Sir William Wrey, 1st Baronet

Arms of Wrey of Trebeigh, Cornwall and Tawstock, Devon: Sable, a fesse between three pole-axes argent helved gules[1]

Sir William Wrey, 1st Baronet (died 1636) of Trebeigh, St Ive, Cornwall and North Russell, Sourton, Devon, was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1598[2] and was created a baronet by King Charles I in 1628.[3]

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.877, Wrey Baronets
  2. ^ regnal year 41 Elizabeth, per Betham, p.301
  3. ^ Betham, William, Baronetage of England, Vol.1, 1801, pp.320-323, Betham incorrectly gives his son as the 1st baronet