William Eure, 2nd Baron Eure (10 May 1529 – 12 September 1594) was a Tudor-era English nobleman, soldier, and official in the

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Early life

William Eure was the son of Ralph Eure, eldest son of William Eure who had been created

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in 1544, and Margery Bowes, daughter of Ralph Bowes of

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. His father died at the

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in 1545, leaving William as the heir to his grandfather's peerage. Burke, Bernard
"Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire
pp. 190-1 He was appointed Vice-Admiral of the coast of County Durham and Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire by Lord High Admiral Clinton in 1563.Institute of Historical Research
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The Scottish Marches

Like his father and grandfather before him, Eure spent much of his life in the borderlands of Scotland and England. Sometime before 1557, he was appointed, jointly with Thomas Wharton, Captain of Berwick Castle, and he served under the

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in his 1570 invasion of Scotland. He was later dispatched with the

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to negotiate a peace treaty with Scotland in 1587. Lodge, Edmund
"Illustrations of British History, Biography, and Manners"
pp. 390-2

Personal life

Eure had been contracted, at age 11, to marry Mary Darcy, daughter of the

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. (His prospective wife-to-be was age 4 at the time.) At some point after 1544, he repudiated this marriage contract and instead married Margaret

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, daughter of Edward Dymoke of Scrivelsby, Champion of England. Furnivall, Frederick James
"Child Marriages, Divorces, and Ratifications"
pg. 24 They had five sons and six daughters, including: * Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure (1558–1593/4), who married Mary Dawnay, eldest daughter of Sir John Dawnay of Sessay. After her death, he married Elizabeth Carey (widow of

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. * Francis Eure (–1621), MP for

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, who married Elizabeth Lennard (sister of

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, MP) and ancestor of the 7th and

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Barons. * William Eure (1585/6–1628/9), also MP for Scarborough, who married Catherine Bowes, ''

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'' Baroness Scrope of Bolton, only child of Sir William Bowes of

and, his first wife, Mary Scrope (only child by his first wife of Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton). * Charles Eure, who died young. * Charles Eure (d. after 1598), who married Elizabeth Ingham, daughter of Sir Thomas Ingham, of Goodneston. * Anne Eure, who married Sir John Mallory, of Studley Royal. * Meriol Eure, who married Sir Richard Goodricke of Ribston. * Martha Eure, who married William Armyn. * Mary Eure * Margaret Eure * Elizabeth Eure Margaret Eure predeceased her husband, dying in 1591, and was buried on 15 September 1591 at Ingleby, Lincolnshire. Lord Eure died on 12 September 1594 and was buried at Ingleby the next day. He was succeeded in his peerage by his eldest son,

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(father of William Eure, 4th Baron Eure).

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Eure family