Edward Tyrrell, Esquire, of Downham, who married Anne Pashley, widow of John Bassingbourne and daughter of Sir Robert Pashley by his wife Philippe Sergeaux. By his wife Anne, Edward Tyrrell had the following progeny:
*Edward Tyrrell, who died without issue.
*Philippe Tyrrell, daughter, who married, before 1446–7, Thomas Cornwallis of Brome, Suffolk, by whom she had four sons and a daughter.
John Tyrrell was appointed High Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in 1413 and again in 1423. He was elected knight of the shire for Essex 12 times between 1411 and 1437 and once for Hertfordshire in 1427. He was elected Speaker of the House of Commons three times, in 1421, 1429 and 1437. In 1427 he was appointed steward of Clare in Suffolk and Thaxted in Essex, during the minority of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and chief steward of the Duchy of Lancaster north of Trent. He was a member of King Henry VI's council in France in 1431. He was knighted in 1431 and in May of that year was appointed Treasurer of the Royal Household, a post he held until his death.
He married firstly at some time before 1411 to Alice Coggeshall, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Coggeshall by whom he had five surviving sons and four daughters, including:
Sir Thomas Tyrrell of Heron, eldest son and heir not only to his father but also to his uncle Edward Tyrrell. He married Anne Marney, daughter of Sir William Marney by his wife Elizabeth Sergeaux, by whom he had four sons and two daughters:
*Sir William Tyrrell, slain at the Battle of Barnet in 1471, who married firstly Eleanor Darcy, by whom he had a son, Sir Thomas Tyrrell. He married secondly to Eleanor Hungerford;
*Humphrey Tyrrell, Esquire, who married firstly Isabel Helion, and secondly Elizabeth Walwin;
*Sir Robert Tyrrell, who married firstly Christian Hartshorn, and secondly to a certain Elizabeth, whose surname is unknown.
*Elizabeth Tyrrell, who married firstly Sir Robert Darcy, and secondly, Richard Haute, Esquire.
William Tyrrell of Gipping, Suffolk, beheaded on Tower Hill 23 February 1462, who married Margaret Darcy, by whom he was the father of Sir James Tyrrell.
William Tyrrell of Beeches in Rawreth, Essex, who married firstly Anne Fitz Simon, the daughter of Robert Fitz Simon, and secondly Philippa Thornbury, the daughter of John Thornbury.
Second marriage
John Tyrrell married secondly at some time before 1427 to Katherine Burgate, the widow successively of Robert Stonham, of Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, and John Spencer, of Banham, Norfolk, and daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Burgate of Burgate, Suffolk, by his wife Eleanor Visdelou, daughter of Sir Thomas Visdelou, by whom he had a daughter.
