Robert Wright (1516 - 1587)

Born 9 Apr 1516 in Kelvedon, Essex, England

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Died 25 Jan 1587 at age 70 in Brook Hall, South Weald, Essex, England

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Biography

Father: Sir John of Kelvedon Wright b: ABT 1488 in Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England Mother: Olive Hubbard b: 22 FEB 1485/86 in Dagenham, Essex, England

Birth: 9 APR 1516 in Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England Marriage 1 Mary Greene b: 25 NOV 1519 in Navestock, Essex, England Married: 10 SEP 1541 in St Nicholas Ch. Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England Death: 25 JAN 1587/88 in Kelvedon Hall, Hatch, Essex, England Burial: St Peters, South Weald, Essex, England

He lived in Brook Hall, called the Moat House, on Brook street, in South Weald. and is buried in the churchyard of that place.

Will

The Will of Robert Wright of Brook Street Arch : Essex Register Draper Folio 149.

In the name of God Amen ; 17 January 1587.

I, Robert Wright of Brook Streate in the parish of South Wealde in the County of Essex, yeoman, whole of mind, etc. Doe make my last will, etc. Soul to God and body to be buried within the par- ish church of South Wealde. To Mary, my wife, all my lands and goods, for her natural life, and after her decease my son John Wright shall enter in and upon the same and I appoint my said son to be Executor, (No witnesses named.)

Proved February 22d, 1587, by John Wright (Act Book 3, folio k).

Research Notes

ROBERT WRIGHT, son of John and Olive Wright.. Married Mary, daughter of Robert Green of Navestock, Essex.He lived at Brook Hall (the Moat House), Brook St., South Weald.He died January 25th 1587 and was buried in South Weald Church. Children:

1. John Wright, dsp
2. Robert Wright, baptized June 30th, 1542; died young.
3. Katherine Wright, baptized march 20th, 1544. Married William Kent, Nov. 28th, 1565.[p22]
4. Olive Wright, married Richard Thresher, Oct. 19th, 1563.
5. Dorothy Wright, married John Hatch, May 28th, 1566.
6. Thomas Wright of Brook Hall (the Moat House) m. Roberdye Pake

The Moat House was possibly a hotel and was later named Brook Hall and may have been connected witht he manor of Ropers. He was not the Lord of the Manor - he was a Yeoman by his own Will. John Heming died in 1643 holding the manor of Brook Street or Ropers.^[1]

This paragraph is incorrect: " Robert was of Brook Hall (Moat House) Parish of South Weald Lord of the Manor of Great Little Ropers, Also a member of Henry III's House of Lords Taken from a will dated Jan 17,1587 and proved Feb 22,1587 "

Sources

1. ↑ Parishes: South Weald

• Parishes: South Weald
• http://www.our-genealogy.com/Wyman-Virdell-Taylor/ancestry-wright/robert-wright.html Has an extremely nice explanation of the Wright family ancestry and manors.
• History of Ancient Wethersfield by Stiles;
• History Of Goshen Conn., by Hibbaard; pg: 560-61;
• New England Genealogical Register, vol. IV, pg: 355;
• IGI: Film: 1059033, sheet 84: Film: 1126161, sheet 68;
• Robert Wright Esq was Lord of the Manor of Great & Little Ropers. Brook Hall is also known as The Moat House
• Tarbert, Jesse. The Identity and English Ancestry of Rev. Samuel Stone's First Wife: Rebecca Wright, Granddaughter of Rev. Richard Rogers, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 2022) Vol. 176, WN. 704, Page 397.
• Wright, William Henry. History of the Wright Family, Who are Descendants of Samuel Wright (1722-1789) of Lenox, Mass. (Williamson-Haffner, Denver, 1913) Page 22.
  • "The Will of Robert Wright of Brook Street Arch : Essex Register Draper Folio 149.", dated 17 Jan 1587, proved 22 Feb 1587.