Walkelin made his brother Simeon the Prior of Winchester and then influenced Simeon being made Abbot of Ely in 1082, where he began the new Ely Abbey in 1093 (the same year that the choir of Walkelin's Winchester Cathedral was completed) before dying the following year.
Walkelin appointed his brother Simeon as Prior of Winchester, and later influenced Simeon's appointment as Abbot of Ely in 1082.  Simeon then began the new Ely Abbey in 1093 (the same year that the choir of Walkelin's Winchester Cathedral was completed) before dying the following year.