Edward Story

Edward Story
Bishop of Chichester
Tomb of Story within Chichester Cathedral
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of Chichester
In office	1477–1503
Predecessor	John Arundel
Successor	Richard FitzJames
Personal details
Died	16 March 1503
Previous post	Bishop of Carlisle

Edward Story (or Storey; died 1503) was an English priest, Bishop of Carlisle, 1468–1477, and Bishop of Chichester, 1477–1503.

Story was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he was elected a fellow about 1444.^[1] In 1450, he was appointed Master of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, a post he held together with his later preferments until 1477. Advanced to the bishopric of Carlisle by papal provision on 18 July 1468, he was consecrated a bishop on 2 October 1468.^[2] He was translated to Chichester on 11 February 1478.^[3] He served as chaplain to Elizabeth Woodville and as Chancellor of Cambridge University. He founded the Prebendal School in Chichester, and he is reputed to have had the Chichester Cross erected.

Story died on 16 March 1503.^[3]

Citations

↑ "Story, Edwatd (STRY444E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 236
↑ 3.0 3.1 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Richard Scroope	Bishop of Carlisle 1468–1477	Succeeded by Richard Bell
Preceded by John Arundel	Bishop of Chichester 1477–1503	Succeeded by Richard FitzJames

Bishop of Carlisle

Pre-Reformation	Æthelwold Paulinus of Leeds Bernard Hugh of Beaulieu Walter Mauclerk Silvester de Everdon Thomas Vipont Robert de Sancta Agatha Robert de Chauncy William Langton Ralph of Irton John de Halton William Ayremyn John Ross John Kirkby John Horncastle Gilbert Welton Thomas Appleby Robert Reed Thomas Merke William Strickland Roger Whelpdale William Barrow Marmaduke Lumley Nicholas Close William Percy John Kingscote Richard Scroope Edward Story Richard Bell William Senhouse Roger Leyburn John Penny John Kite Robert Aldrich Owen Oglethorpe

Post-Reformation	Richard Barnes John May Henry Robinson Robert Snoden Richard Milbourne Richard Senhouse Francis White Barnaby Potter James Ussher Richard Sterne Edward Rainbowe Thomas Smith William Nicolson Samuel Bradford John Waugh Sir George Fleming Richard Osbaldeston Charles Lyttelton Edmund Law John Douglas Hon Edward Venables-Vernon Samuel Goodenough Hon Hugh Percy Hon Henry Villiers Hon Samuel Waldegrave Harvey Goodwin John Bardsley John Diggle Henry Williams Thomas Bloomer Cyril Bulley David Halsey Ian Harland Graham Dow James Newcome

Bishops of Chichester

High Medieval	Stigand of Selsey Godfrey Ralph de Luffa Seffrid Hilary John of Greenford Seffrid Simon of Wells Nicholas de Aquila Richard Poore Ranulf of Wareham Ralph Neville Robert Passelewe Richard de la Wich John Climping Stephen Bersted Gilbert of St Leonard

Late Medieval	John Langton Robert de Stratford William Lenn William Reade Thomas Rushhook Richard Mitford Robert Waldby Robert Reed Stephen Patrington Henry Ware John Kemp Thomas Polton John Rickingale Thomas Brunce Simon Sydenham Richard Praty Adam Moleyns Reginald Pecock John Arundel Edward Story Richard FitzJames

Early modern	Robert Sherborne Richard Sampson George Day John Scory George Day John Christopherson William Barlow Richard Curteys Thomas Bickley Anthony Watson Lancelot Andrewes Samuel Harsnett George Carleton Richard Montagu Brian Duppa Henry King Peter Gunning Ralph Brideoake Guy Carleton John Lake Simon Patrick Robert Grove John Williams Thomas Manningham Thomas Bowers Edward Waddington Francis Hare Matthias Mawson Sir William Ashburnham

Late modern	John Buckner Robert Carr Edward Maltby William Otter Philip Shuttleworth Ashurst Gilbert Richard Durnford Ernest Wilberforce Charles Ridgeway Winfrid Burrows George Bell Roger Wilson Eric Kemp John Hind Martin Warner