Simon Rochfort (also Simon de Rupeforti; died

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) was an English

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in Ireland.

Life

Rochfort was the first Englishman to hold the see of Meath, to which he was consecrated in

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. He was one of the judges appointed by

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in the suit for possession of the body of

Hugh de Lacy, 5th Baron Lacy Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, 4th Baron Lacy (; before 1135 – 25 July 1186), was an Anglo-Norman landowner and royal office-holder. He had substantial land holdings in Herefordshire and Shropshire. Following his participation in the Norman Inva ...

and first lord of Meath, between the monks of

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and the canons of St. Thomas's, Dublin. He gave sentence in favour of the latter in 1205. He founded a house of

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s at

Newtown Abbey Newtown Abbey is a medieval monastery and National Monument (Ireland), National Monument located in Trim, County Meath, Trim, County Meath, Ireland. Location Newtown Abbey is located about 1.2 km (¾ mile) east of Trim town centre, on the ...

, near

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in 1206, and ultimately erected the church into the cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, abandoning the old cathedral of Clonard. At Newtown he held a synod in 1216, of which an account is extant. He allotted vicars' portions to the churches in his diocese. He died in 1224 and was buried in the church at Newtown.

References

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