The Chapel of Ely Palace or Ely House, London townhouse of the Bishops of Ely from 1290 to 1772. On 17 October 1546, James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, a powerful Munster landowner who had served in the household of Cardinal Wolsey in his youth, crossed the quarrelsome Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir Anthony St Leger, who was visiting London with his household. They were invited to dine at Ely Palace, where Ormond was poisoned along with his steward and 16 of his household, it was widely assumed, at the instructions of St Leger.
The Chapel of Ely Palace or Ely House, the London townhouse of the Bishops of Ely from 1290 to 1772. In medieval times, bishops of Ely frequently held high state office requiring them to live in London. On 17 October 1546, James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, a powerful Munster landowner who had served in the household of Cardinal Wolsey in his youth, and who had crossed the quarrelsome Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir Anthony St Leger, was visiting London with his household. They were invited to dine at Ely Palace, where Ormond was poisoned along with his steward and 16 of his household, it was widely assumed, at the instructions of St Leger.
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