WILLIAM LAUD 1573-1645 Archbishop and reformer. WILLIAM LAUD, son of a master tailor, was born in Reading, and educated at Oxford. Ordained in 1601, he became successively President of St John's ...

Sir, - When guiding at Lambeth Palace, I always pause in the Guard Room at the portrait of Archbishop William Laud, painted in 1633 by the studio of Anthony Van Dyck. I have considerable regard for ...