Simon Mepeham
Simon Mepeham | |
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Archbishop of Canterbury | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Elected | 11 December 1327 |
Installed | 22 January 1329 |
Term ended | 12 October 1333 |
Predecessor | Walter Reynolds |
Successor | John de Stratford |
Orders | |
Ordination | 21 September 1297 |
Consecration | 5 June 1328 |
Personal details | |
Died | 12 October 1333 |
Simon Mepeham (or Meopham or Mepham; died 1333) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1328 to 1333.
Early life
Mepeham was educated at Oxford between the years 1290 and 1296 at Merton College where he devoted himself to the study of theology. He was ordained priest on 21 September 1297 in Canterbury Cathedral by Archbishop Robert Winchelsey, who gave Simon the rectory of Tunstall in Kent.
Mepeham became a
Archbishop of Canterbury
Mepeham was the candidate of the
Archbishop Mepeham's register is lost[5] and as a result what we know of his governance of his see is gleaned from the chroniclers William Thorne and William Dene.[5] Mepeham was considered to be a "man of no great ability and with scanty knowledge of ecclesiastical tradition and propriety, and the maintenance of the rights of his See caused disputes on every side."[1]
Dispute and excommunication
Mepeham became involved in a dispute about the juridical rights of churches that had been appropriated by
Mepeham's excommunication was posthumously rescinded, allowing him to be buried in Canterbury Cathedral.
Death and afterward
Mepeham died on 12 October 1333.[3] He is buried in a tomb made of black marble located beneath the entrance arch to the Chapel of St. Anselm in Canterbury Cathedral.[1]
Citations
- ^ a b c Chronicles of Wingham accessed April 2010
- ^ Weir Queen Isabella p. 306
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 233
- ^ Powell House of Lords in the Middle Ages p. 302
- ^ a b Haines "An Innocent Abroad" English Historical Review pp. 555–596
- ^ Carpenter Cantuar pp. 89–90
- ^ Haines Archbishop Simon Mepham 1328-1333: A Boy Among Men[page needed]
References
- Carpenter, E.; Hastings, A. (1997). Cantaur: The Archbishops in their Office (3rd ed.). London: Mowbray. ISBN 0264674499.
- 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.
- Haines, Roy (June 1997). "An Innocent Abroad: The Career of Simon Mepham, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1328–33". .
- Haines, Roy (2012). Archbishop Simon Mepham 1328-1333: A Boy Amongst Men. Xlibris Corp. ]
- 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
- ISBN 0-345-45319-0
External links
- Hutchinson, John (1892). . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. p. 102.