William Bird - Revision history

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|Person=William Bird
|First name=William
|Last name=Bird
|Occupation=Merchant
|Training=Not apprentice
|Citizen=Unknown
|Literacy=Signature
|Has opening text=William Bird
|Transcription image={{#transcription-image: }}
|Language skills=English language,
|Res parish=Little Saint Helens
|Res town=London
|Res country=England
|Birth year=1628
|Death year=1698
|Probate date=March 26, 1698
|Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/73 f.345v Annotate,
|Deposition date(s)=Sep 21 1659
|Has infobox completed=Yes
|Has synthesis completed=No
|Has HCA evidence completed=No
|Has source comment completed=No
|Role in Silver Ship litigation=None
}}
==Biographical synthesis==
William Bird (alt. Birde) (b. ca.1628; d. ?). Merchant.

Resident in 1659 in the parish of Little Saint Helens, London.

Resident in Homerton in Hackney in 1666 hearth tax return, with 18 hearths."<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/hackney#h2-0004 Tax: Middlesex 1666: Hackney ', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011)], viewed 08/01/14</ref>

Described as a merchant of Hackney in his will proved on March 26th 1698.<ref>PROB 11/444/363 Will of William Bird or Birde, Merchant of Hackney, Middlesex 26 March 1698</ref>

==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
Thirty-one year old William Bird deposed on September 21st 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on the third article of an allegation containing twenty-one articles on behalf of Edward and John Bushell in the case of "The ''Brazeele frigot''"<ref>[[HCA 13/73 f.345v Annotate|HCA 13/73 f.345v]]</ref>

==Comment on sources==
'''1666'''

"London Hearth Tax: 16666:

Hackney Hommerton

...William Bird 18 hearths...

...Edward Bushell 11 hearths"<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/hackney#h2-0004 Tax: Middlesex 1666: Hackney ', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011)], viewed 08/01/14</ref>

'''1698'''

PROB 11/444/363 Will of William Bird or Birde, Merchant of Hackney, Middlesex 26 March 1698

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 |Death year=1698
 |Probate date=March 26, 1698
 |Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/73 f.345v Annotate,
 |Deposition date(s)=Sep 21 1659
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 |Has HCA evidence completed=No
 |Has source comment completed=No
 |Role in Silver Ship litigation=None
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 |Literacy=Signature
 |Has opening text=William Bird
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 |Language skills=English language,
 |Res parish=Little Saint Helens
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 ==Biographical synthesis==
-William Bird (alt. Birde) (b. ca.1628; d. ?). Merchant.
+William Bird (alt. Birde) (b. ca.1628; d. ca.1698). Merchant.
 Resident in 1659 in the parish of Little Saint Helens, London.