 Simon of Faversham was born circa 1260 in Faversham, a seaport town in Kent,  England.[1]  He became master of arts at the University of Oxford, but he taught at the Arts faculty of the University of Paris in the1280s, where probably most of his works were produced, even if he may have revised some of them after his return to Oxford in 1289. Later in his life Simon became a Doctor of Theology at the University of Oxford. After his return to England, he held several clerical offices: he became sub-deacon at Croydon in 1289, and deacon at Bocking and rector of Preston in 1290. Simon became chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1304. In 1305, archbishop Winchelsey named him archdeacon of Canterbury, the highest ecclesiastical appointment in England for non-priests. After giving up this post, Simon was named rector of Reculver, but soon after he lost his appointment to the candidate of the Papal Curia. Simon died in 1306 in a trip to the Papal curia, where he was going to fight the loss of his appointment as rector of Reculver.