BIRD, John (d.c.1445), of Marlborough, Wilts.

Family and Education

m. poss. by 1425, Isabel (c.1402-5 Nov. 1476), prob. stepda. of Mark William of Bristol, s.p.Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxxix. 156, taken from C1/42/32-35, in which Isabel calls herself ‘sister’ of Isabel, by then (1471) widow of Sir John Seymour. Isabel Seymour was da. and h. of Mark William: Genealogist, xii. 73-75.

Offices Held

Bailiff, Marlborough by Aug. 1399.

Steward, receiver and bailiff of the estates of Queen Joan in Wilts. and of her manors of Gillingham, Dorset and Hampstead Marshall, Berks. by Mich. 1405-aft. Feb. 1433.SC6/1051/16–18, 1054/25, 1062/25–27, 1093/2, 4; E368/184 rot. 95d.

Commr. of inquiry, Wilts. May 1409 (estates of William Worfton), Glos. July 1412 (concealments), Wilts. June 1416 (wastes, alien priory of Clatford), Dec. 1419 (detention of rents from Ivychurch priory), Nov. 1421 (escapes of felons), Feb. 1422 (falsifiers of weights and measures), Sept. 1440 (arson); to repair the queen’s castle of Devizes Apr. 1410; of gaol delivery, Old Sarum Dec. 1440.

Escheator, Hants and Wilts. 10 Dec. 1411 – 3 Nov. 1412, 4 Sept. 1417–4 Nov. 1418.

Tax collector, Wilts. Apr. 1428.

Steward of estates of Humphrey, earl of Stafford, in Wilts. by Mich. 1441–?d. C. Rawcliffe, Staffords, 210.

Verderer, Savernake forest, Wilts.-d.

Parlimentarian

BIRD, John (d.c.1445), of Marlborough, Wilts.

Main residence: Marlborough, Wilts.

Bridde, Bryd, Byrd

Author

C.K.

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BIRD, John (-d. c.1445)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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