Background
Pye was the son of Roger Pye of The Mynde at Much Dewchurch in Herefordshire.
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Walter Pye
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Education
He was educated at Street John"s College, Oxford and became a barrister at Middle Temple.
Career
He was elected Member of Parliament for Scarborough in 1597. 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.
He was re-elected for Brecon in 1624 and in 1625.
In 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament for Brecon and for Herefordshire and chose to sit for Herefordshire. He was re-elected Member of Parliament 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, daughter of William Rudshall of Rudshall, Gloucestershire and had a son Walter.
Membership
Useless Parliament; Happy Parliament. 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
Also in 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Brecon.
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Nationality
English