BRUDENELL, Edmund (d.1425/6), of Amersham, Bucks. and Aynho, Northants.

Clerk of the Crown in Chancery bef. Oct. 1377 – aft.Feb. 1385.

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Bucks. Sept. 1383, Bucks., Herts. July 1403; gaol delivery, Wallingford Sept. 1385, Aylesbury Aug. 1391, Berkhampstead castle May 1394, July 1395, Aylesbury Oct. 1397; inquiry, Bucks. Feb. 1387 (restitution of sums levied to pay archers), Surr. Oct. 1390 (robbery of goods of Geoffrey Chaucer), Bucks. May 1395 (estates late of John, Lord Devereux), Herts. Feb. 1403 (poaching in King’s Langley park), Bucks. Feb. 1404 (extortions, oppressions, conspiracies), Beds., Bucks. June 1404 (concealments); weirs, Bucks. June 1398; array Dec. 1399, Oct. 1403; to collect an aid for the marriage of Princess Blanche Dec. 1401; suppress sedition May 1402; raise royal loans, Beds., Bucks. June 1406.

Surveyor of portage, Aylesbury 16 Feb. 1384–7, 15 May 1388–9.

J.p. Bucks. 18 Sept. 1385 – July 1389, June 1394 – Nov. 1399, May 1401 – d.

King’s coroner and attorney in KB 21 Sept. 1385–27 Nov. 1398.Sel. Cases King’s Bench (Selden Soc. lxxxii), pp. lxxxvii-viii.

Steward of King’s Langley 30 Jan. 1395 – aft.Dec. 1399.

Parl. cttee. to oversee the engrossment of the Parliament roll 22 Dec. 1406.RP, iii. 585.

Escheator, Beds. and Bucks. 9 Feb.-30 Nov. 1407.