William de Beaufeu | |
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Bishop of Thetford | |
Appointed | 25 December 1085 |
Term ended | 1091 |
Predecessor | Herfast |
Successor | Herbert de Losinga |
Orders | |
Consecration | 1086 |
Personal details | |
Died | 1091 |
Denomination | Catholic |
William de Beaufeu[a][b] was a medieval Bishop of Thetford and a major landholder mentioned in the Domesday Book.[1]
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]