Sir William De Wykes, Knight - Surname

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The Wyke family, sometimes known as Wyk or Weekes, had owned and occupied the manor of North Wyke in Devonshire as early as 1216 under William de Wyk, aka "William de Wigornia" and other great Devonshire estates even earlier. His son was also called William de Wyk. His heir was Walter de Wyk (b. 1263) and his son was called, Walter Wyke (b. 1278). Roger Wyk (aka: de Wray or Wrey) held the estate in 1346, and he was succeeded by his son William Wyke, who married Katherine, daughter and co-heiress of John Burnell, of Great Cocktree manor, and Crooke Burnell. Katherine brought with her Cocktree and other local lands, thus nearly doubling the Wyke family's Devon estates to about 6000 acres (2400 ha). William had four sons, Richard, Roger, John and Henry. John was the third son and used the old alternate family name "de Wrey" or "de Wray" often shortened to "John Wrey".[1]

The de Wrey or de Wray family (aka Wyke), of the Norman nobility, had been lords of Northwyke in Devonshire since at least the reign of King Henry III (1216-72). They also held the Manor of Wray aka Wrey in nearby Moreton, Devonshire, hence the family's alternate name. In fact, it is likely that their original holdings were at Wrey and they only acquired North Wyke and associated new lands after 1204 (see below).[2]

the footnote goes to the Roger le Wrey records on ancestry.