Sir Urian Brereton, Kt., of Handforth, Cheshire

After the death of Edmund Bray, the testatrix’ mother, Jane (nee Halighwell) Bray (d. 24 October 1558) married Sir Urian Brereton of Handforth, Cheshire. See Maclean, John, ed., Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society for 1882-83, (Bristol: C.T. Jeffries), Vol. VII, p. 304 at: http://books.google.ca/books?id=dzQGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA304&lpg=PA304&dq=%22 Sir+Richard+Halighwell%22+%22anne+Norbury%22&source=bl&ots=mecnAQcO00&s ig=gDLZlARtOAKYGOnOm4NHWd_cbLE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O3xNU8CoE6GIyAGtoHYAw&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Sir%20Richard%20Halighwell%2 2%20%22anne%20Norbury%22&f=false.

esource: http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/CecilPapers/CP_198-110.pdf

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• Sir Urian Brereton1
• M, #149207
• Last Edited=22 Jun 2005
• Sir Urian Brereton married Jane Halliwell, daughter of Sir Richard Halliwell and Jane Norbury, after 1539.1
• Citations
• 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 287. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p14921.htm#i149207 _______________________
• Braye, Baron (E, 1529)
• Edmund [Bray], 1st Baron Bray(e)
• 1st son and heir of John Bray, of Eaton Bray, co. Bedford, and nephew and heir of Sir Reynold Bray KG, Lord High Treasurer to King Henry VII
• born
• mar. Jane Halighwell (mar. (2) Sir Urian Brereton; d. 24 Oct 1558 ; bur. at Eaton Bray, co. Bedford), dau. and hrss. of Sir Richard Halighwell, of Holwell, by his wife Jane Norbury, dau. of Sir John Norbury
• children
  • 1. Hon John Bray, later 2nd Baron Bray(e)
  • 1. Hon Anne Bray (d. 1 Nov 1558; bur. in Cobham Church, co. Kent), mar. bef. 1526 George [Brooke], 9th Baron Cobham of Kent, and had issue
  • 2. Hon Elizabeth Bray (b. c. 1513; d. after 1573), mar. (1) 1528 Sir Ralph Verney, of Pendley, co. Hertford, and Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham, Sheriff of Bedfordshire and of Buckinghamshire (d. 1546), (2) Sir Richard Catesby, of Ashby St Leger, co. Warwick, (3) William Clark, and (4) Henry Phillips, and had issue by her first husband:
    • 1a. Edward Verney, of Pendley .... etc.
  • 3. Hon Frideswide Bray (b. c. 1516), mar. Sir Percival Hart, of Lullingstone Castle, co. Kent (d. 1580), and had issue
  • 4. Hon Mary Bray (d. 1569), mar. Sir Robert Peckham, and had issue
  • 5. Hon Dorothy Bray (b. c. 1530; d. 31 Oct 1605), mar. (1) c 1548 Edmund [Brydges], 2nd Baron Chandos, and (2) as his first wife William [Knollys], 1st Earl of Banbury, and had issue by her first husband
  • 6. Hon Frances Bray (b. c. 1535; d. 1592), mar. Thomas Lyfield, of Stoke D'Abernon, co. Surrey, and had issue
• died 18 Oct 1539 (bur. at Chelsea, co. Middlesex)
• created by writ of summons 4 Dec 1529 Baron Bray(e)
• suc. by son
• note knighted 1513; Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1514-15 and of Surrey and Sussex 1522
• From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/braye1529.htm?zoom... - SEARCH SITE FOR Brereton _________________________
• Edmund BRAY (1º B. Bray)
• Born: 1484, Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
• Acceded: 4 Dec 1529
• Died: 18 Oct 1539
• Buried: Chelsea Church
• Notes: See his Biography. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/EdmundBray(1BBRay).htm
• Father: John BRAY
• Mother: ¿?
• Married: Jane HALLIGHWELL (b. ABT 1480 - d. 24 Oct 1558) ( dau. of Richard Halywell of Harberton, Esq., and Anne Norbury) (m.2 Sir Urian Brereton) ABT 1499, Holwell, Bedfordshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Anne BRAY (B. Cobham)
  • 2. Elizabeth BRAY
  • 3. John BRAY (2º B. Bray)
  • 4. Dorothy BRAY (B. Chandos of Sudeley)
  • 5. Mary BRAY
  • 6. Frideswide BRAY (b. ABT 1516)
  • 7. Frances BRAY (b. 1522 - d. 27 May 1592)
  • 8. Dau. BRAY
  • 9. Dau. BRAY
  • 10. Dau. BRAY
  • 11. Dau. BRAY
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BRAY.htm#Edmund BRAY (1º B. Bray) _____________________________