family of Weekes of Honichurch. The arms of de Wray/Wykes were: Ermine, three battleaxes sable, not dissimilar to the arms of the Wrey Baronets. The mediaeval mansion of North Wyke survives in the parish of South Tawton, and in St Andrew's Church, South Tawton, survives the effigy of the armed warrior John Wykes (c.1520–1591) Vivian (1895) gives the pedigree of Wykes of Northwyke, in which the descent is as follows: William Wray of Northwyke, alive in 1242. Walter de Wray of Northwyke (son), living in 1277 Roger de Wray of Northwyke (son) Walter de Wray of Northwyke (son) Roger de Wray of Northwyke (son), living in 1345. His eldest son was John Wyke, Sheriff of Devon in 1402, and his second son and heir was William Wyke of Northwyke, who during the reign of King Richard II (1377–1399) abandoned the surname Wray in favour of Wyke. North Russell, Sourton The estate of North Russell was given by Pole as North Trussell. The River Thrushell rises near Bridestow, and runs near Sourton, both within the historic hundred of Lifton. North Russell Farm today is situated on the north bank of the River Thrushell, about 6 miles south-west of Okehampton. Betham (1771) traced the ancestry as follows: Robert le Wrey, living in 1136, who married Sibyl Abbot, daughter of Ralph Abbot William le Wrey (son), who married Alice Kelley, daughter of John Kelley of Brodewood Elias I le Wrey (son) Elias II le Wrey (son), who married Joane Holwaye, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Holwaye Richard le Wrey, who married Joane Morris, sister and heiress of John Morris Stephen le Wrey (son) Thomas le Wrey (son), who married Elizabeth Yeo, daughter of Robert Yeo Walter le Wrey (son) who married Constance Shylston, daughter of John Shylston William Wrey (son) of North Russel Walter Wrey (son) Robert Wrey (son) of North Russel Walter Wrey (son) of North Russel, who married Bridget Shylston, daughter of Robert Shylston John Wrey, Esquire, who married Blanch Killigrew, daughter and heiress of Henry Killigrew Career John Wrey was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1585. Marriage and progeny John Wrey married Blanch Killigrew (d.1595), daughter and heiress of Henry Killigrew, Esquire, of Woolstone, in the parish of Poundstock, near St Ive, in Cornwall, by his wife a daughter and co-heiress of the prominent Trelawny family. She was heiress to large possessions, and the lordship of the manor of Trebeigh