Roger Wyke

Arms of Wykes of North Wyke and of Cocktree, both in the parish of South Tawton: Ermine, three battle-axes sable. The similarity of these arms to those born by the prominent Wrey family later of Tawstock Court, North Devon, is suggested by Worthy to prove that they are "collateral kinsfolk of the Wykes".

Roger Wyck (died c.1467) (alias Wykes, Wycke, Wick, Wicks, Weeke, etc.) of Bindon in the parish of Axmouth in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency) in 1413.

Origins He was a younger son of William Wyke of North Wyke in the parish of South Tawton in Devon, by his wife Katherine Burnell, daughter and heires of John Burnell of Cocktree in the parish of South Tawton. probably Barnacle geese ) in lieu of his paternal arms of Wyck, which continued to be borne by his elder brothers.

Early origins North Wyke was long a possession of the Wykes family. Worthy (1896) suggested this family, Latinized to de Wigornia ("from Worcester"), was descended from a certain William de Wigornia, a younger son of Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan (c.1142-1204) and de jure Earl of Worcester, by his marriage with Maud FitzRoy, daughter of Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall. The manor of South Tawton was anciently a possession of the Beaumont family.

Career He was close to the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon and feudal barons of Plympton, and it is likely he was elected as an MP for Plympton due to their influence over that pocket borough. It is possible whose descendant Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (born 1958), MP, remains seated at Charborough House, the ancient Wyke possession.

Landholdings In 1406 he purchased the manor of Bindon in Axmouth, from Nicholas Bach, which he made his seat. It later became a seat of his descendants the Erle family "with fayre demesnes thereunto belonginge".

Death Wyck probably died before September 1467, and is last mentioned in surviving records in June 1467.