William Booth or Bothe (–1464) was
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
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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
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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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History
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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
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which repelled an attempted invasion by the Scots and former King Henry VI with Margaret of Anjou
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.[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
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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