Background
Pye was the son of Roger Pye of The Mynde at Much Dewchurch in Herefordshire.
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Robert Pye
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Career
He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He became Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer under King James I in 1620. In 1625 he was elected Member of Parliament for Ludgershall and in 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament for Westminster.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Grampound in 1628.
He purchased the manor and estate of Faringdon, then in Berkshire from the Unton family. Pye was a supporter of the King and on this account was deprived of his office in 1642.
Following the Restoration, Pye was restored to his post as Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer and held it until his death in 1662 at the age of 77. Pye married Mary, daughter of John Croker of Batsford in Gloucestershire they had several children:
Robert (ca 1620–1701), his heir, supported Parliament in the Civil War
John (1626–1697), who lived at Hone, in Derbyshire, and became a baronet with the creation of the Baronetcy Pye of Leckhampstead on 27 April 1641.
Anne, married Edward Phelips
Pye"s brother Walter Pye was also an Member of Parliament.
Membership
Useless Parliament; Happy Parliament. 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Bath and was re-elected for Bath in 1624.
