[Illustration] This is a very ancient Shropshire family, descended
from Sir Adam Wolryche, Knight, of Wenlock, living in the reign of
Henry III., and who, previous to being knighted, was admitted of the
Roll of Guild Merchants of the town of Shrewsbury in 1231, by the
old Saxon name of "Adam Wulfric." His descendant Andrew Wolryche was
M. P. for Bridgnorth in 1435, being then of Dudmaston, where the
elder branch of this family was seated for a considerable period,
created Baronets in 1641, extinct in 1723. The present family
descend from Edward, third son of Humphry Wolryche, Esq. grandson of
Andrew Wolryche, which Humphry is recorded as one of the "Gentlemen"
of Shropshire, in the seventeenth of Henry VII., 1501. There were
branches of the family, now extinct, at Cowling and Wickhambroke,
Suffolk, and Alconbury, Huntingdonshire.
From the MSS. of Mr. Joseph Morris, of Shrewsbury.
ARMS.--_Azure, a chevron between three swans argent_.
Present Representative, Humphry William Wolryche, Esq.