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Elizabeth Bray 1507–1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1507

Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1574

Death Location: Aldbury, Dacorum Borough, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Sir Sussex

Mother: Baroness Bereton

Spouse(s): Sir Pendley, Richard Catesby

Children(s): Lady VERNEY, Edmund Verney, Jane Hinde, Urian Verney, Henry Knight

The story of Elizabeth Bray began in 1507 in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Elizabeth Bray married John Bonger, Richard Catesby, Sir Ralph Verney Of Pendley, and had children including Edmund Verney, Henry De Verney Vernai Knight, Jane Hinde, Lady Anne Verney, Richard Catesby, Urian Verney. Elizabeth Bray passed away in 1574 in Aldbury, Dacorum Borough, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Elizabeth Bray began in 1507 in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Elizabeth Bray married John Bonger, Richard Catesby, Sir Ralph Verney Of Pendley, and had children including Edmund Verney, Henry De Verney Vernai Knight, Jane Hinde, Lady Anne Verney, Richard Catesby, Urian Verney.
  • Elizabeth Bray passed away in 1574 in Aldbury, Dacorum Borough, Hertfordshire, England.

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Elizabeth Bray's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Bray
1507–1574
Birth Place: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir EDMUND Braye 1st Lord Bray, Sheriff of Bedfordshire, Surrey & Sussex
1484–1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Baroness (Dame Jane Halighwell) Bereton
1486–1558
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Bray, the) Younger
1462–1506
Holwell, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Johanna Troughton) ♦️
1464–1558
London, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir VI
1430–1489
Margaretha Sandys
1440–1540
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Bray
1404–1430
Lady Shirley
1405–1483

Elizabeth Bray's Descendants

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Elizabeth Bray (1507–1574) m. Sir (Ralph Verney of) Pendley (1510–26 April 1546) m. Richard Catesby (1501–8 March 1553)
  1. 1. Lady (Anne) VERNEY 1535–1594 m. +++Sir (Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of Iron Acton) II 1528–1585
    1. 1. +++John (Lawrence Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of) Gloucestershire 1560–1633 m. Elizabeth (Ursula Sydenham) (Poyntz) 1562–1598
      1. 1. +++Lady (Elisabeth\Elizabeth Poyntz, of Acton, Lady of) Thurles 1588–1673 m. Sir (Thomas Walter Butler, Viscount, Lord) Thurles 1582–1619
        1. 1. +++James (Fitz Thomas Butler 1st Duke of Ormond, P.C. & Knight of the) Garter 1610–1688
        2. 2. +++Mary (of Thurles) BUTLER 1605–1680 m. +++Sir (George Hamilton 1st Baronet) Donalong 1610–1679
    2. 2. Mary Poyntz 1558–1591
    3. 3. Marianna Poyntz 1570–1650
    4. 4. Ursula Poyntz 1556–
  2. 2. Edmund Verney 1535–1599
  3. 3. Jane Hinde –1608
  4. 4. Urian Verney 1538–1608
  5. 5. Henry (de Verney Vernai) Knight 1530–1562

Elizabeth Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1507
1507
Birth of Elizabeth Bray in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1574
1574
Age 67
Death of Elizabeth Bray in Albury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Albury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1507
    Event Place: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1574
    Event Place: Albury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Aldbury, Dacorum Borough, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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