Edward
"of Holme"
Eyre
Esq.
Born about in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Alice (Pursglove) Eyre
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Reresby) Eyre
— married
1507 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Eyre esq, Robert Eyre, Anne (Eyre) Revill, Elizabeth (Eyre) Rollesley, Lucy (Eyre) Stafford and Anthony Eyre
Died
at about age 71
[location unknown]
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Biography
Edward is the son of Roger Eyre, Esq. of Holme Hall (d. 22 Aug 8 Hen VIII, c. 1517; will date 07 Aug 7 Hen VIII, c. 1516) and Elizabeth "Isabel", dau. of Robert Barley, esq. of Barley.[1][2][3] He was age 30 in c. 1517.
Siblings
- Sir Michael, priest
- Christopher
- Lucy
- Anne
- Elizabeth
- Joan
Marriage
Edward married twice. His first wife is Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Reresby of Thrybergh, Yorkshire. He remarried to a woman named Alice. Hunter (1895), asserts that her brother was Robert Purseglove, prior of Gisburne, Yorkshire.
Children
Note that Thomas of Dunston & Holme (d.15 Oct 1595) ... a child from Edward's second marriage ... is sometimes (although rarely) called "John".
Pedigree in Yeatman (1889)
m.1 Elizabeth Reresby. Issue:
- Anthony m. Elizabeth, dau. of German Pole of Radburn ,m.2 Alice [--Purf...?--] Issue:
- Thomas of Dunston
- Robert
Pedigree in Hunter (1895)
m.1 Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Reresby of Thrybergh, Yorkshire. Issue:
- Anthony of Kiveton, Yorkshire (b. c. 1538 - d. 10 Apr 1575)
- Elizabeth, m. John, son of John Rollesley (d. 26 Apr 1535) & Agnes Hybatt.[4]
- Ann
- Lucy (dvp. bef. 1556).[5] m. Humphrey (d. bef. 1565), son of Humphrey Stafford of Eyam and Ann (d. 1560).[5] m.2 Alice Purseglove. Issue:
- John, esq. of Dunston & Holme Hall (d. 10 Oct 1595).[6] m.1 Faith, dau. of Sir John Chaworth of Wyverton and Mary, dau. of Sir Wm. Paston. m.2 Jane, dau. of John FitzHerbert
- Robert
Edward died c. 1558, during the fourth and fifth year of the reign of Philip & Mary, on July 3.
Sources
- ↑ Yeatman, John Pym, "The The Feudal History of the County of Derby: (Chiefly during th 11th, 12th, and 13th Centuries)", London: Hansard Publishing Union, Ltd, 1890, Sec. IV, Archive.org, p. 395
- ↑ Hunter, Joseph, "Familiae Minorum Gentium", London: Harleian Society, 1895, Vol. II, Archive.rg, p. 555
- ↑ mother called Isabel in father's will.
- ↑ "Pedigree of Rollesley of Rowsley, co. Derby.," in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist, 1870, 10, p. 167-8. Google Books.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bowles, C.E.B (1908). The Staffords of Eyam. Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History, v. 30-31, pp. 289, 291, 294. Google Books.
- ↑ Hunter (1895), describes John of Dunston as a, "zealous Catholic," who suffered during the reign of Eliz. I and is also the person to sell Whittington, Dunston and Holme Hall, (p. 555).[1]
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