Paternal Family Tree: Eyre of Wedhampton
In 1580 John Eyre was born to William Eyre of Great Chalfield Wiltshire [aged 23].
Around 1610 John Eyre [aged 30] and Dorothy Bulstrode [aged 18] were married.
In 1611 John Eyre [aged 31] and Dorothy Bulstrode [aged 19] attempted to murder Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury [aged 28] who he suspected of having an affair with his wife (Dorothy Bulstrode). Eyre and four accomplices caught up with Herbert and his two footmen at Scotland Yard as he was leaving Whitehall Palace [Map], and wounded his horse several times. Eyre broke Herbert's sword. Twenty more men appeared, Herbert thought them Eyre's supporters and attendants of the Earl of Suffolk [aged 49]. Two other men helped Herbert, and after a prolonged struggle he wounded Eyre, who was carried to the Thames vomiting. A few days later Eyre sent a message that he would kill Herbert with "a musket out of a window". Meanwhile, because Eyre claimed Dorothy had confessd to being unfaithful, she sent a letter to her aunt Lady Croke (Note. probably Prudence Croke [aged 44] possibly Elizabeth Croke denying this, and Herbert was able to give this letter to the Privy Council. The Duke of Lennox [aged 36] said that John Eyre was "the most miserable man living" because of the shame of Dorothy's letter, and because his father had disinherited him on hearing of the assault.
Before 1612 John Eyre [aged 31] was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and received a gift of £500 from King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 45]. He served to at least 1632.
In 1614 John Eyre [aged 34] was elected MP Cricklade.
In 1626 John Eyre [aged 46] was elected MP Calne.
In 1628 John Eyre [aged 48] was elected MP Chippenham.
On 24th August 1629 [his father] William Eyre of Great Chalfield Wiltshire [aged 73] died.
On 24th August 1629 John Eyre [aged 49] inherited Great Chalfield, Wiltshire [Map] from his father but sold it two years later to Richard Gurney 1st Baronet [aged 51].
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In 1639 John Eyre [aged 59] died leaving only five shillings to his wife.
In 1650 [his former wife] Dorothy Bulstrode [aged 58] died. She was buried in St Mary's Church, Upton Grey.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Eyre 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Eyre
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Eyre of Wedhampton and Northcombe
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Eyre of Wedhampton and Chirton
Grandfather: John Eyre