Abstract
AbstractWilliam Booth (or, in his style, Bothe) was the first of what became a virtual episcopal dynasty. The son of Sir John Booth of Barton (Lancashire) and Joan, daughter of Sir. Henry Trafford, he served the see of Coventry and Lichfield, culminating his career as Archbishop of York (1452-64). William's half-brother, Laurence, was successively Bishop of Durham (1457-76) and Archbishop of York (1476-80). John Booth, a nephew, became Bishop of Exeter (1465-78), while Charles Booth, a great-nephew, rose to the diocese of Hereford (1516-35). The occupation of six sees by four members of one gentry family is an impressive record. This essay is not, however, concerned with the Booth family, but with William Booth as Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
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