Archdeacon John Boothe (variously spelled Booth, Bothe etc; 1495 – 1542) was a 16th-century English priest.[1]
Life
[edit]The second son of Roger Booth, of Mollington, Cheshire,[2] he succeeded to the family estates on the death of his elder brother, Thomas Booth, in 1528, when he is described as being thirty-three years of age.[2]
Booth was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford,[2] where he graduated as BA in 1512, proceeding MA in 1516.[3] Collated to the archdeaconry of Hereford on 29 January 1522 o.s. (1523 n.s.)[2][4] Archdeacon Booth died on 15 August 1542[2][4] and his niece, Agnes Booth, daughter of his younger brother, Charles Booth, was found to be his heir then aged nine years.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Aylmer & Tiller 2000, p. 247.
- ^ a b c d e f Irvine 1896, pp. 77–78.
- ^ Foster 1891, pp. 142–170.
- ^ a b Le Neve & Hardy 1854, pp. 481–482.
Bibliography
[edit]- Aylmer, Gerald; Tiller, John, eds. (2000). Hereford Cathedral. London: Hambledon Press. p. 247. ISBN 1-85285-194-5.
- Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. Oxford: University of Oxford. pp. 142–170.
- Irvine, William Fergusson, ed. (1896). A collection of Lancashire and Cheshire wills not now to be found in any probate registry. 1301–1752. The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Vol. XXX. London: Wyman and Sons. pp. 77–78.
- Le Neve, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. – via Wikisource.
