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Richard Bray 1508 – 1538 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1508

Birth Location: Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1538

Death Location: London, Middlesex, England

Father: Edmund Braye

Mother: Jane Halliwell

Spouse(s): Joan Saunders

Children(s):

In 1508, Richard Bray entered the world in Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, born to Edmund Braye and Jane Halliwell. Richard Bray married Joan Saunders. Richard Bray passed away in 1538 in London, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1508, Richard Bray entered the world in Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, born to Edmund Braye and Jane Halliwell.
  • Richard Bray married Joan Saunders.
  • Richard Bray passed away in 1538 in London, Middlesex, England.

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Richard Bray's Ancestors

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Richard Bray
1508 – 1538
Birth Place: Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Edmund Braye
1484 – 1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Jane Halliwell
1484 – 1558
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Bray
1464 – 1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Johanna Troughton
1458 – 1487
Barrington, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Richard Halighwell
1462 – 1506
Holwell, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Halighwell
1465 – 1564
Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Braye
1430 – 1485
Joan Troughton
1440 – 1496
John Halighwell
1428 – 1500
Elizabeth
1430 –
John Norbury
1438 – 1504
Alice Gilbert
1442 – 1502
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Braye
1404 – 1455
Jane Howell
1406 –
Henry Norbury
1408 – 1464
Anne Croyser
1408 – 1464
Otho Gilbert
1419 – 1493
Elizabeth Hill
1423 – 1456

Richard Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1508
1508
Birth of Richard Bray in Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
1538
1538
Age 30
Death of Richard Bray in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1508
    Event Place: Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Worcester Cathedral, Worcestershire, England

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