Godfrey Ludham [SEP] position held
Godfrey Ludham
Godfrey Ludham (died 1265) was Archbishop of York from 1258 to 1265.
Life.
Ludham's parents were Richard and Eda of Ludham, Norfolk, and he had a brother Thomas who was also a priest. Matthew Paris gives him the name Godfrey Kineton, but without any explanation of why that was his name. He attended a university, for he bore the title of "magister" but the exact university is unknown.
Ludham was a clerk of Archbishop Walter de Gray before 17 June
John Gervais
John Gervais was a medieval Bishop of Winchester.
Life.
Gervais was a clerk of the diocese of Exeter and educated in physical sciences. He held the prebends of Fenton and Warthill in the diocese of York before becoming chancellor of the diocese of York. He made a trip to Rome on business about the election of Archbishop Sewal de Bovil to York and became a papal chaplain under Pope Alexander IV. In 1260 he was named Bishop of Carlisle by Archbishop Godfrey Ludham of York, but the election was