Herfast or Arfast (died 1084) was the first Lord Chancellor of Norman England. He was also Bishop of Elmham and later Bishop of Thetford, after he moved...

Herfast de Crépon was the brother of Gunnor, Duchess of Normandy, the wife of Richard I of Normandy. His parentage is unknown, but it is stated by Dudo...

paralysis, ruptures, toothache Lord Chancellor In office 1070–1078 Monarch William I Preceded by Herfast Succeeded by Maurice Shrines Salisbury Cathedral...

Sprota Esperling of Vaudreuil Emma of Paris Richard I of Normandy Gunnor Herfast of Crépon Rodulf of Ivry Aubrey of Canville several daughters Richard II...

Gunnor became his mistress and her family rose to prominence. Her brother, Herfast de Crepon, may have been involved in a controversial heresy trial. Gunnor...

his new archbishop, nor would he promote his chaplain and chancellor, Herfast. He assembled a council of bishops, abbots and other notables, in order...

empress (b. 1057) Halsten Stenkilsson, king of Sweden (approximate date) Herfast (or Arfast), Norman Lord Chancellor Hoël II, duke of Brittany (House of...

during the English Civil War and Interregnum. Regenbald (1050 – after 1066) Herfast (1068–1070) Saint Osmund, count of Sées and bishop of Salisbury (c. 1070)...

of William the Conqueror's closest counsellors. Osbern was the son of Herfast de Crepon and the nephew of Gunnor, Duchess of Normandy, initially mistress...

Elmham as his see. The line of his successors at Elmham then descended to Herfast, a chaplain to William the Conqueror, who removed his see to Thetford Priory...

bishop of Lincoln, who had moved his seat to that city earlier that year Herfast, bishop of Thetford Hubert, 'lector' of the Roman Church and papal legate...

Elmham Appointed 1047 Term ended deposed 1070 Predecessor Stigand Successor Herfast Orders Consecration 1047 Personal details Died unknown Denomination Roman...

Bury, born before 1040, died late 1090s) was a member of the household of Herfast, Bishop of East Anglia, in the 1070s and 1080s. Thereafter, he was a monk...

invades Wales, capturing parts of Gwynedd. Osmund succeeds Herfast as Lord Chancellor; Herfast becomes Bishop of Elmham. Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral...

political importance, both to her husband and her progeny. Her brother, Herfast de Crepon, was progenitor of a great Norman family. Her sisters and nieces...

Saint-Ouen Abbey, Rouen. Abbot of Saint-Ouen In office 1042–1092 Preceded by Herfast Succeeded by Helgot Personal details Born 1026–1027 Died 1092 Nicaea, Asia...

recorded) in the Domesday Book. The entry reads: Haneslau(ue)/Hanslau(e): Herfast from Nigel d'Aubigny; Hugh from Walter of Flanders; Widder and Bernard...

reads: Alricesei(a)/eie: Bishop of Durham; Bernard from William d'Eu; Herfast; from Nigel d'Aubigny; Wulfsi. 3 mills. Plea Rolls of the Court of Common...

Thetford, Norfolk Minster of St Mary Major (St Mary the Great) 1071 – c. 1094 Herfast, the last Bishop of Elmham, moved his see to a minster here in 1071. With...

Bishop of Thetford Appointed 25 December 1085 Term ended 1091 Predecessor Herfast Successor Herbert de Losinga Orders Consecration 1086 Personal details...

Walter of Hereford, Giso of Wells, Remigius of Dorchester or Lincoln, Herfast of Elmham or Norwich, Stigand of Selsey, Osbern of Exeter, Peter of Lichfield...

chancellor, but the first chancellor in England is usually held to be Herfast, who held office from around 1069. Some historians, including David Bates...

empress (b. 1057) Halsten Stenkilsson, king of Sweden (approximate date) Herfast (or Arfast), Norman Lord Chancellor Hoël II, duke of Brittany (House of...

Domesday Book of 1086 as a small settlement belonging to Richard son of Herfast. The name of Moor, was added to the name Monkton to distinguish it from...