Henry Bowet

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Henry Bowet
Archbishop of York
Enthroned {{{began}}}
Ended October 20, 1423
Predecessor Robert Hallam
Successor Philip Morgan
Consecration translated October 7, 1407
Died October 20, 1423
Cawood Palace
Buried York Minster
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Henry Bowet (died 20 October 1423), was both Bishop of Bath and Wells and Archbishop of York.

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[edit] Life

He was a royal clerk to King Richard II of England, and at one point carried letters of recommendation to Pope Urban VI from the king.[1]

He became Bishop of Bath & Wells on August 19, 1401,[2] and succeeded to the Archbishopric of York on October 7, 1407, after it had been vacant for two and a half years.[3]

The Pope had already appointed Robert Hallam to the northern primacy, but, finding that Henry IV desired to see Bowet installed, he nominated Hallam to the See of Salisbury and gave the pallium to Bowet.

In 1402 he briefly served as Lord High Treasurer, from February to October.[4]

In 1417 the Scots invaded England and sat down before Berwick. The Duke of Exeter marched to the relief of the town and Archbishop Bowet, then very old and feeble, had himself carried into the camp where his addresses are said to have greatly encouraged the English Soldiers.

The Scots decamped hastily in the night, leaving behind them their stores and baggage.[5] Bowet died on October 20, 1423[3] at Cawood Bishop's Palace and was buried in his cathedral of York Minster.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Chaplais English Diplomatic Practice p. 138
  2. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 228
  3. ^ a b Fryde Handbook of British Chronologyp. 282
  4. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 106
  5. ^ Allmand Henry V p. 341

[edit] References

  • Allmand, Christopher Henry V Berkeley: University of California Press 1992 ISBN 0-520-08293-1
  • Chaplais, Pierre English Diplomatic Practice in the Middle Ages London: Hambledon and London 2003 ISBN 1-85285-395-6
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 

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Political offices
Preceded by
Laurence Allerthorp		 Lord High Treasurer
1402		 Succeeded by
Guy Mone
Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Richard Clifford		 Bishop of Bath and Wells
1401–1407		 Succeeded by
Nicholas Bubwith
Preceded by
Robert Hallam		 Archbishop of York
1407–1423		 Succeeded by
Philip Morgan
Persondata
NAME Bowet, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bowett, Henry
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Bath and Wells; Archbishop of York
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1423
PLACE OF DEATH Cawood Palace