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Sir Edmund (Edward?) Bray, Kn., MP, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, 1st Baron of Bray 1504–1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: Henfield and Selmeston, Sussex, England

Death Date: 01 Dec 1557

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

Father: Edmund Bray

Mother: Baroness Halighwell

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Sir Edmund (Edward?) Bray, Kn., MP, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, 1st Baron of Bray was born in 1504 in Henfield and Selmeston, Sussex, England, the child of Edmund Lord Bray And Baroness Dame Jane Halighwell. Sir Edmund (Edward?) Bray, Kn., MP, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, 1st Baron of Bray passed away in 1557 in Vachrey Park Manor, Cranley, Surrey, England.

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  • Sir Edmund (Edward?) Bray, Kn., MP, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, 1st Baron of Bray was born in 1504 in Henfield and Selmeston, Sussex, England, the child of Edmund Lord Bray And Baroness Dame Jane Halighwell.
  • Sir Edmund (Edward?) Bray, Kn., MP, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, 1st Baron of Bray passed away in 1557 in Vachrey Park Manor, Cranley, Surrey, England.

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Sir Bray's Ancestors

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Sir Bray
1504–1557
Birth Place: Henfield and Selmeston, Sussex, England
Parents
Edmund Lord Bray
1485–1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, , England
Baroness (Dame Jane) Halighwell
1484–1558
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
Grandparents
Sir (John "the Younger") Braye,
1459–1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Johanna) Troughton
1464–1564
Barrington, Gloucestershire, England
Sir (Knight Richard) Halighwell
1462–1506
Holwell, Bedfordshire, England
Baroness (Lady Jane) Norbury
1464–1558
Stoke Dabernon, Bedfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Bray
1430–1489
Margaret SANDES
1436–1463
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Bray
1404–1430
Lady Brome
1405–1483

Sir Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1504
1504
Birth of Sir Edmund (Edward?) Bray, Kn., MP, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, 1st Baron of Bray in Henfield and Selmeston, Sussex, England
Henfield and Selmeston, Sussex, England
1557
01 Dec 1557
Age 53
Death of Sir Edmund (Edward?) Bray, Kn., MP, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, 1st Baron of Bray in Vachrey Park Manor, Cranley, Surrey, England
Vachrey Park Manor, Cranley, Surrey, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: Henfield and Selmeston, Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Dec 1557
    Event Place: Vachrey Park Manor, Cranley, Surrey, England

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