Sir William Wrey, 1st Baronet

Biography

Sir William Wrey, 1st Baronet was born circa 1566 in North Russell,, Devon, England. His parents were John Wrey and Blanch Wrey. He was a High Sheriff of Cornwall (1612).

William married Elizabeth Wrey in 1600. Together they had the following children: Sir William Wrey, 2nd Baronet.

He died circa June 1636.

Baronets of Cornwall.

Wrey of Trebigh, in St. Ive. — This ancient Devonshire family, in consequence of a marriage with an heiress of the Killigrew family, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, settled at Trebigh, which appears to have been their chief residence, when William Wrey, Esq. was created a baronet in 1628. His son, Sir Chichester, having married one of the coheiresses of Edward Bourchier, Earl of Bath, became possessed of Tawstock, the ancient seat of that noble family, which has ever since been the chief residence of his posterity, and is now the seat of his descendant Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bart. Trebigh is still in the family but occupied by the tenant of the demesne farm.

Arms of Wrey: — Sable, a fesse between three pole-axes, Argent, helved, Gules; quartering Arg.; a cross engrailed Gules, between four water-bougets, Sable—Bourchier.

Crest: — On a wreath, a lion's head erased.

The grandfather of William Wrey, Esq., who was created a baronet, as abovementioned, married a coheiress of Killigrew.

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