John Eyre MP (1623 - 1685)

Born 1623 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1685 at about age 62 in Ireland

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Biography

Col. Rt. Hon. John Eyre of Eyrecourt (b. co. Wilts; bp. 22 Feb 1623 Whiteparish, co. Wilts. - d. 22 Apr 1685, age 62), built Eyrecourt Castle in County Galway.^[1] He was the seventh son of:^[2][3]

• Giles Eyre of Brickworth, co. Wilts.
• and Jane, dau. of Ambrose Snelgrove.

John and his younger brother Edward, accompanied Gen. Ludlow to Ireland,^[4] where he acquired large estates in counties Galway, Tipperary, Clare and King's County. In 1662 he was granted the Manor of Eyrecourt with powers to empark.

Marriage

He married Mary,^[5] daughter of Phillip Bigoe, who was High Sheriff of King's County in 1662.^[4]

Occupation

• invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.).
• MP for Galway.
• High Sheriff of co. Galway in 1681.

Will

Will of Col. John Eyre of Eyrecourt Castle, dated 13 March 1685, proved 8 June 1685.^[4]

Death

John's funeral certificate is dated 22 April 1685.^[2] He was survived by his wife, who remarried to Col. Seymour of Ballyknocken Castle in King's county.

Sources

1. ↑ Wiltshire Note & Queries, V, p. 99.[1]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Funeral certificate of Captain John Eyre of Eyrecourt in Co. Galway being the 7th son of Giles Eyre of Brickworth in Co. Wilts and Jane Snellgrove of Radlinch, Co. Wilts with account of their children and grandchildren, April 22, 1685," in Sources. National Library of Ireland. sources.nli.ie. Web.
3. ↑ 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.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Wiltshire Notes & Queries, V, p. 149. [2]
5. ↑ Burke, J. (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 3, p. 292. Google Books.

See Also...

• Wikipedia: Eyrecourt Castle
• Wikipedia: John Eyre (settler). (2016, April 25). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11:01, March 23, 2017. Web.[3]
• Burke's LANDED GENTRY (1847), p. 388
• Lundy, D. The Peerage. Web.[4]
• "Col. Rt. Hon. John Eyre". monchique.com/Ochanoff/ohanov/ochanoff/7398.htm
• http://burkeseastgalway.com/eyre-of-eyrecourt-part-i/#:~:text=Captain%20John%20Eyre&text=While%20Captain%20John%20Eyre's%20funeral,Snellgar%20of%20Redlinch%20in%20Wiltshire.