{{Infobox Christian leader | name = Simon of Elmham | title = Bishop-elect of Norwich | elected = {{circa|9 November 1236}} | ended = 17 January 1239 <br />election quashed | predecessor = Thomas Blunville | successor = William de Raley | other_post = Prior of Norwich | death_date =8 June 1257 | religion = Roman Catholic }}

'''Simon of Elmham''' (died 8 June 1257) was a medieval Bishop-elect of Norwich.

==Life== Simon was Prior of Norwich from 1235.<ref name=BHONorwich>[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 British History Online Bishops of Norwich] accessed on 29 October 2007</ref> He was elected to the see of Norwich about 9 November 1236<ref name=Handbook261>Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 261</ref> but his election was quashed by Pope Gregory IX on 17 January 1239 after King Henry III appealed to the pope and the case was heard by the papal legate Cardinal Otto of Tonengo.<ref name=BHONorwich/>

Simon retained the office of prior and died while still prior on 8 June 1257.<ref name=BHOPriorNorwich>[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33867 British History Online Priors of Norwich] accessed on 29 October 2007</ref>

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==References== * [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 British History Online Bishops of Norwich] accessed on 29 October 2007 * [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33867 British History Online Priors of Norwich] accessed on 29 October 2007 * {{cite book |last1=Fryde |first1=E. B. |last2=Greenway |first2=D. E. |last3=Porter |first3=S. |last4=Roy |first4=I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}

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{{short description|13th-century Bishop of Norwich-elect}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simon of Elmham}} Category:Bishops of Norwich Category:1257 deaths Category:Year of birth unknown Category:13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops

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