Robert Eyre

1565 - 1603  (38 years)

• Name	Robert Eyre  [1]
  Born	1565	Bromham, Wiltshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Will	19 Jul 1603	Bromham, Wiltshire
  	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.
  Died	Aug 1603	England
  Buried	8 Aug 1603	Bromham, Wiltshire, England
  Probate	17 Oct 1603
  	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.
  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.
  Person ID	I378	Our Family
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Richard(?) Eyre,   b. England ,   d. 1565, England
  Mother	Anne,   d. 1605, England
  Family ID	F188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cicely Crosse,   b. England ,   d. Oct 1619, England
  Married	30 Nov 1586	Bromham Church, Bromham, Wiltshire, England
  Children	1. Anne Eyre,   b. Bef 1589   2. Rebecca Eyre,   b. 1591,   d. Bef 1635  (Age < 44 years)   3. Bithiah Eyre,   b. Bef 1593   4. John Ayer,   b. 1595, Bromham, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 31 Mar 1657, Haverhill, Massachusetts  (Age 62 years)   5. Zacharias Eire   6. Richard Eyre,   d. 1636, Bromham, Wiltshire, England
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1565 - Bromham, Wiltshire, England Married - 30 Nov 1586 - Bromham Church, Bromham, Wiltshire, England Will - 19 Jul 1603 - Bromham, Wiltshire Died - Aug 1603 - England Buried - 8 Aug 1603 - Bromham, Wiltshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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