Reginald Boulers (died 1459) was a medieval Abbot of Gloucester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. Boulers became

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of the abbey of St Peter at Gloucester in 1437. Boulers was a shrewd man of affairs and was sent on an embassy to

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in 1449, when the convent allowed him £400 for his expenses. In 1450, he was seized by Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and imprisoned for a time in

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. In the same year, Boulers was appointed to the See of Hereford on 14 August 1450 and consecrated on 14 February 1451. He was

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to the see of Coventry and Lichfield on 7 February 1453. Shortly before his death he willed his books to the library at

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. Boulers died in office sometime between 24 March and 10 April 1459.

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* * * * * Year of birth unknown 1459 deaths Abbots of Gloucester English Benedictines 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Benedictine bishops Bishops of Hereford Bishops of Lichfield Benedictine abbots {{England-bishop-stub