BOOTH, Henry (d.1446), of Arleston and Sinfin, Derbys.

Family and Education

3rd s. of Thomas Booth (d.1368) of Barton in Eccles, Lancs. by his w. Ellen; yr. bro. of John I. m. (1) Elizabeth, 1s. 1da.; (2) by Mich. 1409, Isabel, da. of John Fynderne the elder of Findern, Derbys. by his w. Katherine.Harl. 2112, ff. 167, 176; J.C. Cox, Notes on Churches Derbys. iii. 486-7; iv. 22-23, 486-7; CP25(1)39/44/9. Although Cox states that Isabel Fynderne was the mother of Booth’s children, it is evident on chronological grounds that they must have been the issue of his first wife (CP25(1)39/42/18, 22, 44/33).

Offices Held

Escheator, Notts. and Derbys. 10 Feb. – 12 Nov. 1403, 7 Nov. 1409–29 Nov. 1410.A contemporary lawsuit refers to Booth’s tenure of the escheatorship at Mich. 1405 (CCR, 1405–8, p. 365).

Commr. to make arrests, Cheshire, Derbys. May 1419 (deserters from the army in France),DKR, xliii. 321. Derbys. May 1425.

Parlimentarian

BOOTH, Henry (c.1368-1446), of Littleover and Arleston and Sinfin, Derbys.

Main residences: Arleston; Sinfin, Derbys.

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Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BOOTH, Henry (-d.1446)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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