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Edmund Lord Bray 1485–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1485

Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, , England

Death Date: 18 Oct 1539

Death Location: Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England

Father: Sir Braye,

Mother: Lady Troughton

Spouse(s): Baroness Halighwell

Children(s): REGINALD blood, Lady Cobham, Lady Camborne, Elisabeth Bray, Sir Bray, Sir Braye

Edmund Lord Bray was born in 1485 in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, , England, the child of Sir John The Younger Braye And Lady Johanna Troughton. Edmund Lord Bray married Baroness Dame Jane Halighwell, and had children including Elisabeth Bray, Lady Anne Braye Baroness Of Cobham, Lady Jane Braye Of Camborne, Reginald Bray Royal Blood, Sir Edmund Edward Bray Kn Mp High Sheriff Of Bedfordshire 1St Baron Of Bray, Sir Griswold Braye. Edmund Lord Bray passed away in 1539 in Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Edmund Lord Bray was born in 1485 in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, , England, the child of Sir John The Younger Braye And Lady Johanna Troughton.
  • Edmund Lord Bray married Baroness Dame Jane Halighwell, and had children including Elisabeth Bray, Lady Anne Braye Baroness Of Cobham, Lady Jane Braye Of Camborne, Reginald Bray Royal Blood, Sir Edmund Edward Bray Kn Mp High Sheriff Of Bedfordshire 1St Baron Of Bray, Sir Griswold Braye.
  • Edmund Lord Bray passed away in 1539 in Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England.

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Edmund Bray's Ancestors

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Edmund Bray
1485–1539
Birth Place: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, , England
Parents
Sir John "the Younger" Braye,
1459–1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Johanna) Troughton
1464–1564
Barrington, Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Richard Bray
1430–1489
Furnace Fells, Lancashire, England
Margaret SANDES
1436–1463
Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Bray
1404–1430
Lady Brome
1405–1483
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Bray
1380–

Edmund Bray's Descendants

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Edmund (Lord) Bray (1485–18 Oct 1539) m. Baroness (Dame Jane) Halighwell (1484–24 October 1558)
  1. 1. REGINALD (BRAY royal) blood 1509–1557 m. Anne (Monington (royal) blood) 1513–1558 m. Beatrice Shirley 1500–1558
    1. 1. Reynold Bray 1550–1583 m. Lady (Anne de) Vaux 1555–1619
      1. 1. Temperance Bray 1580–1619 m. Thomas Aldridge 1566–1634 m. John Crewe 1554–1646 m. Sir (Thomas) Crewe 1565–1634
        1. 1. Lady (Anne) Crewe 1585–1617
        2. 2. John (Thomas) Crewe 1475–1552 m. Agnes Nichols 1475–1561
      2. 2. Compexome Braye 1578–1619
      3. 3. Mary Bray 1569–1597
      4. 4. Lady (Anne Isabella) Bray 1573–1602
      5. 5. Alice (Bray Hele) Eveleigh 1577–1635
      6. 6. Sir (Reginald IV John) Bray 1568–
      7. 7. WILLIAM BRAY 1572–
      8. 8. EDWARD BRAY 1580–
      9. 9. CATHERINE BRAY 1584–
      10. 10. Margery (Bray) Ingoldsby 1565–
      11. 11. Richard Bray 1588–
    2. 2. Reginald Bray 1530–1583
    3. 3. Oliver Braye 1538–1615
    4. 4. Lady (Catherine Anne Elizabeth) Bray 1547–1668
    5. 5. Richard Braye 1541–
    6. 6. Capt. (Edmund) Braye 1535–1620
    7. 7. John Braye 1529–1615
  2. 2. Lady (Anne Braye, Baroness of) Cobham 1501–1558
  3. 3. Lady (Jane Braye of) Camborne 1498–1560
  4. 4. Elisabeth Bray 1513–1573 m. Ralph Verney 1510–1546 m. Sir (Richard) Catesby 1510–
    1. 1. Edmund Verney 1535–1599
    2. 2. Urian Verney 1538–1608
    3. 3. Anne Poyntz 1538–1575
  5. 5. Sir (Edmund (Edward?) Bray, Kn., MP, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, 1st Baron of) Bray 1504–1557
  6. 6. Sir (Griswold) Braye 1503–1573

Edmund Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1485
1485
Birth of Edmund Lord Bray in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, , England
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, , England
1539
18 Oct 1539
Age 54
Death of Edmund Lord Bray in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, , England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1539
    Event Place: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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