Death Notes
a single person
heiress of her brother William
Sir John Eyre was M.P. for Calne 1625, and for Chippenham 1628.
His father having sold the Monk's Estate to the Danvers family,
Sir John having no children, and apparently being no settlement
on his brothers, diposed of the Great Chaldfield property to
Sir Richard Gurney and so ended the Eyre connection with that
ancient
manor.
Death Notes
died a single person
Robert Eyre took the side of the King in the civil war, and
acted on King Charles' Commission to press men and raise money
for the Royal Army. He submitted to the Parliament in April
1645, when he took the two oaths and paid 100 pounds for his
personal estate, and othersums on account, for his real estate,
to the Wilts Committee. He appears to have been dealt with
quite lightly, on December 11th, 1648 he was fined the sum of
420 pounds. He stated to the Committee that the estate
remainder to six sons in succession, then to his brother Henry.
Of these six sons only one was mentioned, namely Robert who
succeeded him at Little
Chaldfield.
Sir William Eyre was High Sheriff of Wiltshire 1591, and Knight
of the Shire 1597. He sold the Monk's Estate to the Danvers
family.