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WILLIAM GIFFARD (d. 1129)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 4 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM See also:GIFFARD (d. 1129)  , See also:bishop of See also:Winchester, was See also:chancellor of See also:William II. and received his see, in See also:succession to Bishop Walkelin, from See also:Henry I . (11oo) . He was one of the bishops elect whom See also:Anselm refused to consecrate (11o1) as having been nominated and invested by the See also:lay See also:power . During the investitures dispute See also:Giffard was on friendly terms with Anselm, and See also:drew upon himself a See also:sentence of banishment through declining to accept See also:consecration from the See also:archbishop of See also:York (1103) . He was, however, one of the bishops who pressed Anselm, in 11o6, to give way to the See also:king . He was consecrated after the See also:settlement of 1107 . He became a See also:close friend of Anselm, aided the first See also:Cistercians to See also:settle in See also:England, and restored Winchester See also:cathedral with See also:great magnificence . See See also:Eadmer, Historic novorum, edited by M . See also:Rule (See also:London, 1884) ; and S . H . See also:Cass, Bishops of Winchester (London, 1827) .

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