William Booth (archbishop)

Infobox Archbishop of York
name = William Booth


consecration = provided 21 July 1452
began = unknown
term_end = 12 September 1464
predecessor = John Kemp
successor = George Neville
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death_date =12 September 1464
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William Booth (died 12 September 1464) was Bishop of Lichfield, (1447-1452) before being elected Archbishop of York (1452 – 1464).

Life

Before election to Lichfield, he was rector of Prescot Parish Church, Lancashire from 1441. He was provided to the see of Lichfield on 26 April 1447, and consecrated on 9 July 1447.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 254]

He was provided to the see of York on 21 July 1452.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 282]

In 1452, he granted leave to Robert Godale, monk of Whitby and prior of Middlesbrough Priory, that, owing to its poverty, the prior or his monk-associate might serve the parish church and minister to the parishioners in place of a secular chaplain, thus saving the expenses of the latter. This leave the archbishop repeated, in 1459 to William Colson, who had then become prior.

Along with the brother's Richard Neville, Earl Warwick and John Neville, Lord Montagu, he led an army north in late summer 1463 and defeated an invasion of Scots who had invaded along with ex-king Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou.Ross "Edward IV" p. 54]

He died 12 September 1464.

Notes

References

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* Ross, Charles "Edward IV" Berkeley: University of California Press 1974 ISBN 0-520-02781-7

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Lichfield; Archbishop of York
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DATE OF DEATH=12 September 1464
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