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Edmund Bray 1504–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: Plymouth, Devon, England

Death Date: 1 Dec 1558

Death Location: Vachrey Park Manor, Cranley, Surreyshire, England

Father: John Bray

Mother: Jane Halighwell

Spouse(s): Beatrice Shirley

Children(s): John Bray, James Bray, Edward Bray, Ann Bray

In 1504, Edmund Bray entered the world in Plymouth, Devon, England, born to John Bray And Jane Halighwell. Edmund Bray married Beatrice Shirley, and had children including Ann Bray, Edward Bray, James Bray, John Bray. Edmund Bray passed away in 1558 in Vachrey Park Manor, Cranley, Surreyshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1504, Edmund Bray entered the world in Plymouth, Devon, England, born to John Bray And Jane Halighwell.
  • Edmund Bray married Beatrice Shirley, and had children including Ann Bray, Edward Bray, James Bray, John Bray.
  • Edmund Bray passed away in 1558 in Vachrey Park Manor, Cranley, Surreyshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Bray
1487–1539
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
JB
Jane Halighwell
1486–1558
Birth Location: Eaton, Bedfordshire, England
JH

Spouses(s)

Beatrice Shirley
1512–1558
Birth Location: Sussex, England
BS

Children(s)

John Bray
1534–1615
Birth Location: London, London, , England
JB
James Bray
1530–
Birth Location: North Molton, Devon, England
JB
Edward Bray
1535–1581
Birth Location: Shere, Surrey, England
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Ann Bray
1543–
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
AB

Edmund Bray's Ancestors

Self
Edmund Bray
1504–1558
Birth Place: Plymouth, Devon, England
Parents
John Bray
1487–1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Jane Halighwell
1486–1558
Eaton, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Richard Bray
1455–1485
Barrington, Gloucestershire, England
Johanna Troughton
1458–
Gloucestershire, England
Richard Halighwell
1462–1506
Holwell, Bedfordshire, England
Jane Norbury
1464–1564
Stoke Dabernon, Bedfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Bray
1430–1489
Margaret Sandys
1436–1463
John Halighwell
1436–1500
Elizabeth
1438–1498
John Norbury
1438–1504
Joan Gilbert
1442–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Bray
1404–
William Sandys
1407–1447
Bonham Bohun
1407–1457
Walter Halighwell
1404–
Alice Piperell
1408–
Henry Norbury
1406–1464
Anne Crozier
1416–1464
Ortho Gilbert
1416–1494
Elizabeth Hill
1425–1456

Edmund Bray's Descendants

1.
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Edmund Bray (1504–1 Dec 1558) m. Beatrice Shirley (1512–1558)
  1. 1. John Bray 1534–1615 m. Margaret (John) Haslonde 1536–1588
    1. 1. Elizabeth Braye 1563–1629 m. Arthur Smythe 1545–1580
      1. 1. Thomas Smith 1565–1625 m. Alice Judde 1564–1615
        1. 1. Sgt (Christopher) Smith 1593–1676 m. Mary (Alice) Gibes 1595–1681
      2. 2. Arthur Smith 1570–
    2. 2. Margaret Bray 1556–1556
    3. 3. Anna Bray 1556–1650
    4. 4. Edward Bray 1557–
    5. 5. Reginald Bray 1559–
    6. 6. Margaret Bray 1561–
    7. 7. Elinor Bray 1563–1659
    8. 8. William Bray 1565–1661
    9. 9. Henry Bray 1567–
    10. 10. Mary Bray 1568–1635
    11. 11. Susan Bray 1586–
    12. 12. Thomas Bray 1599–
    13. 13. William (Robert) Bray 1695–
    14. 14. Joan Bray –1560
    15. 15. William Bray 1554–1661 m. Mary Austin 1565–
      1. 1. Mary Bray 1601–1635 m. John Rowlett 1610–1635
        1. 1. Peter (MacKness) Rowlett 1637–1701 m. Frances 1648–1701
  2. 2. James Bray 1530–
  3. 3. Edward Bray 1535–1581
  4. 4. Ann Bray 1543–

Edmund Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1504
1504
Birth of Edmund Bray in Plymouth, Devon, England
Plymouth, Devon, England
1558
1 Dec 1558
Age 54
Death of Edmund Bray in Vachrey Park Manor, Cranley, Surreyshire, England
Vachrey Park Manor, Cranley, Surreyshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: Plymouth, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Dec 1558
    Event Place: Vachrey Park Manor, Cranley, Surreyshire, England
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