Simon Symonds

Simon Symonds M.A. (d. 1551) was a Canon of Windsor from 1535 to 1551.

Career

He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge and graduated B.A. in 1509 and M.A. in 1511.

He was appointed:

Vicar of Elmdon, Essex 1518 Vicar of St Michael's Church, Bray 1522–1551 Vicar of South Petherton, Somerset, 1533–1548 Prebendary of Lichfield 1534–1546 Prebendary of Netheravon in Salisbury 1534 Rector of Taplow, Buckinghamshire 1537–1551 Prebendary of Lincoln 1544

He was appointed to the first stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1535, and held the stall until 1551.

Symonds was considered to be a prime candidate for the subject of the proverbial character, "The Vicar of Bray".