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Simon Sudbury (c. 1316 – 14 June 1381) was Bishop of London from 1361 to 1375, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1375 until his death, and in the last year of his life Lord Chancellor of England. He met a violent death during the Peasants' Revolt in 1381.
- 4 May 1375
- 14 June 1381
- Unknown
- William Courtenay
8 apr 2024 · chancellor (1380-1381), England. Simon Of Sudbury (born, Sudbury, Suffolk, Eng.—died June 14, 1381, London) was the archbishop of Canterbury from 1375 and chancellor of England from 1380 who lost his life in the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. Simon served for 12 years as an auditor (judge) of the Rota at the papal Curia, and in 1359 ...
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Prelato (n. Sudbury, Suffolk - m. Londra 1381); fu cappellano e uditore di palazzo a Roma, poi nunzio presso Edoardo III (1356); vescovo di Londra (1361), arcivescovo di Canterbury (1375) al posto di Simone di Langham, e cancelliere del regno (1380), carica che lasciò l'anno successivo in seguito ai torbidi contro la nobiltà scoppiati nel Kent.
Simon Sudbury is one of the more obscure archbishops of Canterbury.He should be better known, if only because he was archbishop during a particularly confused but important period of English history—the period of Edward III's dotage and Richard II's minority.
Simon of Sudbury. Simon Reconstruction © T5Cambridge. The information about Simon of Sudbury is by Ian Copeman from material supplied by Barry Wall of Sudbury History Society and Roger Green from material from his talk, ‘Simon, the French connection’. Simon was the eldest son of Nigel and Sarah Theobald, born in Sudbury circa 1316 – 1318 ...
SIMON OF SUDBURY. Archbishop of Canterbury, chancellor of England; b. Sudbury, Suffolk; d. London, July 14, 1381. Simon studied in Paris where he graduated as doctor of laws. Having been appointed chaplain to Pope Innocent VI, he proved his skill as a diplomat when sent as nuncio to edward iii in 1356.
