William Booth or Bothe (–1464) was
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1447 before becoming
Archbishop of York
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in 1452 until his death in 1464.
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Life
Prior to his election as Bishop
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of Coventry and Lichfield, Booth had served as Rector
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of Prescot
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, Lancashire
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from 1441. He was provided to the see of Coventry and Lichfield on 26 April 1447 and consecrated on 9 July 1447.[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 254]
Booth was translated
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to the archdiocese of York
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on 21 July 1452.[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 282] In the late summer of 1463, allied with the Neville brothers Richard, Earl of Warwick and John, Marquess of Montagu, Archbishop Booth led an army in the north of England which repelled an attempted invasion by the Scots and former King Henry VI with Margaret of Anjou.[Ross ''Edward IV'' p. 54.]
Booth died the following year, on 12 September 1464,[ at ]Bishopthorpe Palace
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and is buried in a family vault at Southwell Minster
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.
See also
* Archbishop Lawrence Booth (half-brother)
* Booth baronets
Citations
References
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Further reading
* ''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage''
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1380s births
1464 deaths
Clergy from Lancashire
Archbishops of York
Bishops of Lichfield
15th-century English Roman Catholic archbishops
People from Eccles, Greater Manchester