Constituency Dates
Salisbury 1558
Weymouth 1563
Family and Education
yr. s. of John Eyre of Wedhampton by his 2nd w. Jane, da. of John Cuffe of Broughton Gifford; half-bro. of John Eyre I. m. (1) Elizabeth, wid. of Thomas Fawshire of Southampton, s.p.; (2) Jane or Jean, wid. of George Tourney of Salisbury and Motcombe, Dorset, 1s. Thomas; (3) Edith, wid. of William Kynte or Knite of Salisbury.1Hoare, Wilts. Frustifield, 56.
Offices Held

One of the 48 of Salisbury 1540, of the 24, 1555 – 65; mayor 1558 – 59; common councilman, Southampton by 1566, mayor 1566.

Address
Main residences: Salisbury, Wilts.; Southampton.
biography text

Eyre was a Salisbury merchant about whom little is known after he moved to Southampton in about 1565. The 1st Earl of Pembroke was presumably responsible for his return at Weymouth.2Salisbury ledger bk. 1452-1567, ff. 292b, 313a, 319a; Third Bk. of Remembrance (Soton Rec. Ser. iii), 98.

Author
R.V.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Notes
  • 1. Hoare, Wilts. Frustifield, 56.
  • 2. Salisbury ledger bk. 1452-1567, ff. 292b, 313a, 319a; Third Bk. of Remembrance (Soton Rec. Ser. iii), 98.