ames and dates of the earlier bishops are taken from Bishop Stubbs'
"Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum." Of the bishops between 1609 and 1845
there was only one (Peter Gunning) who was not translated to Ely from
some other see. It is now an unwritten law that the Bishop of Ely should
be a Cambridge man. For at least two centuries and a half this rule has
been followed, if we except Francis Turner; and he, though of New
College, Oxford, had been Master of S. John's, Cambridge. Unless
otherwise stated, the bishops were buried at Ely.

The original diocese of Ely was enlarged, in 1837, by the addition of
the counties of Huntingdon and Bedford, and the archdeaconry of Sudbury.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Cathedrals "of the old foundation" were cathedrals from the
first, and had deans and chapters of secular canons. Those that
were once conventual churches had no deans or canons till Henry
VIII. An easy way of identifying cathedrals of the old foundation
is this: if the non-resident canons have the title of
prebendaries, they are members of a cathedral of the old
foundation. The modern dignity of honorary canon was created in
order that all other cathedrals might have a body of clergy
corresponding to the prebendaries of the ancient cathedrals.

[2] He is called, in Bishop Stubbs' "Registrum Sacrum
Anglicanum," Herve le Breton.

[3] Quoted by Bentham, p. 187.

[4] Of Peterborough, in his "Musae Subsecivae."

[5] Bentham, p. 213.

[Illustration: PRIOR CRAUDEN'S CHAPEL.
_Photochrom Co. Ltd. Photo._]

CHAPTER VI.

THE PRECINCTS.

Besides numerous remains of mediaeval architecture to be found in the
residences and private grounds of the cathedral clergy, there are some
buildings of great interest to the south of the cathedral, the two most
remarkable being the infirmary and Prior Crauden's chapel. Of the former
no more than the piers and arches are to be seen, as the roof is gone,
and the whole has been converted into residences. The latter is quite
perfect.

The #Infirmary# is in the same relative position to the church as at
Peterborough, at the south-east. The plan was that of an ordinary
church, with nave, aisles, and chancel; but the chancel was the chapel,
the aisles were the quarters of the inmates, and the nave was a common
hall, or ambulatory. So complete was the resemblance to a church that
the true purpose of thi