Lawrence Booth
Lawrence Booth | |
---|---|
Archbishop of York | |
Church | Catholic |
Appointed | 1 September 1476 |
Term ended | 19 May 1480 |
Predecessor | George Neville |
Successor | Thomas Rotherham |
Other posts |
Lord Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1441 |
Consecration | 25 September 1457 |
Personal details | |
Born |
c. 1420 Barton, Lancashire |
Died |
19 May 1480 (aged 60) Southwell, Nottinghamshire |
Buried | Southwell Minster |
Nationality | English |
Parents | John Booth (f.) |
Previous post | |
Alma mater | Pembroke Hall, Cambridge |
Lawrence Booth (c. 1420 – 1480) served as Prince-Bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor, before appointment as Archbishop of York.[1]
Life
The illegitimate son of John Booth, lord of the manor of Barton, near Eccles, Lancashire,[2] he was half-brother of Sir Robert Booth who established his family through marriage at Dunham Massey, Cheshire.
Lawrence Booth read civil and canon law at Cambridge,[3] graduating as Licentiate (Lic.C.L.), before gaining a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.). He was elected Master of Pembroke Hall in 1450, a post he held until his death, and also served as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Whilst at Cambridge, where he started a movement for both a School of Arts and a School of Civil Law, he is believed to have produced his first miracle.
Outside Cambridge, Booth's career also advanced quickly helped by his half-brother William Booth, who was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (1447–1452) and Archbishop of York (1452–1464).[2] In 1449, he was appointed a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral[4] and, on 2 November 1456, became dean of St Paul's Cathedral.[5] He was also a prebendary of York Minster[6] and of Lichfield Cathedral.[7] From 1454 to 1457 he was Archdeacon of Richmond.[8]
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,[9] 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.[9] In 1457 he also served briefly as Provost of Beverley Minster.
On 25 September 1457, Booth was installed as Bishop of Durham.[10]
Although from a Lancastrian family, he cultivated relations with the Yorkists and, after the fall of Henry VI, Booth adapted himself to the new status quo. He submitted himself to King Edward (the former Earl of March) in April 1461, and by the end of June, Booth was beating back a raid led by the lords de Ros, Dacre and Rugemont-Grey who brought Henry VI over the border to try to raise a rebellion in the north of England.[11] Edward named him his confessor.[12] Although he temporarily lost control of the see of Durham, it was restored to him in 1464, after making a submission to Edward IV; he was successful in part by being a prelate who was never imprisoned in that era.[13] He took an active part in Edward's government thereafter and on 27 July 1473 was appointed Lord Chancellor, serving until May 1474.[14] In October 1473 he led a delegation to Scotland to formally sign the marriage treaty between the newborn son (later James IV of Scotland) of James III and Edward's third daughter Cecily.[15]
In 1476 Booth was translated to the see of York,[16][17] following on from where his half-brother was archbishop until his death in 1464. He was the only prelate at Edward IV's accession ever promoted to higher office.[18]
Booth served as Archbishop of York until his death on 19 May 1480,[16] and is buried beside William Booth, in the Collegiate Church of Southwell, which both he and his brother generously endowed.[19]
Citations
- ↑ Catholic Encyclopaedia
- 1 2 Pollard, A. J. (2008). "Booth, Laurence (c.1420–1480)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ↑ "Booth, Laurence (BT450L)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 95.
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 282
- ↑ www.archbishopofyork.org
- ↑ Ross Edward IV p. 318
- ↑ www.nottshistory.org.uk
References
- Davies, Richard G. (1995). "The Church and the Wars of the Roses". In Pollard, A. J. 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)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (January 2008 ed.). Oxford University Press.
- Ross, Charles (1974). Edward IV. Berkeley: University of California Press. 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.
Political offices | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by Thomas Lisieux |
Lord Privy Seal 1456–1460 |
Succeeded by Robert Stillington |
Preceded by Robert Stillington |
Lord Chancellor 1473–1474 |
Succeeded by John Alcock |
Catholic Church titles | ||
Preceded by Robert Neville |
Bishop of Durham 1456–1476 |
Succeeded by William Dudley |
Preceded by George Neville |
Archbishop of York 1476–1480 |
Succeeded by Thomas Rotherham |
Academic offices | ||
Preceded by Hugh Damlet |
Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge 1450–1480 |
Succeeded by Thomas Rotherham |
Preceded by William Percy |
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1456–1458 |
Succeeded by William Wilflete |