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tution of the temporalities 23rd March 1559-6098. He died 22nd July 1581, and was buried in Ely cathe- dral. His will, dated 20th April 1581, was proved loth Aug. following.
After the death of bishop Cox, tJie see was vacant upivards of eighteen years.
1599 Martin Heton, S.T.P., dean of Winchester^ was elected B 42 Eliz. 20th Dec. 1598, and obtained the royal assent to his election 23rd Jan. 1598-9^9. JJe was confirmed 1st Feb., and consecrated on the 3rd of the same month^. He died at Mildenhall in Suffolk 14th July 1609, setat. 57, and was buried in Ely cathedral -. His will, dated 10th July 1609, was proved 26th April 1610^.
1609 Lancelot Andrews, bishop of Chichester^ was trans- 7 Jac. I. lated to the see of Ely, having been elected thereto 22nd Sept."* 1609; he was confirmed 6th Nov. fol- liowng^, and was translated to AVinchester in Feb. 1618-19^. A conge d'elire, vice Lancelot Andrews, issued 26th Feb. 1618-197.
1619 Nicholas Felton, bishop of Bristol, was elected to this 17 Jac. I. see 2nd March 1618-19, received the royal assent on the 6th, and was confirmed on the i ith of the same month-'. The temporalities were restored to him 6th Aug. following 10, He died 6th Oct. 1626, setat. 6^, and was buried in the church of St. Antholin, London, of which he had been formerly rector. His will is in the Prerogative Office, London ^i. The license to elect a bishop in the room of Nicholas Felton is dated 8th April 162812.
1628 John Buckeridge, bishop of Rochester, was elected to 4 Car. I. Ely 17th April 1628; received the royal assent 26th
98 Pat. 3 Eliz. p. 14. m. 3. 6 Camd. Annal. Jac. I.
99 Pat. 42 Eliz. p. 7. 7 Pat. 16 Jac. I. p. 24. m. i.
1 Reg. Whitg. iii. fol. 37. 8 Ibid. N^. 2.
2 Ex Epitaphio. 9 Reg. Abbot, pars i. fol. 138.
3 Wingfield, 32. 10 Pat. 17 Jac. I. p. 12. N". i. '* Browne Willis says 9th Sept. n Hele, 134.
5 Reg. Bancroft, fol. 84. 12 Pat. 4 Car. I. p. 38. N^. 6.
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