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Lord Thomas Bright 1537–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 August 1537

Birth Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 23 September 1587

Death Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Father: Walter Knight

Mother: Margaret ELWOLDE

Spouse(s): Margaret PAYTON

Children(s): Thomas Bright, Anna BRIGHT, Mary BRIGHT, Kathrine Bright, Joan Bright, Susan Bright, Alice Bright, Henry Knight, Jasper Bright, Margaret Bright, Robert Bright

In 1537, Lord Thomas Bright entered the world in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, born to Walter Bright Knight And Margaret Elwolde. Lord Thomas Bright married Margaret Payton, and had children including Alice Bright, Anna Bright, Henry Bright Knight, Jasper Bright, Joan Bright, Kathrine Bright, Margaret Bright, Mary Bright, Robert Bright, Susan Bright, Thomas Bright. Lord Thomas Bright passed away in 1587 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1537, Lord Thomas Bright entered the world in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, born to Walter Bright Knight And Margaret Elwolde.
  • Lord Thomas Bright married Margaret Payton, and had children including Alice Bright, Anna Bright, Henry Bright Knight, Jasper Bright, Joan Bright, Kathrine Bright, Margaret Bright, Mary Bright, Robert Bright, Susan Bright, Thomas Bright.
  • Lord Thomas Bright passed away in 1587 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Walter Knight
1495–1551
Birth Location: St Marys, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
WK
Margaret ELWOLDE
1524–1551
Birth Location: Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England
ME

Spouses(s)

Margaret PAYTON
1533–1599
Birth Location: St Edmonds, Suffolk, England
MP

Children(s)

Thomas Bright
1569–1626
Birth Location: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
TB
Anna BRIGHT
1566–1634
Birth Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, England
AB
Mary BRIGHT
1562–1636
Birth Location: Roxwell, Essex, England
MB
Kathrine Bright
1557–1563
Birth Location: Suffolk, England
KB
Joan Bright
1569–1572
Birth Location: 1676920, Suffolk, England
JB
Susan Bright
1575–1579
Birth Location: St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
SB
Alice Bright
1579–
Birth Location: Suffolk, England
AB
Henry Knight
1560–1609
Birth Location: St James Parish, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
HK
Jasper Bright
1567–1629
Birth Location: St Edmunds, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
JB
Margaret Bright
1566–1634
Birth Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, England
MB
Robert Bright
1556–1630
Birth Location: Bury, St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
RB

Lord Bright's Ancestors

Self
Lord Bright
1537–1587
Birth Place: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Parents
Walter BRIGHT Knight
1495–1551
St Marys, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Margaret ELWOLDE
1524–1551
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
John Bright
1469–1545
Bury St Edmunds, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Joan Raleigh
1473–1551
Bury St Edmunds, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Sir (John) Elwolde
1504–1541
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Anne (Lady Baroness Conyers of Hornby Lady Gilsland Baroness) D'Acre
1492–1547
Gilsland, Northumberland, England
Great-Grandparents
William Elwolde
1450–1524
Unknown
1450–1523
Thomas D'Acre
1467–1525
Eliza Bowes
1471–1516
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Bright's Descendants

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Lord (Thomas) Bright (29 August 1537–23 September 1587) m. Margaret PAYTON (1533–20 Nov 1599)
  1. 1. Thomas Bright 1569–1626 m. Elizabeth Bright 1569–1612
    1. 1. Anne Bright 1595–1783 m. Richard Bate 1598–
      1. 1. Emmota Bate 1634–1702 m. George Reney 1627–1699
        1. 1. Francis Reaney 1667–1722 m. Maria (Mary) Pogson 1668–1741
  2. 2. Anna BRIGHT 1566–1634
  3. 3. Mary BRIGHT 1562–1636
  4. 4. Kathrine Bright 1557–1563
  5. 5. Joan Bright 1569–1572
  6. 6. Susan Bright 1575–1579
  7. 7. Alice Bright 1579–
  8. 8. Henry (BRIGHT) Knight 1560–1609
  9. 9. Jasper Bright 1567–1629
  10. 10. Margaret Bright 1566–1634
  11. 11. Robert Bright 1556–1630

Lord Bright's Timeline

2 Records

1537
29 August 1537
Birth of Lord Thomas Bright in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
1587
23 September 1587
Age 50
Death of Lord Thomas Bright in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 August 1537
    Event Place: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 September 1587
    Event Place: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
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