Geoffrey Symeon

Geoffrey Symeon (also Simeon and Symson) S.T.P. (d. 21 August 1508) was a Canon of Windsor from 1501 to 1508^[1] and Dean of Chichester from 1504 to 1508.

Career[]

He was educated at New College, Oxford.

He was appointed:

Senior Proctor of New College, Oxford 1478 - 1479
Dean of the Chapel Royal
Prebendary of Somerley in Chichester Cathedral 1480
Prebendary of Holywell in St Paul's Cathedral 1494
Rector of Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
Dean of Chichester 1504
Dean of Lincoln 1506
Vicar of Colerne, Wiltshire

He was appointed to the third stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1501, a position he held until 1508.

He was buried in the Charterhouse, London.

Notes[]

^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

v Deans of the Chapel Royal
Late Medieval	Thomas de Lynton John Boor Richard Kyngeston Richard Prentys Edmund Lacy Robert Gilbert Richard Praty John Croucher William Say William Dudley John Gunthorpe Richard Hill Thomas Jane Richard Nikke Geoffrey Simeon
Early modern	William Atwater John Vesey Richard Sampson Thomas Thirlby George Carew James Montague Lancelot Andrewes William Laud Richard Steward Gilbert Sheldon George Morley Herbert Croft Walter Blandford Henry Compton Nathaniel Crew Henry Compton (again) John Robinson William Talbot Edmund Gibson

v t Deans of Chichester
High Medieval	John de Greneford Seffride Nicholas de Aquila Thomas de Berghstede
Late Medieval	William de Grenefeld William Lenn Richard le Scrope Richard Talbot John /
Early modern	Geoffrey Symson John Young Giles Eyre Bartholomew Traheron Thomas Sampson William Pye Richard Curteys Anthony Rushe Martin Culpepper William Thorne Francis Dee Richard Steward George Aglionby Bruno Ryves Joseph Henshaw Nathaniel Crew George Stradling William Hayley Thomas Sherlock John Newey Thomas Hayley James Hargraves William Ashburnham Thomas Ball Charles Harward
Late modern	Combe Miller Christopher Bethell Samuel Slade George Chandler Walter Hook John Burgon Francis Pigou Richard Randall John Hannah Arthur Duncan Jones Walter Hussey Robert Holtby John Treadgold Nicholas Frayling Stephen Waine

v t Deans of Lincoln
High Medieval	Simon Bloet Philip of Harcourt Adelelm Geoffrey Richard FitzNeal Hamo Roger de Rolleston William de Thornaco Roger Weseham Henry of Lexington Richard of Gravesend Robert de Mariscis Oliver Sutton
Late Medieval	Roger Martival Henry Mansfield Antony Bek William Bateman John de Ufford Thomas Bradwardine Robert Flemming George Fitzhugh Geoffrey Simeon Thomas Wolsey John Constable George Heneage John Taylor
Early modern	Matthew Parker Francis Mallet John Whitgift William Wickham Ralph Griffin John Rainolds William Cole Roger Parker Michael Honywood Daniel Brevint Samuel Fuller Richard Willis Edward Gee Edward Willes Thomas Cheney William George John Green James Yorke Richard Cust Sir Richard Kaye
Late modern	George Gordon John Ward Thomas Garnier Francis Jeune James Jeremie Joseph Blakesley William Butler Edward Wickham Thomas Fry Robert Mitchell Colin Dunlop Oliver Fiennes Brandon Jackson Alec Knight Philip Buckler (Acting) Christine Wilson