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Aug 28, 2023 · RELATIONS BETWEEN THE BISHOPS OF ELY AND THE TOWN OF WISBECH. There is but little upon which to base an estimate of the relations between the bishops and the men of Wisbech during the Middle Ages. By the early 16th century, however, it became the custom for the townsmen to present the bishop with a substantial sum as 'recognition money' on his ...
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds. Covers the cathedral city and liberty of Ely and the rural areas to the west and north-west, including the port of Wisbech. Victoria County History - Cambridgeshire.
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The Isle of Ely is the northernmost part of Cambridgeshire, taking its name from the city or bishopric of Ely . The Isle of Ely takes up the whole northern half of the county, comprising the hundreds of Wisbech, Witchford (North & South) and Ely. This land is quite distinct from the southern part of the county, characterised by its flatness ...
Even in the middle of the 19th century it could be said that 'Cambridgeshire virtually includes two shires or separate jurisdictions, the shire proper and the Isle of Ely'. (fn. 3) This peculiarity of modern Cambridgeshire is not a little due to the fact that the liberty acquired by the church of Ely in the Middle Ages was one of the very few fr...
Wisbech: Political activity A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds . Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2002.
During the English Civil War of the 1640s, Wisbech and its castle were held by Parliament. Oliver Cromwell, then Governor of the Isle of Ely, ordered the castle to be pulled down, to prevent it being used by his Royalist opponents, but his orders were not carried out.
The Isle of Ely / ˈ iː l i / is an historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.It used to be a county in its own right. Etymology. Its name is said to mean "island of eels", a reference to the creatures that were often caught in the local rivers for food.
