Simon Smith (priest) explained

Simon Smith was an Anglican priest in the 16th century.[1]

Smith was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[2] He was incorporated at Oxford in 1557.[3] He became an advocate of Doctors' Commons in 1582; canon of Hereford in 1561; rector of Credenhill in 1572; and Archdeacon of Hereford in 1578. He died in July 1606.[4]

Notes and References

  1. "Hereford Cathedral" Aylmer, G p248: London; Hambledon Press; 2000
  2. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
  3. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1368-1394 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Smith-Sowton
  4. Le Neve. John. Hardy. Sir Thomas Duffus. John Le Neve. Thomas Duffus Hardy. Archdeacons of Hereford. Page:Fasti_ecclesiae_Anglicanae_Vol.1_body_of_work.djvu/523. Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. 1. 1854. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 481–482. 523–524.