Walter Pye (Royalist)

Sir Walter Pye (1610–1659) of The Mynde, Much Dewchurch, Herefordshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1628 and 1640. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.

The Mynde today

Biography

Pye was the son of Walter Pye of The Mynde.[1] In 1628 he was elected Member of Parliament for Brecon and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[2][3]

In April 1640, Pye was elected MP for Herefordshire in the Short Parliament.[2] He was High Steward of Leominster. He was a supporter of the King and on this account was deprived of his office in 1648.[4]

Family

Pye married Elizabeth, daughter of John Sanders, and had three children. The children remained Catholic and his son Walter maintained allegiance to the exiled Stuarts and lived on the continent where he was given the title Lord Kilpec.[1]

Notes

1. Burke 1835, p. 351.
2. Willis 1750, pp. 229–239
3. "PYE, Walter II (1610-1659), of The Mynde, Much Dewchurch, Herefs". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
4. Great Britain House of Commons Journals of the House of Commons, Volume (1648-1651)

References

• Burke, John (1835). A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but uninvested with heritable honour. 1. London, H. Colburn. p. 351.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)