293:"In memory of the Revd BOURCHIER WILLIAM WREY, M.A. Son of Sir BOURCHIER WREY, Bar; and 38 Years Rector of this Parish, who departed this Life, and entered into his Eternal Rest August 19th, 1839, Aged 78 Years. Here Affection lingers to recal his noble mien, his gentle dignified address, his amiability, benevolence, and worth, and Piety, with humble thankfulness records, the heavenborn comfort of his latter years, wherein the Name of Jesus proved, his Wisdom, Righteousness and Strength, his Joy in sorrow, his Life in death. Also in memory of SOPHIA Wife of the above Br Wm WREY who departed this Life Decr 1st 1848; Aged 81 Years. Blessed are the Dead which Die in the Lord."
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He departed this Life April 13th 1784 Aged 69 Years Sir
Bourchier Wrey was twice married First to Mary daughter of John Edwards of Highgate Esqr By which Marriage there was no issue, Afterwards to Ellen Daughter & Coheiress of John Thresher Esqr of Bradford in the County of Wilts (By Whom he has
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The case of Sir
Bouchier Wrey Baronet, an infant, by John Burrington Esq ; his guardian ; and of Charles Allanson Esq ; John Evans and Hugh Evans gentlemen: lately referred to the Committee of Privileges and elections of the Honourable House of
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Rev. Bourchier
William Wrey (1761–1839), Rector of Tawstock 1801–1839, who re-built as his residence Corffe House within the parish. In 1789 he married Sophia Bethell, daughter of George Bethell. His mural monument survives in Tawstock Church inscribed as
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left two Sons and four
Daughters Bourchier, Bourchier William, Ellen, Dyonisia, Florentina, and Anna Maria) & who having surviv's him has caus'd This Monument to be erected As a Testimony of Her Respect and Affection"
382:"Sacred To the Memory of Sir Bourchier Wrey of Tawstock House In the County of Devon Bart Descended from Sir Chichester Wrey Bart Of Trebeigh in the County of Cornwall By Ann wife Wife Daughter and Coheiress Of
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as "stately", exists in the south transept of
Tawstock Church, being a plain free-standing urn on a big square pedestal, railed off by iron railings. The north side of the base is inscribed as follows:
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Matthews, Shirley, biography of Wrey, Sir
Bourchier, 6th Bt. (?1715-84), of Tawstock, published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715–1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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sympathiser, by his wife (who had married him as her second husband) and first cousin Diana Rolle (born 1683), a daughter of John Rolle (died 1689), eldest son and heir of Sir
175:(1698–1778), the official portraitist of the society, painted his portrait in 1744, in which he is depicted on board a ship holding a punch bowl inscribed with a line from
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Pole, Sir
William (died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.17
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Sir
Bourchier Wrey died 13 April 1784 and was interred in Tawstock church where survives his monument. He was succeeded by his eldest son
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The
Visitations of Cornwall: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with Additions by J.L. Vivian
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1784 monument to Sir
Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet (c. 1715–1784), south transept, Tawstock Church. Viewed from south-east
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recorded him as having slept with his landlady, with the encouragement of his landlord. In 1742 he was elected to the
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Secondly in 1755 he married Ellen Thresher (1733–1813), a daughter and co-heiress of John Thresher of
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The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620
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as a delegate for the 'Society for Carrying on the Herring Fishery'. He rebuilt the pier at
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Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet (c. 1715 – 1784), depicted on a ship at sea serving from a
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The Reverend Bourchier William Wrey, M.A Rector of Tawstock, Natus 6th May, 1761.
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Dyonisia Wrey, wife of Robert Harding and mother of the Devon historian Lt-Col.
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A monument to Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet (c. 1715–1784), described by
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Firstly in 1749 to Mary Edwards (d.1751), a daughter of John Edwards of
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and succeeded his father as 6th baronet on 12 November 1726.
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Sable, a fesse between three pole-axes argent helved gules
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Barnstaple
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Arms of Wrey of Trebeigh, Cornwall and Tawstock, Devon:
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in 1682 and one of the largest landowners in Devon.
331:in North Devon, about 3 miles north of Tawstock.
441:Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.877, Wrey Baronets
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212:(1708–1750) who had been elevated to the
475:, Exeter, 1895, p.656, pedigree of Rolle
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191:it is sweet on occasion to play the fool
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524:"Tawstock Effigies and Mural Monuments"
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743:People educated at Winchester College
728:Baronets in the Baronetage of England
495:Dates per monument in Tawstock Church
26:, the rim of which is inscribed from
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143:in 1737-40 during which he visited
581:Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
92:He was the eldest son and heir of
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277:(1757–1826), eldest son and heir.
84:, ancestors of the Wrey family.
504:Per monument in Tawstock Church
396:North Devon Regiment of Militia
354:Sir Bourchier Wrey, 7th Baronet
275:Sir Bourchier Wrey, 7th Baronet
94:Sir Bourchier Wrey, 5th Baronet
58:Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet
96:(c. 1683 – 1726), lord of the
30:, IV Odes, xii, closing line:
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748:Alumni of New College, Oxford
513:Lysons, Magna Britannia, 1822
384:Edward Bourchier Earl of Bath
334:Florentina Wrey, who married
60:(c. 1715 – 13 April 1784) of
542:Lt-Col. William Harding – A
216:in 1748. In 1752 he went to
210:Henry Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle
616:Parliament of Great Britain
405:The east side is inscribed:
82:feudal barons of Barnstaple
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169:Society of Dilettanti
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636:Member of Parliament
586:Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.
530:on 15 February 2013.
469:Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.
360:Monument at Tawstock
248:Wrey married twice:
198:Member of Parliament
66:Member of Parliament
38:(1698–1778) for the
134:New College, Oxford
128:He was educated at
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327:in the parish of
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723:1784 deaths
660:John Harris
625:Henry Rolle
316:Ellen Wrey.
110:Stevenstone
712:Categories
696:1726–1784
640:Barnstaple
430:References
269:The Circus
238:Copenhagen
230:Ilfracombe
202:Barnstaple
141:Grand Tour
106:John Rolle
78:Barnstaple
70:Barnstaple
24:punch bowl
116:, Devon,
471:, (Ed.)
450:Matthews
418:See also
281:follows:
254:Highgate
157:Florence
102:Jacobite
62:Tawstock
688:Baronet
606:Commons
575:Sources
374:Pevsner
222:Hamburg
112:, near
88:Origins
649:With:
608:(1698)
329:Pilton
325:Upcott
226:Lübeck
218:Bremen
177:Horace
149:Geneva
124:Career
28:Horace
644:1748–
303:Obiit
206:Whigs
161:Milan
145:Paris
646:1754
638:for
386:And
234:lord
224:and
200:for
181:Odes
159:and
153:Rome
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