Edward Wray
Encyclopedia
Edward Wray was an English peer
and politician. He was the Groom of the Bedchamber to James I of England
and married Elizabeth Norris
, Baroness Norris of Rycote
. Their elopement was allegedly the inspiration for Orlando Gibbons
Fantazies.
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
and politician. He was the Groom of the Bedchamber to James I of England
James I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...
and married Elizabeth Norris
Elizabeth Norris
Elizabeth Norris, Baroness Norris of Rycote was an English noblewoman and a suo jure baroness. She was the wife of Edward Wray, Groom of the Bedchamber to King James I of England, with whom she eloped in 1622, and incurred the king's displeasure as she was his royal ward...
, Baroness Norris of Rycote
Rycote
Rycote is a hamlet southwest of Thame in Oxfordshire.-Saint Michael's chapel:Richard and Sybil Quartermayne, lord and lady of the manor of Rycote, founded Saint Michael's chapel as a chantry in 1449. It is a Perpendicular Gothic building with a chancel, nave and west tower...
. Their elopement was allegedly the inspiration for Orlando Gibbons
Orlando Gibbons
Orlando Gibbons was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods...
Fantazies.