William Booth, Archbishop of York

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William Booth
Archbishop of York
Enthroned {{{began}}}
Ended September 12, 1464
Predecessor John Kemp
Successor George Neville
Consecration provided July 21, 1452
Died September 12, 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).

[edit] Life

Before election to Lichfield he was rector of Prescot Parish Church, Lancashire from 1441. He was provided to the see of Lichfield on April 26, 1447, and consecrated on July 9, 1447.[1]

He was provided to the see of York on July 21, 1452.[2]

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.[3]

He died September 12, 1464.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 254
  2. ^ a b Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 282
  3. ^ Ross Edward IV p. 54

[edit] References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
  • Ross, Charles Edward IV Berkeley: University of California Press 1974 ISBN 0-520-02781-7
Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
William Heyworth		 Bishop of Lichfield
1447–1452		 Succeeded by
Nicholas Close
Preceded by
John Kemp		 Archbishop of York
1452–1464		 Succeeded by
George Neville
Persondata
NAME Booth, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Lichfield; Archbishop of York
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1464
PLACE OF DEATH
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