'J')IOCESE OF ELY • 763 . :Barnet the convent proceeded to elect as usual, and Henry de "\VekefiBld was then duly elected; but the pope annulled all their proceedings, and ·conferred the bishopric upon Thomas de .Arundel second son of Richard earl of Arundel, and archdeacon of Taunton who was then only 22 years of age, and a subdeacon. He was consecrated at Otford in Kent in 1374. In 1388 he was translated to the see of York, and in 1396 translated to • the see of Canterbury and died in 1414. He was a prelate of great magnificence and liberality and whilst he held the see of Ely, almost re­ built the bishop's palace in Holborn. John Fordham, dean of Wells and keeper of the privy seal was translated from Durham by pope Urban, VI. This appointment was considered as a kind of degradation, which how­ ever he was forced to accept. During his episcopate the university of Cambridge is said to have obtained of pope :Bonifice IX. a bull of ex­ emption from the necessity of having their chancellor-elect confirmed by the bishop of Ely, as heretofore· had been the custom from the foundation • of the -qni\ersity. Having enjoyed the see. for above 37 years he died at Downham on November 19th, 1425, and was interred in St. Mary's • • • chapel. The convent of Ely having obtained licence to proceed to • election, the king recommended to-them William Almeric, his confessor: • • • 0 the monks however made choice of their own prior, Peter -de Ely; but before he was confirmed the pope had Philip Morgan, L. L.IJ. translated from the see of Worcester. This prelate was an eminent civilian and was frequently employed in embassies into :Burgundy, France, Arragon and other parts- abroad. He died at Hatfield, October 25th 1435, and was buried according to his own appointment in the con.ventual church of the Charter house London. On the death of bishop Morgan the con­ vent unanimously elected John Fitzhugh bishop of London, but he dying before his translation, Lewis ile Luxemburgh, was translated from the -see ' of Rouen. He was broth8r of Peter de Luxemburgh count de St. Paul, nearly allied 'to the crown of England and had long supported the English interest in France. In 1436 he was elected archbishop of Rouen in N orinandy, but as English affairs in France were much on the decline about this time it is probable that he~ad no full enjoyment of his see on account .of the wal's. He tht;refore quitted France and came into England to enjoy the patronage of King Henry VI. to whom he steadily adhered and had given the highest proofs of disinterested loyalty. In .