Simon Symonds
Simon Symonds M.A. (d. 1551) was a Canon of Windsor from 1535–1551.[1]
Career
[edit]He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge and graduated B.A. in 1509 and M.A. in 1511.[2]
He was appointed:
- Vicar of Elmdon, Essex 1518
- Vicar of St Michael's Church, Bray 1522–1551
- Vicar of South Petherton, Somerset, 1533–1548
- Prebendary of Lichfield 1534–1546
- Prebendary of Netheravon in Salisbury 1534
- Rector of Taplow, Buckinghamshire 1537–1551
- Prebendary of Lincoln 1544
He was appointed to the first stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1535, and held the stall until 1551.
Symonds was considered to be a prime candidate for the subject of the proverbial character, "The Vicar of Bray", since he was twice a Papist and twice a Protestant, serving as vicar from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- ^ "Simonds, Simon (SMNS505S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Oxford Companion to English Literature 4th Edition
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