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.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 1123Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 228 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.Hollister Henry I p. 472
Godfrey died on 16 August 1135 and was buried in Bath Abbey near the north altar.
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