Simon Langton

Also known as: Simon de Langton · Family: England · Role: chancellor · First appears: King John 30

Life events

c. 1216 · Louis VIII appointed Simon Langton as his chancellor.(King John 30)
- With: Louis VIII
- “who in the meane time ordeined Simon Langton afore mentioned, to be his chancellour”
c. 1216 · Gualo excommunicated Louis VIII, his supporters, and Simon Langton.(King John 30 · 📍 Glocester)
- With: Gualo Louis VIII
- “This legat immediatlie after his comming did excommunicate Lewes by name, with all his fautors and complices, but speciallie Simon de Langton, with bell, booke, and candle, as the maner was.”

patron: Louis VIII “who in the meane time ordeined Simon Langton afore mentioned, to be his chancellour”
enemies with Gualo “This legat immediatlie after his comming did excommunicate Lewes by name, with all his fautors and complices, but speciallie Simon de Langton, with bell, booke, and candle, as the maner was.”
sworn: Louis VIII “who in the meane time ordeined Simon Langton afore mentioned, to be his chancellour”
allies with Gervase de Hobrug “Howbeit the same Simon, and one Geruase de Hobrug deane of S. Pauls in London, with other, alledged that for the right and state of the cause of Lewes, they had alreadie appealed to the court of Rome”

Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.