oter of the great architectural works
carried on under the rule of Prior Crauden, and from the designs
of Alan de Walsingham, then Sacrist. In his time the Lady Chapel
was begun; the Octagon completed; and the exquisite bays of
the western Choir designed.

1337. Simon de Montacute, Bishop of Worcester.

The Monks had chosen Prior Crauden.

1345. Thomas L'Isle, Prior of Dominicans at Winchester.

The choice of the Monks, which had fallen upon Alan of Walsingham
the illustrious architect, then their Prior, was again set aside
by the Pope, 1361.

1362. Simon Langham, Abbot of Westminster, and Treasurer of England.
Afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, and Chancellor. In 1368
created Cardinal.

1366. John Barnet. Treasurer of England. Had been Bishop of Worcester;
afterwards of Bath, thence translated to Ely.

1374. Thomas de Arundel, Archdeacon of Taunton. Appointed Chancellor
of England in 1386; Archbishop of York in 1388, of Canterbury,
1396.

1388. John Fordham, Dean of Wells; Keeper of the Privy Seal.

1426. Philip Morgan, Bishop of Worcester. Died 1435.

1438. Louis de Luxemburg, Archbishop of Rouen. Had been Chancellor
of France and Normandy. Afterwards Cardinal.

1444. Thomas Bourchier, Bishop of Worcester; translated to Canterbury
1454. Cardinal, 1464.

1454. William Gray, D.D., Archdeacon of Northampton. Chancellor of the
University of Oxford. Lord Treasurer. Bishop Gray altered some
of the aisle windows of the Presbytery.

1478. John Morton, LL.D., Master of the Rolls. Archdeacon of Winchester.
Lord Chancellor, 1479. Translated to Canterbury, 1486.
Cardinal, 1493.

Bishop Morton was the first to attempt to drain the Fens; hence
"Morton's Leam," a drain extending from Guyhirn to Peterborough.

1486. John Alcock, LL.D., Master of the Rolls. Bishop of Rochester;
afterwards of Worcester; translated to Ely. Founder of Jesus
College, Cambridge. Bishop Alcock built the elaborate mortuary
chapel in which his remains lie buried, and much of the Episcopal
Palace at Ely.

1501. Richard Redman, D.D., Bishop of St. Asaph; then of Exeter.

1506. James Stanley, D.D., Archdeacon of Richmond; Precentor of Salisbury.

1515. Nicholas West, LL.D., Chaplain to King Henry VII. Dean of
Windsor. Built a chapel bearing his