Christopher EYRE

Christopher EYRE

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  • Name Christopher EYRE 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 25 Apr 1578  Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Died 5 Jan 1624  Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Buried Aft 5 Jan 1624  St. Stephens, Coleman Street, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3930  Chap 05 New Sarum
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2018 

    Father Thomas EYRE,   d. Bef 10 Sep 1628, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth ROGERS,   b. 1549, Poole, Wiltshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1612, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 1567  Sarum, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hester SMITHES 
    Married 1603  [1, 3
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Christopher Eyre founded the Weekly Lectureship at St. Thomas's Church, Salisbury. He was one of that little group of Merchant
      Princes of the reign of James I , who did so much for themselves, and uncounsciously so much for the future of the
      British Empire. His mothers brother Robert Rogers who was a prosperous merchant and probably assisted his nephew in his
      business career.
      Christopher Eyre was one of the orginal members of the East India Company which was founded on 31st Dec, 1600. [1]
    • Will proved 11 jan 1654 [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 53.

    2. [S324] Parish record, LDS, (1984).

    3. [S255] LDS Pedigree files.

    4. [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 54.

    5. [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 47.

    6. [S7] Parish and Mi Cemetery records, D Eyre, (Citation), Pedigree Chalfield #0017 dated 11/8/97.

    7. [S269] Published history, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart., (1820), Pedigree Eyre Frust No 1 Page 56.