Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.
Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
Baron Braye is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Abeyant Baronies of England, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
4th December 1529. Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye created. See Henry VIII Creates New Peerages.
18th October 1539. Son John Braye 2nd Baron Braye succeeded.
19th November 1557. John Braye 2nd Baron Braye abeyant. See Battle of St Quentin.
3rd October 1839. Great x 7 Niece Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye abeyance terminated.
21st February 1862. Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye abeyant.
13th May 1879. Daughter Henrietta Otway 4th Baroness Braye abeyance terminated.
14th November 1879. Son Alfred Wyatt-Edgell 5th Baron Braye succeeded.
1st July 1928. Son Adrian Verney Verney-Cave 6th Baron Braye succeeded.
1952. Son Thomas Adrian Verney-Cave 7th Baron Braye succeeded.
19th December 1985. Daughter Mary Penelope Verney-Cave 8th Baroness Braye succeeded.
On 21st February 1497 Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 13) and Jane Halwell Baroness Bray were married. She by marriage Baroness Braye.
In early December 1529 King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 38) created five Baronies ...
On 1st December 1529 ...
Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 62) was created 1st Baron Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire. Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 60) by marriage Baroness Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire.
John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (age 64) was created 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford. Anne Grey Baroness Hussey Sleaford by marriage Baroness Hussey of Sleaford.
On 2nd December 1529 ...
Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth (age 28) was created 1st Baron Wentworth. Margaret Fortescue Baroness Wentworth (age 27) by marriage Baroness Wentworth.
Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh (age 41) was created 1st Baron Burgh. Agnes Tyrwhitt Baroness Cobham, Strabolgi and Burgh (age 48) by marriage Baroness Burgh. This is regarded as a new creation rather than a continuation of the previous creation Baron Burgh since Thomas's father was never summoned to Parliament due to his insanity. Some sources refer to Thomas as the 3rd Baron Burgh.
On 4th December 1529 Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 45) was created 1st Baron Braye by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines.
Become a Member via our 'Buy Me a Coffee' page to read complete text.
On 18th October 1539 Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 55) died. His son John succeeded 2nd Baron Braye. As a minor he was placed under the wardship of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 39). He would later marry Talbot's daughter Anne Talbot Baroness Braye and Wharton (age 15).
Before 19th November 1557 John Braye 2nd Baron Braye and Anne Talbot Baroness Braye and Wharton (age 33) were married. She by marriage Baroness Braye. She being the daughter of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 57) who ward John had been. She the daughter of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Dacre.
On 19th November 1557 John Braye 2nd Baron Braye died from wounds received at the Battle of St Quentin without issue. Baron Braye abeyant between his six sisters. He was buried at Chelsea Old Church. The abeyance was be terminated in 1839 in favour of Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye a descendant of his sister Elizabeth Braye (age 56).
In 1818 Robert Otway-Cave (age 22) took by royal sign manual the additional surname of Cave, the maiden name of his mother (age 49), to whose title he was heir apparent.
On 3rd October 1839 Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye (age 71) abeyance terminated 3rd Baroness Braye.
On 21st February 1862 Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye (age 93) died. Baron Braye abeyant. Monument at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map] sculpted by Mary Francis (age 53) and commissioned by her daughter Catherine Otway (age 53), widow of John Lygon 3rd Earl Beauchamp.
Catherine Otway: Before 1809 she was born to Henry Otway of Castle Otway in Tipperary and Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye. On 19th October 1826 Henry Murray and she were married. He the son of Bishop George Murray. On 11th February 1850 John Lygon 3rd Earl Beauchamp and she were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp. On 4th November 1875 she died without issue.
On 13th May 1879 Maria Otway-Cave (age 70) died. Her sister Henrietta (age 70) abeyance terminated 4th Baroness Braye; she died six months later. Reverend Edgell Wyatt-Edgell Baron Braye (age 78) by marriage Baron Braye.
On 14th November 1879 Henrietta Otway 4th Baroness Braye (age 70) died. Her son Alfred (age 30) succeeded 5th Baron Braye.
On 1st July 1928 Alfred Wyatt-Edgell 5th Baron Braye (age 78) died. His son Adrian (age 53) succeeded 6th Baron Braye.
In 1952 Adrian Verney Verney-Cave 6th Baron Braye (age 77) died. Memorial at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map]. His son Thomas (age 49) succeeded 7th Baron Braye.
Adrian Verney Verney-Cave 6th Baron Braye: On 11th October 1874 he was born to Alfred Wyatt-Edgell 5th Baron Braye. On 1st July 1928 Alfred Wyatt-Edgell 5th Baron Braye died. His son Adrian succeeded 6th Baron Braye.
Thomas Adrian Verney-Cave 7th Baron Braye: On 26th July 1902 he was born to Adrian Verney Verney-Cave 6th Baron Braye.
On 19th December 1985 Thomas Adrian Verney-Cave 7th Baron Braye (age 83) died. Memorial at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map]. His daughter Mary (age 44) succeeded 8th Baroness Braye.
Mary Penelope Verney-Cave 8th Baroness Braye: On 28th September 1941 she was born to Thomas Adrian Verney-Cave 7th Baron Braye.