William died in 1873 and her mother married John Ward, a Poulterer, in Shoreditch. The Nisbets of Dean held the office of Hereditary Poulterer to the King. He also played "the Poulterer" in a 2004 television adaptation of "A Christmas Carol". His father, Thomas Brewer, was a poulterer, and his mother's Christian name was True. Munden was the son of a poulterer in Brook's Market, Leather Lane, Holborn.