Simon Walton (or Simon de Wanton; died 2 January 1266) was an English clergyman who served as the

Bishop of Norwich The Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The bishop of Norwich is Graham Usher. The see is in the ...

Life

A royal justice, Walton was elected to the

see of Norwich The Diocese of Norwich is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Church of England that forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. History It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the diocese of the Bishop of the East ...

on 4 June 1257 and was consecrated on 10 March 1258. He was enthroned at

Norwich Cathedral Norwich Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Norwich, Norfolk, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. It is the cathedral church for the Church of England Diocese of Norwich and is one of the Norwich 12 heritage sites. The cathedral ...

on 17 March 1258.British History Online Bishops of Norwich
accessed on 29 October 2007 Pope

Clement IV Pope Clement IV ( la, Clemens IV; 23 November 1190 – 29 November 1268), born Gui Foucois ( la, Guido Falcodius; french: Guy de Foulques or ') and also known as Guy le Gros ( French for "Guy the Fat"; it, Guido il Grosso), was bishop of Le P ...

ordered Walton to find a

coadjutor The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence. These include: * Coadj ...

on 29 September 1265, as the bishop was sick and unable to perform his duties. He died on 2 January 1266.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 261

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British History Online Bishops of Norwich
accessed on 29 October 2007 * Bishops of Norwich 1266 deaths Year of birth unknown 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops {{England-bishop-stub