Sir William Wrey, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Wrey, 2nd Baronet (1600 – August, 1645) of Trebeigh, St Ive, Cornwall and North Russell, Sourton, Devon, was MP for Liskeard, Cornwall in 1624.
Origins[edit]
He was the only son of Sir William Wrey, 1st Baronet (d.1636) of Trebeigh, St Ive, Cornwall and North Russell, Sourton, High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1598,[2] by his wife Elizabeth Courtenay,[3] a daughter of Sir William V Courtenay (1553–1630) of Powderham in Devon (by his wife Elizabeth Manners, daughter of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland (1526-1563)).
Inheritance[edit]
He inherited on his father's death an estate of over 6,000 acres including four manors in Cornwall and a share in four others.[4]
Career[edit]
William Wrey was MP for Liskeard, Cornwall, in 1624. He was knighted before March 1634[5] and in 1636 he succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet. At the start of the Civil War he was a Royalist and in 1642 was appointed a Commissioner of Array in Cornwall,[6] responsible for raising local militia troops for the King's army. His son Chichester Wrey was also an active Royalist, and fought for the King's cause with much bravery.[7]
Marriage and children[edit]
In about 1624 he married Elizabeth Chichester, daughter of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568-1648) of Eggesford in Devon,[8] who brought with her a large dowry of £2,000.[9] He left three sons and three daughters[10] including:
- Sir Chichester Wrey, 3rd Baronet (1628-1668), of Trebeigh, eldest son and heir, MP for Lostwithiel in Cornwall.
- Elizabeth, married into the Bluett family[11] of Holcombe Rogus, Devon
- Unnamed daughter, married into the Erisey family of Cornwall[12]
- Unnamed daughter, married into the family of Nichols[13]
Death[edit]
Wrey died in August 1645.[14]
See also[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Betham, William, Baronetage of England, Vol.1, 1771, pp.300-303, Wrey Baronets
- Hunneyball, Paul, biography of Wrey, William (c.1601-1645), of Trebigh, St. Ive, Cornwall, published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
- Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L. & Drake, H.H., (Eds.) The Visitation of the County of Cornwall in the year 1620, Harleian Society, 1st series, Volume 9, London, 1874, p. 268, pedigree of Wrey
- Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., The Visitations of Cornwall: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with Additions by J.L. Vivian, Exeter, 1887, pp.564-566, pedigree of "Wrey of Trebeigh"
References[edit]
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.877, Wrey Baronets
- ^ regnal year 41 Elizabeth, per Betham, p.301
- ^ Vivian, Lt. Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.247, pedigree of Courtenay
- ^ Hunneyball
- ^ Hunneyball
- ^ Hunneyball
- ^ Betham
- ^ Stated incorrectly by Betham as daughter of "Sir Edward (sic) Chichester, Earl of Donnegall" (Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall (1606–1674) was in fact her brother
- ^ Hunneyball
- ^ Hunneyball; Betham states 1 son only
- ^ Betham
- ^ Betham
- ^ Betham
- ^ Hunneyball