Lawrence Booth
Prince-Bishop of Durham | |
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| Alma mater | Pembroke Hall, Cambridge |
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Lawrence Booth (c. 1420 – 1480) served as bishop of Durham and lord chancellor of England, before being appointed archbishop of York.[1]
Life
The illegitimate son of John Booth,
Booth read
Outside Cambridge, Booth's career was helped by his half-brother
Booth's influence was not confined to the Church; he was also active in government. He was chancellor to Margaret of Anjou and, in about 1456, he became Keeper of the Privy Seal,[12] and in that same year on 28 January he was also appointed one of the tutors and guardians of the Prince of Wales. He was Lord Privy Seal until 1460.[12] In 1457 he also served briefly as Provost of Beverley Minster.[13]
On 25 September 1457, Booth was installed as Prince-Bishop of Durham.[14]
Although from a
In 1476 Booth was
Booth served as Archbishop of York until his death on 19 May 1480,
See also
- Booth baronets – Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- York Minster – Grade I listed cathedral in England
Citations
- ^ Catholic Encyclopaedia
- ^ www.historyofparliamentonline.org
- ^ a b Pollard, A. J. (2008). "Booth, Laurence (c.1420–1480)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ Burke's Extinct Baronetcies: BOOTH, Bt
- ^ "Booth, Laurence (BT450L)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ www.catholic.org
- ^ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 10: Coventry and Lichfield diocese: Prebendaries: Offley
- ^ Horn Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 5: St Paul's, London: Deans of St Paul's
- ^ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 6: Northern Province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Prebendaries: Wistow
- ^ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 10: Coventry and Lichfield Diocese: Prebendaries: Gaia Major
- ^ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond
- ^ a b Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 95.
- ^ www.beverleyminster.org.uk
- ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 242
- ^ Ross Edward IV pp. 45–6
- ^ Seward The Wars of the Roses p. 85
- ^ Davies "The Church and the Wars of the Roses" in The Wars of the Roses p. 141
- ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 87
- ^ Ross Edward IV p. 213
- ^ a b Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 282
- ^ Ross Edward IV p. 318
- ^ www.nottshistory.org.uk
- ^ www.british-history.ac.uk
References
- Davies, Richard G. (1995). "The Church and the Wars of the Roses". In Pollard, A. J. (ed.). The Wars of the Roses. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-12697-2.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Horn, Joyce M. (1963). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: volume 5: St Paul's, London: Deans of St Paul's. Institute of Historical Research.
- Jones, B. (1963). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond. Institute of Historical Research.
- Jones, B. (1963). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Prebendaries: Wistow. Institute of Historical Research.
- Jones, B. (1964). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 10: Coventry and Lichfield diocese: Prebendaries: Gaia Major. Institute of Historical Research.
- Jones, B. (1964). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 10: Coventry and Lichfield diocese: Prebendaries: Offley. Institute of Historical Research.
- Pollard, A. J. (2004). "Booth, Laurence (c.1420–1480)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (January 2008 ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2888. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- ISBN 0-520-02781-7.
- Seward, Desmond (1995). The Wars of the Roses: Through the Lives of Five Men and Women of the Fifteenth Century. New York: Viking. ISBN 0-670-84258-3.