Herfast
Herfast | |
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| Appointed | 1070 |
| Term ended | 1084 |
| Predecessor | Osmund |
Herfast or Arfast (died 1084) was the first
see
there.
Life
Born in
Lord Chancellor of England from 1068 to 1070.[1]
After serving as Lord Chancellor, he was consecrated
Bury St. Edmunds Abbey, with the assistance of Herman the Archdeacon, but the proposal was opposed by its abbot, Baldwin. Herfast finally lost in the King's Court in 1081 and was fined a crippling amount, which was unpaid when he died.[3]
He signed the Accord of Winchester in 1072.[4]
Bishop Herfast died in 1084.Norfolk at the time of Domesday Book in 1086.[5]
References
- ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ISSN 0013-8266.
- ^ a b Greenway, Diana E. (1971). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 2: Monastic cathedrals (northern and southern provinces). pp. 55–58.
- ISBN 0-85115-708-4.
Further reading
- Frank, Barlow (2004). "Herfast (d. 1084)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
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