Yorkshire Offices and Later Life
Buckton was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Yorkshire in 1395, 1397 and 1404.
A friend of Buckton was the author and poet Geoffrey Chaucer, who wrote The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer immortalised him in the short poem, Lenvoy de Chaucer a Bukton written before October 1396; in which Chaucer humorously warns Buckton against marriage. Buckton assisted Henry Bolingbroke's landing at Ravenspur in Yorkshire on 4 July 1399, after Henry had been exiled due to his cousin Richard II. When Bolingbroke became Henry IV of England, Buckton benefited significantly. He was made a life steward and steward of the king's son Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence. He was also elevated to constable of Knaresborough Castle. Buckton rose prominently in other areas office also, as he was appointed Justice of the Peace for the East Riding of Yorkshire between 1399 and 1400, followed by High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1404.
Buckton began to work for the monarchy in jobs outside of England for a while. In 1411 he traveled to Castile and was the English Ambassador to John II of Castile. The following year, for 1412 until 1413, he was made Mayor of Bordeaux in the Duchy of Aquitaine, as the city of Bordeaux is the capital of Aquitaine this was a prominent position to hold. Buckton died in 1414, aged 64 and requested in his will to be buried at the Cistercian nunnery in Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire.
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