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Sir Walter Bright 1445 – 1525 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1445

Birth Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 1525

Death Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Father: Sir Bright

Mother: Margaret Elwolde

Spouse(s): Margaret Sydenham

Children(s): John Bright

Sir Walter Bright was born in 1445 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, the child of Sir Richard Bright and Margaret Hollomon, Elwolde. Sir Walter Bright married Margaret Sydenham, and had children including John Bright. Sir Walter Bright passed away in 1525 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Walter Bright was born in 1445 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, the child of Sir Richard Bright and Margaret Hollomon, Elwolde.
  • Sir Walter Bright married Margaret Sydenham, and had children including John Bright.
  • Sir Walter Bright passed away in 1525 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

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Sir Bright's Ancestors

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Sir Bright
1445 – 1525
Birth Place: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Parents
Sir Richard Bright
1412 – 1487
Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Margaret (Hollomon,) Elwolde
1418 – 1497
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Bright's Descendants

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Sir (Walter) Bright (1445 – 1525) m. Margaret Sydenham (1444 – 30 Mar 1477)
  1. 1. John Bright (1469 – 23 June 1545) m. Joan Raleigh (1473 – 25 Jan 1551)
    1. 1. Walter Bright (1495 – 25 Jan 1551) m. Margaret Elwolde (1497 – 1551)
      1. 1. Thomas Bright (29 August 1537 – 23 September 1587) m. Margaret Payton (1533 – 20 November 1599)
        1. 1. Mary Bright (1562 – 16 Oct 1634) m. Ralph Josselyn (Abt 1556 – 19 March 1632)

Sir Bright's Timeline

2 Records

1445
1445
Birth of Sir Walter Bright in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
1525
1525
Age 80
Death of Sir Walter Bright in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1445
    Event Place: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

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