ABSTRACT
John was the younger of William Byrd's two elder brothers. This chapter summarizes and adds new information to an account of him which has already been published. John Byrd's progress through the Company's ranks was measured but steady. John Byrd's progress through the Company's ranks was measured but steady. John Byrd's roles in the maintenance of Dover harbour and in the corn trade, in which he was a leader, have likewise been described. On 4 November 1578 the Privy Council, meeting at Richmond, heard that at the suit of one Davye, and by the means of Chamocke and others, John Byrd had been condemned by a false verdict. John Byrd died in January 1621/22, at Mrs. Stanninate's house in the parish of St John Zachary. William Campe, described in the will as 'my loving Couzen' and 'my sole executor', who received 'all the rest of my goods & moneys whatsoever unbequeathed'.
