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Balliol College, Oxford. Coat of arms. John Morton ( c. 1420 – 15 September 1500) was an English cleric, civil lawyer and administrator during the period of the Wars of the Roses. He entered royal service under Henry VI and was a trusted councillor under Edward IV and Henry VII. Edward IV made him Bishop of Ely and under Henry VII he became ...
The Bishop's Palace, Ely was one of the residences of the Bishop of Ely from the 15th century until 1941. It is a Grade I listed building. [1] The palace was built in the 15th century by Bishop John Alcock however just two towers from the original building remain. He also completed the bishop’s palace (now Wisbech Castle) at Wisbech (where he ...
Matthew Wren (3 December 1585 – 24 April 1667) was an influential English clergyman, bishop and scholar. Life [ edit ] He was the eldest son of Francis Wren (born 18 January 1552 at Newbold Revell [1] ), citizen and mercer of London, [2] only son of Cuthbert Wren (d.1558 [1] ), of Monk's-Kirby , in the county of Warwick, and his wife Mary, daughter of William Jenkinson. [1]
James Stanley (c. 1465–1515), scion of a distinguished aristocratic family, was Bishop of Ely from 1506 to 1515. He was the third son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. [1] Described as the tallest man in England and reputed to be some 6 feet 7 inches tall, he took holy orders after university study, but, although regarded as a popular man ...
An 18th-century plan of Ely House Origins. Ely Place stands on land that had been the site of Ely Palace or Ely House, the London townhouse of the Bishops of Ely from 1290 to 1772. Land in the Holborn area was bought by John de Kirkby in 1280. He was appointed Bishop of Ely in 1286 and on his death in 1290, he left the estate to the see of Ely.
Newcome's School. Alma mater. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. James Yorke (9 March 1730 – 26 August 1808) was a British clergyman. Yorke was the son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, and Margaret Cocks. He was educated at Newcome's School, proceeding in 1748 to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (M.A. 1752, D.D. 1770).
Simon Montacute (died 1345) was a medieval Bishop of Worcester and Bishop of Ely . Montacute was the third son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (d. 18 October 1319), by Elizabeth Montfort (d. August 1354), daughter of Sir Piers Montfort of Beaudesert, Warwickshire.
