Reginald Boulers (died 1459) was a medieval

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and

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. 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

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, 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

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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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