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I am moving the uncited text from the article to here because I am rewriting the article based on the Robert Phayre article in the DNB. Some of this text may be salvageable. If it is then it is here to be found.
Son of a
Devonshire clergyman who emigrated to
Ireland, Phayre was driven from his farm during the
Irish Uprising (1641). He joined the army of
Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin to fight the
Confederates and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, but did not follow Inchiquin when he declared for the King in 1648. Phayre went to England and joined the
New Model Army. He was one of the officers delegated to supervise and carry out the King's execution in January 1649. Phayre signed the general document, along with Cromwell and some 30 others, (his name is on the left side of the document), but like Colonel
Hercules Huncks, Phayre refused to sign the order to the executioner.
After the King's execution, Phayre returned to service in Ireland under
Lord Broghill. He served as governor of
Cork and acquired Irish lands after the defeat of the Confederates. He was associated with
Quakers and other religious radicals. At the
Restoration, Phayre was arrested and transported to England. Although imprisoned in the
Tower of London he was not brought to trial, but paid over a significant sum to the Crown, (some say about two hundred thousand pounds), married the Protestant daughter of the Governor of the Tower of London and was released in 1662.[a][b][c]
Notes
^Robert Phayre was allegedly released from the tower of London on the first occasion for a one-year 'holiday' after ceding 50% of his assets in Ireland back to the crown. He duly arrived back at the tower one year after he was released and stayed there for a further few months. He negotiated his final release after forfeiting the majority of the rest of his assets. He was never tried for regicide, primarily as a result of his never signing the actual death warrant of Charles the 1st. However, he did draw up the article, as can be seen on the original document. Robert had a large family and has numerous direct descendants who are still living in Ireland, England, France, Kenya, the USA, Australia and Middle East. The Phayre family name is often spelled in different ways which include Phayer, Phair and different branches of his descendants use one of these forms.
^In Ireland his direct descendants are to be found in a number of locations, but chiefly in Limerick and Cork. The modern spelling of the surname is normally Phayer or Phair. The Limerick branch of the family have given their name to Phayer's Road in Meelick in East Clare and to Phayer's lane situated off Upper Catherine Street in Limerick City. The family also have a 19th Century tomb in St Munchin's Church of Ireland graveyard King's Island Limerick. The Cork branch of the family have a strong association with the Watergrass hill area.
^In England, modern Phayres include: Colonel Robert Phayre MC (late Queen's Own Gurkhas) deceased and buried in Bow, Devon, son Lt Colonel Desmond Phayre RA (deceased), his son Lt Col Robin Phayre Lt Inf (retd), and eldest grandson of Col Robert Phayre - Colonel Terence Phayre Knott MC RM (retd) and his son Robert Phayre (late AAC) served in Iraq, now Kenya, who changed his name by deed poll, to prevent name dying out.
Manganiello, Stephen C. The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660, Scarecrow Press 2004,
ISBN0-8108-5100-8p. 426
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I am moving the uncited text from the article to here because I am rewriting the article based on the Robert Phayre article in the DNB. Some of this text may be salvageable. If it is then it is here to be found.
Son of a
Devonshire clergyman who emigrated to
Ireland, Phayre was driven from his farm during the
Irish Uprising (1641). He joined the army of
Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin to fight the
Confederates and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, but did not follow Inchiquin when he declared for the King in 1648. Phayre went to England and joined the
New Model Army. He was one of the officers delegated to supervise and carry out the King's execution in January 1649. Phayre signed the general document, along with Cromwell and some 30 others, (his name is on the left side of the document), but like Colonel
Hercules Huncks, Phayre refused to sign the order to the executioner.
After the King's execution, Phayre returned to service in Ireland under
Lord Broghill. He served as governor of
Cork and acquired Irish lands after the defeat of the Confederates. He was associated with
Quakers and other religious radicals. At the
Restoration, Phayre was arrested and transported to England. Although imprisoned in the
Tower of London he was not brought to trial, but paid over a significant sum to the Crown, (some say about two hundred thousand pounds), married the Protestant daughter of the Governor of the Tower of London and was released in 1662.[a][b][c]
Notes
^Robert Phayre was allegedly released from the tower of London on the first occasion for a one-year 'holiday' after ceding 50% of his assets in Ireland back to the crown. He duly arrived back at the tower one year after he was released and stayed there for a further few months. He negotiated his final release after forfeiting the majority of the rest of his assets. He was never tried for regicide, primarily as a result of his never signing the actual death warrant of Charles the 1st. However, he did draw up the article, as can be seen on the original document. Robert had a large family and has numerous direct descendants who are still living in Ireland, England, France, Kenya, the USA, Australia and Middle East. The Phayre family name is often spelled in different ways which include Phayer, Phair and different branches of his descendants use one of these forms.
^In Ireland his direct descendants are to be found in a number of locations, but chiefly in Limerick and Cork. The modern spelling of the surname is normally Phayer or Phair. The Limerick branch of the family have given their name to Phayer's Road in Meelick in East Clare and to Phayer's lane situated off Upper Catherine Street in Limerick City. The family also have a 19th Century tomb in St Munchin's Church of Ireland graveyard King's Island Limerick. The Cork branch of the family have a strong association with the Watergrass hill area.
^In England, modern Phayres include: Colonel Robert Phayre MC (late Queen's Own Gurkhas) deceased and buried in Bow, Devon, son Lt Colonel Desmond Phayre RA (deceased), his son Lt Col Robin Phayre Lt Inf (retd), and eldest grandson of Col Robert Phayre - Colonel Terence Phayre Knott MC RM (retd) and his son Robert Phayre (late AAC) served in Iraq, now Kenya, who changed his name by deed poll, to prevent name dying out.
Manganiello, Stephen C. The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660, Scarecrow Press 2004,
ISBN0-8108-5100-8p. 426
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