John Kirkby (bishop of Ely)

For other people with the same name, see John Kirkby (disambiguation).

John Kirkby
Bishop of Ely
Elected	26 July 1286
Installed	24 December 1286
Predecessor	Hugh de Balsham
Successor	William of Louth
Other posts	Archdeacon of Coventry
Orders
Ordination	22 September 1286
Consecration	22 September 1286 by John Peckham
Personal details
Died	26 March 1290 Ely
Buried	Ely Cathedral
Denomination	Catholic

John Kirkby (died 26 March 1290) was an English ecclesiastic and statesman.

Life

Kirkby first appears in the historical record in the chancery during the reign of King Henry III of England. When Henry's son Edward I came to the throne, Kirkby was given the title vice-chancellor, because he often had custody of the Great Seal when the Chancellor, Robert Burnell, was absent from England.^[1] Often considered Burnell's protégé,^[2] Edward used Kirkby in 1282 as a collector of moneys for the king's Welsh campaigns.^[3] Edward rewarded him with a number of benefices, although Kirkby had not yet been ordained a priest.^[1] One such benefice was Archdeacon of Coventry.^[4]

Kirkby was Lord Treasurer from January 1284 to his death.^[4] Kirkby was probably behind the reforms that took place in the treasury and exchequer. Book-keeping methods were updated, information on sources of income improved, and efforts to collect debts to the crown intensified.^[5] Kirkby's Quest is the name given to a survey of various English counties which was made under Kirkby's direction in 1285 as part of this effort. The inquest investigated debts owed to the king, the status of vills, and the holding of knight's fees.^[6] Also in 1285, Edward I appointed Kirkby to oversee a judicial commission investigating disorder in London. Kirkby summoned the lord mayor and the aldermen of London to the Tower of London to appear before the commission. When the lord mayor of London resigned in protest at Kirkby's summons, Kirkby occupied the city and no lord mayor took office until 1298.^[7]

In 1283 Kirkby was elected Bishop of Rochester, but the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Peckham, opposed the appointment and Kirkby did not become bishop there.^[8] Pecham objected to his being bishop of Rochester because Kirkby was a pluralist.^[9] On 26 July 1286 he was elected Bishop of Ely, and was ordained as a priest and then consecrated on 22 September 1286 by Peckham, who did not object on pluralism grounds this time.^[9] He was enthroned at Ely Cathedral on 24 December 1286.^[10]

Kirkby died at Ely on 26 March 1290,^[11] after a botched attempt to bleed him.^[12] He was buried in Ely Cathedral. When he died, he left a brother Sir William (died without issue 1302) as his heir and four married sisters (Margarite, Alice, Mabell and Maud).^[13] Kirkby was a benefactor to his see, to which he left some property in London, including Ely Place.^[1] A marble tomb slab, now located in the north choir aisle, may possibly be from his tomb.^[14]

Citations

1 2 3 Prestwich "Kirkby, John" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
↑ Prestwich Edward I p. 234
↑ Prestwich Edward I p. 238
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 104
↑ Prestwich Edward I pp. 241–242
↑ Prestwich Edward I pp. 236–237
↑ Prestwich Edward I p. 265
↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Rochester: Bishops
1 2 Prestwich Edward I pp. 234–235
↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 244
↑ Prestwich Edward I p. 343
↑ Vincent's Visitation of the County of Leicestershire 1619
↑ Sayers "Once 'Proud Prelate'" Journal of the British Archaeological Association p. 80-84

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.
Greenway, Diana E. (1971). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
Greenway, Diana E. (1971). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Rochester: Bishops. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
Prestwich, Michael (1997). Edward I. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07157-4.
Prestwich, Michael (2004). "Kirkby, John (d. 1290)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (January 2008 revised ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15655. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
Sayers, Jane (2009). "A Once Proud Prelate: An Unidentified Episcopal Monument in Ely Cathedral". Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 162: 67–87. doi:10.1179/006812809x12448232842376.

Political offices
Preceded by Richard Ware	Lord Treasurer 1284–1290	Succeeded by William of March
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John Bradfield	Bishop of Rochester refused election 1283	Succeeded by Thomas Ingoldsthorpe
Preceded by Hugh de Balsham	Bishop of Ely 1286–1290	Succeeded by William of Louth

Bishops of Rochester

Pre-Conquest	Justus Romanus Paulinus of York Ithamar Damianus Putta Cwichelm Gebmund Tobias Aldwulf Dunn Eardwulf Diora Waermund (I) Beornmod Tatnoth Badenoth Waermund (II) Cuthwulf Swithwulf Ceolmund Cyneferth Burgric Beorhtsige Ælfstan Godwine (I) Godwine (II) Siward

Conquest–Reformation	Arnost Gundulf Ralph d'Escures Ernulf John (I) John (II) Ascelin Walter Waleran Gilbert Glanvill Benedict of Sausetun Henry Sandford Richard Wendene Lawrence of St Martin Walter de Merton John Bradfield John Kirkby Thomas Ingoldsthorpe Thomas Wouldham Hamo Hethe John Sheppey William Whittlesey Thomas Trilleck Thomas Brinton William Bottlesham John Bottlesham Richard Young John Kemp John Langdon Thomas Brunce William Wells John Low Thomas Rotherham John Alcock John Russell Edmund Audley Thomas Savage Richard FitzJames John Fisher

Post-Reformation	John Hilsey Nicholas Heath Henry Holbeach Nicholas Ridley John Ponet John Scory Maurice Griffith Edmund Allen Edmund Gheast Edmund Freke John Piers John Young William Barlow Richard Neile John Buckeridge Walter Curle John Bowle John Warner John Dolben Francis Turner Thomas Sprat Francis Atterbury Samuel Bradford Joseph Wilcocks Zachary Pearce John Thomas Samuel Horsley Thomas Dampier Walker King Hon Hugh Percy George Murray Joseph Wigram Thomas Claughton Anthony Thorold Randall Davidson Edward Talbot John Harmer Linton Smith Christopher Chavasse David Say Michael Turnbull Michael Nazir-Ali James Langstaff

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

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