Family
 John Burdet, Knight 1) 2) 3)Son of Robert Burdet and Elizabeth Garshill. Born after 1345 Robert's oldest son, John, was born in 1344 2) 4) Died between Nov 1402 and Apr 1403, 57 or 58 years 2) Election: Elected twice as MP for Leicestershire between 1380 and 1390 2) Notes: Henry, Lord Ferrers of Groby attempted to murder John: sending 30 men to stab him at his home in Huncote. Instead they killed a tailor who obstructed them. The feud continued subsequently through the courts: John ultimately suing Ferrers executors for owed sums. Married before Dec 1380 2) (22 years married) to: Child: | |||
Katherine ArdernSources
1) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Henry V "HUMPHREY STAFFORD JUNIOR, KNIGHT""He died on 20 Feb. last.""by his marriage with Elizabeth, now deceased, daughter and heir of John Burdet, knight"Dated: 1418/19. External Linkhttp://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6523602. Reference: C 138/36/18. King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-183/186 (Data from direct source)
2) Source: The History of Parliament . External Link
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/burdet-sir-john-14023. Reference: Burdet, Sir John (d.1402/3), of Huncote, Leics. (Questionable reliability of evidence)
3) Source: The History of Parliament . External Link
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/stafford-humphrey-1384-1419. Reference: Stafford, Humphrey (c.1384-1419), of Grafton, Worcs. (Questionable reliability of evidence)
4) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Edward III "Robert de Burdet, knight...Huncote. The manor...He died on 28 June last. Robert Burdet, his son, aged five years and more at Christmas last, is his heir."Dated: 1349. External Link
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp289-309. Reference: C 135/103/44 (Data from secondary evidence)
5) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Henry V "HUMPHREY STAFFORD JUNIOR, KNIGHT""He died on 20 Feb. last.""by his marriage with Elizabeth, now deceased, daughter and heir of John Burdet, knight"Dated: 1418/19 Evidences that Elizabeth was mother of John, Humphrey's oldest son.. External Link
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6523602. Reference: C 138/36/18. King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-183/186 (Data from secondary evidence)