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William Laud

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Gender Male
Death378 years ago
Date of birth October 7,1573
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Reading
United Kingdom
Date of died January 10,1645
DiedTower Hill
London
United Kingdom
Place of burialSt John's College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Parents William Laud
Lucy Webbe
Church Church of England
Successor William Juxon
Consecr18 November 1621; by George Montaigne
In offic1633–1645
Education St John's College
Reading School
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Date of Upd.
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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.

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