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Jane Hallywell Braye

Birth
South Pool, South Hams District, Devon, England
Death
24 Oct 1558 (aged 71–72)
England
Burial
Eaton Bray, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England Add to Map
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Daughter of Richard Hallywell (or Halighwell) and Anne Norbury. Grand daughter of Sir John Hallywell and Isabel le Moyne, Sir John Norbury and Joan Gilbert.

Wife of Sir Edmund Bray, Lord Bray of Eaton Bray, son of John Bray. They had one son and ten daughters including:
Sir John, 2nd Lord Bray
Anne, wife of George Brooke, Lord Cobham
Elizabeth
Fridewide, wife of Sir Percival Hart
Mary, wife of Sir Robert Peckham
Dorothy, wife of Edmund Brydges, Lord Chandos
Frances

Edmund died testate 18 Oct 1539 was was buried at Chelsea, Middlesex. Jane married secondly, Sir Urian Brereton of Handford, Cheshire, before 30 Nov 1545. In 1546, she and her son, John, sold the manor of Shpton-on-Cherwell to Henry and Thomas Rathbone.

Jane was buried at Eaton Bray, in an altar tomb displaying the arms of Hallywell, Norbury and Boteler.
Jane Halliwell Braye Brereton

- Baroness Consort of 1st Baron Braye,
of Eaton Braye, in the County of Bedford

- Lady Urian Brereton of Handforth, co. Cheshire

Jane was the daughter of Sir Richard Halliwell of Harberton and South Pool, co. Devon, by his wife Anne Norbury.

She was the wife of Sir Edmund Braye, 1st Lord Braye, whom she was contracted to marry in 1497. Together they were parents to six daughters and one son, who succeeded to his father's barony in 1539.

By 1545, the widowed Lady Braye had married Sir Urian Brereton of Handforth, co. Cheshire, as her second husband. There were no children born of this marriage.

Jane died in the influenza epidemic of 1558. Her memorial brass depicts her and all of her children.
Daughter of Richard Hallywell (or Halighwell) and Anne Norbury. Grand daughter of Sir John Hallywell and Isabel le Moyne, Sir John Norbury and Joan Gilbert.

Wife of Sir Edmund Bray, Lord Bray of Eaton Bray, son of John Bray. They had one son and ten daughters including:
Sir John, 2nd Lord Bray
Anne, wife of George Brooke, Lord Cobham
Elizabeth
Fridewide, wife of Sir Percival Hart
Mary, wife of Sir Robert Peckham
Dorothy, wife of Edmund Brydges, Lord Chandos
Frances

Edmund died testate 18 Oct 1539 was was buried at Chelsea, Middlesex. Jane married secondly, Sir Urian Brereton of Handford, Cheshire, before 30 Nov 1545. In 1546, she and her son, John, sold the manor of Shpton-on-Cherwell to Henry and Thomas Rathbone.

Jane was buried at Eaton Bray, in an altar tomb displaying the arms of Hallywell, Norbury and Boteler.
Jane Halliwell Braye Brereton

- Baroness Consort of 1st Baron Braye,
of Eaton Braye, in the County of Bedford

- Lady Urian Brereton of Handforth, co. Cheshire

Jane was the daughter of Sir Richard Halliwell of Harberton and South Pool, co. Devon, by his wife Anne Norbury.

She was the wife of Sir Edmund Braye, 1st Lord Braye, whom she was contracted to marry in 1497. Together they were parents to six daughters and one son, who succeeded to his father's barony in 1539.

By 1545, the widowed Lady Braye had married Sir Urian Brereton of Handforth, co. Cheshire, as her second husband. There were no children born of this marriage.

Jane died in the influenza epidemic of 1558. Her memorial brass depicts her and all of her children.

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  • Maintained by: John.
  • Originally Created by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105456389/jane-braye: accessed ), memorial page for Jane Hallywell Braye (1486–24 Oct 1558), Find a Grave Memorial ID 105456389, citing St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Eaton Bray, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England; Maintained by John. (contributor 48658113).