His monument is
in the south aisle of the choir.
#Tobias Matthew# (1606-1628) was also translated from Durham. His
monument is in the south aisle of the choir.
#George Monteign# (1628) had been Bishop of Lincoln, London, and Durham.
He died within a month of his enthronement.
#Samuel Harsnett# (1628-1631) was translated from Norwich. He had been
master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he was ejected for scandalous
practices. He died unmarried, and on his tomb described himself as
_Indignus Episcopus Cicestriensis, indignior Norvicencis, indignissimus
Archiepiscopus Eboracensis_.
#Richard Neile# (1632-1640) was Dean of Westminster in 1605. Lord
Burghley was his patron, and he became Bishop of Rochester, Lichfield,
Lincoln, Durham, and Winchester; more sees than any other English bishop
has ruled over. He was a supporter of Laud, and a courtier. He died in
1640.
#John Williams# (1641-1650) had been Dean of Westminster, Bishop of
Lincoln, and Lord Chancellor. In the first year of Charles's reign he
had the seals taken from him, and was sent to the Tower. When Episcopacy
was abolished, he returned to Wales, his native country, where it is
said he joined the Roundheads, and changed his lawn for buff.
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