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Godfrey de Lucy

12th and 13th-century Bishop of Winchester

Summary

12th and 13th-century Bishop of Winchester

Field	Value
type	Bishop
name	Godfrey de Lucy
title	Bishop of Winchester
image	Godfreydelucytombwinchestercathedral.jpg
religion	Catholic
appointed	15 September 1189
term_end	11 or 12 September 1204
predecessor	Richard of Ilchester
successor	Richard Poore
consecration	22 October 1189
death_date	September 1204
previous_post	Archdeacon of Richmond

Godfrey de Lucy or Luci (d. September 1204) was a medieval Bishop of Winchester.

Life

Godfrey de Lucy was the son of Richard de Lucy and his wife Rohese de Clare or de Boulogne. He had an elder brother Geoffrey, and three sisters, Maud, Alice, and Aveline.

Godfrey was dean of St. Martin le Grand in London before being appointed Archdeacon of Derby in the diocese of Lichfield in about 1171. He was Archdeacon of Richmond in the diocese of York before 18 August 1184. He also held prebends in the dioceses of Exeter, Lincoln, London and Salisbury. He was also a royal justice.

Godfrey was nominated to the see of Winchester 15 September 1189 and consecrated as Bishop on 22 October 1189.

Godfrey was named the guardian of Geoffrey and Richard, the sons of his elder brother Geoffrey, during their minority. Both died without heirs early in the reign of RichardI (r.11891199) and their lands wereafter protracted litigation that lasted until the reign of HenryIIIdivided between their sisters and aunts and their heirs. In 1194, he fell out of favour with King Richard, but by the start of King John's reign he had recovered his lands.

Godfrey died on 11

Citations

References

British History Online Archdeacons of Richmond accessed on 24 April 2024
British History Online Bishops of Winchester accessed on 24 April 2024
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References

[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol6/pp47-52#fnn121 British History Online Archdeacons of Richmond] accessed on 24 April 2024
Turner "Exercise of the King's Will" ''Albion'' p. 400
Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 276
Turner "Mandeville Inheritance" ''Haskins Society Journal'' p. 163
Turner "Exercise of the King's Will" ''Albion'' p. 389-390
or 12 September 1204.[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol2/pp85-87 British History Online Bishops of Winchester] accessed on 24 April 2024

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