Godric or Godric the Steward or Godric dapifer (died c. 1114) was an Englishman around the time of the Norman Conquest.
Godric was a native Englishman who was the dapifer, or steward, of the Earl of East Anglia, Ralph de Gael. Godric may have been a relative of the earl's. [1]
Godric is listed in Domesday Book as administering some royal lands in Norfolk and Suffolk, some of which were lands formerly held by Ralph [1] before the earl's participation in the Revolt of the Earls and subsequent loss of all his English landholdings. [2] Godric is also listed in Domesday Book as holding lands in his own right. [3] Godric was one of only 13 tenants-in-chief who were English listed in Domesday Book. [4]
Godric served King William II of England as a steward also. [5] The historian Frank Barlow states that he held the office of Sheriff of Suffolk, [6] but the historian Judith Green only gives him as probably sheriff of Suffolk around 1087. [7] Green also states that Godric may have been Sheriff of Norfolk at least part of the time between 1091 and 1100. [8]
Godric was married to a woman named Ingreda. The marriage had at least one son, named Ralph. Ingreda may have been the daughter of Edwin, whose lands Godric held in 1086. A further bit of evidence pointing to Edwin being Ingreda's father is that Edwin was married to a woman named Ingreda. Charters of St Benet's Abbey state that Godric's son Ralph had a brother named Eudo and a nephew named Lisewy, but it is not clear how these two individuals were related to Godric. [1]
Godric died around 1114. [1]