- Edward Story
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name = Edward Story
religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Chichester
Title =Bishop of Chichester
Period = 1477–1503
Predecessor =John Arundel
Successor =Richard FitzJames
ordination =
bishops =Bishop of Carlisle
post =
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =16 March 1503
place of death =Edward Story or Storey (died 1503) was an English
priest ,Bishop of Carlisle , 1468–1477, andBishop of Chichester , 1477–1503.He was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he was elected a
fellow about 1444. In 1450, he was appointed Master ofMichaelhouse, Cambridge , a post he held together with his later preferments until 1477. Advanced to the bishopric of Carlisle by papal provisionFact|date=October 2008 on 18 July 1468, he was consecrated a bishop on 2 October 1468.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 236] He was translated to Chichester on 11 February 1478.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 239] He served aschaplain toElizabeth Woodville and as Chancellor of Cambridge University. He founded thePrebendal School inChichester , and he is reputed to have had theChichester Cross erected.He died on 16 March 1503.
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NAME= Story, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Storey, Edward
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Carlisle, Bishop of Chichester
DATE OF BIRTH=
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH=16 March 1503
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