Simon Sudbury
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| Simon Sudbury | |
| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| Enthroned | {{{began}}} |
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| Ended | June 14, 1381 |
| Predecessor | William Whittlesey |
| Successor | William Courtenay |
| Consecration | translate May 4, 1375 |
| Died | June 14, 1381 |
Simon Theobald or Simon of Sudbury (d. June 14, 1381) was an Archbishop of Canterbury (1375–1381) as well as Bishop of London.
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He was born at Sudbury in Suffolk, studied at the University of Paris, and became one of the chaplains of Pope Innocent VI, who sent him, in 1356, on a mission to Edward III of England.
In October of 1361 the pope appointed him Bishop of London, and he was consecrated on March 20, 1362.[1] He was soon serving the king as an ambassador and in other ways. On May 4, 1375 he succeeded William Whittlesey as archbishop of Canterbury,[2] and during the rest of his life was a partisan of John of Gaunt.
In July of 1377, he crowned Richard II, and in 1378 John Wycliffe appeared before him at Lambeth, but he only undertook proceedings against the reformer under great pressure.
In January of 1380, Sudbury became Lord Chancellor of England,[3] and the insurgent peasants regarded him as one of the principal authors of their woes. Having released John Ball from his prison at Maidstone, the Kentish insurgents attacked and damaged the archbishop's property at Canterbury and Lambeth; then, rushing into the Tower of London, they seized the archbishop himself. So unpopular was Sudbury that guards simply allowed the rebels through the gates.
Sudbury was dragged to Tower Hill and, on June 14, 1381,[2] was beheaded. His body was afterwards buried in Canterbury Cathedral, though his head (after being taken down from London Bridge) is still kept at the church of St Gregory at Sudbury in Suffolk, which Sudbury partly rebuilt.[4] With his brother, John of Chertsey, he also founded a college in Sudbury; he also did some building at Canterbury. His father was Nigel Theobald, and he is sometimes called Simon Theobald or Tybald.
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[edit] References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
[edit] External links
- Simon of Sudbury at Catholic Encyclopedia Online
- Simon of Sudbury at 1911 Britannica Encyclopedia Online
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by The Lord Scrope of Bolton |
Lord Chancellor 1380–1381 |
Succeeded by Hugh Segrave (Keeper of the Great Seal) |
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| Preceded by Michael Northburgh |
Bishop of London 1361–1375 |
Succeeded by William Courtenay |
| Preceded by William Whittlesey |
Archbishop of Canterbury 1375–1381 |
Succeeded by William Courtenay |
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| NAME | Sudbury, Simon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simon of Sudbury; Sudbury, Simon de |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Bishop of London; Archbishop of Canterbury; Lord Chancellor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1381 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | London |
