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In October 1361 the pope appointed him Bishop of London, and he was soon serving the king as an ambassador and in other ways. In 1375 he succeeded William Whittlesey as archbishop of Canterbury, and during the rest of his life was a partisan of John of Gaunt.

In July 1377, he crowned Richard IIThere is also a play entitled Richard II by Shakespeare. Richard II ( January 6?, 1367 February 14, 1400) was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent". He was born at Bordeaux and became his father's heir when, and in 1378Events March John Wyclif tried to gain public favour by laying his theses before parliament, and then made them public in a tract. He appeared before Simon of Sudbury at the episcopal palace at Lambeth to defend himself. April 9 Pope Urban VI (Bartolomeo John WyclifJohn Wyclif (or Wycliffe) ( 1328 December 31, 1384) was an English theologian and early proponent of reform in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. He initiated the first English translation of the Bible in one complete edition and is considfe appeared before him at LambethLambeth Palace is the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury, located in Lambeth, in London on the Thames opposite the Palace of Westminster. It was acquired by the archbishopric around 1200. The south bank of the Thames, not part of historic London, deve, but he only undertook proceedings against the reformer under great pressure.

In January 1380Events September 8 Battle of Kulikovo Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitrii Ivanovich defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols (the Golden Horde), stopping their advance at Kulikovo. September 16 Charles V of France dies and is succeeded by his son C, Sudbury became chancellor of EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England, and the insurgent peasantsPeasant revolts See Peasants' War for the German Peasants' Revolt of 1524- 1526 The Peasants' Revolt or Great Rising of 1381 is a major event in the history of England. The names of its leaders, John Ball, Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, are still familiar even regarded him as one of the principal authors of their woes. Having released John Ball from his prison at Maidstone, the Kentish insurgents attacked and damaged the archbishop's property at Canterbury and Lambeth; then, rushing into the Tower of London, they seized the archbishop himself. So unpopular was Sudbury that guards simply allowed the rebels through the gates.

Sudbury was dragged to Tower Hill and, on June 14 1381, was beheaded. His body was afterwards buried in Canterbury Cathedral. Sudbury rebuilt part of the church of St Gregory at Sudbury, and with his brother, John of Chertsey, he founded a college in this town; he also did some building at Canterbury. His father was Nigel Theobald, and he is sometimes called Simon Theobald or Tybald.

He introduced the Poll Tax in 1380, and the subsequent revolt was echoed when the tax was reintroduced in the 1980s. However, in the twentieth century the government quickly abandoned the scheme.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica