Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Simon Stock
Simon Stock,
LEARNED CARMELITE,
Was probably a member of the family which owned the manor of Stock, in the parish of Lee, in very early times. He was "the most noted and religious brother of the Carmes that ever was; the first of all his order that took a degree in this University (Oxford), and the same who many years after his death was canonized." His life has been written by Richard Smith, from the MSS. of Bale. He became general of the Carmelites in 1195.
[See "Wood's Athenæ Oxon," by Bliss, and "Fuller's Worthies."]