Simon Symonds
Simon Symonds M.A. was a Canon of Windsor from 1535 - 1551Career
He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge and graduated B.A. in 1509 and M.A. in 1511.
He was appointed:
He was appointed to the first stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1535, and held the stall until 1551.
Symonds was considered to be a prime candidate for the subject of the proverbial character, "The Vicar of Bray", since he was twice a Papist and twice a Protestant, serving as vicar from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I.
