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4 unusual facts about William Greenfield


Samuel Bagster the Elder

We are informed by a member of the family that the Latin version, multæ terricolis linguæ, cœlestibus una, was by William Greenfield.

William Greenfield

During his absence in France, one Adam of Osgodby, then the Master of the Rolls, acted as his substitute.

When the attack on the Templars in England began in 1308 Greenfield was favourable to them and so refused to take any part in actions against them within the province of Canterbury; he was however present at the Great Council of Vienne in 1312, when Pope Clement V issued an edict dissolving the Order of the Templars.

in the year 1269 Giffard instructed that his bailiff at Churchdown (near Gloucester), "...to pay to Roger the miller of Oxford twenty shillings, for our kinsman William of Greenfield while he is studying there, because it would be difficult for us to send the money to him on account of the perils of the ways".



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