BRAY, Sir Edward (c.1519-81), of Shere, Surr.

b. c. 1519, 1st s. of Sir Edward Bray, by his 2nd w. Beatrice, da. of Ralph Shirley of Wiston, Suss., wid. of Edward Elrington of London and Udimore, Suss. m. (1) bef. Oct. 1542, Mary (d. bef. June 1547), da. of Simon Elrington, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) Elizabeth (d.1560), da. of William Roper of Eltham, wid. of John Stevenson, 1s.; (3) Magdalene (d.1563), ?da. of Sir Thomas Cotton of Oxenhoath, Kent, s.p.; (4) Mary, 3da. suc. fa. 1558. Kntd. 1560.C142/118/8; E150/51/25; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 177-8; W. Berry, Co. Genealogies, Surr. , 37; LP. Hen. VIII , xvii. 564, 635; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 158; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 517, 523. Authorities differ as to whether it was his 3rd or 4th w. who was the daughter of Sir Thomas Cotton.