- Henry Bowet
Infobox Archbishop of York
name = Henry Bowet
consecration = translated 7 October 1407
began = unknown
term_end = 20 October 1423
predecessor =Robert Hallam
successor = Philip Morgan
birth_date =
birthplace =
death_date =20 October 1423
deathplace = Cawood Palace
tomb =York Minster Henry Bowet (died 20 October 1423), was both
Bishop of Bath and Wells andArchbishop of York .Life
He was a royal clerk to King
Richard II of England , and at one point carried letters of recommendation toPope Urban VI from the king.Chaplais "English Diplomatic Practice" p. 138]He became Bishop of Bath & Wells on 19 August 1401,Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 228] and succeeded to the Archbishopric of York on 7 October 1407, after it had been vacant for two and a half years.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology"p. 282]
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 theSee of Salisbury and gave thepallium to Bowet.In 1402 he briefly served as
Lord High Treasurer , from February to October.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 106]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.Allmand "Henry V" p. 341] Bowet died on 20 October 1423 at
Cawood Bishop's Palace and was buried in his cathedral of York Minster.Notes
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
*External links
* [http://www.britannia.com/bios/abofy/hbowett.html Henry Bowet at Britannia Biographies]
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=20 October 1423
PLACE OF DEATH=Cawood Palace
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