BURGOYNE, Thomas (d.1470), of Impington, Cambs. and London.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Cambs. 1447, 1453.

Under sheriff, London by 1434–d. N.L. Ramsay, ‘The English Legal Profession’ (Cambridge Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1985), app. 7; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen, i. 287.

J.p. Cambridge 13 Dec. 1435–d. (q. 13 Dec 1435-Nov. 1441, 12 Feb. 1448-Oct. 1455, 8 July 1457–d.); Cambs. 6 July 1441 – May 1443, 2 Jan. 1464–d. (q. 25 May 1443–63, 2 Jan. 1464–d.)

Commr. of kiddles and sewers, river Lea in Essex, Herts., Mdx. July 1440, sewers, Cambs. July 1448, Oct. 1456, Thames estuary Apr. 1467; gaol delivery, Huntingdon c. Mar. 1441, Cambridge Dec. 1461, Dec. 1462, Sept. 1467 (q), Ramsey abbey, May 1462; E371/226, rot. 138; 227, rots. 67, 68; 232, rot. 51. to distribute tax allowance, Cambs. Mar. 1442, London June 1445, July 1446; of inquiry, Cambs. June 1443 (behaviour of Henry Hatewronge), June 1444 (repairs to great bridge at Cambridge), Mdx. Sept. 1451 (trespasses and riots at the abbey of Graces and the hospital of St. Katherine by the Tower), London Nov. 1463 (properties of attainted (Sir) Robert Whittingham II*), Oct. 1466 (to investigate petition leading to inquiry into Whittingham’s properties); oyer and terminer, Kent Aug. 1450, Feb. 1451 (complaints of soldiers against Thomas Hoo I*, Lord Hoo, and other of the King’s officials in France and Normandy), Mdx., London Feb. 1455 (treasons and felonies), Cambs. Dec. 1461 (complaint of prior and convent of Barnwell), Feb. 1463; array Dec. 1459; arrest Aug. 1461.

Parlty. proxy for the abbot of Croyland 1447. SC10/50/2472.

Bailiff, Cambs. and Hunts. for Richard, duke of York, 1447 – 48, 1449–50. Westminster Abbey muns. 12165, 12167.

Keeper of court at St. Bartholomew’s fair, West Smithfield, London 1455–9. E.A. Webb, Recs. St. Bartholomew’s Smithfield, ii. 258.

Serjeant-at-mace of the mayor of London 1458–60. Ibid.