William Beaw (1616-1706), sometimes spelled Beau, was Bishop of Llandaff from 1679 until his death.'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. Beaw was educated at

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. During the

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he was a

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of a regiment of horse for

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. He also served

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in their war with

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. In 1661 he became

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of Adderbury, a post he held until his elevation to the

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. Beaw had a daughter, Jane, who married

John Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell John Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Trerice (died Sep 1706) of Trerice, Cornwall, who inherited his peerage on the death of his father in 1698. Origins Arundell was the son and heir of John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice, Cornwall by ...

of Trerice. Her will was proved 14 Jul 1744.

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1616 births 1706 deaths People from Newbury, Berkshire Alumni of New College, Oxford Bishops of Llandaff 18th-century Welsh Anglican bishops 17th-century Welsh Anglican bishops {{Anglican-bishop-stub