John Booth (bishop)

John Booth
Bishop of Exeter
Arms of John Booth, Bishop of Exeter: Argent, three boar's heads erect erased sable a label of three points azure[1]
ProvinceCanterbury
Appointed15 March 1465
Term ended5 April 1478
PredecessorGeorge Neville
SuccessorPeter Courtenay
Previous post(s)
Orders
Consecration7 July 1465
Personal details
Died5 April 1478
Horsley, Surrey
NationalityEnglish
DenominationCatholic

John Booth (died 5 April 1478, Surrey) was a 15th-century English prelate who held numerous appointments in the church and royal service.

  1. ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.471 "Bouthe, Bishop of Exon", without orientation of heads stated, but the Booth family of Dunham Massey (of which the bishop was a member) is known to show heads erect