Thomas EYRE, MP

Aft 1539 - 1628  (< 87 years)

• Name	Thomas EYRE
  Suffix	MP
  Born	Aft 1539	Chilhampton, Wilthsire, England
  Gender	Male
  Info Unproven	Y
  Died	10 Sep 1628	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  Buried	St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  Person ID	I6997	Main
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert EYRE,   b. 1519, Wedhampton, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 1577, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Jame TOURNEY,   b. 1519, New Sarum, Wilthsire, England ,   d. 6 Oct 1606, Hollingdon, Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, England  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1539	Poole, Dorsetshire, England
  Family ID	F2438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth ROGERS,   b. Abt 1549, Poole, Dorsetshire, England ,   d. 24 Dec 1612, St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	16 Apr 1577	St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  Children	1. Nicholas EYRE,   b. 5 Dec 1573, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 6 Dec 1573, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  (Age 0 years)   2. Catherine EYRE,   b. 1571, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. ?, England + 3. John AYER,   b. 2 Sep 1582, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 31 Mar 1657, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 74 years)   4. Christopher EYRE,   b. 1578, England ,   d. 1624, England  (Age 46 years)   5. Giles EYRE,   b. 27 Feb 1572, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 16 Jan 1655, England  (Age 82 years)   6. Thomas EYRE,   b. 1580, England ,   d. 1633, England  (Age 53 years)   7. Francis EYRE,   b. 20 Jan 1576, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Jun 1596, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  (Age 20 years) + 8. Mary AYERS,   b. Abt 1580, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ,   d. ?, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
  Last Modified	14 May 2019
  Family ID	F2437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 10 Sep 1628 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Alternate spellings: Aars, Aers, Ahheayrs, Ahheire, Aier, Aiere, Aiers, Air, Aires. Airs, Ares, Aries, Ayeres. Ayers, Ayhaire, Ayre, Ayres, Eaire, Eairs, Eares, Eayer, Wayr, Eayre, Eires, Eyer, Eyers, Eyre, Eyres and Heires. —— According to Thorpe's catalog of the legendary deeds of Battle Abbey, and W. E. Lincoln's genealogy of the Lincoln family, the traditional origin of this surname took place on the battlefield at Hastings in 1066 when Duke William was flung from his horse and his helmet driven into his face. One of his followers, Truelove, saw the accident, pulled off the helmet and re-horsed him. The Duke said to him, "Thou shalt hereafter from Truelove be called Eyre (Air) because thou hast given me the air I breathe." When William inquired about him later he found him severely wounded, his leg and thigh struck off. He ordered the finest care and later awarded him lands in Derby as well as "the leg and thigh in armour, cut off, for his crest, and this honorable badge is still worn by all the Eyres in England." Mr. Lincoln as well as other authorities also cite another possible, and more prosaic, origin, simply "the heir". The addition of the final s produces "s/o the heir". A common 13th century variation of the name was Le Heyer or Le Ayer. Other forms seen are Ayre, Aire, Eyer, Eire, and Hayers. Coat of Arms: Argent on a chevron sa 4 foils. Crest: Leg in Armour couped at thigh, and spur. http://www.ponderroses.com/SteveJohnsonFamily/ps10/ps10_055.htm