Henry Bowet
Archbishop of York
Appointed7 October 1407
Installedunknown
Term ended20 October 1423
PredecessorRobert Hallam
SuccessorPhilip Morgan
Orders
Consecrationtranslated 7 October 1407
Personal details
Died20 October 1423
Cawood Palace
BuriedYork Minster
DenominationRoman Catholic

Henry Bowet (died 20 October 1423) was both Bishop of Bath and Wells and Archbishop of York.

Life

Bowet 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]

Bowet became Bishop of Bath and Wells on 19 August 1401,[2] and succeeded to the Archbishopric of York on 7 October 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 Bowet briefly served as Lord High Treasurer, from February to October.[4]

In 1417 the Scots invaded England and sat down before Berwick-on-Tweed. 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 20 October 1423[3] at Cawood Bishop's Palace and was buried in his cathedral of York Minster.

Citations

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

References

Political offices Preceded byLaurence Allerthorp Lord High Treasurer 1402 Succeeded byGuy Mone Catholic Church titles Preceded byJohn Colton Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 1382–1391 Succeeded byThomas de Everdon Preceded byRichard Clifford Bishop of Bath and Wells 1401–1407 Succeeded byNicholas Bubwith Preceded byRobert Hallam Archbishop of York 1407–1423 Succeeded byPhilip Morgan


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