EGELMAR, _Ailmar_, of _Almar_: of whom an account has been given already, as well as of his brother Stigand.—(13.) ARFAST, or _Herfast_, chaplain to the Conqueror. He succeeded at Easter, 1070. In compliance with an order of a council held by _Lanfranc_, that all episcopal sees should be removed from villages to the most eminent cities or towns in the respective dioceses, Herfast translated the see of Elmham to _Thetford_. He was by birth a Norman, in great favour with the Conqueror, and chancellor of England. He died in 1084; and in 1085 was succeeded by (14.) WILLIAM GALSAGUS, _de Bellafago_, or _Beaufo_. He also was one of the Conqueror’s favourites, had been his chaplain, and became chancellor of England. He was, like most of that monarch’s great favourites, a person of immense wealth; which at his death, in 1091, was, by his will, divided between his family and see: and this must have contributed not a little to augment the large possessions that were formerly attached to this bishopric. In his time the celebrated survey, called _Domesday_, was made, in which, at folio 145, is contained an enumeration of the estates then belonging to the bishopric; and at folio 148, is an account of the lands of the said bishop, either in fee or inheritance. As many of the latter were bequeathed to the bishopric, the revenues of the see at that period may nearly be ascertained. All these were alienated in the exchange made by Henry VIII. {350}—After this bishop’s death the see was removed from Thetford to Norwich.