[2] On the outbreak of the Civil War he was Lieutenant-Colonel of Lord Paulet's Somerset Trained Band, the 800-strong force of local militia.
Though a strong republican, and an opponent of the Church and churchmen, he withdrew from taking any part as soon as he saw what he thought were the ultimate designs of Oliver Cromwell, and he strongly disapproved of the trial and death of King Charles I. Pyne refused also to join any of the plots and conspiracies from the death of the Protector to the restoration of the monarchy under King Charles II.
His circumstances appear to have been much reduced as a result of the civil wars, and he seems to have sold and encumbered his property to pay off debts, and perhaps to meet fines and penalties, the consequence of his part in it.
In 1668, Pyne married for the second time, to Amey, daughter of John White, of Tharnhull, who died in 1692, leaving no children.
[1] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, by Bernard Berke