William Beaw

William Beaw (1616-1706),[1] sometimes spelled Beau,[2] was Bishop of Llandaff from 1679 until his death.[3]

William Beaw

Beaw was educated at New College, Oxford. During the English Civil War he was a Major of a regiment of horse for Charles I. He also served Sweden in their war with Poland. In 1661 he became Vicar of Adderbury, a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate.

Beaw had a daughter, Jane, who married John Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Trerice. Her will was proved 14 Jul 1744.[2]

Notes

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Chadwyck-Healey, Charles Edward (1901). The History of the Part of West Somerset (Ordinary ed.). London: Henry Sotheran and Company. p. 96. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
'Barrowby-Benn', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 79-105. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117045 Date accessed: 1 October 2014.

Church in Wales titles
Preceded by William Lloyd	Bishop of Llandaff 1679–1706	Succeeded by John Tyler

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Bishops of Llandaff
High Medieval	Joseph Herewald Urban Uhtred Nicholas ap Gwrgant William de Saltmarsh Henry de Abergavenny William de Goldcliff Elias de Radnor William de Christchurch William de Burgh John de la Ware William de Radnor William de Braose Philip de Staunton
Late Medieval	John de Monmouth Alexander de Monmouth John de Egglescliffe John Paschal Rodger Cradock Thomas Rushhook William Bottlesham Edmund Bromfeld Robert Tideman of Winchcombe Andrew Barret John Burghill Thomas Peverel John de la Zouche John Wells Nicholas Ashby John Hunden John Smith John Marshall John Ingleby
Early modern	Miles Salley George de Athequa Robert Holgate Anthony Kitchin Hugh Jones William Blethyn Gervase Babington William Morgan Francis Godwin George Carleton Theophilus Feild William Murray Morgan Owen Hugh Lloyd Francis Davies William Lloyd William Beaw John Tyler Robert Clavering John Harris Matthias Mawson John Gilbert Edward Cresset Richard Newcome John Ewer Jonathan Shipley Hon Shute Barrington Richard Watson Herbert Marsh William Van Mildert Charles Sumner Edward Copleston Alfred Ollivant Richard Lewis Joshua Pritchard Hughes
Church in Wales	Joshua Pritchard Hughes Timothy Rees John Morgan (Archbishop of Wales) Glyn Simon (Archbishop of Wales) Eryl Thomas John Poole-Hughes Roy Davies Barry Morgan (Archbishop of Wales) June Osborne