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s. and h. of Robert Eyre (d.1460) of Padley by Joan (d.1464), da. and h. of Robert Padley of Padley. His parents’ dates of death are from the brass on their surviving altar tomb in the church of Hathersage: J.C. Cox, Notes on Churches Derbys. ii. 231-2. m. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Fitzwilliam I*, 7s. 2da.
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J.p. Derbys. 24 Feb. 1472–d. In the comms. of Nov. 1475 and Jan. 1476 he is named Thomas in error: S.M. Wright, Derbys. Gentry (Derbys. Rec. Soc. viii), 251–2.

Commr. of array, Derbys. Mar. 1472, May, Dec. 1484, Apr. 1496; inquiry Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Apr., July 1474 (duchy of Lancaster lands in High Peak); DL37/43/17, 28. to assess subsidy on aliens Aug. 1483.

Steward of Francis, Lord (later Viscount) Lovell’s manor of Holmesfield, Derbys. by 25 May 1480-bef. 7 Nov. 1485; Derbys. Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. Jnl. xx. 54. dep. steward (to William, Lord Hastings) of High Peak by 7 July 1480-bef. 13 June 1483; DL42/19, f. 76v. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 551, has John Eyre in error. steward of George Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, in Derbys. ?by Easter 1482-aft. 14 Apr. 1483. Derbys. Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. Jnl. xxiii. 31.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 5 Nov. 1480–1.

Usher of the hall to Richard III by 31 Mar. 1484. DL42/20, f. 25v.

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EYRE, Robert (d.1497), of Padley, Derbys.
Main residence: Padley, Derbys.
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Commons 1422-1461
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