Episcopal Registers Diocese of Worcester Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard

Oxford: James Parker and Co., 1902. Leather. Good. 11" by 8". None. A collection of historical registers for the diocese of Worcester. Edited for the Worcester Historical Society. Volume I contains the introduction and index, with the first fifty pages of records, whilst volume II contains the rest of the records. Godfrey Giffard (ca. 1235 1302) was Chancellor of the Exchequer of England, Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Worcester. By the year 1300 Giffard had become sick and infirm; in March of that year he was visited by Archbishop Winchelsey at Wyke. In 1301, William of Gloucester produced thirty-six articles against him before the Archbishop; although mostly small, technical and legal, they included a charge of manumitting serfs without its consentan another complaint of him unduly favouring his nephews. Both complaints were well investigated, and the Bishop's answers are recorded along with the charges in his register. Complete in two volumes. In half-morocco bindings. Externally sound, though with some rubbing. Hinges strained, with cords visible. One joint starting Internally, firmly bound. Ink inscription and correctional fluid to title page. Library labels to front pastedowns. Institutional ink stamps to title pages and other pages throughout the text. Pages are bright and mainly clean, with just the odd handling mark. Good