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Braye, Baron (E, 1529)
Creation: writ sum. 4 Dec 1529
Family name: Braye later Cave later Otway-Cave later Wyatt-Edgell later Verney-Cave later Aubrey-Fletcher
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure fretty Argent (Cave); 2nd and 3rd, Azure on a Cross Argent five Mullets Gules (Verney)
On either side a Lion guardant Or winged Vair
Gardez (Beware)
Badge:
A Hemp-brake proper
Edmund [Bray], 1st Baron Bray(e)
1st son and heir of John Bray, of Eaton Bray, co. Bedford, and nephew and heir of Sir Reynold Bray KG, Lord High Treasurer to King Henry VII
Jane Halighwell (mar. (2) Sir Urian Brereton; d. 24 Oct 1558 ; bur. at Eaton Bray, co. Bedford), dau. and hrss. of Sir Richard Halighwell, of Holwell, by his wife Jane Norbury, dau. of Sir John Norbury
1. Hon John Bray, later 2nd Baron Bray(e)
1. Hon Anne Bray (d. 1 Nov 1558; bur. in Cobham Church, co. Kent), mar. bef. 1526 George [Brooke], 9th Baron Cobham of Kent, and had issue
2. Hon Elizabeth Bray (b. c. 1513; d. after 1573), mar. (1) 1528 Sir Ralph Verney, of Pendley, co. Hertford, and Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham, Sheriff of Bedfordshire and of Buckinghamshire (d. 1546), (2) Sir Richard Catesby, of Ashby St Leger, co. Warwick, (3) William Clark, and (4) Henry Phillips, and had issue by her first husband:
1a. Edward Verney, of Pendley, co. Hertford, and Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham (b. 1529; dsp. 13 Dec 1558), mar. Dorothy Peckham (d. 23 May 1547), dau. of Sir Edward Peckham, of Denham, co. Buckingham
2a. John Verney (dsp. bef. 1558)
3a. Sir Edmund Verney, of Pendley, co. Hertford, and Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and of Hertfordshire (b. 1535; d. 11 Jan 1599/1600), mar. (1) Frances Fredmayne (widow of Thomas Fredmayne, of North Marston; dsp.), dau. of John Hastings, of Elford, and (2) Audrey Carew (widow of Sir Peter Carew; d. 1588), dau. of William Gardner, of Fulmere, and had issue by his second wife:
1b. Sir Francis Verney, of Pendley, co. Hertford (b. 1583; dsp. 6 Sep 1615), mar. Ursula St Barbe (b. 1587; d. 1670), dau. of William St Barbe, by his wife Mary Blakney
Sir Edmund Verney mar. (3) Mary St Barbe (widow of (1) Geoffrey Turville, and (2) William St Barbe; d. 1642), dau. of John Blakney, of Sparrowham, and had further issue:
2b. Sir Edmund Verney, of Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham, carried the Royal Standard at the Battle of Edgehill (b. betw. 1 Jan 1590 and 7 Apr 1596; k. at the Battle of Edgehill 23 Oct 1642), mar. 1612 Margaret Denton (bapt. 17 Nov 1594; d. 5 Apr 1641), dau. of Sir Thomas Denton, of Hillesden, and had issue:
1c. Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Bt., of Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham (b. 9 Nov 1613; d. 24 Sep 1696), mar. 31 May 1629 Mary Blackwell (b. 1616; d. 10 May 1650), dau. and hrss. of John Blackwell, of Wasing and Abingdon, co. Berkshire, and had issue:
1d. Edmund Verney (bapt. 29 Dec 1636; dvp. 1688), mar. Mary Abell, dau. and hrss. of William Abell, of East Claydon, and had issue:
1e. Ralph Verney (bapt. 22 Feb 1666; bur. vp. 16 Feb 1685)
2e. Edmund Verney (b. c. 1668; d. 28 Feb 1689/90)
1e. Mary Verney (bapt. 23 Jan 1674; dsp. 10 Feb 1695/6), mar. John Kelynge
2d. Sir John Verney, 2nd Bt., later John [Verney], 1st Viscount of Fermanagh (b. 5 Nov 1640; d. 23 Jun 1717), mar. (1) 27 May 1680 Elizabeth Palmer (b. 1664/5; d. 20 May 1686), 1st dau. of Ralph Palmer, of Little Chelsea, co. Middlesex, by his wife Alice White, and had issue:
1e. Ralph [Verney], 2nd Viscount Fermanagh later 1st Earl Verney (bapt. 18 Mar 1683; d. 4 Oct 1752), mar. 24 Feb 1707/8 Catherine Paschall (d. 28 Nov 1748), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Henry Paschall, of Baddow Hall, co. Essex, by his wife Catherine Appleton, only dau. of Sir Henry Appleton, 3rd Bt., of South Bemfleet, co. Essex, and had issue:
1f. Hon John Verney (bapt. 8 Apr 1711; dvp and spm. 3 Jun 1737), mar. Mary Nicholson (mar. (2) Richard Calvert), dau. of Josias Nicholson, of Clapham, co. Surrey, and had issue:
1g. Mary Verney, suo jure Baroness Fermanagh (b. 21 Oct 1737; d. unm. 15 Nov 1810)
2f. Ralph [Verney], 2nd Earl Verney (b. c. 1712; dsp. 31 Mar 1791), mar. 11 Sep 1740 Mary Herring (b. 4 Feb 1716; d. 20 Jan 1791), dau. and hrss. of Henry Herring, of Egham, co. Surrey, a Director of the Bank of England
1f. Lady Elizabeth Verney (dsps. 7 Jun 1756), mar. 28 Jun 1748 as his first wife Bennet [Sherard], 3rd Earl of Harborough
2f. Lady Catherine Verney (dvp. unm. 17 Aug 1750)
1e. Hon Elizabeth Verney (b. 1680/1; d. unm. 5 Jun 1767)
2e. Hon Mary Verney (bur. 28 Apr 1769), mar. Col John Lovett, of Soulbury
3e. Hon Margaret Verney (d. 17 May 1774), mar. 20 Feb 1703 Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Bt., of Stanford Hall, co. Leicester (d. 21 May 1719), and had issue:
1f. Sir Verney Cave, 4th Bt., of Stanford Hall, co. Leicester (b. 1 Jan 1704/5; d. unm. 12 Sep 1734)
2f. Sir Thomas Cave, 5th Bt., of Stanford Hall, co. Leicester (b. 27 May 1712; d. 7 Aug 1778), mar. 1736 Elizabeth Davies (d. 15 May 1780), only dau. and hrss. of Dr Griffith Davies, of Birmingham, co. Warwick, by his wife Elizabeth Burgoyne, and had issue:
1g. Sir Thomas Cave, 6th Bt., of Stanford Hall, co. Leicester (b. 22 Aug 1737; d. 30 May 1780), mar. Sarah Edwards (d. Jul 1819), dau. of John Edward, of London, and had issue:
1h. Sir Thomas Cave, 7th Bt., of Stanford Hall, co. Leicester (b. 6 Oct 1766; dsp. 15 Jan 1792), mar. 3 Jun 1791 Lady Lucy Sherard (mar. (2) 20 Aug 1798 Hon Philip Bouverie later Bouverie-Pusey, 1st son by his second wife of Jacob [Bouverie], 1st Viscount Folkestone; d. 27 Mar 1858), only dau. by his second wife of Robert [Sherard], 4th Earl of Harborough
1h. Sarah Cave, later suo jure Baroness Braye
2g. Rev Sir Charles Cave, 8th Bt., Rector of Finedon (b. 1747; d. unm. 21 Mar 1810)
1g. Elizabeth Cave (bapt. 3 Mar 1739/40; dsp. 5 Mar 1797), mar. 8 Oct 1767 as his fourth wife Bennet [Sherard], 3rd Earl of Harborough
2g. Margaret Cave (b. 1742; d. 14 Jul 1817), mar. (1) John Moses, of Hull, co. York (d. bef. 1773), and (2) Thomas Robinson, of Sheffield House, Kensington, co. Middlesex (d. 18 Apr 1810)
3g. Maria Constantia Cave (b. c. 1745; dsp. 24 Feb 1811), mar. 1 Jun 1773 Sir Thomas Etherington, 1st Bt., of Hull, co. York (b. 1730/1; dsp. 16 Aug 1819)
4g. Anne Cave (b. c. 1748; d. 23 Dec 1833), mar. Jan 1777 Rev Thomas Marriott, Prebendary of Westminster Abbey
5g. Isabella Cave (b. Jul 1750; d. 1 Jan 1817)
1f. Elizabeth Cave
2f. Penelope Cave, mar. Richard Thomson
Lord Fermanagh mar. (2) 10 Jul 1692 Mary Lawley (d. 24 Aug 1694), 1st dau. of Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Bt., of Spoonhill, co. Shropshire, and (3) 8 Apr 1696 Elizabeth Baker (dsp. 12 Dec 1736), dau. of Alderman Daniel Baker, of Penn House, co. Buckingham, and had issue by his second wife:
2e. Hon John Verney (b. c. Oct 1693; bur. vp. 25 May 1694)
3d. Ralph Verney (b. Jun 1647; dvp. Oct 1647)
1d. Mary Verney (b. and dvp. Jul 1632)
2d. Anna Maria Verney (b. 16 Sep 1634; dvp. May 1638)
3d. Margaret Verney (b. 8 Jan 1638/9; dvp. 10/20 Oct 1647)
2c. Thomas Verney (b. 2 Nov 1615; dsp. 1707)
3c. Sir Edmund Verney (b. 2 Nov 1616; d. 11 Sep 1649)
4c. Col Henry Verney (b. 9 Apt 1618; d. 1671)
5c. John Verney (b. 19 Jul 1619; dvp. an infant)
6c. Richard Verney (b. 14 Feb 1629/30; dvp. an infant)
1c. Susan Verney (b. 18 Apr 1621; dsps. 1651), mar. Richard Alport, of Overton
2c. Penelope Verney (b. 19 Jun 1622; dsps. 1695), mar. (1) John Denton, of Fawley, and (2) Sir John Osborn, son of Sir Richard Osborn, of Knockmore Castle
3c. Margaret Verney (b. 30 Sep 1623; dsp. 1667), mar. Sir Thomas Elmes, of Green's Norton
4c. Carey Verney (b. 28 Dec 1626; d. 1704), mar. (1) Sir Thomas Gardiner, of Cuddesdon (d. 1645), and (2) John Stewkeley
5c. Mary Verney (b. 14 Apr 1628; d. 1684), mar. Robert Lloyd, of Chester
6c. Elizabeth Verney (b. 12 Sep 1633; d. 1721), mar. Rev Charles Adams Clerk, of Great Baddow
4a. Sir Richard Verney, Sheriff of Warwickshire and of Leicestershire
5a. Francis Verney, of Syresham, co. Northampton, mar. Mary Duncombe, dau. of John Duncombe, of Morton
6a. Urian Verney, of Fynmor Lodge (d. bef. 5 Jul 1609), mar. Lettice Gifford, 2nd dau. by his third wife of Sir George Gifford, of Middle Claydon, co. Buckingham, and had issue
7a. Ralph Verney
1a. Anne Verney, mar. after 12 May 1555 Sir Nicholas Poyntz, of Iron Acton, co. Gloucester, Sheriff of Gloucestershire (b. c. 1535; d. 1 Sep 1585), 1st son and heir of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, of Iron Acton, co. Gloucester, by his wife Hon Joan Berkeley, only dau. by his first wife of Thomas [Berkeley], 5th Baron Berkeley, and had issue
2a. Jane Verney, mar. Sir Francis Hinde, of Madingley, co. Cambridge (d. 21 Mar 1595), and had issue
3. Hon Frideswide Bray (b. c. 1516), mar. Sir Percival Hart, of Lullingstone Castle, co. Kent (d. 1580), and had issue
4. Hon Mary Bray (d. 1569), mar. Sir Robert Peckham, and had issue
5. Hon Dorothy Bray (b. c. 1530; d. 31 Oct 1605), mar. (1) c 1548 Edmund [Brydges], 2nd Baron Chandos, and (2) as his first wife William [Knollys], 1st Earl of Banbury, and had issue by her first husband
6. Hon Frances Bray (b. c. 1535; d. 1592), mar. Thomas Lyfield, of Stoke D'Abernon, co. Surrey, and had issue
18 Oct 1539 (bur. at Chelsea, co. Middlesex)
by writ of summons 4 Dec 1529 Baron Bray(e)
suc. by
knighted 1513; Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1514-15 and of Surrey and Sussex 1522
John [Bray], 2nd Baron Bray(e)
Lady Anne Talbot (mar. (2) 18 Nov 1561 as his second wife Thomas [Wharton], 1st Baron Wharton; d. 3 Feb 1584/5), only dau. of Francis [Talbot], 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, by his first wife Hon Mary Dacre, 1st dau. of Thomas [Dacre], 2nd Baron Dacre of Gilsland
s.p. 19 Nov 1557
On his death the Barony of Bray(e) fell into abeyance between his six sisters: Hon Anne Brooke, Lady Cobham; Hon Elizabeth Verney, Lady Verney; Hon Frideswide Hart, Lady Hart; Hon Mary Peckham, Lady Peckham; Hon Dorothy Chandos, Lady Chandos; and Hon Frances Lyfield. Almost 282 years later on 3 Oct 1839 the abeyance was terminated in favour of:
Sarah Cave later Otway-Cave, suo jure Baroness Braye
25 Feb 1790 Henry Otway, of Castle Otway, co. Tipperary, High Sheriff of Leicestershire 1804 (d. 15 Sep 1815; bur. at Stanford, co. Northampton), elder bro. of Admiral Sir Robert Otway, 1st Bt.
1. Hon Robert Otway, of Castle Otway and Stanford Hall, co. Northampton, Member of Parliament for Leicestershire (dsp. and vm. 30 Nov 1844), mar. 23 Oct 1833 Sophia Burdett (d. 30 Dec 1849), 1st dau. of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt.
1. Hon Maria Otway, of Stanford Hall, co. Leicester (d. 13 May 1879, when the second abeyance in the barony was terminated and it passed to her surviving sister, Henrietta)
2. Hon Anne Otway, of Stanford Hall, co. Leicester (dsp. 22 May 1871), mar. (1) 28 Feb 1828 John Arthur Arnold, of Lutterworth, co. Leicester (dsp. 1844), and (2) 2 Dec 1847 Rev Henry Kemp Richardson, Rector of Leire, co. Leicester
3. Hon Catherine Otway, of Stanford Hall, co. Leicester (dsp. 4 Nov 1875), mar. (1) 19 Oct 1826 Henry Murray (dsp. 26 Nov 1830), 5th son of Rt Rev Lord George Murray DD, Bishop of St David's 1800-03 (by his wife Anne Charlotte Grant, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Charlotte, dau. of Lt Gen Francis Grant MP), 2nd surv. son of John [Murray], 3rd Duke of Atholl, and (2) 11 Feb 1850 as his second wife John Reginald [Lygon later Pindar], 3rd Earl Beauchamp
4. Hon Henrietta Otway later Otway-Cave, later suo jure Baroness Braye
s.p.m.s. 21 Feb 1862 (bur. at Stanford, co. Northampton)
On her death the Barony of Braye fell into abeyance between her four daughters: Hon Maria Otway; Hon Anne Arnold later Richardson; Hon Catherine Murray later Lygon, Countess Beauchamp; and Hon Henrietta Wyatt-Edgell. On 13 May 1879 the abeyance was terminated in favour of the youngest daughter,
Hon Henrietta Otway later Otway-Cave, suo jure Baroness Braye
24 Sep 1844 Rev Edgell Wyatt-Edgell, Rector of North Cray, co. Kent 1834-51 (b. c. 1801; d. 26 Sep 1888), 2nd son of Edgell Wyatt later Wyatt-Edgell, of Milton Place, Egham, co. Surrey, by his wife Elizabeth Pocock, dau. of William Pocock, of Chieveley, co. Berkshire
1. Capt Hon Edmund Verney Wyatt-Edgell, of Stanford Hall, co. Leicester (b. 16 Aug 1845; k. in action vm. at Ulundi, Zululand 4 Jul 1879)
2. Henry Adrian Wyatt-Edgell (b. 17 May 1847; dvm. 6 Nov 1866)
3. Hon Alfred Thomas Townshend Wyatt-Edgell later Verney-Cave, later 5th Baron Braye
1. Hon Frances Catherine Sarah Wyatt-Edgell, a nun (b. 16 Aug 1845; d. 23 Feb 1884)
14 Nov 1879 (bur. at Stanford, co. Northampton)
Alfred Thomas Townshend [Wyatt-Edgell later Verney-Cave], 5th Baron Braye
9 Sep 1873 Cecilia Harriet Walmesley (d. 25 Nov 1935), 3rd dau. of William Gerard Walmesley, of Westwood Hall, co. Lancaster, by his wife Caroline de Trafford, dau. of Sir Thomas Joseph de Trafford, 1st Bt., of Trafford Park, co. Lancaster
1. Hon Adrian Verney Verney-Cave, later 6th Baron Braye
2. Hon Thomas Florian Verney-Cave (b. 11 Apr 1885 ; d. 4 Apr 1909), mar. 2 May 1903 Maj ..... von Gratzy, and had issue:
1a. Verney Kurt von Gratzy (b. 1904 ; d. Jan 1909)
1a. Vere Cecilia von Gratzy (b. 1906; d. 1981), mar. 20 Apr 1929 Claude Henry Browne, of Foresters, Keeper's Walk, Virginia Water, co. Surrey, 1st son of Claude M Browne, of Queensberry Place, London, and had issue:
1b. Linda Kathleen Browne, coheiress presumptive to the Barony of Braye (b. 2 May 1930), mar. 6 Feb 1965 Cdr Christopher Henry Fothergill RN, of Otway House, Chobham, co. Surrey, son of Capt Henry Maclean Fothergill RN, of Fairway, Camberley, co. Surrey, by his wife Lucy Bouverie-Pusey, 1st dau. of Capt Edward Bouverie-Pusey RN, and has issue:
1c. Nicholas Henry Fothergill (b. 29 Nov 1965)
2c. Alexander Verney Edmund Fothergill (b. 17 Nov 1967)
2b. Theresa Beatrice Browne, coheiress presumptive to the Barony of Braye (b. 9 Aug 1934)
1. Hon Cecilia Violet Verney-Cave (b. 4 Aug 1876; d. 21 Nov 1950)
2. Hon Ianthe Mary Dolores Verney-Cave (b. 12 Jul 1880; d. 5 Jan 1881)
3. Hon Vera Angela Verney-Cave (b. 14 Aug 1881; d. 21 Nov 1952)
became a Roman Catholic 1870; a Knight of Malta; took the name of Verney-Cave in lieu of that of Wyatt-Edgell by Royal Licence 1880; served in the South African War
Adrian Verney [Verney-Cave], 6th Baron Braye
28 Aug 1900 Ethel Mary Bouverie-Pusey (d. 7 Jul 1955), 2nd dau. of Capt Edward Bouverie-Pusey RN (by his wife Esther Elliot Hales, only dau. of Rev Richard Cox Hales, Rector of Woodmancote, co. Surrey), 2nd son of Rev William Bouverie-Pusey, Rector of Langley, co. Kent (by his wife Catherine Freeman, dau. of Thomas Freeman), 3rd son of Hon Philip Bouverie later Bouverie-Pusey (by his wife Lady Lucy Cave, widow of Sir Thomas Cave, 7th. Bt., of Stanford Hall, co. Leicester, and only dau. by his second wife of Robert [Sherard], 4th Earl of Harborough), 1st son by his second wife of Jacob [Bouverie], 1st Viscount Folkestone
1. Hon Thomas Adrian Verney-Cave, later 7th Baron Braye
2. F/Lt Hon Ambrose Jordan Verney-Cave RAVR (b. 23 Oct 1906; d. 19...)
1. Hon Lucy Agnes Vera Verney-Cave (b. 1 Jan 1905; d. 19...), mar. 10 May 1935 Capt Lucien Leslie Falkiner (dsp. 30 May 1940), 2nd son of Sir Leslie Falkiner, 7th Bt.
Thomas Adrian [Verney-Cave], 7th Baron Braye, JP DL
3 Feb 1934 Dorothea Donaghue (d. May 1994), dau. of Daniel Charles Donaghue, of Philadelphia, USA
1. Hon (Mary) Penelope Verney-Cave, later suo jure Baroness Braye
served in World War II 1939-45 as F/O RAF; on personal staff of HRH The Prince of the Netherlands 1945-46
Hon (Mary) Penelope Verney-Cave later Aubrey-Fletcher, suo jure Baroness Braye
1981 as his second wife Lt Col Edward Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 4th son of Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Bt., by his wife Mary Augusta Chilton, dau. of Rev Robert William Chilton, Rector of Great Horkesley, Colchester, co. Essex
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1983
The two coheiresses presumptive to the Barony of Braye are the sisters Linda Kathleen Fothergill and Theresa Beatrice Browne, second cousins to the present Baroness.
Last updated 6 Apr 2012
Baroness Braye (8th in line)
(England, writ sum. 4 Dec 1529)
Stanford Hall, Lutterworth, Leicestershire LE17 6DH
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