Sir Sir Samuel EYRE

Sir Sir Samuel EYRE

Male Bef 1633 - 1698  (> 64 years)

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  • Name Sir Samuel EYRE  [1
    Title Sir 
    Born Bef 26 Dec 1633 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 26 Dec 1633  New House, Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Occupation Lawyer 
    Died 12 Sep 1698  Lancaster Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Cause: Attack of colic 
    • Sir Samuel Eyre died whilst on circuit, and a monument was
      erected to him by the people of Lancaster.
    Buried 13 Sep 1698  St. Marys, Lancaster, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Originally buried at Lancaster, but later his remains were removed and reburied in the Eyre vault in St Thomas's on the 2nd July 1699.
    Person ID I4012  Chap 05 New Sarum
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2013 

    Father Robert EYRE,   b. 1610,   d. Mar 1654  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Anne ALDERSEY 
    Married 1632  [5
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha LUCY,   d. 6 May 1728, St Thomas Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1666  Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Children 
     1. Sir Sir Robert EYRE,   b. 1666,   d. 28 Dec 1735  (Age 69 years)
     2. Martha EYRE
     3. Lucy EYRE
     4. Francis EYRE, D.D.,   b. 1670,   d. 28 Oct 1738  (Age 68 years)
     5. Henry Samuel EYRE,   d. Bef 16 Sep 1754, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Kingsmill EYRE,   b. Bef 23 May 1682,   d. 20 Mar 1743, Chelsea Hospital Churchyard Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 60 years)
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F15  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sir Samuel Eyre knt. of Newhouse. He inherited the estate of Bonhams from his great uncle William Eyre, and purchased
      Newhouse from his cousin William in 1660. He was called to the Degree of Serjeant-at-Law, and on 22 Feb,1694 was appointed one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench. [1]
    • Called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn.
      Source: Dict Nat. Biography page 966
    • He was called to the Degree of Serjeant-at-Law. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 60.

    2. [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 59/60.

    3. [S330] DNB.

    4. [S329] Parish Record (on file).

    5. [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 62.

    6. [S258] WWW Pedigree.