Family / house

Wray

Family / cadet branch

Wray of Glentworth, Ashby and Barlings, Lincolnshire

Armiger / bearer

Sir Christopher Wray of Ashby and Barlings

Entity type

cadet_branch

Social rank / class

armigerous_gentry

Heraldic authority

English heraldic and baronetage record

Record basis

recording

Issued / first recorded

1601

Until / superseded

1646

Historical period

early Stuart England

Grant / record reference

Knighted 1623; no separate cadency alteration is recorded for this branch.

Blazon

Azure, on a chief Or three martlets Gules.

Plain-English description

A blue shield bearing a gold upper band charged with three red martlets.

Tinctures

Azure; Or; Gules

Charges / ordinaries

chief; three martlets

Crest

An ostrich Or.

Motto

ET JUSTE ET VRAY.

Exterior ornaments

As a knight and landed gentleman, the achievement may include helm, mantling and crest; no independent contemporary full achievement is securely identified in the sources used.

Difference / variant

The Wray arms are introduced into the Cecil network through Sir Christopher Wray’s marriage to Albinia Cecil, daughter of Edward Cecil. The later Ashby baronetcy descended through their son Sir William Wray.

Source reference

Wray baronetage

Linked historical person

Sir Christopher Wray of Ashby and Barlings

Source

Open source

Genealogical context

Father

Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet of Glentworth

Mother

Frances Drury

Spouse(s)

Albinia Cecil

Children / next generation

Albinia Wray; Cecil Wray; Edward Wray; Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet of Ashby; Sir Drury Wray, 9th Baronet; Frances Wray

Documented depiction

Open depiction source

Notes / sources