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Bishops of Ely
1106-1707

The list below includes all the bishops of Ely who were connected with the palace at Somersham. The bishopric was created shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1106 when the abbey was upgraded to a Cathedral.

Hervey 1106 1131
Nigel 1133 1169
Geoffrey Ridel 1173 1189
William Longchamp 1189 1197
Eustace 1198 1215
Robert of York 1215 1220
John of Fountains 1220 1225
Geoffrey deBurgh 1225 1228
Hugh Northwold 1229 1254
William de Kilkenny 1254 1256
Hugh de Balsham 1257 1286
John de Kirkeby 1286 1290
William de Luda 1290 1298
Ralph de Walpole 1299 1302
Robert de Oxford 1302 1310
John de Keterne 1310 1316
John Hotham 1316 1337
Simon de Montacute 1337 1345
Thomas L'Isle 1345 1361
Simon Langham 1362 1366
John Barnett 1366 1373
Thomas de Arundel 1374 1388
John Fordham 1388 1425

Philip Morgan 1426 1438
Lewis of Luxembourg 1438 1444
Thomas Bourgchier 1444 1454
William Grey 1454 1479
John Morton 1479 1486
John Alcock 1486 1501
Richard Redman 1501 1506
James Stanley 1506 1515
Nicholas West 1515 1534
Thomas Goodrich 1534 1554
Thomas Thirlby 1554 1559
Richard Cox 1559 1599
Martin Heaton 1600 1609
Lancelot Andrewes 1609 1619
Nicholas fenton 1619 1628
John Buckeridge 1628 1631
Francis White 1631 1638
Matthew Wren 1638 1667
Benjamin Laney 1667 1675
Peter Gunning 1675 1684
Francis Turner 1684 1691
Simon Patrick 1691 1707

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