn andLittlebury ChurchWin- 
 dows, that he gave his full Family Arms, within 
 a Bordure Azure : not as any abatement of ho- 
 nour, as it is reafonable to imagine; but rather 
 as an additional and acquired mark of honourable 
 diftindlion, added to his paternal Coat, as being 
 of fo great dignity in the Church. Another in- 
 flance of which we have in the Bearing of BiQiop 
 Arundel's Arms. 
 
 26. Willinm Gray. His Arms are thus blafoned. 
 Gules, a Lioji ra?npant, and a Bordure engrailed 
 Argent. They are thus depicfted in a Window of 
 Botefham Church in Cambridge/hire, as alio in 
 the Eaft Window of the North Ifle of the Pref- 
 bytery, and carved on Stone Shields on the walls 
 near the faid Window. This fhews that Bale is 
 mirtaken when he fays, p. 64. vol.2, oihh Scrip- 
 tores illuflres Britannia, that Biihop Gray was of 
 the Family of the Lords Grey of Codnor ; who 
 gave for their Arms, Barry of 6 Atgeiit ^ Azure; 
 the fame as thofe born by the Duke of Kent. 
 The fame Arms with thofe in Botefham Church 
 and Ely Cathedral, are affigned him in the Hijio- 
 ria Elienjis publifhed by Mr. Wharton in Angha 
 Sacra, vol.i. p. 672, where that learned Editor, 
 in a Note on his Author, very juftly quelHons the 
 veracity of Bale, as one, not to fay of a fufpicicus, 
 but of a notorious Charadler. Mr. Wharton's 
 Words are, WiUielmtis Gray, S. T.D.J/luJiri Ba- 
 roniim Gray de Codnor Familia ortiis, &c. fi Bako 
 Fides. And we fee how juftly his Credit was fuf- 
 pefted, even in fo fmall a matter, where religious 
 differences were out of the quellion: but v/here 
 thofe interfered, he knew no moderation. 
 
 27. "John Morton. The Arms given him in 
 Anglia Sacra, p-673, are not fufficiently explicit: 
 they (bould be thus blafoned, ^uirterly Gules & 
 Ermine, on the \ft. and \th. a Goat's Head erafed 
 Argent. And this agrees with his Arms carved 
 various times on the noble Tower of Wilbeche 
 Church, and a"^ they were formerly in a Window 
 of Linton Church in Cambridgefhire, as I have it 
 in a Manufcrnpt of Church Notes taken above a 
 Century ago: however thefe accord not with 
 thofe for our Biihop in his own Cathedral twice, 
 viz. in the Eatl: Window of the North Ifle of the 
 Prefbytery, and in another Window of the fame 
 Ifle, where they are ftill remaining, and are thus 
 blafoned, Sluarterly Gules & Ermine, on the \fi. 
 and i^th. 3 Goat's Heads erafed Argent, attired Or. 
 
 28. John Alcocke. His Arms in Anglia Sacra, 
 p.675,areutterlyfalfe, as may be made evident by 
 many authentic Vouchers : as for inftance, from 
 his own Regifter, where in the firft Leaf, they are 
 very nicely tricked out with a Pen, impaled with 
 thofe of his See of Ely, viz. on a Fefs inter 3 Cocks 
 Heads erafd, a Mitre rath Labels. The fame are 
 on an oaken Be^im in the Church of Wifbeche ; 
 and are thus in Colours on the outfide of the 
 Tower of Great St. Mary's Church in Cambridge, 
 to the eredling of which he had been a Contri- 
 butor, Argent, on aFeffe inter 3 Cocks Heads erafd 
 Sable, Crefts & Gills' Gules, a Mitre Or: in the 
 fame manneras they are twice painted on the Eaft 
 wall of the Chancel of the Church of Wilbcrton : 
 which makes me admire, that Prior Robert 
 Steward in his Continuatio HiJlorictElienfis, p. 67 5, 
 publiflied by Mr. Wharton in vol.i. Angliie Sa- 
 cr33, fliould make fo great a miflake in this Bi- 
 fliop's Arms, fo near his own time, as to fay, that 
 he bore, a Mitre between 3 Goats Heads: Fert 
 Mitram inter tria Caprarum Capita. He was 
 probably ruminating on Bilbop Morton's Goats. 
 
 i<). Richard Redman. His Arms omitted by 
 Prior Robert Stewarde, are thus given by Mr. 
 Wharton in Anglia Sacra, vol.i. p. 675. Arnia 
 funt tria Pulvinaria. Thefe Arms were former- 
 ly in the Eaft Window of the Cathedral of St. 
 Afaph in 1645, which he had fitted up, and in 
 many other parts of that Church. But his real 
 Arms, as ftill remaining in the uppermoil: Win- 
 dow but one, to the Eaft, of the South Ifle of 
 the Prelbytery of his Cathedral of Ely, where 
 they are thus blafoned, as I took them in 1759, 
 are ^larterly, \Ji. & 4th. Gules, 3 Cii/liions en 
 Lozenge & TaJJ'eled, Ermine ; id. & 2,d- Gules, a. 
 Lion rampant Argent. They are alfo thus on his 
 Tomb in the Prelbytery : except that the Lion is 
 in the ^fl. & 4th. ^.arter, and the Cujliions i\\ 
 the id- ^ yh 
 
 30. James Stanley. His Arms in Anglia Sacra 
 are entirely falfe, and bear no refemblance to his 
 real ones, which are thus blafoned, Sluarterly of 
 4.Peices, \Jf. ^larterly \Ji & ^th. Argent, on a 
 Bend Azure, 3 Bucks Heads cahoOwd, Or, for 
 Stanley : id. & 3^'. party per Fefj'e indented Azure 
 G? Or, in Chief 3 Plates for Latham: id. & 3^. 
 Gules, 3 Human Legs conjoyned at the Thighs & 
 armed, in Triangle, Argent, Spurs Or, for the IJle 
 of Man: ^th. as firft. Thefe Arms are curioufly 
 carved on Wood, painted and gilt, with Crefts 
 and other Devifes, and probably defigned for an 
 Ornament over a Chimney Piece, by Biibop Stan- 
 ley for the Palace at Somerftiam or Downham ; 
 and when thofe Houfes were demoliflied, became 
 private Property. That they belonged toBiQiop 
 Stanley, is beyond all queftion, as the initial Let- 
 ters of his Name J. S. occur twice on it ; and on 
 two Efcallop Shells thefe Letters S.J. which no 
 , doubt allude to his Patron St. James : there are 
 _ alfo 
 
*46 
 
 APPENDIX'. 
 
 alio en it the Arms of the See of Ely, and this 
 Motto, Domine GreiJus meos dirlgc. Jt was for- 
 merly in an old Brick Houfe near the Church 
 in VV'ilberton-, which when Mr. Barlee of Claver- 
 ing in Efiex pulled down, his Tenant at the Bu- 
 rylted, carried it to that Houfe, where it was in 
 »759- 
 
 31. Nicholas Wcjl. The Arms afTigned him in 
 Anglia Sacra, vol. i. p. 676, are far from being 
 compleat, as being without Colours and deficient 
 in Dcfcription ; for the Rojh have Leaves and 
 Stalks to them. They are luckily preferved in 
 their proper Colours againft: the Eall: wall of JVil- 
 berton Churchy where they are thus blafoned. Ar- 
 gent, a C/ieveron Sable betii-een 3 Rojes Gules, 
 feeded Or, Jlifd & Leaves Vert : which agree in 
 general with thofe attributed to him in Anglia 
 bacra, on which Account thofe affigned him in 
 the MS Hijhriette of Kiss's College, which goes 
 under the Name of Hatcher's MS, as they are 
 more complex, and hardly Heraldry, are to be 
 rtjcdled. 
 
 32. Thomas Goodrich. He has no Arms affign- 
 ed him in Anglia Sacra : yet his true Coat is hap- 
 pily preferved in two places, though defaced and 
 loft on his Tomb Stone in the Prefbytery. The 
 iirft were in a Window in a large Brick Houfe 
 in St. Radegund's Lane, oppofite the great Gates 
 of Jefus College in Cambridge in 1744, and are 
 thus blafoned, ^arterly, \ft. & 4rth. Argent, on a 
 Feffe Gules, inter 1 Lions paJJ'ant Sable, a Fleur 
 de Lis Argent, inter 2 Crefcetits Or, for Goodrich : 
 cd. & 3^. Argent, on a Cheveron engrailed inter 
 3 Trefoils jlip'd Sable, 3 CreJ cents Or f for William- 
 
 fon. Thefe are cnfigned with a rich Mitre, and 
 round the Arms is a Garland, in which at the 
 top and two fides are thcfe capital Roman Let- 
 
 G. 
 ters T. E. for Thomas Goodrich TLlienfis or Lpif- 
 copus, with his Motto at bottom, Si Deus nobif- 
 cum, quis contra nos? The fame Arms are en- 
 graved on a Stone Shield on theoutfide wall of the 
 Gallery under the Window of the Bi(hop's Palace 
 at Ely; which fliews that it was built by him. 
 
 22,- Thomas Thirlby. I have met with no Au- 
 thority in Glafs, Seals or Carving of Birtiop 
 Thirlby's Arms : but what I take to be equiva- 
 lent to them, is this Account by Mr. Blomefield 
 in his Hijiory of the Bijliops of Norwich, p. 392. 
 under the Article of Bifhop Thomas Thirlby. 
 
 " ThisBifliop having, (as I fuppofe) no pater- 
 " nal Arms, at firft bare z Rebus, or Device 
 ** inftead of Arms, viz. Per Pale Argent Gf 
 " Gules, a capital Tau counterchanged; that 
 *' Letter being the initial one of both his 
 " Names : but afterwards he bare, Vert, 10 
 *' Efcallops Argent : which Coat, I imagine, 
 " he had obtained a Grant for. 
 
 34. Richard Cox. His Arms are thus blafoned 
 \n Hatcher s MS of the Provofts and Felloivs of 
 King's College, viz. Argent, 3 Cocks Gules, on a 
 Chief Azure, a Pale Or, charged with a Rofe Gules, 
 inter 2 Ojlrich Feathers Argent. They are fo 
 blafoned alfo in the laft Edition of Archbifhop 
 Parker % Book De Antiqititate Ecclefa- Britannica-; 
 and I think likewife the fmie on the painted Pic- 
 ture on Board of the Funeral of Bi/hop Cox in the 
 Billiop's Palace at Ely. 
 
 2^. Martin Heton. His Arms on his Tomb, 
 quite at the top under the Mitre, are ftill remain- 
 ing i though pofiibly the Colours are gone : if 
 they are, I can fupply them by fomc Church Notes 
 taken at a Vifitation in 1684 : and now in the He- 
 rald'' s OJfice: they were painted on the Weft fide 
 of the Wainfcote between the Nave and Chancel 
 of Linton Church in Cambridgeftiire, viz. S^uar- 
 terly, ifl. & 4th. Argent, on a Bend engrailed Sable, 
 3 Bulls Heads coupe Argent. 2d. & yl. Argent, a 
 Man's Head coupe inter 3 Fleurs de Lys Sable. 
 The two Shields under the Canopy are the Arms 
 of his two Daughters, as I take it, impaled by 
 their Hufbands Coat. 
 
 36. Lancelot Andrews. His Arms, as on vari- 
 rious Prints of him in my Colledlion, arc thus 
 blafoned, /f/-^(f«/', on aBende?igrailed, cotifed Sable, 
 3 Mullets peirced Argent. 
 
 37. Nicholas Felt on. His Arms painted in 
 one corner of an excellent Pidfure, which I 
 bought at Slaughter Bacon's Sale, of this Biftiop, 
 are. Gules, 2 Lions pajjiint Ermine, crowtied Or, 
 and a Mullet in the dexter Chief Argent, for 
 a Difference: it is impaled with the See of 
 Ely and enfigned by a Mitre. This Pidture 
 I gave to Biftiop Gooch to be hung up in the 
 Gallery at Ely, and to belong to the Palace for 
 ever. 
 
 38. John Buckeridge. Or, 2 Pales & 5 Crojs 
 Crofletsftche en Salt ire Gules. 
 
 39. Francis White. TheArms of Bilhop White 
 under his Print, whenDean of Carlifle are not 
 rightly blafoned j for in Thorejbys Hijiory of 
 Leeds, p. 257, there is his Pedigree and thefe 
 Arms afiigned him. Gules, a Cheveron between 3 
 Boars Heads coupe Argent. 
 
 40. Matthew Wrfn. The Colours of this Bi- 
 {hop's Arms I had from a MS in the Herald's 
 Office in 1748, together with his Pedigree, viz. 
 Argent, a Cheveron inter 3 Lions Heads erafed 
 Sable, on a Chief Gides, 3 Crofs Crofslets Or. They 
 are the fame as on his Original Seal which 
 I ha\ e feen, appendant to his AB of Confecra- 
 tion of Corpus Chrijii College Chapel \n Cambridge 
 in 1662. 
 
 41. Ben- 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
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 41. Benjamin Laney. His Arms as on his Tomb 
 under a Mitre, are thus to be blafoned. Or, on a 
 Bend inter 2 Fleursde Lys Gides a Lion pajjcmt Or; 
 a Martlet Sable in Chief for a Difference. 
 
 42. Peter Giinniiig. His Arms on the top of his 
 Monument under a Mitre are thus blafoned, 
 Gules, on a Fejje inter 3 Doves Argent, 3 Croffes 
 patee Gules. The fame are under a Print of this 
 Bifhop by Loggan. 
 
 43. Francis Turner. The Arms belonging to 
 this Bilbop, as taken from an Original Seal rati- 
 fying a Compofition for the Tythes of Wimpole 
 in 1686, are thus expreflcd, a Lion rampant be- 
 t'VDeen 3 Croffes 7noline: and are thus blafoned. 
 Or, a Lion rampatit inter 3 Croffes moline Gules. 
 
 44. Simon Patrick. The Arms on his Monu- 
 ment in the Prefhytery under a Mitre are thus 
 blafoned, or fliould be. Gules, 3 Pallets vaire Ar- 
 gent ^ Azure, on a Chitj Or, a Lion paffant Azure. 
 Though in the Print of this Bijliop by White, the 
 Lion is Sable. 
 
 45. John Aloore. His Arms on his Monument 
 in the Prelbytery under a Mitre are thus blafon- 
 ed. Ermine, on a Cheveron Azure, 3 Cinquefoils 
 Argent: which exactly correfpond with thofe 
 under his Print by White. Though in my MS 
 Heraldry the Cinquefoils are Or. 
 
 46. William Fleetwood. The Arms of this Bi- 
 fhop, as on his Monument, enfigned by a Mitre, 
 are Party per Pale nebule Or & Azure, 6 Mart- 
 lets counterchanged. But his Arms on the Plate 
 of the Ichnography of the Cathedral oi^t. Afaph, 
 which is inlcribed to him, have a Crefcent in 
 Chief for a Difference. 
 
 47. Thomas Greene. This Billiop's Arms en- 
 figned by a Mitre, in the Prefhytery at Ely, are 
 thus blafoned, according to the Print of it. 
 Azure, 3 Bucks trippant. Argent : but in my 
 MS Notes of Heraldry, they are, Fert, 3 Bucks 
 trippant Or. 
 
 48. Robert Butts. His Arms, as on his elegant 
 Monument in the Prelbytery, are thus blafoned, 
 according to your Print of it. Azure, on a Cheve- 
 ron inter 3 Mullets of 6 Points Or, 3 Lozenges 
 Gules. But, I conceive this is not exaft, as I have 
 a Note where they are Ejtoiles of 6 Points, and not 
 Mullets; and this I know to be the Bearing ot 
 Sir William Bi'Jts, Phyhcian to ¥An^ Henry VIII, 
 whofe Monument is in the Church of Ftdhanr, 
 and of which I took Memoranda in 1758 j and 
 from him, I know Bifliop Butts was faid to be 
 derived. Which Arms with EJioiles, are various 
 times in the Windows of Bene't College Hall, 
 where one of this Family was formerly Mafter. 
 
 49. Thomas Gooch. The Arms, as Biiliop Gooch 
 bore them, before the Family was advanced to 
 a Baronetfiip, were. Party per Pale Argent & 
 Sable, 3 Talbots paffant counterchanged ; on 
 a Chief Gules, 3 Leopards Faces Or; which cor- 
 refpond with thofe under his Print by MacArdeli, 
 and his Epifcopal Seal when Bifhop o^ Norwich: 
 but afterwards they were fomewhat altered. 
 
 50. Matthias Mawfoh gives for his Arms, as I 
 have feen them on his Coach formerly when 
 Bifliop o{ Landaff, Party per Bend fnijier Argent 
 & Sable, a Lion rampant Or. Yet they are en- 
 graved in one of Buck's Vieivs of the Caftle of 
 Cambridge, infcribed to him, as being then Vice- 
 Chancellor, in this manner. Ermine & Ermines 
 per Bendjini/ier, a Lion rampant Argent. 
 
 If you think thefe Obfervations worth printing, 
 they are much at your Service. But as this, as 
 well as the other Paper on the Ely Tablet, are on 
 a fubjedl not much valued by the Learned, yc'u 
 are to do with them as you fliall judge proper.- I 
 am forry I have been fo petulant in the former 
 Paper on Dr. Stuieley, whofe Memory I venerate, 
 and whofe Abilities as a Scholar and an Antiqua- 
 ry are too eminent to be affcdted by my too hafty 
 Remarks made in the Lite-time of that moll in- 
 genious and lively Writer. 
 
 I am. Sir, Sec. 
 Blecheley ntzr Fenny Stratfordy W. COLE." 
 
 Decemb. 14. 1766. 
 
 ^ The Arms of the BiHiops o^Ely, (Plate xiv.) are taken chiefly from A7iglia Sacra, vol. i. fi\6, 
 &c. and from a modern cop^y, now in the Palace 2XEly, blazoned and continued down to Bifliop 
 Butts's, time: Except only two or three infl:ances, where there feemed to be good reafon for de- 
 parting from thofe Copies: — particularly Bifliop L'ljle's are altered from thofe in Anglia Sacra, 
 vol. i. p. 652. and others inferted, on Mr. Cole\ authority, being taken from an Original Seal of 
 that Bifliop: — Cardinal Z/«x?w/^z^r^/z's Arms, though inferted on the authority of ^«^A 6'«f. p. 668, 
 I am afraid are not the true ones; for which feeMr. Coleh remarks above. — Bifliop /f7i///s Arms are 
 inferted, (infl:ead of thofe in the Ely Copy,) on Mr. Thoreffys authority, as cited by Mr. Cole. 
 — The Plate of the Arms of the Bifliops o^ Ely, not having been printed off at the time of 
 Bifliop Mrtity^w's death; I have added thok of Dr. Edmund Keene the prefent Bifliop, which 
 
 are, Argent, a Talbot Sable, collared Or, on a Chief indented Azure 3 Crofs-Croffelets Or. 
 
 J. B. 
 
 Feb. 4, 1771, 
 
*48 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 NUMB. XXXVI. 
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS in Ely Cathedral, excluji've of thofe o//^'^ Bishops 
 
 and other DIGNITARIES, ivhich arc inferted wider their Names in the foregoing Work. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 In the North IJle of the Choir. 
 On a black Marble. 
 In the Vault underneath, with the late BilhopPcJ/r/VMieshis 
 piousReIiaMrs.P£NELOP£ Patrick, agecl79;whodicd 
 at St. EJmund's Bury the loth o( ^pri! 1725. Erteeined 
 when living by all th.at knew her, and very much regretted 
 by the Poor of thatPlace,who now feel the want of her fre- 
 quent and liberal Benefadfions. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 Quod Mori potuit leailVimas defyderatifTimasque Conjugis 
 
 Elisabeths BELLOMONTANit, 
 
 Sub hoc Marmore condidit nioeftiinmus Maritus J.B. 
 
 Hujus EcckiuE Canonicus : 
 
 Maij xxxi. An. Dom. mdclxii. 
 
 The following is the modern Infcription on the Tomb of 
 Bif}:op HoTHAM, refir'dto, p. 158. 
 
 Johannes Hotham Epifcopus Ellens. AnglisCancellarius, 
 (ieindc Resni hujus fummus Thefaurarius, hie fitus eft. 
 Vir prudcns, juftus et munihcus ; qui Lanternam a ruina, 
 fumptu24c6/. lbs. \id. in banc admirandatn ftrudlurae 
 formam rertituit; et in pciticiendo Prelbyterio fupra 
 2034/. 12 5. 8 J. expendit. Cum anr,os20 fedilTet, Paralifi 
 per biennium correptus, tandem deceflit Januarii 25, 1336. 
 
 In the South Ifle of the Choir. 
 On a black Marble. 
 To the Memory of Mrs. Catharine Greene, Relia of 
 the late Lord Bilhop of Ely ; who died the 20th of 
 March, 1770. Aged 88. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Here lyeth the Body of Mrs. Anne Fleetwood, (Rclifl of 
 Df. lyiUlim F.W/^wilateBilhop of Ely:) She departed this 
 life the 5th of March 1725. In the 75th year of her Age. 
 
 On a plain mural Tablet. 
 
 Here lies the Body of Francis Say, Efq; 
 
 Principal Librarian to her late Majclly Qiicen Caroline, 
 
 And Secretary to five fucceeding Bilhops of this Church, 
 
 with whom he lived beloved and honoured : 
 
 He very early in Life gained great Reputation, 
 
 And prcferved it unhicmillied to his Death. 
 
 No one was ever lefs covetous ot Prailc, 
 
 No one deferved it more. 
 
 He was a Scholar, a Gentleman, a Chriftian ; 
 
 Learned without Pedantry, Compbifant without Flattery, 
 
 And Religious without Ollentation: 
 
 The'.e rave Endowments 
 
 Were accompanied with a fingular Modefty, 
 
 Which carting a Beauty and Luftre over them. 
 
 Made His, as far as might be, a peifecf Cliarader. 
 
 Hewasjuft to all the World, and the World wasjuA to him; 
 
 For he had not an Enemy in it. 
 
 He died Sept. 10, 1748. Aged 58. 
 
 On a hrafs Plate. 
 Yet a very little And He that will come 
 
 Shall come 
 The Speritte and the Bride fay come 
 Lett him that heareth fay come 
 And lett him that is athirft fay come 
 E\en foe come, Lord Jcfu &c. 
 f Tykdall by Birth 
 Ursula-? Coxee by Choice 
 
 C Upcher in Age and for Comfort. 
 
 Anno ..^Itatis 77. 
 
 Herelieth the Body of Elizabeth Allix, Sifter of the late 
 Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Wager, and Wife of Peter Allix,D. D. 
 Dean of this Church, She departed this Life the 2d of 
 December, 1750. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Here lyeth the Body of Anne Jones, Wife toTHo. Jones Pre- 
 bendary of this Church; a Woman of uncommon virtues 
 and endowments, a dutiful Child, a chart loving Wife, a 
 tender careful Mother, conftant in her Devotion, cxtenfive 
 in her Charity, affable in her Converfation, and exceedingly 
 ingenious in every thing (he took in hand. She was born 1 7 
 July i6g8, was marry 'd iijan.1717, and dy'd29june 1730- 
 She had 10 Children, of which one, a Girl ftill-born, lyeih 
 \n Dounham-Ch^triCeU, 3 viz. Jinic, Elizabeth, If-'idiam, lye 
 by her here on the North-fide. Her Hulba-.id hath caufed 
 this Stone and Infcription to be fet on her Grave, in token 
 of his furviving great Love and Efteem for her. 
 Tu, Leiflor, eandem 
 mortis iture viam, 
 ^ternaturos mores imitarc fepulta:, 
 Optato felicem exitum, 
 Nomen ama merituni. 
 On a black Marble. 
 Here lyeth the Body of Kingsmill Lucy of Cajlle Cary in 
 the County of Soincrfct, Efq; Eldcft Son of TFHIiam Lord 
 Biiliop of St. Davids, in hope of a joyful Refurreclion; 
 who departed this Life June thexii. m.dc.lxxiv. 
 
 On a -white Stone. 
 In Memory of Anthony Son of William Tho.mpson of 
 Somcrjham in the County of Hur.tingdon, Efq; and Rebecca 
 his Wife. He died March the 5th, 1738, Aged 13 years. 
 
 On a mural Monument. Plate xxxviii. 
 
 Ante novem Luftra ac Tasdas Thalamumque Roberti 
 Condidit hie Fatum Fcftinans OlTa Stuwardi. 
 Nefcius hoc ne fis, volui Te Scire, Viator: 
 Quod fi plura cupis Generofam confule Famam. 
 Virtutis Prasmium Virtus. 1570. Jan. 19. 
 Vivere quifque diu quaerit -..-_-__. 
 - - ------- poteft vivere Nemo diu. 
 
 On a mural Momiment. Plate xxx:x. 
 
 Secundum Redemptoris Mundi Adventum expec^at hie 
 
 Marcus Steward Miles FiliusHasrefque5;wr5»;; Stezvard 
 
 Armig. Nicholai Steuard Ara\\g. geniii, qui Patrem habuit 
 
 RichardumSuward Armig. quem cenuit Thomas Steward At - 
 
 mig. 'Johaniiis Steward ^\\\\\\% Filius ; Cujus Pater erat 
 
 Johannes Steward Miles, ejus Nominis in Anglia primus : 
 
 Qui cum Jitcobo Rcberti Scotia Regis Filio in Frur.ciatn tranf- 
 
 fretans (Regnante tunc Hiflwsquarto) ventoeorum propo- 
 
 Iitis oppofito, iny/«£//V(7«tf Littoreapplicuerunt, ubi diu port 
 
 pro Obfedibus cuftodiebantur. Scd hie Johannes in Amo- 
 
 rem cujufdam Virginis Anglicana Nomine Maries Talmach 
 
 incidf ns, dfAZMzo^^izfohanna: Regina vcnia, Cui Ancilla in- 
 
 fcrviebat, Eam in Conjugcm cepit, in fidcmquc Regis Hen- 
 
 rici dum vixiil'et, folemniter eft juratus. — Hujus Pater erat 
 
 AhxctiJer, q ue m gc n u i t Andreas Steward Miles, Alexondri cog- 
 
 nominati Firocis Filiorum Natu Minimus, Cujus Pater erat 
 
 Jp'altcrus Steward a Dundevale in Scotia di(5Ius. Sed Primus 
 
 in Gcncalogia hac Summonitus, et hie Sepultiis, exJ/iiij 
 
 una Filiarum et Hxredum Roberti Huicke Armig. Reginae 
 
 Elizabethee Medici primarij varies Iiabuit Liberos, quos 
 
 omnes inadultos fata rapuere prxter duos, Mariam fcilicet 
 
 GuUelmo Forfter in Com. Berk Militi Nuptam, et Simeonem 
 
 StcvuardMv\\\.zxa. Hxredem Filiumque fuum mceftiflimum 
 
 I- qui 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 « 
 
 qui pii officii fingiilarifqiie erga Patrem Amoris gratia 
 hoc pofuit Monumentum, ubi Infcriptum legas, quod, 
 cum mulros Annos et Bello et Pace pro Patria feliciter 
 egiflet, ^tate tandem confedus, Militari Cingulo et 
 Auratis Calcaribus a Jacobo Rege Serenifllmo Ornatus, 
 Senex pene Odogenarius fatali Neceffitati coiicjnt, 
 28 Februarij, Anno Salutis, 1603. 
 
 Premendo Suflulit. Ferendo Vicit. 
 
 On a Monument affixed to a Pillar. 
 
 Hie inhumatus jacet Optima: Spei AdolefcensGuLiELMUs 
 Lynne Gen. Filius et Hasres Apparens Jobaniiis Lynne de 
 Bafmgborne in Com. Cantabrigia Ar. Qui quidem'G'////V/- 
 mui immatura Morte peiemptus in ipfo ^.tatisflore 27 
 agens Annum 22 Die j///// Anno Doni. 1589, non fine 
 Summo Amicorum omnium Dolore, ex hac Vita placide 
 Migravit : Unicam relinquens Filiam Catherhwm Scilt. 
 quam etiam 17 Die Martij fequentis prsepropera Mors 
 Eadem Naturs Lege Natam Suftulit, Simuiquejam cum 
 Patre atterno fruitur Gaudio. 
 
 Pofuit Amoris ergo Mceftiflima illius Conjux Elizabeths Filia 
 Guhdmi Stncardi de Ely Arm. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Here layeth the Body of Mr. John Mingay, who was 
 Receiver and Expenditor to the Right Honourable the 
 Corporation of the Great Levell ot^ the Fenns for 18 
 years, and was buryed 14 July, 1676. 
 Here lyeth the Body of Mrs. Jane Mingay, late Wife to 
 Mr .John Mingay,vi\\o Ay tdiht i3thof A''(/V.i672. Aged57. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 M. S. 
 
 JoHAKNis Cremer Generofi, 
 
 Ex Antiqua familia in Agro Ncrjolcia oriundi ; 
 
 Necnon Uxoris ejus Alicite Cremer, 
 
 Jlgcriicni Peyton de Doddington, S.T.P. Filiae natu minimae; 
 
 Quae prioribus rwi^xusjohanni Nalfon, LL.D. 
 
 Feliciter etiam conjunda fuerat. 
 
 ff;^^ jobiit anno .tatis{ 39} Salutis {;/;3. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 Underneath this Marble lie the Remains of 
 
 Elizabeth Williams, 
 
 Relia of the Rev. PInlip miliars. 
 
 Who was Reflor oi Doddington in the Ifle of £//. 
 
 They lived thirty years together 
 
 Conftantly employed in works of Piety, 
 
 Charity, and Hofpitality. 
 
 She furvived her Hulband fixteen years. 
 
 And upon April the 6th, 1736, 
 
 Refigned her truly pious Soul into the hands of her Maker. 
 
 Alfo clofe by her lies her Daughter, Alice Williams, 
 
 Who died December the 29th, 1739, 
 
 Poflefled of the amiable Virtues of her moft excellent Parents. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 Robertas Mingay Arm. NorfoUicnfn Ortu ; 
 
 "Johannii Mingay Armigeri Filius Natu Tertius ; 
 
 Aulae de Qare in Academia Cantabrigicnji 
 
 Non ita pridem Socius, 
 
 Societati Confervatorum Paludis Bcdforiier.fn dlflae, 
 
 Ingenti fumptu jam olim Exhauftas 
 
 Tribunu? ./^rarius 
 
 Sub hoc Tumulo Sepultus jacet. 
 
 Vir utique Probitatis in omni Fortuna exerclta;, 
 
 Vitaque Morumque vix imitabile Exemplar. 
 
 Utpote qui fe prEftitit, Deo, nempe, 
 
 Solennes juxta Y.zc\ti\'s. Anglicana Ritus, 
 
 Cultorem vere Religiofum ; 
 
 Patriae et Societati prxditSlx fingulari officio Devotum j 
 
 49 
 
 Conjugi Fidell, Fidlflimum Conjugem; 
 Mults Soboli, Patrem Providentahmum j 
 Amicis omnibus, ex animo Amicum ; 
 Atque vel eo Nomine Defideratiflimum ; 
 Pauperibus omnigenis diffufa Charitate Notiffimum. 
 Hunc (Qiiem defundum pari et aquo LuauProfequuntur 
 Patria, Salutis Pacifque tantum non viduata Cuftode j 
 Conjux Mcsftiffima, dejefta Conjuge; 
 Proles indulgentiffimoorbata Patre ; 
 Sanguine Propinqui, Amicitia Propinquiores, 
 Utrique optimo privati Confortio ; 
 Egeni Thefaurario, orbi Orphanotropho dellituti ;) 
 Ampliffimo Beatas Immortalitatis prsmio Donavit 
 Deus Optimus Maximus 
 Calendis Junij xii. Anno Salutis noftrje mdclxxxix. 
 jEtatis fuffi xxxv. 
 
 On a mural Monument. 
 
 Petrus Gunning 
 
 Annum apud Academicos 4tum ingrefTus, 
 
 ^tatis vero 2imum, 
 
 Suorum Spem moriens fefellit 
 
 5to. Cal. Feb. 1735. 
 Fratrem praspropere lecutus 
 Henricus Gunning 
 6to. Cal. Mart, proxime fequentis 
 
 e vita exceflit Annos nat. 8. 
 
 Poft annos demum viginti et o6lc> 
 
 fupra didorum Pater 
 
 Henricus Gunning A.M. 
 
 Coll. Div. Job. Cant, olim Socius, 
 
 Ecclef hujusPrajcentor, etPrsl. Theol. 
 
 Cum fuis requiefcit. 
 
 In the South Tranfepf. 
 On a zvhite Stone affixed to the Wall. 
 Under this Marble lyeth the Body of John Thompson, 
 Gentleman, late Chapter Clarke of this Church, who 
 was buried the loth of July, AnnoDom. 1615. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Here lyeth the Body of Charles Lany, Son of John 
 Liiny, Efq; who died the 26th Day of September Anno 
 Domini 1670, in the fixth yeare of his age. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 His jacet Henricus Gilbertus, 
 Eximiae quidem (dum vixit) fpei, fingularifque (etiam 
 praeter atatem) puer indolis : Qui Coelis animam dedit 
 Anno Octavo ^tatis fuas. Id, Sept. A.D. 1676. 
 
 On a Free Stone. 
 Here lyes interr'd the Body of William Bludwicke of 
 Ely Gent. Sonn to Wm. Bludiuicke of Huntingdon, Gent, 
 who departed this life on the 12th of Auguji 1687, and 
 in the 22d year of his age. 
 
 On a Free Stone. 
 Here lyeth the Body of George Mayfield, Son o( George 
 Mayfield of Eiy. Gent. Who departed this Life Novem- 
 ber i^, AnnoDom. 1695. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 M.S. 
 GuLiELMi SiLVERTOP hujus Ecclefise Canonici Minoris, 
 Necnon Schulae Elienfis Archididascali, qui obiit 4to Die 
 Aprilis, Anno Dom-'iSgo, vEtatis fuas 38VO. 
 Vir utpote qui facili felicique Ingenio fe omnibus gratum 
 carumque reddidit : Cum vero femper impenfe cavebat, 
 ne vel Dei Honorem, vel Hominis famam Linguas petu- 
 lantia lasderet, Et Deus et Homo (uti fpes eftj Illo Die 
 Beatum praedicabunt. 
 
 *G On 
 
'so 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 Reliqulx Reverendi Viri Samuelis Hutton, 
 
 liujus Ecclefiae Minoris Canonici, 
 
 Sub hoc Marmore Conduntur. 
 Editha etiam DiledifTima Conjux 
 in Eodem Dormit Tumulo. 
 Et Hie et Ilia exoptantes hinc cvocari. 
 
 Vir fi quls alius Integerrimus, 
 
 Qiii omnimoda Canonicatus fui Munia 
 
 Ea fedulitate, ea Pietate aique illibata 
 
 Piobitate Adminiftravit, 
 
 Ut pene iniquum eflet non Sperare 
 
 emgrantcm Animam in Beatorum 
 
 Sedem efTe cooptatam. 
 
 Obiit 3. Ocleb. A.D. 1718. /Etat. fuae, 68. 
 
 Juxta hoc Marmor quiefcunt 
 StephiJius Hutton Frater, Maria Pardoe 
 
 Soror Ejufdem Samuelis Hutton, 
 
 HiEC Obiit iSJu/iJ, 17 18. iEtat. fuse 69 ; 
 
 llle 24 yfug. 1696 ; ^Etat. (ux 33. 
 
 Of! a Free -Stem. 
 Thomas Ingram died May the .... 1699, aged 53 years, 
 lie was one of the Virgers of this Church, and Clerk of 
 the Works of the Revd. Dean and Chapter. 
 
 On a mural Mcnument. 
 Near this place lyeth the Body of Dame Martha, Daugh- 
 ter of Mr. Fenington of Suffolke, Relitfl of Robert Alingny, 
 Efq-, and Wife of Sir Roger Jenyns, who put up this 
 for her. She dyed A.D. 1701, and was according to her 
 defite interred in the Vault here with her firft Hulband. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 In Memoriam Philippi Wade Gen. hicloci 
 In Spem vitse ^ternx dulce obdormientis ; 
 Dum inter vivos ageret 
 Ecclefiae Filij PientilTimi, 
 Superiorum Cultoris Devotifllmi, 
 Pauperum Patroni BcneficentifTimi, 
 Kunc tandem Omnibus Dcfideiatifllmi. 
 Dcnat. quinto Die Duenibris 
 Anno Domini 1710. ^tat. fure 67. 
 Necnon Elizabetha ejus Conjugis 
 Cum unicae turn DiIe(5lifrim.T; : 
 Mor. 7 Die Augujli Anno Dom. 1708, j^tat. fiiae. .. . 
 Hoc Marmor Gratitudinis Ergo 
 Pofuit AugvjVmui Wade Ncpos 
 ObfervantiiFimus. Anno Domini 1713. 
 
 On a grey Marble 
 
 Eliz. Uxor JoHANNis Barnes, Gen. obiit 29 die Aug. 
 
 Anno Domini 1719. iEtatis 87. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 Under this Marble 
 
 (Among many of his Relations) 
 
 Lieth the Body of James Hawkins B. M. 
 
 46 years Organift of this Church: 
 
 Eminent in his Profeflion, 
 
 Regular in the difcharge of his Duty, 
 
 Chearful and friendly in his Deportment. 
 
 He died the 18th of Oc^/btr 1729, 
 
 In the 67th year of his Age. 
 
 Alfo of Mary his Wife, 
 
 Inferior to none in conjugal Fidelity, 
 
 Prudent in the management of her Family, 
 
 The tender Mother of ten Children : 
 
 Having been long afFlifled 
 
 With bod.ly Infirmities, 
 
 She pioully refigned her breath, 
 
 The 3d of Jan. 1732. Aged 69 Years, 
 
 On a luhite Stone. 
 
 Here lyeth the Body of Thomas Robins, who In the fe- 
 veral Capacities of Virger of this Church, Clerk of the 
 Works, and BaylifF to the Dean and Chapter, approved 
 himfelfformanyyearsdiligent,underftanding,and faithful. 
 His fingular readinefs in Bulinefs, join'd with the greated 
 Probity, render'd him ufeful to many; as his modeftand 
 obliging Behaviour gain'd him the Love and £ileem of 
 All. He dy'd in the year of Chrift, 1737. of his Age 56. 
 
 Alfo here lye the Bodies of Martha the Daughter, and 
 Thomas the Son of Tliomai and Mary Rcbitis. 
 
 fil'l dy'd in the year of Chrift, '73^ }of her Age 25. 
 na I ' J 1739 i of his Age 23. 
 
 On a mural Monument. 
 
 Near this place lies the Body of Richard Elliston, 
 
 A Youth of fuch uncommon Endowments, 
 
 fingular Modelly, fweetnefs of Temper and 
 
 engaging Behaviour, 
 
 as could not but inipire his Relations and Friends 
 
 with the moft pleaQng Hopes. 
 
 But alas! all thefe were defeated in an inftanr, 
 
 by an unhappy death occafioned by the kick of a Horfe, 
 
 Auguft the 4th, 1744 ; in the 13th year of his Age. 
 
 Heu ! puer in:elix, qujE caufa intligna venuftos 
 
 Fcedavit vultus, atque inojiina tulit? 
 
 Qua; fera vis fati te funere merGt accrbo, 
 
 Luminaque a;terno claufa fopore, dedit? 
 
 Heu ! cadis ante diem, et properata niorte tuorum. 
 
 Qua fola poteras, irrita vota facis. 
 
 Has faltcm lachrymas, veri hrec monumenta doloris, 
 
 Accipe, et extremum munus aniantis habe. 
 
 In the North Tranfepf. 
 
 Jacet liic Gulielmus Gent Generofus Filius Geo. Genty 
 
 de Steeple Bumjiead in Comit. EJfex Armigeri. 
 
 Obiit 10 Decemb, Ann. Dom. 1690. iEtatis fuae45. 
 
 On a Free -St one. 
 
 Thomas Stuart, Efq; died May the 19th, 1744. 
 
 Near this place lyeth the Body of Thomas Stuart late of 
 
 Stuntney, Efq; Father of the faid deceafed. 
 
 On a Free-Stone. 
 Here lyeth interred the Body of Thomas Poole, fenr. who 
 was one of the Virgers belonging to this Church. He de- 
 parted this Life Jugu/itht I2th, A.D. I728,aged 55years. 
 Alfo Anne Poole Wife of the faid Thomas Poole : She de- 
 parted this life April i^, A.D. 1726, aged 63 years. 
 And alfo Ellen Nev/ban their Daughter, v\ho dyed 
 Oii. 28, 1757, aged 57 years. 
 
 On a Free-Stone. 
 
 To the memory of John Scott, who died March the 15th, 
 
 i733,Aged42year&. Hewas a dutifulSon,a generousBro- 
 
 ther, a true Friend, an honeft Man, and a good Chriftian. 
 
 Go, Reader, and deferve fuch a Characler. 
 
 Hoc Marmor mcerens pofuit Guliel. Norfolk. 
 
 On a Free- Stone. 
 Here lyeth the Body of Andrew Brignal, one of the 
 Lay-Clerks of this Cathedral Church. He departed this 
 Lite Sept. 22, 1735, ill the 56th year of his age. 
 
 In the Nave. 
 On a while Stone fet in one of the Pillars. 
 Hie Situs eft Gulielmus Boi/ms Filius Johannis Boifij Unius Ex 
 Ecclefias Hujus Cancnicis, Poftquam Annos vixifTet plus 
 Minus Triginta, Tabo Confumptus Placide Animam 
 Deo Reddidit .V";tvwir/; 13, Anno t637",* PofteroqueDie 
 Sepultus eft, Multis ex omnibus Ordimbus Funus Per- 
 amice Profequentibus. 
 
 Jit 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
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 51 
 
 In St. Marys Chapel, now ufed as a Church 
 for Trinity Parijl:, 
 
 Qn a black Marble. 
 
 M. S. 
 
 Here lyeth the Body of Hester the Widow of Henry 
 
 Bekyon, Gentleman: She was born the loth of/VZ-. A.D. 
 
 1619, and dyeJ the fame day of that Moneth, aged 74. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 Sub hoc Marmore quiefcit 
 
 Quod Terram fapuit TnoMiE Benyon Clerlci. 
 
 Nos Mori doci'it 05 Feb. 
 
 Anno Salutis nortrs 1689-90 : 
 
 Amicorum AfiPedllbus, grata omnium Memoria 
 
 Nunquam Moriturus. 
 
 On a brafs Plate. 
 Here Iveth the Bodie of Robert Wagstave late of this 
 Parrifli of £//£> Fiflimonger, who departed this life the 
 15th ofDra-wi. An. 1616: And alfo the Bodie of Mary 
 his Wife, who after his Deceafe was wife unfo Stephen 
 Baetmnn of this Parrifh, who likewife departed this Mor- 
 tall Life, with full AiTurance to receive a Life Eternal, 
 12 Day o( Aprill : 1621 : 
 
 Whofe Fayth was fuch flie gladly tooke this cave : 
 That (he to Christ an Exodus might have. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Here lyes the body of William Wagstaffe Gent : who 
 
 dyed 24 Feb. 1675. 
 Alfo of /^i/^<3//hisWife, who Ayti April 12, 1693, Aged 78. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 H. S. E. 
 
 Thomas March Armiger GuUelm'i March Armigeri Filius; 
 
 Qui cum notus omnibus vixiflet, 
 
 et Sibi maxime. 
 
 Anno Dom, mdclxx, jEtatis fuaLxix, 
 
 Inter Mortales defiit vivere. 
 
 Domina Dorothea Norton Filia ejus unica et Haeres in 
 
 mandatis dedit, Moriens mdcciii, 
 
 Ut charifliiiii fui Patris reliquiis hoc Saxum fuperimponeretur. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 M. S. 
 
 Anna PientifTima dile^lidlma ConjuxJoHANNis Dowsing 
 Clerici h'nc exoptat evocari. Obiit Dec. 2. A.D. 1686. 
 ^tatis 26to. 
 
 Johannes diftorum Parentum Filius natu fecundus, cum 
 annum compleverat, Matrem prematura morte abreptam 
 obfequio heu nimis praepropero fecutus eft. obiit iVji^. 29, 
 AD 1687. 
 
 Deinde poft annos 24 Sarah Copping utriufque Parens 
 indulffcntlfllma. ReverendifTimi Thcm.'E nunc Archipr.-s- 
 (lilis Cantuariinjii Sorer cariffima, vere vidua 46 annorum, 
 codem hoc tumulo fepeliri voluit. Ob. Sept. 17. A.D. 
 1711. .(Etat. 72. 
 
 Johannes Dowsing LL.B. Reftor de TVentzvorth, dial 
 Johannis & Marthis 2d;E Conjugis (quam in Anna fua: 
 locum adoptavit, Genero Uxorem Moritura commenda- 
 vit, di<5la Surah,) Filius, & Hceres unicus, coelebs obiit 
 Nov. 28. A.D. 1742, i^tat. 29. Cujus mortales reliqui-is 
 fibi prsreptas moerens & miferanda Mater hie depofuit, 
 fuas commiftura. 
 
 Martha porroreli(5taprsefati7(?*(7«wZ)Mi;/!'«j-Cler. A. M. 
 (demum Recfloris de Cottenham) at ultra 22 annos Uxor 
 Thom;eWatk.ins,A.M. hoHieEcclefia-hujufoeRTiniftri, 
 utriufque cariffima Confers & amantiffima, F !ium de- 
 flendocitiusabfumptajDeovitam fuditi^.Y.;. A.D. 1745. 
 .^tat. 67. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Near this Stone lyeth the body of Frances Kemp, late 
 Widow of Thomas Kemp of Thwait-Hall in the County of 
 Norfolk, Gent, who departed this life January I2, in the 
 year 1691. Aged 67. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 Here lyeth the Body of Hester Wife of Wm. Silvertop 
 CI. cldeft Daughter of John iVake, Gent, and Hejhr his 
 Wife, who dyed Decern, nth. 1697, Aged 28. 
 
 Al fo the Body of A eig ale Wake, youngeft Daughter of the 
 faid Jihnitnd He/Ier, who dyed fV/^. 12th, 1717. Aged 43. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Here lyeth the Body of Thomas Watson of Ely Gentle- 
 man, wiio liv'd a devout worfliipper of God, a lincere 
 Friend, a juft Dealer, a charitable and moft ufeful Neigh- 
 bour; and who defir'd and rejoic'd to dye in the peace 
 and Communion of the Eftabliflied Church of England : 
 which he did on the 19th day oi May in the 50th year of 
 his age. Anno Domini 1703. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Here lyeth the Body of Susanna the Wife of Will. Caw- 
 thorne, who departed this life the 19th of June 1703J 
 in the 46th year of her age. 
 
 As you are, fo were we ; 
 
 And as we are, fo muft you be. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Here lyeth the Body of Edward Marsh, Gent, a Man 
 mindful of his duty to God, one of great induftry, and 
 of equal honefty and fairnefs in his dealings : who being 
 bleft; with a plentiful produft of his honeft Care left an- 
 fwerable Legacys to his numerous Relations, and fome 
 others, Efpecialy to fuch whofe lower circuinflances moft 
 requir'd his Charity. He dy'd the 15th of Aug. 1703J in 
 the 53d year of his age. 
 
 On a mural Monument. 
 
 Near this place lye the Bodies of William Marsh, Gent. 
 
 who died 0^. 25. 1708, aged 68 years. 
 Alfo Edw. Marsh Son of the faid tym. Marjh, and Eliz. 
 
 his Wife, who died Apiril 17, 1707, aged 20 years, 
 Alfo Elizabeth the Wife 0;' the aforefaid IVm, Alarfliy who 
 
 died M.iy if, 1719- aged 70 years. 
 And alfo Tho. Marsh, Gent. Son of the aforefaid TVm. 
 
 and Eli%. who died Augvjl 30, 1720, Aged 39 years: by 
 
 whofe laft Will this Monument was ereded. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Here lyeth the Body of Nath. Browne oi Efy, Draper, and 
 Alice his Wife, Daughter of Thomas Angier of Ely^ Gent. 
 He died the 17th of June 1706. 
 She the 30th oi March ib-jb. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Here lyeth the Body of Miles Angier oi Ely Gent, who 
 dyed the i ith of Nove;.;ber 1 706. Aged 62. 
 
 On a brafs Plate. 
 Here lyes the Body of Tho. Mackbr aire, youngeft Son of 
 Robert Macbrairc of Nen'ork in the County of Gallcicay, 
 North Biittain, Gent, who dyed the 2Sth of January^ 
 1 7 14. Aged 29, 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 Here l;eth the Body of Thomas Doo, who departed this 
 
 life the 23d day of Augvjl, Anno Dom. 17 19. .^tat. 53, 
 
 The Lord knoweth them that be his. 
 
 Alfo Airs. Abigail Doo, Relict of Mr. Thomas Doo, died 
 
 29th Juh 1760. Aged 87 years, 
 
 * G 2 Oh 
 
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 APPENDIX. 
 
 On a mural Monument. 
 
 Near this place lyes the Body of William Cole of Ely 
 Gent, who dy'd the i6th 'of Novembtr 1724, Aged 77 
 years. He left a Legacy of three Pounds to be paid yearly 
 to this Parirti: forty Shillings tliereof for 2 Oi;V- Sermons, 
 one on yl/aj-day, and the other on the i6th of Nwcmbir: 
 The remainder 20 J to be diftributed among 20 poor Wi- 
 dows that are at Church on thofe days. 
 
 Alfo Mary his Wife lyes here interr'd, Ak dy'd on the 
 20th oi November, 1702, Aged 56. 
 
 On a mural Monument. 
 
 Near this place alfo lyeth the Body of Samuel Cole Apoth. 
 Son of the above named Wm. and Mary Cole; who was 
 born the i ith of///r/7 1690, and dy'd the 6th oiFeb. 1 728-9. 
 
 He was a Perfon of uncommon Induftry, very pund^ual and 
 exaa in all hi^ dealings, a friend to the inrfigeiu and ne- 
 celTitous whilfl he iiv'd ; and when he dy'd he gave five 
 Pounds per Ann. to the Poor of this Parilh for ever. 
 
 On a mural Monument. 
 
 Near this place lyes interrr'd the Body of Robert Light- 
 foot Efq; fome time Receiver of the Land Tax for the 
 County oi Cambridge : And alfo Receiver and Kxpenditor 
 General to the Right Honourable the Corporation oi Bcd- 
 fordLeve]. Hedyed the zjihoi' Ju!y 1730, Aged 39 years. 
 
 Near alfo lyes the Body of Airs. Mary Lightfoot, Relid 
 of the above Robert Lightfoot Efq. She died 21ft OSiober 
 1763, aged 63 years. 
 
 And near alfo lye the Remains of Mr. Robert Lightfoot, 
 Son to the above-named Robert and Mary Lightfoot. He 
 died 5th July 1748. aged 20 years. 
 
 Of what fort the above mentioned perfons were, the lad Day 
 will difcover. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 H. S. E. 
 Vir omni Memoria dignus Johannes Bringhurst A. M. 
 Ecclefise Cath. Elienfs Canonicus minor, 
 Ejufdem Praecentor, nee non Praeleftor Theologicus, 
 Ecclefiae hujus Paroch : S S Trin : 
 Per annos ultra triginta 
 Paftor fidus ac diligens. 
 Multis quidcm his, fed non magnis Ecclefias beneficiis 
 Ufus eft, qui, fi meritis par refpondilTet gratia, 
 Vel maximis auiflus ornatufque fuiflet. 
 Vir utique cui ad ingenii famam baud vulgarem. 
 
 Ad DoiStrinre laudem fatis amplam, 
 Summs fimplicitatis, facilitatis morum ruavifl'imi', 
 Speftatae erga Deum pietatis, erga amicos fidei, 
 Singularis erga omnes benevolentix 
 Egregia plane commendatio accelTit. 
 
 His dotibus inftruclus, 
 
 Lenioribus pariter virtutibus ac fevcrioribus ornatus, 
 
 Omnibus & Hominis & Clerici officiis 
 
 Cumulatiflime fatisfecit. 
 
 Magnumque adeo fui defulerium bonis omnibus 
 
 Moriens reliquit. 
 Obiit 4to die Febr. Anno Dom. 1735. iEtat. 56. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 Near this place lyeth the Body of John King Efq; who 
 
 dyed Moy 13th, 1736. Aged 61 years. 
 As alfo the Body of Mary his Wife, who dyed July 8th, 
 
 1730. Aged 53. 
 Here likewife lyeth the Body of John King jun. Gent, who 
 
 dyed Manb 26th, 1752. Aged 54. 
 
 On a mural Monument. 
 
 That the Memory of an honeft and well deferving Man 
 
 may be tranfmitted to pofterity 
 
 This Monument was Defigned and Ere(5led by 
 
 John Sanderfo'i of London Axc\Mt(\, 
 
 as a Grateful Acknowledgment for Services done him by 
 
 Humphry Smith Efq; 
 
 who departed this life the 27th day o( Alareh 1743, 
 
 in the 72d Year of iiis Age : 
 
 A Man who in every flation of life acquitted himfelf with 
 
 Honour, Integrity and an Upright Mind ; 
 
 Of a competent knowledge in the moft Ufcful Arts 
 
 and Sciences ; 
 
 But moft eminent for his fuperior Abilities in Draining 
 
 Fenny and Marfti Lands; 
 
 Witnefs his Performances in Tl.wrney Level, 
 
 in the Ille oi Ely, and Deeping Fens in Lincolnjhire ; 
 
 in which places his Memory will be dear to all 
 
 Generous Minds. 
 
 On a mural Monument. 
 
 Near this Place lyes Interred the Body of 
 
 Gotobed East Gent. 
 
 Sometime Receiver and Expenditor General to the 
 
 Right Honti'* the Corporation of Bedford Level. 
 
 He died the 29th of Juguji, 1753, 
 
 Aged 67 years. 
 
 On a black Marble. 
 
 In Memory of Martha Jea 
 who A\tdMiirch 3d, 1754. Aged 79. 
 
 On a mural Monument. 
 
 To the A'lemory of Mr. Thomas Hall, 
 An eminent Surgeon and Apothecary of this City : 
 
 A Man of ftriift honefty and probity, 
 
 and in every rcfpcdi an ufcful Member of Society. 
 
 It was his conftant ftudy to do good, 
 
 and to relieve the diflreffes of others, 
 
 rather than to enrich himfelf. 
 
 Among his Acquaintance Tie lived generous and friendly, 
 Hewas liberal to the Poor, and benevolent to All. 
 
 Thefe focial Virtues gained him refpeft whilft living, 
 and made his death univerfally lamented. 
 He was born at Afiford near Ludlow in Shrop/hirc, and died 
 Feb.iS, I7S9> in the 48th year of his Age, 
 
 On a fmall mural Tablet. 
 Sacred to the Memory of John Jefferys, who Iiv'd with. 
 inflexible Conftancy and commendable Integrity, and 
 died with an unbleminied Character, J(?««i2ry the 27th, 
 1763. Aged 48 years. 
 
 Ill the North Ifle of the Nave of the Cathedral, on a •u)bite 
 mural Tablet, is this Infer ipt ion: 
 
 1676 Roger Clopton, Redor oi Doivnham, gave 200/. 
 by which the greatcft part of the Nave of this Church 
 was paved. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
5o 
 
 N D 
 
 X. 
 
 AARON, St.Briti(h Martyr, Page 3. 
 Abbot's Delf, 79. 
 
 Abbot's Haie, in London, 82. 
 
 Abbendon, Church at, 29. 
 
 Ablblom, Rector of St. Andrew's in Cambridge, 146. 
 
 Abdy Robert, Mafter of Baliol Coll. 176. 
 
 Acca, Bilhop of Hexham, 19,23. 
 
 Acholt Manor, given by Duke Brithnoth to ElyMonaftery, 
 pag. 84, 100. Appendix 3. 
 
 Adelmer, Monk of Ely, 86. 
 
 Adelmare, Julius-Casfar, 230. 
 
 Adelphius, Britilh Bifliop, A.D. 314. 4. 
 
 Adult, 81. 
 
 Adulphus, King of Eaft Anglia. 15, 24, 54, 58. 
 
 Ailwin, Alderman of all Englancf^ Founder of Ramfev Ab- 
 by, 28, 89. 
 
 Alan, Earl of Richmond, 138. 
 
 Alan de Walfingham, v. Walfingham. 
 
 Alan, Sacrift of Ely, Ap.g. 
 
 Alban St. firft Britifh Martyr, 3; Relicks of him at Ely, 
 148, 155. 
 
 Albemarle Steph, de, Ap. 13. 
 
 Albert, Archbirtiop of York, 25; Charafler, 26. 
 
 Albert Cardinal, 141. 
 
 .Albini William de, Ap. 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. 
 
 Albini Nigel de, Ap. 13, 17, 18. 
 
 Alcock William, of Beverley, 181. 
 
 Alcock Joan, 181. 
 
 Alcockjohn, 181. madeBifliop of Rochefter, 182 ; Keeper 
 of the Seal, ib. tranOated to Worcefter, ib. then to Ely, 
 ib. vifits St. Radegund's Priory, and converts it to a Col- 
 lege, ib. Device 183; a good Archited, ib. Charader 
 and Death, ib. his Chapel 286, 2S7. his Arms, Ap. 45. 
 
 Alcock Thomas, Archdeacon of Ely, 276. 
 
 Alcuin, 26, 27. 
 
 Alderman, a title of great dignity among the Saxons, 46, 47. 
 
 Aldhelm, Bilhop of Shirburn, 17. 
 
 Aldred, Archbifliop of York, 100,101. 
 
 Aldrey, Hamlet in Hadenham Parifh, 102; Fort erected 
 there by William the Conquerer, ib. deftroyed by Here- 
 ward, ib. defcribed, 104. 
 
 Aldrey Caufey and Bridge, Origin of, 104, 130, 138. 
 
 Aldrey Caftle, garrifoned, 137. Ap. 4. 
 
 Aldwin, Abbot of Ramfey, n6; at Ely 117. 
 
 AHius, gave Lands in Sutton to Ely Monallery, 75, 
 
 Alee Laurence, Chief Cook, Ap. 42. 
 
 Alexander, Pope, confirms Bp Ballliam's Ele(5tion, 149. 
 
 Alexander IIL Pope, confirms the privileges of Ely, 142, 
 272. 
 
 Alexander VI, Pope, 181. 
 
 Alexander, Billiop of Lincoln, 137, 138. Ap. 19. 
 
 Alexander, Prior of Ely, 216. 
 
 Alfgar, Bilhop of Elmham, buried at Ely, 88, 89, 285. 
 
 Alfnoth, Biftiop of Dorchefter, 28. 
 
 Alfonfo, Bilhop of Ciudad, 177. 
 
 Alfonfo, King of Spain, 149. 
 
 Alfred the Great, the reftorer of Religion and Arts, 27, 28, 
 30, 31. Ap. 22. 
 
 Alfred, Prince, Son of King Etheldred, confined and dies at 
 Ely, 96. 
 
 Alfwena, Lady, Foundrefs of Chatteris Abbey, 8g, 132. 
 
 Alfvvin, Bifhop of Elmham, 87, 88, 90, gi, 92 j buried at 
 Ely, 92, 285. 
 
 Alfvvin, Monk of Ely, 86, 93. 
 
 Alfwold, Abbot of Holme, 107. 
 
 Alfwold, Bilhop, Ap. 2. 
 
 Allen John, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 6 
 
 Alwold, Bifhop, Ap. 2. 
 
 Algar, Earl of Hoyland in Lincolnlhire, defeated by the 
 
 Danes, 66. 
 Alianora de Provence, Queen, 146, 148. 
 Allix Peter, Dean of Ely, 239,240. Ap. 48. 
 Allix Mr. Peter, 239. 
 
 Allix Mrs. Elizabeth, her Epitaph. Ap. 48. 
 Almoner to the Abbey, office of, 128. 
 Alnewick William, recommended to the Monks of Ely for 
 
 their Bilhop, 167. 
 Amandus, St. his Relicks, 7g. 
 Amerdene in ElTex, Ap. 3. 
 Andrews Lancelot, Bp of Chichefter, tranflated to Ely, 198 ; 
 
 Character, ib. igg, 200, 206, 245, 251. his Arms, Ap. 46. 
 Andrews Roger, Prebendary of Ely, 251. 
 Androynus, a Cardinal, Abbot of Cluni, Archdeacon of 
 
 Ely, 275. 
 Anger, Officer of the Conquerer, 106. Ap. 5. 
 Angler Miles, his Epitaph. Ap. 51. 
 Angler Thomas, Ap. 51, 
 Angier Alice, Ap. 51. 
 Anglefey Prior of, at Bifhop Morton's Inftallation, 179,218, 
 
 270. Ap. 36. 
 Anian, Bifliop of St. Afaph, 152. 
 
 Anna, King of Eaft Anglia, 14. flain by Penda, ib. Cha- 
 racter, 14, 45, 4g. Ap. 21. 
 Anne, Qiieen of England, 208, 2og, 21 1, 237, 238. 
 Anfelmc, Archbilhop of Canterbury, 113,115,116,117, 
 
 120, 121, 122; dies 123, 124-, 125. Ap. II, 12, 13, 14, 
 
 16,17. 
 Aquila Gilbert de, App. 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21. 
 Aquitain mortgaged to the Pope, 156. 
 Archer, Sir Simon, Ap. 3. 
 Arches of Doors, Windows, &c. in Churches difTerenced, 
 
 34,36,37,38. 
 Architedture Saxon, Norman, and Gothic, vide Saxon, &c. 
 Ardres, Interview between King Henry VIII, and Francis I, 
 
 at, 188. 
 Argentem, Arms of^ Ap. g. 
 Ariminum, Council of, A.D. 359. 4. 
 Aries, Council of, Britifh Bilhops at it, 4. 
 Armingford, Ap. i, 2. 
 Arms, when mtroduced. Ap. 5. 
 Arts Polite, cultivated in Monafteries, 2:7. 
 Arundel Thomas de, made Bilhop of Ely by the Pope, 164; 
 
 Chancellor 166 ; tranflated to York, and afterwards to 
 
 Canterbury, ib. 167; vifits Ely Monaftery, 222, 269, 276. 
 
 his Arms, Ap. 43, 44. 
 Arundel Richard, Earl of, 164. 
 Afhton Charles, Prebendary of Ely, 252. 
 Affendun, viz. Aihen by Barlow in Cambridgeflrire, battle 
 
 of, 88, Church of, built and endowed by King Canute, go. 
 Athelney Abbey, founded by K. Alfred, 30; its fituation 31. 
 Atcherley Thomas, iVIinor Canon, 281.. 
 Athelflan, King, 28. 
 AtheU^an Biflicp of the Eaft Angles, 81 ; buried at Ely, 85, 
 
 86; Benefaaor to Ely Monaftery, 87,88, 285. 
 Athelwold, Abbot of Abendon, 30. 
 Atwell, Dr. 252. 
 
 Auguftine,. St. converts the Saxons to Chriftianity, 8, g, lO'; 
 confecrated Archbilhop of Canterbury, g ; and founds a 
 
 Monaftery there, ib. receives the Archiepifcopal Pall, 10; 
 
 advifes Ethelbert to found a Church at Ely, 11 j dies ib. 
 place of burial, 20, 121, 125. 
 Aurelius Ambrolius difcomfits the Saxons, 7. 
 Aver Gyles, Prebendary of Ely, 225, 253. Ap. 40. 
 Ayremine William, Bp of Norwich, made Chancellor, 15-. 
 
 Bacon,, 
 
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 54 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 B 
 
 Bacon Thomas, Prebendary of Ely, 257. 
 
 Bacon Nicholas of London, Merchant, 257. 
 
 Bailul Jocelin de, DHhop ot Salilbury, 142. 
 
 Bailif for the l(\c, H'gh, A p. 25. 
 
 Baicux, Bitbop ot', Ap. 10, 13. 
 
 Baieux John dc, Ap. 18. 
 
 Baker Mr. Thomas i49' >86. 
 
 Balder James of Sutt.n in Liiicolnniire, 267. 
 
 Bale John, Bilhop of Oll-ry, liis Charadcr of Bi(hop Al- 
 
 cock, 183. correc^td A p. 45. 
 Baldrefey in Suffolk, 134. Ap. 21. 
 
 Baldwin Abbot of St. Edmund's Bury, 107. Ap.9,17,19. 
 Baliol College, i>i(hopGrey a BenefacSior to, 176. 
 Ball Richard, Prebendary of Ely, 262, 266. 
 Ballham, given to Ely Monaftery by Lcofleda, 93, 94, 163, 
 
 269. Ap. 2. 
 Balftiam Manor alienated, 196. 
 
 BalHiam Hugo de, eledled Bilhop, 149 ; confccrated by the 
 Pope, ib. removes Scholars from St. John's Hofpital in 
 Cambridge, 147, 150; founds Peter-Houfe,i50 ; his Obit 
 at Cambridge, 151,218; appropriates Foxton Recflory to 
 the Almonc^rs Office, 128. His Arms, Ap.42. 
 Ballham John dc. Archdeacon of Ely, 274. 
 Bancis Henry de. Prior of Ely, 218. 
 Bardeney Abby deftroyed by the Danes, 65 ; and lands con- 
 
 fifcated, 69. 
 Barker John, Student in Divinity, Ap. 41. 
 Barton, Ely, Ap. 21. 
 Barlee Mr. of Clavering, Ap, 46. 
 Barley in Hertfordftiire, 76. 
 
 Barlow William, Bilhop of Chicherter, 104, Ap. 37, 38. 
 Barlow William, Bilhop of Rochcfter, 199. 
 Barnet, Bifliop John tranflated to Ely, 103. His Tomb, 
 
 148, 164, 165,287. 
 Barnwell Priory, 149, 166, 270. Ap. 28. 
 Barnwell, Prior of, 168, 171, 1T9. Ap. 36. 
 Barrc Richard, Archdeacon of Ely, 217, 272, 273. 
 
 Barnes John, Ap. 50. 
 
 Barnes Elizabeth, Ap. 50. 
 
 Barwell Edmund, Prebendary of Ely, 261. 
 
 Bafilica, why Churches fo called, 29 ; different from 
 Tcmpla, ib. 
 
 Baftilc, furrendred by the Englilh, 170. 
 
 Baffet Ralph, Ap. 19, 20. 
 
 Bateman Stephen, Ap. 51. 
 
 Bateman Mary, Ap. 51. 
 
 Bateman William, Bilhop of Norwich, Founder of Tri- 
 nity Hall, 220. 
 
 Bath and Wells, Eftatcs belonging to the See of, alienated 
 at the Reformation, 194. 
 
 Beale William, Dean of Ely, 231, 232; Maftcr of St. John's 
 College in Cambridge, 234. 
 
 Bcale Jcrom, Prebendary of Ely, 248. 
 
 Beaufort James de. Archdeacon of Ely, 274. 
 
 Beaumont Robert, Prebendary of Ely, 244. 
 
 Beaumont Jofeph, Prebendary of Ely, 262, 266. Ap. 48. 
 
 Beaumont Eliz.abeth, her Epitaph, Ap. 48. 
 
 Bc.urevoir Ji,hn Lord de, 169. 
 
 B cket St. Thomas, Abp. of Canterbury, 141, 147., 272. 
 
 Bcckfwell in Norfolk, Purchafed by Bifliop Ballham, 150. 
 
 Bede, Venerable, 20,21. 
 
 Bedcncftcde, 100. 
 
 Bedford, John Plantagenet,Dukc of. Regent of France, 169. 
 
 Bedford, Anne of Burgundy, Dutchsfs of, 170. 
 
 BckyngtonThomas, Bp of Hath and Wells, his Letters, 171. 
 
 Beele, a Dairy granted to the Monaftery by Bifliop Htrvey, 
 134. App. 21. 
 
 Bela, King of Hungary, 272. 
 
 Belafuis, one of the Conqueror's Generals, 104. Ap, 8. 
 
 Belfou William dc, 106. Ap.5. 
 
 Belfou Ralph de, Ap. 10. 
 
 Bell John, Dean of Ely, 229, 257. 
 
 Bellalis Henry, Efq; 239. 
 
 Bellafis Arabella, 239. 
 
 Bell-Inn in London, given to the Convent by Bilhop Kirkc- 
 
 by, 151. 
 Bells, origin of, in Churches, yq 30. 
 Belmeis Richaid de, Bifliop of Lijndon, 123. 
 Belfar's Hills, by Audrey Caufey, 104. Ap. 8. 
 Benedi£f Bifcop, Abbot of Wermoath, 20, 21, 23, 27. 
 Btnedid, Pope, 90. Annuls the Elccftion of Prior John dc 
 
 Crauden, 158, 159. 
 Benyon Henry, Ap.51. 
 Benyon Hefter, her Epitaph, Ap. 51. 
 Benyon Thomas, his Epitaph, Ap. 51. 
 Bcnet Thomas, Singing-Man, Ap. 41. 
 Benedict, Rule of St. introduced into the Englilh Monafte- 
 
 ries, 72 ; a precept of his, 92. 
 Benedictine Order introduced by Bifliop Wilfrid, 54, 55 ; 
 
 and by K. Canute, 92. 
 B^niley Dr. Richard, Archdeacon; 280. 
 Bcntham Samuel, Regiftrar, 281. 
 Bentham James, Minor Canon & Sacrift, 281. 
 Bentham Jeffrey, Minor Canon & Sacrift, 281. 
 Bentham Jofeph, Aldertnan of Cambridge ; Preface, 
 Bcnwick Manor, alienated, 196. 
 Berdtwald Archbilhop of Canterbury, 19,20. 
 Berdfield given to Ely fecular Clergy, 70. 
 Bergham in Suffolk, purchafed to Ely A-Ionaftery, of Earl 
 
 Elgar, 97, 108, 134. Ap. 3, 10, 21. 
 Berkingin Suffolk, given to Ely Monaftery, 87,91,94, 147; 
 
 alienated, 194. Ap. 3. 
 Berners Hugo de, deprived of the Lands of the Abbey, 108. 
 
 Ap. 10. 
 Berc in Norfolk, Ap. 3. 
 Berry Hervey de, Ap. 10. 
 Berter of Orleans, Agent for King Henry the younger, at 
 
 Rome, 141, 142. 
 Bertha, Wife of Ethelbert King of Kent, 8, 19. 
 Beveridge William, Bifliop of St. Afaph, 208. 
 Beverley Church, 19. 
 Bigod Roger, Tenant of the Abbey of Ely by Knight's fer- 
 
 viceiii; Earl of Norfolk, 142. Ap. 10, 18. 
 Bigot, Arms of, Ap. 8. 
 
 Bigot Hugh, Jurticiary of England, 150. Ap. 19. 
 Billingford Richard, Chancellor of the Univerfity of Cam- 
 bridge, 167 ; his Chert 176. 
 Bifliops, Britifh at the Council of Aries, 4. 
 Bifliops-Delf, 79. 
 Bifliops married, 142. 
 Byrthelm, Bifliop, Ap. 2. 
 Birthferth, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 Blaecca, Governor of Lincoln, 20. 
 
 BlodwcU John, Vicar-general toCardinnl Luxemburgh, 171. 
 Bloet Robert, Bifliop of Lincoln, 113, 120,121,124. 
 Blois Henry de, Bilhop of Winton, Legate, 139, 216. 
 Blo.Tiefield Francis, Ap. 6, 7. 
 Blount, Ofiicer under the Conqueror, Ap. 7. 
 Bludwicke William, his Epitaph, Ap. 49. 
 Bluton William, Scliolar, Ap. 41. 
 Bluntifliam, 75, 94, 134; alienated 196. Ap. 3, 21. 
 BUintilham, Lands at, for an Anniverfary of Bilhop Geoffry 
 
 lie Burgh, 146. 
 Bockingham John, Keeper of the Seal, eleifted Bifliop of 
 
 Ely by the Monks, 162. 
 Bole Richard, Archdeacon of Ely, 276. 
 Bois John, Prebendary of Ely, 242, 245. 
 Bois \Villiam, his Epitaph, Ap. 50. 
 Boniface, Archbifliop of Canterbury, 148, 149. 
 Boniface, Pope, 154,167,219. 
 Boothe Hugl), Prebendary of Ely, 248. 
 
 Bouch 
 
INDEX. 
 
 '55 
 
 Bouch de Court, what 178. 
 
 Borrhed King of Mercia, v. Burrhcd. 
 
 Bo'jrcliier Thomas, BKhop of Worcefter, eledted Bifhop of 
 Ely by the Convent, 168; annulled by the Pope,!;!, 172; 
 re-elected, 1 73; trantlated to Canterbury, 175 ; Chancel- 
 lor, 175; Cardinal, ib. 179; Bilhop5i years, ib. his Chert 
 at Cambridge, 176, his Arms, Ap. 44, 45. 
 
 Bourchier Williani, Earl of Ewe, 173. 
 
 Bourchier Anne, Wife of VVilli.im Eurl of Ewe, 173. 
 
 Bow, St. Mary le. Church in London, why fo called, 16. 
 
 Bow, Stratford le, why fo called, 16. 
 
 Bowes Sir Martin, Lord Mayor of London, !g6, 197. 
 
 Boxall John, Prebendary and Archdeacon ofEly, 241 ; con- 
 fined at Lantibeth, 192, 278. 
 
 Boyton Henry de. Chancellor of Cambridge, 152. 
 
 Brame Manor near Ely, 127, 174, 222. Ap. 28. 
 
 Bramford in Suffolk, Manor given to the See by Bifhop 
 Northwold, 147; alienated, 196. 
 
 Brandon in Suffolk, 75, 77; alienated, !94. Ap. 3. 
 
 Brandon Charles, Duke of Suffolk, 188 ; marries the Queen 
 Dowager of France, ib. 
 
 Brandon, Sir William ? at Bp Mortoii's Inftallation, 179. 
 
 Brandon, Lady J Ap. 36. 
 
 Brecheham, 94. Ap. 3. 
 
 Bredon Robert, Ap. 34. 
 
 Brichendun given to the Church of Weftmlnfter bvEIfelm 87. 
 
 Bridgeman Sir Orlando, 245. 
 
 Bridius King of the N. Pifts, converted to Chrirtlanity, 8. 
 
 Brigliam in Norfolk, 83,94; alienated, 194. Ap. 3. 
 
 Brigham Roger de. Prior of Ely, 217 ; dies 146. 
 
 Brignal Andrew, Lay Clark, Ap. 5c. 
 
 Bringhurft John, Precentor, Ap. 52. 
 
 Brian Fitz Count, Ap. 19. 
 
 Briftol, John Earl of, 211, 256. 
 
 Britain, Religion of, before Chriftianity, i, 2. 
 
 Britain, Chrirtianity eflablillied in, 2, 3. 
 
 Britilh Church ruined by the Saxons, 5,6, 7, 
 
 Brithmer Budde, 95. 
 
 Brithnoth, the Steward, Ap. 4. 
 
 Brithnoth firft Abbot of Ely, hisLife,73,hisDeath,79,8o,87. 
 
 Brithnoth Duke of Northumberland, account of him, 83; 
 BenefaiStions to Ely, 75, 84, 285. Ap. i, 2. 
 
 Brithwell given to Ely Monaftery, 87, 134. Ap. 3, 21. 
 
 Brithric, A^inirter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Britone, William de Abineio. Ap. ig. 
 
 Briton William, Archdeacon of Ely, 271. 
 
 Brittany in France, peopled by Britons, 7. 
 
 Britwius, Bifhop of Welles, !9. 
 
 BritwoIdus,Bilhop of Wilton, 19. 
 
 Brixi, Son of Etheiiva of Hadftock, 83. 
 
 Brochefeved Manor recovered to the Abbey, 108. Ap.3, 10. 
 
 Brome Alexander, Ap. 26. 
 
 Browne Thomas, Bilhop of Rochefter, 173. 
 
 Browne Nathaniel, his Epitaph, Ap. 51. 
 
 Browne Alice, Ap. 5!. 
 
 Brownrigge Ralph, Bilhop of Exeter, 254, 255. 
 
 Bruce Robert, K. of Scotland, !55, 156, 157. 
 
 Bruera Gilbert de, 274. 
 
 Brunfell Hfnry, Pebendary of Ely, 251. 
 
 Bryan Reginald, Bilhop of Worcefter, provided to Ely by 
 the Pope, but dies before his Tranflation, 162. 
 
 Buckeridge John, Bilhop of Rocheffer, tranflated to Ely, 
 199 ; buried at Bromley in Kent, 200; his Arms, Ap. 46. 
 
 Buckcridge William, 199. 
 
 Buckeridge John, Prebendary of Ely, 266. 
 
 Buckingham Humphry-PIantagenet, Duke of, 173. 
 
 Buckinghatn, Henry Stafford Duke of, 180. 
 
 Button John, Prior of Ely, 222. 
 
 BurgefsElizeus, Prebendary of Ely, 248. 
 
 Burgh-Cartle, or Cnobheresburgh Abbey, founded by 
 King Sigebert, 13 ; augmented by King Anna, 14. 
 
 Burgh-Little, Rurrough Green, I fuppofe, 93. 
 
 Burgh Geoffry de, Bi(hop of Ely, 127,145,217; founds 
 
 an Anniverfary and dies, 146; his Arms, Ap. 42. 
 Burgh Hubert de. Chief Juftice, 146. 
 Burgh John de, Chancdlorof the Univerfity of Cambridge, 
 
 !66. 
 Burgherfh Henry, Bifhop of Lincoln, Ap. 44. 
 Buck Catherine, Ap. 26, 27. 
 Buckland Hugh de, Ap. 17. 
 BuKvard Robert, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 Burnell Edward, Archdeacon of E'y, 165,275. 
 Burnel Robert, Biil-.op of Bath and -Wells, 152. 
 Burnet Gilbert, Bifhop of Salisbuiy, his Character of Bi- 
 fnop Patrick, 207. 
 Burrhed King of Mercia, 65 ; confifcates Abbey Lands, 69, 
 
 70. Ap. 21, 22. 
 Bury Abbey, or Bedericfworth founded by King Sigebert, 
 
 13 ; Benedidlines introduced there by King Canute, 92. 
 Bury, Architecfture of, 35. 
 
 Bury, Abbot of, at BpMorton's Inftallation, 179. Ap.35,36, 
 Bury, Difpute between Bifhop Hervey and that Abby. !32, 
 Bury John, Minor Canon, Ap. 41. 
 Butts Sir "William, 211. 
 Butts William, of Herteft in Suffolk, 21 r. 
 Butts Robert, Billiop of Ely, 211, 287, his Arms, Ap. 47. 
 Butts Eyton, Prebendary of Ely, 264; Dean of Cloyne, ib. 
 Byntvvorth Richard de, Bifhop of London, 274. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cadenho, 81,94. 
 
 Cafar alias Adelmare, Henry, Dean of Ely, 230; his Be- 
 nefadtions, ib. his Monument, 287. Sir Thomas, 230 J 
 Sir Julius, ib. Sir Charles, 230, 23! ; Sir Henry, ib. 
 Lidy Jane, 230, ib. 
 
 Caldrey's Grange alienated, 196. 
 
 Calphurnius, Father of St. Patrick, 7. 
 
 Cambridge, anciently called Grantacaerter, 60 ; vifited by 
 the Danes, 67 ; burnt by them, 28 ; repaired by King 
 Edward, ib. Callle at, 102 ; A hide of Land in, given to 
 Ely Secular Clergy, 70 ; A Farm at, belonging to Ely 
 Monaftery, 75; the Parliament at, 166; Archdeacons of, 
 269,270; St. Andrew's Church in, gi\en to Ely Mo- 
 n5l\ery, and appropriated to the Sacrlfl, 127, 746 ; St.Bo- 
 tolph's Church in, difpute between Barnwell Piiory and 
 Bene't College about, 17!; St. Benedid's Church in» 
 Qiicen Anne'sBounty given to it, 2 10 ; St. Giles's Church 
 in, Impropriation of it granted to the SeeofEly,i94; Wa- 
 ter-AIills at, alienated from Ely See, 196; St. Peter's 
 Church extra Trumpington Gates in, 147, 151. 
 
 Cambridge, Mill at, Ap. 11. 
 
 Cambridge John de, Ap. 26. 
 
 Cambridge Univerfity, founded by Sigebert King of Eaft 
 Anglia,i3; reftoredby King Edward theElder,28; Bilhop 
 Kilkenny founds two Divinity Exhibitions, 149 ; Cardi- 
 nal Morton founds Exhibitions 181 ; Privileges enlarged 
 by Blfliop Montacute,i59; Chancellors of the Univerfi- 
 ty confinned by the Bilhop of Ely, 159, 164, 165, 166 j 
 Jurifdiciion fetiled between the Chancellor of, and the 
 Archdeacon of Eiy, !50 ; the BIfnop of Eiy'sjurifditftloa 
 there,!50, 152; annulled by the Pope, 159,167,168 ; St- 
 John's Hofpital founded by Biflicp Nigel, 14! ; patronifed 
 by Bifhops Northwold and BaKham, 147, 150; converted 
 into St. John's Col!ege,i86; Bifliop Stanley a Benefactor 
 to it, ib; and Cardinal Morton 181 ; and Bifliop Gun- 
 ning, 204. St. Radegund's Priory vifited and fuppreffed, 
 182; and Jefus College founded by Bifhop Alcock, 182; 
 a Fellowfiiip there founded by BilhopStanley, 186; Bifliop 
 Thirlby a Benefsclor to it, 192; and Dean Csefar, 231. 
 King's Hall vifited, 165 ; Peter Houfe founded by Hugo 
 de Balfliam, 147, 150', 159, 163; Pembroke Hall, Bifhop 
 Wren built and endowed the Chapel loi, 1023 Trinity 
 
 Hall, 
 
*56 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Hall, Ely Monks ftudy there, 220 ; Magdalen College, 
 dim Monks College, ib. Clare Hall, 265, 279. Emma- 
 nuel College, ib Bene't College, 236 ; King's College 
 Chapel, 41 ; Senate Houfe builr, 2/2 ; King George I, 
 gives Bilhop Moore's Books to tlieUniverfity, 2c8. 
 
 Camden VV'^illiam, 257. 
 
 Camton John, Headhnan, Ap. 41. 
 
 Camcrarius of the Abby, Office of, 128. 
 
 Candles Wax, great confumplion of tliem at Ely, 126. 
 
 Candle-corn S.lver, what, 127. 
 
 Cannon Robert, PrebendaTv of Ely, 243. 
 
 Caroline, Qiiccn, Ap. 4S. 
 
 Canterbury Cathedral, 36; See founded by King Ethelbert, 
 9, 18; Schools at, 13 ; Nlanors of the See alienated, igg ; 
 Abby of St. Peter and St. Paul at, g, 18 ; Abbots of St. 
 Auftm's Chancellors of England by rotation, 88. 
 
 Canute King, defeats King Edmund Ironfide at Bartlow, 88, 
 q2 ; endows Bury Abby, 92; at Ely, 94 ; confirms the 
 Liberties of Ely Monaftery, 95 ; dies at Shaftsbury, 96 ; 
 a Song compofcd by him, 94. 
 
 Cartle Edmund, Marter of Corpus Chrilli Coll. Camb. 213; 
 Dean of Hereford, 264. 
 
 Caftle-guard at Norwich, Service of, 131. 
 
 Cawthorne William, Ap. 51. 
 
 Cawthorne Sufan, her Epitapli. Ap. 51. 
 
 Cathedral of Ely, General defcription of it, 2B2, &c. 
 
 Cathedral Churches of two forts. Regular and Secular 125. 
 
 Catherine of Arragon Queen to King Henry VIII. 189. 
 
 Cattemere P'arm in Litilebury, 128. 
 
 Caulafon Bernard dc, 274. 
 
 Caleftine, Pope, fends Miffionaries into Ireland, 7. 
 
 Ceadberi given to Ely Monaftery, by Ederic, 86. 
 
 Ceadda Bilhop of Lichfield, 47,50. 
 
 Cellerer, Office of at Ely, 127. 
 
 Cellerers Rents, Le, 158. 
 
 Cenwalla, King of Well-Saxons, 14. 
 
 Ceolfrid Abbot of Girwy, 25. 
 
 Cerne Abby, 179. 
 
 Chamberlain Sir Robert, at Bifhop Morton's Inflallatlon, 
 179. Ap. 36. 
 
 Chancellor of England, Abbot of Ely, 88, 94. 
 
 Chantor, Office of, at Ely, 128. 
 
 Charles King of France, 169, 172. 
 
 Charles V. Emperor, in England, 188. 
 
 Charles I. King, 200, 231, 233, 258, 261. 
 
 Charles II. Kin;, 232, 235, 255, 266. 
 
 Chateris, 79, 89, 124, 132. Ap. 13, 20. 
 
 Chateris John, Minor Canon. Ap. 41. 
 
 Chefton Stephen, Student in Divinity. Ap. 41. 
 
 Chief JufJice of the Ille. Ap. 25. 
 
 Cheefe, 4Weighs of, granted to the Monks, by Bidiop Hcr- 
 vcy, 134. 
 
 Cheller Cathedral, 36. 
 
 Chetitham, 79. 
 
 Cheveley, 86, 90. 
 
 Chewells Manor, in Haddenhara, given to Peter-Houfe, by 
 Bifhop Montacute, 159. 
 
 Cheyne, Sir John, at Bp Morton's Inftallation, 179.AP. 36. 
 
 Chichley Henry, Archbifliop of Canterbury, 171. 
 
 Chidingtunc, gi.en to Ely Abby by Lulluwin,' 93. 
 
 Chichcller Cathedral, 36, 43. 
 
 Chipenliam, 75. 
 
 Chirclicwere, 79. 
 
 Chifliull Edmund, 263. 
 
 Choir, 283, 284, (285.) 
 
 Chrirtianity fettled in Britain, i, 2, 3, 4. 
 
 Chrillien Matthew, 217. 
 
 Churches, remarks on Saxon 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 20, 31, 
 35, 36. Wooden — 16, 17. Roman, 18. ' 
 
 Churches and Architeaure ruined at the Reformation, 42, 
 ?93 J ornamented by the prefent Age, 43. 
 
 Cingeftune, 82. 
 
 Cyneweard, Abbat, Ap. 2. 
 
 Clare, Gdbert Earl of, 76, 104, 107,113, 114. Richard Son 
 of, 107, 113. 
 
 Clare Gilbert de, E.irl of Gloceiler, 151. 
 
 Clare William de. Prior of Ely, 219. * 
 
 Clarke Charles, Baron, 281. 
 
 Chrendon, Conftitutions oT, 141, 142. 
 
 Clarendon, Edward Hyde Lav! of, 232. 
 
 Clarke Chriftophcr, Prebendary of Ely, 256. 
 
 Clerk of the Crown and Adlze for the Irte. Ap. 25. 
 
 Clerk of the Peace for the Ille. Ap. 25. 
 
 Clement VI, Pope, 160,222. 
 
 Clerc, nominated by the King to be provided for by the 
 new Bid, op, 159. 
 
 Clinton Geoffrey de, Ap. 18, 19,20. 
 
 Clifford Richard, Archdeacon of Ely, Bp of London, 27 J. 
 
 Clipfton John de. Official to the Bilhop, 159. 
 
 Clopton Roger, Redor of Downham. Ap. 52. 
 
 Cloyfters at Ely, 288. 
 
 Cnobhcresburgh v. Burgh Caflle. 
 
 Cnut, Minifter. Ap. 2. " 
 
 Coke Sir Edward, Lord Chief Juftice. Ap. 25. 
 
 Coldingham Abbey, 52, 55 ; deftroyed by the Danes, 65. 
 
 Coldvvell Wdliam, Prebendary of Ely, 267. 
 
 Coldwell Prudence, 267. Martha, ib. 
 
 Cole Dr. Henry, Archdeacon of Ely, Dean of St. Paul's, 27 7, 
 
 Cole Mr. William, of Milton near Cambridge, 187, 199. 
 Pref. iii. Ap. 5, &c. 42, 47. 
 
 Cole, William of Ely, his Epitaph. Ap. 52. 
 
 Cole Mary, Ap. 52. 
 
 Cole Samuel, his Epitaph. Ap. 52. 
 
 Colev\le Robert, Cellerer of Ely, 223; clecled Prior, 224. 
 
 Collier Mr. Jeremy, corrected, 20. 
 
 Collins Samuel, Prebendary of Ely, 261. 
 
 Colne, in Huntingdonlhire, 94, i6t. alienated, 196. Ap. 3. 
 
 Columba St. converts the North Pids to Chriftianity, 8. 
 
 Colfuin, the Sheriff, 107. 
 
 Comberton, Advowfon granted to Jefus College, by Bifhop 
 Thirlby, 192, 104. 
 
 Common Prayer Book, in part compiled by Bifhop Good- 
 rich, igo, 193. 
 
 Compton Sir Francis, 203; Henry, Bifliop of London, 
 
 211, 263; Hatton Efq; & Spencer Earl of Northampton, 
 
 212. Mary, ib. 
 
 Conche, or ConcefTa, Mother of St. Patrick, 7. 
 
 Conington Redlory, purchaled by Bp HugodeBalfham, 150. 
 
 Conrade, Prior of Canterbury, 123. 
 
 Conflantius, Chriflian Emperor, rcfident in Britain, 3. 
 
 Conflantine, Emperor, eftabliflics Chriftianity, 3, 4. 
 
 Cooke John, Choiriftcr Ap. 41. 
 
 Coots Edmund, Minor Canon. Ap. 41. 
 
 Copping Sarah, Ap. 51. 
 
 Corbet John, Minor Canon. Ap. 41. 
 
 Coroners for the Ifle. Ap. 25. 
 
 Cofte Thomas, Choirifter. Ap. 41. 
 
 Coupe John, Singing-Man. Ap. 41. 
 
 Corboil William, Archbilhop of Canterbury, 137. 
 
 Cornere William dc la, Bifliop of Salisbury, 152. 
 
 Cornwall, peopled by Britons, 7. 
 
 Cottenham, 82, 86, 94. PJham's Manor in, appropriated 
 
 to the Cuftos of St. Mary's Altar at Ely, 129. Ap. 3. 
 Cottenham John, Prior of Ely, 224. 
 Cotingeladc. 79. 
 Cottington, Lord, 232. 
 Covency, 79, 93. 
 
 Coventry, Leofric Earl of, ig. Godiva, Countefs of, ib. 
 Cowpar William, Singing-\Ian. Ap. 41. 
 Courtney, Archbilhop of Canterbury, 166. 
 Courtney Peter, Bilhop of Wjnton, 184. 
 Coxe Richard, Maftcr of Eton School, 192 j nominated 
 
 Bifliop 
 
INDEX. 
 
 '57 
 
 Bi(hop of Southwell, 193 ; Dean of Oxney and Almoner 
 to Edward VI. ib. ; flies to Frankfort, ib. made Bidiop 
 of Ely, ib. defended from being a wafter of the Eftates of 
 this See, 194; dies 195 ; Leafes Ely Houfe in Holborn to 
 . Sir Chriftopher Hatton, 206,225,227,229,241,277. 
 Ap. 13, 37, 38, 40- his Arms, Ap. 46. 
 
 Coxee Urfula, Ap. 48. 
 
 Craforde Nicholas, Butler, Ap. 42. 
 
 Cremer John, his Epitaph, Ap. 49. 
 
 Cremer Alice, her Epitaph, Ap. 49. 
 
 Cranfield in Eflex, Alien Priory, 175. 
 
 Cranmer Thomas, Archbifhop of Canterbury, 190, 191, 277. 
 
 Cratendune near Ely, Church founded at, 11, 54. 
 
 Crauden or Crouden, John de. Prior, 146, 220 ; eleded 
 Birtiop, but annulled by the Pope, 159 ; his Charader, 
 158. 
 
 Crelfener Drew, Prebendary of Ely, 249. 
 
 Cropley John, Prebendary of Ely, 266. 
 
 Crofs, Chapel of St. near Winton, 31, 35, 37. 
 
 Crowe John, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 
 Crowland or Croyland Abbey, founded, 25; plundered and 
 burnt by the Danes, 66, 67. 
 
 Croxton Manor, given to Ely Monaftery by DukeBrithnoth, 
 84. Ap. 3. 
 
 Cryitchirch John, Archdeacon of Ely, 275. 
 
 Cu'ftons John, Prebendary of Ely, 225, 257. Ap. 40. 
 
 Cuthbert, St. Bifhop of Lindisfarne, 59,65. 
 
 Currer Jofiah, Auditor, 281. 
 
 Cuftos Rotulorum for the Ille, Ap. 25. 
 
 Cuffe John, Ap. 26. 
 
 Dacre and Greyftock, Thomas Lord, 188. 
 
 Datjeney in Northwold, Manor of, appropriated to the Cel- 
 lerer'of Ely, 127, 158. 
 
 Dalby Thomas de, Archdeacon of Ely, 275. 
 
 balham Wollbn de. Sheriff of Cambrid^elhire, 70, 72. 
 
 Danes deftroyed Religion and the Polire Arts, 27 ; burn 
 Cambridge, 28; deftroy the Abbey of Ely, 63 ; take York, 
 64; and Nottingham, 65 ; deftroy Monaftories, 65 ; de- 
 feat Algar Earl of Holland, 66; Plunder Crowland Ab- 
 bey and Peterborough, 66, 67 ; vifit Cambridge and Hun- 
 tingdon, 67 ; and Ifle of Ely, 68, 6g ; and the Coafts of 
 England, 81 ; defeat Duke Brithnoth, 85. 
 
 Davcnter Jordan de, 218. 
 
 Davies John, Prebendary of Ely, 256. 
 
 Day George, Biihop of Chichelkr, 227, 
 
 Deane Andrew, Prebendary of Ely, 257. 
 
 Debeham given to Ely Monallcry, 87. Ap. 3, 
 
 Delf Bridge, 79. 
 
 D'Oyly Thomas, Prebendary of Ely, 259, 
 
 D'Oyly Matthias, Prebendary, ib. 
 
 Doping John, Canon of Lincoln, 168. 
 
 Derby, James Stanley Earl of, 256. 
 
 Dereford, 134. Ap. 21. 
 
 Dereham Grange, alienated, 196. Ap. 3. 
 
 Dereham Eafl, vide E::?Il-Dereham. 
 
 Dernford Mill, given to Ely Secular Clergy, 70. 
 
 Defpencer Hugh le, junior, 157. 
 
 Deveieux Robert, EarlofEffex, 199. 
 
 Devizes, Siege of, 138. 
 
 Diiton Fen, given to Ely Monaftery, 93, 148, 163, 178, 
 269 ; alienated, 196. Ap- 2, 3. 
 
 Ditton, Wood, 86,93,94; alienated, 196. 
 
 Dodington, 75, 79, 163 ; alienated, 196. 
 
 Doo John, Ap. 26. 
 
 Doo Thomas, his Epitaph, Ap. 51. 
 
 Dno Abigail, Ap. 51. 
 
 Domefday Book made, 109. 
 
 Donwich John de. Chancellor of Cambridge, 165. 
 
 Donne Sir John, at Bp. Morton's Inftallation, 1 79. Ap. 36. 
 
 Doughty William, Official to the BKhop, 223. 
 
 Downham in the Ifle, 75,79, 163; Palace repaired by Biftiop 
 Andrews, 198, 220 ; dilapidated in the Ufurpation, 206. 
 
 Dowfing John, Re6tor of Cotenham, Ap. 51. 
 
 Dovvfing Anne, Ap. 51. 
 
 Dowfing Sarah, Ap. 51. 
 
 Dowfing Martha, Ap. 51. 
 
 Dringeftun Manor, given to Ely Monaftery, by Biftiop A« 
 thelftan, 87,94. Ap. 3. 
 
 Dugdale Sir William, correded, 175. 
 
 Duice, Title of, when introduced, Ap. 16. 
 
 Dullingham, 75, 86. 
 
 Dultinge in Somerfetfliire, Wooden Church at, 17, 
 
 DunftanSt.ABpofCanterbury,29,7i,73, 74. Ap. 1,2,3,22. 
 
 Dunwich See, founded by Sigebert, King of the EalT: 
 Angles, 13. 
 
 Dunwich, 30000 Herrings from, given to the Monks, 134. 
 
 Duport John, Prebendary of Ely, 261. 
 
 Duport Thomas, 261. 
 
 Durham Cathedral, 36. 
 
 Durham, Royal Franchife of, Ap. 25. 
 
 Duxford Nicholas, Minor Canon. Ap.41; 
 
 E. 
 
 Eadbald, King of Kent, 12. 
 
 Eadbera, Biftiop of Lindisfarn, 17. 
 
 Eadiedus, King, 29. 
 
 Eadelm, Bilhop, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ealric, Biftiop, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ealdred, Abbot, Ap. 2. 
 
 Eadulf, Duke, Ap. 2. 
 
 Eanulf, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Eadric, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Eadmer, the Hiftorian, Ap. 16, 17. 
 
 ^Ifreda, Lady, Benefac^refs to Ely Monaftery, 7^. 
 
 .i^lfthryth. Queen, A p. 2. 
 
 yElfric, Abbot, Ap. 2. 
 
 i^lfftan. Abbot, Ap. 2. 
 
 /Ethelgar, Abbot, Ap. 2. 
 
 jEthelftan, Duke, Ap. 2. 
 
 JEKheie, Duke, Ap. 2. 
 
 /Elfheah, Duke, Ap. 2. 
 
 .^thelwine, Duke, Ap. 2. 
 
 j?5Ifwine, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 iEtheUveard, Miniller, Ap. 2. 
 
 yElfweard, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 iElffige, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 JE\C\, Abbot, Ap. 9. 
 
 Eanbald, ABp of York, 26, 27. 
 
 Earmingford, given to Ely Monaftery, by King Edgar, 73. 
 
 Eaft Gotobed, his Epitaph, Ap.52. 
 
 Eaft-Anglia Kingdom, founded by Uffa, 10; converted to 
 Chriftianity, 10,11,13. 
 
 ,£aft-Deieham Monaftery founded, 15; Town given to Ely 
 Monaftery by King Edgar, 74, 76, 81, 94. 
 
 Eaft-Saxons, converted to Chriftianity, 10. 
 
 Ebba, St. Abbefs of Coldingham, 50, 52, 55. 
 
 Ebden John, Prebendary of Ely, 250. 
 
 Eborius, Biftiop of York, 4, 
 
 Eddius, 21, 23, 24. 
 
 Edelburga, Abbefs of Berking, 15. 
 
 Edelmer, Monk of Ely, 82. 
 
 Ederic, Ben.faaor to Ely Monaftery, 86. 
 
 Edgar, King, Charter of Privileges to Ely Monaftery, 72, 
 74,98,107,132,215; reftored the Monafteries deftroy- 
 ed by the Danes, 28; gave Beils to Ramiey Abby, 29, 
 31, 71 ; reftores the ruined Church of Ely, 72, 73, &c. 
 Ap. 1,2,3,22,23,26, 31. 
 
 Edgar Atheling, loj. 
 
 Eililwalch, King of the South Saxons, 24. 
 
 Edmund St. King of Eaft Anglia, murdered by theDanes, 68. 
 
 Edmund Ironfide, King, flain at theBattleof Afiendun, 88. 
 « H Ednod, 
 
^5S 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Ednod, BilTiop of Dorchefter, flaiii at the Battle of A(hen, 
 88; Account of him, 89, 132; buried at Ely, 85, 89, 285. 
 
 Ednoth, Monk of Worcefter, Architc<n, 28. 
 
 Edred, King, gave Stapilford to Ely Secular Clergy, 70. 
 
 Edward, King, the Martyr, 79, 8c, 85, 88. 
 
 Edward, Son of Alfred, repaired Cambridge, 28. 
 
 Edward, Confeflbr, built Weftminfter Abbey Church, 32, 
 38,96; educated at Ely, 97; Charter of Privileges to it, 
 97,98, ICO, 1C7; fucceeds to the Crown, 97; dies, 100. 
 Ap. 2, 3,9, 10,22, 23,26,31. 
 
 Edwaid 1. King, 151 ; at Ely, 153. Ap. 23. 
 
 Edward II. King, 155; keeps his Eafter at Ely, 155, 159. 
 Ap. 24, 26. 
 
 Edward III. King, 157, 159, i6r, 173. Ap. 24. 
 
 Edward IV. King, 170, 177, 179, 180, 182, 184; crown- 
 ed, 175. 
 
 Edward V. King, 180, 182. 
 
 Edward VI. King, 190, 191, 193, 227, 228, 277. Ap. 37. 
 
 Edwards Thomas, of Wiibech, Efq; 267; Mary, ib. 
 
 Edwin the Great, King of Northumberland, 12, 15, 17, 
 
 20, 25. 
 
 Edwin Earl of Chefter, loi ; killed in a Mutiny, 103. 
 
 Edytha, Daughter of Etheliva of Hadftock, 83. 
 
 Eels, 1 0000 given by King Edgar toElyMonaftery, 73, 134. 
 
 Egbert, King of Kent, 60. 
 
 Eubert, King of Northumbei land, 64. 
 
 Egbert, ABp. of York, 25 ; founded a Library there, 26. 
 
 Egelmar, Bifliop of the Eaft-Anglcs, dcpofed by William 
 the Conqueror, loi. 
 
 Egelnoth, ABp of Canterbury, goes to Rome, 90, 92. 
 
 Egelwin,Bilhop of Durham, oppofes William theConquer- 
 or, 103; taken Prifoner, ib. 
 
 Egfrid, King of Northumberland, 21, 23; marries St. E- 
 theldreda, 48, 49' 5 ' » 5^, 53' S^. 59- 
 
 Egric, King of Ealt- Anglia, 13; flain, 14. 
 
 Election of a Bilhop, the manner of, 149, 160. 
 
 Elfelm, Knight, Benefacflor to Ely Monaftery, 86, 87. 
 
 Elfgar, Bifliop of Elmhain, buried at Ely, 85, 88, 285. 
 
 Elfreda, Dutchcfs of Northumberland, Benefaiflrefs to Ely 
 Monaftery, 86. 
 
 Elfric, ABp of Canterbury, 86. 
 
 Elr'ric, Bilhop of Elmham, 91. 
 
 Elfrida, Dowager to King Edgar, murders her Son-in-law 
 King Edward, 79 ; and Abbot Brithnoth, 80, 88. 
 
 Elfflan" Bifhop, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ellefter Thomas, Choirifter, Ap. 41. 
 
 Elfwara, Benefactrefs to Ely Monaftery^83 j buried there, ib. 
 
 Elgar, Earl, 97. 
 
 I^lgiva of Northampton, 96. 
 
 Elfa, King of Northumberland, 64. 
 
 Elbon John, Organift, 281. 
 
 Elifabeth, Qiieen to Edward IV. 170, 182- 
 
 Elifabeth, Queen to Henry VII. 170, 175, 180. 
 
 Elifabeth, Queen of England, 192 ; Church Eftates alie- 
 nated in herreign, 194, 195, 196,197, 198,206,230,277. 
 
 Ellis Sir John, Mafter of Caius College, 211. 
 
 Ellis Thomas, Prebendary of Ely, 260. 
 
 Ellis Thomas, Minor Canon, 281. 
 
 Ellifton Richard, his Epitaph, Ap. 50. 
 
 Elm, Lands at, for finding a Taper at St. Etheldreda's Al- 
 tar, 146. 
 
 Elmer, of Hoe in Norfolk, Benefa<5lor to Ely Monaftery, 81. 
 
 Elphegc St. ABp. of Canterbury, murdered by thcDancs, 89. 
 
 Elfin, Second Abbot of Ely, his Lite, 81 ; Death, 89. 
 
 Elfwenna, Daughter of Lady Lcofleda, 93. 
 
 Elfwida, Daughter of Lady Lcofleda, 93. 
 
 Ely, Church at, founded by Ethclbert King of Kent, 11,12. 
 
 Ely', Monaftery at, founded by St. Etheldreda, 24, 27, 54; 
 deftroycd by the Danes, 63, 64, 68, 69; Secular Clergy 
 take p'olTeflion cf it, 70; are difcharged, 73 ; remains ot 
 it Hill in being, 24, 34.. 35> i^> 37> S^j 4,o, 43, 54. 289. 
 7 
 
 Ely, Abby af, founded by King Edgar, 72, 73; Monks in- 
 troduced into it, 73; Number of them, 113, 114; the 
 Cluirch dedicated by St. Dunftan, 74; flouriftiing ftaic of 
 it, 92, 94, 95, 135 ; converted into an Epifcopal See, 118, 
 1 19, 120 ; Eftates of it unequally divided by Bilhop Her- 
 '^'^Y' '33' 134' '35' '3^; Officers of it, 126; Soldiert 
 quartered on it by King William the Conqueror, lot}- 
 Privileges confirmed by him, 107 ; and by King Henry I. 
 130, 131. 
 
 Ely, Abbots of, Chancellors of England by rotation, 88, 
 
 94' 95- 
 
 Ely, Monks of, flam at the Battle of Aflien, 88 ; vindicat- 
 ed from being acceflary to Prince Alfred's death, 96,97; 
 difpenfed with for wearing Caps, 150. 
 
 Ely, Ifle of, A Saxon Principality, 46, 47 ; Government of 
 it under the Saxons, ib. 48, 49 ; comes into the poflefllon 
 of St. Etheldreda, 47 ; fettled by her on Ely Monaftery, 
 57 ; defcribed, 47, 48, 64,68, lOi, 103, 120, 145 ; boun- 
 daries of it, 78, 79 ; invaded by the Danes and plunder- 
 ed, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69 ; befieged and taken by King Wi}- 
 liam the Conqueror, loi, 102, 103, 104; taken by Kiiig 
 Stephen, 138 ; and by Geoffrey de Magnaville, 140 ; Ju- 
 rifdi(51ion of, ellheated to the Crown by Burrhed King of 
 Mercia, 69; rcftored by King Edgar, 69, 71, 72, 7 '<; ex- 
 empt from Reiral and Epifcopal Jurifdiclion, icS, 109-; 
 Temporal Jurifdidlion therein of the Abbots and Bifliops, 
 132, 133, 135,136; Archidiaconal Jurifdi(5tion therein of 
 the Sacrift of Ely, 127, 269. 
 
 Ely, Council at, 142, 152, 153; Vineyard in, 134; Bar- 
 ton, 134, and Ap. 21. CalUe at, 137; Ely-Tablet ex^- 
 plained, 106. DilTertations on it, Ap. 3,4, 5, &c. Fairs 
 at, on St. Etheldreda's Feftivals, June 23, and 7th Oifia- 
 ber, 131 ; and Ap. i8. Holpitals of St. Alary Magdale.ne 
 and Si. John in, 127, 146, 147 ; and Ap. 28. Chantry on 
 the Green in, founded, 147; andAp. 28. Site of it, ib.. 
 Ktten's Manor in, 127. Palaces and Houfes of tlie 
 Bifliops of, 163, 166, 183, 191, 198, 202, 206. Bridge at, 
 Ap. II. Sacrift of, Ap.28. Subpriorof, Ap. 28. Prior 
 of, Ap. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36. Turnpike Road 
 from Cambridge to Ely, 214. 
 
 Ely, See of, ereded, 118; Eftatesofit alienated, 194, 195. 196. 
 
 Ely, Bifliops of Ely, j 30 ; Stock to be left by every Bilhop, . 
 163, 164. 
 
 Ely, Priors of Ely, 215 ; their Rank and Office, ib. ; Vfc 
 of the Mitre and Paftoral Staff, 223. 
 
 Ely, Monaftery, furrendered to the King, 224, 225, &c. 
 
 Ely, Refedlory (now the Deanery) built, 218. 
 
 Ely-Porta built, 222, 289. 
 
 I'.ly, Archdeacons of, 269, 370, 271 ; their Difputes wiihi 
 theBilhops about Jurilliidtion fettled, 167, 269,270; their 
 Jurifdidlion in Cambridge Univerfity limited, 15c. 
 
 Ely, Deans of, 227, 
 
 Ely, Prebends of, granted to .Bifliop Thirlby, 192. 
 
 Ely, Prebendaries of, 241. 
 
 Ely, Cathedral Clnirch of, begun by Abbot Simeon, 108,. 
 112; Eaft-part finiflied by Abbot Richard, 117 ; \Veft- 
 Towcr built by BiOiop Ridel, 37, 136, 143, 148, 223;. 
 the Galilee by Bifliop Euftace, 136 ; Bill^op North wold 
 lengthened it fix Aiches at thcEall-end, 136, 148; Spire 
 placed on the Weft-Tower by him, i/;^ ; the Church 10- 
 lemnly dedicated by him, ib. The middle Tower falls 
 down, 1 56 ; the Dome and Lantern built, j 57, 220, 221 ; 
 three Archej adjoining built by Bilhop Hothan), 157; 
 Weftern Tower repaired, 177, 178; and Bells put up in 
 it, 222; Choir paved with Marble by Bifliop Gunning, 
 204 ; the Church repaired by the Dean and Chapter, 240 ; 
 improved and beautified by tlie Dean and Chapter, aflill- 
 ed by the Munificence of Bilhop Mawfon, Uc. 214; St, 
 M.iry"s Chapel in, 40, 41, 129,156, 159, 160,220,221, 
 286,287. Keeper of St. Mary's Altar, Office of, 129. Bi,- 
 fliop Alcock's Chapel in, 183 ; Bifliop Well's Cjiapel in, 
 
 41 i 
 
INDEX. 
 
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 59 
 
 4r,iS9; Prior Crauden's Chapel, 220; St. Mary's Paro- 
 ciiial Church in, 127, 134, and Ap. 21 ; rebuilt, 145, 152; 
 St. Crofs Parochial Church in, 162, 163; Trinity Paro- 
 chial Church in, 162, 163. 
 
 Ely Richard de, Archdeacon of Ely, Bifhop of London, 
 142, 216, 272. 
 
 Ely John Saleman de. Prior of Ely, 153 ; Bifhop of Nor- 
 wich, 154, 218, 2ig. 
 
 Ely Symon de. Archdeacon of Suffolk, 219. 
 
 Ely Alan dc. Archdeacon of Suffolk, 219. 
 
 Ely Gocelin de, 139. 
 
 Ely Peter de. Prior of Ely, eleded Birtiop, 168, 223. 
 
 Ely Nicholas de. Archdeacon of Ely, Bilhop of Worcefter, 
 tranflated to Winchefter, 273. 
 
 Emma, Queen, at Ely, 94 ; Benefadrefs to Ely, 94, 95 ; re- 
 tires to Bruges, 97. 
 
 Enghien Margaret de, 169. ' 
 
 Eona, 23. 
 
 Eorpwald King of Eaft-Anglia, converted to Chriftlanlty, 
 12, 13. 
 
 Ercombert King of Kent, 15, 60, 62. 
 
 Erith Manor in Hunts, alienated, ig6. 
 
 Erkengota, Princefs of Kent, 60. 
 
 Erkenwald, Bifliop of London, 15; 
 
 Ermenburga, Queen, 53, 
 
 Ermenilda, St. Queen of Mercia, Abbefs of Ely, 57, 60; her 
 Life, 62, 78, 91 ; Tranilation, 117, 148. 
 
 Erningford, v. Armingford. 
 
 Efchalers Hardwin de, 107, iii, 134. Ap. 10, 21. 
 
 Efchalers William de, 134. 
 
 Elcuage or Scutage, what, no, 131, 132. 
 
 Efcuvig Abbot, Ap. 2. 
 
 Efcuwin, Bilhop of the Mercians, 86. 
 
 Efgar, High Conflable, takes Eftre from the Abby, 98. 
 
 Effex Mr. James, Architecft, 214, 240, 284. Pref. iii. 
 
 Eftchentune, given to Ely Abbey by Luftuwin, 93. 
 
 Efterie, 82, 91. 
 
 Eftre, given to Ely Monaftery by Countefs Godiva, 91, v. 
 Efterie ; taken from itbyEfgartheConftabularius,98. Ap.3. 
 
 Ethelbald, King of Mercia, 25. 
 
 Ethelbert, King of Kent, marries Bertha, 8 ; converted to 
 Chriftianity, 9; founds a Church at Ely, 11; builds 
 Churches elfewhere, 18, 19. 
 
 Ethelbert, fenior. Monk of Ely, Ap. 8. 
 
 Ethelburga, Queen of Nortliumberland, 12. 
 
 Xtheldreda, St. Daughter of Anna King of Eaft-Anglia, 15, 
 21, 24 ; her Life, 45, 46, &c. marries Tonbert Prince of 
 the S.Girvii, 46 ; but continues a Virgin, ib. alfo after 
 married to Egfrid King of Northumberland, 49 ; by ad- 
 »rice of Bifhop Wilfrid withdraws to Goldingham Abby, 
 and receives the Veil, 50; retires to the Ifte of Ely, 52 ; 
 founds Ely Monaftery, 54; fettles the Ifle cfEly on it, 57; 
 dies, 57, 58 ; her Charafler, 58, 59 ; Tranilation of her 
 Body, 60 ; her Cofiin untouched by the Danes, 74. Tran- 
 flated into the new Church, 1 1 7, 148 ; her Shrine defpoil- 
 ed, 140 ; Hadftock Manor fettled for repairs of it, 140 ; 
 ornamented by Bifhop Ridel, 142, 143-, and by Biftiop 
 Geoffry de Burgh, 146; her Shrine, 285, 289. Ap.i, 6,21. 
 
 Ethelfleda, Wife of Duke Ethelftan, Benefa6frefs to Ely Mo- 
 naftery, 86. 
 
 Itheliva Lady, of Hadftock in Effex, Benefadlrefs to Ely 
 Monaftery, 83. 
 
 Ethelfrid, King of Northumberland, 12. 
 
 Ethelred, King, Son of Queen Elfrida, 79, 80, 8r, 85, 88; 
 dies, 88, 80, 96 ; Ciiarter to Ely, 107. 
 
 Eihelred, King of the Weft-Saxons, 64, 65, 68. Ap. 2. 
 
 Ethelftan, King, 29. 
 
 Ethelftan, Duke of Eaft-Anglia, 86, 89, T32; 
 
 Etiielwold, King of Eaft-Anglia, 48. 
 
 Eihelwold, Bilhop of Winton, rcinftates the Monks at Ely ■ 
 andellewherg,7i,76,78, 8x>87>88,io7. Ap.1,2,3,6,22. 
 
 Eudo the Sewer, Ap. 5. 
 
 Eugenius IK. Pope, 216. 
 
 Eugenius IV. Pope, Bull of, 168, 169, 171, 173, 174. 
 
 Euftace, Biftiop, built the Galilee, 136, 145 ; eleded Biftiop, 
 144; Chancellor, ib. ; outlawed, ib. ; dies at Reading, 
 145, 217, 282, 283, his Arms, Ap. 42. 
 
 Euftace the Sheriff, 107. 
 
 Euftace le Noir, Ap. 8. 
 
 Euftace le Blanc, Ap. 8. 
 
 Exemptions monaftical, 55 ; very ancient, 56. 
 
 Exeter Cathedral, 36 ; Eftates belonging to the See, alienat- 
 ed, 194. 
 
 Exning in Suffolk, the Birth-place of St. Etheldreda, 45. 
 
 Eye, in Suffolk, 75. 
 
 Eynefljury Priory, Cell to Ely, reftored by Ethelwold, Bi- 
 ftiop of Winton, 76. 
 
 Eyre Giles, v. Ayer. 
 
 Eyre William, Prebendary of Ely, 266. 
 
 Evreux, Oinus Bilhop of, Ap. 19. 
 
 F. 
 
 Falconberg, Thomas Bellafis Lord Vifcount, 239. 
 Fanbrege, given to Ely Monaftery, 91. Ap. 3. 
 Felbrigg Sir Simon, 229 ; Margaret Lady, ib. Alana, ib. 
 Felix, Biftiop of Dunwich or Eaft-Angles, converts theEaft 
 
 Angles, 12, 13, 14, 69. 
 Felton Nicholas, Bilhop of Briftol, tranftated to Ely, 199; 
 
 Charader and death, ib. 244. his Arms. Ap. 46. 
 Feltwell in Norfolk, given to Ely Monaftery, 87, 94; Ma- 
 nor alienated, 196. Ap. 3. 
 Fenton in Hunts. Manor alienated, 196. 
 Feriby Thomas, Archdeacon of Ely, 275. • 
 Feme Henry, Dean, 233, 234 ; Sir John, ib. 
 Feme Francis, Prebendary of Ely, 258. 
 Ferringes Richard de, ABp of Dublin, r'54. 
 Fiennes William, Efq; 267 ; Prudence, ib. 
 Filmer Sir Robert, Bart. 197. 
 Finan, Biftiop of Lindisfarn, 17. 
 Finch Heneage, Earl of Nottingham, 207. 
 Finch, Lord Chancellor, 242. 
 Finch Henry, Prebendary of Ely, 246. - 
 Fincham, Ap. 3. 
 
 Fineberge Manor given to Ely by Duke Brithnoth, 84* 
 Ferminus, Son of King Anna, 14. 
 Fifli Sir Edward, Bart. 197. 
 Fiftier John, Cardinal, 187, 189. 
 
 Fitz-Alan Richard, Earl of Arundel, his Arms, Ap.43. 
 Fiiz-Hugh Robert, Bilhop of London, elei^fed Bifliop of 
 
 Ely by the Convent, 168. 
 Fitz- James Richard, Bilhop of London, 185. 
 Fitz-Joccline Reginald, Bilhop of Bath, 142. 
 Fitz-Nsal Richard, Archdeacon of Ely, and Bifliop of Lon*- 
 
 don, 1^0, 141,216, 272. 
 Flambard Ranulph, Bifliop of Durham, 112, 123, 131. 
 Fleetwood William, Biftiop, 208 ; his Preface burnt, 209; 
 
 death, ib. 249, 267, 287. his Arm^, Ap. 47. 
 Fleetwood Charles, Prebendary of Ely, 249, 287. 
 Fleetwood Mrs. Anne, her Epitaph. Ap. 48. 
 Floure Lancelot, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 Floure Nicholas, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 Fodefthorpe, 134. Ap. 21. 
 Fodringay Ralph de, Archdeacon of Ely, 274.1 
 Foliot William, Prior, 224. 
 Forne, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 Fordham Birtiop, his Arms, Ap. 43, 
 Fordham-Advowfoni granted to Jelus College, Cambridge^. 
 
 by BiG.io;xThirlby, 192. 
 Fordham John, Bilhop of Durham, tranftated to Ely, 166; 
 
 buried at Ely, 167, .222, 223, 269. Ap. 27, 34. 
 Forert New, in Hampftiire, 80. - 
 Fofter Sir William, Ap, 49. 
 
 * H 2. Eonr 
 
'6o 
 
 I N D E X. 
 
 Fontainilore Nigel de, Ap. 9. 
 
 Fortefcuc John, aiBifhop Morton's Inftallation, 180. Ap.36. 
 
 I'ountains John de, made Dilliop, 145; Chancellor, ib. ; 
 
 dies and is buried at Ely, 14.6, 217. liis Arm?, Ap. 42. 
 FoxRic'iaid, BKhop of Exeter, 148. 
 FoxicnReclory, approiiriated to the Almoner's Office,. 128, 
 
 150. 
 Fiance, Arms of, firft quartered with England, 157. 
 Francis I. and II. Kings of France, i88. 
 Franchil'e of Ely, Account of the Royal, Ap. 21, &c. 
 Fraiichif.' of Durliain, A|>. 25. 
 Frankland John, Dean of Ely, 239, 240 ; SirThomas, 239 ; 
 
 Sir William, ib. Jolin, ib. 
 Frena, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 Frelingheld John de, Priofj 220. 
 Friihegift, R'linifter, Ap. 2. 
 Frodo, Ap. 10. 
 Fulburn,.giveti to Ely Monaftery, by Duke Brithnoth, 84, 
 
 Ap. 2. 
 Fuller Dr. corredted, 114. Ap. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 
 Fuller John, Prebendary of Ely, 253. 
 Fuller VV^illiam, Dean of Ely, 231, 232; Andrew, 231 ; 
 
 Jane, ib. 
 Furfeus St. Abbot of Burgh Caftle, converts the Eaft- 
 
 Angles, 13. 
 Fynes SirRobct r, atBi (liop Morton's Inftallation, i8o. Ap.36. 
 Fynes William, v. Fiennes. 
 Furnival Fides de, Ap. 8. 
 
 G. 
 
 Gager William, Chancellor of Ely, 1^97. 
 Galilee at Ely, 282. 
 
 Galfridus, Chancellor of England, Ap. 18, 19, 20. 
 Gamlingay, 76. 
 Garbolderfiam, 100. 
 
 Garnet Barnard, Prebendary of Ely, 264. 
 Garnet John, Bilhop of Clogher, ib. 
 Gafcoigne Edward, Prebendary of Ely, 260. 
 Gaudtn John, Bifl^op of Worccfter, 255. 
 Geldcdune, 83. 
 
 Geoffrey, Bilhop of Conftance, Ap. 9, 10, 11, 17, 19. 
 George I. King, v. Moore Bilhop. 
 George II. Kmg, 211, 212. 
 Gernun Robert, Ap. 10. 
 
 Gent George, of Stepte-Bumned, Elq; Ap. 50. 
 Gent William, his Epitaph, Ap. 50. 
 Gerard ABp of York, 116. 
 German St. Bifliop of Auxerrc, 7. 
 Gihfon Edmund, Bifliop of London, 194. 
 GiflTard Walter, Earl of Buckingham, 113, 114,. 
 Giffnrd Rohefia, Mother of Abbot Richaid, 113. 
 Giffard William, Bifliop of Winchefter, 115, 123. 
 Gilbert Univerfalis, BiJhop of London, 136. 
 Gilbert Earl, Ap. 10. 
 Gilbert Henry, his Epitaph, Ap. 49. 
 Giles, Archdeacon of Ely, 218, 273. 
 Girvii, who, 47. 
 
 Glafgow, Robert, Bifhop of, confined at Ely, 155. 
 Glafs Windows, ufed in Churches fo early as A. D. 669, 21. 
 Glals, painted or ftained, introduced, 39, 40. 
 Glaftonburv, Abbots of. Chancellors of England by rota- 
 tion, 88.' 
 Glemsford in Suffolk, 82, 87, alienated 196. Ap. 3. 
 Glendour Owen, 184. 
 Glocefter Cathedral, 36. 
 
 Glocefter, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of, 151. Ap, 10. 
 Glocefler, Thomas of Woodftock, Duke of, 173. 
 Glocefter John de, I'elifounder, 222. 
 Glocefter, Robert Earl of, Ap. 18, 19. 
 Glocefter Mile de, Ap. 19. 
 • Gocelin de Ely, 139. 
 
 Godfrey, Adtniniilrator of the Abbey of F.Iy, 106, 107; 
 
 made Abbot of Malmcfbury, 107. Ap. 5. 
 Godiva, Countefs of Coventry, 19; Bcnefadlrefs to Ely 
 
 Monaftcry, 91. 
 Godman John, Singing-Man, Ap. 41. 
 Godolphin, Lord, 208. 
 Godolphin Henry, Provoft of Eton, 208. 
 Godric, Sheriff, 107. 
 Godwin, Earl, orders Prince Alfred's Eyes fo be put out, 
 
 96,97. 
 Godwin, Sheriff, 107. 
 Godwin, Bifliop, correfled, 135, 154, 175. 
 Godwin, Lord of Hoo in Noriolk, Benefa<5tor, 81. 
 Goldborough Anthony, Efq; 267. Jane, ib. 
 Gooch Sir Thomas, Bifliop of Norwich and Ely, 199, 211 ; 
 
 death, 212, 252, 264; his Arms, Ap. 47. 
 Gooch Sir Thomas, of Benacre, 212. 
 Gooch Dr. John, Prebendary of Ely, 212, 252. 
 Gcodall Henry, Preb. of Ely, Archdeacon of Suffolk, 252. 
 Goodrich Thomas Bifliop of Ely, 189; his orders againft 
 
 Relics, Images, Shrines, &C. 190 ; Lord Chancellor, igii 
 
 buried at Ely, ib. 224, 226, 228, 247, 249 j Ap.36, 37^ 
 
 his Arms, 46. 
 Goodrich Edward, 190. John, Efq; 226, 227. 
 Gosfrid, Bifliop of Conftance, 107, 108, 109, 
 Gota, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 Gotham William de, D.D. 166, 
 Gothic Architeiflure, 37, — 41. 
 Government, Saxon, 46. 
 
 Gower Humphrey, Prebendary of Ely, 255, 256. 
 Granatarius, Office of, at Ely, 128. 
 Grange Edward, Ap. 26. 
 
 Granlden in Cambridgelhire, alienated, 196, 269. Ap. 2. 
 Grant Edward, Prebendary of Ely, 257. 
 (irantacaefter and Cambridge fynonymous, 60, 61. 
 Gray William, made Bilhop of Ely, 176; his Arms and 
 
 Family,i76,i78; Death andTomb,i78,i84,287. Ap. 34. 
 
 ills Arms, Ap. 45. 
 Gray William, Bifliop of Lincoln, 177. 
 Gray Thomas, of Pembroke Hall, Efq; Pref. ill. 
 Greene Thomas, BiJhop, 209 ; Mafter of Corpus Chrifti 
 
 College Cambridge, 210; bis Arms. Ap. 47. Bifliop of 
 
 Norwich, traiiflated to Ely, 210; Death, ib. 213, 287. 
 Greene Mrs. Catharine, her Epitaph, Ap. 48. 
 Greene Dr. Thomas, Prebendary of Ely, Dean of Sarum, 249. 
 Greene Charles, Efq; 281. 
 
 Greene Thomas Mr. of Norwich, 209. Sarah, ib. 
 Gregory tlie Great, Pope, fends Auftin and other Miflion- 
 
 aries into England, 8, lO, 18. 
 Gregory IX. Pope, 217, 218. 
 Grey, ofCodnor, Arms of, 176. 
 Grey Jane, Lady, 193. 
 Grey Pagan le, Ap. 7, 8. 
 Grey, Lord, ofGroby, 200. 
 Grey John de. Lord ofRythjm, 157. 
 Grey Henry de, 157. 
 
 Grindal Edmund, ABp of Canterbury, 154. Ap. 37, 38. 
 Grofmanche Dunftan le, Ap. 8. 
 Guarini, of Verona, 177. 
 Gunning Peter, Bifliop of Chichefter, tranflated to Ely, 
 
 202 ; refufes to take the Covenant, 203 ; Characler, 204, 
 
 207, 242, 262, 287 ; his Arms, Ap. 47. 
 Gunning Henry, Precentor, 281,287; l^isEpitaph, Ap.4g. 
 Gunning Mr. Peter, liis Epitaph, Ap. 49. 
 Ginning Henry, jun. his Epitaph, Ap. 49. 
 Ciunter, Abbot of Thorney, at Ely, 117. 
 Ciuthlac St. his Tomb rifled by the Danes, 67. 
 Guihmund, B.'other to Abbot Wilfric, 99; gets pofle.Tioii 
 
 of fonie of the Abbey Eftafes, 100. 
 Gutlunund, Danilh Cliieftan, 84. 
 Gutra Walter de. Abbot of Waltham, 217. 
 
 H.idenliam, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 '6i 
 
 H. 
 
 Hadenham, 75, 79, 106, 159 ; Church appropriated to the 
 Ar.Deaconry, 167, 276; Manor alienated, 196. 
 
 Hadham, Little, in Hertfordlliire, given to Ely Monaftery, 
 by Duchefs E'.fleda, 86; recovered to the Church, 131, 
 145, 163; alienated, ig6. Ap. 3, 17. 
 
 Hadllock, given to Ely Monaftery by Etheliva, 83 ; pledg- 
 ed to the Monks by Ep. Nigellus, 139, 140; alienated, 
 196. Ap. 3. 
 
 Hale Bernard, Preb. of Ely, 245, 262, Ar. Deacon, 279. 
 
 Hales John, JulViciary, 223. 
 
 Hall Edward, Hirtorian, 169, 180. 
 
 Hall Jofeph, Bp. of Norwich, 205. 
 
 Hall Stephen, Preb. of Ely, 242. 
 
 Hall Thomas, Surgeon, his Epitaph, Ap. 52. 
 
 Halfe John, Singing Man, Ap. 41. 
 
 Halydoune Richard, Under-Porter, Ap. 42. 
 
 Hamond Robert, Preb. of Ely, 225, 260. Ap. 40. 
 
 Hamond William, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 
 Hamon Dapifer, Ap. 17, 19, 21. 
 
 Hankford William, Chief Juftice, 167. Ap. 27, 34. 
 
 Hamningfield, given to Ely Abby by Lurtuwin, 93. 
 
 Hardicnute, King, 96, 97. 
 
 Hardwicke Manor, given to Ely I\Ionaftery by Duke Brith- 
 noth, 84, 269; alienated, ig6; purchased by Bp. Wren, 
 and given to Pembroke-Hall, 201. Ap. 3. 
 
 Hardwicke Philip, Earl of. Lord Chancellor, 280. 
 
 Harlefton Impropriation, granted toEIy See in lieu of Ma- 
 nors, 194. 
 
 Harold, King, 96, 97, 100. 
 
 Harold Harfager, King of Norway, invades England, loi. 
 
 Harris John, Preb. of Ely. 251. 
 
 Harrifon Henry, Preb. of Ely, 246. 
 
 Harlyng Richard de. Chancellor of Cambridge, confirmed 
 by the Bilbop, 159. 
 
 Harvey Gabriel, 228- 
 
 Haftings Henry, E. of Huntingdon, 198. 
 
 Hatfield in Hertforddiire, given to Ely Monaftery by King 
 Edgar, 74,82, 163. Ap. 3. 
 
 Hatfield Palace, rebuilt by Bp. Morton, 181. 
 
 Hathficld William, Prior, 222. 
 
 Hatton, Lord, 203, 206. 
 
 Hatton Sir Chriftopher, Lord Chancellor, 206. 
 
 Hatton-Garden, 100/. per aim. recovered from, to the See 
 of Ely, 2c6. 
 
 Haukefion and Newton, 75, 94, 134. Ap. 2, 21. 
 
 Haukefton Rectory, appropriated to the Chamberlain's Of- 
 fice, 128, 147. 
 
 Hawkins Nicholas, defigned Bp. of Ely ; dies before Con- 
 fecration, 189, 277. 
 
 Hawkins James, Organift, his Epitaph, Ap. 50 ; Mary, ib. 
 
 Hay John, Steward to Bo. Bourchier, 174. 
 
 Heane, firft Abbot of Abbendon, 29. 
 
 Heanburge, now Hanbury in Staflford(hire, 62. 
 
 Heartingas, Ap. i. 
 
 Heanric, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Heathe Nicholas, Bp. of Worcefter, 227. 
 
 Heaton Henry, Preb. of Ely, 243. 
 
 Hecham, 81, 94; alienated, 194. Ap. 3. 
 
 Hedda, Abbot of Peterborough, 51, 66, 67. 
 
 Helfwinus or Alfwin, Bp. of Elniham, buried at Ely, 85, 
 87,91, 92. 
 
 Helum Tiel de, Ap. 10. 
 
 Hemingfton John de, Prior, 218. 
 
 Hengham, 83. 
 
 Hengift, the Saxon, 6. 
 
 Henry L King, crowned, 112, 123, 130, 132; dies, 137. 
 Ap. II, 12, 13, 14, 15, &c. 23, 31. 
 
 Henry IL King, 140, 141 ; at Ely, 142, 216. 
 
 Henry III. King, 38, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149. 
 
 Henry IV. King, Ap. 48. 
 
 Henry V. King, 567, 169. Ap. 27. 
 
 Henry VI. King, i68; crownedat Paris, 169, 170, 173, 177. 
 
 Henry VII. King, 175, 180, 182, 183, 187. 
 
 HenryVIII. King, 188,— 191, 193,224,225,227. Ap. 24, 
 
 36. 37- 
 
 Henry, King of Caftile and Leon, 177. 
 
 Henry, Prior of Ely, 215, 216. 
 
 Heptarchy ereJfed, 7 } converted to Chriftianity, 10, 24. 
 
 Heraclius, Patriarch of Jerufalem, 37. 
 
 Herbert, Bp. of Norwich, 35; at Ely, 117, 123. Ap.13,15. 
 
 Herdwic, v. Hardwicke. 
 
 Hereford Cathedral, 35,36; Manors of, alienated, 194. 
 
 Herefwitha, Wife of Anna K. of Eaft-Anglia, 15, 45. 
 
 Hereward, Lord of Brunne in Lincolnlhire, loi ; defends 
 the Ille of Ely, againft the Noririans, 102, 103; dies and 
 is buried atCroyland, 104. 
 
 Herring Thomas, ABp. of Canterbury, 249, 259. 
 
 Herrings, 30000 given to the Monks by Bp. Hervey, 134. 
 Ap. 21. 
 
 Hertherft, given to Ely Monaftery, 87, 94; alienated, 194. 
 Ap.3. 
 
 Hervey, Bp. of Bangor, firft Bp. of Ely, 1 19 ; his Life, 1 19, 
 130; goes to Rome, 121, 128; divides the Church E- 
 ftates unequally, 133, 135 ; dies 136, 215, 269,271, 272. 
 Ap. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, ig, 20, 21. his Arms, 
 Ap. 42. 
 
 Hervey Henry, Preb. of Ely, 250; Founder of Do(5lors Com- 
 mons, ib. 
 
 Hervey Hon. Charles, Preb. of Ely, 256. 
 
 Herutford, Synod of, 55. 
 
 Heiberie Manor, given to Ely by Duke Brithnoth, 84. 
 
 Heton George, 195, 197 ; Joane, 195. 
 
 Heton Martin, Bilhop, 195; faid to be a great wafter of the 
 Eftatesof the See, 195 ; vindicated, ig6, 197; buried at 
 Ely, ib. his Arms, Ap.46. 
 
 Hexham, See of, founded, 59. 
 
 Hexham, Church of St. Andrew in, founded by Bp. Wil- 
 frid, 21. 
 
 Heylin Dr. Peter, Ap. 7. 
 
 Heymo, the King's Sewer, 107. 
 
 Hilda St. Abbefs of Whitby, 15, 55. 
 
 Hill, Thomas or John, Preb. of Ely, 244. 
 
 Hill John-Samuel, Preb. of Ely, 259. 
 
 Hill-Rowe in Hadenham, 75. 
 
 Hills John, Preb. of Ely, 257. 
 
 Hinguar, Danifh General, 65, — 68. 
 
 Hinton, Cherry, Red^ory purchafed by Bp. Hugo de Bal- 
 fham, 150; given to Peter-Houfe by Bp. Montacute, 
 159, 163. 
 
 Hinxton Advowfon, given to Jefus College, Cambridge, by 
 Bp. Thirlby, 192, 194. 
 
 Holand in EfTex, 75. 
 
 Holland Ralph, Mafter of the Grammar School, Ap. 41. 
 
 Holbourn,Vineyard in, giventotheCelerer's Office, 127, 157. 
 
 Holbourn Palace, given to the See by Bp. Kirkeby, 151, 
 ^53' ^57' 163, 166; alienated, 195,206; repaired by 
 Bp. Andrews, 198, 206. 
 
 Holbroke John, Chancellor of Cambridge, 168. 
 
 Holder William, Preb. of Ely, 248* 
 
 Holkam in Norfolk, 76. 
 
 Honorius I. Pope, Bull of, 168. 
 
 Honorius, ABp. of Canterbury, 13. 
 
 Hoo in the Parifh of Dereham in Norfolk, 81. Ap. 3. 
 
 Horningfea, two Hides of Land in, given to Ely by Duke 
 Brithnoth, 75, 269. Ap. 2. 
 
 Korfa, the Saxon, 6. 
 
 Horton Roger, Juftice of the Common Pleas, Ap. 27, 34. 
 
 Hofdeng Hugh de, Ap. 10. 
 
 Hoftilarius, Office of, at Ely, 128. 
 
 Hotham John, Bp. of Ely, 127, 156; Chancellor of Eng- 
 land, 156; rebuilds part of the Prefbytery, 136, 157; his 
 Tomb, 158, 220, 221, 284, 286, 287. his Arms, Ap. 42. 
 * I Hovel's 
 
'62 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Hovel's Grange, alienated, 196. 
 
 Hough John, Rp. of Worcclk-r, a Birtiop 53 Years, 175. 
 
 Howard Sir Thomas, at Bp. Morton's Inilallation, 179. 
 
 Ap. 36. 
 Howell Thomas, Bp. of Briftol, 261. 
 Hringulf, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 Hroold, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 Hubba, Danifh General, 65, — 68. 
 Hugans Henry, Beads-man, Ap. 41. 
 Hugh, Prior of Ely, 217. 
 HughesDavid,Vice-FrefidentorQueen'sCollcge,Cambridge, 
 
 Pref. iii. 
 Huicke Robert, M.D. Ap. 48. 
 Huicke Anne, Ap. 48. 
 
 Huilier John, Vicar of Baberham, burnt forHcrefy, 192. 
 Hullyarde Robert, Chorifter, Ap. 41. 
 Huna, Confeflbr to St. Etheldrcda, 53, 57 ; dies a Saint, 58. 
 Huneia, Ifle of, near Ely, 58. 
 Hutton Matthew, Preb. of Ely, Bp. of Durham, and ABp. 
 
 of York, 250. 
 Hutton Matthew, ABp. of York and Canterbury, 240. 
 Hutton Samuel, Minor-Canon, his Epitapii, Ap. 50. 
 Hutton Editha, Stephen, Mary, Ap. 50. ib. 
 
 James I. King of England, 198, 199, 231, 251. 
 
 James II. King of England, 204, 205, 206. 
 
 J.imes III. King of Scotland, 177. 
 
 Jea Martha, her Epitaph, Ap. 52. 
 
 Jcfferys John, his Epitaph, Ap. 52. 
 
 Jekell Richard, Beades-Man, Ap. 41. 
 
 Jenyns Sir Roger, Ap. 50. 
 
 Jenyns Dame Martha, her Epitaph, Ap. 50. 
 
 Images defaced and pulled down by older of Bp. Good- 
 rich, 190. 
 
 Impetune or Impintune, now Impington Manor, given to 
 the Monaftery by Duke Brithnoth, 84 ; recovered from 
 Picot the Sheriff, 108 ; Recflory appropriated to the Pre- 
 centor's Office, 128. Ap. 3. 10. 
 
 Imphy Hall Manor in Eflex, alienated, 196. 
 
 Intirmarius, Office of, at Ely, 129. 
 
 Ingelthorp Thomas de, 217. 
 
 Ingoldefthorp Thomas de, Bp. of Rochefter, 151. 
 
 Ingram Thomas, his Epitaph, Ap. 50. 
 
 Innocent II. Pope, 216. 
 
 Infcriptions in the Cathedral, Monumental, Ap. 48, &c. 
 
 Infcriptions in St. Mary's Chapel, Monumental, Ap. 51, &c. 
 
 Invelliture, manner of, 115; given up by the King, 116. 
 
 Joane Queen, Wife of King Henry IV. Ap. 48. 
 
 John, King, 143, 144, 145, 217. ' 
 
 John XXIII. Pope, 223. 
 
 John, Bp. of York, ig. 
 
 John, Bp. of Bath, Ap. 17. 
 
 John, John Fitz , Ap. 18, 20. 
 
 John, Pagan Fitz-, Ap. 18, 20. 
 
 fohn, Abbot of St. Albans, 273. 
 
 Jones Thomas, Preb. of Ely, 243. Ap. 48. 
 
 Jones Deering, Auditor, 281. 
 
 Jones Anne, her Epitaph, Ap. 48; Jane, Eliz. William, ib. 
 
 Ipfwith, plundered by the Danes, 84, 85. 
 
 Ireland, converted to Chriftianity, 7. 
 
 Irwin William, A^inor-Canon, 281. 
 
 Ifabelle, Wife ofKing Edward II. 157. 
 
 Irtip Simon, ABp. of Canterbury, 161. 
 
 Itheli-^^omas, Preb. of Ely, 244. 
 
 Judges for the Jllc, appointed by the Billiop, 132. Ap. 21, 
 &c. 29. (25.) 
 
 Julius St., Britilh Martyr, 3. 
 
 Julius II. Pope, confirms the Statutes of Jefus College Cam- 
 bridge, 186. 
 
 Jurininii<;, Son ofKing Anna, 14, 15. 
 
 Juftus, Bp. of Rochefter, lo, 121, 125. 
 
 Juftin, Danirti General, 84. 
 
 Ives St. Town of, whence fo called, 89. 
 
 Ivo St. a Perfian Bilhop, Relics at St. Ives, 89, 
 
 Ivo, Brother of Earl Warren, Ap. 9. 
 
 K. 
 Keblewhyte Thomas, 199; John, ib. 
 Keene Edmund, Bp. of Ely, Pref. iv. his Arms, Ap. 47. 
 Kelefhel in Hertford (hire, given to Ely by Lady Ethefleda, 
 
 86; alienated, 196. Ap. 3. 
 Keller Frederick, of Jefus College Cambridge, 252. 
 Kemp Frances, her Epitaph, Ap. 51; Thomas, ib. 
 Kent, Kingdom of, converted to Chriftianity, 8, 9, u. 
 Kentford, in Suffolk, 1C7, 130. 
 Ketene John de, elecfted Biihop, 155 ; dies, ib. Ap. 23, 24. 
 
 his Arms, Ap. 42. 
 Keten's Manor in Ely, 127. 
 Kilkenny William de, eleiiled Bifliop, 148 ; Chancellor of 
 
 England, 16 ; Character, 149; buried at Sughoin Spain, 
 
 ib. 218, 287. his Arms, Ap. 42. 
 Killigrew Dr. Henry, 237. Eliz. ib. 
 Kilwardby Robert, ABp. of Canterbury, 127. 
 Kinefrid, Phyfician to St. Etheldreda, 58, 61. 
 King, John, Dean of Chrift Church, 199. 
 King, John, ofEIy, Efq; his Epitaph, Ap. 52 ; Mary, ib. 
 King's Hall in Cambridge founded, and vifitcd, 165, 166. 
 Kingfton upon Hull, Bp. Alcock founds a School there, 182. 
 Kingfton in Suffolk, Ap. 3. 
 Kirkeby John do, Bilhop, 151, gives Holbourn Palace to 
 
 the SeeofEly, 151, 153 ; dies,ib. his Arms, Ap. 42. 
 Kiile Sir Richard, 267. Penelope, ib. 
 Kirtlinge, given to Ely A'lonaftery by Ofwi, 86. 
 Knapwell, given to Ely Monallery, 93. 
 Knight Thomas, Bp. of St. Afaph, 184; refigns his See, ib. 
 Knight Dr. Samuel, correded,i85 ; Preb. of Ely, 263. Ap.4. 
 Knights-fervice, fixed on Church Lands, no, in, 131. 
 Knights-Templars in London, Bi(hop of Ely had Holfilage 
 
 with them, 150. 
 
 L. 
 Lacy Walter de, A p. 8. 
 Lake John, Bp. of Chicheftcr, 238. 
 Lakenhethe, Lands called Ofwaradale in, 82. 
 Lakenhethe, Lands given to Ely Abbey by King Edward 
 
 Confeffor, 97, 134. Ap. 2. 21. 
 Lamb John, Dean of Ely, 237. 
 Lambholme Meffuage in Mildenhall in Suffolk, alienated, 
 
 196. 
 Lancafter, Henry Earl of, i6r. 
 Lancy Benjamin, Bp. of Lincoln, tranflated to Ely, 201 ; 
 
 buried there, ilj. 287. his Arms, Ap. 46. 
 Laney Charles, his Epitaph, Ap. 49. 
 Laney John, Efq; Ap. 49. 
 Lanfranc, ABp. of Canterbury, 34, 105, 108, 125, 133. 
 
 Ap. 10. II. 
 Langham Simon, Abbot of Weftminfter, provided by the 
 
 Pope to Ely, 162; Lord Chancellor, and trandated to 
 
 Canterbury, 163; made a Cardinal, .ind dies at Avig- 
 non, ib. his Arms, Ap. 43. 
 Langton, Cardinal Stephen, ABp. of Canterbury, 145, 273. 
 Langton John de, nominated Bilhop, 153, 154^ his Eletfhon 
 
 annulled by the Pope, ib. 219. 
 Lanthorns, invented by King Alfred, 31. 
 Lanthorn and Dome of Ely Cathedral, 283. 
 Larder 'W^illiam, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 Latimer Hugh, Bp. of Worcefter, 277. 
 Laud William, ABp. of Canterbury, 200, 232, 234. 
 Laurence, ABp. of Canterbury, 121, 125. 
 Laventon William, Archdeacon of Cambridge and Ely, 
 
 139, 269, 271. 
 Leanie New, or Morton's, adrain made by Bp. Morton, i8r. 
 Leeds Edward, Preb. of Ely, 265. 
 
 Leffi, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 « 
 
 Leffi, Monk of Ely, 83. 
 Leicefter Robert de, Archdeacon of Ely, 273. 
 L'Ifle Thomas de, made BKhop by Pope Clement VI. 160 ; 
 unpopular, ib; difputes with Lady Wake, 161; flies to 
 Avignon, where he dies, 162, 222 j his Arms, Ap. 43. 
 L'lne Philip de, 218. 
 L'llle Robert de, 218. 
 
 Leman John, ofTudenham, 267; Judith, ib. 
 Lernpfter Dr. Walter, Pliyfician, Account of him, 178. 
 ^ Ap. 34. 
 Leo X. Pope, 188. 
 
 Leo, Provoft or Prior, 78 ; his Crofs, 79. 
 Leo Cardinal, Ap. 13. 
 Leofa, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Leofleda Lady, Wife of Ofwi, Sifter to Duke Brithnoth, 
 Benefadrefs to Ely Monaftery, 86, 93 ; buried there, 93. 
 Leofleda, Wife of Leofric, Benefaflrels to Eynelbury Prio- 
 ry and Ely Monaftery, 76. 
 Leofric, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 Leofric, Earl of Coventry, 19. 
 Leofric, Officer under Algar Earl of Hoyland, 66. 
 Leofric, Lord of Brunne in Lincolnfhire, loi. 
 Leofric, 4th Abbot of Ely, his Life, 90. 
 Leoffin, 5th Abbot, 87 ; his Life, 92 ; dies, 97. 
 Leoffin, Alderman, 86. 
 Leofftan, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 Leofwara, Daughter to Lady Leofleda, 93. 
 Leofwin, Son of Adulf, Benefaflor to Ely Monaflery, 81, 
 
 82 ; buried there, 83. 
 Leofwin, alias Ofchitel, 3d Abbot, his Life, 90, 
 Leverington, 79, 147. 
 Leverington Robert de. Prior, 218. 
 Lewis, King of France, i8o, 188. 
 Lewis, Dauphin, 145. 
 Lightfoot John, Preb. of Elv, 245. 
 Lightfoot Robert, Efq; his Epitaph, Ap.52; Mary, ib. 
 Lincoln, Church built there by Bp. Paulinus, 20. 
 Lincoln Cathedral, 34, 36, 43. 
 Lincoln Diocefe, too extenfive, 120, 121, 122, 124. 
 Lindune End, in Hadenham, 75. 
 Linton Magna et Parva, 81 ; Linton, 270. 
 Lifieux, John Bp. of, Ap. 18, 20. 
 Lichfield Cathedral, 36,40; Manors alienated, 194. 
 Littlebury, given to Ely by King Etheldred, 81, 94, 127 ; 
 
 alienated, 196. Ap. 3. 
 Littlebury, Cattemere Farm in, 128. 
 
 Littleport, 79; Redlory appropriated to St. Mary Magda- 
 len's Hofpital in Ely, 146 ; alienated, 196. 
 Liveremere, 75, 100. Ap. 3. 
 Lloyd William, Bp. of Norwich, deprived, 207. 
 London, See of, founded by Ethelbert King of Kent, 10, 
 II ; Eftates belonging to it alienated, 194. Cathedral 
 built of Stone, 15, 16, 18, 31, 35, 38, 40 ; Bp. Gunning 
 a Benefacftor to, 204 ; Royal Cliapel of the White Tower 
 in, 31 ; St. Bartholomew's Church in Smithfield, 36. 
 Temple Church in, 37. Tenements in Grace-Church- 
 Street, 127. 
 London, Council of, 120, 124, 139. 
 London Henry de, Ap. 27. 
 Longa-Spata, Anthony de, Ap. 7. 
 
 Longchamp, William Bp. of Ely, 127,143,272; Legate, 
 Chancellor, Chief Juftice, and Protedtor of the Realm, 
 143 ; furrounds the Tower of London with a Fofs, 144 ; 
 dies at Poifliers, ib. his Heart buried at Ely, ib. Cha- 
 racfler vindicated, ib. 272,273. his Arms. Ap. 42. 
 Loling Herbert, Bp. of Norwich, 35. 
 Lothair, King of Kent, 58, 60. 
 Love Richard, Dean, 232, 236. 
 Lovett Thomns, Preb. of Ely, 246. 
 Lublon Lancelot, Chief Se.xton, Ap. 41. 
 LucarnaiTus, OScer under the Conqueror, Ap. 7. 
 
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 Lucas Henry, Steward, Ap.41. 
 
 Lucius, the firft Chriftian King of Britain, 3. 
 
 Luck Thomas, Efq; 281. 
 
 Lucy Richard de. Chief Juftice, 141. 
 
 Lucy Kingsmill, Efq; 287 ; his Epitaph, Ap.48. 
 
 Lucy William, Bp. of St. David's, Ap.48. 
 
 Luda William de, eleded Bilhop, 152; his folemn Confe- 
 
 cration at Ely, ib. 219, 287 ; his Arms, Ap. 42. 
 Lufl^a Ralph de, Bp. of Chichefter, 123. 
 Luidhard, Biftiop, Confeflbr to Queen Bertha, 8. 
 Lupus Hugh, Earl of Chefter, 112. 
 Lureio Roger de, Ap. 11. " 
 
 Luftuwin, great Benefaflor to Ely Abbey, 93. 
 Luxemburgh Lewis de, 168; Bp. of Terouenne, 169; 
 
 ABp. ot Rouen, 170 ; perpetual Adminiftrator of the See 
 
 of Ely, 171 ; created Cardinal, ib. buried at Ely, 172 ; 
 
 his Arms, Ap. 44. 
 Luxemburgh Peter de, Count de Sf. Paul, 169, 172. 
 
 Luxemburgh Jaquelinade,DutchefsofBedtbrd, 170, Ap. 44. 
 
 Luxemburgh John de, 170. 
 
 Lynne Catharine, Ap. 49. 
 
 Lynne Elizabeth, Ap. 49. 
 
 Lynne John, of BalTingbourn, Efq; Ap. 49. 
 
 Lynne William, his Epitaph, Ap. 49. 
 
 Lyfon William, Preb. of Ely, 225, 249. Ap. 40. 
 
 M. 
 Mackbraire Thomas, his Epitaph, Ap. 51 ; Robert, ib. 
 Madingley Robert de, Ap. 25. 
 MagnavilleGeoffry de, fortifies the Ifle of Ely againft King 
 
 Stephen, 140. Ap. 10. 
 Magnus Thomas, Arciideacon of the Eaft-Ridins; of York- 
 
 fliire, 188. 
 Malcolm, Duke, Ap. 2. 
 
 Maiden in ElTex, plundered by the Danes, 83, 84, 85. 
 Malvern Little, Priory of, vifited and rebuilt by Bp. Alcock, 
 
 182. 
 Manlove Thomas, Minor-Canon, 281. 
 Mapletoft Robert, Dean, 235 ; Benefailor to the Church 
 
 of Ely, 236. Mr. Henry, 235. 
 Mapletoft Edmund, Preb. and A Deacon, 242, 279. 
 March, 79, 8r ; given to Ely Monaftery by Oi'wi, 86, ali- 
 enated, 196. 
 March Thomas, his Epitaph, Ap. 5 1 ; William, Dorothy, ib. 
 Margaret, Queen of Scotland, God-daughter to Cardinal 
 
 Morton, 181. 
 Margaret, Countefs of Richmond, 141, 186. 
 Marifco, Frier, Adam de, 149. 
 Marft-i Williain, his Epitaph, Ap. 51 ; Edward, Elizabeth, 
 
 Thomas, ib. 
 Marlhall Tofeph, ■> 
 Marlhall William, (rLay Clarks, 281. 
 Marlhall Worth, J 
 Martin, St. Bp. of Tours, 7. 
 Martin, V. Pope, 168, 223. 
 Martin Dr. Edward, Mafter of Qiieen's College Cambridge, 
 
 233; Dean of Ely, 234. 
 Martin Abbot, Ap. 2. 
 Martin Thomas, of Palgrave, Ap. 43. 
 Mary L Qiieen of England, 188, 191, 193, 227, 230, 277. 
 Mary II. Queen of England, 205, 208. 
 Mary, Queen of France, Sifter of Henry VIII. i88. 
 Malbn, Dr. Charles, Ap. i. 
 Matilda, Queen, 13, 14, 15, 20. 
 
 Matilda, Emprefs, 123, 124, 137, 140, Ap. 13, 15, 17. 
 Matilda, Queen to Henry I, 124. 
 Maunds Thomas, Epiftoler, Ap. 41. 
 Mauritius, Bp. of London, 15, 112. 
 Mawfon Matthias, BKbop of Ely, 212, 214, 240, 264, 289, 
 
 Pref. iv, v. his Arms, Ap. 47. 
 May John, Prsb. of Ely, 260; Bp. of Carlifle, 260. 
 
 * I 2 Mayfield 
 
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 IVIayfield George, his Epitaph, Ap. 49. 
 Maye William, Preb. ot Ely, Ap, 40. 
 ^Itlburne, given to Ely by KingEugar, 73, 134, 147 j ap- 
 propriated, 149. Ap. 1,2, 21. 
 IVlcldroth Redory appropriated to the Office of Hoflilarius, 
 
 128, 134, 218. Ap. 21. 
 Mcliitus, firft Bp. of London, 10, 11, 121, 125. 
 Alelre, Jolin Salcman dc, 218. 
 Melton in Suffolk, 134. Ap. 3, 21. 
 Melvin Mcflleurs, of Scotland, 199. 
 Mepal, 79, 174, 222. 
 Merham, 94, ico. Ap. 3. 
 Merton College, 150. 
 Metluvold in Norfolk, Ap. 3. 
 Metefield John, Archdeacon of Ely, 276. 
 Meye William, ABp. of York, 190, 225 ; Preb. 247, 260. 
 Middleton Robert, Preb. of Ely, 246. 
 Midford Hundred and Manor in Norfolk, 75 ; alienated, 194. 
 Mildenhall, Oega de. Benefactor to Ely, 70. 
 Tvlildenhall, Lambholme in, alienated, 196. 
 Miller Sir John, 212; Hanr.ah., ib. 
 Milton, near Cambridge, Lands of Ely Monaftery at, 75. 
 
 Ap.3. 
 Mingay Mr. John, his Epiiaph. Ap. 49 •, Jane, ib. 
 Mingay Robert, Efq; his Ejiitaph. Ap. 49, 50. 
 Monafteries, the only Schools of Education among the Sax- 
 ons, 55. 
 rilor.allical method of life, 56, 57. 
 Monks, reinftated by St. Dunftan, &c. 71, 72. 
 Montacute, Bp. Simon de, 147; iranllated from Worcefler 
 to Ely, 158; enlarges the Piivilcges of the Lfniverfity of 
 Cambridge, 159; dies, 160, 165, 22O, 222, 286 ; Ap.24, 
 26 ; his Arms, Ap. 42. 
 Monthchet Alexander de, Ap. 7. 
 Montford Hugo de, gets part of the Abbey Eftates, ico ; 
 
 recovered from him, ic8. Ap. 10. 
 Monifort John, Preb. of Ely, 242. 
 
 Moore Jolin, Pieb. of Ely, 242 ; Bp. of Norwich, tran- 
 
 llated to Ely, 207; Books given by King George L to 
 
 the Univeriity of Cambridge, 208, 239, 287 ; his Arms, 
 
 Ap.47. 
 
 Moore Thomas, of Market Harborough, 207. 
 
 Morcar, Earl of Northumbciland and Cheftcr, joi ; op- 
 
 pofes the Conqueror, 103; taken Piifaner, ib. Ap. 6. 
 Morcard, Lord of Bi unne, defeated by the Danes, 66. 
 Mordcn Gilden, Advowlbn, granted to Jcfus College Cam- 
 bridge, by Bp. Thiilby, 192, 194. 
 More Sir Thomas, 187. 
 
 More William, Suffragan Dp. of Colchefter, 224. 
 More John, More Lancelot, Scholars, Ap. 41. 
 Moreton Robert, Earl of, 109. 
 Moreton John, Earl of, 143, 273. 
 
 Morgan Philip, Bp. tranflated from Worceftcr to Ely, 167; 
 Chancellor of Normandy, 168; buried in the Charter- 
 Houfe, London, 168, 223. his Arms, Ap. 44. 
 Morton John, Bp. of Ely, his Inftalla-ion, 179, 180; Pil- 
 grimage from Downham to Ely, 180 ; tianllatcd to Can- 
 terbury, ib. Chancellor of England, 181; n)ade a Car- 
 dinal, ib; his Benefactions and Death, 182, 184. Ap. 34, 
 35,36; his Arms, Ap. 45. 
 Morton Thomas, Arch<leacon of Ely, 276. 
 Morton Robert, Mafter of the Rolls, Bp. of Worccftcr,i 79. 
 Morton's Leam, made by Bp. Morion, i8x. 
 Morton Thomas, Bp. of Durham, 233, 254. 
 Mofs Robert, Dean of Ely, 238. 
 Mofs Robert, Mr. 239. 
 
 Mota Gaillard de. Cardinal, Archdeacon of Ely, 274. 
 Mottrum Adam de. Archdeacon of Ely, 275. 
 Mundeford, 83. Ap. 3. 
 Mufchet Henry, 147. 
 
 Mjton, Battle of, Englifh defeated there, 156. 
 
 I 
 
 N, 
 
 Nachentuna, lOO. 
 
 Naiton, King of the P\6\s, 25. 
 
 Nalfon John, Preb. of Ely, 262. Ap. 49, 
 
 Nalfon Alice, her Epitaph. Ap. 49. 
 
 Neale, Auditor, Ap. 39. 
 
 Needinge, 94. Ap. 3. 
 
 Nen, River, 79. 
 
 Neot St. Eoundcr of Eyntfbury Priory, 76. 
 
 Nevile Alexander, ABp. of York, 166. 
 
 Nevile, Arms of, 178. 
 
 Nevile Sir Thomas, of Holt, 233. 
 
 Nevile Henry, Efq; 233. 
 
 Nevile Mr. 234. 
 
 Nevile Thoma^, Preb. of Ely, Dean of Canterbury, 245. 
 
 Newburgh, Eneas de, Ap. 9. 
 
 Newban Ellen, her Epitaph, Ap. 50. 
 
 Newton and Haukefton, 75, 94, 134. Ap. 2, 21. 
 
 Newton in the Ifle, 79. 
 
 Nice, Council of, A.IJ. 325. — 4. 
 
 Nicholas, Archdeacon of Lincoln, 117. 
 
 Nicholas V. Pope, 176, 177. 
 
 Nichol.ns, Archdeacon of Cambridge, 269, 271. 
 
 Nicols John, Preb. of Ely, 247. 
 
 Nigellus, Bp. of Ely, 128, 129, 137, 141, 142, 215, 216, 
 _ 272; his Arms, Ap. 42. 
 
 Ninian, St. converts Sdjtland to Chrifiianity, 8. 
 
 Noion AVilliam, Rtolor cf Hadenham, 271. 
 
 Norfolk William, Alderman of Cambridge, Ap. 50. 
 
 Norgate Robert, Preb. of Ely, 244. 
 
 Norman Architecture, 32, 33, &c. 
 
 Norman the Sheriff, 107. 
 
 Normandy Richard, Duke of, 96. 
 
 Normandy Robert, Duke of, 106, iii, 
 
 Normandy William, Duke of, vid. William the Conqueror. 
 
 Northney near Ely, 127. Ap. 28. 
 
 Northivelle in Norfolk, Ap.3. 
 
 NorthwolJHugh, Bp. ofEly, 38, 39, 127, 128, 136; elecl- 
 
 ed Bidiop, 146; Charaiffer, 147 ; places Scholars in St, 
 
 John's Hofpital in Cambridge, 147; Benefactions, 148; 
 
 Tomb, ib. 1 50, 1 57, 2 1 8, 273,284,286,287. his Arms, Ap. 42. 
 
 Nortluvold Maiior, given to Ely Monaftery by King Edgar, 
 73, 94, 158 ;*alienated, 196. Ap. i. 
 
 Norton Roger, one of the King's Juftices, 167. 
 
 Norton Dame Dorothy, Ap. 51. 
 
 Norwich Cathedral, 35, 36, 43. 
 
 Norwich, CaftleGuard at, 131, 132-, Ap. 19. Manors be- 
 longing to the Church of, alienated, 194. 
 
 Norwich Jofcelin de, Ap. 10. 
 
 Nottingham, taken by the Danes, 65 ; Council of, 124, 130. 
 
 Nuce Thomas, Preb. of Ely, 251 ; Anne, ib. 
 
 O. 
 
 0<nogon and Dome of Ely Cathedral, 283. 
 
 Odam Robert, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 
 Oddebrigge, given to Ely IVlonaftery. 87. 
 
 Odo, Bp. of Baieux, 106, 108. ♦ 
 
 Odo, Sheriff, 107. 
 
 Oinus, Bp. of Evreux. Ap. ig. 
 
 Offord John de, Ar.Deacon of Ely,ABp. of Canterbury, 274. 
 
 Ogga of Mildenhall, Bcncfaeftor to Ely, 70. 
 
 Oleron, Ifle of, Bp. Hotham Governor of it, 157. 
 
 Oley Barnabas, Ar.Deacon of Ely, 279. 
 
 Opfalus, Mafler of the Conqueror's Engines, 104. Ap. 5, 8. 
 
 Ordebruge in Suffolk, A p. 3. 
 
 Orford Robert de. Prior, ele<5led Bp. of Ely, 154; dies at 
 
 Downham, 155, 219. Ap. 5, 6, 7, 23, 14, 25. his Arms, 
 
 Ap. 42. 
 Orford, Edward Ruffel, Earl of, 263. 
 Organs, introdudion of, in Churches, by St. Dunrtan, 30. 
 Organs, a Farm at Liitlebury given to repair them, 128. 
 
 Orleans, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 •6s 
 
 Orleans, Berter of. Agent at Rome, for King Henry the 
 younger, 141, 142. 
 
 Ordbriht, Abbot, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ordgar, Duke, Ap. 2. 
 
 Osbert, King of Northumberland, 64. 
 
 Ofchitel alins Leofwin, 3d Abbot of Ely, 90. 
 
 Ofeville John, Archdeacon of Ely, 274. 
 
 Ofgot, Governor of Lincoln, defeated by the Danes, 66. 
 
 Ofcytel, ABp. of York, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ofcytel, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Osferth, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ofgar, Abbot, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ofgod, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 OfkiteltheDane,murthersTheodoreAbbotofCrow!and,67. 
 
 Oftac, Duke, Ap. 2. 
 
 Oflac, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ofmund, a Swedifh Bifliop buried at Ely, 85, 98, 99, 285. 
 
 Ofulph, Biftiop, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ofulf, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ofwald, King ofNorthumberland, 17,25 ;^King of Mer- 
 cia, 65 ; ABp. of York, 28, 7 1, 89. 
 
 Ofwald, St. Ap. 3. 
 
 Ofwaradale, in Lakenhethe, Lands called, 82. 
 
 Ofweard, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ofwi, King of Northumberland, 23,48; dies 49, 53. 
 
 Ofwi, Benefactor to Ely Monaftery, 86,93. 
 
 Ofwold, Bifhop, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ottonine William, ABp. of Dublin, 154. 
 
 Otway Anthony, Preb. of Ely, 253. 
 
 Ou William de, Ap. 10. 
 
 Ovin, St. Steward to S. Etheldreda, 47, 48 ; retires to a 
 Monaftery, 50 ; his A'lonument at Hadenham, 51. 
 
 Oxford, Cathedral, 31, 36 ; Council at, 137 ; Card. Mor- 
 ton Benefadlor to the Univerfity of, 181. 
 
 Palatinates, what? 47,79. 
 Palladius, Bifliop, fent to convert Ireland, 7, S. 
 Palmer John, Preb. and Archdeacon of Ely, 241, 278. 
 Pampesford or Pampefworth, Manor given by Duke Brith- 
 
 noth to Ely, 84, 128, 272. 
 Pandulph, Pope's Legate, 145. 
 Pardoe Mary, her Epitaph, Ap. 50. 
 Parker Matthew, Preb. of Ely, ABp. of Canterbury, 192, 
 
 194, 225, 243,244. Ap. 37, 38, 40. 
 Parker John, Preb. and Archdeacon of Ely, 241, 278. 
 Parker William, and Thomas, Scholars, Ap. 41. 
 Parker Thomas, Chief Porter, Ap. 42. 
 Paris Philip, Efq; 226. 
 Parkins Charles, Ap. g. 
 Pafchalll, Pope, 115, 121, 122, 124. Ap. 11, 12,13, 14, 16, 
 
 17,21. 
 Patrick, St. Apoft. of Ireland, 7, 8. 
 Patrick Simon, Bp. of Ely, 205, 206, 207, 239, 246, 252, 
 
 267, 287, his Arms, Ap. 47. 
 Patrick, Mrs. Penelope, her Epitaph, Ap. 48. 
 Pattefte, Thomas, Archdeacon of Ely, 275. Ap. 43. 
 Paul, St. firft preached theGofpel in Britain, 2. 
 Paul's Church, vid. London. 
 Paulinus, Bp. of York, 10, 12, 17, 20. 
 Paul, Peter de Luxemburgh, Count of St. 169, 170. 
 Paul, Lewis de Luxemburgh, Count of St. 170. 
 Paynel, Arms of, Ap. 8. 
 Payton, Sir Robert, 226. 
 Peacock Thomas, Preb. of Ely, 260. 
 Pearfon John, Preb. of Ely, Bp. of Chefter, 236, 242, 255. 
 Pechy Abraham de, Ap. 8. 
 Peckham John, ABp. of Canterbury, 151, 152. 
 Pelham John de, 157. 
 Pelham's Manor in Cottenham, 129. 
 Pembroke-Hall, Bp. Laney a Beiiefador to it, 202,- 
 
 Penda, King of Mercia, deftioys Cratendune Church near 
 Ely, II ; invades Eaft-Anglia, 14. 
 
 Penington, Mr. of Suffolk, Ap. 503 Martha, ib« 
 
 Pentecoftais, what, 127. 
 
 Pentelovve given to Ely Abby, 93. 
 
 Perkins Ralph, Preb. of Ely, 259. 
 
 Perne Andrew, Dean of Ely, 228. 
 
 Perne Richard, 228. 
 
 Peter, St. fuppofed to convert Britain, 2. 
 
 Peter, Chamberlain to the Pope, 122. Ap. 12. 
 
 Peter the Great, Czar, 256. 
 
 Peterborough Abby, deftroyed by the Danes, 67, 69* 
 
 Peterborough Cathedral, 35, 36, 43; River, 79. 
 
 Peterborough Henry, Prior of Ely, 223. 
 
 Peter-Houfe, founded by Bp. Hugh de Balftiam, 147 ; bene* 
 
 fitted by Bp. Langham, 163. 
 Pevenfey, loi. 
 
 Peverel Pagan de, Ap. 17, 21. 
 Peverel de Dover, William de, Ap. 17. 
 Peykyrk Abby, deftroyed by the Danes, 69. 
 Peyton Algernoon, S.T.P. Ap. 49 ; Alice, ib, 
 Philip, King of France, 156. 
 Philip, King of England and Spain, 191. 
 Picot, the Sheriff, 107 j feizes Impington,but it is recover- 
 ed to the Abby, 108, iii. Ap. 10, 11. 
 Piiff s and Scots invade South Britain, 4, 5 ; converted to 
 
 Chriftianity, 8. 
 Pigot John, Lay. Clark, 281. 
 
 Pigotus, Officer under William the Conqueror, Ap. 9. 
 Pidley Manor, alienated, 196. 
 
 Pillars in Ciiurches, diftinguiftied, 34, 38, 39, 40, 52, 
 Pinnacles on Churches, Origin of, 39, 40. 
 Pitantiarius, Office of, at Ely, 129. 
 Plague, Great, in England, 161. 
 
 Plantagenet Geofl^ry, ABp. of York, 143; John, Duke of 
 Bedford, 169 ; Anne, Countefs of Stafford, 173 ; Hum- 
 phry, Duke of Buckingham, 173. 
 Plaffiz, alias Eftre, v. Eftre. 
 Pleffis, Caftle of, feized by King Stephen, 140. 
 Plumfted Richard, Beads-man, Ap. 41. 
 Plumptre Charles, Archdeacon of Ely, 280 ; John, Efq; ib. 
 Poore Richard, Bp. of Sarum, 36. 
 Porie John, Preb. of Ely, 244. 
 Pope's Name erafed out of all Books, 190. Ap. 36. 
 PoflefTions of theChurch divided by Bp.Hervey, 133,1 34, &C. ■ 
 Pont de I'Arche, William de, Ap. 19, 20. 
 Pontys John de, Bp. of Winton, 152. 
 Poole Thomas, his Epitaph, Ap. 40 ; Anne, Ellen, ib. 
 Porta, Ely, 289. 
 
 Porticus of a Church, what, 19, 20. 
 Powcher William, Prior of Ely, 222, 223. Ap. 27, 34. 
 Powell William, Preb. of Ely,Dean of St. Afaph, 209,267, 268. 
 Power Wenharn, Lay-Clark, 281. 
 Pratt Henry, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 Prebends at Ely, Prefentation of them granted to Bifnop 
 
 Thirlby, 192. 
 Precentor, Office of, at Ely, 128. 
 
 Pren3yteryatEly,builtbyBp,HughNorwold, 38, 148,284,285. 
 Price John, Preb. of Ely, 268. 
 Prieft, Whadcock, Preb. of Ely, 259. 
 Prior, Office of, at Ely, 126. 
 Proper Jefopp, Under-Cook, Ap. 42. 
 Provence, Raymond Count de, 146; Alienora de. Queen of 
 
 England, 146, 148. 
 Provifions, Papal, what, 163. 
 
 Purbec Marble Pillars ufed in K. Henry III. Time, 39, 
 Pulham Manor, 94, 147; alienated, 194. Ap.3. 
 Puritan Reformation inQiieen Elizabeth and K. Charles L 
 
 Times, 183, i8g, 196. 
 Pygot Roisert, burnt at Wilbech for H^refy, 192. 
 Puckering, Serjeant, Ap. 39,40. 
 
 * K Qiiaveney, 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Q. 
 
 Quaveney, near Ely, 127. Ap. 48. 
 
 QuijStowcum, Impropriation granted to lheSeeofEIy,l94. 
 
 Quivil Peter dc, Bp. of Exeter, 152, 
 
 R. 
 
 Ralph, Bp. ofRoclieftcr, 123. Ap. 13, 17. 
 
 Ralph, Hp. ot Chiclicfter, 123. 
 
 Ralph, Deputy tor SherifFRoger, temp. K. Wil. Conq. 107. 
 
 Ralph, Prior ot Ely, 218,273. 
 
 Ralph, Eitz Gualeran, Ap. 10. 
 
 Ralph, Chancellor of England. Ap. 13, 17, 19, 21. 
 
 Ralph, Servant to Bp. LUle, kills a Servant of Lady Wake, 
 
 161, 162. 
 
 Ramfey Abby, founded by Ailwin, 28, 31, 84, 89 ; Dif- 
 
 putc between Bp. Hervcy and that Abby, 132 ; feized by 
 
 Geoffry de Magnavile, 140. 
 
 Ramfey, Abbot of, atBp. Morton's Inftall. 179. Ap. 35, 36. 
 
 Ranulph Flambard, Chief Judiciary, feizes the Eftates of 
 
 the Abby, 112; Bp. of Durham, 123. Ap. 13, 15, 17. 
 Ranulph, Vicar-General to Bp. Nigel, 137, 138, 139. 
 Ratenden in Edex, Manor given to Ely by Duke Brithnoth, 
 
 84, 86; alienated, 196. Ap. 3. 
 Raiiefdcn in Suffolk, 83, 94; alienated, 194. Ap. 3. 
 Ravenna, ABp. ot", 17.5. 
 
 Rawreth Rectory in Eifex, given by Bp. Andrews to Pem- 
 broke-Hall, 198. 
 Redman Richard, Bp. of St. Afaph and Abbot of Shappe, 
 183; tranrtated to Exeter, and then to Ely, 184; dies, 
 buried at Ely, 185, 287; his Arms, Ap. 45. 
 Redman Richard, Recflor of Stretliam, 184. 
 Redwald, King of Eaft-Anglia, baptized, 10, 11, 12. 
 Reginald, Bp. of Bath and Wells, 142. 
 Relicks, burnt in theDioccfeof Ely, by order of Bp. Good- 
 rich, 190. 
 Remigius, Bp. of Lincoln, 34,108, 109,113, 271. Ap.io,ir. 
 Rendlclham in Suffolk, Church erected there by K. Red- 
 wald, 12. 
 Reftitutus, Bp. of London, 4. 
 Rcynclm, Bp. of Hereford, Ap. 13. 
 Ricbert, kills Eorpwold King of Eafl-Anglla, 13. 
 Rich Richard, Lord Chancellor, 191, 225. Ap. 42. 
 Rich Thomas, of Sunning, Efq; 255. 
 Rich Robert, Lord, 261. 
 Richard L King, 143, 144, 145. Ap. 26, 32. 
 Richard IL King, 165, 166, 275. 
 
 Richard in. King, Benefadtorto King's College Chapel, 41, 
 175, 180, 182. 
 
 Richard, Prior of Hexham, 22. 
 Richard, Prior of Ely, 216. 
 Richard Fitz Neal, Archdeacon of Ely, Son of Bp. Nigel, 
 
 Treafurer of England, 140, 141, 142, 272. 
 •Richard, Grandfon of Gilbert Earl of Clare, Abbot of Ely, 
 112; hisLifj, 113 ; deprived, 1 14; appeals to Rome, 115 ; 
 reinflatcd by the Pope, 116; thinks of having his Abby 
 converted to aBidioprick, 117, 118, 130 ; dies, 118, 135. 
 Richard, Son of Earl Gilbert, Ap. to. 
 Richard, Bp. of London, Ap. 13, 15, 17. 
 Richard, Bp.of Baieux, Ap. lo, 13. 
 Richard, Abbot of St. Albans, at Ely, 117. 
 Richard, ABp. of Canterbury, 141. 
 Richardfon Thomas, Preb. of Ely, 248. 
 Ride', Geoffry, Bp. of Ely, 37, 136; Life, 141 ; married, 
 142 ; Executorto K. Henry H, "143 ; dies at Winchelfer, 
 ib. 216. Ap. 32, 33; his Arms, Ap. 42. 
 Ridel Stephen, Archdeacon of Ely, 273. 
 Ridley N'cholas, Bp. of London, 277. 
 Rippon Church founded by Bp. Wilfrid, 2r. 
 Rifte George Efq; Alderman of Cambridge, 214. 
 Rixmcre in Suffolk, given to the Monks of Ely,i34. Ap.2I. 
 Robert, Duke of Normandy, 106. Ap.4, 5, 
 
 3 
 
 Robert, Sen of Hugh Lupus Earl of Chefler, Abbot of 
 St. Edmund's Bury, 112; deprived, 114. 
 
 Robert, Bp. of Glafgow, confined at Ely, 155. 
 
 Robert, Earl of Moritune, Ap. 10, 13. 
 
 Robert, Bp. of I-incoln, Ap. 11, 12, 13, 17. 
 
 Robert, Bp. of Lichfield, Ap. 13, 15, 17. 
 
 Robert, Earl of Mellent, Ap. 13, 15, 17, 18. ■> 
 
 Robinfon John, Bp. of London, 211, 238. 
 
 Robinfon Richard, Archdeacon of Ely, 276. 
 
 Robins Thomas, his Epitaph, Ap. 50; Mary, Martha, ib. 
 
 Rocheffer, See of, founded by K. Ethelbert, 10, 18. Ca- 
 thedral, 36. 
 
 Rodings in Eliex, 82. Ap. 3- 
 
 Roderick Charles, Dean and Preb. of Ely, 237, 238, 243. 
 
 Roe Richard, Ap. 26. 
 
 Roger, Bp. of Salifbury,36, 137, 138, 142. Ap,i3, 17, 19,20. 
 
 Roger, Son of the Bp. of Saliloury, Chancellor of England, 
 138, J42. 
 
 Roger, ABp. of York, 38. 
 
 Roger, the Sheriff, 107. 
 
 Roger, Earl of Poitou, Ap. 13. 
 
 Rogers Nehemiah, Preb. of Ely, 258; John, ib. 
 
 Romans, conquer Britain, 2 ; abandon it, 5. 
 
 Rombolde John, Beads-man, Ap. 41. 
 
 Roos Nicholas, Chancellor of Ely, 165. 
 
 Roper Francis, Preb. of Ely, 258. 
 
 Rotheram Thomas, ABp. of York, 180, 182. 
 
 Rudburn Thomas, Bp. of St. David's, recommended to ba 
 Bilhopof Ely, 168. 
 
 Rufinianus, Bp. 10. 
 
 RulTel William, Earl of Bedford, 205. 
 
 Sackville, Sir Richard, 265. 
 
 Sacrifl, Office of, at Ely, 126, 127, 129, 146, 147, X56, 269, 
 
 271. Ap. 28. 
 Saleman John, Prior, eledcd Bp. of Ely, 153 ; promoted to 
 
 Norwich by the Pope, 154, 218, 219. 
 Salilbury Cathedral, 36, 38, 39, 40, 43; Manors of the Sec 
 
 alienated, 194. 
 Salmon John. Choirif^cr, Ap. 41. 
 Salomon, Goldfmith, at Ely, 219. 
 Sancroft William, ABp. of Csnterbury, 2C4.. 
 Sanderfon John, of London, ArchitedV, Ap. 52. 
 Sapcote John, at Bp. Morton's Inflallalion, 179. Ap. 36. 
 Saracen Architecture, 37. 
 St. John, Sir Walter, 205. 
 Sardis, Council of, A.D. 347. — 4. 
 Savile, Sir Henry, 242. 
 Saunders John, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 Saywell William, Preb. of Ely, 2';i ; Archdeacon, 279. 
 Saxons invited into Britain by Vortigern, 5, 6 ; ruin the 
 
 Britilh Church, 6, 7 ; difcomfited by Aurelius Ambrofiu >, 
 
 7; converted to Chriflianity, 7,8,9, 10. 
 Saxon .^rchiteiflure. Remarks on, 15, 16, 17, 18,25,29, 31 ; 
 
 difTerence between that and Norman Architecture, 32. 
 Scalariis de, v. Efchalers. 
 
 Scales Anthony Woodvile, Lord, 229 ; Eliz. Lady, ib. 
 Seamier Edmund, Bp. of Norwich, Ap. 39. 
 Schepey Manor near Ely, 127, 134. Ap. 21, 28. 
 Scory John, Bp. of Hereford, 194. Ap. 37, 38. 
 Scott John, his Epitaph, Ap. 50. 
 Scots and Pi(5ls invade Britain, 4, 5 ; converted to Chriflia- 
 
 nity, 8. 
 Sciiptorium, a Room in the Monaflery fo called, 128. 
 Scroop, Lord, Temp. Eliz. 261. 
 Scroop Richard, ABp. of York. Ap. 44. 
 Scutage or Efcua^n;e, what, no, 131, 132. 
 Sebert, King of Eaft Saxons, converted to Chrifllanity, ii.' 
 Scldcn, Mr. correfled, 124, 125. Ap. 14, 15, 16. 
 Sclfey, Sec of, founded, 2.1.. 
 
 Scrgius 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Sergius I. Pope, Bull of, i68. 
 
 Sewardus, a Captain under the Conqueror, Ap. 8. 
 
 Sewaie William, Minor-Canon, Ap. 41. 
 
 Sewenna and Sewara, Attendants on St. Etheldreda, 52. 
 
 Sexburga, St. Wife of Ercombert King of Kent, Abbefs of 
 
 E>y> i5> 57 ; her Life, 60; death, 62, 78 ; Tranflation, 
 
 117, 148. 
 Shafilbury Abby, founded by King Alfred, 30. 
 Sheldon Gilbert, ABp. of Canterbury, 235. 
 Shepreth John de. Prior of Ely, 218. 
 Sheriff, origin of that Name, 47. 
 
 Shelford given to Ely Monafteryj 87, 94, 134 ; Manor alien- 
 ated, 196. Ap. 2, 21. 
 Shelford Great, Impropriation given to Jefus College, by 
 
 Bp. Stanley, 186, 269. 
 Shepey, Abby of, founded, 60, 62. 
 Sherlock William, Dean of St. Paul's, 212; Mary, ib. 
 
 Thomas, Bp. of London, 267. 
 Shipdam, 148. 
 
 Shirley, Sir Robert, 203, 235. 
 Shrewlbury, Earl of, Temp. Eliz, 260. 
 Shrines dcmolifhed by order of Bp. Goodrich, igo. 
 Sideman, Bp. of Crediton, ig. 
 Sigebert, King of Ea(l-Anglia, 12 j converted to Chriftiani- 
 
 ty, 13; founds the Univeriity of Cambridge, 13; turns 
 
 Monk, ib. and flain by King'Penda, 14. 
 Sigedwold, a Grecian Bilhop, 72. 
 Sigillo Robert de, Ap. 18, Ig, 20. 
 
 SilvertopJohn,Choirifter,Ap.4i;Hefter,herEpitaph. Ap.ji. 
 
 Silvertop William, School-Mafter, Ap. 49, 51. 
 
 Sigfrid, a Norwegian Bifhop, gg. 
 
 Simeon, gth Abbot of Ely, 107 ; Life and Charaderj 107, 
 108 ; dies aged 100,— 112. Ap. 5, 10, 18. 
 
 Simon, Earl, Ap. 13. 
 
 Simpfon Theophilus, Ap. 26. 
 
 Siverth of Downham, a Benefactor to Ely Monaftery, 7 c. 
 
 Siferth, Abbot, Ap. 2. 
 
 Siferth, Minifler, Ap. 2. 
 
 Siward Beam, oppofes King William the Conqueror in the 
 Ifle of Ely, 103 ; taken Prifoner, ib. 
 
 Skele John, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 
 Skep of Corn, what, 134. 
 
 Slepa, St. Ivo, buried hrfl at, 8g. 
 
 Slough William, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 
 Smith James, Preb. of Ely, 267. 
 
 Smith William, Singing-Man, Ap. 41; 
 
 Smith, Schole Mafter, Ap. 41. 
 
 Smith Richard, Choirifter, Ap. 41. 
 
 Smith Humphry Efq; his Epitaph, Ap. 52. 
 
 Snailwell, given to Ely Monaftery, 87. Ap, 2. 
 
 Soham, an Abby founded there by Bp. Felix, 13 ; deftroy- 
 ed by the Danes, 6g ; R'lanor given to Ely by Duke Brith- 
 noth, 84, 86; Eftate at, given to the Poor of Ely by Bp. 
 Laney, 202. 
 
 Solomon, Prior of Ely, made Abbot of Thorney, 142, 2j6. 
 
 Somerfet, Charles Seymour, Duke of, 213. 
 
 Somerlham, Manor given to Ely by Duke Biithnoth, 84, 94, 
 1345 163; alienated, 195, 19&; Wood, Firing from, giv- 
 en to the Infirmary, by Bp. Nigellus, 129, 134, 147 ; 
 Forefl, Leave to hunt in it, granted to Bp. Euftacc, 144; 
 Palace, improved by Bp. Stanley, 186, 187. Ap. 3, 21. 
 
 Somner Mr., corredled, m regard to Saxon Architeaure, 15, 
 16, 17. 
 
 South-Saxons, Kingdom of, converted by Bp. Wilfrid, 24. 
 
 Southwell, Minfter, 36. Dr. Cox nominated Birtiop of, 193. 
 
 Spaldwicke, 84, 94 ; Manor given to the Bp. of Lincoln, on 
 the ereiflicn of the See of Ely, 120,124. A p. 3, 13. 
 
 Sparrow Anthony, Preb. of Ely, Bp. of Norwich, 205, 236, 
 245. 
 
 Spencer John, Preb. and Dean of Ely, 236, 242. 
 
 Spencer Henry, Bp. of Norwich, Ap. 44. 
 
 '67 
 
 Spirarde John, Gofpeler in Ely Cathedral, Ap.4r. 
 
 Spires on Churches, Introdudion of them, 39, 40; at EI v, 148. 
 
 Stafford Edmund, Earl of, 173; Anne Plantagenet, Coun- 
 
 tefs of, 173; Henry, Duke of Buckingham, 180. 
 Stallarius, what, 98. 
 
 Stanhope George, Dean of Canterbury, 238. 
 Stanley, Lord, imprifoned by King Richard III. 180. 
 Stanley James, Bp. 1 85 ; Warden of Mancheller Colleo^e, ib. 
 
 made Bp. of Ely, 186 ; Thomas, Earl of Derby.'^iSs ; 
 
 Sir John, 187 ; Stanley Family, MS Hift. of, 187; his 
 
 Arms. Ap. 45. 
 
 Stapilford,Manorof, given toEIySecularClergy,7o,94.Ap 2. 
 Stechworth, given to Ely Monaftery by Ofwi and Leofieda, 
 
 86, 93, 94. Ap. 2. 
 Stephen, King, crowned, 137, 216. 
 Steeples introduced in Churches, and why, 30. 
 Sterne Richard, Mafter of Jefus Coll. Cambridge, 232, 2^34 
 Steward Robert, Prior of Ely, 224 ; Dean, 227 ; his Cha- 
 
 rader of Bp. Stanley, 187. Ap. 40. 
 Steward Robert, Efq; 287 ; his Epitab, Ap. 48. 
 Steward, Sir Mark, 287 ; his Epitaph, Ap. 48. Simeon, Efq; 
 
 lb. Nicholas, Efq; lb. Richard, Efq; ib. Thomas,Efq; 
 
 lb. Sir John, ib. James, Bi other to Robert King of 
 
 Scotland, ib. Mary, Ap.48, 49, ib. Alexander, ib. Sir 
 
 Andrew, ib. Walter, ib. Sir Simeon, ib. 
 Steward Robert, Thomas, William., Scholars. Ap. 41. 
 Steward William, Efq; Ap.49. Elizabeth, ib. 
 Stewart Thomas, Efq; his Epitaph, Ap. 50. 
 Stigand, ABp of Canterbury, 97; Benefactor to Ely Abby, 
 
 100; depofed, loi, 105. 
 Stillingfleet Edward, Bp. of Worcefter, 207, 280. 
 Stillington Robert, Bp. of Bath and Wells, 182. 
 Stoke near Ipfwicb, 75, 134. Ap. 3, 21. 
 Stokes John, Chancellor and' Archdeacon of Ely, 276, 
 Stoneham John, Minor-Canon. Ap. 41. 
 Storie Matthew, Singing-Man, Ap.41, 
 Stow cum Qui, v. Quy. 
 Stow John, corrected, 15, 17. 
 Stratelhete John de. Prior of Ely, 217. 
 Stratford le Bow, why fo called, 16. 
 Stretham, 75,79, 128, 134; Mere, 79; Manor alienated, 
 
 196. Ap. 21. 
 Stretely, 81. Ap. 3. 
 
 Stukclq', Dr. William, su 104. Ap. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 47. 
 Stuntney, Ifle of, between Ely and Soham, 69, 70, 79, ix-j, 
 
 134. Ap. 21,28,30, 33. 
 Sturbridge, Mill at, alienated from Ely Church, 196. 
 Styward Thomas, Preb. of Ely, 247. 
 Sub-Prior, Office of, 126. 
 Sudburn in Suffolk, 75, 134. Ap. 3, 2r. 
 Suffolk, Charles Brandon Duke of, 188. 
 Sutton, 75, 79, 128, 134, 147, 220; Rc<flory given to the 
 
 Hoflilarius, 128. Ap. 21,30, 33. 
 Sutton Oliver de, Bp. of Lincoln, 152. 
 Swafham, Manor of, 75 ; Lands in, given by Ofwi to Ely 
 Monaftery, 86, 94, 134; Church appropriated, 140. 
 Ap. 2, 21. 
 Swafham Bulbec, Impropriation, 194, 218. 
 Swafham Prior, Impropriation, 194 ; Priory Eftate alienat- 
 ed, 196. 
 Swavefey, Advowfon, given by Bp. Thirlby to Jefus Col- 
 lege Cambridge, 192, 194, 270. 
 Symnel Lambert, 184. 
 Symon de Stecheworth, 219. 
 
 T. 
 
 Taillebois Ivo de, lor. Ap. 10, i-. 
 
 Talbotus, Officer under the Conqueror, Ap. 8. 
 
 Talmach Mary, Ap. 48. 
 
 Tankerville William de, Ap. 18, 19, 20. 
 
 Tanner Thomas, Bp. of St. Afaph, Preb. of Ely, 246. 
 
 * K 2 Taylor 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Taylor James, Preb. of Ely, 265. 
 
 Tenifon Thomas, ABp. of Canterbury, 210, 238. Ap. 51. 
 
 Tenifon Sarah, her Epitaph, Ap. 51. 
 
 Tcrinjton James, Singing-Man. Ap. 41. 
 
 Terliirges, given to Ely Monaftery by Godiva, 91. Ap. 3. 
 
 Terrington, 134 ; alienated, 194. Ap. 21. 
 
 Teverlham Manor, given to Ely Monaftery by Duke Bnth- 
 
 noth, 84, 269. 
 Thadiocus, ABp. of York, 7. 
 Theodinus, Cardinal, 141. 
 Theodore, ABp. of Canterbury, 19, 20, 53. 
 l^heodore. Abbot of Crowland, murdered by theDanes, 66,67. 
 Theodwin 8th Abbot of Ely, his Life, 105, 106. Ap. 4, 5. 
 Theolas William, Ulher of the School, Ap. 41. 
 Theonus, ABp. of London, 7. 
 Thctford in the Irte, 79, 83, 272. 
 Thirlby Thomas, Bp. of Ely, 191 ; great Benefa<f^or to Ely, 
 
 192; deprived, and confined at Lambeth, 193,253,260, 
 
 277, 278; his Arms, Ap.46. 
 Thiikilby Robert de. Proctor of the UniverCty, 165. 
 Thomas, Monk of Ely, his Hiftory of that Church, 11. 
 Thomas I, ABp. of York, 34, 119. 
 
 Thomas II, ABp. of York, 112, 123, 124. Ap. 13, 14, 15. 
 Thomas John, Bp. of Salilbury, 43. 
 Thomas Hugh, Dean of Ely, 240. 
 Thompfon Anthony, his Epitaph, Ap. 48. 
 Thompfon William, of Somerftiam, Efq; Ap. 48. 
 Thompfon John, Chapter-Clark, his Epitaph, Ap. 49. 
 'J'horney Abby, to whom dedicated, 19, 124; Patronage 
 
 granted to Bp. Euftace, 145, 270 ; Relitks of St. Huna 
 
 at, 58. 
 Thorney near Ely, 127. Ap. 28. 
 Thorney, Abbot of, at Bp. Morton's Inftallation, 179. Ap. 
 
 ^ 35. 3t>- , 
 Thorpe, 94. Ap. 3. 
 
 Thriplow, Ap. 2. 
 
 Thriplow Manor given to Ely Monaftery by Duke Brith- 
 
 noth, 84; alienated, 196; Re<5lory given tJyBp.Hugh de 
 
 Ballham to Peter- Houfe, 150. Ap. 2. 
 Thurcytel, Abbot, A p. 2. 
 Thurcytel, Minirter, Ap. 2. 
 Thurgod, Minifter, Ap. 2" 
 Thurlowe John, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 Thurftan, a Danilh Nobleman, 72. Ap. 2, 
 Thurftan, 7th Abbot of Ely, ico; his Life, ib.; receives 
 
 the Engliih Lords into the Ifle, loi ; fubmits to William 
 
 the Conqueror, 102 ; dies, 105. 
 Thurftan, Minifter. Ap. 2. 
 Thurferth, Minifter. Ap. 2. 
 Thynne Francis, Lancafter Herald, Ap. 43, 44. 
 Tilbury, Gervafe of, 272. 
 Tilncy Adam de. Archdeacon of Ely, 273. 
 Tinley Robert, Preb. of Ely, 248 ; Archdeacon, 278. 
 'J'inmouth Monaftery, deftroyed by the Danes, 65, 
 Tiptoft John, Earl ot Worceller, 168, 177, 287, 
 Tirrell Thomas, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 Titilius, King of Eaft-Anglia, 11. 
 Tivito William, of Littleport, Ap. 26. 
 Tyndall Griffin, Auditor, Ap.41. 
 Tyndall Urfula, her Epitaph, Ap. 48. 
 Tobias, Bp. of Rocheftcr, 19. 
 Tofte, 94. 
 
 Toli, Lay Brother of Crowland Abby, 66. 
 Tombert, Prior of Ely, 216. 
 Tcnbert, Prince of theSouth-Girvii, marries S.Etheldreda, 
 
 45, 46, 47. Ap. 21. 
 Tookie Clement, Preb. of Ely, 246. 
 Tookie Thomas, Vicar of Meldrcth, 281. 
 Toteridge Manor given to this See by Bp. Norwold, 147 ; 
 
 alienated 194. 
 Touchst, Arms of, Ap. 7, 
 
 Towers in Churches introdjced, and why, 30, 39, 4a- 
 
 Townlhend, Lord, 237. 
 
 Tovvton, Battle of, 175. 
 
 Treafurer, Office of, at Ely, 129. 
 
 Tretharap Richard, CI. 223. 
 
 Trimnell Charles, Bp. of Winchefter, 210. 
 
 Trumpington, Ap. 2. 
 
 Tuckney Anthony, Mafter of St. John's College Camb. 203. 
 
 Tulba the Dane, flain at Peterborough Abby, 66. 
 
 Tunftall Cuthbert, Bp. of Durham, 192, 278. 
 
 Turbu3William,Bp. ofNorwich buriesBp. Nigel atEly,i4i. 
 
 Turbutfea near Ely, 77, 127, 134. Ap. 21, 28, 30. 
 
 Turner Francis, Bp. of Rochefter, tranflated to Ely, 204 j 
 deprived, 205,206,262,263; his Arms, Ap. 47. 
 
 Turner Thomas, Preb. of Ely, 262. 
 
 Turner Thomas, Dean of Canterbury, 262. 
 
 Turton William, of Briftol, 239 ; Sarah, ib. ; Mary, ib, 
 
 Tyd, 79; Manor purchafed by Bp. Hugh BaKham, 150. 
 
 Tyndal Humphry, Dean of Ely, 229 ; Sir Thomas, ib. Sir 
 William, ib. 
 
 V. 
 
 Vache, Sir Richard de la, i6i. 
 
 Valoynes Peter de, Ap. 10, 17, 19. 
 
 Vedaftus St. his Relicks, 79. 
 
 Uffa, King of Eaft-Anglia, 10. 
 
 Vidlor IL Pope, his Bull of Privileges to Ely Monaftery, 98. 
 Ap. 3, 22. 
 
 Vincent, Prior of Ely, 215. 
 
 Vineyard in Holbourn, given by Bp. Hotham to Ely Mo- 
 naftery, 127, 157. 
 
 Vitalis appeals Bp. Nigellus, 139; and his Sentence of De- 
 privation confirmed at Rome, ib. 
 
 Ulf, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ulfcytel, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Ulfchetel, Abbot of Crowland, 107. 
 
 Ulfter, Bp. Hotham Plenipotentiary to the Earl of, 156; 
 
 Undeleia, 82, 134. Ap. 21. 
 
 Vortigern invites the Saxons into Britain, 5, 6. 
 
 Uulfric, Bilhop, Ap. 2. 
 
 Uulfiige, Biftiop, Ap. 2. 
 
 Uulfftan, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Uulfgeat, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Uulfnoth, Minifter, Ap. 2. 
 
 Uuynfige, Biftiop, Ap. 2. 
 
 Upftane, 82. 
 
 Upvvere, 79. 
 Urban IL Pope, iri 
 
 Urfois, Mafter of the Conqueror's Engines, 104. 
 
 Uva, Benefactor to Ely Monaftery, gave Wivelmgham, 86, 
 
 W. 
 
 Wadtlington John Efq; of Ely, 147. 
 
 Wade Philip, his Epitaph, Ap. 50 ; Eliz., Auguftin, ib. 
 
 Wager Sir Charles, Ap. 48. 
 
 Wager Elizabeth, her Epitaph, Ap. 48. 
 
 WagftafFe Robert, hisEpitaph, Ap.51. Mary, ib. 
 
 WagftafFe W"illiam, his Epitaph, Ap.51. Abigail, ib. 
 
 Wake, Blanche Lady, her dilpute with Bp. L'iile, 161. 
 
 Wake William, ABp. of Canterbury, 238. 
 
 Wake John, Ap. 51 ; Hefter, Abigail, ib. 
 
 Wakefield Henry, elected Bp. of Ely ; but fet afide by the 
 
 Pope, 164. 
 Walcher, Bp. of Durham, 34. 
 Walde near Wichford, 75. 
 Walden Caftle feized by King Stephen, 140. 
 Waklen Monks, ftudy in Cambridge, 220. 
 Waleran Ralph Fitz, Ap. 10. 
 Waleran John de, 149. 
 Wales peopled by Britons, 7. 
 Wales, Arthur Prince of, 22g. 
 Wall Samuel, Ap. 26. 
 
 Walkeline, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Walkeline, Bp. of WInchefter, 34, 107, ic8, 109, 135 ; Ap. 
 
 II, 17, 19. 
 Walpole, given to Ely Monaftery, 87 ; alienated, 194. Ap.3. 
 Walpole Ralph, Bp. of E!y, 152, 153, 154, 219, 274; his 
 
 Arms, Ap. 42. 
 Walpole William, Prior of Ely, 222. 
 Walpole, Hon. Mr. Horace, his juft obfervations on Ar- 
 
 chitedlure in England, 26, 180, 214. 
 Walfingham Alan de. Prior of Ely, a great Architccfl, 156, 
 157 ; eleiSted Bp. by the Convent, but fet afide by the 
 Pope, 160, 220, 221, 222, 283, 286. 
 Walfingham Thomas de, 221. 
 Walfingham Edmund, Prior of Ely, 223. 
 "Walfingham Sir Francis, 198. 
 
 Waiter Hubert, ABp. of Canterbury, 144, 217 ; Ap, 44. 
 Walter, Deputy for SherifFRobert, 107. 
 Walter, Prior of Ely, 218. 
 Walter Lewis, Beads man, Ap. 41. 
 Walton, Wert, in Norfolk, alienated from the Church of 
 
 Ely, 194. 
 Walton Brian, Bp. of Chefter, 231. 
 Warde John, Preb. of Ely, 225, 265. Ap. 40. 
 Warde Robert, Schohr, Ap. 41. 
 
 WareHenry, keeper ofthe King's Privy Seal, 1 6 7. Ap. 27,34. 
 Warham William, ABp. of Canterbury, 185, 188, 224. 
 Warner John, Preb. of Ely, 241. 
 Warren William, Earl, Ap. 9, 10, 13, 15, 19; his Arms, 
 
 Ap. 43. 
 Warren John, Earl, Ap. 43. 
 
 Warren John, Preb. of Ely, 264 ; Ap. 21 ; Pref. iii, 
 Warren Richard, Archdeacon of Suffolk, 264. 
 Watkins Thomas, Precentor, 281. Ap. 51. 
 Watkins Martha, her Epitaph, Ap. 51. 
 Waterbeche, Impropriation granted to the See of Ely, 194. 
 Watinge in Norfolk, Ap. 3. 
 Watfon Thomas, his Epitaph, Ap. 51. 
 WaynfleetWiHiam,Bp.ofVVinchefter, madeChancellor, 175. 
 Wedderburne James, Preb. of Ely, Bp. of Dumblane, 258. 
 W'eigh of Cheefe, what, 134. 
 
 WelboriT John, Archdeacon of Ely, 167, 260, 271, 276. 
 Welle, Ap. 3. 
 
 Wells, Cathedral of, 36, 40. 
 Wells William, Prior of Ely, 223. 
 Wells Robert, alias Steward, laft Prior, firfl: Dean of Ely, 
 
 224, 225, 227. 
 Wellxjohn, Choirifter, Ap. 41. 
 Wellh, expell Bifhop Hcrvey, ng. 
 Wendreda St., tranfluted from March to Ely, 81 ; and 
 
 thence to Canterbury, 89. 
 Wengham Henry de. Chancellor, 149. 
 Wentworth, 79, 105 ; Church appropriated to the Sacrift's 
 
 Office, 127, 134. Ap. 21, 30, 33. 
 Wentworth Sir Henry, at Bp. Morton's Inftallation, 179; 
 
 Ap. 36. 
 Werburga St., Great Niece of St. Etheldreda, Abbefs of Ely, 
 
 57 ; her Life, 62. 
 Weremouth Abby, 20 ; founded 23 ; dertroyed by the 
 
 Danes, 65. 
 Weremere, given to Ely Monaflery, by Wlfius, 75. 
 Werefley in Huntingdonlhire, 76. 
 Wefeman Thomas, Scholar, Ap. 41. 
 Wert Nicholas, Bp. of Ely, 187, 224, 277; his Chapel, 41, 
 
 286, 287 ; Ap. 24. his Arms, Ap. 46. 
 Wertfield m Norfolk, Ap. 3. 
 Werterfield Rectory in Hertfordrtiire, given to the See by 
 
 Bp. Norwold, 147. 
 Wertley, Ap. 2. 
 
 Wertminfter, the Abby Church built by King Edgar, 31 ; re- 
 built by King Edward the ConfelTor, 32; the preftnt 
 Church begun by King Henry IH. 38. 
 Wertminfter, King Henry VIL Chapel at, 41. 
 Wertminfter, Council of, 113, 114, 115. 
 
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 Wertminfter Roger, Prior of Ely, 223, 224. Ap. 34. 
 Werton, given to Ely Monaftery by Lurtuwin, 93. ' 
 Werton Stephen, Bp. of Exeter, Preb. of Ely, 249, 267 ; 
 Anne, 249. 
 
 Wetheringfete, given to Ely Monarterv, 93,94; alienated, 
 194. Ap.3. 
 
 Wethermg'ete Robert, Archdeacon of Ely, 22'J,276; Ap.4.?. 
 Wetinge, S3. Ap. 3. } :>^ 1 ' i- '*i 
 
 Wharton Mr. Henry, correaed, 123, 124, 125 ; amended, 
 
 184, 215, 217, 220, 224 ; Ap. 14, r6, 17, 45. 
 Wherwell Abby founded by Queen Elfrida, 80. 
 Whitby Monartery, 55 ; deftroyed by the Danes, 65. 
 White Sir Thomas, founds St. John's College Oxford, 199. 
 White Thomas, D.D. founds Sion College', 2C0. 
 White Francis, Bp. of Norwich, tranrtated to Ely, 2C0; 
 
 buried in St. Paul's London, ib. his Arms, Ap. 46. 
 Whitgift John, ABp. of Canterbury, 198, 199, 228, Preb. 
 
 of Ely, 247. 
 Whitlered William, ?.Iinor- Canon, Ap. 41. 
 Whittlesford, Adyowfon given by Bp. Thirlby to Jefus Col- 
 lege, Cambridge, 192. 
 Whittlefey, 79, 82; St. Andrew's Church given to the Pre- 
 
 centor's Office, 128; Ap. 30, 33. 
 Whitton Re(5tory in Hertfordrtiire, given to the See by Bp. 
 
 Norwold, 147. 
 Wibert, Officer under Algar Earl of Holland, 66. 
 Wichlaw, Five Hundreds in, Jurifdidlion of, given to Ely 
 
 Monaftery, 72; Ap. 13, 19. 
 Wichford, 75, 79, 134; Church appropriated to the Hofti- 
 
 larius, 128, 146; Ap. 21, 30, 33. 
 Wicham 79, 134, 2 20; Church appropriated to the Cham- 
 berlain, 128, 147,2175 Ap. 21, 30, 33. 
 Wido, the Sher ff, 107. Abbot of Perihore, at Elv, 117. 
 Wigmore Daniel, Preb. and Archdeacon of Ely, 242, 245, 
 
 278. 
 Wihumer, Sheriff, 107. 
 Wilberham, Walter de, 218. 
 
 Wilberton A'lanor, 75, 79; alienated, 196, 270, 271. 
 "^Vilburton Thomas, Student in Divinity, Ap. 41. 
 Wilfric, 6th Abbot of Ely, Life, 97; gives his Brother part 
 
 of the Abby Ertate, 100 ; and dies, ib. 
 Wilfrid, Bp. of York and Hexham, 19; glazed feveral 
 Churches which he had built, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27; 
 advifes St. Etheldreda to perfevere in her Virginity, 
 though married, 49 ; gives her the Veil, 50,52; difgraced 
 at Court, 53; lives at Ely, 54; introduces the Benedic- 
 tine Rule into England, 54 ; exercifes Epifcopal JurilViic- 
 tion at Ely, 56 ; obtains ofthe Pope Immunities for that 
 Abby, 57,59; attends theTranftation of St. Etheldreda, 
 61; Ap.3. 
 Wyllan, Ap. I. 
 
 Wilford Francis, Dean of Ely, 234. 
 Wilks Richard, Preb. of Ely, 249. 
 Willet Thomas, Preb. of Ely, 253. 
 Willet Andrew, Preb. of Ely, 253, 254. Paul, 254. 
 William Conqueror, invades England, loi; Crowned King, 
 ib. befieges the Ifle of Ely, lOi, 102, 103; alienates the 
 Abby lands to his Normans, ib. Fines the Convent, 
 where he pays his devotions, 104; deprives the Englifli 
 of their pofTeffions, 105 ; Confirms the Privileges of Ely 
 Abby, 107 ; his death, 1 11; Ap. 4, 6, 9, 10, 23. 
 William Rufus crowned, in; opprefles theAbby of Ely, ib. 
 William III, King, 205, 206, 207, 208, 280. 
 William, Prior of Ely, 216. 
 
 William, Nephew of Bp. Hervey, 132. v. Laventon. 
 William, a Cardinal Prieft, Archdeacon of Ely, 274. 
 William, Bp. of Exeter, Ap. 13, 17. 
 William, Bp. of Winchefter, Ap. 17. 
 William, Duke of Normandy, Son to K. Henry I, Ap. 19. 
 Williams Mr. Philip, Rector ofDcdington, Ap. 49. 
 Williams Elizabeth, her Epitaph, Ap. 49; Alice, ib. 
 
 *L Willis 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Willis,Mr. Brown, corredled, 183, 184, 196, 197,215,220, 
 241. 
 
 Willoughby, Lord, 170. 
 
 Wilfon, Dr. Prcb. of Weftminfter, 39, 43. 
 
 Wimbilh, given to Ely Monaftery, 93. 
 
 Wimer, the Sheriff, 107. 
 
 Wimihngton, 75. 
 
 Winchellea, ABp. of Canterbury, 154, 219. 
 
 Winchefter, old Cathedral of, 31, 36. 
 
 Windows of Churches, by the Saxons and Normans, 34, 
 35, 40, 41. 
 
 Wingfield Sir John, 179, Ap. 36 ; 
 
 Wingfield Sir Richard, 188. 
 
 Winfton in Suffolk, 134; Ap. 21. 
 
 Winter Francis and William, Lay-Clarks, 281. 
 
 Wifbech, 79, 87 ; appropriated to Ely Monaftery, 150 ; 
 Lands at, to find a Taper at St. Etheldreda's Altar, 146, 
 147-, Caftleat, Palace of the Bp. of Ely, 163,181; re- 
 paired by Bp. Andrews, 198; ConftablcofthcCaftle, 172. 
 
 Wifbcch John de. Monk ot Ely, 156, 221. 
 
 Wifdcm Robert, Archdeacon of E31y, 278. 
 
 Withburga St., Sifter of St. Etheldreda, 15; her Body re- 
 moved to Ely, 76, 77, 78, 91 ; Tranflation of, 117, 148. 
 
 ■\Vittlefey William, Monk of Ely, 223; eleded Prior, 224. 
 
 Wivelingham given to Ely Monaftery by Uva, 86,94, 104, 
 269; Ap. 3. 
 
 Wlfwold Abbot of Chertfey, 107. 
 
 "W^lfius gave Sutton to Ely Monaftery, 75. 
 
 Wlfi, Abbot of Ramfey, 84 ; flain at the Battle of Afhen, 88. 
 
 Wodehoufe Sir Edward, at Bp. Morton's Inftallation, 179 ; 
 A p. 36. 
 
 Wood David, Organlft, 281. 
 
 Woodville Sir Richard, marries JaquelinedeLuxemburgh, 
 170J Earl of Rivers, ib. Elizabeth, Qiieen of Edward IV, 
 170, 182; Ap. 44. 
 
 Woodvile Anthony, Lord Scales, 229. 
 
 Woodbridge, 75. 
 
 Woodftockj Thomas of, Duke of Glocefter, 173. 
 
 WIfamere, Royal Village, Ap. i. 
 
 Wlfwold, Abbot, Ap. 10. 
 
 Woiname Robert, Sexton, Ap. 41. 
 
 Wolfey Thomas, Cardinal, ABp. of York, 190, 192. 
 
 Wolfey William, burnt at Wisbech for Merely, 192. 
 
 Wolftan, ABp. of York, 82, 85 ; Account of him, 90, 91 ; 
 buried at Ely, 91, 285. 
 
 Wolftan of Delham, Sheriff of Cambridgeftiire, Benefador 
 to Ely, 70, 72. 
 
 Womack Laurence, Preb. of Ely, Bp. of St. David's, 258 ; 
 Anne, ib. 
 
 Worcefter Cathedral, 36. 
 
 Wratting given to Ely Monaftery by Elfelm,86, 87. Ap. 2. 
 
 Wratting Church, appropriated to the Infirmary, 129. 
 
 Wren Sir Chriftopiier, correifted, 31, 37, 38. 
 
 Wren Alatthew, Bp. of Ely, 200, 201 ; imprifoned in the 
 Tower near 18 years ; built Pembroke Hall Chapel, where 
 buried, 201, 206, 235, 236, 248, 255, 262 ; Ap. 25, 26j 
 his Arms, Ap. 46. Francis, 200; Stephen, 201. 
 
 Wren Thomas, Preb. and Archdeacon of Ely, 255, 279. 
 
 Wulfere, King of Mercia, 24, 62. 
 
 VVyllan, loooo Eels due from the Village of, given Ely Mo- 
 naftery by King Edgar, 73. Ap. i. 
 
 Yonge, Dr. Philip, Bp. of Norwich, 252. 
 
 York Cathedral, firft built of Wood, 16; and then of Stone, 
 
 17, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 36, 38, 43. 
 York City, taken by the Danes, 64, 65, 100; fubdued by 
 
 the Normans, loi. 
 York, ABp. of, refufes canonical obedience to Canterbury, 
 
 123; fubmits, ib. 
 York, Elizabeth of. Queen of Henry VIE 170. 
 York, Robert of, elected Bp. of Ely by the Monks, but re- 
 
 fufed by the King, 145 ; keeps polteffion fiveyears,ib. 273. 
 York, John of, Ap. 8, 9. 
 Young Arthur, Ap. 26. 
 Young John, Preb. of Ely, 244. 
 
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