Simon Mepeham [SEP] position held
Simon Mepeham
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 prebendary of Llandaff in 1295 and soon afterwards a canon of Chichester but took no interest or part
Simon (1992-)
- Harriet Jane Stopford (19 Sep 1816 - 13 Dec 1902)
Career.
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford where he was awarded BA in 1796, MA in 1799.
He was appointed:
- Rector of Barton Seagrave 1798
- Vicar of Nuneaton 1803
- Prebendary of Bullinghope in Hereford Cathedral 1810-1844
- Chaplain to Queen Victoria
He was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1812, a position he held