PYE, Robert (c.1586-1662), of St. Stephen’s Court, Westminster and Richmond, Surr.; later of Faringdon, Berks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1586, 5th but 2nd surv. s. of Roger Pye (d.1591) of the Mynde, Much Dewchurch, Herefs. and Bridget (d.1624), da. of Thomas Kyrle of Walford, Herefs.; bro. of Walter I*.SCL, EM1331, f. 1; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 270. educ. M. Temple 1607. MTR, 479-80. m. by 1620, Mary (bur. 5 Jan. 1654), da. of John Croker of Batsford, Glos., 3s. 2da. Memorials of St. Margaret’s Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 107, 115, 122, 131, 146, 635; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 270. Kntd. 13 July 1621. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 177. d. May 1662. sig. Robert Pye.

Offices Held

Servant, household of William Spencer, 2nd Lord Compton by 1614 – 16, George Villiers, earl (later 1st duke) of Buckingham by 1617, See notes 47–50. recvr. by 1620-at least 1624, Lansd. 93, f. 98v; Add. 12528, f. 7v. commr. of finances by 1623-at least 1627, CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 37, 353; HCA 30/864, bdle. A, unnumb. item, 18 Mar. 1626, Buckingham’s commrs. to Sir Henry Marten; Bodl. Eng. Misc. C.208, ff. 171v-2; SP16/86/45. solicitor until ?1626.Lansd. 972, f. 69.

Clerk of the patents, Chancery, 1618–25 (jt.); C66/2176; C216/1/67; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 29. auditor of the receipt and writer of tallies, Exchequer 1620 – ?54, 1660–2; LC5/50, f. 235; 4th DKR, ii. 187; Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 207. commr. revenue 1620, 1626; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 161–4; APC, 1626, p. 51. collector, Palatine benevolence 1622, APC, 1621–3, p. 230; E403/2741, Easter term bk. f. 90. Privy Seal loans, merchant strangers 1625–6; APC, 1625–6, p. 198; 1626, p. 167. commr. navy 1625–8, Rymer, viii. pt. 1, pp. 9–12; E351/2263–6, unfol. prizes 1625, 1627 (French), CSP Dom. 1625–6, pp. 113, 144; APC, 1627, p. 285. sale of Crown lands 1626-at least 1627, CSP Dom. 1625–26, p. 428; Maynard Ltcy. Bk. ed. B. Quintrell, 193. St. Paul’s Cathedral repair 1631, CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 7. treaty payments to Scots 1641. SR, v. 123.

J.p. Westminster 1620-at least 1640, C181/3, f. 16; C66/2858. Mdx. 1625-at least 1642, C231/4, p. 386; 231/5, p. 533. Surr. 1625–42; C231/4, p. 387; 231/5, p. 533. commr. subsidy, Westminster 1621, 1624, 1625, 1628 – 29, 1641–2, E115/296/86, 103; 115/306/126; 115/310/109; 115/311/47; 115/318/82; SR, v. 153. Forced Loan 1627, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. charitable uses, Surr. 1630, Mdx. 1633 – 34, Berks. 1634, C192/1, unfol. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1634, C181/4, f. 179. view Blackwall docks, Kent 1635, Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1635–9, pp. 61–2. maltsters, Surr. 1636; PC2/46, f. 273. vestryman, St. Margaret’s Westminster 1642-at least 1659; WCA, E2431, ff. 16, 83v. sequestrator delinquents, Westminster 1643; A. and O. i. 114. commr. assessment, Westminster 1643, Ibid. 140. Berks., Herefs., Mdx., Oxon., Westminster 1647–8, Ibid. 961, 966, 970, 972, 1078, 1084, 1087, 1090. volunteers, Mdx. 1643, Ibid. 383. assessment [I], Mdx. and Berks. 1643–4, Ibid. 227, 232, 536, 541. execution of ordinances 1644, Ibid. 455. New Model ordinance, Mdx. and Westminster 1645, Ibid. 623, 636. excise 1645, Ibid. 691. collegiate church of St. Peter, Westminster 1645–?60, Ibid. 803–4. sale of bps.’ lands 1646, Ibid. 905. militia Berks., Mdx. and Westminster 1648. Ibid. 1234, 1239, 1246.

Parlimentarian

PYE, Robert (c.1586-1662), of St. Stephen’s Court, Westminster and Richmond, Surr.; later of Faringdon, Berks.

Main residences: St. Stephen's Court, Westminster; Richmond, Surr.; Faringdon, Berks.

Author

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

PYE, Robert (c.1586-1662)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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