William de Beaufeu

William de Beaufeu[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] was a medieval Bishop of Thetford and a major landholder mentioned in the Domesday Book.[1]

William de Beaufeu
Bishop of Thetford
Appointed25 December 1085
Term ended1091
PredecessorHerfast
SuccessorHerbert de Losinga
Orders
Consecration1086
Personal details
Died1091
DenominationCatholic

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
  1. Sometimes William de Beaufai, William of Bello Fargo or William of Belfou
  2. The place where the name comes from is probably fr:Beaufour (Normandy, now Calvados département) : Belfou 1040 - 1066, Bellafagus 1195 "beautiful beech-tree", confused later with another place-name (Orne département) Beaufai : Belfai 1092, De Bello Fayaco ar. 1345 "beautiful beech wood"

Citations
  1. The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde, Major Domesday landholders page 338 ISBN 1-85833-440-3
  2. British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
  3. Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 223
  4. Spear "The Norman Empire and the Secular Clergy" Journal of British Studies p. 5

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
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Herfast		 Bishop of Thetford
1085-1091		 Succeeded by
Herbert de Losinga

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