Diocese of Ely
DIOCESE OF ELY
Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Roman Catholic (1109-1559), Anglican (since 1559)
Established : 1109
Official blazon
Gules three Ducal Coronets two and one Or.
Origin/meaning
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.
The earliest recorded use of this Arms is by Bishop William de Luda in 1290. They are those assigned to S. Etheldreda, Queen of Northumbria and founder of the Abbey of Ely, in whose honour the Cathedral is dedicated.
Arms of Catholic Bishops
Hervey le Breton (1109-1131)
Nigel (1133-1169)
Geoffrey Ridel (1173-1189 Died)
William Longchamp (1189-1197)
Eustache (1197-1215)
John of Fountains (1219-1225)
Geoffrey de Burgh (1225-1228)
Hugh Norwold (1229-1254)
William de Kilkenny (1254-1256)
Hugh Belsham (1256-1286)
John Kirkby (1286-1290)
William of Louth (1290-1298)
Ralph Walpole (1299-1302)
Robert Orford (1302-1310)
John Keeton (1310-1316)
John Hotham (1316-1337)
Simon Montacute (1337-1345)
Thomas de Lisle (1345-1361)
Simon Langham (1362-1366)
John Barnet (1367-1373)
Thomas Arundel (1374-1388)
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John Fordham (1388-1425)
Philip Morgan (1426-1438)
Louis de Luxembourg (Administrator, 1438-1443)
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Thomas Bourchier (1444-1454)
William Grey (1454-1478)
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John Morton (1479-1486)
John Alcock (1486-1500)
Richard Redman (1501-1505)
James Stanley (1506-1515)
Nicholas West (1515-1533)
Thomas Goodrich (1534-1554)
Thomas Thirlby (1554-1559)
Arms of Anglican Bishops
Richard Cox (1559-1581)
Martin Heton (1600-1609)
Lancelot Andrewes (1609-1619)
Nicholas Felton (1619-1628)
John Buckeridge (1628-1631)
Francis White (1631-1638)
Matthew Wren (1638-1646; 1660-1667)
Benjamin Lany (1667-1675)
Peter Gunning (1675-1684)
Francis Turner (1684-1691)
Simon Patrick (1691-1707)
John Moore (1707-1714)
William Fleetwood (1714-1723)
Thomas Green (1723-1738)
Robert Butts (1738-1748)
Thomas Gooch (1748-1754)
Matthias Mawson (1754-1771)
Edmund Keene (1771-1781)
James Yorke (1781-1808)
Thomas Dampier (1808-1812)
Bowyer Sparke (1812-1836)
Joseph Allen (1836-1845)
Thomas Turton (1845-1864)
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Harold Browne (1864-1873)
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James Woodford (1873-1885)
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Alwyne Compton (1886-1905)
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Frederic Chase (1905-1924)
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Leonard White-Thomson (1924-1933)
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Bernard Heywood (1934-1941)
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Edward Wynn (1941-1957)
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Noel Hudson (1957-1964)
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Edward Roberts (1964-1977)
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Peter Walker (1977-1990)
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Stephen Sykes (1990-2000)
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Anthony Russell (2000-2010)
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Stephen Conway (2010-present)
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