Christopher EYRE
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Name Christopher EYRE Gender Male Baptism 25 Apr 1578 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [1, 2] Died 5 Jan 1624 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [3, 4] Buried Aft 5 Jan 1624 St. Stephens, Coleman Street, London, England Person ID I3930 Chap 05 New Sarum Last Modified 17 Jun 2018
Father Thomas EYRE, d. Bef 10 Sep 1628, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Mother Elizabeth ROGERS, b. 1549, Poole, Wiltshire , d. 24 Dec 1612, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 63 years) Married 1567 Sarum, Wiltshire, England [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
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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]
- Christopher Eyre founded the Weekly Lectureship at St. Thomas's Church, Salisbury. He was one of that little group of Merchant
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Sources - [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell,
Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 53.
- [S324] Parish record, LDS, (1984).
- [S255] LDS Pedigree files.
- [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell,
Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 54.
- [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell,
Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 47.
- [S7] Parish and Mi Cemetery records, D Eyre, (Citation), Pedigree Chalfield #0017 dated 11/8/97.
- [S269] Published history, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart., (1820), Pedigree Eyre Frust No 1 Page 56.
- [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell,
Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 53.