Sir Thomas d. 23rd September, 1768, and was s. by his son, VII. SIR RICHARD WORSLEY, of Appuldercombe, b. 17th March, 1751, M.P. for Newport, and clerk of his majesty's privy council. He m. in 1775, Seymour Dorothy, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Fleming, bart. of Brompton Park, Middlesex, and had a son and daughter who both died unmarried. Sir Richard died himself 5th August, 1805, leaving his niece his heiress, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his kinsman, VIII. THE REV. SIR HENRY-WORSLEY HOLMES, LL.D. b. in December, 1775, who m. Elizabeth Troughear, eldest daughter of Leonard, Lord Holmes, and widow of Edward Meux Worsley, esq. of Gatcombe, and had by her, who died in January, 1832, two sons and a daughter, viz. LEONARD-THOMAS, his heir. Richard Fleming, M.P. for Newport, b. in 1791, Sir Henry died 7th April, 1811, and was s. by his son, IX. SIR LEONARD-THOMAS-WORSLEY HOLMES, b. 16th July, 1787, M.P. for Newport, who m. 5th June, 1813, Anne Redstone, daughter of John Delgarno, esq. of Newport, and niece of Leonard, Lord Holmes, and had issue, ELIZABETH, m. 3rd October, 1833, to the Hon. Sir Leonard d. 10th January, 1825, when the title be repre SIR THOMAS WORTLEY, of Wortley, in Yorkshire, son of Nicholas Wortley, by Isabel, his wife, daughter and heir of William Tunstall, of Thurland, and sentative of the ancient family of Wortley, was a distinguished personage in the times in which he lived, and knight of the body to four successive sovereigns EDWARD IV., RICHARD III., HENRY VII., and HENRY VIII. "And also (we quote the old illuminated pedigree of Wortley) Sir Thomas did serve them with great credite in their wares, having great government in this commonwealthe, being as it may appeare in great trust with the said kinges; for as yet ther remaineth a great number of letters in the house of Wortley, which were sent by the aforesaid kinges to the said Sir Thomas, sealled with their private sig. nates; the which letters were for the exsecusion of theire lawes, musters, collections, and commissions, with other and divers services of great truste and credit, as the only man in these parts. And also had of the said princes gyft the stewardship of Midlame Castell, withall thinges thereunto belonginge, with the puttinge in of all the officers into the said Castell. And also he had and was steward of Kimberworth, with all the commodytes therunto belonginge...... Nowe to speake of his recreation. First he was much given to showtinge in the long bowe, and many of his men were cuninge archiers, and in them he did muche delite. Also he had muche delite in huntinge, that he did builde in the middest in his forest of Wharnclife, a house or lodge, at which house he did lye at, for the most part of the grease tyme; and the worshipfull of the countrye did ther resorte unto hime, havinge ther with hime pastime and good cheare. Many tymes he would go into the Forest of the Peake and set up ther his tent with great provision of vitales, having in his company many worshipfull persones, with his owne familye and would remaine ther vii weeks or more huntinge and makinge other worthy pastimes unto his companye. "The said Sir Thomas had such a kinde and brede of hounds, and their cuninge in huntinge it was such, that the fame of them went into Scotland, so that the kinge of Scots did write his letters desieringe hime to have some of his houndes; at the which request he did send him x copple, with his own huntsman, which did remain ther ii whole yeares. Thus I leave to speak of the worthy fame of this knight, omittinge many thinges worthy to be spoken off." This doughty knight m. first, in 1463, Catherine, daughter of William Fitz William, of Sprotborough, by whom he had a son, Nicholas, who d. s. p. and a daughter, Isabel, wife of John Talbot. He wedded, secondly, Joan, daughter and heir of William Balderston, and widow first of Thomas Langton, and secondly of Sir John Pilkington, by which lady, whom he divorced, he had no child. He m. thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Fitz William, of Alder Park, and widow of John Fitz William, esq. of Sprotborough, by whom he left at his decease in 1514, (being buried at Hemsworth,) a son and successor, THOMAS WORTLEY, esq. of Wortley, whose short life was harassed by expensive lawsuits with the Talbots. He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir John Savile, of Tankersley and Thornhill, by whom, who wedded, secondly, Richard Corbet, esq. he left at his decease, 11th April, 1543, a son and heir, FRANCIS WORTLEY, esq. of Wortley, who according to the illuminated pedigree before referred to," was brought up in learning at the Inns of Court, and was well versed in the laws, being on the queen's majesty's council of the North parts: he was also justice of the peace and justice of Coram, and custos rotulorum, and had great government in this West Riding, and was of singular great wisdom and manhood." A similar character is given of him by the Earl of Shrewsbury, in a letter to Walsingham, 1582, which mentions him as " a gentylman bothe wise and of very good credytt in the country;" and in another communication of the same nobleman, addressed to Burleigh, he is stated to be "of greate lyving and accounte." Mary Stuart was at that time a captive in Sheffield Castle, and the Earl of Shrewsbury her keeper, who then meditated a journey to London, proposed to commit the custody of the queen to Mr. Wortley. He m. first, in 1558, Mary, daughter and co-heir of Robert Swyft, esq. of Rotherham and Broomhall, and secondly, Frances, daughter of Thomas Burdet, esq. of Burthwaite, which lady survived and wedded, secondly, Francis Foljambe, of Aldwark. By his first wife, who died in 1581, Mr. Wortley had issue, RICHARD, his heir. John, of Langley, in Durham, b. 1st November, FRANCIS (Sir), his heir. Edward (Sir), knt. m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas (Sir), knt. d. s. p. Mary, m. to Henry Baron, of Hilton. Anne, m. first to Sir Rotherham Willoughby, and Eleanor, m. first to Sir Henry Lee, secondly to Sarah, m. to Sir Sutton Coney. Sir Richard died 25th July, 1603, was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and succeeded by his son, 1. SIR FRANCIS WORTLEY, knt. of Wortley, created a BARONET 29th June, 1611. At the outbreak of the civil wars, Sir Francis, whose devotion to the royal cause shone conspicuous among the most faithful of the cavaliers, fortified his house at Wortley, and raised a troop of horse, with which he maintained a guerilla warfare, extremely harassing to his opponents. In 1644, he was taken prisoner at Walton House, near Wakefield, his estate sequestered, and he himself sent to the Tower, where he remained in captivity for many years, solacing the hours of his long confinement by literary occupations to which he was much attached. He wrote several small tracts principally connected with the occurrences and controversies of the times, and one larger work to prove that episcopacy is pure divine. The most curious of the former productions is, his " Characters and Elegies." Sir Francis m. first, Grace, daughter of Sir William Brouncker, of Melksham, Wilts, and had by her, FRANCIS, his heir. Margaret, m. to Sir Henry Griffiths, bart. of Burton Agnes, but d. s. p. He m. secondly, Hester, daughter of George Smithies, alderman of London and widow of Alderman Eyre, of Coleman Street, by whom he had a daughter, Sarah, m. to Roger Battridge or Battergh, esq. Sir Francis d. in London, and was s. by his son, 11. SIR FRANCIS WORTLEY, of Wortley, aged twentytwo, 13 CHARLES I. He m. Frances, daughter and coheir of Sir William Faunte, of Freeston, in Leicestershire, but by her, who survived him, he left no issue, at his decease 14th March, 1665, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. With Sir Francis expired the line of Wortley, of Wortley, which had flourished through more than five centuries. His great inheritance passed under his will to his illegitimate daughter, ANNE NEWCOMEN, alias WORTLEY, who m. the Hon. SIDNEY MONTAGUE, second son of Edward, first Earl of Sandwich, and had with other issue, a son, EDWARD WORTLEY MONTAGUE, one of the lords commissioners of the Treasury, and ambassador to the Porte, m. LADY MARY PIERREPOINT, the celebrated Lady Mary Wortley Montague, eldest daughter of Evelyn, Duke of Kingston, and had a daughter and heir, MARY WORTLEY MONTAGUE, m. to John Stuart, Earl of Bute, and was created a peeress in her own right as Baroness Mount Stuart, of Wortley. Her lady. ship's grandson, the present proprietor of the Wortley estates, is JAMES ARCHIBALD STUART WORTLEY, LORD WHARN CLIFFE. Arms-Arg. on a bend between six martlets gu. three bezants. WRAY, OF GLENTWORTH. CREATED 25th Nov. 1612.-EXTINCT 27th Aug. 1809. WRAY, OF ASHBY. CREATED 27th June, 1660.-EXTINCT Lineage. WILLIAM WRAY, son of Robert Wray, whose ancestors were anciently seated in the bishopric of Durham, and afterwards possessed estates in Richmond, Yorkshire, married the daughter and heir of Jackson, of Snydall, and had with other issue, CHRISTOPHER, his heir, Richard, ancestor of the WRAYS OF KELfield, the only branch of the family remaining, now represented by the REV. CECIL DANIEL WRAY, A.M. of Strangeways, Manchester. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iv.) Thomas, of St. Nicholas, Richmondshire, who left by Ann Foster, three sons and a daughter, viz. William, of St. Nicholas, living in 1615, whose son, Thomas, of Beamish, Durham, sold his estates. Thomas, named in the will of his uncle, Sir Christopher. Robert. Elizabeth, m. to A. Wagstaffe, of Hasland, Derbyshire. Mr. Wortley Montague disinherited his only son, Edward Wortley Montague, who had manifested very extraordinary excentricities, and whose varied life is well told in a work entitled " Literary Anecdotes of the 18th Century.” SIR CHRISTOPHER WRAY, of Glentworth, born at Bedale, in Yorkshire, was educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge, and having studied at Lincoln's Inn, was called to the bar, at which he attained such eminence, that he became eventually (16 ELIZABETH) lord chief justice of the Queen's Bench, and presided over that court with the highest reputation for seventeen years. An old writer describes him as an upright judge, who respected every man in his proper station, when he was off the bench, but when he was upon it, he had no such regard for the greatest of men, so as to bias his judgment; and Lloyd thus speaks of Sir Christopher," Five particulars, I have heard old men say, he was choice in: 1. his friend, who was always wise and equal: 2. his wife: 3. his book: 4. his secrets: 5. his expression and garb. By four things, he would say, an estate was kept; 1. by understanding it: 2. by spending not until it comes: 3. by keeping old servants: 4. by a quarterly audit. He was mindful of what is past, observant of things present, and provident for things to come. No better instance whereof need be alledged, than his pathetic discourses in the behalf of those two great stays of this kingdom, husbandry and merchandize; for he had a clear discerning judgment, and that not only in points of law, which yet his arguments and decisions in that profession manifest without dispute; but in matters of policy and government; as also in the little mysteries of private manage, to which, when you add his happy faculty of communicating himself, by a free and graceful elocution, to charm and command his audience, assisted by the attractive dignity of his presence, you will not admire that he managed his justiceship with so much satisfaction to the court, and that he left it with so much applause from the country: for these two peculiarities he had, that none was more tender to the poor, or more civil in private; and yet none more stern to the rich, I mean, justices of the peace, officers, &c. or more severe in public. He delighted indeed to be loved, not reverenced; yet knew he well how to assert the dignity of his place and function, from the approaches of contempt." Sir Christopher had served for Boroughbridge in all the parliaments called by Queen MARY, and was chosen speaker of the House of Commons in the next reign. He m. Anne, daughter of Nicholas Girlington, esq. of Normanby, in Yorkshire, and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Isabel, m. first to Godfrey Foljambe, esq.; secondly Frances, m. first to Sir George St. Paul, bart, of Sir Christopher died 8th May, 1592, and lies buried in the chancel of the church of Glentworth, under a splendid monument, whereon is the effigies, in full proportion, of a judge in his robes, with his lady by him, and this inscription: The only son of this great lawyer, 1. SIR WILLIAM WRAY, of Glentworth, M.P. for Grimsby, and afterwards for Lincolnshire, was knight. ed by Queen ELIZABETH, and created a BARONET by JAMES I. in 1612. He m. first, Lucy, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Montague, knt. of Boughton, and had by her, who died in 1599, a numerous family, of whom the only sons that left issue were JOHN, his heir. Edward, groom of the bedchamber to CHARLES I. Sir William wedded, secondly, Frances, relict of Sir Nicholas Clifford, and daughter of Sir William Drury, knt. of Hawsted, in Suffolk, lord deputy of Ireland, by whom he had issue, CHRISTOPHER (Sir), knt. of Ashby, in Lincolnshire, M. P. married Albina, second daughter and co-heir of Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon, third son of the Earl of Exeter, and had issue, 1. WILLIAM (Sir), of Ashby, created a BARO- CHRISTOPHER (Sir), his heir, second ba Drury, who d. s. p. Margaret, m. to the Rev. Dr. Jeffries, Tufton, m. to Sir James Montague, knt. 11. Edward, whose son, BAPTIST-EDWARD, succeeded as fifth baronet of Glentworth, III. DRURY, who s. as sixth baronet. IV. Cecil, who m. the daughter of Mr. Cressy, of Brigsley, in Lincolnshire, and had a for Lincolnshire in three parliaments, temp. CHARLES I. He married Grisel, daughter and heir of Sir Hugh Bethell, knt. of Ellerton, in Yorkshire, and had issue, 1. JOHN, his heir. 11. Christopher, d. s. p. III. Theophilus, d. s. p. v. Bethell, d. s. p. 1. Frances, m. to John Hotham, esq. II. Grissel, m. to Anthony Thorold, esq. of Marston, in Lincolnshire. III. Theodosia, m. to Sir Richard Barker, knt. Sir John was s. by his son, III. SIR JOHN WRAY, of Glentworth,* who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, bart. of Risley, in Derbyshire, and widow of Sir Simeon D'Ewes, bart. by which lady he had no issue, and secondly, Sarah, daughter of Sir John Evelyn, knt. of West Dean, in Wilts, by whom (who wedded, secondly, Thomas, Viscount Fanshaw, and thirdly, George, Lord Castleton,) he had an only daughter and beir, ELIZABETH, M. the Hon. Nicholas Saunderson, eldest son of George, Viscount Castleton, and had an only child, Wray Saunderson, who m. Mary, eldest daughter of the Earl of Rockingham, but died without issue during the lifetime of his mother. That lady, having thus no child to succeed her, entailed, by deed dated 29th October, 1709, her estates in Lincolnshire and Norfolk, first on Col. CHRISTOPHER WRAY, his sons and brothers, then on WILLIAM WRAY, his sons and brothers, and subsequently on GEORGE WRAY, of Kelfield, his two sons, and their male heirs. Sir John Wray was s. by his cousin, IV. SIR CHRISTOPHER WRAY, the second baronet of Ashby, at whose decease issueless, the BARONETCY of Ashby became EXTINCT, while that of Glentworth passed to his cousin, v. SIR BAPTIST EDWARD WRAY, who also died s. p. and was s. by his uncle, VI. SIR DRURY WRAY, b. in Lincolnshire, 29th July, 1633, who m. Anne, daughter and heir of Thomas Casey, esq. of Rathcannon, in the county of Limerick, by Bridget, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Dowdall, knt. and had, with several daughters, three sons, CHRISTOPHER, his heir. William, who predeceased his father. Sir Drury died 30th October, 1710, was buried in the church of Clonara, in the county of Limerick, and s. by his son, VII. SIR CHRISTOPHER WRAY, lieut. col. in the army, who inherited his mother's estate in Ireland. He fought on the side of WILLIAM, at the Boyne, and in the following reign, served with distinction in Spain, Portugal, and Flanders, particularly at the siege of Ostend. In 1710, twelve days after his father's decease, Sir Christopher died unm. at Portsmouth, while preparing to embark with the fleet for Spain. He was the first named in Mrs. Saunderson's deed of settlement, but that lady outlived him. His only surviving brother and heir, The estate of Glentworth, the mansion house of which was built out of the profits of the Royal Mint, granted to Sir Christopher Wray, by Queen ELIZABETH, was conveyed to the Saundersolis. VIII. SIR CECIL WRAY, captain in the same regiment, served likewise in Flanders, Spain, and Por tugal. He inherited, at the demise of Mrs. Saunderson, a considerable estate in the counties of Norfolk and York, and was high sheriff of the former shire in 1720. Sir Cecil wedded Mary, daughter of Edward Harrison, esq. of Morely, in the county of Antrim, by Johanna, his wife, daughter of Dr. Jeremiah Taylor, bishop of Dromore, but dying s. p. in May, 1736, was s. by his cousin, IX. SIR JOHN WRAY, who m. Frances, daughter of Fairfax Norcliffe, esq. of Langton, in Yorkshire, and had issue, CECIL, his heir. John, died young. MARY, on whom and her heirs the estates of her mother were entailed. She m. in 1769, Sir James Innes, bart. afterwards fifth Duke of Roxburghe, but died without issue, 20th July, 1807. ISABELLA, M. to John Dalton, esq. and dying 29th May, 1780, left issue, THOMAS DALTON, who assumed in 1807, the JOHN DALTON, who inherited Sleningford, in James Dalton, in holy orders, rector of Croft. esq. Isabella, m. to George Baker, esq. of Elemore Hall, Durham. FRANCES, m. to John Arthington, esq. of Arthington, but d. s. p. Sir John died 26th January, 1752, and was s. by his son, X. SIR CECIL WRAY, who m. Miss Esther Summers, but died without issue, 10th January, 1805,† having entailed his property on the second son of his second sister, JOHN DALTON, esq. in case of failure of heirs male of his cousin and successor, XI. SIR WILLIAM ULLITHORNE WRAY, rector of Darles, in Derbyshire. Sir William m. Frances Bromley, and had issue, Cecil, born 6th April, 1768, d. v. p. unm. about 1790. WILLIAM-JAMES, his heir. Lucy, b. 17th May, 1773, d. s. p. Mary-Ann, b. 2nd May, 1774, m. to the Rev. Mr. Morgan, and d. s. p. Frances, b. 1st June, 1775. Isabella, born 6th of May, 1777, died without issue. Elizabeth, born 22nd May, 1778, died without issue. Sir William died in 1808, and was succeeded by his son, XII. SIR WILLIAM JAMES WRAY, who died without issue, in October, 1809, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Az. on a chief or, three martlets gu. + In Michaelmas term, 1755, Sir Cecil passed a fine and suffered a recovery, and thus barred the estates which had descended to him from Mrs. Saunderson. JOHN WRIGHT, esq. of Kelvedon Hatch, living about JOHN WRIGHT, of Wright's Bridge, near Hornchurch, LAURENCE WRIGHT, M.D. who died 3rd October, I. HENRY WRIGHT, esq. of Dagenhams, in Essex, HENRY, his heir. ANNE, m. first to Sir Robert Pye, of Berkshire, Sir Henry died 5th February, 1663, and was s. by his son, II. SIR HENRY WRIGHT, of Dagenhams, at whose Arms-Az. two bars arg. in chief three leopards' WRIGHTE, OF CRANHAM HALL. Lineage. THE REV. ROBERT WRIGHTE, B.D. for thirty-four Euseby, barrister-at-law, who married thrice, but d. s. p. NATHAN, of whom presently. Ezekiel, D.D. rector of Thurcaston, who m. Doro- SIR NATHAN WRIGHTE, who succeeded Lord vated office until 1705. (For a continuation son, NATHAN WRIGHTE, a merchant and alderman of 1. BENJAMIN WRIGHTE, esq. of Cranham Hall, Es- II. SIR NATHAN WRIGHTE, of Cranham Hall, who III. SIR NATHAN WRICHTE, of Cranham Hall, who ANN, m. to Thomas Lewis, esq. of Harpton Court, DOROTHY, M. to Thomas Hussey Apreece, esq. and Sir Nathan died in 1737, aged fifty-three, and was s. IV. SIR SAMUEL WRIGHTE, who died unm. at Lis- |