Godfrey (died 1135) was a medieval
Bishop of Bath
The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England.
The present diocese covers the overwhelmingly greater part of the (ceremonial) county of Somerset and a small area of D ...
.
Life
Godfrey was a native of
Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...
and was chaplain to
Adeliza of Louvain
Adeliza of Louvain, sometimes known in England as Adelicia of Louvain, also called Adela and Aleidis; (c. 1103 – March/April 1151) was Queen of England from 1121 to 1135, as the second wife of King Henry I. She was the daughter of Godfrey I, ...
, second wife of King
Henry I of England
Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in ...
. Godfrey served as chaplain both before and after her marriage to the king.
[Greenway ]
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and Wells: Bishops
' He came with her to England when she married Henry I.
[Barlow ''English Church'' p. 86]
Godfrey was nominated 25 March 1123, and consecrated 26 August 1123
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 228] by Archbishop
William de Corbeil
William de Corbeil or William of Corbeil (21 November 1136) was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury. Very little is known of William's early life or his family, except that he was born at Corbeil, south of Paris, and that he had two brothers. Ed ...
of
Canterbury
Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour.
...
at
St. Paul's London.
[ 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.][Hollister ''Henry I'' p. 472]
Godfrey died on 16 August 1135[ and was buried in ]Bath Abbey
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th ...
near the north altar.[
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Bishops of Bath
1135 deaths
Year of birth unknown
12th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
Clergy from Leuven