Family and Education
s. and h. of John Burgoyne of Dry Drayton ?by a da. of Roger Harleston† of Cambs. m. 5s. inc. Thomas†, 1da.Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 24-25. Either this John Burgoyne or his father had a wife named Alice, living in 1394: CPL, iv. 485.
Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, Cambs. Nov. 1396 (wastes, Swavesey priory estates), Jan. 1412 (contributions to a subsidy), May 1415 (counterfeiting), Norf., Suff., Cambs., Hunts., Beds., Bucks. July 1434 (concealments); array, Cambs. Mar. 1419, to raise royal loans Nov. 1419; of oyer and terminer, Hunts. Jan. 1420, Cambs. Nov. 1429, July 1431; to assess contributions to a grant Apr. 1431; to distribute tax allowances Dec. 1433; receive the oaths against maintenance May 1434.

Alnager, Cambs. and Hunts. 17 Oct. 1399–7 May 1401.

Escheator, Cambs. 5 Feb. – 8 Nov. 1401, Cambs. and Hunts. 8 Dec. 1416 – 30 Nov. 1417, 24 Jan.-17 Dec. 1426.

Collector of an aid, Cambs. Dec. 1401.

J.p. Cambridge 6 Dec. 1404 – Apr. 1415, 6 Oct. 1415 – Oct. 1418, 14 Feb. 1422 – Dec. 1435, Cambs. 16 Jan. 1414 – Feb. 1419, 8 July 1420–35.

Main residence: Dry Drayton, Cambs.
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Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

BURGOYNE, John (-d. c.1435)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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