William de Beaufeu

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name =William de Beaufeu


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Thetford
Title = Bishop of Thetford
Period = 1085–1091
Predecessor = Herfast
Successor =Herbert de Losinga
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date of death =1091
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William de Beaufeu (sometimes William de Beaufai or William of Belfou) was a medieval Bishop of Thetford.

Life

He was a royal clerk before he was nominated to the see of Thetford [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 British History Online Bishops of Norwich] accessed on October 29, 2007] on December 25 1085 and consecrated in 1086. He died in 1091.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 223] He probably was related to Richard de Beaufou Bishop of Avranches from 1134 to 1142.Spear "The Norman Empire and the Secular Clergy" "Journal of British Studies" p. 5]

ee also

* List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Norwich, England and its precursor offices

Notes

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References

* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 British History Online Bishops of Norwich] accessed on October 29, 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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DATE OF DEATH=1091
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