Simon Mepeham

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Simon Mepeham or Simon Meopham or Simon Mepham was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1328 to 1333.

Simon Mepeham
Archbishop of Canterbury
Enthroned {{{began}}}
Ended October 12, 1333
Predecessor Walter Reynolds
Successor John de Stratford
Consecration June 5, 1328
Died October 12, 1333
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[edit] Biography

[edit] Archbishop of Canterbury

Simon was the candidate of the Earl of Lancaster against the candidate supported by Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer.[1] Elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury on December 11, 1327, Simon Mepeham was consecrated on June 5, 1328, and received the temporalities of the see of Canterbury on September 19, 1328.[2] That winter, he supported a rebellion against the rule of Roger Mortimer that was led by the Earl of Lancaster and supported by the Earl of Norfolk, Earl of Kent and others.[3]

[edit] Dispute and excommunication

Mepeham became involved in a dispute about the juridical rights of Churches that had been appropriated by the Monastery of St. Augustine. The monks made an appeal against the Archbishop and the Canon of Salisbury was appointed to mediate. Mepeham was cited to give evidence before the Canon, but refused to attend. The suffragans of Canterbury were in support of Mepeham, but his refusal to submit to the judicial process of the Church led to his excommunication by Pope John XXII in 1333.[4]

Simon was later re-communicated with Rome, but was not re-instated as Bishop.

[edit] Death and afterward

Simon died on October 12, 1333.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Weir Queen Isabella p. 306
  2. ^ a b Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 233
  3. ^ Powell The House of Lords in the Middle Ages p. 302
  4. ^ CarpenterCantaur p. 89-90

[edit] References

  • Carpenter, E. with Hastings, A. Cantaur 3rd Edition London:Mowbray, 1997. (ISBN:0264674499)
  • 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. 
  • Powell, J. Enoch and Keith Wallis The House of Lords in the Middle Ages: A History of the English House of Lords to 1540 London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1968
  • Weir, Alison Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery and Murder in Medieval England New York: Ballantine 2005 ISBN 0-345-45319-0
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Walter Reynolds		 Archbishop of Canterbury
1328–1333		 Succeeded by
John de Stratford
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NAME Mepeham, Simon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meopham, Simon; Mepham, Simon
SHORT DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Canterbury
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1333
PLACE OF DEATH


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