John Booth (died 5 April 1478,

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) was a 15th-century English

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who held numerous appointments in the

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and royal service.

Life

Booth was a scion of the ancient

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family of

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who were seated at

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. He was a nephew of

William Booth William Booth (10 April 182920 August 1912) was an English Methodist preacher who, along with his wife, Catherine, founded the Salvation Army and became its first "General" (1878–1912). His 1890 book In Darkest England and The Way Out outli ...

and

Lawrence Booth Lawrence Booth ( – 1480) served as Prince-Bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor of England, before being appointed Archbishop of York. Life The illegitimate son of John Booth, lord of the manor of Barton, near Eccles, Lancashire, he w ...

, who both served as

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. In 1457 Booth was appointed the

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and then in 1459

Archdeacon of Richmond The Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven is an archdiaconal post in the Church of England. It was created in about 1088 within the See of York and was moved in 1541 to the See of Chester, in 1836 to the See of Ripon and after 2014 to the See of ...

,Jones
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond
'' as well as Treasurer of

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of Sawley and

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. From 1461 until 1465, he was secretary to

Edward IV Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England ...

, and for two of those years, 1463 and 1464, he served as the Chancellor of Cambridge University, receiving the degree of

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. In 1464, he acquired the Prebendary of Bole and became Principal Secretary to Edward IV. Booth was appointed

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on 15 March 1465 and was

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bishop on 7 July 1465.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 247 From 1471 to 1478, Booth served as a member of King Edward's

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. Following a visit to

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/ref> Booth died on 5 April 1478 at Horsley, where he was ''ex-officio''

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References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, John 15th-century births 1478 deaths Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Bishops of Exeter 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Archdeacons of Richmond

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Year of birth missing