[1] He was a native of Escures, near Sées, and his father was a landowner and sworn man of Roger of Montgomery.
[3] He acted as an emissary for King Henry I of England at the papal curia in Rome.
[4] In 1123 he went to Rome with Anselm of St Saba as part of William de Corbeil the newly elected Archbishop of Canterbury's party.
[5] Seffrid was nominated to the see of Chichester about February 1125 and consecrated on 12 April 1125[6] by William de Corbeil, the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth.
[1] Six genuine documents of his time as bishop survive, along with his profession of obedience.