Robert Eyre

Other Events:

• Will: 19 Jul 1603, Bromham, Wiltshire
• Probate: 17 Oct 1603

Notes:

Biography:
Robert Eyre was a clothier from Wiltshire. When he died he had a fairly substantial business. But, at the time his son John went to New England had been mostly wiped out probably by two depressions and the collapse of the industry caused by the Thirty Years War.

Will:
Will [abstract] of Robert Ayre of Bromham, County Wilts, Clothier, made 19 July 1603:
I give and bequeathe to my sons John Ayre & Zacharias Ayre, to each £50, the use of which shall remain to my wife Cicely during her widowhood, unless--seeing women cannot so well deal in the trade of clothing as men--my overseers hereafter named shall find stock decayed, then they shall take the same to use it to & for their bringing up and education.
To my three daughters Anne Ayre, Rebecca Ayre, and Bithiah Ayre, to each £30 at the age of 21 years or on the day of marriage.
I give to my said sons and daughters 20 sheep to be employed for their use.
Also, three legacies of 10 shillings each--to my mother Anne Pryor, to Richard Franklyn [the schoolmaster], and to the poor of Bromham.
Residuary legatee and executrix--Cicely my wife.
Overseers--my loving friends Tho: Ayre & John Ayre; my brother Richard Ayre & and my brother-in-law William Crosse.
. Robert Ayer | | | his marke
Witnesses--Thos. Ayre, John Ayre the father, John Ayre the son, and others. The will was proved 17 Oct. 1603.


Probate:
Inventory of the goods and chattells of Robert Eire, deceased, taken and praised by Thomas Eire, gent, Richard Eire, William Crosse and John Eire, the 16 Sept. 1603: [BOLD:]
In the halle [:BOLD] [living room]--books, vessels, cupboard, formes, stoole, skillets, tongs, hooks, etc., and cushins. [BOLD:]
In the little buttery [:BOLD] [storeroom]--pewter, barrells, caldrons and furnace, washing bowls, tub, pails, churn, board and cloth, table napkins and candlestick. [BOLD:]
In the lower chamber [:BOLD] --bedstead and truckle and two beds with appurtenances, coffers, etc. [BOLD:]
In the over chamber [:BOLD] --bedstead and truckle with appurtenances, and three coffers. [BOLD:]
In the middle loft [:BOLD] --coffer, bolster, pillows, coverlet, chair, flaskets, scales and weights, etc. [BOLD:]
In the wool loft [:BOLD] --wool and yarn, etc., weaving bar, frame, etc., and hogshead, feather beds and bedding. [BOLD:]
In the ...(?) sheds [:BOLD] --broad loom and implements, wearing apparel; hay, corn, wood, etc.; sheep and calf, horses, pigs; cheese, butter, poultry, clipping shears, etc.
Sum total, £316 16s 2d.

Robert married Cicely Crosse on 30 Nov 1586 in Bromham Church, Bromham, Wiltshire, England. Cicely was born in in England; died in Oct 1619 in England; was buried on 16 Oct 1619 in Seend parish, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anne Eyre was born before 1589.
2. Rebecca Eyre was born in 1591; died before 1635.
3. Bithiah Eyre was born before 1593.
4. John Ayer was born in 1595 in Bromham, Wiltshire, England; died on 31 Mar 1657 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
5. Zacharias Eire
6. Richard Eyre died in 1636 in Bromham, Wiltshire, England.

Notes:

Biography:
His first name is not known but he had a son and grandson by Robert named Richard and there was a Richard Eyre buried in the Bromham cemetery in 1566. That was probably shortly after his last child was born.

Richard(?) married Anne. Anne died in 1605 in England; was buried on 19 Jun 1605 in Bromham, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Anne Eyre
• Name: Anne Pryor