THOMAS EYRE, esq. of Holm Hall, and Dunston Hall, both in the county of Derby, married a daughter of Alured Berwick, esq. of Bulcotes, in Nottinghamshire, and was succeeded by his son, ROBERT EYRE, esq. of Holm Hall, living 17 HENRY VII. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Barley, esq. of Barley, in Derbyshire, and had issue, ROGER, predeceased his father, s. p. Christopher, of Weston upon Trent. Anne, m. to Randle Rye, esq. of Whit- Joan, m. to John Bullock, esq. of Un ston, in Derbyshire. Robert Eyre died 22nd August, 8 HENRY VIII. and was s. by his son, EDWARD EYRE, esq. of Holm Hall, and of Newbold, in Derbyshire, aged thirty at the period of his father's decease. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Reresby, esq. of Thrybergh, in Yorkshire, and had by her one son and three daughters, viz. ANTHONY, his heir. Elizabeth, m. to John Rollesley, esq. Lucy, m. to Humphrey Stafford, esq. He wedded, secondly, Alice, daughter of Robert Pursglove, and had by her one son, Robert, of the county of Kent, d. s. p. Edward Eyre died 5th July, 3 and 4 PHILIP and MARY, and was s. by his son, ANTHONY EYRE, esq. of Newbold, in Derbyshire, and of Keveton, in the county of York, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of German Pole, esq. of Radburne, in the former shire, and dying 31st April, 17 ELIZABETH, was s. by his son, GERVASE EYRE, esq. of Newbold and Keveton, aged twenty-eight years at his father's decease. He m. Mary, fourth dau. of George Nevile, esq. of Thorney, in Nottinghamshire, by Barbara, his wife, one of the eight sisters and co-heirs of Sir George Hercy, knt. Lord of Grove, and had issue, ANTHONY, his heir. Elizabeth, m. 1st January, 1594, to Thomas Riccard, gent. of Hatfield, in Yorkshire. Barbara, m. to John Frechville, second son of Peter Frechville, esq. of Staveley, in Derbyshire. Jane, m. to Sir Hardolph Wasteneys, bart. of Headon, in the county of Nottingham, and had issue, SIR HARDOLPH WASTENEYS, bart. who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Chicheley, knt. of Wimpole, in Cambridgeshire, d. s. p. in 1672. John Wasteneys, esq. of Todwick, in Yorkshire, who m. a daughter of the Lancashire family of Ireland, and died in 1663, leaving inter alios, a son, SIR EDMUND WASTENEYS, bart. SIR HARDOLPH WASTE- CATHERINE HUTCH- JUDITH LETITIA 1755, to ANTHONY EYRE, esq. of Grove. Gervase Eyre d. in 1626, and was s. by his son, ANTHONY EYRE, esq. of Loughton en le Morthem, in the county of York, and of Keveton, in Derbyshire, aged nine in 1585, who m. first, Anne, daughter of John Markham, esq. of Sedbrough, in Lincolnshire, and had, by her, who died in 1608, GERVASE (Sir), his heir. 1603. Francis, bapt. at Laughton, 30th April, 1605. Robert, bapt. at Laughton, in April, 1607. Mary, m. at Rampton, 6th June, 1633, to William Blythe. Martha, m. at Rampton, 6th October, 1642, to William Saltmarsh. Isabella, m. at Rampton, 8th January, 1636, to Matthew Van Valconburgh. He m. secondly, 29th August, 1609, Mary, second daughter of Henry Nevile, esq. of Grove, in Notts, and relict, first, of Thomas Pate, esq. and secondly, of John Babington, esq. of Rampton. By this lady, who died in 1632, he had Anthony, bapt. at Laughton, 19th May, 1612, a colonel in the service of King CHARLES at Newark, m. Frances, second daughter of Sir Gervase Clifton, knt. of Clifton, in Nottinghamshire, and widow of Richard Tempest, esq. of Bracewell, in the county of York. Thomas, living in 1643. Margaret, bapt. at Rampton, 17th June, 1610. Bridget, bapt. at Rampton, 9th June, Jane, bapt. 23rd November, 1618, m. Millicent, bapt. 23rd January, 1622. Anthony Eyre's will, dated 16th November, 1643, was proved 24th September, 1658. His eldest son, SIR GERVASE EYRE, knt. who was slain in defending Newark Castle for King CHARLES, 5th May, 20th year of that reign, married 30th November, 1624, Elizabeth, elder daughter (and co-heir, with her sister Barbara, wife of Thomas Bosville, esq. of Warmsworth), of John Babington, esq. of Rampton, in Nottinghamshire, great-grandson of John Babington, esq. by Sanchia, his wife, only daughter and heir of Richard Stanhope, esq. of Rampton, and had issue, ANTHONY, his heir. Mary, m. to Sir John Newton, bart. of Barrs Court, in Gloucestershire, and of Gunnerby, in Lincolnshire, and had issue. Barbara, died in infancy. Anne. Sir Gervase was s. at his decease (his widow wedded William More, D.D.) by his son, ANTHONY EYRE, esq. of Rampton, baptized 17th September, 1634, who m. first, 9th June, 1657, Lncy, daughter of Sir John Digby, of Mansfield Woodhouse, in the county of Nottingham, and by her, who d. George, sometime of West Retford, and afterwards of Doncaster, captain Royal Horse Guards, died without issue, 28th April, 1761. Gervase, d. unm. in 1741. Charles, of Doncaster, M.D. bapt. 18th January, 1699, m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Fountaine, esq. of High Melton, in Yorkshire, and died in 1763, leaving issue, ANTHONY-FOUNTAINE, of Baronburgh, in the county of York, in holy orders, m. first, Susanna, youngest daughter of the Rev. Kenzie Prescott, D. D. Master of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, and secondly, a daughter of the Rev. Godfrey Woolley, M. A. rector of Warmsworth and Thrunscoe. Mr. Anthony Fountaine Eyre d. 14th February, 1794, leaving by his first wife, a son, the Rev. Charles Wolfe Eyre, and by his second, another son, the Rev. Anthony William Eyre, and a daughter, Honor. Susanna, d. unm. 2nd November, 1766. Elizabeth, d. unm. 23rd Septem ber, 1761. Catherine, d. unm. Honor. Elizabeth, d. unm. 1750. Gervase Eyre d. in London, 16th February, 1703, and was s. by his eldest son, ANTHONY EYRE, esq. of Rampton, sometime of Adwick le Street, and of Loughton, in Yorkshire, who served the office of sheriff for Nottinghamshire in 1729. He m. 23rd December, 1717, Margaret, fifth daughter of Charles Turner, esq. of Kirk Leatham, in the county of York, and had issue, ANTHONY, his heir. Margaret, b. 5th January, 1718, m. in Katherine b. 7th June, 1721, m. to in Yorkshire. Anthony Eyred. in 1748, and was s. by his son, ANTHONY EYRE, esq. of Grove, in the county of Nottingham, and of Adwick le Street, b. 9th January, 1727, who m. at Headon, in 1755, Judith Lætitia, only daughter and heir of John Bury, esq. of Nottingham, by Catherine Hutchinson, his wife, granddaughter and heir of Sir Edmund Wasteneys, bart. and had by her, who died in 1800, four sons and one daughter, viz. I. ANTHONY-HARDOLPH, his heir. 1812. Charlotte, m. to Henry Willoughby, esq. of Budsall House, in the county of York. Anna-Maria, d. in 1826. George-Hardolph, b. at Hatfield, 1. Julia, m. in 1779, to Robert Auriol Anthony Eyre d. 14th February, 1788, and was s. by his son, ANTHONY-HARDOLPH EYRE, esq. of Grove, b. 8th March, 1757, lieutenant-colonel in the army, and at one time colonel of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, member for the county, and chairman of the quarter sessions at East Retford. He m. 20th December, 1783, Francisca-Alicia, 3rd daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle, esq. of Latham Hall, in Lancashire, and sister to Lord Skelmersdale, by whom he had issue, GERVASE-ANTHONY, b. 20th October, 1791, an officer in the 1st regiment of Foot Guards, killed at the battle of Barossa in Spain, March, 1811, unmarried. MARY-LETITIA, m. at Grove, 23rd August, 1804, to Charles Herbert, present Earl Manvers. FRANCES, m. to Granville Harcourt Vernon, esq. M. P. son of the Archbishop of York. HENRIETTA, m. first, to her cousin, John Hardolph Eyre, esq. and secondly, to Henry Gally Knight, esq. of Firbeck Hall, in Yorkshire. Colonel Eyre died in 1835, and was s. in the representation of the family, as well as in the estates of Rampton and Treswell, by his nephew, the present Rev. CHARLES WASTNEYS EYRE, of Rampton. Arms Arg. on a chev. sa. three quatrefoils or, quartering Padley, Whittington, Bakewell, Babington, Ward, Dethick, Allestre, Stafford, Bagot, Stanhope, Malovel, Longvillers, Marcham, Lexington, Hoghton, Strelley, Somerville, Vavasour, Felton, Bury, Wastneys, and Sandys. Crest A leg in armour, couped at the thigh, and spur. Estates-In Nottinghamshire. TAYLOR, OF PENNINGTON. * TAYLOR, PRINGLE, esq. of Pennington House, in the county of Southampton, a major in the army, and a knight of the Royal Guelphic order, m. at St. Marylebone, London, on 12th July, 1827, AdelaideFrances, eldest daughter of Colonel John Shedden, formerly of the 15th Hussars, of Eastonton, near Andover, and of Efford, near Lymington, Hants, by Sophia-Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew Lewis, deputy-secretary at war, (by Fanny-Maria, daughter of Sir Robert Sewell, bart.), and co-heiress with her sister Maria, wife of Sir Henry Lushington, bart. on the death of their brother, Matthew-Gregory Lewis, esq. M.P. author of the Monk, &c. By this marriage Major Pringle Taylor has had issue, JOHN-CORTLANDT Skinner, b. 4th September, 1828. From Major Pringle Taylor first entering the army in 1811, his conduct and character acquired for him the most honourable testimonials from every officer under whom he served his behaviour in battle was noticed on several occasions with the highest applause, particularly as Brigade-Major to the Cavalry at Ashta, on the 20th February, 1818 (the Action of most importance from its results of any fought during the Deccan War, and which was confined to the Cavalry peculiarly under his control, upon the Brigadier-General falling insensible from a sabre wound); and also as a volunteer in leading the Forlorn Hope on the storm of Copaul, on the 13th May, 1819, when he was shot through the body and lungs, at the moment of complete success, in the capture of that strongly fortified hill. For his services during the Deccan War, he was recommended on "public grounds," by General the Marquess of Hastings, Governor General of India, for the favourable consideration of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Commander-in-Chief of the Army. Major Pringle Taylor served in the East Indies in the late 22nd Light Dragoons, and on the Staff in the field in that country; in the interior of the Cape of Good Hope colony, in the late Cape corps of Cavalry; in the Mediterranean, in the 95th Regiment; a short time in England in that corps, and also for one year in the 61st Regiment, from which he retired on half pay as major. Lineage. The name of this family has not been exempted from the corruption in spelling, which is to be traced in the records of many other family names. Their ancestor was the Norman Baron Taillefer, who accompanied WILLIAM the Taillefer qui moult bien chantoit De Kalemagne et de Roland Qui moururent a Rouscevalles. HANGER TAYLEFER, his descendant, held lands in the tenure of Ospringe, county of Kent, 39 HENRY III. (A.D. 1256), from whom we come to JOHN TAYLOR, of the Homestall, in Shadochurst, county of Kent, living in the time of EDWARD III.; he left sons, WILLIAM, of whom presently. * For the family of Shedden, see vol. iii. p. 351. Elizabeth, d. unm. 23rd Septem ber, 1761. Catherine, d. unm. Honor. Elizabeth, d. unm. 1750. Gervase Eyre d. in London, 16th February, 1703, and was s. by his eldest son, ANTHONY EYRE, esq. of Rampton, sometime of Adwick le Street, and of Loughton, in Yorkshire, who served the office of sheriff for Nottinghamshire in 1729. He m. 23rd December, 1717, Margaret, fifth daughter of Charles Turner, esq. of Kirk Leatham, in the county of York, and had issue, ANTHONY, his heir. Margaret, b. 5th January, 1718, m. in 1742, to Bache Thornhill, esq. of Stainton, in Derbyshire, Katherine b. 7th June, 1721, m. to Anthony Eyred. in 1748, and was s. by his son, ANTHONY EYRE, esq. of Grove, in the county of Nottingham, and of Adwick le Street, b. 9th January, 1727, who m. at Headon, in 1755, Judith Lætitia, only daughter and heir of John Bury, esq. of Nottingham, by Catherine Hutchinson, his wife, granddaughter and heir of Sir Edmund Wasteneys, bart. and had by her, who died in 1800, four sons and one daughter, viz. I. ANTHONY-HARDOLPH, his heir. John-Hardolph, b. 2nd May, 1792, Anna-Maria, d. in 1826. George-Hardolph, b. at Hatfield, 1. Julia, m. in 1779, to Robert Auriol Hay Drummond, afterwards Earl of Kinnoul, and d. s. p. Anthony Eyre d. 14th February, 1788, and was s. by his son, ANTHONY-HARDOLPH EYRE, esq. of Grove, b. 8th March, 1757, lieutenant-colonel in the army, and at one time colonel of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, member for the county, and chairman of the quarter sessions at East Retford. He m. 20th December, 1783, Francisca-Alicia, 3rd daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle, esq. of Latham Hall, in Lancashire, and sister to Lord Skelmersdale, by whom he had issue, GERVASE-ANTHONY, b. 20th October, 1791, an officer in the 1st regiment of Foot Guards, killed at the battle of Barossa in Spain, March, 1811, unmarried. MARY-LETITIA, m. at Grove, 23rd August, 1804, to Charles Herbert, present Earl Manvers. FRANCES, m. to Granville Harcourt Vernon, esq. M. P. son of the Archbishop of York. HENRIETTA, m. first, to her cousin, John Hardolph Eyre, esq. and secondly, to Henry Gally Knight, esq. of Firbeck Hall, in Yorkshire. Colonel Eyre died in 1835, and was s. in the representation of the family, as well as in the estates of Rampton and Treswell, by his nephew, the present Rev. CHARLES WASTNEYS EYRE, of Rampton. Arms-Arg. on a chev. sa. three quatrefoils or, quartering Padley, Whittington, Bakewell, Babington, Ward, Dethick, Allestre, Stafford, Bagot, Stanhope, Malovel, Longvillers, Marcham, Lexington, Hoghton, Strelley, Somerville, Vavasour, Felton, Bury, Wastneys, and Sandys. Crest-A leg in armour, couped at the thigh, and spur. Estates-In Nottinghamshire. |