Facts: - imagesize: 250px - buried: york minster - caption: archbishop greenfield 's monument at york cathedral - consecration: 30 january 1306 - successor: william melton - elected: 4 december 1304 - predecessor: thomas of corbridge - death date: 6 december 1315 - enthroned: unknown - ended: 6 december 1315 - archbishop of: archbishop of york - name: william greenfield - image: greenfieldmonument.jpg - death place: cawood Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william greenfield .
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william greenfield -lrb- died 6 december 1315 -rrb- served as both the lord chancellor of england and the archbishop of york .he was also known as william of greenfield .