Other posts queen's chaplain Successor Robert of Bath Buried Bath Abbey Predecessor John of Tours | Name Godfrey Bath Consecration August 26, 1123 Died August 16, 1135 Appointed March 25, 1123 | |
Place of burial Bath Abbey, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom | ||
Godfrey (died 1135) was a medieval Bishop of Bath.
Life
Godfrey 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. He came with her to England when she married Henry I.
Godfrey was nominated 25 March 1123, and consecrated 26 August 1123 by Archbishop William de Corbeil of Canterbury 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.
Godfrey died on 16 August 1135 and was buried in Bath Abbey near the north altar.
References
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