Robert Burton (

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1380–1397) of

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, was an English politician. Burton was a

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(MP) of the

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for Great Grimsby in January 1380, 1385, February 1388, 1393, 1394, 1395, and January 1397. Burton was Mayor of Grimsby in 1392–3.

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