Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure (24 September 1558 – 1 April 1617), of Ingleby and

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, was an English nobleman and politician. The surname, also given as Evers, was at that time probably pronounced "Ewry".

Life

He was the son of William Eure, 2nd Baron Eure and Margaret Dymoke, daughter of Sir Edward Dymoke, the Hereditary King's Champion and Anne Taillboys.thepeerage.com, ''Ralph Eure, 3rd Lord Eure''
/ref> Eure matriculated at

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in 1568, and was admitted at

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in 1575. He was a Member of the Parliament of England for

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1584. He succeeded to the title in 1594 (N.S.), and served on the

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. Eure served as Warden of the Middle March from 1586 to 1588 and again in 1595, a troubled position. He came into conflict with Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton, Warden of the West March, siding with

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over the

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affair. In another quarrel, he allegedly tried to poison John Browne (MP for Morpeth), following an attack on Browne by his servants, and the loss of his position in 1598. In the case of

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, whose house had been made the scene of rowdy and threatening behaviour by Eure's son William and others in 1600, Eure's position as Vice-president of the

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came into play. Hoby sought and received some redress through the

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. This was after Eure had suggested

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as the manly way. In 1602 Eure led a diplomatic mission to

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. With Daniel Donne and Sir John Herbert he met Danish representatives there, on commercial matters concerned with the law of the sea. He took Thomas Morton with him as chaplain, in addition to

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. The mission ended with the death of the queen in 1603. Eure became the President of the Council of Wales and the Marches in 1607, a position based at

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. His time as President was marked by a campaign from Sir Herbert Croft to remove the council's jurisdiction over a number of English counties. He died on 1 April 1617 aged 58, and was buried at Ludlow's

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, where his first wife was already buried.

Family

Eure married first, by 1578, Mary, daughter of Sir John Dawnay (of Sessay, Yorkshire), who was MP for Thirsk. William Eure, 4th Baron Eure was his son by this marriage.historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Dawney, John (1536-98), of Sessay, Yorks''
/ref> They had at least one daughter, Barbara, who married William Ireland: their son was the Catholic

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William Ireland. Mary died in March 1612 and was buried at Ludlow, where a tomb effigy was erected in St Laurence's Church. He married, secondly, Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Sir John Spencer and Katherine Kitson, and widow of

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. She survived him, dying early in 1618, and was buried with her first husband in

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Arms

References

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