Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet of Glentworth, MP for Grimsby and Lincolnshire, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1594, knighted 23 July 1603, 1611., Knight, Member of Parliament
Dates: c.1555–13 August 1617
Biography
The only surviving son and heir of Sir Christopher Wray, William consolidated the family estates and became one of the first Lincolnshire baronets. The former Barlings Abbey property was acquired by the Wray family and became associated with the younger Ashby and Barlings branch.
Notes / Sources
Cracroft's Peerage — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/wrayb1611.htm
Complete Baronetage — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Complete_baronetage_%28IA_completebaroneta01coka%29.pdf
Early English Books Online, heraldic description — https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A85770.0001.001/1:12?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Glentworth
Father: Sir Christopher Wray
Mother: Anne Girlington
Spouse(s): Lucy Montagu, daughter of Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton; Frances Drury, widow of Sir Nicholas Clifford and daughter of Sir William Drury of Hawsted
Children / next generation: Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet; Sir Christopher Wray of Ashby and Barlings; Edward Wray; Elizabeth Wray; Frances Wray
Armorial Registry
Wray of Glentworth — monument achievement of Sir William Wray with Jackson and Montagu connections
Branch: Glentworth senior line, Lincolnshire
Issued / recorded: 1580
Wray of Glentworth — Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet
Branch: Glentworth senior line
Issued / recorded: 25 November 1611
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