Robert Pye (Royalist)
Sir Robert Pye (1585–1662) was an English courtier, administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.
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Biography
Pye was the son of Roger Pye of The Mynde at Much Dewchurch in Herefordshire.[1] He became Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer under King James I in 1620.[2] In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Bath and was re-elected for Bath in 1624. In 1625 he was elected MP for Ludgershall and in 1626 he was elected MP for Westminster. He was elected MP for Grampound in 1628.[3] He purchased the manor and estate of Faringdon, then in Berkshire from the Unton family.[2]
Pye was a supporter of the King and on this account was deprived of his office in 1642. During the Civil War, he garrisoned his mansion at Faringdon for the Royalists, and it was stoutly besieged, by his own son, Robert who espoused the Parliamentary cause.[2]
Following the Restoration, Pye was restored to his post as Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer and held it until his death in 1662 at the age of 77.[2]
Family
Pye married Mary, daughter of John Croker of Batsford in Gloucestershire[2] they had several children:
- Robert (ca. 1620–1701), his heir, supported Parliament in the Civil War
- John (1626–1697), who lived at Hone, in Derbyshire,[2] and became a baronet with the creation of the Baronetcy Pye of Leckhampstead on 27 April 1641.
- Mary (fl. 1641–1697), became a nonconformist patron and political activist, and married George Speke (1623–1689).[4]
- Anne, married Edward Phelips[5]
Pye's brother Walter Pye was also an MP.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Thrush 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Burke 1835, p. 351.
- ↑ Willis 1750, pp. 229–239[verification needed]
- ↑ Zook 2009.
- ↑ Ferris 1983.
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Parliament of England | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Bath 1621-1624 With: Sir Robert Phelips 1621-1622 John Malet 1624 |
Succeeded by Ralph Hopton Edward Hungerford |
Preceded by
Edward Kyrton
William Sotwell |
Member of Parliament for Ludgershall 1625 With: Sir Thomas Jaye |
Succeeded by Sir William Walter Sir Thomas Jaye |
Preceded by
Sir Edward Villiers
William Mann |
Member of Parliament for Westminster 1626 With: Peter Heywood |
Succeeded by Joseph Bradshaw Thomas Morris |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Grampound 1628-1629 With: Lord Carey |
Succeeded by Parliament suspended until 1640 |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by
John Bingley
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Auditor of the Exchequer 1620–1642 |
Succeeded by vacant |
Preceded by
Sir William Roberts
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Auditor of the Exchequer 1660–1662 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Long, 1st Baronet |
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- 1585 births
- 1662 deaths
- Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall
- People from Faringdon
- Cavaliers
- People from Herefordshire
- 16th-century English people
- People from Westminster
- People from Bath, Somerset
- English MPs 1621–22
- English MPs 1624–25
- English MPs 1625
- English MPs 1626
- English MPs 1628–29