Reginald Boulers | |
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Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield | |
Appointed | 7 February 1453 |
Term ended | between 24 March and 10 April 1459 |
Predecessor | Nicholas Close |
Successor | John Hales |
Orders | |
Consecration | 14 February 1451 |
Personal details | |
Died | between 24 March and 10 April 1459 |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
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Reginald Boulers (died 1459) was a medieval Abbot of Gloucester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
Boulers became abbot of the abbey of St Peter at Gloucester in 1437.[1] Boulers was a shrewd man of affairs and was sent on an embassy to Rome in 1449, when the convent allowed him £400 for his expenses.[1] In 1450, he was seized by Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and imprisoned for a time in Ludlow Castle.[1] In the same year, Boulers was appointed to the See of Hereford on 14 August 1450 and consecrated on 14 February 1451.[2][3][4] He was translated to the see of Coventry and Lichfield on 7 February 1453.[5][6][7]
Shortly before his death he willed his books to the library at Gloucester Abbey.[1] Boulers died in office sometime between 24 March and 10 April 1459.[6][7]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d Page 1907, pp. 53–61.
- ^ Eubel 1914, p. 163.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1996, p. 251.
- ^ Horn 1962, pp. 1–3.
- ^ Eubel 1914, p. 135.
- ^ a b Fryde et al. 1996, p. 254.
- ^ a b Jones 1965, pp. 1–3.
References
[edit]- Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi (in Latin). Vol. 2. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Horn, J. M. (1962). "Bishops of Hereford". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. Vol. 2: Hereford Diocese. British History Online.
- Jones, B. (1965). "Bishops of Coventry and Lichfield". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. Vol. 10: Coventry and Lichfield Diocese. British History Online.
- Page, William, ed. (1907). Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of St Peter at Gloucester. A History of the County of Gloucester. Vol. 2. British History Online. Retrieved 27 July 2013.