Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford

GILES de Briouse (-Gloucester 13 Nov 1215, bur Hereford Cathedral). A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey names “Willielmus, Egidius et Reginaldus” as the three sons of “Willelmo Brewes” and his wife “Berta…comitis Milonis secunda filia”, adding that Giles was Bishop of Hereford[1808]. Giles de Briouse is more often shown in secondary sources as the son of William [III] de Briouse and his wife Mathilde, which is confirmed as correct by an order dated 10 May 1215 which confirms that "E. Epc Heford" had judgment of the fine made for "terra q fuit W. de Braiosa patris sui"[1809], which must refer to William [III] who died in 1211. This source also shows that Giles must have been his parents’ second son, inheriting his father’s lands in preference to the infant son of his deceased older brother William [IV]. Bishop of Hereford 1200. Matthew Paris records that "Gilo de Brause" was consecrated bishop of Hereford “VIII Kal Oct apud Westmonasterium” in 1200[1810]. The Annals of Dunstable record that “Ægidius Herefordensis episcopus” died in 1216[1811].

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Note: he made Bishop at a remarkably young age - family pull behind that?

Profile was trash-mash-merged several times, resulting in gibberish.

No record of any wife, offspring or extracurricular activity.

Variously said to have died at Gloucester, Worcester, or Hereford.