BIRKHEAD, Martin (d.1590), of Wakefield and York.

Family and Education

2nd s. of Richard Birkhead of Halifax by his w. Isabell. educ. G. Inn, called by 1570. m. (1) Alice, da. of John Lacy of Cromwellbotham; (2) by 1585, Mary; 6s. 7da.St. Ch. 5/V4/6; Lansd. 683, f. 65; York wills 24/486; Yorks. Peds. (Harl. Soc. xciv), 60.

Offices Held

Steward of the manor court, Wakefield 1560s; Queen’s attorney in the north 1574;J. J. Cartwright, Chapters in Yorks. Hist. 44; Reid, Council of the North, 251 n. j.p.q. Yorks. (W. Riding 1577, all ridings by 1584).

Parlimentarian

BIRKHEAD, Martin (d.1590), of Wakefield and York.

Main residences: Wakefield; York.

Author

W.J.J.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

BIRKHEAD, Martin (-d.1590)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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