'Eyre08'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Eyre of Dunstan, Eyre of Grove, Eyre of Holm Hall, Eyre of Kiveton (Keveton), Eyre of Rampton
[Most of this page was originally within Eyre04 but was moved here to facilitate expansion of that and other pages.]

                               
Roger Eyre 'of Keyton' of Holm Hall (a 1473)
m. Elizabeth Whittington (dau of Robert Whittington of Whittington)
1. Thomas Eyre of Holm Hall and Dunstan Hall (Derbyshire)
  m. Margaret Berwick (dau of Alvery/Alured Berwick of Bulcots/Bulcotes)
  A. Roger or Robert Eyre of Holm Hall (d 22.08.1517-8)
  m. Elizabeth (Isabel) Barley (dau of Robert Barley of Barley)
i. Edward Eyre of Newbold and Holm Hall (b c1487, d 05.07.1556-7, 2nd son?)
  m1. Elizabeth Reresby (dau of Ralph Reresby of Thrybergh)
  a. Anthony Eyre of Newbold and Keveton/Kiveton (b c1536, d 10/31.04.1574-5) - continued below
  m. Elizabeth Pole (dau of German Pole of Radburne)
  b. Elizabeth Eyre
  m. John Rollesley of Rollesley
  c. Anne Eyre
  m. Thomas Revel or Revell of Carnthwaite
  d. Lucy (or Ann) Eyre
  m. Humphrey Stafford of Eyam
  m2. Alice Pursglove (sister of Robert Pursglove)
  Alice is identifed by FMG as sister of Robert Pursglove, Prior of Gisborn, but by Commoners as dau of Robert Pursglove. Commoners mentions only 1 son by this marriage, Robert, but FMG also shows ...
e. John Eyre of Dunston & Holme Hall (d 10.10.1595)
  m1. Faith Chaworth (dau of Sir John Chaworth of Wyverton by Mary, dau of Sir William Paston)
  m2. Jane Fitzherbert (dau of John Fitzherbert)
  f. Robert Eyre in Kent (dsp)
  ii. Anne Eyre
  m. Randle Rye of Whitwell
  iii. Elizabeth Eyre
  m. (Nicholas) Denman of Retford
  iv. Joan Eyre
m. John Bullock of Unston
  v.+ other issue - Roger (dvpsp), Christopher of Weston upon Trent, Michael (knight?, priest), Lucy
  B. Philp Eyre
  i. Edward Eyre
2. Grace (or Jane) Eyre
  m. Robert (probably not Ralf) Fitzherbert of Tissington
3. Agnes Eyre
  m. Nicholas (sb Richard?) Stafford of Eyam (d 1490)
4. Anne Eyre
  m. Adam (Adin) Beresford of Fenny Bentley
5. Elizabeth Eyre
  m. _ Allestree of Allestree (Alastre)
partner unknown
6. daughter
  m. Laurence Fox of Thorpe

 

 

Anthony Eyre of Newbold and Keveton/Kiveton (b c1536, d 10/31.04.1574-5) - continued above
m. Elizabeth Pole (dau of German Pole of Radburne)
1. Gervase Eyre of Newbold and Keveton or Kiveton (b c1546, bur 28.10.1625-6)
  m. Mary Neville (dau of George Neville of Thorney by Barbara Hercy)
  A. Anthony Eyre of Loughton and Keveton or Kiveton (b c1576, d before 24.09.1658)
  m1. Anne Markham (d 1608, dau of John Markham of Sedgbrook)
i. Sir Gervase Eyre of Rampton (b c1599, d Newark 05.05.1645-6)
  m. (30.11.1624) Elizabeth Babington (dau of John Babington of Rampton (by Mary Nevile), m2. William More)
  a. Anthony Eyre of Rampton (b/bpt 17.09.1634, bur 11.11.1671)
  m1. (09.06.1657) Lucy Digby (b 31.08.1635, bur 06.06.1659, dau of Sir John Digby of Mansfield Woodhouse)
  (1) Elizabeth Eyre (a 1671)
  m2. Elizabeth Pakington (dau of Sir John Pakington, Bart of Westwood by Dorothy Coventry)
(2) Gervase Eyre of Rampton, Sheriff of Nottingham (bpt 20.08.1669, d 16.02.1703)
  m. (before 28.05.1689) Catherine Cooke (d 07.11.1704, dau of Sir Henry Cooke, Bart of Wheatley)
  (A) Anthony Eyre of Rampton, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire (d 1748)
  m. (23.12.1717) Margaret Turner (dau of Charles Turner of Kirk Leatham)
(i) Anthony Eyre of Grove (b 09.01.1727, d 14.02.1788, 3rd son)
  m. (1755) Judith Laetitia Bury (d 1800, dau of John Bury of Nottingham by Catherine Hutchinson)
  (a) Anthony Hardolph Eyre of Grove Park (b 05/8.03.1757, d 1836, Lt. Colonel)
  m. (20.12.1783) Francisca Alicia Wilbraham-Bootle (d 03.09.1810, dau of Richard Wilbraham-Bootle of Lathom Hall)
  ((1)) Gervase Anthony Eyre (b 20.10.1791, d unm Barossa 03.1811)
  ((2)) Mary Letitia Eyre (b 11.10.1784, d 07.09.1860)
m. (23.08.1804) Charles Herbert Pierrepont, Earl Manvers (b 11.08.1778, d 27.10.1860)
  ((3)) Frances Julia Eyre (d 05.02.1844)
  m. (22.02.1814) Granville Harcourt-Vernon of Grove Hall (b 26.07.1792, d 08.12.1879)
  ((4)) Henrietta Eyre
  m1. John Hardolph Eyre (b 02.05.1792, dsp 1817) @@ just below
  m2. Henry Galley Knight of Firbeck Hall
  (b) John Eyre (b 19.02.1758, rector of Babworth, Archdeacon of Nottingham)
  m. (12.04.1790) Charlotte Armytage (dau of Sir George Armytage, Bart of Kirklees)
  ((1)) John Hardolph Eyre (b 02.05.1792, dsp 1817)
  m. Henrietta Eyre (dau of Anthony Hardolph Eyre of Grove) @@ just above
  ((2)) Charles Wasteneys Eyre of Rampton (b 07.03.1802, d 30.10.1862) had issue
m. (26.04.1821/7) Lucy Dorothea Foulis (dau of John Robinson Foulis of Heslerton and Buckton)
  ((3)) Charlotte Eyre
  m. Henry Willoughby of Birdsall House
  ((4))+ other issue - Anthony Gervase (b 08.1812), Anna Maria (d 1856), Louisa Henrietta (d young)
  (c) Sir George Eyre (b 23.04.1769, d 15.02.1839, Vice Admiral, 4th son) had issue
  m. (01.11.1800) Georgina Cooke (dau of Sir George Cooke, Bart of Wheatley)
  (d) Julia Eyre (dsp 29.03.1780)
  m. (19.04.1779) Robert Auriol Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull (b 18.03.1751, d 12.04.1804)
  (e)+ other issue - Charles (b 030.1.1768, d unm 02.06.1796, rector of Grove), Caroline (d young)
  (ii) Margaret Eyre (b 05.01.1718)
  m. (1742)Bache Thornhill of Stainton
(iii) Katherine Eyre (b 07.06.1721, dsp)
  m. Matthew Dodsworth of Thornton Watlass
  (iv) Elizabeth Eyre (b 20.05.1722, d 08.05.1803)
  m. (after 1759) William Chambers of Ripon (b 1733-4, d 18.06.1796)
  (v) Mary Eyre (b 21.10.1726)
  m. (26.10.1752) Anthony Cooke of Owston (b 1710, d 1761)
  (vi)+ other issue - Gervas (b 1720, d 1721), Gervas (b 1724, d 1729), Diana (b 26.07.1723, d unm 02.11.1806)
  (B) Henry Eyre of Row Tor (Rowter), Sheriff of Derbyshire (bpt 22.09.1693)
  m1. Elizabeth Hickman (b 1693-4, d 26.02.1741, dau of Sir Willoughby Hickman of Gainsborough, Bart)
  (i) Anne (not Elizabeth) Eyre (b c1717, d 20.05.1805)
  m. (25.11.1741) Clotworthy Skeffington, 1st Earl of Massereene (d 14.09.1757)
  m2. _ Cotton (dau of Rowland Cotton)
  (C) George Eyre of West Retford then Doncaster (b 1694-5, dsp 28.04.1761)
  m. Phoebe
  (D) Charles Eyre of Doncaster (bpt 18.01.1699/1700, d 1763, 6th son?)
  m. Elizabeth Fountaine (dau of John Fountaine of High Melton)
  (i) Anthony Fountaine Eyre of Baronburgh (b 1746, d 14.02.1794, Rev.)
  m1. Susanna Prescott (dau of Rev. Kenzie or Kenwick Prescott)
  (a) Charles Wolfe Eyre (Rev.)
  m2. (1780) Honor Woolley (dau of Rev. Godfrey Woolley of Thurnscoe)
  (b)+ other issue - Anthony William (Rev.), Honor, Catherine Judith (b 1787-8, d 04.06.1793)
  (ii)+ other issue - Gervas (d infant), Elizabeth (d unm 1761)
(E)+ other issue - Gervase (d young), Gervase (b 1704, d unm 1741), William, Susanna (d unm 02.11.1766), Elizabeth (d unm 23.09.1761), Catherine (d unm), Honor, Elizabeth (b 1688, d unm 1750), Catherine (b 1691), Diana (d unm 1763), Dorothy (b 1698)
  (3) Dorothy Eyre
  m. (15.07.1680) John Bradshaw of Brampton
  (4)+ other issue - George (b c1657, d 1665), Anthony (d young), Mary (b 1665), Jane, Margaret (b 1667)
  b. Mary Eyre (b 06.02.1627, d 23.11.1712)
  m. Sir John Newton, Bart of Barrs Court and Gunnerbury
  c.+ other issue - Anthony (d young), Gervas (d young), Barbara (d infant), Anne (bpt 22.02.1640)
  ii. Mary Eyre (b 1598)
  m. (06.06.1633) William Blythe
iii. Martha Eyre (b 1602, bur 24.06.1671)
  m1. (06.10.1642) William Saltmarsh (b 1577, d 04.10.1657)
  m2. William Marwood of Laughton
  iv. Isabella Eyre
  m. (08.01.1636) Matthew Van Valconburgh or Valkenburgh
  v.+ other issue - John (bpt 29.10.1603), Francis (bpt 30.04.1605), Roger (bpt 1606, d infant), Robert (bpt 04.1607), Anthony (d before 1619)
  m2. (29.08.1609) Mary Nevile (d 1632, dau of Henry Nevile of Grove by Bridget Savile)
viii. Anthony Eyre (bpt 19.05.1612, Colonel)
  m2. Frances Clifton (dau of Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Bart of Clifton and Hodsock)
  ix. Jane Eyre (bpt 23.11.1618, d 03.1655)
  m. (17.02.1636) Sir Gervase Clifton, Bart of Clifton (b 09.09.1587, d 28.06.1666)
  x.+ other issue - Arthur (d by 1619), Thomas (a 1649), Margaret (bpt 17.06.1610), Bridget (bpt 09.06.1613), Anne (bpt 27.10.1620), Millicent (bpt 23.01.1622)
  B. Elizabeth Eyre
  m. (01.01.1594) Thomas Riccard of Hatfield
  C. Barbara Eyre
  m1. John Frechville of Hazlebarrow (son of Peter of Staveley)
  m2. Richard Bland
  D. Jane Eyre
  m. Sir Hardolph Wasteneys, Bart of Headon
  E.+ other issue (d before 1619) - Frances, Mary

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (most first uploaded 24.06.05 within Eyre04) : FMG (vol II, Eyre (MS 230-1)), Commoners (IV, Eyre of Rampton)
(2) For lower section (most first uploaded 28.11.04 within Eyre04) : FMG (vol II, Eyre (MS 230-1)), BLG1886 (Eyre of Rampton), Commoners (IV, Eyre of Rampton)
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