Definition of Herfast. Meaning of Herfast. Synonyms of Herfast

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