Simon Islip
Simon Islip | |
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| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| Appointed | 20 September 1349 |
| Installed | unknown |
| Term ended | 26 April 1366 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Bradwardine |
| Successor | William Edington |
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| Consecration | 20 December 1349 |
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| Died | 26 April 1366 |
Simon Islip (died 1366) was an English prelate. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury between 1349 and 1366.
Early life
Islip was the uncle of William Whittlesey.[1] He was a cousin of Walter de Islip, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer:[2] both took their surname from their native village of Islip, Oxfordshire.[3] Simon was educated at the University of Oxford where he took his doctorate in canon and civil law and became a fellow of Merton College in 1307. He was regarded as one off the outstanding ecclesiastical lawyers of his time.
Career
Islip was rector of
Lord Privy Seal
In 1347, possibly in September, Islip was appointed keeper of the Privy Seal. Previously he had held the seal of
Archbishop of Canterbury
Islip was elected to the
As archbishop during the first two outbreaks of the Death, Islip took great pains to regulate clerical stipends, as the greatly reduced number of clerics had led them to charge increased fees for their services. He believed that the times required strict economy, and this combined with a naturally frugal character, gained him a reputation for meanness. He succeeded in settling a long dispute with the Archbishop of York as to the latter's right to carry his episcopal cross in the province of Canterbury.
Death and afterward
Islip died on 26 April 1366
Citations
- ^ Simon Islip – Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ^ Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 John Murray London 1926
- ^ a b "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Simon Islip".
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 94
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 233
References
- 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.
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