▁another ▁in ▁their ▁details . ▁The ▁earliest ▁of ▁these ▁describe ▁Saint ▁Simon ▁as ▁someone ▁known ▁for ▁hol iness ▁during ▁his ▁life , ▁and ▁m ira cles ▁att ested ▁to ▁this ▁after ▁his ▁death . ▁He ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁died ▁in ▁Bor de aux ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 6 , ▁though ▁the ▁year ▁is ▁not ▁documented . ▁The ▁surname ▁" Sto ck " ▁appears ▁in ▁some ▁documents ▁but ▁not ▁in ▁others , ▁and ▁is ▁related ▁to ▁a ▁story ▁that ▁the ▁Saint ▁lived ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁in ▁a ▁h ollow ▁tree ▁(" stock " ▁meant ▁tree ▁tr unk ) ▁before ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁the ▁Car mel ites ▁in ▁England , ▁in ▁keeping ▁with ▁proph etic ▁tradition . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁lived ▁at ▁A yles ford ▁in ▁Kent , ▁a ▁place ▁that ▁hosted ▁in ▁ 1 2 4 7 ▁the ▁first ▁general ▁chapter ▁of ▁the ▁Car mel ite ▁Order ▁held ▁outside ▁the ▁Holy ▁Land , ▁and ▁where ▁there ▁is ▁still ▁a ▁monaster y ▁of ▁Car mel ite ▁fri ars . ▁Saint ▁Simon ▁was ▁probably ▁the ▁fifth ▁or ▁sixth ▁prior ▁general ▁of ▁the ▁Car mel ites ▁( histor ical ▁evidence ▁suggests ▁perhaps ▁from ▁about ▁ 1 2 5 6 - 1 2 6 6 ). ▁During ▁his ▁service , ▁the ▁order ▁spread ▁widely ▁in ▁southern ▁and ▁western ▁Europe , ▁especially ▁in ▁England . ▁Stock ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁found ing ▁houses ▁in ▁the ▁university ▁cities ▁of ▁that ▁era , ▁as ▁in ▁ 1 2 4 8 ▁at ▁Cambridge , ▁in ▁ 1 2