Walter Giffard was Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of York.
A picture of Henry III taken from Cassell's History of England published c. 1902. Henry entrusted his son Edward to the care of Walter's parents.
The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers the northern regions of England as well as the Isle of Man.
Archbishop of York