About Richard Birde
Richard Birde was a politician.
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.
He was town clerk of Gloucester from 1579 to 1595. By 1591 he held the manor-house of Wheatenhurst, two mills and 81 acres of demesne lands.
He was an MP for Gloucester in 1593; before he was elected, he promised to renounce his wages as town clerk. His estate was inherited by his grandson Thomas Lloyd (d. 1658), son of his daughter Sibyl.
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English politician (d. 1614)
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· DBpedia: Richard Birde (MP for Gloucester)
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