Benjamin Lany

The Right Reverend Benjamin Lany
Bishop of Ely

Diocese	Diocese of Ely
In office	1667–1675
Predecessor	Peter Gunning
Successor	Matthew Wren
Other posts	Bishop of Peterborough (1660–1663) Bishop of Lincoln (1663–1667)
Personal details
Born	1591 (1591) Ipswich
Died	24 January 1675(1675-01-24) (aged 84)
Buried	Ely Cathedral
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge

Memorial to Bishop Benjamin Laney in Ely Cathedral

Benjamin Lany, F.R.S., D.D. (or Laney; 1 January 1591 – 24 January 1675) was an English academic and bishop.^[1]

Early life

Lany was born in Ipswich^[2] and entered Christ's College, Cambridge in 1608.^[3] He graduated B.A. in 1612 and M.A. in 1615; and became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1616.

Career (pre Civil War)

He was ordained on 21 February 1619. After a curacy at Madingley he held livings at Hambledon, Hampshire, Bishops Waltham and Buriton.^[4] He was also Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester from 1628.^[5]He became Master of Pembroke in 1630; and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1632.

Civil War years

In 1643 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester and Simeon Ashe led a visitation to the University on behalf of Parliament. This saw Lany deprived of his position. He went into exile with the future Charles II of England.^[6]

Career (post Civil War)

After the Restoration of 1660, he became Dean of Rochester in July 1660, Bishop of Peterborough in December 1660,^[7] Bishop of Lincoln in May 1663,^[8] and Bishop of Ely^[9] from 1667.^[6]

Notes

↑ Pepys Diary
↑ Soham Town Forum
↑ "Laney, Benjamin (LNY608B)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ A History of Christianity in Petersfield, Leaton, E. (ed.) (2001, Petersfield, Petersfield Area Historical Society: Monograph Number 4 p17) ISSN 0262-5970
↑ "English Historical Facts, 1603-1688" Cook,C./ Wroughton,J. p139: London, Macmillan, 1980 ISBN 978-1-349-02676-0
1 2 Concise Dictionary of National Biography
↑ Peterborough Cathedral: History of the See
↑ British History on-line
↑ Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 7, Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester Dioceses

Academic offices
Preceded by Jerome Beale	Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge 1630–1644	Succeeded by Richard Vines
Preceded by Thomas Comber	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1632–1633	Succeeded by Richard Love
Preceded by William Moses	Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge 1660–1662	Succeeded by Mark Franck
Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Turner vacant from 1644	Dean of Rochester July 1660–December 1660	Succeeded by Nathaniel Hardy
Preceded by John Towers vacant from 1649	Bishop of Peterborough 1660–1663	Succeeded by Joseph Henshaw
Preceded by Robert Sanderson	Bishop of Lincoln 1663–1667	Succeeded by William Fuller
Preceded by Matthew Wren	Bishop of Ely 1667–1675	Succeeded by Peter Gunning

Deans of Rochester

Early modern

Late modern

Bishops of Peterborough
Early modern	John Chambers David Pole Edmund Scambler Richard Howland Thomas Dove William Piers Augustine Lindsell Francis Dee John Towers Benjamin Lany Joseph Henshaw William Lloyd Thomas White Richard Cumberland White Kennett Robert Clavering John Thomas Richard Terrick Robert Lamb John Hinchliffe
Late modern	Spencer Madan John Parsons Herbert Marsh George Davys Francis Jeune William Connor Magee Mandell Creighton Edward Glyn Frank Woods Cyril Bardsley Claude Blagden Spencer Leeson Robert Stopford Cyril Easthaugh Douglas Feaver Bill Westwood Ian Cundy Donald Allister

Bishops of Lincoln
Leicester	Cuthwine Wilfrid Headda Aldwine Torhthelm Eadbeorht Unwona Wernbeorht Hræthhun Ealdred Ceobred see removed to Dorchester
Dorchester	Harlardus Wigmund Coenwulf Wynsige Æthelwold Oscytel united see: Leofwine Alnothus Æscwig Ælfhelm Eadnoth (I) Æthelric Eadnoth (II) Ulfus Normanus Wulfwig Remigius de Fécamp
High Medieval	Remigius de Fécamp Robert Bloet Alexander Robert de Chesney Geoffrey Plantagenet Walter de Coutances Hugh of Avalon William de Blois Hugh of Wells Robert Grosseteste Henry of Lexington Richard of Gravesend Oliver Sutton
Late Medieval	John Dalderby Anthony Bek Henry Burghersh Thomas Bek John Gynwell John Bokyngham Henry Beaufort Philip Repyngdon Richard Fleming William Grey William Alnwick Marmaduke Lumley John Chadworth Thomas Rotherham John Russell
Early modern	William Smyth Thomas Wolsey William Atwater John Longland Henry Holbeach John Taylor John White Thomas Watson Nicholas Bullingham Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Chaderton William Barlow Richard Neile George Montaigne John Williams Thomas Winniffe Robert Sanderson Benjamin Lany William Fuller Thomas Barlow Thomas Tenison James Gardiner William Wake Edmund Gibson Richard Reynolds John Thomas John Green Thomas Thurlow
Late modern	George Pretyman (later Pretyman Tomline) George Pelham John Kaye John Jackson Christopher Wordsworth Edward King Edward Hicks William Swayne Nugent Hicks Aylmer Skelton Leslie Owen Maurice Harland Kenneth Riches Simon Phipps Bob Hardy John Saxbee Christopher Lowson

Bishops of Ely
High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole
Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock
Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke
Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne James Woodford Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 54494609 LCCN: n83124561 IATH: w6k17m7p

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