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Bray, John ( - 1557)

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Born / Died

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

Notes

Imprisoned for 12 months in 1556

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Primary Title

  • 2nd Baron Bray

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Details of Properties

Residence

  • The Vachery, Shere, Surrey

Lands

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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.'. Gloucester, UK, and Wolfeboro Falls, USA: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1990 Profit, Piety and the Professions in Later Medieval England 137--68.