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Family and Education
bap. 10 Nov. 1625, 1st s. of Sir Christopher Wray*.Ashby cum Fenby par. reg. educ. travelled abroad (Italy, Switzerland, France) bef. Nov. 1645-July 1646.Add. 28716, ff. 30-1; Evelyn Diary ed. de Beer, ii. 480, 534; CJ iv. 625b. m. c.1652, Olympia (d. Sept. 1680), da. of Sir Humphrey Tufton, 1st bt.*, of The Mote, Maidstone, Kent, 3s. 5da.PROB11/332, ff. 240r-v; C33/284, f. 376; C. Dalton, The Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 82, 86. suc. fa. 6 Feb. 1646;Supra, ‘Sir Christopher Wray’. Kntd. 6 June 1660;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 227. cr. bt. 27 June 1660;CB. d. 14 Oct. 1669.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 83.
Offices Held

capt. of horse (parlian.), ?Feb. 1644–?CJ iii. 387b; Evelyn Diary ed. de Beer, ii. 480.

freeman, Gt. Grimsby 17 Nov. 1646–d.N. East Lincs. Archives, Gt. Grimsby Mayor’s Ct. Bks., 1/102/8, f. 180.

sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 26 June 1646–d.;C181/6, ff. 38, 390; C181/7, pp. 76, 259; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–14. Hatfield Chase Level 11 Aug. 1660 – 16 May 1664, 14 July 1664–d.;C181/7, pp. 20, 279. Ancholme Level 23 June 1662. 17 Mar. 1647 – 16 July 1650C181/7, p. 152. J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey), 16 July 1651–?26 Sept. 1653, 25 July 1656–d.C231/6, pp. 81, 191, 223, 232, 267, 345; C193/13/4, f. 57v. Commr. assessment, Lindsey 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincs. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. charitable uses, Holland 15 July 1652;C93/21/24. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 13 Feb. 1655–22 June 1659;C181/6, ff. 88, 311. securing peace of commonwealth, Lincs. by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 185. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). Col. militia ft. 17 Apr. 1660–?;Mercurius Publicus no. 16 (22–9 Apr. 1660), 255 (E.183.8). capt. vol. horse, Feb. 1661–?SP29/26/73, f. 107; The Kingdomes Intelligencer no. 10 (4–11 Mar. 1661), 147 (E.194.4). Commr. poll tax, Lindsey 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Lincs. by c.Sept. 1662–d.SP29/60/66, f. 142v; Lincs. RO, MON/3/28/53. Commr. subsidy, Lindsey 1663;SR. swans, Lincs. 19 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 299.

Parlimentarian
WRAY, William (c.1626-69), of Ashby, Lincs. and The Strand, Westminster.
of Ashby cum Fenby, Lincs., nr. Grimsby and Westminster., The Strand.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WRAY, William (1625-69), of Ashby cum Fenby, nr. Grimsby, Lincs., and The Strand, Westminster.

Will
15 Oct. 1669, pr. 1 Feb. 1670.PROB11/332, f. 240.
Estates
in 1656, sold manor of Hawstead cum Buckenham, Suff., for £17,787.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 76. At his d. estate inc. a house on The Strand, Mdx., and manors and lands in Ashby cum Fenby, Barnoldby le Beck, Benniworth, Bradley, Gayton le Marsh, Orford, Newball, Northolme, ‘Stanton’ [?Market Stainton; Stainton by Langworth], Theddlethorpe, Wainfleet and Waithe, Lincs.C33/284, f. 376; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 328. Estate worth betw. £2,200 and £3,000 p.a.C33/284, f. 376v; ‘Lincs. fams. temp. Charles II’ ed. C. H., Her. and Gen. ii. 126.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
presented William Jackson to rectory of Grainsby, Lincs., 1661.Lincs. RO, DIOC/PD/1661/114.
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