John WRIGHT, Of Kelvedon^[1]

Abt 1488 - 1551  (~ 63 years)

• Name	John WRIGHT
  Suffix	Of Kelvedon
  Born	Abt 1488  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Oct 1551	Kelvedon Hatch Church, Essex, England
  Person ID	I13286	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John WRIGHT,   b. 1450,   d. 1509, Of Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Agnes,   b. 1452,   d. 1509  (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F1283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olive HUBBARD,   b. 1487,   d. 1560  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. John WRIGHT,   b. Bef 1516,   d. 10 Oct 1563, Of Kelvedon Hall, Essex, England  (Age ~ 47 years)   2. Robert WRIGHT, Lord Of Brook Hall,   b. 9 Apr 1516, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England ,   d. 25 Jan 1587, Kelvedon, Essex, England  (Age 70 years)   3. "Young" John WRIGHT,   b. Aft 1517,   d. 1587, Of Bishops Hall, Wealdside, Essex, England  (Age ~ 69 years)   4. "Myddle" John WRIGHT,   b. 1524,   d. 1558, Of Wrigtsbridge, Essex, England  (Age 34 years)   5. Katherine WRIGHT   6. Alice WRIGHT
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F1277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

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• Notes

  He was granted a baronetcy on June 20,1509 which entitled to a seat in Parliament. He held the title Lord of Kelvedon Hall which he bought in 1538."The Will of JOHN WRIGHT of KelvedonArch: Essex. Register Thomber 117 and Register Bastwick:In the name of God Amen; 25 Sept, 1551. of Kellydon Essex, Yoeman. Beying in bode feble and weak yet of pfect mynde make my will, etc. Soul to God. Body to be buried within the Chancell of Kellydon Church. To poor mens box 20/- To the parish of Southweald 40/- and to the ten poorest parishes about me 20/- each. To my loving wife (not named) 40 marks by the yere to be paid of my lands by my four sons equally -- L6, 13, 4 each. And the best end of my house of Kelvedon Haule at her choice. Also to her my household stuff and 100L, 20 kyne and a gelding. To each daughter (not named) L13, 6, 8. To every godchild 6/8, and to every godchild of my own childrens 20/-. To Kelydon Strete toward the reparation of the way L3, 6, 8. To mending the way to the Common L3, 6, 8. To the reparation of Geedy Hall Lane 40/-. To my eldest son John Wright and his heirs Kelydon Hall, Weldsyde Knights, Hubbords Land with the two houses in Brentwood and Layndon. To Robert Wright and his heirs, Ropers in Brook Street, and house meadow and orchard in Brook Street, Smythes land, Powres wherein now gladden dwelleth with Fyners, Burnecks Land and Webbs. To my son called Myddle John I give all the land I have in Havering and houses and millers house and a tenement in Childerditch wherein Gibbes doth dwell. To my son called Young John I give Bishops Hall, Wilchins Pownde Mead, Welde Lyes, Bulffandes and Dichars in Ramsden Bellhouse and Trays. To John Wright son to my son John the younger, all my land in Navestock. To John Wright son to my son John the elder, a tenement called Drywoods. To John Wright son of my son Robert, a tenement called Argents. To every child (if any) of my childrens children 20/- apiece. To each servant 6/8.Executors: Sons John the elder and Robert.Overseers: Sons, middle and young John (note middle John is here styled "John Wright of Wrights Bridge").Witnesses: Thomas Wood, clerk (i.e. parson) Robert Sheparde, John Symonde, and Thomas Lytman.Proved 21 November 1551 at Stapleford Abbotts by the two Executors named. (Register Bastwick states it was proved at Brentwood but agrees with the date.)"

  
  

• Sources

  [S797] Wright Lineage (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~legends/wright.html, including transcriptions of 1st hand records).