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of Ely were careful to keep up ; having not only 

 a Garden, but a Vineyard also attached to their 

 London house, " Ely Place, Melbourne." The 

 site of this Vineyard is commemorated in the name 

 of the street which now partly covers the ground 

 viz., Vine Street. 



Allusion is often made in old books to the 

 glorious Park surrounding Hatfield, as, for instance, 

 when, in 1269, the Earl of Pembroke forcibly 

 entered it, and after following the chase broke 

 into the Palace, and evidently enjoyed the Bishop's 

 cellar as well as his game ! 



Each successive Bishop of Ely seems to have 

 been more powerful and influential than the last ; 

 but of them all John Morton was the most famous, 

 and was mentioned in " Utopia " in terms of the 

 highest praise by his great pupil, Sir Thomas More. 

 Morton's life practically forms some chapters in the 

 history of England, for he became successively 

 Bishop of Ely, Chancellor of England, Archbishop 

 of Canterbury, and finally Cardinal. Famous not 

 only for his statesmanship, but for his distinction in 

 every branch of learning, as well as for his liberality 

 of thought, he cultivated every art, especially that 

 of architecture, rebuilding Hatfield in Edward IV.'s 

 reign (it having been largely destroyed during the 

 Wars of the Roses). As his biographer says : " He 

 bestowed great cost upon his house at Hatfield," 

 part of which is still standing to bear evidence in no 



