Sir Chichester Wrey, 3rd Baronet (1628–1668) of Trebeigh in the parish of

St Ive St Ive ( ; kw, Sen Iv) is a village in the civil parish of St Ive and Pensilva in eastern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is split into four parts: St Ive Church End, St Ive Cross, St Ive Keason and St Ive Parkfield. In addition ...

, Cornwall and of North Russell in the parish of

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, Devon, was an active

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during the

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and was Colonel of the Duke of York's Regiment and served as Governor of Sheerness.

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of

Sir William Wrey, 2nd Baronet Sir William Wrey, 2nd Baronet (1600 – August, 1645) of Trebeigh, St Ive, Cornwall and North Russell, Sourton, Devon, was Member of Parliament, MP for Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency), Liskeard, Cornwall in 1624. Origins He was the onl ...

(1600–1645) of Trebeigh in the parish of

, Cornwall and of North Russell in the parish of

, Devon, a

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for

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, Cornwall, in 1624. At the start of the

the 2nd Baronet was a

and in 1642 was appointed a

Commissioner of Array A commission of array was a commission given by English sovereigns to officers or gentry in a given territory to muster and array the inhabitants and to see them in a condition for war, or to put soldiers of a country in a condition for military ...

in Cornwall, responsible for raising local militia troops for the King's army. His mother was the 2nd Baronet's wife Elizabeth Chichester, daughter of

Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568 – 8 July 1648) of Eggesford in Devon, was Governor of Carrickfergus and Lord High Admiral of Lough Neagh, in Ireland. Origins He was the third son of Sir John Chichester (died 1569), knight, l ...

(1568–1648) of

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in Devon.

Career

During the Civil War, like his father, he was an active Royalist and fought for the King's cause with much bravery, and was knighted by King Charles I at

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on 3 August 1643. He succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death in 1645, during the Civil War. He was Colonel of the Duke of York's Regiment and served as Governor of Sheerness. After the Restoration of the Monarchy he was elected to the Cavalier Parliament in 1661 as a member for

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in Cornwall, sitting until his death in 1668.

Marriage and children

He married Lady Anne Bourchier, the third daughter and eventual co-heiress of

Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath (baptised 1 March 1590Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage'', new edition, Vol II, p. 18 – died 31 March 1636). Origins He was born in Somerset, the eldest son and heir of William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Ba ...

(died 1636) of Tawstock Court in North Devon, and widow of

James Cranfield, 2nd Earl of Middlesex James Cranfield, 2nd Earl of Middlesex (1621 – 16 September 1651), styled Lord Cranfield from 1622 until 1645, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and inherited his peerage in 1645. Cranfield was the son of Lionel ...

. The Wreys had been seated for several generations at the manor of Trebigh, but by the marriage of Sir Chichester Wrey with Lady Anne Bourchier, and following the death without children of

Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath (1587 – 16 August 1654) of Tawstock in Devon, was an English peer who held the office of Lord Privy Seal and was a large landowner in Ireland in Limerick and Armagh counties, and in England in Devon, Som ...

(1593–1654), they inherited the

manor of Tawstock The historic manor of Tawstock was situated in North Devon, in the hundred of Fremington, 2 miles south of Barnstaple, England. According to PolePole, p.14 the feudal baron of Barnstaple Henry de Tracy (died 1274) made Tawstock his seat, appare ...

, thenceforth the family seat (in which parish the present baronet still lives in 2015), and several other estates. By his wife he had children as follows: *

Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Baronet Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Baronet (1653–1696) of Tawstock Court in North Devon, was a Member of Parliament and a noted duellist. He commanded a regiment of horse after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, serving under James Scott, 1st Duke ...

(1653–1696), eldest son and heir, of Tawstock Court, a

and a noted duellist. He commanded a regiment of horse after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, serving under

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was a Dutch-born English nobleman and military officer. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlan ...

. *Col. Chichester Wrey (died 1706), second son, who died in Spain. *Edward Wrey, third son. *John Wrey, fourth son, a soldier " killed before Tangier", at some time before its evacuation by the English garrison in 1684. *Anne Wrey, who married

Sir Francis Northcote, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1659–1709).Vivian, 1887, p.564

References

Sources

* 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"
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