• General Notes

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  He married — dau. of — Eyre,[427] of the fine old Eyre family of Wiltshire, elevated to the peerage of Ireland as Lord Eyre; which bore, "Argent, on a chevron sable, three quatrefoils or:" and in the possession of his descendants is an old book with these MS. entries in it;— " The gift of Madam Dorothy Eyre to Margaret D'Oyly;" and "Mrs. Goddard, wife of Edward Goddard:" thus showing that Mrs. Colonel D'Oyly was a friend or connection of her husband's relations the Goddards, (see D'Oyly of Chislehampton), and probably grand-daughter of Thomas Eyre, of Box, co. Wilts, the parish in which the Goddards resided, brother of Giles, ancestor of the Lord Eyre.

Details of ???'s family with Col. Charles D'Oyly (of Southrope)