Nicholas West

Nicholas West (1461—28 April 1533), was an English bishop and diplomatist, born at Putney in Surrey, and educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1486.

In 1509 Henry VIII appointed him dean of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (during which times its fan vaulting was completed),[3] and in 1515 he was elected bishop of Ely.

[4] West's long and successful career as a diplomatist began in 1502 through his friendship with Richard Foxe, bishop of Durham.

[3] He helped complete the legal statutes establishing Jesus College, Cambridge, which had been founded in 1496 by one of West's predecessors as Bishop of Ely, John Alcock.

[6] Also sharing Nicholas West's chapel, against the east wall, is the tomb memorial to Bishop Sparke, who died 1836.

Monument to Nicholas West, St Mary's Church, Putney , showing the arms of the See of Ely impaling West (shown here as: Argent, a chevron sable between three roses gules slipped and leaved vert ), with heraldic badges below, the Tudor Rose of King Henry VIII and the Pomegranate of Queen Katherine of Aragon [ 1 ]
West's Chantry Chapel, Ely Cathedral . The niche statues were destroyed by his successor, the reformer Bishop Goodrich .