He later was to become Bishop of Rochester.

Edmund Allen, Bishop of Rochester, is said to have been buried in the church.

The Bishop of Rochester seems to think so.

Only towards the end of his career, in 1554, was he appointed to be Bishop of Rochester.

The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Rochester on 5 December 1902.

From 1504 to 1535 John Fisher was Bishop of Rochester.

He served as Bishop of Rochester from 1929 until his death in 1933.

In 1578 he became for a short time secretary to John Young, Bishop of Rochester.

He was Bishop of Rochester from 1809, dying 22 February 1827.

His second wife died in 1877, the same year he was made Bishop of Rochester.