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Edmund Bray 1484 – 1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1484

Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Central Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 18 Oct 1539

Death Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John Bray

Mother: Johanna Troughton

Spouse(s): Baroness Halighwell

Children(s): Anne Bray, Griswold Bray, Edmund Braye, Mary Bray, Jane Bray, Elizabeth Bray, Richard Bray, Reginald Bray, Ellen Braye, Frideswide Bray, Mary Bray, Joan Bray, John Braye, Dorothy Bray, Frances Bray, Thomas Bray, Elisabeth Bray

In 1484, Edmund Bray entered the world in Eaton Bray, Central Bedfordshire, England, born to John Bray and Johanna Troughton. Edmund Bray married Baroness Dame Jane Halighwell, and had children including Anne Bray, Griswold Bray, Edmund Braye, Mary Bray, Jane Bray, Elizabeth Bray, Richard Bray, Reginald Bray, Ellen Braye, Frideswide Bray, Mary Bray, Joan Bray, John Braye, Dorothy Bray, Frances Bray, Thomas Bray, Elisabeth Bray. Edmund Bray passed away in 1539 in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1484, Edmund Bray entered the world in Eaton Bray, Central Bedfordshire, England, born to John Bray and Johanna Troughton.
  • Edmund Bray married Baroness Dame Jane Halighwell, and had children including Anne Bray, Griswold Bray, Edmund Braye, Mary Bray, Jane Bray, Elizabeth Bray, Richard Bray, Reginald Bray, Ellen Braye, Frideswide Bray, Mary Bray, Joan Bray, John Braye, Dorothy Bray, Frances Bray, Thomas Bray, Elisabeth Bray.
  • Edmund Bray passed away in 1539 in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Bray
1460 – 1539
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
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Johanna Troughton
1458 – 1558
Birth Location: Barrington, Gloucestershire, England
JT

Spouses(s)

Baroness Halighwell
1486 – 1558
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
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Children(s)

Anne Bray
1501 – 1558
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
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Griswold Bray
1503 –
Birth Location: , , England
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Edmund Braye
1504 – 1558
Birth Location: Plymouth, Devonshire, England
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Mary Bray
1505 –
Birth Location: , , England
MB
Jane Bray
1507 – 1539
Birth Location: , , England
JB
Elizabeth Bray
1507 – 1574
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
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Richard Bray
1508 – 1557
Birth Location: Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, England
RB
Reginald Bray
1509 –
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
RB
Ellen Braye
1513 – 1573
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
EB
Frideswide Bray
1516 – 1574
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
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Mary Bray
1518 – 1569
Birth Location: , , England
MB
Joan Bray
1521 – 1569
Birth Location: North Molton, Devonshire, England
JB
John Braye
1523 – 1557
Birth Location: Leighton, Bedfordshire, England
JB
Dorothy Bray
1524 – 1605
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
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Frances Bray
1525 – 1592
Birth Location: Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey, England
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Thomas Bray
1528 – 1590
Birth Location: Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England
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Elisabeth Bray
1533 – 1558
Birth Location: Fairfield, Stoke Coury, Somersetshire, England
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Edmund Bray's Ancestors

Self
Edmund Bray
1484 – 1539
Birth Place: Eaton Bray, Central Bedfordshire, England
Parents
John Bray
1460 – 1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Johanna Troughton
1458 – 1558
Barrington, Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Richard Bray
1430 – 1489
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Sandes
1436 – 1463
Furnace Falls, Lancashire, England
John Troughton
1420 – 1490
Gloucestershire, England
Beatrice (Bonham de) Bohun
1416 – 1472
Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Bray
1404 – 1430
Eleanor Beauchamp
1407 – 1466
William Sandes
1407 – 1447
John Troughton
1396 – 1445
Joan Copeland
1402 – 1472
John Bohun
1362 – 1433
Anne Halsham
1383 – 1438
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Bray
1380 – 1413
Jenny Navrotil
1387 – 1404
Robert Sandes
1380 – 1424
John Bohun
1301 – 1367
Cicely Filliol
1324 – 1381
John Halsham
1357 – 1415
Maud Mauley
– 1453

Edmund Bray's Descendants

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Edmund Bray (1484 – 18 Oct 1539) m. Baroness (Dame Jane) Halighwell (1486 – 24 Oct 1558)
  1. 1. Anne Bray (21 Mar 1501 – 1 Nov 1558) m. George Brooke (Abt 1497 – 29 Sep 1558)
  2. 2. Griswold Bray (1503 – )
  3. 3. Edmund Braye (1504 – 1 Dec 1558) m. Beatrice Shirley (1512 – 1558)
  4. 4. Mary Bray (1505 – )
  5. 5. Jane Bray (1507 – 1539)
  6. 6. Elizabeth Bray (1507 – 1574) m. Henry Phillips (1509 – Abt 1575) m. Ralph Verney (Abt 1510 – 26 Apr 1546) m. Richard Catesby (Abt 1488 – 8 Mar 1553)
  7. 7. Richard Bray (1508 – 18 Nov 1557) m. Joan Saunders (Abt 1498 – Aft 1579)
  8. 8. Reginald Bray (1509 – ) m. Anne Monington (1501 – 15 Nov 1569)
    1. 1. Edmund Bray (1526 – 29 Nov 1620) m. Agnes Harman (1537 – Abt 1600)
      1. 1. Anne Bray (8 Mar 1561 – 20 Jun 1635) m. Edward Ayleworth (Abt 1550 – 1640) m. Edward Ayleworth (30 Jun 1560 – )
      2. 2. Sylvester Bray (Abt 1566 – ) m. m.
      3. 3. Edmund Bray (1568 – ) m. Dorothy (Ann) Tracy (1563 – 5 Mar 1612)
        1. 1. John Bray (1585 – 1616) m. Anne Chetwode (1584 – Aft 1621) m.
        2. 2. Charles Bray (Abt 1585 – )
        3. 3. Bray (1594 – )
        4. 4. Dorothy Bray (Abt 1601 – )
        5. 5. Anne Bray (Abt 1603 – )
        6. 6. Jane Bray (Abt 1605 – )
        7. 7. Mary Bray (Abt 1607 – )
        8. 8. Elizabeth BRAY m. Symon Chadwell
      4. 4. John Bary (Abt 1568 – 23 Jun 1640) m. Mary Palmer (Abt 1572 – )
      5. 5. Elizabeth Bray (Abt 1570 – )
      6. 6. Sarah Bray (Abt 1572 – )
      7. 7. Dorothy Bray (Abt 1574 – )
      8. 8. Anne Bray (Abt 1589 – )
    2. 2. Richard Bray (1541 – )
    3. 3. Ralph Bray (1543 – )
    4. 4. Oliver Bray (1545 – )
    5. 5. Thomas Bray (1549 – Abt 1638) m. elinor bray (Abt 1550 – ) m. Ellen Alton (1542 – Abt 1642)
    6. 6. Reginald Bray (1555 – 18 Oct 1583) m. Anne Vaux (1556 – 7 May 1619)
  9. 9. Ellen Braye (1513 – 1573)
  10. 10. Frideswide Bray (1516 – 1574) m. Percival Hart (1496 – 21 May 1580)
    1. 1. Henry Hart (Abt 1530 – 1613) m. Cecily Bowes (Abt 1539 – )
    2. 2. George Hart (1533 – 16 Jul 1587) m. Elizabeth Bowes (Abt 1535 – )
      1. 1. Percival Hart ( – Mar 1641) m. Ann Manwood ( – 1595) m. Jane Stanhope
      2. 2. Frances Hart ( – 1638) m. Peter Manwood ( – 1625)
        1. 1. Dorothy Manwood (1585 – ) m. William Barne (7 May 1593 – 22 Feb 1629)
        2. 2. Roger Manwood (Abt 1591 – ) m. Mary Darcy (1588 – 1627)
        3. 3. John Manwood (Abt 1593 – 1653) m. Lavinia Ogle (Abt 1606 – Abt 19 Feb 1642)
        4. 4. Bowes Manwood (Abt 1595 – 1618)
        5. 5. Elizabeth Manwood (Abt 1596 – 1632) m. Thomas Walsingham (1600 – 1669) m. Thomas Walsingham (Abt 1590 – 1669)
        6. 6. Frances Manwood (Abt 1596 – 1651)
        7. 7. Thomas Manwood (Abt 1602 – )
        8. 8. Charles Manwood (Abt 1604 – )
        9. 9. Jerome Manwood (Abt 1606 – )
      3. 3. Robert Hart m. Helen Simpson (Abt 1575 – )
      4. 4. Georg Harte ( – Bef 1584)
      5. 5. Elizabeth Hart m. John Norton m. Henry Hart (Abt 1575 – Bet 1625 and 1626)
    3. 3. Catherine (Alice) Harte (1536 – 1585)
    4. 4. Catherine Hart (1540 – 1602) m. Thomas Willoughby (1537 – 3 Feb 1594)
      1. 1. Percival Willoughby (1560 – 23 Aug 1643) m. Bridget Willoughby (1566 – 16 Jul 1629)
      2. 2. Thomas Willoughby (Abt 1560 – 1616) m. Clemence Willoughby (Abt 1560 – 1602)
        1. 1. Thomas Wiloughby (Abt 1580 – 16 Mar 1648) m. Elizabeth (Clemence Middleton Of) Denbighshirewales (1575 – 1687)
      3. 3. George Willoughby (Abt 1567 – )
      4. 4. Henery Willoughby (Abt 1570 – Deceased)
      5. 5. Robert Willoughby (Abt 1572 – )
      6. 6. Bridgett Willoughby (Abt 1573 – )
      7. 7. Friswell Willoughby (1574 – )
      8. 8. Sibbell Willoughby (Abt 1574 – )
      9. 9. Friswold Willoughby (Abt 1577 – )
    5. 5. Henry Hart (1542 – )
    6. 6. Jane Harte (Abt 1542 – ) m. Eustace Clovell (Abt 1540 – 12 Nov 1589)
    7. 7. Ann Hart (Abt 1545 – 29 Sep 1594) m. Augustine Dyke (Abt 1545 – ) m. Edward Hall (Abt 1530 – )
    8. 8. Francis Harte (Abt 1545 – )
    9. 9. Clemence Harte (1546 – )
    10. 10. John Harte (1547 – )
  11. 11. Mary Bray (1518 – 1569)
  12. 12. Joan Bray (1521 – 26 Mar 1569) m. Thomas (John Walter) Thorne (1524 – 5 Dec 1570)
  13. 13. John Braye (1523 – 19 Nov 1557) m. Joan Troughton (Abt 1510 – 1538) m. Ann Talbot (1524 – 3 Feb 1584)
  14. 14. Dorothy Bray (1524 – 31 Oct 1605) m. Edmund Brydges (1520 – 11 Mar 1573)
  15. 15. Frances Bray (1525 – 27 May 1592) m. Thomas Lyffeld (1519 – 1544) m. Thomas Lyfield (1519 – 14 Dec 1613)
  16. 16. Thomas Bray (1528 – 16 Feb 1590)
  17. 17. Elisabeth Bray (1533 – 1558)

Edmund Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1484
1484
Birth of Edmund Bray in Eaton Bray, Central Bedfordshire, England
Eaton Bray, Central Bedfordshire, England
1539
18 Oct 1539
Age 55
Death of Edmund Bray in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1484
    Event Place: Eaton Bray, Central Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1539
    Event Place: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chelsea, Greater London, England
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