Godric was a native Englishman who was the dapifer, or steward, of the Earl of East Anglia, Ralph de Gael.
[1] Godric is listed in Domesday Book as administering some royal lands in Norfolk and Suffolk, some of which were lands formerly held by Ralph[1] before the earl's participation in the Revolt of the Earls and subsequent loss of all his English landholdings.
[4] Godric served King William II of England as a steward also.
[7] Green also states that Godric may have been Sheriff of Norfolk at least part of the time between 1091 and 1100.
Charters of St Benet's Abbey state that Godric's son Ralph had a brother named Eudo and a nephew named Lisewy, but it is not clear how these two individuals were related to Godric.