William of Ely

William
William
Archdeacon of Cleveland
Church	Catholic
In office	1201
Personal details
Previous post(s)	Canon of St. Paul's; Prebend of Leighton Buzzard
Treasurer
	In office; 1196 – August 1215
Monarch	Richard I; John
Preceded by	Richard FitzNeal
Succeeded by	Eustace of Fauconberg,; Bishop of London

William of Ely was an English churchman and the fifth Lord High Treasurer of England. He was a relative of Richard FitzNeal and supposed descendant of Nigel, Bishop of Ely, both previous Lord High Treasurers. He was appointed a Canon of St. Paul's just before being made Lord High Treasurer in 1196. He added the position of Archdeacon of Cleveland in 1201 and Prebendary of Leighton Buzzard in 1207.^[1]

A story about William of Ely tells of his attempted escape from England during a time when he had fallen from favour with the King; he was disguised as a commoner but was stopped when he proved unable to respond to a simple question posed to him in English (illustrating the dominance of the French language among nobles and clergymen at the time).^[2]

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^ Painter, Sydney (1979). The Reign of King John. Ayer Publishing. pp. 66–67.
^ Walter, Henriette (1994). Aventure des langues en Occident : leur origine, leur histoire, leur géographie. Paris: Laffont. p. 379.

Political offices
Preceded by Richard FitzNeal	Lord High Treasurer 1196–1215	Succeeded by Eustace of Fauconberg

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[1] Painter, Sydney (1979). The Reign of King John. Ayer Publishing. pp. 66–67.

[2] Walter, Henriette (1994). Aventure des langues en Occident : leur origine, leur histoire, leur géographie. Paris: Laffont. p. 379.

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High medieval	Hugh the Chanter Geoffrey de Muschamp John de Gray Hugh Murdac William of Ely /Serlo the elder
Late medieval	William Kexby Geoffrey Blythe
Early modern	Richard Rawlins James Denton Thomas Bedyll/ William Clyff Richard Langridge John Warner Christopher Malton Ralph Coulton Richard Remington John Phillips Henry Thurscross Robert Feild John Lake Barnabas Long John Burton James Fall John Richardson Jaques Sterne Francis Blackburne Robert Peirson
Late modern	Charles Baillie-Hamilton Francis Wrangham Leveson Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Henry Todd Edward Churton William Hey Henry Yeoman William Hutchings Thomas Lindsay Basil Carter Edmund Hope George Townley William Palin Stanley Linsley John Southgate Ron Woodley Chris Hawthorn Paul Ferguson Richard Rowling (Acting) Samantha Rushton Clay Roundtree (Acting) Amanda Bloor

William of Ely

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