Background
Spry was the son of Thomas Spry and his wife Catherine Ashford, daughter of Arthur Ashford.
Spry was the son of Thomas Spry and his wife Catherine Ashford, daughter of Arthur Ashford.
In 1661 he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Street Mawes in another double return to the Cavalier Parliament and was seated in May. He sat until 1679. Spry died at the age of 73 and was buried at Street Anthony"s where a monument was erected featuring a bust between two weeping females. Spry married firstly Mary Gayer daughter of Richard Gayer.
She died on 4 May 1656 and was buried at Anthony Church.
Cavalier Parliament]
He was the first member of the family to settle at Place, a property granted to the Spry family by Henry VIII, in the parish of Street Anthony in Roseland. In 1660, Spry was elected Member of Parliament for Street Mawes in the Convention Parliament being seated after a double return in May 1660.