Simon of Elmham

Simon of Elmham
Bishop-elect of Norwich
Elected	c. 9 November 1236
Term ended	17 January 1239 election quashed
Predecessor	Thomas Blunville
Successor	William de Raley
Other posts	Prior of Norwich
Personal details
Died	8 June 1257
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Simon of Elmham (died 8 June 1257) was a medieval Bishop-elect of Norwich.

Life

Simon was Prior of Norwich from 1235.^[1] He was elected to the see of Norwich about 9 November 1236^[2] but his election was quashed by Pope Gregory IX on 17 January 1239 after King Henry III appealed to the pope and the case was heard by the papal legate Cardinal Otto (Oddone di Monferrato).^[1]

Simon retained the office of prior and died while still prior on 8 June 1257.^[3]

Citations

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

References

British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
British History Online Priors 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 Thomas Blunville	Bishop-elect of Norwich 1236–1239 election quashed	Succeeded by William de Raley

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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