Charles Booth (bishop) explained

Bishop Name:	Charles Booth, D.C.L.
Dipstyle:	The Right Reverend
Offstyle:	My Lord or Bishop

Charles Booth, D.C.L. (died 1535) was a sixteenth-century clergyman who served as the Bishop of Hereford from 1516 to 1535.

Ecclesiastical career

Prior to his episcopal appointment he held a number of ecclesiastical posts. The first of those was as the Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral from 1495 to 1516.^[1] He was also appointed to three prebendaries at Lincoln Cathedral: Clifton (1501–1504),^[2] Farndon-cum-Balderton (1504–1516),^[3] and Reculversland (c.1507–1516).^[4] During that period, he was also the Archdeacon of Buckingham from 1505 to 1516.^[5]

He was nominated bishop of the diocese of Hereford by King Henry VIII on 22 April 1516 and appointed by papal provision on 21 July 1516.^{[6] [7] [8]} His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 30 November 1516.^{[7] [8]} He was enthroned at Hereford Cathedral in January 1517 and received possession of the temporalities of the see on 19 February 1517.^[8]

He died in office on 5 May 1535.^{[7] [8]}

Bibliography

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• Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd, reprinted 2003 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X .
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Notes and References

1. , "Treasurers of Lichfield", Coventry and Lichfield Diocese: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 10, pp. 11–12.
2. , "Prebendaries of Clifton", Lincoln Diocese: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 1, pp. 52–54.
3. , "Prebendaries of Farndon-cum-Balderton", Lincoln Diocese: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 1, pp. 65–66.
4. , "Prebendaries of Reculversland", Lincoln Diocese: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 1, pp. 57–59.
5. , "Archdeacons of Buckingham", Lincoln Diocese: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 1, pp. 15–16.
6. , Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, volume 3, p. 209.
7. , Handbook of British Chronology, p. 251.
8. , "Bishops of Hereford", Hereford Diocese: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541: Volume 2, pp. 1–3.