What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: In this building, which incorporates a 12C Abbot's Lodging lived William Laud, Dean of Gloucester 1616-21, later to be Archbishop of Canterbury, accused of treason and beheaded on Tower Hill. Recorded plaque organisation: Gloucester City Council.
William Laud was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 until his execution in 1645, known for his high church views and controversial reforms that contributed to the English Civil War.
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