SIMON, John (by 1458-1524), of Exeter, Devon.

Bailiff, Exeter 1483 – 84, member of the Twenty-Four by 1496 – d., receiver 1499 – 1500, mayor 1512 – 13, 1523 – d.; churchwarden, St. Petrox’s, Exeter 1487 – 90, 1502 – 04; collector of customs, ports of Exeter and Dartmouth 4 Oct. 1492–?d., gauger 12 Feb. 1508–?d.; constable of the staple, Exeter 1501 – 02, 1505 – 06; commr. subsidy, Devon 1512, 1513, 1515, Exeter 1523, 1524.R. Izacke, Exeter (1681), 91, 103, 107 (where erroneously given as Richard Symons), 113; Exeter act bk. 1 passim; Trans. Dev. Assoc. xiv. 433; CPR, 1494–1509, pp. 213, 425; CFR, 1485–1509, nos. 448–50, 907; LP Hen. VIII, i, iii, iv; Statutes, iii. 80, 117, 174; B. Wilkinson, Med. Council, Exeter, 92–97.