Commons 1386-1421 | HoP Development Site

m. ?(1) Joan da. of Joan Waltham; ?(2) by Mich. 1404, Agnes (or Alice), wid. of John Viand (d.1401) of London, grocer; (3) by Feb. 1429, Margery (or Mazera), 2s.Corporation of London RO, hr 137/84, 157/34, 196/6; Essex Feet of Fines, iii. 241; Guildhall Lib. London, 9171/2, ff. 9-9d.

Offices Held

Buyer for the King’s household 9 Nov. 1399 – 6 May 1409, 29 Sept. 1412–29 Mar. 1413.

Serjeant confectioner of the King’s spicery 24 Nov. 1401-aft. 18 May 1415 (prob. to d.).J.H. Wylie, Hen. V, i. 482.

Warden of the Grocers’ Co. May 1404–5, 1411 – 12, 1419 – 20, 1431–2 July 1432.Ms Archs. Grocers’ Company ed. Kingdon, i. 93–97, 107, 133, 211.

Auditor, London 21 Sept. 1411–13, 1417–19.Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 94, 107, 117, 189, 204, 226.

Tax collector, London July 1413.Ibid. 119.

Parlimentarian

BURTON, William I (d.1438), of London.

Main residence: London.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BURTON, William I (-d.1438)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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Religion

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BURTON, Sir Thomas (c.1369-1438), of Tolethorpe Hall and Little Casterton, Rutland.

Read more about BURTON, Sir Thomas (c.1369-1438), of Tolethorpe Hall and Little Casterton, Rutland.

Family and Education

b. c.1369, 1st s. of of Sir Thomas Burton† (c.1345-1382) of Tolethorpe Hall and Titcomb, Berks., by his w. Margery, da. of Thomas Greenham (d.1376) of Ketton, Rutland, wid. of Robert Grim of Upton, Hunts. m. by c.1411, Margaret, prob. da. of Robert Louthe† (d.c.1391) of Hertingfordbury, Herts., at least 1s. Thomas†. Kntd. by Mar. 1397.CIPM, xv. nos. 713/17; T. Blore, Rutland, 92, 215-17; VCH Hunts, iii. 113, 152; VCH Rutland, ii. 239; C139/99/40. None of the published genealogies of the Burton family (notably J. Nichols, Leics. ii. 820), is entirely accurate, especially in the identification of our Member’s mother, Margery Greenham, and his wife, of whose parentage we cannot be entirely certain. Most sources also err in stating that Thomas Burton the elder died in 1381, and his son, the subject of this biography, in 1435.

Offices Held

Keeper of Cardigan and Aberystwyth castles by 31 Mar. 1404-aft. 1 July 1405.J. H. Wylie, Hen. IV, iv. 255, 257.

Sheriff, Rutland 20 Oct. 1411 – 3 Nov. 1412, 30 Nov. 1416 – 10 Nov. 1417, 7 Nov. 1427–2 Nov. 1428.

J.p. Rutland 21 Mar. 1413 – 12 Feb. 1422.

Launder of Plumpton in the King’s forest of Inglewood, Cumb. 19 Mar. 1416 – d.

Keeper of Fotheringay castle, Northants. by 3 Nov. 1417-aft. 26 Feb. 1425.E101/49/11; E404/39/292, 40/151, 168; CCR, 1422–9, p. 105.

Commr. of array, Rutland Mar. 1419; to supervise the muster of the earl of Devon’s men at Southampton Apr. 1419; raise royal loans, Rutland Apr. 1421, July 1426, May 1428; convey Scottish prisoners of war from Fotheringay to Dover castle May 1424.

Mayor, Bayonne 4 Dec. 1428–1 Dec. 1435.Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, i. 210. Blore (p. 217) argues that Burton was replaced because of his death, but this is demonstrably untrue.

Ambassador to treat for peace with Alfonso, king of Aragon, and John, king of Navarre 16 Nov. 1430, 16 Feb. 1432.Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ii. 212, 272.