Christopher Wray Chief Justice educated Magdalene College aka Buckingham.
Christopher Wray Chief Justice and Anne Girlington were married.
In 1524 Christopher Wray Chief Justice was born to Thomas Wray and Joan Jackson at Bedale.
On 06 Feb 1545 Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 21) admitted at Lincoln's Inn.
Around Jan 1550 Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 26) called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn.
In 1555 [his son] William Wray 1st Baronet was born to Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 31) and Anne Girlington.
In 1562 Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 38) was appointed Reader at Lincoln's Inn at Lincoln's Inn.
In 1566 Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 42) was appointed Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn at Lincoln's Inn.
Around Mar 1567 Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 43) was appointed Reader at Lincoln's Inn at Lincoln's Inn.
On 18 Jun 1567 Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 43) was appointed Serjeant at Law at Lincoln's Inn.
In 1571 Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 47) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 08 Nov 1574 Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 50) was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
On 06 Apr 1580 [his son] William Wray 1st Baronet (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Lucy Montagu were married.
In 1582 Seventtenth Century copy.Unknown Painter. Portrait of Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 58).
In 1583 [his son-in-law] George St Paul 1st Baronet (age 21) and [his daughter] Frances Wray Countess Warwick were married.
On 20 Dec 1583 Edward Arden (age 50) was hanged, drawn and quartered at Smithfield [Map] for having plotted against Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 50) with his son-in-law John Somerville (deceased) who had implicated him during torture. He was tried by Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 59).
After 04 Aug 1586 Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 62) passed sentence of death on those implicated.
On 14 Oct 1586 Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 42), Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 48), Henry Wentworth 3rd Baron Wentworth (age 28), Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 62), John Stourton 9th Baron Stourton (age 33) and Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 30) sat in judgement on Mary Queen of Scots (age 43) in the Presence Chamber of Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 57), George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland (age 28), Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln (age 47), Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent (age 45), Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland (age 37), Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby (age 55), Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick (age 56), George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 58), Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 36), William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester (age 60), William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 66), Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 48) and Thomas Bromley (age 56) were present on the side of the Presence Chamber of Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
John St John 2nd Baron St John (age 51) was present on the left side of the Presence Chamber of Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
John Stourton 9th Baron Stourton (age 33) was a juror.
Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland (age 37) was a commissioner.
On 18 Apr 1589 Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 65) acted as judge during the Trial of Philip Earl of Arundel.
On 07 May 1592 Christopher Wray Chief Justice (age 68) died. He was was buried in St Michael's Church, Glentworth [Map]. Monument to Sir Chistopher and his wife Anne Girlington. Elizabethan Period. Elephant and Castle Crest. Pink, white and blue-grey marble. Two recumbent effigies, Sir Christopher above and a little behind his wife, he in red robes, black cap and thick ruff; she in black robes, large ruff and hood. Four kneeling white marble daughters below. Ornate tomb recess above with flanking pink marble columns with white and gold Corinthian Capitals. Undersurface of Recess decorated with white and gold bay leaves. Plaque inscribed above with raised plaque above with Sir Christopher's son at prayer flanked by coats of arms and obelisks.
Anne Girlington: She was born to Nicholas Girlington. Christopher Wray Chief Justice and she were married. After 07 May 1592 Anne Girlington was buried at St Michael's Church, Glentworth. Before 18 Oct 1602 John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy Aston (age 62) and Anne Babington (age 64) were married. She by marriage Baroness Darcy of Aston.
[his daughter] Frances Wray Countess Warwick was born to Christopher Wray Chief Justice and Anne Girlington.
[his daughter] Isabel Wray Baroness Darcy was born to Christopher Wray Chief Justice and Anne Girlington.
Godfrey Foljambe and [his daughter] Isabel Wray Baroness Darcy were married.
Paternal Family Tree: Wray