Godfrey de Luci (also Godfrey de Lucy) was a medieval
Bishop of Winchester.
Life
Godfrey de Luci was the second son of
Richard de Luci
Richard de Luci (or Lucy; 1089 – 14 July 1179) was first noted as High Sheriff of Essex, after which he was made Chief Justiciar of England.
Biography
His mother was Aveline, the niece and heiress of William Goth. In the charter for Sées Ca ...
and his wife Rohese.
[British History Online Archdeacons of Richmond]
accessed on 2 November 2007 He had an elder brother Geoffrey, and three sisters, Maud, Alice, and Aveline.
[Turner "Exercise of the King's Will" ''Albion'' p. 400]
Godfrey was
dean
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Titles
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of St. Martin le Grand in London before being appointed
Archdeacon of Derby
The Archdeacon of Derby is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Derby. The archdeacon has responsibility for church buildings and clergy discipline in her/his archdeaconry – the Archdeaconry of Derby – which rough ...
in the
diocese of Lichfield
The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers of seve ...
about 1171. He was
Archdeacon of Richmond in the
diocese of York
The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers the city of York, the eastern part of North Yorkshire, and most of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The diocese is headed by the ...
before 18 August 1184. He also held
prebends in the dioceses of
Exeter,
Lincoln
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,
London
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and
Salisbury
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Salisbury is in the southeast of ...
. He was also a royal justice.
[
Godfrey was nominated to the ]see of Winchester
The Diocese of Winchester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England. Founded in 676, it is one of the older dioceses in England. It once covered Wessex, many times its present size which is today most of the historic enla ...
15 September 1189 and consecrated as Bishop 22 October 1189.[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 276]
Godfrey was named the guardian of his nephews, sons of his elder brother, Geoffrey, but they died without heirs and the lands were divided between their sisters. In 1194, he fell out of favour with King Richard, but by the start of King John's reign he had recovered his lands.[Turner "Exercise of the King's Will" ''Albion'' p. 389-390]
Godfrey died on 11 September 1204[ or on 12 September.][British History Online Bishops of Winchester]
accessed on 2 November 2007
Citations
References
British History Online Archdeacons of Richmond
accessed on 2 November 2007
British History Online Bishops of Winchester
accessed on 2 November 2007
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Bishops of Winchester
Archdeacons of Derby
Archdeacons of Richmond
Anglo-Normans
1204 deaths
Burials at Winchester Cathedral
12th-century births
12th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops