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Simon Sydenham (died 1438) was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of Chichester.
Key Information
Sydenham was briefly Archdeacon of Berkshire in 1404, then Archdeacon of Salisbury from 1404 to 1418 and Dean of Salisbury from 1418 to 1431. Between 1417 and 1421 he was rector of Sutton Veny, Wiltshire.[1] He was elected Bishop of Salisbury in 1426 but not consecrated, as his election was quashed the following year.[1]
Sydenham was nominated to the office of Bishop of Chichester on 14 October 1429 and consecrated on 11 February 1431. He died on 26 January 1438.[2]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 8 pp61-74 – Sutton Veny". British History Online. University of London. 1965. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
References
[edit]- 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.