Family of William EYRE and Ann BAYNTON

Husband: William EYRE

Wife: Ann BAYNTON

Child 1: William EYRE

Child 2: Anne EYRE

Child 3: John EYRE

Child 4: Edward EYRE

Child 5: Grace EYRE

Note on Husband: William EYRE (1)

Sir William Eyre of Great Chalfield, Sheriff of Wiltshire (b 1555, d 1629)

Note on Husband: William EYRE (2)

SOURCE: John Burke, Esq., A GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1977, p. 290. Knight, of Chalfield, M.P. for Wilts in 1597, who m. first, Anne, dau. of Sir Edward Baynton, of Bromham, and had three sons, John (Sir), his heir, Edward, d.s.p., and William (Sir), of Neston, Wilts. He wedded, 2dly, Elizabeth, dau. of John Jackman, of London, and by her had two other sons, Henry and Robert, who left issue; and three daughters, viz. Anne, the wife of John Long, of Wraxhall, esq.; Lucy, and Olive.

!SOURCE: BURKE'S GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, Burke's Peerage Limited, London, 1939, p. 729. Sheriff for Wilts, 1591, M.P. 1597, b. 1555.

!SOURCE: THE VISITATION OF WILTSHIRE, 1623, Publications of the Harleian Library, London, 1954, pp. 57ff. De Shaldfield in Com Wilts miles superstes 1623 b. 1 Jan. 1555/6 [Great Chaldfield Par. Reg.] mar. 3rdly (mar. sett. 1 June 1626) Anne, sister of Edward Ernley of Kinghton, esq., and relict of William Noyes, esq.; d. 24 Aug. 1629; Inq. p.m. 1 Sep. 1631.

!SOURCE: BURKE'S GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, Eighteenth Edition, Vol. I, Burke's Peerage Limited, London, 1965, p. 246. !SOURCE: Mary Elizabeth Frances Richardson-Eyre, A HISTORY OF THE WILTSHIRE FAMILY OF EYRE, Mitchell and Hughes, London, 1897, p. 4.

Note on Wife: Ann BAYNTON

Daughter of Sir Edward Baynton of Bromham)

Note on Child 1: William EYRE

Sir William Eyre and his son were distinguished Royalists in the Civil War.

Note on Child 3: John EYRE

Sir John Eyre (b 1580, d 1639)