ARCHBISHOPS. 109 23rd June^". In 1404 the archbishop and others en- tered into a conspiracy against the King^^, for which he was tried, condemned, and beheaded 8th June 1405,, and all his possessions seized into the King's hands 8'^. A license to elect an archbishop in the room of Richard Lescrope issued 17th June 1405^^; in pursuance of which Thomas Longley or Langley, dean of York and keeper of the privy seal, was elected, and obtained the royal assent to his election 8th Aug. 1405^^; on which day the King also addressed letters commend- atory of him to the Pope®^ ; and 17th July granted the custody of the temporalities to him^^ ; neverthe- less the Pope nullified the election, and nominated Robert Hallum, cha?icellorofthe university of Oxford^'^ ^ but the King not approving of this appointment, he was removed before consecration to Salisbury^®, by papal bull dated 22nd June 1407, and 1407 Henry Bow^et, bishop of Bath and Wells, was trans- 9 Hen. IV. lated to York by papal bull dated 7th Oct. 1407, and the temporalities were restored to him ist Dec. following ^^. He received his pall 27th Aug. 1408, and was enthroned 9th Dec. following ^o. He died at Cawood 20th Oct. 1423, and was buried in York ca- thedral. His will, dated 9th Sept. 1421, was proved 26th Oct. 1423. A conge d'elire, vice Henry Bo wet, ^ Pat. 22 Ric, II. p. I. m. 31. 83Pat. 6 Hen. IV. p. 2. m. 20. 8'Clem.Maideston in Historia, ^ Ibid. p. i. m. 6. Angl. Sacra, pars ii. p. 369, &c. ^^ Ibid. The adherents of the archbishop ^^ Ibid. m. 7. were pardoned nth June 1405. *7 Walsingham, p. 419. The words in the pardon confirm ^^ The King, in the patent re- the statement of the contemporary storing to him the temporahties historians. Glaus. 6 Hen. IV. m. of the see of Sahsbury, styles 6. in dorso. him late archbishop of York.
- ^2 Rot. Fin. 6 Hen. IV. m. 9. Pat. 9 Hen. IV. p. i. m. 20.
He was buried in the eastern part ^•' Pat. 9 Hen. I V. p. i. m. 15. of York cathedral between two ^ Reg. Eccl. Ebor. pillars.
