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s. and h. of William Swinburne (d. by Mar. 1363) of Capheaton by Joan, da. of Sir Robert Ogle of Ogle. m. by Jan. 1386, Mary, da. and coh. of Sir Alan Heton (d.1388) of Ingram, wid. of Sir John Strother of Felton and Longframlington, at least 1s. 2da. Kntd. by 5 Jan. 1386.Northumb. RO, Swinburne (Capheaton) mss, 1/79, 97, 4/22, 23, 29, 84; CIPM, xvi. nos. 592-4; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Rec. Ser. vii. 16; CFR, x. 250.
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Collector of taxes, Northumb. Mar. 1380.

Conservator of a truce between England and Scotland to July 1386.Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 84.

Commr. of array, Northumb. Mar. 1392; to audit the accts. of ministers of Robert Waldby, late abp. of York, Glos., Lincs., Notts., Northumb., Yorks. Feb. 1398; survey land, N. Wales Mar. 1402.DKR, xxxvi. 206.

Steward of Hexhamshire, Northumb. for the abp. of York, bef. 20 Apr. 1398.Swinburne (Capheaton) mss, 1/96.

Dep. justiciar of Chester by 22 Aug. – aft.28 Dec. 1399; receiver-general for Sir Henry Percy (‘Hotspur’) as King’s lieutenant in the lordship of Denbigh, N. Wales by 11 Aug. 1400 – aft.12 Aug. 1402; steward of the lordship of Denbigh and constable of Denbigh castle 20 Dec. 1400 – aft.28 Feb. 1401; constable of Beaumaris castle by 8 Apr. 1402-bef. 12 July 1402.DKR, xxxvi. 379, 442, 462; Swinburne (Capheaton) mss, 1/109, 111–16; J. Hodgson, Hist. Northumb. ii (1), 215.

Main residence: Capheaton, Northumb.
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Commons 1386-1421
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SWINBURNE, Sir William (-d.1404)

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