Like his father and grandfather before him, Eure spent much of his life in the borderlands of Scotland and England. Sometime before 1557, he was appointed, jointly with Thomas Wharton, Captain of Berwick Castle, and he served under the Earl of Sussex in his 1570 invasion of Scotland. He was later dispatched with the Earl of Rutland to negotiate a peace treaty with Scotland in 1587.[3]
Personal life
Eure had been contracted, at age 11, to marry Mary Darcy, daughter of the Baron Darcy de Darcy. (His prospective wife-to-be was age 4 at the time.) At some point after 1544, he repudiated this marriage contract and instead married Margaret Dymoke, daughter of Edward Dymoke of Scrivelsby, Champion of England.[4] They had five sons and six daughters,[3] including:[5]
Margaret Eure predeceased her husband, dying in 1591, and was buried on 15 September 1591 at Ingleby, Lincolnshire.[4] Lord Eure died on 12 September 1594 and was buried at Ingleby the next day. He was succeeded in his peerage by his eldest son, Ralph (father of William Eure, 4th Baron Eure).[5]