WRAY, Christopher (1602-1646), of Ashby, nr. Grimsby, Lincs.

Family and Education

bap. 14 May 1602,Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lv), 1323. 11th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir William Wray, 1st bt.* (d.1617), and his 2nd w. Frances, da. of Sir William Drury† of Hawstead, Suff.; half-bro. of Edward* and Sir John*.C. Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 220. educ. travelled abroad 1616-19.APC, 1615-16, p. 585. m. 3 Aug. 1623,Dalton, i. 221. Albinia (d. Jan. 1660),Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lv), 1323. da. and coh. of Sir Edward Cecil*, 1st Visct. Wimbledon, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.).Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 258; C. Dalton, Life and Times of Sir Edward Cecil, ii. 45. Kntd. 12 Nov. 1623.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 183. d. 6 Feb. 1646.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 254.

Offices Held

Vol. Dutch army 1622.Dalton, Sir Edward Cecil, ii. 5.

J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) 1624 – d., (Kesteven) 1625–d.;C231/4, ff. 163, 187; C66/2858. dep. lt. Lincs. 1624–45;C231/4, f. 163; Lincs. AO, Yarb. 8/2/3. commr. sewers, Lincs. (Holland) 1626, Lincoln, Lincs. 1627, Gt. Fens 1629–d.,C181/3, ff. 199, 228v; 181/4, ff. 30, 93v; 181/5, ff. 10, 223, 269. Forced Loan (Kesteven) 1626–7,Lincs. AO, 2 Anc 8/14; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. swans, Lincs. and elsewhere, c.1629,C181/3, f. 268. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Lincs. 1633,GL, ms 25475/1, f. 14v. sequestration (Lindsey) 1643, levying money, Lincs. 1643, defence of Eastern Assoc. 1643, assessment, Lincs. 1644 – d., New Model Ordinance 1645,A. and O. i. 114, 232, 294, 539, 622, 641. oyer and terminer 1645.C181/5, f. 251v.