William de Beaufeu
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William de BeaufeuTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn was a medieval Bishop of Thetford and a major landholder mentioned in the Domesday Book.[1]
Life
William's land holdings were mainly in the county of Norfolk and Suffolk.[1] He was a royal clerk before he was nominated to the see of Thetford[2] on 25 December 1085 and consecrated in 1086. He died in 1091.[3] He was probably related to Richard de Beaufou Bishop of Avranches from 1134 to 1142.[4]
Notes
Citations
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- ↑ a b The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde, Major Domesday landholders page 338 Template:ISBN
- ↑ British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
- ↑ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 223
- ↑ Spear "The Norman Empire and the Secular Clergy" Journal of British Studies p. 5
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References
- British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
- Spear, David S. "The Norman Empire and the Secular Clergy, 1066–1204" The Journal of British Studies Volume XXI Number 2 Spring 1982 p. 1-10
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