William Eure, 4th Baron Eure

William Eure, 4th Baron Eure (c. 1579 – 28 June 1646) was an English nobleman.

The Lord Eure
Personal details
Bornc. 1579
Died28 June 1646(1646-06-28) (aged 66–67)
Spouse
Lucy Noel
(m. 1601; died 1615)
RelationsWilliam Eure, 2nd Baron Eure (grandfather)
Children5
Parent(s)Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure
Mary Dawnay

Early life

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Eure was born around 1579. He was the only son of Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure of Ingleby and Malton and, his first wife, the former Mary Dawnay. After his mother's death in March 1612, his father remarried to Elizabeth (nee Spencer) Carey, Baroness Hundson (widow of George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon and the second daughter of Sir John Spencer of Althorp). At that time, his surname was likely pronounced "Ewry", also given as Evers.[1] His father was a diplomat and politician who served as an MP of the Parliament of England for Yorkshire.[2]

His mother was the eldest daughter of Sir John Dawnay of Sessay and, his first wife, Elizabeth Tunstall (daughter of Sir Marmaduke Tunstall of Thurland Castle in Lancaster). His paternal grandparents were William Eure, 2nd Baron Eure and the former Margaret Dymoke (daughter of Sir Edward Dymoke of Scrivelsby and niece of Gilbert Tailboys, 1st Baron Tailboys of Kyme).[3] The barony had been granted by King Henry VIII in 1544 to William Eure (c. 1483–1548), Warden of the Eastern March, and Governor of Berwick upon Tweed.[4]

Career

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In December 1600 his uncle, Sir William Eure of Bradley, came into Scotland with his servant Clement Armorer. Sir Robert Kerr brought him to meet King James VI and Sir George Home at Spott.[5] William Eure, the uncle, was imprisoned for this visit, suspected of treasonous dealings.[6]

William Eure was created a Knight of the Bath on the eve (24th) of the English coronation of King James I and Queen Anna held at Westminster Abbey on 25 July 1603 that resulted in the Union of the Crowns. He was listed third of sixty-two.[7]

Upon his father's death on 1 April 1617, he succeeded as the 4th Baron Eure.[3]

The family fortunes sank during his tenure that despite selling both Witton and Jarrow, Eure remained so deeply in debt he had to garrison the family estate at Malton in July 1632 and withstand a siege from Sheriff Layton. When Lord Wentworth ordered cannon from Scarborough to breach the walls, "the stout old lord submitted."[8]

Personal life

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On 15 September 1601, he was married to Lucy Noel (bur. 20 January 1615/6), daughter of Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby and Brooke and the former Mabel Harington (sixth daughter of Sir James Harington of Exton and sister of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton). Lucy's brother was Edward Noel, 2nd Viscount Campden. Together, they were the parents of:[3]

Lady Eure died and was buried on 20 January 1615/6. Lord Eure died on 28 June 1646 and was succeeded by his grandson William, the only son of his eldest son (who predeceased him).[3]

Descendants

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Through his second son William, he was a grandfather of Hon. Margaret Eure (d. 1688), who married Thomas Danby, the first Mayor of Leeds; and Hon. Mary Eure, who married William Palmes, MP for Malton. Both granddaughters were granted, by Royal sign-manual, the style and precedence of the daughter of a Baron,[3] and subsequently inherited much of the remaining Eure family property.[8]

References

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  1. ^ David Gunby; David Carnegie; MacDonald P. Jackson (25 January 2007). The Works of John Webster: An Old-Spelling Critical Edition. Cambridge University Press. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-521-26061-9. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. ^ "EURE, Ralph (1558-1617), of Ingleby and Malton, Yorks. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Eure, Baron (E, 1544 - 1707)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  4. ^ Hoyle, R. W. (2001). The Pilgrimage of Grace and the Politics of the 1530s. OUP Oxford. p. 421. ISBN 978-0-19-154336-4. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  5. ^ John Duncan Mackie, Calendar State Papers Scotland, 13:2 (Edinburgh, 1969), p. 771 no. 621: Joseph Bain, Calendar of Border Papers, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1894), p. 741 no. 1350
  6. ^ John Cedric Aveling, Northern Catholics: the Catholic recusants of the North Riding of Yorkshire (London, 1966), p. 121.
  7. ^ "The Knights of England" by W.A. Shaw Vol.1, p. 153 (1906)
  8. ^ a b "The Barons Eure". mountieverscourt.ie. Mount Ievers Court, Sixmilebridge Co.Clare. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  9. ^ Collins, Arthur, Collins's peerage of England, Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, greatly augmented and continued to the present time., Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1812. p. 419.
  10. ^ "Norfolk, Duke of (E, 1483)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  11. ^ a b "The Ancestry of John Ireland, Esq., of Crofton Hall, Yorkshire, England, and Anne Arundel County, Maryland," The Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 2, 276–304; Vol. 35, No. 1, 68–95.
  12. ^ College of Arms (Great Britain) and FOSTER, J., 1875. The Visitation of Yorkshire, Made in the Years 1584/5, by Robert Glover... to which is Added the Subsequent Visitation Made in 1612, by Richard St. George... With Several Additional Pedigrees, Including" The Arms Taken Out of Churches and Houses at Yorkshire Visitation, 1584/5..." Sir William Fayrfax'Booke of Arms," and Other Heraldic Lists, with Copious Indices. Edited by Joseph Foster. Privately printed for the editor.
  13. ^ Nicholas Assheton 1848 The Journal of Nicholas Assheton, of Downham, in the County of Lancaster, Esq., for Part of the Year 1617, and Part of the Year Following: Interspersed with Notes from the Life of His Contemporary, John Bruen of Bruen Stapelford, in the County of Chester, Chetham society. p. 126
  14. ^ Davies, Robert, ed. The Life of Marmaduke Rawdon of York: Or, Marmaduke Rawdon the Second of that Name. No. 85. Camden society, 1863 p.78
  15. ^ Davies, Robert, ed. The Life of Marmaduke Rawdon of York: Or, Marmaduke Rawdon the Second of that Name. No. 85. Camden Society, 1863.
  16. ^ Hunter, Joseph. South Yorkshire. The History and Topography of the Deanery of Doncaster, in the Diocese and County of York. By the Rev. Joseph Hunter, Fellow of the Societies of Antiquaries of London and Newcastle, and an Honorary Member of the Yorkshire Philosophical Association. author, 1831.vol. ii, p. 215
  17. ^ Batty, Margaret. Vincent Perronet, 1693-1785: The Archbishop of the Methodists. WMHS Publications, 2002.
  18. ^ The Methodist Magazine, January 1799. p. 2
Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Eure
1617–1646
Succeeded by