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See also:GIFFARD, See also:GODFREY (c. 1235—1302) , See also:chancellor of See also:England and See also:bishop of See also:Worcester, was a son of See also:Hugh Giffard of Boyton, See also:Wiltshire. Having entered the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church he speedily obtained valuable preferments owing to the See also:influence of his See also:brother See also:Walter, who became chancellor of England in 1265. In 1266 Godfrey became chancellor of the See also:exchequer, succeeding Walter as chancellor of England when, in the same See also:year, the latter was made See also:archbishop of See also:York. In 1268 he was chosen bishop of Worcester, resigning the chancellorship shortly afterwards; and both before and after 1279, when he inherited the valuable See also:property of his brother the archbishop, he was employed on public business by See also:Edward I. His See also:main energies, however, were devoted.to the affairs of his see. He had one See also:long dispute with the monks of Worcester, another with the See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of See also:Westminster, and was vigilant in guarding his material interests. The bishop died on the 26th of See also:January 1302, and was buried in his See also:cathedral. Giffard, although inclined to nepotism, was a benefactor to his cathedral, and completed and fortified the episcopal See also:castle at Hartlebury.
See W. See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, Survey of Worcester Cathedral; Episcopal Registers; See also:Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard, edited by J. W. See also:Willis-Bund (See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1898–1899); and the See also:Annals of Worcester in the See also:Annates monastici, vol. iv., edited by H. R. Luard (See also:London, 1869).
End of Article: GIFFARD, GODFREY (c. 1235—1302)
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