Simon was a medieval

Bishop of Worcester A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or offic ...

Life

Simon was a chaplain and chancellor of

Adeliza of Louvain Adeliza of Louvain, sometimes known in England as Adelicia of Louvain, also called Adela and Aleidis; (c. 1103 – March/April 1151) was Queen of England from 1121 to 1135, as the second wife of King Henry I. She was the daughter of Godfrey I, ...

, the second wife of King

Henry I of England Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in ...

, before being elected to the

see of Worcester The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Church of England ( Anglican) Province of Canterbury in England. The diocese was founded around 679 by St Theodore of Canterbury at Worcester to minister to the kingdom of the Hwicce, one of the many ...

about 29 March 1125. He was ordained a priest on 23 May 1125 and consecrated on 24 May 1125,British History Online Bishops of Worcester
accessed on 3 November 2007 at Canterbury by the archbishop,

William de Corbeil William de Corbeil or William of Corbeil (21 November 1136) was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury. Very little is known of William's early life or his family, except that he was born at Corbeil, south of Paris, and that he had two brothers. ...

.Bethell "English Black Monks" ''English Historical Review'' p. 684 He died about 20 March 1150.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 278 Prior to his election, the monks of the cathedral chapter had appealed to

, Archbishop of Canterbury and to

William Giffard William Giffard (died 23 January 1129),Franklin "Giffard, William" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' was the Lord Chancellor of England of William II and Henry I, from 1093 to 1101,Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. ...

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, for help in securing a free election, but in the end they accepted Simon's appointment by King

. Although he was not a monk, Simon became popular with his monks.Bethell "English Black Monks" ''English Historical Review'' p. 683

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