Godfrey of Bath

Godfrey of Bath
Bishop of Bath
See Diocese of Bath
Appointed 25 March 1123
Predecessor John of Tours
Successor Robert
Other posts queen's chaplain
Orders
Consecration 26 August 1123
by William de Corbeil
Personal details
Born Leuven
Died 16 August 1135
Denomination Catholic

Godfrey (died 1135) was a medieval Bishop of Bath.

Contents

Life

Godfrey was a native of Leuven and was chaplain to Adeliza of Leuven, second wife of King Henry I of England 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]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c British History Online Bishops of Bath and Wells accessed on 23 September 2007
  2. ^ Barlow English Church 1066–1154 p. 86
  3. ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228
  4. ^ Hollister Henry II p. 472

References

  • Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1066–1154: A History of the Anglo-Norman Church. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-50236-5. 
  • British History Online Bishops of Bath and Wells accessed on 23 September 2007
  • 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. 
  • Hollister, C. Warren; Frost, Amanda Clark (ed.) (2001). Henry I. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08858-2. 

Further reading

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
John of Tours		 Bishop of Bath
1123–1135		 Succeeded by
Robert
Bath
Bath & Glastonbury
Bath