EYRE, Sir William (1556-1629), of Great Chalfield, Wilts.

Family and Education

bap. 1 Jan. 1556,Wilts. RO, 1605/2. o.s. of John Eyre† of Great Chalfield and Wedhampton, Wilts., and Anne, da. of Thomas Tropenell of Great Chalfield.Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 60; Tropenell Cartulary ed. J.S. Davies, ii. 353. m. (1) by 1577 Anne (bur. 19 June 1587),Wilts. RO, 1605/2. da. of Edward Baynton† of Bromham, Wilts., 3s. 2da.;R.C. Hoare, Wilts. (Frustfield Hundred), 56; Wilts. (Downton Hundred), 7. (2) by 1590, Elizabeth (bur. 26 Mar. 1622), da. of John Jackman, Grocer of London, 2s. 3da.;Wilts. RO, 1605/2; PROB 11/84, f. 239; Vis. Wilts. 60. (3) c.1626, Anne, da. of Michael Erneley of Bishops Cannings, Wilts., wid. of William Noyes, s.p.Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxiii. 232. suc. fa. 1581;PROB 11/63, f. 291v; C142/197/94. Kntd. Sept. 1592.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 89. d. 24 Aug. 1629.C142/761/116. sig. William Eyre.Wilts. RO, A1/150/2, f. 47.

Offices Held

Constable of Trowbridge Castle, Wilts. 1581–d.;VCH Wilts. vii. 61. j.p. Wilts. by 1586 – Jan. 1599, Feb. 1599–d.;Mins. of Procs. in Sessions ed. H.C. Johnson (Wilts. Rec. Soc. iv), 111, 153; C231/1, ff. 62, 64; C66/2527. sheriff, Wilts. 1591–2;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 154. kpr. Fisherton Anger gaol, Wilts. 1591–2;HMC Hatfield, xiii. 473. commr. charitable uses, Wilts. 1600, 1613,C93/1/15; 93/5/20. sewers, Dorset 1605;C181/1, f. 118v. dep. lt. Wilts. 1603-at least 1611;Hertford Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 17, 172; Add. 5496, ff. 8, 63–4, 84; SP12/283A/85; HMC Bath, iv. 375. commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1629,C212/22/20, 21, 23; Add. 34566, f. 132. Forced Loan 1627.T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145.

Parlimentarian

EYRE, Sir William (1556-1629), of Great Chalfield, Wilts.

Main residence: Great Chalfield, Wilts.

Author

H.J.L.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

EYRE, Sir William (1556-1629)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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