Person:John Bird (85)

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Name John Bird
Gender Male
Birth[4] Est 1385 probably Cheshire, England
Marriage to Alice de Malpas
References
  1.   Burke, John, and George Ormerod. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank: but uninvested with heritable honors. (London: Published for Henry Colburn, by R. Bentley, 1834-1838)
    1:654.

    'Humphrey Hill, of Buntingdale [son of Griffith Hull and Margaret Warren], ... lived in the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI. He m. Agnes, daughter and co-heir of John Bird, and cousin and heiress of David de Malpas, ...'

  2.   Treswell, Robert; College of Arms (Great Britain); J. Paul (John Paul) Rylands; Augustine Vincent; William Camden; and George Grazebrook. The visitation of Shropshire, taken in the year 1623. (London: [Harleian Society], 1889)
    28:243.

    In the family of "Gruffithus Hull de Hull in co. Salop [and of Wlonksslowe]" and "Margaretta soror Gruffithi Warren de Ightfeld in co. Salop" is listed "Humfridus Hull vulgo [commonly] Hill de Buntingesdale", who married "Agnes fil. et cohaer. Joh's Bird consanguinia et haeres Davidi de Malpas"

  3.   Ormerod, George; William Smith; William Webb; and Peter Leycester. 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from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms.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. (London: Lackington, Hughes, Mavor & Jones, 1819 (London : Nichols, Son, and Bentley))
    2:358.

    In the family of "David de Malpas, of Hampton and Bickerton" and "Katherine, daughter of Hugh de Bickerton" is listed "Alicia, wife of John Bird, of Chorlton, whose coheiresses married William Holford, Richard Golborne, Humphrey Hill, and Rob Powell"

  4. Birth year estimated as a few years before wife's estimated birth year.