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A Hertford St. appraiser, with Henry Butterworth he undertook the erection of Cow Lane Baptist Chapel (opened in 1793) and was named an executor in the latter's 1833 draft will (PA101/8/740); Booth evaluated Weavers' Company land at Exhall in 1825 (see PA100/40/13), was a feoffee of Bablake School (see PA101/136/8) and a trustee of Draycote Baptist Chapel from 1813 (see PA101/151/1) and owned a storeroom near Cross Cheaping (see PA101/12/246); he died in 1850 aged ninety. See PA101/1/312; PA101/9/34. Booth occupied Barrs Hill Close and an adjacent one in 1812 (see PA202/7/3: CCA/2/3/233/11(av)). Booth bought premises near Hertford St. in 1815 - see CCA/2/3/458/20.II: PA242/1/30-32. In 1820 he surveyed the site of Hertford Place - see PA47/73/1. A copy of the "Baptist Magazine"'s memorial to Booth is in the City Archives searchroom library box C7. In 1819 Booth auctioned land adjoining Union St. - see PA158/3. Booth was described as a carpenter when he acquired Bishopgate Green land in 1802 (see PA171/8/2,3) but as a gentleman when he released it to his namesake son (q.v.) in 1838 (see PA171/8/4). With the son, he owned a St. Nicholas' Place house, 1824-27 (see PA171/15/1,2), and in 1844 one of them leased a Smithford St. shop to Walter Brown and Joseph Russell (qq.v.) - see PA171/27/1. PA14/8/40 shows Booth acting as a Bond's Hospital trustee. In 1820 he was executor of James Booth of Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire (see PA171/13/1). Booth did repair-work at Bayley's School, 1806-19 (see PA180/68/4; PA180/71/8-9; PA180/76/9-10; PA180/81/9). He auctioned Hertford Place land, 1820 (PA220/3). Possibly the Barrs Hill Close is meant in a reference (PA216/1/26) to Booth's occupying one near Barkers Butts Lane (cf. PA56/80/42). PA244/23/1,2 relate to Booth's renovation of Drapers' Hall, 1802-04. He had Foleshill land in 1807 (PA257/4/49,69). For the storeroom near Cross Cheaping, cf. BA/A/G/29/3, which relates to property at West Orchard. For the Bishopgate Green land, see BA/D/A/24/11. Booth was a Bond's Hospital feoffee (1784 - 1848: BA/D/D/29/1). He was an executor of Thomas Butterworth (1820-27: BA/C/M/1/2: PA1681/48/3.XXVIII). Booth was a Moore's Charity trustee - see PA403/137/9 (1831). On city council, 1836-41. For other of his land beyond Bishop Gate, see PA409/1/1.XI: PA56/52/18.IV. Booth was an executor of the brewer Thomas Owen, 1816-27 - see PA484/1.V-VII. As trustee and feoffee of Bond's Hospital, see PA54/11/5; PA54/18/5,8,10; PA54/19/1,2; PA54/20/2; PA54/21/2-4; PA54/22/1;PA54/23/3-6; PA54/24/2; PA54/25/5-9 passim; PA54/26/2; PA54/27/4; PA54/28/2,3; PA54/30/3,4; PA54/31/4-9; PA54/32/5; PA54/33/4; PA54/34/17-23,25,26; PA54/49/1; PA54/57/1; PA54/59/9; PA54/86/44; PA54/88/9; PA54/90/11; PA54/91/35; PA54/94/15; PA54/99/68; PA54/105/26; PA54/112/29; PA54/118/43; PA54/119/3; PA54/124/33. Through old age, Booth did not resign as a Bond's Hospital trustee in 1846 (see PA54/7/1), when he was chairman, for PA54/34/26 shows him as still acting as a trustee in 1848. He built a new farmhouse at Beechwood Farm, Berkswell, Warwickshire for the charity, 1801-02 - see PA54/86/64; PA54/87/14,32. As builder to the charity, see also PA54/108/46; PA54/112/29. He occupied land near Hill Street (1814 - PA54/24/2: cf. PA56/62/1) and a New St. house and workshop (1784 - PA54/206/3). Qua Bond's Hospital feoffee, see PA500/6/1. As a charity feoffee generally, see PA500/16/22.III. See PA506/79/7: PA1681/54/1. Booth was trustee for Greyfriars' Lane messuages, 1808-16 (see PA55/3/2). He auctioned the site of the future Grove Street in 1829 (PA1681/48/7). He owned Blands Close, Paradise, 1820 (PA56/63/1-2). Bought part of Barbars Close, Butts (PA56/65/11) from Mark Pearman and sold it in 1826 (PA491/84/4). He was to design a house in what is now Warwick Row in 1825 - see PA56/97/35. As an existing charity feoffee, he was in 1836 involved with petitions for the appointment of new ones following municipal reform - see PA56/127/1.XII. Booth occupied some of the Swans Croft land in Bishop Street Ward (PA56/130/5(u)). Tenanted Beaufowe's Close, Far Gosford Street, 1802 (PA56/139/12-13). Booth did work for the Drapers' Company, 1804-21 (PA468/4/3/12/17; PA468/4/3/13/14; PA468/4/3/17/29,30; PA468/4/3/23/28,29; PA468/4/3/29/31; PA468/5/13/2,3 - Biggin Hall, 1820). As city surveyor, 1820, see PA491/74/1. For his land within Well Street Gate from 1807, on part of which he built a factory for the ribbon-manufacturing Smith brothers, see CCA/2/3/19/38; CCA/2/3/201/7.I: PA491/85/4,5,7.I,II,IV. Booth had land at Great Heath and/or Paradise, 1795 - 1836 (see PA491/95/5,19,21). One R. Booth was a tax collector, 1812-16 (see PA2398/6/2/42/5; PA2398/6/2/43/8,9; PA2398/6/2/44/7-9; PA2398/6/2/45/7; PA2398/6/2/46/5). In 1823 Richard Booth senior and Richard Booth junior appraised Much Park Street property, on part of the site of which Whitefriars' Lane Baptist chapel was soon afterwards built - see PA2248/1/1.XXVI. For his interest in Warwick Lane property, 1808-27, see CCA/2/3/803/14. As trustee for the currier Thomas Butterworth (q.v.)'s purchase of Broadgate and Derby Lane premises, 1815-18, see CCA/2/3/194/35-37. For Booth's Hertford Street houses, 1814-50, see CCA/2/3/34/62-65,73.XII-XIV,XVI,74,83 (died, 22 Dec 1850). He evaluated Greyfriars' churchyard in 1808, for which he was responsible up to 1827 - see CCA/2/3/135/13-14,23; CCA/2/3/582/1.X. On part of Barbars Close, Booth built what was later known as "Hertford House" - see CCA/2/3/276/2-8,18. Having adjacent property, Booth was interested in how West Orchard Chapel trustees managed their estate, 1820-28 - see CCA/2/3/168/35,36,38.I. He sold 9a. 0r. 35p. in Foleshill parish in 1811 - see PA2529/1/21,22. Having benefited under his namesake father's 1768 will (see PA2443/1), Booth made his own final one in 1847 (see PA2443/2). PA2505/1 shows that one of the Booths sold Paradise land Booth auctioned Spon Street, Greyfriars' Lane and Little Park Street property in 1826 (see PA2710/8/1). On buying Town Wall land, Joseph Minstrell (q.v.) covenanted to convey water thence to Naul's Mill Brook for Booth's benefit (1828 - PA2770/15/2-3). Booth bought Nuneaton Road Close, Bishopgate Green in 1805 but sold portions off, 1813-34 (see PA2770/35/1-7). For Booth's Cross Cheaping property, 1799 - 1814, see PA811/1/16; PA811/3/26.XII,XV. With John Williamson(q.v.), Booth valued Cross Cheaping premises in 1807 - see PA811/1/18-19. See PA811/2/26. According to CCA/2/3/312/18-19; CCA/2/3/314/35-36, Booth valued part of the Brays' Much Park Street rubbon-factory estate in c.1836. He was trustee for the auctioneer John White(q.v.)'s 1830 purchase of his Bishop Street premises - see CCA/2/3/361/42-43. According to CCA/2/3/303/5-6, in 1825 Richard Booth senior was supposed to supervise his son's making up of a footpath and roadway at Hill Street Terrace. In 1820 Booth auctioned what had been Reverend Edward Orlebar Smith(q.v.)'s estate at Whitefriars' for the development of Smith Street, later Whitefriars' Street (see CCA/2/3/400/7). In 1815 Booth bought West Orchard messuages which he retained until he died - see CCA/2/3/130/28-33.