Richard Birde (died 1613) of Whitminster, Gloucestershire, was an English bureaucrat and landowner.
His origins are unknown. He was described as 'Richard Byrde or Beard of Wheatenhurst(Whitminster)' of a property in westgate Street, Gloucester in 1570.[1]
He was town clerk of Gloucester from 1579 to 1595.[2] By 1591 he held the manor-house of Wheatenhurst, two mills and 81 acres of demesne lands.[3]
He was an MP for Gloucester in 1593; before he was elected, he promised to renounce his wages as town clerk.[2]
He died at the beginning of 1613, survived by his wife Margaret (d. 1621).[4] His estate was inherited by his grandson Thomas Lloyd (d. 1658), son of his daughter Sibyl.[3]
References
edit- ^ Rhodes, John (2016). Terrier of Llanthony Priory's Houses and lands in Gloucester, 1443. p. 247.
- ^ a b "BIRDE, Richard II (D.1614), of Whitminster, Glos. |". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ a b {{cite web|title=VCH Gloucestershire 10, Wheatenhurst or Whitminster: Manors and other estates|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/pp291-294
- ^ Frith, Brian (1995). Bigland's Collections for Gloucestershire Part 4. p. 1435.
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