EYRE, Henry (1628-78), of Woodlands, Dorset.

Family and Education

bap. 23 Aug. 1628, 10th but 6th surv. s. of Giles Eyre (d. 1656) of Brickworth, Whiteparish, Wilts. and Jane, da. and h. of Ambrose Snelgrove of Redlynch, Wilts.Vis. Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 59-61; Hoare, Hist. Wilts. v (Frustfield), 56; PROB11/253/282. educ. L. Inn 22 Jan. 1647, called 23 June 1653;LI Admiss. 254; LI Black Bks. ii. 399. Jesus, Oxf. BA 26 June 1649, MA 18 Nov. 1652.Al. Ox. m. c.1658, Dorothy, da. of Sir George Hastings† of Woodlands, wid. of Christopher Dodington (d.1657) of L. Inn and Horsington, Som. s.p.Huntingdon Peerage (1820), 96; Hants RO, 16M50/7; Coll. Top. et Gen. iv. 277-8; PROB11/269/290. d. 16 July 1678.Wilts. N and Q, v. 98-9.

Offices Held

Academic: fell. Jesus, Oxf. 1648 – 51; Merton, Oxf. 1651–?58.Al. Ox.

Civic: recorder, Salisbury Sept. 1656-June 1660.Wilts. RO, G23/1/4, f. 91. Master, St Nicholas Hosp. Sept. 1657.Wilts. RO, G23/1/4, f. 99.

Local: j.p. Wilts. 26 Feb. 1657–66; Dorset 1662 – 65, 1668 – 70, 1675–d.C231/6, p. 359; Wilts. RO, A1/160/2; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, Wilts. 26 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1677; Dorset 1664, 1672;A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, Wilts. 1660;SR. recusants, Dorset 1675.CTB iv. 789.

Parlimentarian

EYRE, Henry (1628-78), of Woodlands, Dorset.

: of Woodlands, Dorset.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

EYRE, Henry (1628-78), of Woodlands, Dorset.

Will

admon. 22 Nov. 1678.PROB6/53, f. 99v.

Estates

aft. d. of his fa. in 1656 inherited a jt. interest with his bros. Robert and Edward in lands in Langridge and East Dean, Hants, and £290, stated to be the remainder of a (?significantly) larger sum previously promised to him.PROB11/253/282.

Oxford 1644

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