Skull scan for Archbishop of Canterbury Simon Theobald

BBC ^ | March 17, 2011 | Unknown

[decimon]

A CT scan has been carried out on the mummified skull of a former Archbishop of Canterbury who was beheaded in 1381.

Images from the scan carried out at the West Suffolk Hospital will be used to create a facial likeness of Simon Theobald - "Simon of Sudbury" - who was also once Lord Chancellor of England.

He was killed outside the Tower of London during the Peasants' Revolt.

Axe marks can be seen on the back of the skull, which usually rests at St Gregory's Church in Sudbury.

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"The unusual thing was seeing the head in the hole in the wall in the church.

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[seowulf]

Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?

[crz]

And they did. They did him in right at the alter. Clove his head right nearly in two.

The King swore he had nothing to do with it. Ya right!

[Malesherbes]

In other news - Helen Thomas appears in Playboy

[marsh2]

Here’s another one - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer got burned at the stake in 1527.

[celtic gal]

Thomas a Becket was murdered as he was saying Mass by the knights or guards of the King who said in a fit of frustration, about his ol pal before the change in Thomas, “ Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest!” The king, Henry, did not actually intend for the knights to actually murder this man and as a result did penance for it wearing sack cloth. The feast of St Thomas a Becket is 29 Dec.

[Sherman Logan]

The peasants are revolting.

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[Mmogamer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Theobald

[curmudgeonII]

When Adam delved
And Eve span
Who was then the gentleman?

[colorado tanker]

Execution ordered by Bloody Mary.

[colorado tanker]

According to Wiki his body was buried at Canterbury. His head, after being displayed on London Bridge, went to the church in Sudbury.

No mention of canonization. Not likely since he was Richard II's Chancellor and very unpopular.

[decimon]

According to Wiki his body was buried at Canterbury.

I'm glad we put that to rest.

[colorado tanker]

It was buried in the details.

[LadyDoc]

I always felt Cranmer deserved it for not defending Anne Bolyne. He knew the charges against her were false, but kept quiet to keep his job so he could “reform” the church.

He also could have insisted Mary was legitimate, as children of an annulled marriage are considered legitimate, or children from a divorced marriage are legitimate. But no, he backed the king and let her live in poverty with her mom...

So what goes around, comes around.

[marsh2]

Since he was my ancestor, pardon me if I defer judgment. Tines were violent and the king had great power. By playing politics, Thomas was able to spread the belief that a personal knowledge of, if not relationship with, God was possible. He also provided direct lay access to the word of God. Because of him and others of his time, great changes occurred that rippled down the centuries.