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 Bird, William (Byrd), of Devon, pleb. , matric. 16 June, 1610, aged 16; B.C.L. from. 10 Dec., 1617.

Bird, William (Byrd), gent. ., matric. 25 July, 1655. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

Bird, William (Byrd), s. Samuel, of Claverock, co. Leicester, gent. ., matric. 23 June, 1665, aged 16; B.A. 1669, M.A. 18 Jan., 1671-2, bar.-at-law, Gray's Inn, 1676, his father rector of Cleybrook, co. Leicester. See Foster's Gray's Inn Admissions.

Bird, William (Byrd), s. William, of Claybrook, co Leicester, arm. ., subscribed 23 May, 1704, aged 15; B.A. 11 Feb., 1707-8, M.A. 1710, vicar of Claybrooke 1716. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.

Birdall, Aaron, s. William, of Exeter, Devon, gent. ., matric. 9 March, 1637-8, aged 16; B.A. 18 Feb., 1641-2, vicar of Knowestone, Devon, 1662. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus. [],

Birdall, Edward, of Devon, gent. ., matric. 26 Feb., 1584-5, aged 18; vicar of Abbots Kerswell, Devon, 1591. See Foster's Index Ecc.

Birdall, Thomas, s. William, of Exeter, Devon, pleb. ., matric. 16 July, 1625, aged 17. See Calamy, iii. 243.

Birdall, Thomas, s. Thomas, of Exeter, Devon, gent. ., matric. 10 July, 1661, aged 18; B.A. 18 Jan., 1664-5, M.A. 1667, rector of Instow and Dunchideock, Devon, 1668, father of the next named. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.

Birdall, Thomas (Byrdall), s. Th., of Dunchideock, Devon, cler. ., matric. 22 Feb., 1691-2, aged 16, B.A. 1695; incorp. at Cambridge 1721 and M.A. from. 1721, vicar of Dunsford, Devon, 1716. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.

Birk, John (Byrke), B.A. 6 May, 1534. [],

Birkbeck, Adam, M.A. 27 Feb., 1507-8, elected chaplain (? librarian) of the University 13 Oct., 1513; fellow of ., 1518, rector of Crocombe, Somerset, 1520. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus & O.H.S., i. 54.

Birkbeck, Antony (Birkebeke), B.A. 2 July, 1515, M.A. June, 1518; fellow of. 1524.

Birkbeck, Antony (Barbyke), B.A. (sup. 9 Feb.) 1518-19.

Birkbeck, Charles, s. C., of London, Middlesex, gent. ., matric. 29 March, 1707, aged 17; B.A. 1710, vicar of Stockbury, Kent, 1722. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.

Birkbecke, Humfrey (Byrkbecke), of Westmorland, gent. ., matric. 10 May, 1583, aged 21. [],

Birkbeck, John, B.A. (sup. March) 1533-4, one of these names vicar of Great Canfield, Essex, 1545. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.

Birkbeck, Paul, B.A. from ., Cambridge, 1580, incorp. as M.A. 12 Feb., 1590-1, rector of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 1590. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.

Birkbeck, Symond, of Westmorland, arm. ., matric. 24 Oct., 1600, aged 16; tabarder, B.A. 26 Oct., 1604, M.A. 12 June, 1607, B.D. 15 May, 1616 (son of Thomas, of Hornby, co. Westmorland), vicar of Gilling with Chapel of Forcet, Yorks, 1617, buried in Forcet chapel 14 Sept., 1656. See Ath., iii. 421; & D.N.B.

Birkbeck, Thomas, 'ser.' ., matric. 10 Nov., 1654; a student of Gray's Inn 1655, as son and heir of George, of Orton, Westmorland, buried 4 June, 1707. See Foster's Gray's Inn Reg.

Birkbeck, William, s. Henry, of Mallerstang in Kirby Stephen, Westmorland, husbandman, admitted a sizar of ., Cambridge, 16 Oct., 1657, aged 16; fellow, B.A. 1661, incorp. as M.A. 13 July, 1669. See Mayor, 134. [],

Birkby, William (Byrckbey or Byrckbye), B.A. 16 Dec., 1543, M.A. 1547.

Birkenhed, Henry (Birkened), of Chester, arm. ., matric. 21 Nov., 1617, aged 16; of Rackford, Cheshire, baptized at Waverton in Sept., 1599, M.P. co. Chester 1653, died July 1660, buried in St. Sepulchre's, London.

Birkenhed, Henry (Birkhened), s. H., of Carrincham, Cheshire, pleb. ., matric. 22 Nov., 1672, aged 18.

Birkenhed, (Sir) John (Berkinhead), s. Randall, of Northwich, Cheshire, pleb. ., matric. 13 June, 1634, aged 17; servitor 1632, B.A. 15 Jan, 1636-7, created M.A. 14 June, 1639 (incorp. at Cambridge 1657); fellow. 1639, until ejected 1648, Whytes professor moral philosophy 1643-8, ejected, D.C.L. 6 April, 1661, originator of the royalist journal 'Mercurius Aulicus,' 1642-5, M.P. Wilton (June) 1661-79, knighted 14 Nov., 1662, master of faculties office, master of requests 1664, and a member of the Royal Society, died within the precincts of Whitehall, 4 Dec., 1697. See ''Ath. Ox''., iii. 1203; Fasti, i. 513; & Burrows.

Birkenhed, Peter (Berkinhead), 'ser.', matric. 23 July, 1656, rector of Somercotes St. Peter, co. Lincoln, 1663, and South Somercotes St. Mary 1672. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus. [],

Birkenhed, Robert (Birkhened), s. Theophilus, of Highgate, Middlesex, gent. ., matric. 2 April, 1677, aged 14.

Birkenhed, Thomas (Berkenhead), s. Thomas, of Warrington, co. Lancaster, paup. ., matric. 13 May, 1684, aged 19; (query student of Gray's Inn 1687). See Foster's Gray's Inn Reg.

Birkenhed, William (Birkhened), s. Richard, of Canterbury, Kent, gent. ., matric. 6 Dec., 1639, aged 18; (query created B.C.L. 20 Dec., 1642).

Birkenhed, William (Berchenhead), s. John, of Weston, Cheshire, pleb., p.p. ., matric. 22 March, 1660-1, aged 18; B.A. 1664, vicar of Henstridge, Somerset, 1669. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.

Birkett, Edward, s. Henry, of Workington, Cambridge, p.p. ., matric. 26 Feb., 1711-12, aged 17; B.A. 1715, M.A. 1718, vicar of Kirkland, Cumberland, 1721, canon of Carlisle 1733-68, and rector of Bewcastle 1738, and vicar of Addingham 1758-68. See Foster's Index Ecc. [],

Birket, John, of ., Cambridge, B.A.; incorp. 15 Nov., 1648, from ., master of the free school at Grantham 1649, vicar of Swinderley, co. Linc., 1650, until ejected in 1662, one of these names vicar of Gosberton, co. Linc., 1662, died at Auber, co. Linc., 5 May, 1684. See Calamy, ii. 433.

Birket, John, s. J., of Kendall, Westmorland, p.p. ., matric. 23 May, 1672, aged 17; B.A. 1677, M.A. 1682 (subs. as Berchett), vicar of Milford, Hants, 1679-1723, father of the next named.

Birket, John, s. J(ohn), of Milford, Hants, cler. ., matric. 26 March, 1705, aged 15, B.A. 1708; incorp. at Cambridge and M.A. from ., 1729, rector of Compton Abbas, Dorset, 1725, vicar of Ile Brewers, Somerset, 1743. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.

Birkett, Miles (Burkitt), s. William, of Bugbrooke, Northants, pleb. , matric. 13 Nov., 1629, aged 19; B.A. 3 June, 1630 (incorp. at Cambridge 1632, ? as Berker), M.A. 14 May, 1633, originally a zealous churchman, and latterly a nonconformist, rector of a portion of Pattishall, Northants, 1634, of Hitcham, Suffolk, 1657, and of Irstead 1661, vicar of Neatishead, Norfolk, 1661, ejected under the Act of Uniformity. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus; D.N.B.; & Calamy, iii. 8. [ 128 ]