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Marlborough []1OR, i. 264 gives John Wryd, but the return itself (C219/10/2) clearly shows the name to be Bryd. A John Bird ‘junior’ of Marlborough is recorded in 1414 and 1416 as a trustee of land in Wilts., but there is no sound reason to suppose that the parliamentary career of one John Bird ended in 1415 and that of this younger John began in 1426 (as is suggested by J.T. Driver in ‘Burgess Repn. Wilts. 1422-37’ (Oxf. Univ. B. Litt. thesis, 1951), p. 85): Wilts. Feet of Fines (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xli), 344, 356., [], [], []
Notes
  • 1. OR, i. 264 gives John Wryd, but the return itself (C219/10/2) clearly shows the name to be Bryd. A John Bird ‘junior’ of Marlborough is recorded in 1414 and 1416 as a trustee of land in Wilts., but there is no sound reason to suppose that the parliamentary career of one John Bird ended in 1415 and that of this younger John began in 1426 (as is suggested by J.T. Driver in ‘Burgess Repn. Wilts. 1422-37’ (Oxf. Univ. B. Litt. thesis, 1951), p. 85): Wilts. Feet of Fines (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xli), 344, 356.