The Pye Family
Sir Robert Pye bought the manor of Faringdon in 1621. He was a Royalist.
His son Sir Robert Pye ( 1622-1701) was a politician and Parliamentarian
All Saints Church in Faringdon has a Pye chapel, in which there are various memorials
Pye Street in Faringdon was named after ww2
Henry James Pye (1745-1813) was Sir Robert' s Great great great grandson and was Poet Laureate to George III from 1790 until his death.
General Background to The Pye Family
His son Sir Robert Pye ( 1622-1701) was a politician and Parliamentarian
All Saints Church in Faringdon has a Pye chapel, in which there are various memorials
Pye Street in Faringdon was named after ww2
Henry James Pye (1745-1813) was Sir Robert' s Great great great grandson and was Poet Laureate to George III from 1790 until his death.
General Background to The Pye Family
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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.
He was the second son of Sir Walter Pye of the Mynde in Herefordshire; he was a retainer of the Duke of Buckingham, by whose influence he was made, in 1618, Treasurer of the Exchequer; he was afterwards Auditor of the Receipts of the Exchequer in the reigns of James I and Charles I, and, 13 July, 1621, received the honour of Knighthood. He was replaced in his former post by Charles II, who made him a baronet. He died in 1662, and was buried in a chapel in St. John's parish, Tothill Fields, which he had built and endowed. Sir Robert Pye was Remembrancer of the Exchequer in July 1618. He was knighted 13 July 1621, and bought the manor of Faringdon in Berkshire from the Unton family. He was Member of Parliament for Woodstock in the Long Parliament. He contributed £1,000 towards the recovery of Ireland, and supported Parliament after the breach with the King. According to Ben Jonson, in his early life, Sir Robert “loved the muses”. He married Mary, daughter and coheir of John Croker of Batsford in Gloucestershire. Sir Robert Pye (1620 – 1701) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1660. He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War. Pye memorials in Pye Chapel All Saints Church More information: PYE, Sir Robert (c.1622-1701), of Faringdon, Berks. | History of Parliament Online RBH Biography: Sir Robert Pye (d. 1701) (berkshirehistory.com) Robert Pye (1622-1701) and the death of John Hampden. P4,5,6 Gill and Derek Lester https://johnhampdensregiment.org.uk/Controversy/index.html#p=1 Berkshire History: The Ghost of Hampden Pye (Faringdon), Part 2 The Headless victim. Folklore or Fact Sir Robert Pye (1620 – 1701) wikipedia Picture and information of Robert Pye ( 1622-1701) from Historical Portraits library Sir Robert Pye (1585-1662) wikipedia Pye Family (thepeerage.com) |
Robert Pye Coat of Arms
Robert Pye 1585 Family Tree
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