William de Beaufeu

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Thetford
Title	Bishop of Thetford
Period in office	1085–1091
Predecessor	Herfast
Successor	Herbert de Losinga
Personal
Date of death	1091

William de Beaufeu (sometimes William de Beaufai, William of Bello Fargo or William of Belfou) was a medieval Bishop of Thetford and a major landholder mentioned in the Domesday Book.^[1]

Contents 1 Life 2 See also 3 Citations 4 References

[edit] 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]

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Citations

[edit] 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

Religious titles
Preceded by Herfast	Bishop of Thetford 1085–1091	Succeeded by Herbert de Losinga

Persondata
NAME	Beaufeu, William de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	William de Beaufai; William of Belfou
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Thetford
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	1091
PLACE OF DEATH

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