Seffrid I

Seffrid I, sometimes known as Seffrid Pelochin, was a medieval Bishop of Chichester.

Life

Seffrid was the son of Seffrid d'Escures and Guimordis, and was a half brother to Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1114 to 1122. He was a monk at Séez Abbey in Sées, France, He acted as an emissary for King Henry I of England at the papal curia in Rome. In 1123 he went to Rome with Anselm of St Saba as part of William de Corbeil the newly elected Archbishop of Canterbury's party. William was traveling to Rome to secure his pallium. Seffrid was nominated to the see of Chichester about February 1125 and consecrated on 12 April 1125 by William de Corbeil, the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth.