John de Bothby

John de Bothby, or Boothby ( born c.1320-died after 1382) was an English-born cleric and judge who became Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

[1] He rose in the public service, held a number of royal commissions, and was granted a licence to export corn in 1360.

[3] Smyth records the payment to him of the cost of maintaining six men-at-arms and six mounted archers, who were given to him for his personal safety and for the safe custody of the Great Seal of Ireland.

[3] Unlike many holders of the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, who could reasonably expect to be appointed to a bishopric in due course, Boothby never rose above the position of vicar: he held the living of Keyingham, at Bainton, and later that of Hound, Hampshire.

He was still living in 1382 when he was asked to inquire into whether lands held by the Priory of Walton had been unlawfully acquired.