About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: John Morton, Lancelot Andrewes, Thomas Bourchier, Hugh de Balsham, Simon Langham, Nigel, William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely, Hervey le Breton, Thomas Arundel, William Grey, Richard Cox, Francis Turner, Geoffrey Ridel, John Alcock, William Fleetwood, John Kirkby, Francis White, James Stanley, Geoffrey de Burgh, John Salmon, Hugh of Northwold, Anthony Russell, Edmund Keene, Stephen Conway, James Woodford, Harold Browne, William of Louth, William of Kilkenny, John of Fountains, Philip Morgan, Matthew Wren, John Moore, Peter Gunning, Joseph Allen, Thomas Turton, Noel Hudson, Matthias Mawson, Thomas Goodrich, Ralph Walpole, Nicholas Felton, Edward Roberts, Peter Walker, Robert Butts, Stephen Sykes, Bernard Heywood, Simon Patrick, Thomas Green, Edward Wynn, John Barnet, Richard Redman, Thomas Dampier, Martin Heton, Frederic Chase, Lord Alwyne Compton, Lewis of Luxembourg, Nicholas West, John Buckeridge, Leonard White-Thomson, Benjamin Lany, Thomas Gooch, John Hotham, Thomas de Lisle, Simon Montacute, Thomas Thirlby, Robert of York, James Yorke, Bowyer Sparke, John Ketton, Robert Orford. Excerpt: Nigel (c. 1100-1169) (sometimes Nigel Poor or Nigel of Ely) was an Anglo-Norman bishop of Ely. He came from an ecclesiastical family; his uncle Roger of Salisbury was a bishop and government minister for King Henry I, and other relatives also held offices in the English Church and government. Nigel owed his advancement to his uncle, as did Nigel's probable brother Alexander, who like Nigel was advanced to episcopal status. Nigel was educated on the continent before becoming a royal administrator. He served as Treasurer of England under King Henry I of England, before being appointed to the see, or bishopric, of Ely in 1133. His tenure was marked by conflicts with the monks of his cathedral chapter, who believed that Nigel kept incom...
