Robert Pursglove

Biography

Robert Purseglove, prior of Gisburne, Yorkshire, is said to be the brother of Alice, who became the second wife of Edward Eyre, esq. of Holme (b. c. 1487 - d. 03 Jul 1558).

• A Robert Purseglove (d. 02 May 1579; will 1579), sometime Bishop of Hull, was the last prior of Guisborough priory c. 1540. He resigned during the reign of Eliz. I.^[1] ...

"At the Dissolution there were twenty-five inmates of the house who received various pensions, which were to begin on 25 March 1540. When an inquiry was made in 1552 Robert Pursglove, the late prior, appeared, and complained that he was in arrear a whole year."^[2]

Sources

• "Eyre compare Harl. 1537," (1895). The Publications of the Harleian Society, 38, p. from 555. Google Books. Pedigree.

1. ↑ Old Yorkshire: 2nd series, p. 145.[1]
   for will of Rbt Purseglove d. 02 May 1579 see: Calendars of Wills & Administrations in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Conventry, 1516 to 1652, pp. 306. Google Books.
2. ↑ 'Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Guisborough', in A History of the County of York: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1974), pp. 208-213. [2].