Burnell, Hugh (1347 - 1420)

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1347
Death Date: 1420-11-27

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1386-3-22
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1408
    Union ended: n.d.
  4. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

3rd Baron Burnell

Titles

  • 3rd Baron Burnell
    Assumed 1382/3-01-19
    Vacated 1420-11-27

General Offices Note

Summoned to parliament 20 Aug. 1383--21 Oct. 1420

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Shropshire 1381 1385
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1381/2 1382
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1384 1386
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1385 n.d.
Governor, Shropshire 1386 n.d.
Custodian, Shropshire 1387-5-10 1420-11-27 For life
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1388 1390
JP, Shropshire 1388 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1390 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1390 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1391/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1391/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Shropshire 1391/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1394/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1397 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1397 1399
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1398 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1399 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1399 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1399 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1399 1401
JP, Staffordshire 1401 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1401 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1401 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1401 n.d.
Keeper, Montgomeryshire 1401-11-24 n.d.
Keeper, Montgomeryshire 1401-11-24 n.d.
Keeper, Radnorshire 1401-11-24 n.d. 'Kenlles Castle' is possibly Cefnllys Castle.
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1403 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1403 1406/7
JP, Warwickshire 1404 1406/7
JP, Cambridgeshire 1404/5 1406/7
JP, Staffordshire 1405/6 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1406/7 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1406/7 1407/8
JP, Staffordshire 1406/7 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1409/10 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1409/10 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1410 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1410 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1411/12 1413/14
JP, Cambridgeshire 1412 1413/14
JP, Warwickshire 1412/13 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1412/13 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1412/13 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1412/13 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1413/14 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1413/14 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1415 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Shropshire: Acton Pigot, Holdgate, Longden, Pulley, and Pulverbach
    Acquired: 1382/3-01-19
    Divested: 1420-11-27
    Patrimony
  • Worcestershire: Weoley

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1389-1389 Acton Burnell Castle, near Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord Burnell's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Burnell's Entertainers Burnell, Hugh (1347 - 1420) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Acton Burnell Castle Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery). 7 vols. London: HMO, 1916-1968.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry IV [1399–1413]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1903–9.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1910–11.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II [1377–99]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1895–1905.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Kimball, Elisabeth G., ed. The Shropshire Peace Roll, 1400-1414. [Shrewsbury]: Printed for the Shropshire County Council, 1959.
Page, William, A.T. Gaydon and G.C. Baugh, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Shropshire. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 11 vols. London: Archibald Constable, U of London, 1908–98.