The Hendee Family Tree - Dorothea Bray

Person Chart

Additional Names

Additional Names	Name
Stage/Pen Name	Dorothy Braye
Name at Birth	Dorothy Bray Baroness Chandos

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
Edmund Bray	1484	Baroness Jane Halighwell	1486

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
		Mary Seaman
Sir Edmund Brydges	1520	Edward Brydges Lord Gilbert "Giles" Bridges, 2nd Baron Chandos Sudeley Ann Brydges Alice Brydges Eleanor Brydges Anthony Brydges William Bridges John Brydges Charles Brydges Katherine Brydges Richard Brydges Sr Edward Brydges Henry Brydges Dorothy Brydges Cicily Brydges
William Knollys 1st Earl of Banbury	03 Mar 1544

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place
Birth	1524	Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Christening	1524	Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Marriage	1539	Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Marriage	after 1573	England, United Kingdom
Death	31 Oct 1605	Minety, Wiltshire, England
Burial	31 Oct 1605	Rotherfield, Sussex, England

Notes


Dorothy Bray was born about 1524, the daughter of Edmund, Lord Bray and his wife, Jane Hallighwell. She was first at Court in 1540 as Maid of Honour to Anne of Cleves, the new Queen of Henry VIII. By 9 July 1540 Anne had been set aside and Dorothy joined the household of the next Queen, Catherine Howard. Dorothy became the mistress of William Parr of Kendal whose wife, Anne Bourchier, had run off with a lover of her own. Despite her light behaviour Dorothy weathered the storms of Queen Catherine's marriage annulment in 1541 and her execution on 13 February 1542. On 12 July 1543 the King married William Parr's sister, Catherine and Dorothy joined her household. It wasn't until about 1548 when she was 24 that Dorothy married. Her husband was Edmund Brydges, son of John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos of Sudeley and his wife, Elizabeth Grey. She bore him six sons and two daughters. On 12 April 1557 Edmund became 2nd Baron Chandos of Sudeley on the death of his father. Edmund himself died 11 March 1573. Dorothy married, secondly, William Knollys, son of Sir Francis Knollys and his wife, Catherine Carey, a man some twenty years her junior. The marriage was childless and apparently unhappy. When the young Mary Fitton arrived at Court William quickly becameinfatuated and Dorothy lived out her life as an unwanted wife. On 13 May 1603 William was created 1st Baron Knollys of Greys. Dorothy died at Minty, Gloucestershire on 31 October 1605 aged about 80 having lately been known as Old Lady Chandos. She was buried at Rotherfield Greys in Oxfordshire.

Dorothy Bray was born about 1524, the daughter of Edmund, Lord Bray and his wife, Jane Hallighwell. She was first at Court in 1540 as Maid of Honour to Anne of Cleves, the new Queen of Henry VIII. By 9 July 1540 Anne had been set aside and Dorothy joined the household of the next Queen, Catherine Howard. Dorothy became the mistress of William Parr of Kendal whose wife, Anne Bourchier, had run off with a lover of her own. Despite her light behaviour Dorothy weathered the storms of Queen Catherine's marriage annulment in 1541 and her execution on 13 February 1542. On 12 July 1543 the King married William Parr's sister, Catherine and Dorothy joined her household.

It wasn't until about 1548 when she was 24 that Dorothy married. Her husband was Edmund Brydges, son of John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos of Sudeley and his wife, Elizabeth Grey. She bore him six sons and two daughters. On 12 April 1557 Edmund became 2nd Baron Chandos of Sudeley on the death of his father. Edmund himself died 11 March 1573.

Dorothy married, secondly, William Knollys, son of Sir Francis Knollys and his wife, Catherine Carey, a man some twenty years her junior. The marriage was childless and apparently unhappy. When the young Mary Fitton arrived at Court William quickly becameinfatuated and Dorothy lived out her life as an unwanted wife. On 13 May 1603 William was created 1st Baron Knollys of Greys.

Dorothy died at Minty, Gloucestershire on 31 October 1605 aged about 80 having lately been known as Old Lady Chandos. She was buried at Rotherfield Greys in Oxfordshire.

Sources

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[http://www.thepeerage.com/p7404.htm#i74032 ThePeerage.com Dorothy Bray] Cites: Cokayne, G.E.; 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.	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Abstracts of Gloucestershire inquisitiones post mortem : returned into the Court of Chancery in the reign of King Charles the F	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Ancestry Family Trees	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. ''The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4''. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, [https://archive.org/stream/visitationscoun00owengoog#page/n34/mode/1up p 20].	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Dorothy Braye Knollys, "Find A Grave Index"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
England, Scotland, and Wales Royal Families	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Legacy NFS Source: Dorothy Bray Baroness Chandos -	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Legacy NFS Source: Dorothy Bray Baroness Chandos - Church record: birth-name: Dorothy Bray	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Web: International, Find A Grave Index	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Wikipedia biography [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Bray,_Baroness_Chandos Wikipedia: Dorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos]	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know

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