Simon Robson (priest)

Simon Robson was Dean of Bristol[1] from 1598 to 1617.[2]

Robson was born in West Morton and educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[3] He held livings at Stainton, County Durham, Birkin, Blyborough and Weare, Somerset.

He died in May 1617.[4]

  1. ^ "The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities of King James the First, His Royal Consort, Family and Court: Collected from Original Manuscripts, Comprising Forty Masques and Entertainments, Ten Civic Pageants, Numerous Original Letters, and Annotated Lists of the Peers, who Received Those Honours During the Reign of King James from 1598 to 1617" Nichols, J p646: London, Society of Antiquaries, 1828
  2. ^ British History On-line
  3. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1752 Vol. iii. Kaile – Ryves, (1924) p329
  4. ^ "Cathedral Antiquities: Historical and descriptive Accounts, with 311 illustrations of the following English Cathedrals, Volume 5" Britton, J. p67: London, M.A. Nattali, 1836