Sir
Gervase
"of Laughton en le Morthen"
Eyre
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Anthony Eyre esq
and Anne (Markham) Eyre
Brother of
Mary (Eyre) Blythe, Martha (Eyre) Saltmarsh, John Eyre, Francis Eyre, Roger Eyre, Robert Eyre, Anthony Eyre, Isabel (Eyre) van Valkenburg, Anthony Eyre [half] and Jane (Eyre) Clifton [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Babington) Eyre
— married
30 Nov 1624 in Rampton, Nottinghamshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Eyre) Newton and Anthony Eyre MP
Died about
at about age 46
[location unknown]
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Biography
Sir Gervase Eyre of Laughton en le Morthen, Yorks (b. c. 1599, age 13 in 1612 - d. 05 May 1644/5 Siege of Newark or 05/20 May 1653), or Gervase of Rampton, co. Notts[1]
Marriage
Gervase married Elizabeth Babington, a daughter by his step-mother's second marriage to John Babington. They are second cousins, once removed and great-grandchildren of George Neville (will 22 Aug 1582).
- m. (30 Nov 1624 Rampton, Notts) Elizabeth Babington (bp. 09 Aug 1607 Rampton, Notts), dau. and co-heir of John Babington of Rampton and Mary Neville. Issue:
- Anthony of Rampton
- Mary
- m. Sir John Newton, Bt. of Barrs Court, Gloucester & Gunwarby, Lincs. (b. 09 Jun 1626 - d. 31 May 1699; bur. Newton aisle at Bitton, Gloucester), son of Thomas Newton of Gunwarby
Education
- 1618: Gray's Inn.[2]
Occupation
- commander of the horse
Property
- Lord of Rampton and Laughton
Death
Eyre was killed defending Newark Castle for Charles I.[3]
Sources
- Jacks, L. (1881).The Great Houses of Nottinghamshire and the County Families, pp. 105. Notts: W. and A.S. Bradshaw. Archive.org.[4]
- Nichols, J.G. (1846). "Co-heirs of Babington of Rampton," in The Topographer and Genealogist, 1, pp. 339. Google Books. Pedigree.
- Thoroton, R. (1797). Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire, 3, pp. 246. Google Books.
- The Publications of the Harleian Society, 38, p. 558. Google Books.
Primary Sources
- Rutland Manuscripts. Historical Manuscript Commission.
Notes
- ↑ d. 1645
- Biography of Sir Gervase Eyre (d 1645). Manuscripts and Special Collections. University of Nottingham. Web.
- Collectanea topographica et genealogica, 8, p. 345. Google Books.
- Cooke, W.B. (1857). The Seize Quartiers of the Family of Bryan Cooke, esq. London., pp. 102. Google Books.
- ↑ Smith, G. (1906). Haddon, the Manor, the Hall, Its Lords and Traditions, p. 139. Google Books.
- ↑ see also: Wikipedia:Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire
- ↑ see also: Space: The Great Houses of Nottinghamshire and the County Families
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