Simon Walton (bishop)

Simon Walton
Bishop of Norwich
Elected	4 June 1257
Installed	17 March 1258
Term ended	2 January 1266
Predecessor	Walter Suffield
Successor	Roger Skerning
Orders
Consecration	10 March 1258
Personal details
Died	2 January 1266
Denomination	Roman Catholic

For the English footballer, see Simon Walton.

Simon Walton (or Simon de Wanton; died 2 January 1266) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.

Life

A royal justice, Walton was elected to the see of Norwich on 4 June 1257 and was consecrated on 10 March 1258. He was enthroned at Norwich Cathedral on 17 March 1258.^[1]

Pope Clement IV ordered Walton to find a coadjutor on 29 September 1265, as the bishop was sick and unable to perform his duties.^[1] He died on 2 January 1266.^[2]

Citations

1 2 British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261

References

British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Walter Suffield	Bishop of Norwich 1257–1266	Succeeded by Roger Skerning

Bishops of Norwich

High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Verraccio Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane

Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton

Late modern	Henry Bathurst Edward Stanley Samuel Hinds John Pelham John Sheepshanks Bertram Pollock Percy Herbert Launcelot Fleming Maurice Wood Peter Nott Graham James

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