PYE, Sir Robert II (c.1622-1701), of Gt. Faringdon, Berks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1622, 1st s. of Sir Robert Pye I* and Mary, da. and coh. of John Croker of Batsford, Glos.Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi), 48; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi-lvii), i. 270. educ. M. Temple, 23 Aug. 1639.M. Temple Admiss. i. 136. m. c.1641 (with £2,000), Anne (d. Nov. 1701), da. of John Hampden*, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.) (1 other child d.v.p.).Vis. Berks. i. 270; Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, ii. 105-6; Mercurius Aulicus (9-16 Apr. 1643), 192 (E.99.2). Kntd. betw. 1639 and 1642.SP28/1a, f. 91. suc. fa. 1662. bur. 28 Dec. 1701 28 Dec. 1701.HP Commons, 1660-1690.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of John Hampden* by Aug. 1642 – June 1643; regt. of Arthur Goodwin*, June-Aug. 1643;Peacock, Army Lists, 52; SP28/1a, f. 91; SP28/7, f. 438. col. 1644-Aug. 1647.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; CJ iv. 66b; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 53, 83, 151.

Local: dep. lt. Berks. June 1643–?, c.Aug. 1660–83, 1689–d.CJ iii. 129b. Commr. sewers, Mdx. 15 Oct. 1645;C181/5, f. 262v. militia, Berks. 2 Dec. 1648, ?12 Mar. 1660. Nov. 1651 – May 1683A. and O. J.p., 1689–d.C231/6, pp. 226, 274; C231/8, p. 83; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Westminster 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Capt. militia horse, Berks. Apr. 1660.Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 14 (26 Mar.-2 Apr. 1660), 222 (E.183.1). Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, Berks., Westminster 1663;SR. recusants, Berks. 1675.CTB iv. 695.

Court: equerry, June 1660–85.Sainty and Bucholz, Royal Household, ii. 140.

: of Gt. Faringdon, Berks.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PYE, Sir Robert II (c.1622-1701), of Gt. Faringdon, Berks.

Will

21 Dec. 1700, pr. 20 Jan. 1702.PROB11/463/88.

Estates

owned property at Great Faringdon, Berks.Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, ii. 102.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

Image