England
Wray of Glentworth, Ashby and Barlings — principal Lincolnshire baronet branch
- Family / house
- Wray
- Family / cadet branch
- Glentworth senior line with Ashby and Barlings collateral branches
- Armiger / bearer
- Wray of Glentworth, Ashby and Barlings
- Entity type
- cadet_branch
- Social rank / class
- baronet
- Heraldic authority
- Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms; later Baronetage of England
- Record basis
- grant
- Issued / first recorded
- 30 December 1586
- Until / superseded
- 27 August 1809
- Historical period
- late Tudor to early nineteenth century
- Grant / record reference
- Patent of arms granted to Christopher Wray by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux, 30 December 1586; the family was later represented by the Glentworth baronetcy created 25 November 1611 and the Ashby baronetcy created 27 June 1660.
- Blazon
- Azure, on a chief Or three martlets Gules.
- Plain-English description
- A blue shield bearing a gold horizontal chief charged with three red martlets.
- Tinctures
- Azure; Or; Gules
- Charges / ordinaries
- three martlets
- Crest
- An ostrich Or.
- Motto
- ET JUSTE ET VRAY.
- Exterior ornaments
- Later baronets used the appropriate baronial or baronetical exterior ornaments; the core family achievement is the shield with an ostrich crest and the motto Et Juste et Vray.
- Difference / variant
- The Glentworth and Ashby baronetcies used the same inherited Wray coat. Their distinction is primarily genealogical and territorial rather than a separately recorded shield design.
- Source reference
- 1586 patent and auction catalogue description
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
The family should not be conflated with unrelated Wray families. The armorial identity is supported by a specific Tudor grant rather than surname resemblance.