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Biography of Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet 1653-1696

Paternal Family Tree: Wrey

Maternal Family Tree: Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso

On 3rd March 1646 James Cranfield 2nd Earl Middlesex (age 25) and [his mother] Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Middlesex. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath and [his grandmother] Dorothy St John Countess Bath. He the son of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Anne Brett Countess Middlesex.

After 16th September 1651 [his father] Chichester Wrey 3rd Baronet (age 23) and [his mother] Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex (age 20) were married. She by marriage Lady Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath and [his grandmother] Dorothy St John Countess Bath. They were fourth cousins.

In 1653 Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet was born to Chichester Wrey 3rd Baronet (age 25) and Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex (age 22).

In 1668 [his father] Chichester Wrey 3rd Baronet (age 40) died. His son Bourchier (age 15) succeeded 4th Baronet Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall.

In 1678 Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Liskeard.

In 1678 Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Liskeard whic seat he held until his death in 1694.

On 3rd May 1681 Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet (age 28) and Florence Rolle Lady Wrey (age 29) were married at St Giles' Church, St Giles in the Wood. She by marriage Lady Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall. He the son of Chichester Wrey 3rd Baronet and Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex (age 50).

Around 1682 [his son] Bourchier Wrey 5th Baronet was born to Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet (age 29) and [his wife] Florence Rolle Lady Wrey (age 30).

Around 1685 [his daughter] Florence Wrey was born to Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet (age 32) and [his wife] Florence Rolle Lady Wrey (age 33).

In 1686 [his son] Chichester Wrey was born to Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Florence Rolle Lady Wrey (age 34).

On 4th February 1692 Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet (age 39) duelled with Thomas Bulkeley (age 59) in which of the six men engaged as principals and seconds five were MPs; two of the seconds were slightly wounded at Hyde Park [Map]. Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet was seriously injured.

In May 1694 Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet (age 41) duelled with James Praed (age 39). He was run through the body, Praed being only hurt slightly in the face at Falmouth, Cornwall.

On 21st July 1696 Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet (age 43) died. His son [his son] Bourchier (age 14) succeeded 5th Baronet Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 18th August 1696 Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet (deceased) was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. Inscription: Juxta hoc Marmor depositæ sunt Reliquiæ Bourchieri Wrey Baronetti Honorabilis ordinis Balnei Mitiris Egregys animi dotibus Fortitudine præfertim et amicitia Insignis Ecclesiae pietate, Regi Fidelitate Conspicui filius erat naru Maximus [his father] Chichesteri Wrey de Trebeigh, in agro Cornubienfi Baronetti, E Conjuge [his mother] Comitissa Middlesex (age 65) Filia [his grandfather] Edvardi Comitis Bathon de antigua et perillustri Bourchierum strirpe nuper extincta Obijt 28vo die July Anno Domu 1696 Ætatis 44to Spe Beatae Resurrectionis.

On 24th August 1724 [his former wife] Florence Rolle Lady Wrey (age 72) died.

Royal Ancestors of Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet 1653-1696

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet 1653-1696

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Wrey of North Russell

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Wrey of North Russell

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Shilstone

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Shilstone

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Wrey 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Killigrew of Woolstone St Ive Cornwall

Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanch Killigrew

GrandFather: William Wrey 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Courtenay 2nd Earl Devon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine St Leger 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Courtenay 3rd Earl Devon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paulett Countess Devon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Willoughby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Manners 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Neville Countess Rutland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Chichester Wrey 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chichester

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Chichester

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Chichester 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Courtenay 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Great" Courtenay 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Cheney

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gainsford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Gainsford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Shaa

GrandMother: Elizabeth Chichester Lady Wrey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Copleston

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Copleston

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Biston

Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourchier 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Manners Countess Bath 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Kitson

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath

GrandFather: Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Russell

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Russell 1st Earl Bedford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Wise

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Sapcote of Thornhaugh, Bedfordshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret St John Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Waldegrave

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Mother: Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Oliver St John 1st Baron St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Waldegrave

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Fisher

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fisher

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso

GrandMother: Dorothy St John Countess Bath 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Reid

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso