Benjamin Laney ( 1591 - 1675 )

Birth: Ipswich, Suffolk, England (1591) Death: Ely, Cambridgeshire (24 January 1675) Burial: South aisle of the presbytery of Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire Profession: Clergyman, Church of England Education: Christ's College, Cambridge; BA (1612), MA (1615); Incorporated at Oxford (1617); Pembroke College, Cambridge; BD (1722), DD (1630) Career: Fellow of Pembroke (1616); Ordained deacon and priest (1619); Vicar or Curate of Madingley, Cambridgeshire (1619-1624); Vicar of Hambledon, Hampshire (1626); Vicar of Waltham Bishops (1629); Master of Pembroke (1630-1644 and 1660-1662); Chaplain to Richard Neile, Bishop of Winchester, and afterwards to Charles I; Rector of Buriton, Hampshire (1631); Prebendary of winchester (1631-1639); Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University (1632-1633); Prebendary of Westminster (1639-1663); Deprived as a Royalist and High Churchman, followed Charles II into exile in France, reinstated at the Restoration; Dean of Rochester (1660); Bishop of Peterborough (1660-1663); Bishop of Lincoln (1663-1667); Bishop of Ely (1667-1675) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 14/11/1666 Proposers: Seth Ward.