Edward Story

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Edward Story

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Chichester
Title	Bishop of Chichester
Period in office	1477–1503
Predecessor	John Arundel
Successor	Richard FitzJames
Religious career
Previous bishoprics	Bishop of Carlisle
Personal
Date of death	March 16, 1503

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

He was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he was elected a fellow about 1444. He was selected to be bishop of Carlisle on July 18, 1468, and consecrated on October 2, 1468.^[1] He was translated to Chichester on February 11, 1478.^[2] 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.

He died on March 16, 1503.^[2]

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[edit] References

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

Roman 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

Persondata
NAME	Story, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Storey, Edward
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Carlisle, Bishop of Chichester
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	March 16, 1503
PLACE OF DEATH