John Booth (bishop)

For other persons named John Booth, see John Booth (disambiguation).

John Booth
Bishop of Exeter
Church	Catholic
Province	Canterbury
Appointed	15 March 1465
Term ended	5 April 1478
Predecessor	George Neville
Successor	Peter Courtenay
Orders
Consecration	7 July 1465
Personal details
Died	5 April 1478 Horsley, Surrey
Nationality	English
Previous post	Provost of Beverley Minster, Archdeacon of Richmond, Chancellor of Cambridge University

John Booth (died 5 April 1478, Surrey) was a 15th-century English prelate who held numerous appointments in the church and royal service.

Life

Booth was a scion of the ancient Cheshire family of Booth who were seated at Dunham Massey. He was a nephew of William Booth and Lawrence Booth, who both served as Archbishop of York.

In 1457 Booth was appointed the Provost of Beverley Minster and then in 1459 Archdeacon of Richmond,^[1] as well as Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral, Canon of Sawley and Prebendary of Strensall. From 1461 until 1465, he was secretary to Edward IV, and for two of those years, 1463 and 1464, he served as the Chancellor of Cambridge University, receiving the degree of Doctor of Divinity. In 1464, he acquired the Prebendary of Bole and became Principal Secretary to Edward IV.

Booth was appointed Bishop of Exeter on 15 March 1465 and was consecrated bishop on 7 July 1465.^[2]

From 1471 to 1478, Booth served as a member of King Edward's Privy Council.

Following a visit to Croydon Palace,^[3] Booth died on 5 April 1478^[2] at Horsley, where he was ex-officio lord of the manor.

Citations

↑ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 247
↑ www.british-history.ac.uk

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Jones, B. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond. Institute for Historical Research.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Lawrence Booth	Provost of Beverley Minster 1457–1465	Succeeded by Henry Webber
Preceded by John Arundel	Archdeacon of Richmond 1459–1465	Succeeded by John Sherwood
Preceded by George Neville	Bishop of Exeter 1465–1478	Succeeded by Peter Courtenay
Academic offices
Preceded by Robert Woodlark	Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1463–1464	Succeeded by William Wilflete

Bishops of Exeter

High Medieval	see removed from Crediton Leofric Osbern FitzOsbern William Warelwast Robert Warelwast Robert of Chichester Bartholomew Iscanus John the Chanter Henry Marshal Simon of Apulia William Briwere Richard Blund Walter Branscombe Peter Quinel Thomas Bitton

Late Medieval	Walter de Stapledon James Berkeley John Godeley John Grandisson Thomas de Brantingham Edmund Stafford John Catterick Edmund Lacey John Hales George Neville John Booth Peter Courtenay Richard Foxe Oliver King Richard Redman

Early modern	John Arundel Hugh Oldham John Vesey Myles Coverdale John Vesey James Turberville William Alley William Bradbridge John Woolton Gervase Babington William Cotton Valentine Cary Joseph Hall Ralph Brownrigg John Gauden Seth Ward Anthony Sparrow Thomas Lamplugh Sir Jonathan Trelawney Bt Ofspring Blackall Lancelot Blackburne Stephen Weston Nicholas Clagett George Lavington Frederick Keppel John Ross William Buller Reginald Courtenay

Late modern	John Fisher George Pelham William Carey Christopher Bethell Henry Phillpotts Frederick Temple Edward Bickersteth Herbert Edward Ryle Archibald Robertson Lord William Cecil Charles Curzon Robert Mortimer Eric Mercer Hewlett Thompson Michael Langrish John Ford (acting) Nick McKinnel (acting) Robert Atwell

Archdeacons of Richmond, of Craven and of Richmond and Craven

High Medieval	Osbert de Bayeux Bartholomew Godfrey de Luci William de Chemillé Eustace Honorius of Kent Roger de Sancto Edmundo Honorius (again) Morgan Richard Marsh William Langton Walter de Woburn Robert Haget John le Romeyn the elder William Simon of Evesham Richard le Brun Thomas Passelew Geoffrey de Sancto Marco Henry of Newark Gerard de Vuippens

Late Medieval	Francesco Cardinal Caetani John Sandale Roger Northburgh Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord Robert Wodehouse John Gynwell Jean-Raymond Cardinal de Comminges Henry de Walton Humphrey de Cherleton John Bacon John Waltham Thomas Dalby (er) Stephen Scrope Nicholas Bubwith Stephen Scrope (again) Henry Bowet Thomas Kempe William Grey Lawrence Booth John Arundel John Booth John Sherwood Edward de la Pole John Blyth Christopher Urswick James Stanley Thomas Dalby (yr) Thomas Wynter William Knight

Early modern	John Bird John Horleston John Hansom John Horleston (again) Christopher Goodman Thomas Mallory Thomas Dodd Henry Bridgeman Charles Bridgeman Henry Dove Thomas Lamplugh William Stratford Samuel Peploe Thomas Townson Thomas Breithweite George Bower John Owen Henry Law John Headlam Charles Dodgson

Late modern	Edwards Cust William Danks Armstrong Hall Arthur Watson Claude Thornton Donald Bartlett William MacPherson Harry Graham John Turnbull Paul Burbridge Norman McDermid Ken Good Janet Henderson Nicholas Henshall (Acting) Paul Slater, Archdeacon of Craven (Acting) Paul Slater, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven Simon Cowling, Acting Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven Beverley Mason, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven

Craven (1836–2014)	Charles Musgrave Vincent Ryan William Boyd Francis Kilner Lucas Cook James Howson Frederick Ackerley Thomas Williams Arthur Sephton Martin Kaye David Rogers Brian Smith Malcolm Grundy Paul Slater (became Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, December 29, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.