Bray, John ( - 1557)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1557-11-19

Notes

Imprisoned for 12 months in 1556

Siblings

Female

Bray, Elizabeth (1513 - 1573)
Bray, Dorothy (1530 - 1605)
Bray, Anne (1510 - 1558)
Bray, Frideswide (1516 - )
Bray, Mary (1518 - 1569)
Bray, Frances (1535 - 1592)
Bray, Jane ( - 1539)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Talbot, Anne ( - 1584/5)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

2nd Baron Bray

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Bray
    Assumed 1539-10-18
    Vacated 1557-11-19

Details of Properties

Residence

  • The Vachery, Shere, Surrey

Lands

  • Bedfordshire: Battlesden & Haynes Manors
    Divested: 1556
  • Bedfordshire: Goldington Manor
  • Surrey: Bookham & Effingham
    Divested: 1547
    Sold
  • Sussex

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1550-1550 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Bray's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Bray's Players Bray, John (0 - 1557) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Condon, Margaret. 'From Caitiff and Villain to Pater Patriae: Reynold Bray and the Profits of Office.' . Profit, Piety and the Professions in Later Medieval England. Michael Hicks, ed. Gloucester, UK, and Wolfeboro Falls, USA: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1990.