Wilbraham baronets

[2] He was a descendant of the ancient Cheshire family of Radnor who acquired Woodhey by marriage in the 14th century.

Richard Wilbraham died as a royalist prisoner at Shrewsbury in 1643 and was buried at Nantwich.

An oak armchair painted with his coat of arms survives, and was probably decorated to commemorate his baronetcy.

[3] His grandson, the third Baronet, was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1654 and Member of Parliament for Stafford 1679–81.

The estate passed to his daughter Mary who married Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford, and later passed to Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Baronet because of marriage to his granddaughter Ann Newport.