Sir Walter Pye (1571 – 26 December 1635) of The Mynde, Herefordshire was an English barrister, courtier, administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 and 1629.

Sir Walter Pye
Portrait of Pye, by Cornelius Johnson, 1631
Member of Parliament for Herefordshire
In office
1626–1629
Preceded byJohn Rudhale
Sir Giles Brydges
Succeeded byParliament suspended until 1640
Member of Parliament for Brecon
In office
1621–1626
Preceded bySir John Crompton
Succeeded bySir Humphrey Lynde
Member of Parliament for Scarborough
In office
1597–1597
Preceded byEdward Gate
Edward Cary
Succeeded byEdward Stanhope
William Eure
Personal details
Born1571
Died26 December 1635(1635-12-26) (aged 64)
Spouses
Joan Rudshall
(m. 1602; died 1625)
Hester Ireland Crispe
(m. 1628)
RelationsRobert Pye (brother)
Henry Cornewall (grandson)
Children15, including Walter
Parent(s)Roger Pye
Bridget Kyrle
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford

Early life

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Pye was baptised on 1 October 1571 the eldest son of Bridget (née Kyrle) Pye and Roger Pye of The Mynde[1] at Much Dewchurch in Herefordshire. His brother Robert Pye was also an MP and his maternal grandfather was Thomas Kyrle of Walford.[1]

He was educated at St John's College, Oxford and became a barrister at Middle Temple.[2]

Career

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He succeeded to his father's estates in 1591 and was elected MP for Scarborough in 1597.[1] He was favoured by Buckingham and was made justice in Glamorgan, Breconshire and Radnorshire on 8 February 1617. In 1621 he became attorney-general of the Court of Wards.[3] Also in 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Brecon. He was re-elected for Brecon in 1624 and in 1625. In 1626 he was elected MP for Brecon and for Herefordshire and chose to sit for Herefordshire. He was re-elected MP for Herefordshire in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[4] He was knighted at Whitehall on 29 June 1630.[5]

Personal life

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On 22 July 1602, Pye married Joan Rudshall (d. 1625), daughter of William Rudshall of Rudshall, Gloucestershire. Together, they were the parents of seven sons and eight daughters, including:[2]

  • Joanna Pye (b. 1606), who married Thomas Beale.[6]
  • Anne Pye (1608–1689), who died unmarried.
  • Sir Walter Pye (1610–1659), who married Elizabeth Sanders, daughter of John Sanders.[7]
  • Alice Pye (1612–1662), who married Sir Henry Lingen.[8]
  • Mary Pye (b. 1618), who married Sir Thomas Tomkins in 1633.[9]
  • John Pye (1620–1701), who married Blanche Lingen, sister to Sir Henry Lingen.[9]
  • Frances Pye (1621–1701), who married Henry Vaughan, of Bredwardine. After his death, she married Edward Cornewall of Moccas Court.[9]

After the death of his first wife, he married Hester (née Ireland) Crispe (1568–c. 1643), daughter of John Ireland of London and widow of Ellis Crispe, alderman of London, on 31 October 1628. From her first marriage, she was the mother of Sir Nicholas Crispe, 1st Baronet and Tobias Crisp, among others.[10]

Pye died on 26 December 1635, at the age of 64, and was buried at Much Dewchurch where there is an elaborate alabaster monument to his memory.[3] His widow died c. 1643.[2]

Descendants

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Through his son Walter, he was a grandfather of Walter Pye, Baron Kilpeck (c. 1631–1690), and Robert Pye, who married Meliora Drax, a daughter of Sir James Drax.[11]

Through his daughter Frances, he was a grandfather of Roger Vaughan (c. 1641–1672), MP for Hereford,[12] and Henry Cornewall (c. 1654–1717), MP for Weobley.[13]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Ferris & Coates 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Ferris, John. P.; Coates, Ben. "PYE, Walter I (1571-1635), of The Mynde, Much Dewchurch, Herefs. and Greyfriars, Christchurch, London". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b Firth 1896, p. 71.
  4. ^ Willis 1750, p. 232
  5. ^ Shaw 1906, p. 198.
  6. ^ Hunter, Michael; Clericuzio, Antonio; Principe, Lawrence M. (17 September 2021). The Correspondence of Robert Boyle, 1636-1691 Vol 2. Routledge. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-000-52185-6. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  7. ^ Duncumb, John (1912). Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford ... Wright. p. 101. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  8. ^ Club, Woolhope Naturalists' Field; England, Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, Hereford (1918). Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club. Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club. p. 218. Retrieved 15 December 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b c Nichols, John Gough (1870). The Herald and Genealogist. Nichols. pp. 133, 137. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  10. ^ Cigrand, Bernard John (1901). History of the Crispe Family. p. 126.
  11. ^ Parker, Matthew (13 November 2012). The Sugar Barons: Family, Corruption, Empire, and War in the West Indies. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-8027-7798-0. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  12. ^ Rowlands, Edward. "VAUGHAN, Roger (c.1641-72), of Bredwardine, Herefs". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  13. ^ Rowlands, Edward. "CORNEWALL, Henry (c.1654-1717), of Bredwardine Castle, Herefs. East Bailey Lodge, Enfield, Mdx". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

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Further reading

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Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Scarborough
1597
With: Thomas Posthumous Hoby
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Brecon
1621–1626
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Herefordshire
1626–1629
With: Sir Robert Harley 1626
Sir Giles Brydges 1628–1629
Parliament suspended until 1640