William Laud
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 379 years ago |
Date of birth | October 7,1573 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Reading |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | January 10,1645 |
Died | Tower Hill |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Place of burial | St John's College, Oxford, United Kingdom |
Parents | William Laud |
Lucy Webbe | |
Church | Church of England |
Successor | William Juxon |
Consecr | 18 November 1621; by George Montaigne |
In offic | 1633–1645 |
Education | St John's College |
Reading School | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 756626 |
William Laud Life story
William Laud was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms; he was arrested by Parliament in 1640 and executed towards the end of the First English Civil War in January 1645.