Rev. William EYRE (of Christchurch)

Father: William EYRE
Mother: Juliana Joan Julia COCKERELL 

                                                              _John LE_EYRE _________
                                                _Simon EYRE _|_Eleanor Helen CROOKE _
                                 _Thomas EYRE _|
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 _William EYRE _________________|
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|--Rev. William EYRE 
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|_Juliana Joan Julia COCKERELL _|
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Notes

!SOURCE: John Burke, Esq., A GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1977, p. 290. Was chosen prior of Christchurch, Hants, in 1502, and died in 1520.

!SOURCE: BURKE'S GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, Burke's Peerage Limited, London, 1939, p. 729. Prior of the Canons of St. Augustine at Christchurch, Hants, d. 3 Dec. 1520 and was bur. there beside his mother.

!SOURCE: THE VISITATION OF WILTSHIRE, 1623, Publications of the Harleian Library, London, 1954, pp. 57ff. Filius primogenitus Prior de Christchurch Twinham in Com South; d. 6 Dec. 1520. M.I. Christchurch Priory.

!SOURCE: Mary Elizabeth Frances Richardson-Eyre, A HISTORY OF THE WILTSHIRE FAMILY OF EYRE, Mitchell and Hughes, London, 1897. William, though the elder, entered the monastic life, and was elected Prior of the House of Canons Regular of St. Augustine's of Christ Church, Hants; he presided over this religious fraternity eighteen years, and dying in 1520, was buried in the south aisle of the church under the flat stone, with the following inscription, which is still legible: "Jumba Domini Wilielmi Eyre, Vicessimi quint Prioris, Ungus Ecclesiae--qui obiit tetio die Decembris Anno Domini Milessimo ccccc: et xx eligus anime propitietur Deus Amen." By his side was interred his mother--"Hic jacet Joano Cokrell, mater Wilielme Eyre."

!SOURCE: Rev. Allen Stewart Hartigan, M.A. in A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF EYRE OF EYRECOURT AND EYRE OF EYREVILL IN THE COUNTY OF GALWAY, nd, p. 6. William Eyre, who was elected Prior of the Canons of St. Augustine, Christchurch, Hants, in 1502. He died in 1520, and was buried behind the high altar of the Priory Church, under a flat stone (which is still legible), with the following inscriptions: -- "Tumba Domini Wilhelmi Eyre. Vicessimi Quinte Prioris Hujus Ecclesiae qui obiit tertio die decembris anno domini Milessimo CCCCC et XX, cujus anime propitietur Deus." Amen. -- By his side also was buried his mother, the inscription on her tomb being the following:-- "Hic Jacet Joana Cockrell. Mater Wilhelmi Eyre. Prioris Hujus Ecclesiae. Cujus Anime Propitietur Deus. Amen."

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