Sir Walter Pye was an English courtier, administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  from 1621 and 1629.

Pye was the son of William Pye of The Mynde at Much Dewchurch

Much Dewchurch

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 in Herefordshire

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Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...

. He was educated at St John's College, Oxford

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 and became a barrister at Middle Temple

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. He was favoured by Buckingham and was made justice in Glamorgan, Breconshire and Radnorshire on 8 February 1617. In 1621 he became attorney-general of the Court of Wards. Also in 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Brecon

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. He was re-elected for Brecon in 1624 and in 1625. In 1626 he was elected MP for Brecon and for Herefordshire

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 and chose to sit for Herefordshire. He was re-elected MP for Herefordshire in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He was knighted at Whitehall on 29 June 1630.

Pye died at the age of 64 and was buried at Much Dewchurch where there is an elaborate alabaster monument to his memory.

Pye married Joan Rudshall, daughter of William Rudshall of Rudshall, Gloucestershire and had a son Walter

Walter Pye (junior)

Sir Walter Pye 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....

. His brother Robert Pye

Robert Pye

Sir Robert Pye was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1660. He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War....

was also an MP.