John Booth (bishop)

15th-century Bishop of Exeter

Appointed15 March 1465

Term ended5 April 1478

John Booth
Bishop of Exeter
Arms of John Booth, Bishop of Exeter: Argent, three boar's heads erect erased sable a label of three points azure^[1]
Province	Canterbury
Appointed	15 March 1465
Term ended	5 April 1478
Predecessor	George Neville
Successor	Peter Courtenay
Previous post(s)	Provost of Beverley Minster, Archdeacon of Richmond, Chancellor of Cambridge University
Orders
Consecration	7 July 1465
Personal details
Died	5 April 1478 Horsley, Surrey
Nationality	English
Denomination	Catholic

John Booth (died 5 April 1478, Surrey) was a 15th-century English prelate who held numerous appointments in the church and royal service.

Booth was a scion of the ancient Cheshire family of Booth who were seated at Dunham Massey. He was a nephew of William Booth and Lawrence Booth, who both served as Archbishop of York.

In 1457 Booth was appointed the Provost of Beverley Minster and then in 1459 Archdeacon of Richmond,^[2] as well as Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral, Canon of Sawley and Prebendary of Strensall. From 1461 until 1465, he was secretary to Edward IV, and for two of those years, 1463 and 1464, he served as the Chancellor of Cambridge University, receiving the degree of Doctor of Divinity. In 1464, he acquired the Prebendary of Bole and became Principal Secretary to Edward IV.

Booth was appointed Bishop of Exeter on 15 March 1465 and was consecrated bishop on 7 July 1465.^[3]

From 1471 to 1478, Booth served as a member of King Edward's Privy Council.

Following a visit to Croydon Palace,^[4] Booth died on 5 April 1478^[3] at Horsley, where he was ex-officio lord of the manor.

Citations

↑ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.471 "Bouthe, Bishop of Exon", without orientation of heads stated, but the Booth family of Dunham Massey (of which the bishop was a member) is known to show heads erect
↑ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 247
↑ www.british-history.ac.uk

References

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.
Jones, B. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern Province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond. Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2010.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Lawrence Booth	Provost of Beverley Minster 1457–1465	Succeeded by Henry Webber
Preceded by John Arundel	Archdeacon of Richmond 1459–1465	Succeeded by John Sherwood
Preceded by George Neville	Bishop of Exeter 1465–1478	Succeeded by Peter Courtenay
Academic offices
Preceded by Robert Woodlark	Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1463–1464	Succeeded by William Wilflete

v t e Bishops of Exeter
Bishops of Crediton	Werstan (bishop at Tawton) Putta (bishop at Tawton) Eadwulf Æthelgar Ælfwold I Sideman Ælfric Ælfwold II Ælfwold III Eadnoth Lyfing of Winchester Leofric see translated to Exeter
High Medieval	Leofric Osbern FitzOsbern William Warelwast Robert Warelwast Robert of Chichester Bartholomew Iscanus John the Chanter Henry Marshal Simon of Apulia William Briwere Richard Blund Walter Branscombe Peter Quinel Thomas Bitton
Late Medieval	Walter de Stapledon James Berkeley John Godeley John Grandisson Thomas de Brantingham Edmund Stafford John Catterick Edmund Lacey John Hales George Neville John Booth Peter Courtenay Richard Foxe Oliver King Richard Redman
Early modern	John Arundel Hugh Oldham John Vesey Myles Coverdale John Vesey James Turberville William Alley William Bradbridge John Woolton Gervase Babington William Cotton Valentine Cary Joseph Hall Ralph Brownrigg Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) John Gauden Seth Ward Anthony Sparrow Thomas Lamplugh Sir Jonathan Trelawney Bt Ofspring Blackall Lancelot Blackburne Stephen Weston Nicholas Clagett George Lavington Frederick Keppel John Ross William Buller Reginald Courtenay
Late modern	John Fisher George Pelham William Carey Christopher Bethell Henry Phillpotts Frederick Temple Edward Bickersteth Herbert Edward Ryle Archibald Robertson Lord William Cecil Charles Curzon Robert Mortimer Eric Mercer Hewlett Thompson Michael Langrish John Ford (acting) Nick McKinnel (acting) Robert Atwell Mike Harrison

v t e Archdeacons of Richmond, of Craven and of Richmond and Craven
High Medieval	Osbert de Bayeux Bartholomew Godfrey de Luci William de Chemillé Eustace Honorius of Kent Roger de Sancto Edmundo Honorius (again) Morgan Richard Marsh William Langton Walter de Woburn Robert Haget John le Romeyn the elder William Simon of Evesham Richard le Brun Thomas Passelew Geoffrey de Sancto Marco Henry of Newark Gerard de Vuippens
Late Medieval	Francesco Cardinal Caetani John Sandale Roger Northburgh Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord Robert Wodehouse John Gynwell Jean-Raymond Cardinal de Comminges Henry de Walton Humphrey de Cherleton John Bacon John Waltham Thomas Dalby (er) Stephen Scrope Nicholas Bubwith Stephen Scrope (again) Henry Bowet Thomas Kempe William Grey Lawrence Booth John Arundel John Booth John Sherwood Edward de la Pole John Blyth Christopher Urswick James Stanley Thomas Dalby (yr) Thomas Wynter William Knight
Early modern	John Bird John Horleston John Hansom John Horleston (again) Christopher Goodman Thomas Mallory Thomas Dod Henry Bridgeman Charles Bridgeman Henry Dove Thomas Lamplugh William Stratford Samuel Peploe Thomas Townson Thomas Breithweite George Bower John Owen Henry Law John Headlam Charles Dodgson
Late modern	Edwards Cust William Danks Armstrong Hall Arthur Watson Claude Thornton Donald Bartlett William MacPherson Harry Graham John Turnbull Paul Burbridge Norman McDermid Ken Good Janet Henderson Nicholas Henshall (Acting) Paul Slater (Acting)
Craven (1836–2014)	Charles Musgrave Vincent Ryan William Boyd Francis Kilner Lucas Cook James Howson Frederick Ackerley Thomas Williams Arthur Sephton Martin Kaye David Rogers Brian Smith Malcolm Grundy Paul Slater (became Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven)
Richmond and Craven	Paul Slater Simon Cowling (Acting) Bev Mason Jonathan Gough James Theodosius

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