William Booth (bishop)

William Booth
Archbishop of York
Church	Catholic
Appointed	21 July 1452
Term ended	12 September 1464
Predecessor	John Kemp
Successor	George Neville
Orders
Consecration	9 July 1447
Personal details
Died	12 September 1464 Bishopthorpe Palace, York
Buried	Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire
Nationality	English

William Booth or Bothe (died 12 September 1464) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1447 before becoming Archbishop of York in 1452 until his death in 1464.

Life

Prior to his election as bishop of the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, Booth had served as Rector of Prescot, Lancashire from 1441. He was provided to the see of Coventry and Lichfield on 26 April 1447 and consecrated on 9 July 1447.^[1]

Booth was translated to the diocese of York on 21 July 1452.^[2] 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.^[3]

Booth died the following year, on 12 September 1464,^[2] at Bishopthorpe Palace and is buried in a family vault at Southwell Minster.

Citations

↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 254
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 282
↑ Ross Edward IV p. 54.

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.
Ross, Charles (1974). Edward IV. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-02781-7.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by William Heyworth	Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1447–1452	Succeeded by Nicholas Close
Preceded by John Kemp	Archbishop of York 1452–1464	Succeeded by George Neville

Bishops of Lichfield (including precursor offices)

Mercia	Diuma Ceollach Trumhere Jaruman

Mercians & Lindisfaras	Chad

Lichfield	Winfrith Seaxwulf Headda Aldwine Witta Hemele Cuthfrith Berhthun Hygeberht (Archbishop of Lichfield) Ealdwulf Herewine Æthelwold Hunberght Cynefrith Tunberht Wulfsige Burgheard Eadberht Wulfred Wilferth Ælfwine Wulfgar Cynesige Wynsige Elphege Godwin Leofgar Brihtmær Wulfsige Leofwin Peter

Chester	Peter Robert de Limesey

Coventry	Robert de Limesey Robert Peche Roger de Clinton Walter Durdent Richard Peche Gerard la Pucelle Hugh Nonant Geoffrey de Muschamp William de Cornhill Alexander de Stavenby

Coventry & Lichfield	Alexander de Stavenby Hugh de Pateshull Roger Weseham Roger de Meyland Walter Langton Roger Northburgh Robert de Stretton Walter Skirlaw Richard le Scrope John Burghill John Catterick James Cary William Heyworth William Booth Nicholas Close Reginald Boulers John Hales William Smyth John Arundel Geoffrey Blythe Rowland Lee

Lichfield & Coventry	Rowland Lee Richard Sampson Ralph Baines Thomas Bentham William Overton George Abbot Richard Neile John Overall Thomas Morton Robert Wright Accepted Frewen John Hacket Thomas Wood William Lloyd John Hough Edward Chandler Richard Smalbroke The Hon Frederick Cornwallis John Egerton Brownlow North Richard Hurd The Hon James Cornwallis The Hon Henry Ryder Samuel Butler

Lichfield	Samuel Butler James Bowstead John Lonsdale George Selwyn William Maclagan The Hon Augustus Legge John Kempthorne Edward Woods Stretton Reeve Kenneth Skelton Keith Sutton Jonathan Gledhill

Bishops and Archbishops of York

Pre-Reformation Bishops	Paulinus Chad Wilfrid Bosa John of Beverley Wilfrid II

Pre-Reformation Archbishops	Egbert Æthelbert Eanbald I Eanbald II Wulfsige Wigmund Wulfhere Æthelbald Hrotheweard Wulfstan I Oscytel Edwald Oswald Ealdwulf Wulfstan II Ælfric Puttoc Cynesige Ealdred Thomas of Bayeux Gerard Thomas II Thurstan William FitzHerbert Henry Murdac William FitzHerbert Roger de Pont L'Évêque Geoffrey Plantagenet Simon Langton Walter de Gray Sewal de Bovil Godfrey Ludham William Langton Bonaventure Walter Giffard William de Wickwane John le Romeyn Henry of Newark Thomas of Corbridge William Greenfield William Melton William Zouche John of Thoresby Alexander Neville Thomas Arundel Robert Waldby Richard le Scrope Thomas Langley Robert Hallam Henry Bowet Philip Morgan Richard Fleming John Kemp William Booth George Neville Lawrence Booth Thomas Rotherham Thomas Savage Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Wolsey

Post-Reformation Archbishops	Edward Lee Robert Holgate Nicholas Heath Thomas Young Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Piers Matthew Hutton Tobias Matthew George Montaigne Samuel Harsnett Richard Neile John Williams Accepted Frewen Richard Sterne John Dolben Thomas Lamplugh John Sharp Sir William Dawes Bt Lancelot Blackburne Thomas Herring Matthew Hutton John Gilbert Robert Hay Drummond William Markham Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Thomas Musgrave Charles Longley William Thomson William Magee William Maclagan Cosmo Lang William Temple Cyril Garbett Michael Ramsey Donald Coggan Stuart Blanch John Habgood David Hope John Sentamu

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 73384108 LCCN: nb2008002854 ISNI: 0000 0001 2018 2954 GND: 135890489 SUDOC: 125239246 BNF: cb16519310c (data)

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William Booth (bishop)

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