Simon Smith was an
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
priest in the 16th century.
Smith was educated at
Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was
incorporated at
Oxford in 1557. He became an advocate of
Doctors' Commons in 1582;
canon of
Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...
in 1561;
rector
Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to:
Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Credenhill in 1572; and
Archdeacon of Hereford in 1578. He died in July 1606.
References
1606 deaths
Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Archdeacons of Hereford
People from Herefordshire
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