BURTON, Seman (d.1484), of Kingston-upon-Hull.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Kingston-upon-Hull 1449 (Feb.), 1450, 1455.

Chamberlain, Kingston-upon-Hull Mich. 1435–6; auditor of the chamberlains’ accts. 1439 – 40, 1443 – 46, 1456 – 58, 1459 – 62, 1463 – 64, 1465 – 66, 1467 – 68, 1476 – 77; bailiff 1438 – 39; alderman of St. Mary’s ward 23 May 1440 – d.; mayor Mich. 1451–2; coroner 1452 – 53, 1473–4. Kingston-upon-Hull recs., chamberlains’ accts. 1439–40, 1444–5, 1445–6, 1456–7, 1460–1, BRF 2/356, 361, 362a, 369, 371; BRE 2, f. 9v; bench bk. 3a, BRB 1, ff. 59, 65v, 87v, 100, 198, 113, 117, 120v; J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), app. 4.

Commr. of sewers, Kingston-upon-Hull Nov. 1454; gaol delivery June 1461, Feb. 1466, Feb. 1478. C66/492, m. 14d; 513, m. 12d; 541, m. 18d.

Commr. of the admiralty ct., Kingston-upon-Hull c.1480. C1/59/302; VCH Yorks. (E. Riding), i. 53.