Bird, James, s. Joh., p.p. Queen's Coll., subscribed 18 Feb., 1701-2, aged 23; B.A. 1702, M.A. 16 March, 1704-5, one of these names vicar of Thornton-by-Horncastle, co. Lincoln, 1706, and of Langton-by-Partney 1708. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
Bird, Job, of Bucks, 'cler. fil.' Exeter Coll., matric. 20 Feb., 1595-6, aged 15.
Birde, John (Byrde), M.A. (disp. as Carmelite, 26 April) 1510, B.D. 12 June, 1510, D.D. 20 Feb., 1513-14, provincial of his order 1516-19 & 1522, suffragan to the bishop of Llandaff 1537, with title of bishop of Penrith, bishop of Bangor 1539-42, 1st bishop of Chester 1541, deprived for being married in 1554 (and also of his archdeaconry of Richmond and Chester), suffragan to Bonner, bishop of London, vicar of Great Dunmow, Essex, 1554, died in 1558. See Ath., i. 238; Cooper, i. 190; Fasti, i. 38; & D.N.B.
Bird, John (Byrde), B.A. 16 Feb., 1530-1.
Birde, John, B.A. (sup. 2 Nov.) 1570. [5],
Bird, John (Byrde), pleb. All Souls' Coll., matric. 23 Dec., 1584, aged 16. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
Bird, John (Byrde), of Berks, gent. Magdalen Coll., matric. 25 Oct., 1589, aged 13; chorister 1590-5, B.A. 6 Nov., 1595, one of these names vicar of Bicester, Oxon, 1605. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus & Bloxam, i. 25.
Bird, John, of Bucks, gent. Exeter Coll., matric. 30 Jan., 1600-1, aged 16; B.A. from Christ Church 23 Oct., 1604, M.A. 18 June, 1607 (incorp. at Cambridge 1608), B.D. 24 Nov., 1615, rector of Cheddington, Bucks, 1611, and of Wendlebury, Oxon, 1614. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
Bird, John (Byrd), of Oxon, pleb. St. Edmund Hall, matric. 28 June, 1620, aged 16; B.A. from Merton Coll. 7 Feb., 1623-4. See Fasti, i. 411.
Bird, John (Byrd), 'Universit Atturnat'; privilegiatus 29 Jan., 1640-1, aged 37. [10],
Bird, John, s. James, of Brougham, Westmorland, pleb. Queen's Coll., matric. 23 March, 1690-1, aged 16; bar.-at-law, Gray's Inn, 1699, dead before 3 Feb., 1709-10, brother of James 1687. See Foster's Gray's Inn Admissions.
Bird, John, s. William, of All Saints, Hereford (city), pleb. Brasenose Coll., matric. 16 Dec., 1714, aged 18, B.A. 1718; incorp. at Cambridge 1723, M.A. from King's Coll., Cambridge. 1723.
Bird, Jonathan, B.A. from Magdalen Hall 9 July, 1630.
Bird, Joseph, subscribed 4 Nov., 1614; B.A. from St. Alban Hall 18 Jan., 1616-17, M.A. 22 Oct., 1619, incorp. at Cambridge 1621, vicar of Bierton, Bucks, 1624, etc. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
Bird, Josias, B.A. Cambridge; incorp. from All Souls' Coll. 4 May, 1609, M.A. 27 Oct., 1609; 'under the inspection of his kinsman or uncle, Dr. William Bird.' See Fasti, i. 335. [15],
Bird, Richard (or Bryde), secular chaplain; B.C.L. 6 June, 1519, B.Can.L. 21 July, 1522.
Birde, Richard, fellow of New Coll. 1530-9, from St. Peter's in Winchester, vicar of Elyng 1539, died in 1586. See O.H.S., i. 306.
Birde, Richard, scholar of Trinity Coll., Cambridge, 1568, B.A. 1569, fellow, M.A. 1572 (incorp. 15 July, 1578), B.D. 1580, created D.D. 1608, rector of Woodchurch, Kent, 1582, and of Brookland, Kent, 1597, archdeacon of Cleveland 1589-1601, canon of Canterbury 1590, buried in Canterbury Cathedral 19 June, 1609. See Cooper, ii. 521; & D.N.B.
Bird, Richard (Byrd), of Oxon, 'cler. fil.' Magdalen Hall, matric. 4 June, 1619, aged 16; B.A. 17 Oct., 1621.
Bird, Robert. See Burd, 1669 and 1704. [20],
Bird, Robert, secular chaplain; B.Can.L. 26 Oct., 1531. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
Bird, Roger, B.A. from Christ Church 23 Oct., 1635, rector of Ipsley, co. Warwick, 1640, father of the next named. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
Bird, Roger (Byrd), s. Roger, of Ipsley, co. Warwick, minister. Queen's Coll., matric. 16 May, 1672, aged 16.
Bird, Samuel, pensioner of Queen's Coll., Cambridge, 1566, B.A. 1570, M.A. 1573, fellow of Corpus Christi College 1574-6, served the cure of St. Peter's, Ipswich, 1580-1604, a student of the Bodleian 1604, incorp. 8 May, 1605, one of these names rector of Snargate, Kent, 1611, canon of Canterbury 1618. See Cooper, ii. 429; Fasti, i. 307; & D.N.B.
Bird, Stoughton, s. S., of London, gent. Balliol Coll., matric. 10 April, 1712, aged 18; B.A. 1715, M.A. 1718. [25],
Bird, Thomas (Byrde or Brydde), of Magdalen Coll., chaplain, B.A. 29 April, 1506 (had a priest's cure in the country), M.A. 16 May, 1511, B.D. 22 June, 1520, B.C.L. (sup. 7 June) 1520, B.Can.L. 21 July, 1522, one of these names vicar of Brumpton Regis, Somerset, 1515. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus & Fasti, i. 33.
Bird, Thomas, surgeon; admitted to practice — May, 1537. See O.H.S., i. 188.
Bird, Thomas (Byrd), of London, pleb. Christ Church, matric. 8 July, 1586, aged 13; B.A. (? from St. Edmund Hall) 19 June, 1593.
Bird, Thomas, s. John, of Braxted, Essex, sacerd. Lincoln Coll., matric. 30 April, 1624, aged 17; B.A. from Pembroke Coll. 20 June, 1629 (incorp. at Cambridge 1631), ordered to be created B.D. 22 June, 1646, vicar of Somerby, co. Leicester, 'at his first coming to Oxford he was for one year or two of Lincoln Coll., M.A. of 10 years standing, had suffered imprisonment at Leicester and loss of goods for doing his majesty's service at Belvoir Castle.',
Bird, Thomas, s. Thomas, of Midgham, Berks, pleb. Trinity Coll., matric. 18 Nov., 1631, aged 15, B.A. 11 Feb., 1633-4; M.A. from Magdalen Coll. 28 Nov., 1636, vicar of Brimpton, Berks, 1638. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus. [30],
Bird, (Sir) Thomas, created M.A. 31 Aug., 1636, and also D.C.L. 18 Nov., 1643, a captain in the king's army, governor of Eccleshall, in Staffordshire, a master in chancery 1660-5, knighted 12 May, 1661, buried in the Temple Church 10 June, 1665, Inner Temple side. See Fasti, ii. 63.
Bird, Thomas, s. Nathaniel, of Long Ichington, co. Warwick, pleb. Balliol Coll., matric. 30 March, 1666, aged 17.
Bird, Thomas, s. Thomas, of Mamble, co. Worcester, p.p. All Souls' Coll., matric. 17 July, 1674, aged 18; B.A. 1678.
Birde, William (Berde), B.A. 7 March, 1541-2.
Bird, William (Byrde), of Ireland, pleb. New Inn Hall, matric.-entry under date 1575, aged 18; 'Scholaris Mri. Case.' [35],
Bird, (Sir) William (Byrd), of Essex, gent. All Soul's Coll., matric. 28 Nov., 1581, aged 20; fellow 1578, B.C.L. 4 July, 1583, D.C.L. 13 Feb., 1587-8 (son of William, of Walden, Essex), official principal and dean of the arches, M.P. Oxford University 1609-11, knighted at Bedford 22 March, 1617, a judge of prerogative court of Canterbury, buried in Christ Church, Newgate, 5 Sept., 1624. See Fasti, i. 240.
Bird, William, of Ireland, pleb. Gloucester Hall, matric. 4 Jan., 1582-3, aged 18; B.A. from Brasenose Coll. 9 Feb., 1584-5.
Bird, William (Byrd), of Essex, pleb. St. Edmund Hall, matric. 18 March, 1607-8, aged 18, B.A. 27 May, 1611; fellow All Soul's Coll., M.A. 20 April, 1615, B.C.L. 2 May, 1617, D.C.L. 4 July, 1622 (son of Thomas, of Littlebury, Essex), custos or master of the prerogative court of Canterbury, died 28 Nov., 1639, buried in Littlebury Church. See Fasti, i. 407.
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