Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye

Edmund Braye
1st Baron Braye
Arms of Braye (modern): Argent, a chevron between three eagle's legs erased sable
Died18 October 1539
Noble familyBraye
Spouse(s)Jane Halliwell
IssueJohn, Anne, Elizabeth, Frideswide, Mary, Dorothy, Frances
FatherJohn Braye
Two versions of arms of Bray (ancient): left: Gules, three bends vair, as sculpted on monument in Cobham Church, Kent, of Lord Bray's daughter Ann Bray, wife of Baron Cobham; right: with tinctures reversed Vair, three bends gules as engraved on monumental brass in Aldbury Church, Hertfordshire, of Elizabeth Bray, another of Lord Bray's daughters, wife of Sir Ralph Verney
Effigy in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Cobham, Kent, of Lord Braye's daughter, Ann Bray, with her husband George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham (d.1558)
Monumental brass in Aldbury Church, Hertfordshire, of Lord Braye's daughter, Elizabeth Bray (d.1573), wife of Sir Ralph Verney. The inescutcheon of pretence of four quarters displays the arms of her heiress mother, Hallighwell, quartering Norbury, Boteler and Sudeley[1]

Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye (or Bray; c. 1484 – 18 October 1539), of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, was an English peer.

  1. ^ For heraldry see: D'Elboux, Raymond H. (1949). "The Brooke Tomb, Cobham". Archaeologia Cantiana. 62: 48–56, esp. pp.50-1. Open access icon