Edward Story

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name = Edward Story


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Chichester
Title = Bishop of Chichester
Period = 1477–1503
Predecessor = John Arundel
Successor =Richard FitzJames
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bishops = Bishop of Carlisle
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date of death =16 March 1503
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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. In 1450, he was appointed Master of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, a post he held together with his later preferments until 1477. Advanced to the bishopric of Carlisle by papal provisionFact|date=October 2008 on 18 July 1468, he was consecrated a bishop on 2 October 1468.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 236] He was translated to Chichester on 11 February 1478.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 239] 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 16 March 1503.

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