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Giles Eyre Esq (1572 - abt. 1655)

Giles "of Brickworth" Eyre Esq
Born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 26 Sep 1603 in Downton, Wiltshire, Englandmap
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Died about at about age 82 in Brickworth, Wiltshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
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//** EYRE OF BRICKWORTH**//

D i s a m b i g u a t i o n

  • Giles Eyre II (bp. 10 Feb 1607 - d. 1685), son of Giles of Brickworth & Jane Snelworth
  • Sir Giles Eyre of Brickworth & Lincolns Inn bp. 28 May 1635 - d. 02 Jun 1695), son of Giles Eyre II & Anne Norton
  • Giles Eyre of Brickworth (bp. 25 May 1664 Whiteparish, co. Wilts - d. 1733), son of Sir Giles Eyre of Brickworth & Lincoln's Inn & Dorothy Ryves (d. 15 Jan. 1667/8).
  • Rev. Giles Eyre m. Mary, dau. Richard Cox, esq.
  • Col. Gyles Eyre of Eyecourt Castle, Ireland (bp. 19 Jul 1766).

Contents

Biography

Giles Eyre was christened 27 Feb 1572,[1] in Salisbury, co. Wilts.[2] He was the second[3] son of Thomas Eyre of New Sarum.[4][1]

Gyles was critical of royal policy from the time of James I, and inevitably became a strong supporter of the Parlimentarian party.[4][5]

Marriage

He married Jane Snelgrove in 1603.[4][6] She was the daughter of Ambrose Snelgrove of Redlynch, co. Wilts.[4][1]

children

  • Giles, esq., MP of Brickworth, co. Wilts. (bp. 10 Feb 1607 - d. 1685),[1] MP for Downton in 1660.[4]
m. Anne, dau. of Sir Richard Norton, Bt. of Rotherfield.[1][4]
  • Ambrose of Newhouse (b. c. 1610, age 19 on 03 Jul 1629 - d. 1649).[1][4][7]
m. Frances, widow of William Tooker.[1][4]
  • William, Rector of St. Edmunds, Salisbury (b. 1613 - d. Melksham; bur. 30 Jan 1669 Melksham).[4]
  • Robert (bp. 19 Aug 1618 Whiteparish).[4]
  • Christopher.[4]
  • Col. John of Eyre Court Castle in Ireland (bp. 22 Feb 1623 Whiteparish - d. 1685).[1][4][5]
m. Mary, dau. of Philip Bygoe, esq.[1][4]
  • Thomas (bp. 1625 Whiteparish).[4]
  • Edward (bp. 23 Jan 1626 Whiteparish), see Eyre of Galway Town.[4][7]
  • Henry (bp. 23 Oct 1628 Whiteparish - d. 18 Jul 1878; bur. Jul 1678 Whiteparish), MP for Salisbury (New Sarum) in 1658.[4]
m. Dorothy, dau. of George Hastings of Woodlands, co. Dorset.[4]
  • Elizabeth.[4]
m. (24 Apr 1627 Whiteparish) Edward Hodges.[4]
m. (30 Apr 1631 Whiteparish) John Bridgewater.[4]

Occupation

He was Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1640.[4][3]

Residence

He resided at Brickworth[3], a mansion in Salisbury, Wiltshire. [8]

Death

Giles died in 1655. He was buried 16 Jan 1655.[citation needed] His memorial inscription in All Saints, Whiteparish, Wiltshire[9][10] included the following. "A man much oppressed by public power for his laudable oppositions to the measures taken in the reigns of James and Charles the first … 1640 **** plundered at Brickworth by the king's solders … and imprisoned for refusing to pay the sum. Dyes 1655 having issue 7 sons (3 of whom who likewise members of parliament)." The asterisks in the inscription are said to have been intended to allude to a public flogging he endured which was too shameful to be explicitly mentioned but which the family did not want forgotten.[11]

Descendants

  • Eyre of Ireland.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Burke, J. (1836). "Eyre of Brickworth," in A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 292. Google Books.
  2. ↑ Giles Eyres, 27 Feb 1572; citing Salisbury, Wilts, ref. item 3; FHL microfilm 1,279,310.[1]
    Entry image 10 Giles Eyre son of Thomas Eyre 27 Feb 1572 St Thomas Salisbury. Accessed 22 Dec 2019 by subscription at St Thomas Salisbury parish register Ancestry.com Meehan-411
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Burke, J. (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 3, p. 292. Google Books
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 Wiltshire Notes and Queries, V, p. 97 - 99. Google Books.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cronin, J. (2008). A Gentlemen of Good Family and Fortune: John Eyre of Eyrecourt 1640 - 1685. Galway Archaeological & Historical Society, 60, pp. 88 - 115. JSTOR.
  6. ↑ Gyles Eyers and Mrs. Jane Snelgar, 26 Sep 1603; citing Downton, Wilts, ref. 152; FHL microfilm 1,279,387.[2]
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Foster, J. (1891). Alumni Oxonienses, p. 476. Google Books.
  8. ↑ Brickworth, UK Genealogy Archives, ukga.org, citing The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1895.
  9. ↑ British Listed Buildings, [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101300179-church-of-all-saints-whiteparish#.Y5L_jC-nyhA Church of All Saints A Grade II* Listed Building in Whiteparish, Wiltshire], accessed 9 December 2022
  10. ↑ Wiltshire Memorial Inscription Index, Wiltshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
  11. ↑ Cheryl Kerry. Honour, Memory and Lineage: Remembering the English Civil War through Funeral Memorials, in 'History', journal of the Historical Assoication, Vol. 107, issue 377, September 2022, pp. 651-671




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Monica (Edmunds) Kanellis
In the will of Edward St. Barbe of Whiteparish probated 1643, the testator notes a possible marriage between his son Edward and Mary, daughter of Giles Eyre of Whiteparish. Does anyone know if this projected marriage happened?
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Templeton-1883 Sheena (Templeton) Tait
The GEDCOM import failed to import Giles' last name. His last name at birth should be changed to Ayer
posted on UNKNOWN-109616 (merged) by Sheena (Templeton) Tait

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