William de Beaufeu
Bishop of Thetford
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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.
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William's land holdings were mainly in the county of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was a royal clerk before he was nominated to the see of Thetford on 25 December 1085 and consecrated in 1086. He died in 1091. He was probably related to Richard de Beaufou Bishop of Avranches from 1134 to 1142.