The Hendee Family Tree
Person Chart
Additional Names
| Additional Names | Name |
|---|---|
| Stage/Pen Name | Joanna Halighwell |
Parents
| Father | Date of Birth | Mother | Date of Birth |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sir Richard Halighwell |
1460 |  Joanne Norbury (Halighwell) |
1460 |
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Person Events
| Event Type | Date | Place | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 Birth |
1486 | Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| Christening |
1486 | Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| Marriage |
21 Feb 1499 | England | |
| Marriage |
1499 | Holwell, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| Death |
24 Oct 1558 | Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| Burial |
1558 | Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
Notes
| Jane Halliighwell (c.1486-October 24,1558) Jane Hallighwell was the daughter of Sir Richard Hallighwell, (Halliwell, Halwell, or Holywell) of Harberton and South Pool, Devon (c.1462-July 24, 1506) and Anne Norbury (d. between 1500 and 1504). Sir Reginald Bray purchased the wardship of Jane, dau. and heiress of Richard Halywell of Harberton, Esq. (b. 1462 - d. 24 Jul 1506) and Anne Norbury, that she might become the wife of his nephew, as appears by deed dated 12 Feb 1497, made between the said Sir Reginald and Sir John Norbury, her grandfather, in contemplation of "a marriage to be had between Edmund Bray, son of John Bray, brother of the same Sir Reginald, and Jane Halywell, daughter and heir presumptive of Richard Halywell, esq. cousin and heir apparent of Sir John Norbury, (that is to say), daughter of Anne, who was the daughter of the said Sir John Norbury". In consideration of three hundred marks paid by Sir Reginald, Sir John settled immense estates upon his said heir, in the counties of Warwick, Worcester, Surrey, and Hants. In the 6th of Henry VIII. (1515) He was sheriff of the county of Bedford, and was summoned to parliament as Baron Braye, of Eaton-Braye, in that county, on the 3 Nov, 21st of the same monarch. (See BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Peerage.) She married Edmund, 1st baron Bray (1484-October 18, 1539) by a settlement dated February 21, 1497 and had by him one son and ten daughters, all of whom are shown with her on the memorial brass in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire. Including: Anne (1500-November 1, 1558), Elizabeth (c.1513-1573), Frideswide (b.c.1516), Mary (c.1518-1569), Frances (c.1522-May 27, 1592), Ellen, Dorothy (c.1524-October 31, 1605), John (c.1527-November 18, 1557). By November 30, 1545, Lady Bray had remarried, taking as her second husband Sir Urian Brereton (c.1510-March 19,1578) of Handforth, Cheshire. From 1553-1557, various members of Jane's immediate family, including several grandchildren, were in and out of prison on charges of treason for their participation in the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne instead of Mary Tudor, in Wyatt's Rebellion, and in the Dudley Conspiracy. In May, 1556, Jane's only son was arrested on suspicion of treason in connection with the latter. She immediately went to London to petition for his release. He was held for nearly a year but was never tried and was eventually pardoned. Soon after that, he left with King Philip's army to fight in France and was wounded at Saint Quentin on August 10, 1557. He died of his injuries in his house in Blackfriars. Jane was with him and was named his executrix. The will was proved two days after his death. She made all the arrangements for his funeral, which was conducted according to Catholic ritual, and for his burial at Chelsea, where his father and grandfather were buried. There was obviously some dissention in the family. No one from John's wife's family attended the funeral, nor did the husbands of at least three of his sisters. The chief mourner was Lord Cobham, who was married to Jane's eldest daughter. Jane died during the influenza epidemic of 1558. Portrait:memorial brass in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire. Ancestry recorded in daughter's tombstone inscription In the Stoke d'Abernon Church is the tomb of Jane's daughter Frances, with the following inscription: "HERE LIETH BURIED THE BODY OF FRAUNCES THE WIFE OF THOMAS LYFIELD ESQRE OWNERS OF THIS MANOR OF STOKE DAUBORNE IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY THE WHICHE FRAUNCES WAS THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF SIR EDMOND BRAY KNIGHT LORD BRAY & OF THE LADY JANE HIS WIFE WCH JANE WAS SOLE DAUGHTER & HEYRE OF RICHARD HALEGHWELL ESQRE AND ANNE HIS WIFE THE WCH RICHARD WAS SONNE & HEYRE TO SIR JOHN HALEGHWELL KNIGHT & THE SAID ANNE WAS DAUGHTER & HEYRE OF SIR JOHN NORBURY KNIGHT & ANNE HIS WIFE THE WHICH ANNE WAS DAUGHTER & HEYER OF WILLIAM CROSYER ESQUIRE THE WHICH WILLIAM WAS SON & HEYER TO SIR WILLIAM CROSYER & HIS WIFE THE WHICH ELIZABETH WAS DAUGHTER & HEYER TO SIR WILLIAM DAWBURNON KNIGHT WHO DISCENDED OF THE DAWBERNON THE NORMAND WHICH CAM INTO ENGLAND WITH WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR & FROM WHOM THIS MANOR DID DISCEND LINIALLY TO THE SAME SIR WILLIAM & THE AFORESAID SIR HENRY NORBURY WAS SONNE & HEYER TO SR RAFFE BUTLER LORD SUDELEY, & LORD STEWARDE OF THE HOUSEHOLDE OF KINGE HENRY VI, THE WHICH SIR RAFFE WAS SONNE & HEYER OF JOHN LORD SUDELEY LINIALLY DESCENDED OF HAROLD WHOM WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR SLEW IN THE FIELD."[1] |
| Jane Halliwell's mother 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. |
| 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. Gravesite Details Memorial Brass |
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| ↑ Quoted in "Stoke d'Aubernon Church," by Philip Mainwaring Johnston, in Surrey Archaeological Collections," vol. 20 (1907). |
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| England, Extracted Parish and Court Records |
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| England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 |
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| Find A Grave |
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105456389/jane-braye : accessed 01 May 2022), 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) . | Don't know | Don't know | Don't know |
| Jane Hallywell Braye, "Find A Grave Index" |
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| UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current |
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