Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Glentworth

Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Glentworth, Lincolnshire (c. 1555 – 13 August 1617) was an English Member of Parliament.

He represented the constituency of Grimsby from 1584 to 1585, Lincolnshire in 1601 and Grimsby again from 1604 to November 1611.[1] He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1594 and was created a baronet on 25 November 1611.[2]

Wray was a patron of religion. The Estate of the Church, with the Discourse of Times (1602), translated and expanded by Simon Patrick from Jean de Hainault was dedicated to him.[3] John Smyth regarded Wray as the major supporter of "godly" religion in the county.[4]

Monuments to Wray and his second wife, Frances (died 1647), and to Susanna Drury, sister of Frances, exist at St Peter's church Ashby cum Fenby.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Baronets". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Wray, Christopher" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  3. ^ Wright, Gillian. "Patrick, Simon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21567. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ Freeman, Thomas S. "Darcy, Isabel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74444. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 47; Methuen & Co. Ltd
  6. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter (1346925)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 July 2011.