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Paternal Family Tree: Giffard
Before 18th March 1217 [his father] Hugh Giffard (age 22) and [his mother] Sibyl Cormeilles (age 24) were married.
In 1235 Godfrey Giffard Bishop of Worcester was born to [his father] Hugh Giffard (age 40) and [his mother] Sibyl Cormeilles (age 42).
Around 1246 [his father] Hugh Giffard (age 51) died at Warminster, Wiltshire [Map].
On 22nd May 1264 [his brother] Archbishop Walter Giffard (age 39) was elected Bishop of Bath and Wells.
On 4th January 1265 [his brother] Archbishop Walter Giffard (age 40) was consecrated as Bishop of Bath and Wells at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map].
After 10th August 1265 [his brother] Archbishop Walter Giffard (age 40) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
In 1266 Godfrey Giffard Bishop of Worcester (age 31) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
On 15th October 1266 [his brother] Archbishop Walter Giffard (age 41) was appointed Archbishop of York.
On 1st November 1266 [his brother] Archbishop Walter Giffard (age 41) was enthroned as Archbishop of York.
Before May 1268 Godfrey Giffard Bishop of Worcester (age 33) was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Around 20th May 1268 Godfrey Giffard Bishop of Worcester (age 33) was appointed Bishop of Worcester.
On 25th April 1279 [his brother] Archbishop Walter Giffard (age 54) died at York [Map]. He was buried at York Minster [Map].
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 26th January 1302 Godfrey Giffard Bishop of Worcester (age 67) died.
On 4th February 1302 Godfrey Giffard Bishop of Worcester (deceased) was buried by John Monmouth Bishop of Llandaff at Worcester Cathedral [Map].
Great x 4 Grandfather: Osberne de Bolbec Giffard 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Osberne Giffard
Great x 4 Grandmother: Avelina Unknown
Great x 2 Grandfather: Elias Giffard
Great x 1 Grandfather: Elias "The Boy" Giffard
GrandFather: Walter Giffard
Father: Hugh Giffard
Godfrey Giffard Bishop of Worcester
GrandFather: Walter Cormeilles
Mother: Sibyl Cormeilles