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Burnell, Hugh (1347 - 1420)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Botetourt, Joyce ( - 1406/7)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1386-3-22
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Devereux, Joan (1380 - 1409)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1408
    Union ended: n.d.
  4. Pole, Philippa de la ( - )
    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

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

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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 Type
Acton Burnell Castle Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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. 11 vols. London: Archibald Constable, U of London, 1908--98