Eyre (surname)

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Eyre is a surname with origins in England.

Origin

Truelove the "Eyr" or "Heyr" was granted land in Derby as a reward for his services at the 1066 Battle of Hastings, and it has been claimed he had a coat of arms featuring "a human leg in armour couped at the thigh quarterly argent and sable spurred", [1] in reference to the sacrifice of his limb. This is unlikely, as individuals did not have coats of arms at the time. However, some very old features may persist from the Middle Ages in one of the current Eyre coats of arms, which features three gold quatrefoils on a black chevron with a white background. [2]

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Another variation of the story of the origin of the Eyre coat of arms is that Humphrey le Heyr of Bromham rescued Richard Coeur de Lion at the siege of Ascalon, at the cost of his leg, and that the leg couped was granted to him in remembrance of the occasion. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Search for where and how the surname Eyre originated". Archived from the original on February 12, 2005.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". www.heraldry.jerasys.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "History of The Eyre Surname". Eyrehistory.co.uk. 23 February 2006. Archived from the original on 23 February 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

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