William Booth (bishop)
Appearance
William Booth | |
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Bishopthorpe Palace, York | |
Buried | Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire |
Denomination | Catholic |
William Booth or Bothe (c. 1388–1464) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1447 before becoming Archbishop of York in 1452 until his death in 1464.[1]
Life
Prior to his election as
consecrated on 9 July 1447.[2]
Booth was
north of England which repelled an attempted invasion by the Scots and former King Henry VI with Margaret of Anjou.[4]
Booth died the following year, on 12 September 1464,[3] at Bishopthorpe Palace and is buried in a family vault at Southwell Minster.
See also
- Archbishop Lawrence Booth (half-brother)
- Booth baronets
Citations
References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ISBN 0-520-02781-7.
Further reading
- Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
- Condliffe Bates, J., ed. (2008). The Register of William Bothe, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 1447-1452. Canterbury and York Society. Vol. 98.