Eyre (surname)

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, together with 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. Some of these features may persist in one of the current Eyre coats of arms, which features three gold quatrefoils on a black chevron with a white background.[2]

Another variation of the story of the origin of the Eyre crest 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]

List

Notable people with the surname include:

Fiction

See also

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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