John was born about 1382 in Chorlton By Malpas, Cheshire, England, the son of David Bird but his mother is unknown.
He died on 26 JUN 1435 in Chorlton By Malpas, Cheshire, England.
His wife was Katherine Malpas. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Agnes (1415-?).
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!Source: John Bird https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bird-942
Born about 1382 [uncertain] in Chorlton by Malpas, Cheshire, England [uncertain]
Died 26 Jun 1435 at about age 53 in Chorlton by Malpas, Cheshire, England [uncertain]
John Bird aka Brid, Bryde
Son of Hugh Le Bird II [uncertain] and Unknown Bird [uncertain]
[brothers or sisters?]
Husband of Katherine Bird — married 1408 in Cheshire, England
Father of Agnes Hill
Biography
John Bird de Cherleton[1] or Chorlton[2] alias Brid of Chorleton[3]
Birth
John was born circa 1382 [at the Inquisition post mortem taken in 1434-5, after his death, John's oldest daughter Katherine was said to be aged 26,[3] so if he was 27 when she was born 1435-26-27].
Parents
Helsby notes in his edition of Ormerod's The History of Cheshire, the mesne manor of Chorlton juxta Malpas passed to the Wevers of Wever by 4 Edward III [25 January 1330-24 January 1331], and the "Wevers probably terminated in an heiress, temp. Ric. II [1377-1399], who may have carried it to one of the Birds of Broxton." A branch of the Bird family were mesne lords under the Breretons.[3]
"The township of Chorlton lies about eight miles north west from Whitchurch in Shropshire; the manor was held by the Birds, in a portion of the barony of Malpas..." [4]
Marriage and Children
John married Katherine, a daughter of David de Malpas,[1] of Hampton and Bickerton, and his wife, Katherine, daughter of Hugh de Bickerton.[2] Ormerod in The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester mistakenly says David and Katherine's daughter's name was Alice.[2] Their oldest daughter, Katherine was born in 1409, so they were married in or before then.[3]
John and Katherine had children:
Katherine, who was the wife of Richard Golborne,[1] born circa 1409 [aged 26 in 1435[3]];
Margaret, who was the wife of Robert Powell of Wrixham,[1] born circa 1413 [aged 22 in 1435[3]];
Agnes,[1] daughter and coheir of John Bird, blood relative and heir of David de Malpas , who was married to Humphrey Hull commonly Hill, de Buntingesdale, the son of Griffin Hull de Hull, co Salop, and of Wlonksslowe, and his wife, Margaret sister of Griffin Warren de Ightfeld, co Salop,[5] born circa 1415 [aged 20 in 1435[3]]; and
Alice, who was the wife of William Honford,[1] [3] Holford,[2] born circa 1419 [aged 16 in 1435[3]].
Death
An inquisition post mortem taken 13 Henry VI [1435] regarding John Brid of Chorleton found he held in demesne, as of fee, the manor of Chorlton, from William, son of William Brereton, by military service, also lands in Shocklache, Horton, Burwardesley, and Cudington. He died the Sunday before the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, which was 26 June, 1435. Katherine aged 26 years, Margaret aged 22 years, Agnes aged 20 years, and Alicia aged 16 years, were his daughters and heirs.[3]
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Rylands, John Paul, ed., The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 Made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, with Numerous Additions and Continuations, Including Those from the Visitation of Cheshire Made in the Year 1566, by the Same Herald. With an Appendix, Containing the Visitation of a Part of Cheshire in the Year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms. And a Fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the Year 1591, Made by Thomas Chaloner, Deputy to the Office of Arms, , 161-2, e-book Internet Archive . Pedigree: Mallpas.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 George Ormerod, "Containing the Hundreds of Edisbury, Wirral, and Broxton", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Vale Royal, and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, 2nd Edition, ed. Thomas Helsby, 3 volumes, , II:641, e-book, HathiTrust
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Ormerod, "Broxton Hundred", The History of Cheshire, ed. Helsby II:664-5.
↑ Daniel and Samuel Lysons. Magna Britannia: Volume II, The Palatine County of Cheshire 682. Accessed 9/5/2019.
↑ George Grazebrook and John Paul Rylands, eds, The Visitation of Shropshire Taken in the Year 1623 by Robert Tresswell, Somerset Herald, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms; Marshals and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms. With Additions from the Pedigrees of Shropshire Gentry Taken by the Heralds in the Years 1569 and 1584, and Other Sources, Part I , 243, e-book Internet Archive . Pedigree: Hill of Court of Hill.
!StyleName: Bird, John of Charlton [~1400 - ]
!Source: George Bromley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bromley_