Simon Snow (1600 – February 1667) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1640 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side during the

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Snow was the son of Thomas Snow of

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and his wife Grace Vilvayne. He became a merchant of Exeter and was an alderman of the town. He was a puritan and benefited by acquiring building materials from the dismantled houses belonging to the cathedral clergy. In April 1640, Snow was elected Member of Parliament for

for the

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. He was re-elected in November 1640 MP for Exeter for the

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. In December 1648 Snow was named as one of the Commissioners for settling Militia throughout England and Wales for Exeter. He was excluded from parliament under

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in 1648. In 1653 Snow was

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. He also benefited from the will of his uncle Robert Vilvayne who left various charitable foundations. Snow inherited a brewhouse and malthouse, called the Common Brewhouse, "lately erected near the Duckingstool Mills, in

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" which he also devised for charitable purposes.The History of Exeter's Breweries
In 1657 Snow was one of a group of citizens who contributed to the building of a wall within the cathedral to separate presbyterian and independent worship.

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, - 1600 births 1667 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Exeter Mayors of Exeter Roundheads English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 {{1640-England-MP-stub