Walter Giffard (abt. 1218 - 1279)

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Biography

Walter Giffard was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

The manors of Itchel and Cove were acquired by Walter Giffard after 1243. He was elected Bishop of Bath and Wells on 22 May 1264, and two years later was translated to the archiepiscopal see of York. ^[1]

Walter was the Archbishop of York from 1266-1279.

Walter Giffard died in 1279, and his Crondall estates were inherited by his brother Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Parishes: Crondall," in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1911), 5-14. British History Online, accessed April 5, 2023, BHO

See also:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Giffard
• Phillimore, W.P.W & Fry, George S. Abstracts of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem Returned Into the Court of Chancery (British Record Society, London, 1893) Part IV. 20 Henry III. to 29 Edward I. 1236-1300, Page 108
• Brown, Willaim. Yorkshire Inquisitions, "The Yorkshire Archaeological Society: Record Series" (The Society, 1892) Page 188
• Wikipedia: Walter Giffard