Family and Education
e. s. of Amy Melbourne (d.1385) of Melbourne. m. by 1390, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Simon Handesacre (d. by 1374) of Handesacre, Staffs. and Charlton, Worcs. by his w. Isabel. (fl. 1381), wid. of Roger Colman (d.1385) of Staffs., at least 1s.Reg. Gaunt 1379-83, nos. 223, 251; J.C. Cox, Notes on Churches Derbys. iii. 402; CPR, 1396-9, pp. 522-3; 1399-1401, pp. 433-4; 1422-9, pp. 17-18. S. Erdeswyk (Staffs. 231-2) is wrong in his assumption that Sir Simon Handesacre had only one child, Eleanor, as the complex litigation between his three daughters and their husbands after his death shows (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xiii. 150, 169, 174, 179, 185, 186).
Offices Held
Constable of the duchy of Lancaster castle of Melbourne and keeper of parks and woods there 24 Nov. 1376 – 3 Apr. 1399, 2 Oct. 1399 – d.; steward of the lordship of Melbourne 1408–d.
J.p. Derbys. 15 July 1389 – June 1390, 7 Feb. 1408–10.
Chamberlain of the household of Henry, prince of Wales by 13 Dec. 1401.
Commr. to pardon any associates of Sir Henry Percy (Hotspur) treating for amnesty Aug. 1403;
Main residence: Melbourne, Derbys.
FAUCONER, Melburn, Mellebourne
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Commons 1386-1421
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MELBOURNE ALIAS FAUCONER, Peter (-d.1418)
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