Born in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edmund Bray
and Jane (Hallighwell) Bray
Sister of
Jane Bray, Anne (Bray) Brooke, Frideswide (Bray) Hart, Mary (Bray) Peckham, Frances (Bray) Lyfield and Dorothy (Bray) Knollys
Wife of
Ralph Verney
— married
1528 in Bedfordshire
Wife of
Richard Catesby MP
— married
1548 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Edmund Verney, Edward Verney, Francis Verney, Anne (Verney) Poyntz, Urian Verney and Jane Verney
Died
at about age 60
in Pendley, Hertfordshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Elizabeth Bray was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
In 1572, Edmond Verney told the visiting Herald that he was the son of Sir Ralph Verney, knt., of Penley, by Elizabeth, sister and coheir of John, Lord Bray; and that Sir Ralph Verney was the son of another Sir Ralph Verney, by his first wife Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Inwardby of Quinton Mallet, co. Bucks.[1]
Elizabeth Bray was the 3rd wife of Sir Richard Catesby.
Magna Carta ancestry
Elizabeth Bray's maternal grandmother Anne Norbury (see details on her profile) is descended from Magna Carta surety barons Saher de Quincy, Robert de Vere, Henry de Bohun, Hugh le Bigod and his father Roger le Bigod. Anne Norbury also appears to be descended from Geoffrey de Say and Richard de Clare.
Sources
- ↑ The visitations of Hertfordshire : made by Robert Cooke, esq.,Clarencieux, in 1572, and Sir Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieux, in 1634, with Hertfordshire pedigrees from Harleian mss. 6147 and 1546 (1886), p. 23.
- tudorplace.com.ar/CATESBY.htm
- VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF BEDFORD, Vol. 3 (1912). ( Canning-229 19:42, 7 May 2015 (EDT))
See also:
- Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 20.
Acknowledgments
- Thanks to Jean Maunder for starting this profile.
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Cheryl (Stone) Caudill
Cheryl (Stone) Caudill
Ann (Verney) De Grey cannot be daughter to Elizabeth (Bray) Verney, she would have been barely if 1 year old when she was born.
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