Godfrey (died 1135) was a medieval Bishop of Bath.
Godfrey of Bath | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Bath | |
| Appointed | 25 March 1123 |
| Term ended | 16 August 1135 |
| Predecessor | John of Tours |
| Successor | Robert |
| Other post(s) | queen's chaplain |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 26 August 1123 by William de Corbeil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | 16 August 1135 |
| Buried | Bath Abbey |
Life
editGodfrey was a native of Leuven and was chaplain to Adeliza of Louvain, second wife of King Henry I of England. Godfrey served as chaplain both before and after her marriage to the king.[1] He came with her to England when she married Henry I.[2]
Godfrey was nominated 25 March 1123, and consecrated 26 August 1123[3] by Archbishop William de Corbeil of Canterbury at St. Paul's London.[1] During the last years of King Henry I's rule, Godfrey was often at the king's court and received a number of charters from the king.[4]
Godfrey died on 16 August 1135[3] and was buried in Bath Abbey near the north altar.[1]
Citations
editReferences
edit- Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1066–1154: A History of the Anglo-Norman Church. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Greenway, Diana E. (2001). "Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 7: Bath and Wells. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
- Hollister, C. Warren (2001). Frost, Amanda (ed.). Henry I. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08858-2.
Further reading
edit- Summerson, Henry (May 2008). "Godfrey (d. 1135)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95120.(subscription or UK public library membership required)