Simeon (died 21 November 1093) was a relative of King William I of England and the brother of Walkelin,

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.Knowles, et al ''Heads of Religious Houses'' p. 45 It was through his brother's influence that Simeon was made

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, then in 1082 Abbot of Ely, where he began work on the present

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. He recovered for the monastery of Ely the lands which had been allotted to the Normans during their siege of the island of

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when it was held by Hereward the Wake. Serlo died in 1093, at the age of 100. On his death the temporalities of the monastery were seized by

Ralph Flambard Ranulf Flambard ( c. 1060 – 5 September 1128) was a medieval Norman Bishop of Durham and an influential government minister of King William Rufus of England. Ranulf was the son of a priest of Bayeux, Normandy, and his nickname Flambard m ...

, the minister of William Rufus, and no abbot was appointed until the accession of Henry I in 1100.

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