title: Ralph Walpole
text: # Ralph Walpole
  
  Ralph Walpole (died 1302) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich and Bishop of Ely.
  
  ## Life
  
  Walpole was Archdeacon of Ely by 6 February 1272.
  
  Walpole was elected to the see of Norwich on 11 November 1288 and consecrated on 20 March 1289.
  
  Walpole was translated to the see of Ely on 5 June 1299. He died on 20 March 1302.
  
  ## Citations
  
  * ↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Archdeachons of Ely
  * ↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261
  * ↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Norwich: Bishops
  * ↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 244
  * ↑ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops
  