Edward Story (or Storey; died 1503) was an English

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, 1468–1477, and

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, 1477–1503. Story was educated at

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, where he was elected a

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about 1444. In 1450, he was appointed Master of

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, a post he held together with his later preferments until 1477. Advanced to the see of Carlisle by

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on 18 July 1468, he was consecrated a bishop on 2 October 1468.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 236 He was translated to Chichester on 11 February 1478.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 239 He served as

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and as

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. He founded the Prebendal School in

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, and he is reputed to have had the

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erected. Story died on 16 March 1503. His death is recorded in the Lewkenor Hours (Lambeth Palace Library MS 545), the book of hours once owned by the wealthy Lewkenor family of Tratton and Tangmere (Sussex).

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Story, Edward 15th-century births 1503 deaths Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Bishops of Carlisle Bishops of Chichester Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown