Simon Sudbury

Simon Sudbury (c. 1316–1381) was Bishop of London from 1361 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1375. He crowned Richard II at Westminster Abbey in July 1377, and in January 1380 became Lord Chancellor of England.

Held responsible for the third poll tax, he was targeted in the Peasants' Revolt: rebels who had freed John Ball stormed the Tower of London, dragged Sudbury to Tower Hill and beheaded him on 14 June 1381. His body was buried at Canterbury Cathedral.