Simon de Walton - Bishop of Norwich

• Preferred Name: Simon de Walton - Bishop of Norwich
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: GNT9-2VM
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Simon-de-Walton-Bishop-of-Norwich/6000000003827346852?through=6000000009440244831
  
• Occupation: Canon Lawyer
  
• Birth: 1197 in Wellesbourne Hastings, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.1833 LONG: E1.5833
  
• Death: JAN 1266 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.623 LONG: E0.273
  
• Occupation: Bishop of NorwichBET 1258 AND 1266
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Simon Walton (or Simon de Wanton; died 2 January 1266) was a British clergyman who served as the Bishop of Norwich.
  
  A royal justice, Walton was elected to the see of Norwich on 4 June 1257 and was consecrated on 10 March 1258. He was enthroned at Norwich Cathedral on 17 March 1258.
  
  Pope Clement IV ordered Walton to find a co-adjutor on 29 September 1265, as the bishop was sick and unable to perform his duties. He died on 2 January 1266.
  
  Walton [Wauton], Simon of (d. 1265/6), justice and bishop of Norwich, was probably a native of Walton d'Eiville, Warwickshire.
  In 1235–6 Master Simon of Walton appears as a plaintiff concerning lands in nearby Tysoe. A trained canon lawyer, his services brought him a pension
  
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  NOT-A-MATCH: This individual is not the same as Mrs Simeon /de Walton/ 1249-?, PAF ID {DA866E09-8898-4DB4-9A30-B74ADE95F3E3}
  
  === ME Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P 34, 63 ===
  ME Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P 34, 63

• m. 1229 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

1. John Deville De Walton I, b. 1231 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England     d. 6 FEB 1312 in Knockin, Shropshire, England