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BURDON, Nicholas (d.1403), of Maplebeck, Notts.

Family and Education
s. of John Burdon (fl. 1388) of Maplebeck. m. Millicent (d. Sept. 1419), da. of John Bekering, 1da. Kntd. between 1402 and; d. R. Thoroton, Notts. ed. Throsby, iii. 129-31; Vis. Notts. 13.
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Auditor of the accounts of ministers of the Crown in Cheshire and the principality of Wales 4 Feb. 1395–d.DKR, xxxi. 181, 247; Letters Hen. IV ed. Hingeston, i. 95.

Main residence: Maplebeck, Notts.
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BURDON, Nicholas (-d.1403)

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Oxford 1644
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BURDET, Sir Thomas (d.1442), of Arrow, Warws.

Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir John Burdet of Arrow ?by Margaret, da. of Thomas Fitton of Gawsworth, Cheshire.Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 27, 100-1; W. Dugdale, Warws., 845-8. m. bef. Oct. 1390, Isabel, 1s. Kntd. bef. Dec. 1392.
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Commr. of array, Warws. Mar. 1392, May 1418, Mar. 1419; of arrest, May 1396, Worcs. Feb. 1412; weirs, Warws. June 1398; oyer and terminer Feb. 1400, Worcs. Dec. 1409; to raise men for service under the prince of Wales, Warws. Aug. 1402; raise loans, Warws., Leics. June 1406, Warws. Nov. 1419, Jan. 1420; of inquiry, Warws., Leics. June 1406 (concealments), to assess tax, Warws. Apr. 1431.

Sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 1 Dec. 1415–30 Nov. 1416.

Main residence: Arrow, Warws.
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BURDET, Sir Thomas (-d.1442)

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BURDET, Sir John (d.1402/3), of Huncote, Leics.

Family and Education
b. aft. 1345, yr. s. and event. h. of Sir Robert Burdet (d.1349) of Huncote by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Robert Garshill of Ibstock, Leics. and Bourton on Dunsmore, Warws. m. bef. Dec. 1380, Katherine, da. of Sir John Ardern of Aldford, Cheshire by his 3rd w. Ellen Wastneys, 1da. Kntd. bef. Jan. 1375.
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Sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 18 Jan.-4 Oct. 1375.

Commr. of array, Leics. Apr., July 1377, Mar. 1380, Jan. 1385, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399; to make proclamation against unlawful assemblies and punish insurgents July 1381; put down rebellion Dec. 1381; of inquiry July 1389 (murder).

Tax assessor, Leics. May 1379.

J.p. Leics. 26 May 1380 – Apr. 1381.

Main residence: Huncote, Leics.
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He has been distinguished from his cousin Sir John Burdet of Arrow (c.1347-c.1380): CIPM, xii. 296.

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BURDET, Sir John (-d.1402/3)

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BURCESTER, Sir William (d.1407), of Lesnes in Erith, Kent and ’The Maze’, Southwark, Surr.

Family and Education
m. (1) bef. July 1378, Margaret (d. 1 July 1393), da. and coh. of Thomas Gisors of London, wid. of Henry Picard of London, vintner, and of Bartholomew, Lord Burghersh (d.1369), s.p.; (2) by royal lic. 6 Jan. 1396, Margaret (d. 12 or 20 Aug. 1444), wid. of Sir Thomas Brewes of Manningford Bruce, Wilts. and Bramley, Surr., 1s. 1da. Kntd. between June 1378 and May 1379.
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Tax collector, Kent May 1379.

Commr. to compel the tenants of Otford, Kent to perform their customary services Aug. 1381; put down rebellion, Kent Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of array Apr. 1385, May 1386, Suss. July 1402; inquiry, Kent Feb. 1391 (trespasses); to besiege and recover Pevensey castle, Suss. July 1399; determine an appeal in the constable’s ct. Nov. 1406.

J.p. Kent 18 Oct. 1383 – Feb. 1384, 24 Dec. 1390-June 1394.

Sheriff, Kent 15 Nov. 1389–7 Nov. 1390.

Main residences: Lesnes in Erith, Kent; 'The Maze', Southwark, Surr.
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BURCESTER, Sir William (-d.1407)

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BURBRIGGE, John, of Oxford.

Family and Education
m. bef. 1402, Agnes.Oxf. Hist. Soc. lxxxix. no. 351.
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Bailiff, Oxford Mich. 1396–7; surveyor of nuisances 1401 – 02, 1409–10.Ibid. xxxvii. 19; lxvi. no. 389; Bodl. Twyne ms, 23, f. 358.

Main residence: Oxford.
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BURBRIGGE, John

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BUKTON, Robert (d.1408), of Oakley and Brome, Suff.

Family and Education
m. (1) bef. Mar. 1397, Anne, 1s. 3da.; (2) bef. Nov. 1408, Isabel.
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Conservator of the truce with France in Brittany 8 Feb. 1384.Foedera ed. Rymer (Hague edn.), iii (3), 164.

Justice, S. Wales 17 Oct. 1390-c. May 1391.R.A. Griffiths, Principality of Wales, i. 124.

Constable of Eye castle, Suff. 29 Sept. 1394–? d.

Commr. of array, Suff. July 1402, Sept. 1403, May 1406.

Dep. butler, Ipswich and Colchester 13 Oct. 1405-June 1407.

Main residences: Oakley; Brome, Suff.
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BUKTON, Robert (-d.1408)

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