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1st s. of John Burley I of Broncroft. m. (1) Ellen, da. and coh. of John Grendon, wid. of John Brown of Lichfield, Staffs., 2da. (1d.v.p.); (2) Margaret, ?da. of Thomas Parys of Ludlow, Salop,Genealogist, xxxvii. 24; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 3), iv. 349. 1s. d.v.p.

Offices Held

Commr. to collect rents due to the executors of Thomas, earl of Arundel, in Bromfield, Yale and Oswestry Feb. 1416DKR, xxxvii (pt. 2), 12–13.; of array, Salop May 1418, Jan. 1436, Sept. 1457; inquiry July 1421 (concealments), Nov. 1424 (escapes from Shrewsbury castle), Staffs., Herefs., Salop, Worcs., Glos. July 1427 (concealments), Flints. July 1428 (claims to Mold castle, q.), Salop Feb. 1433 (concealments, q.), Nov. 1434 (misappropriation of murage, Shrewsbury q.), Nov. 1435 (concealments, q.), Feb. 1439 (murder), Feb. 1448 (concealments), Staffs., Salop, Worcs. July 1458 (felonies); of weirs, Salop Nov. 1424, Dec. 1427; to raise royal loans July 1426, May 1428, Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431, Salop, Staffs., Derbys. Feb. 1434, Salop Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442, June 1446, Sept. 1449, May 1455;PPC, vi. 242. of arrest, Chester Jan. 1429;DKR, xxxvii (pt. 2), 35. to distribute tax allowances, Salop Dec. 1433, Jan. 1436, May 1437, Apr. 1440, Mar. 1442, June 1445, July 1446; administer the oath against maintenance May 1434; of gaol delivery, Shrewsbury castle Apr. 1435 (q.), Nov. 1435, Oct. 1450, July 1455; to raise a subsidy, N. Wales Dec. 1437;Ibid. 109. of oyer and terminer, Carm., Card., Pemb. Aug. 1440, Card. July 1445; to treat for payment of subsidies, Salop Feb. 1441; assign archers Dec. 1457.

J.p. Salop 10 Feb. 1416 – Mar. 1419, 29 Dec. 1420 – July 1453, 7 Dec. 1453 – d.

Escheator, Salop 8 Dec. 1416 – 30 Nov. 1417, 5 Nov. 1432–3, 7 Nov. 1435–23 Nov. 1436.

Sheriff, Salop 15 Jan.-12 Dec. 1426.

Dep. justiciar, Chester and N. Wales 20 Feb. 1428-c. June 1430, 4 Nov. 1438-c. Mar. 1441.DKR, xxxi. 181, 245.

Speaker 19- 27 Mar. 1437, 1445.

Parlimentarian

BURLEY, William II, of Malehurst and Shrewsbury, Salop.

Main residence: Broncroft in Corvedale, Salop.

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Notes

S. Roskell, ‘William Burley’, Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. lvi. 263-72. He was not, however, as stated there and in DNB (iii. 376), the gt.-gt. nephew and h. of Sir Simon Burley KG, who was executed in 1388, for that William Burley was a minor at the time of the death of his father, John, in 1428, and died in 1445 only a few months after attaining his majority: CCR, 1441-7, p. 257; CPR, 1441-6, p. 466; CFR, xvi. 76, 255-6, 325.

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J.S.R.

L.S.W.

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Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BURLEY, William (-d.1458)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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BURLEY, John II, of Clanacombe in Thurlestone, Devon.

Read more about BURLEY, John II, of Clanacombe in Thurlestone, Devon.

Family and Education

m. by 1429, Christine.JUST 1/1540 m. 67.

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Parlimentarian

BURLEY, John II, of Clanacombe in Thurlestone, Devon.

Main residence: Clanacombe in Thurlestone, Devon.

Author

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BURLEY, John II

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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BURLEY, John I (d.1415/16), of Broncroft in Corvedale, Salop.

Read more about BURLEY, John I (d.1415/16), of Broncroft in Corvedale, Salop.

Family and Education

nephew and coh. of John Burnell of Westbury, Salop. m. by 1397, Juliana, 3s. inc. William, 1da.According to H. Owen and J.B. Blakeway (Hist. Shrewsbury, ii. 139), Burley’s wife was a da. of Reynold, Lord Grey of Ruthin, but no evidence has been found to support this statement.

Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, Salop Feb. 1389 (robberies), Oct. 1398 (murder), Nov. 1400 (Strange estates), Sept. 1401 (treasons and insurrections), Hereford Jan. 1403 (murder), Salop Mar. 1404 (whereabouts of a royal ward), May 1406 (breach of statutes regarding tanning), Salop, Staffs. June 1406 (concealments), Salop Apr. 1408 (murder), Sept. 1408 (assaults), Feb. 1410 (alienation of property), Mar. 1410, Jan., Feb. 1412 (rights in Morfe forest), Aug. 1412 (murder); arrest, Salop, Staffs. Dec. 1400, Salop May 1407 (heretics), Salop, Staffs. Aug. 1411; to make proclamation of Henry IV’s intention to govern well, Salop May 1402; of oyer and terminer Feb. 1403, Mar. 1404, Feb. 1410; to hold assizes of novel disseisin, Staffs. Mar. 1404; raise royal loans, Salop Sept. 1405, Salop, Staffs. June 1406; audit the accounts of the borough of Shrewsbury July 1407, Nov. 1409.

J.p. Salop 15 July 1389 – June 1390, 6 Dec 1391-July 1397, 16 Sept. 1398-Mar. 1413.

Collector of an aid, Salop Dec. 1401.

Jt. controller of the musters of the royal armies, Salop and North Wales Nov. 1404-Jan. 1406.

Sheriff, Salop 10 Dec. 1408–4 Nov. 1409.

Parlimentarian

BURLEY, John I (d.1415/16), of Broncroft in Corvedale, Salop.

Main residence: Broncroft in Corvedale, Salop.

Boerley, Borley

Author

L.S.W.

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Commons 1386-1421