342 ELY.
scopal insignia^^. He was confirmed 13th April; consecrated on the I9ths^, and on the 21st of the same month he had plenary restitution of the tempo- ralities ^-^ The great seal was delivered to him as lord keeper 22nd Dec. 1551, and 19th Jan. 1551-2 his Majesty appointed him chancellor of England '^. He died at Somersham loth May I.554^^ and was buried in Ely cathedral *^^ a license issued loth July 1554 to elect a bishop in the room of the last deceased ^9. 1554 Thomas Thirlby, bishop of Norwich, was translated 1&2P.&M. to Ely, and obtained the royal assent 17th Aug. 155490, The temporalities were restored to him 15th Sept. following 91, and he was installed on the 24th of the same month. He was deprived for refusing to take the oath of supremacy, pursuant to act of par- liament of ist Elizabeth; and the spiritualities of the sec were taken into the hands of the dean and chapter of Canterbury 23rd Nov. 1559^-. He died at Lam- beth 26th Aug. 1570, and was buried in the parish church there 9J. Upon the deprivation of Thomas Thirlby, a license to elect a bishop in his stead issued 15th July 1559"', in pursuance of which 1559 Richard Cox^^ S.T.P., the first dean of Oxford, was 2 Eliz. elected 28th July 1559, and obtained the royal assent to his election 18th Dec. following^^. He was con- firmed in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow on the 20th of the same month, and consecrated the next day (Sunday 21st Dec.) at Lambeth 9". He obtained resti-
��83 Pat. 25 H.VIII. p. 2. m.31. '-' Reg. Cantuar.
^ Reg. Cranmer. fol. 87. ^ Ex Epitaphio.
8S Pat. 25 H. VIII. p. 2. m. 3. 9-> Pat. 1 Eliz. p. 6. m. i.
8" Claus. 5 Edw. VI. p. 5. in ^^ He had been dean of Christ
dorso. Church, Oxford, but was deprived
87 According to others pth May. of that dignity by queen Mary in
88 Ex Epitaphio. i553- He was nominated to Nor-
89 Pat. I & 2 Phil. & Mar. m.26. wich, but before consecration was
90 Pat. I & 2 Phil. & Mar. p.i. elected bishop of Ely.
m. 26. 96 Pat. 2 Eliz. p. 14. m. 2.
91 Ibid. 97 Reg. Parker, fol. 22.
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