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John WRIGHT
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Name John WRIGHT [1] Birth Abt 1488 Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England
[1] Gender Male Baptism 12 Jul 1488 [1] - Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England
Source of Info. Source of Info. - dab@3-cities.com
_UID 443D7D64F7FC4D1881621F14152F16CBF5AB Death 4 Oct 1551 Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England
[1] Burial Kelvedon Hatch Church, Essex, England
[1] Person ID I2817 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 5 Feb 2012
Father John WRIGHT, b. 27 Oct 1450, Dagenham, East Kelvedon, Essex, England
d. 5 May 1509, Dagenham, East Kelvedon, Essex, England
(Age 58 years) Mother Agnes, b. Abt 1452, Dagenham, East Kelvedon, Essex, England
d. Kelvedon, Essex, England
Marriage 1470 Family ID F1341 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Marriage 17 Mar 1508 South Weald, Essex, England
Family ID F1344 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 2 Olive HUBBARD, b. 22 Feb 1485-1486, Dagenham Hall, London, England
d. 22 Jun 1560, Kelvedon Manor, Essex, England
(Age 74 years) Marriage 9 Aug 1508 South Weald Church, Kelvedon, Essex, England
[1] Children 1. John WRIGHT, b. 1510, Essex County, England
d. 10 Oct 1563, Kelvedon, Essex, England
(Age 53 years)2. Katherine WRIGHT, b. Abt 1513 d. 1 Jan 1595, Navestock, Essex, England
(Age ~ 82 years)3. Robert WRIGHT, b. Abt 1516, Essex County, England
d. 1587, Essex County, England
(Age ~ 71 years)4. Alice WRIGHT, b. 1519, Essex County, England
d. Kelvedon, Essex, England 
5. John WRIGHT, b. 4 May 1524, Kelvedon, Essex, England
d. 1558, South Weald, Essex, England
(Age 33 years)6. Elizabeth WRIGHT, b. 1526, Essex County, England
d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1343 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - [dickenson.ged]
John Wright purchased Kelvedon Manor, Essex, England in 1538.
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WILL OF JOHN WRIGHT - September 21, 1551 - Kelvedon, Essex, England:
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 20s. To the parish of Southweld 40s. And to the ten poorest parishes about me 20s. Each. To my loving wife (not named) 40 marks by the yere to be paid of my lands by my four sons equally, £6, 13, 4 each. And the best end of my house of Kelvedon Haule at her choice. Also t her my household stuff and 100 £, 20 kyne and a gelding. To each daughter (not named) £13, 6, 9. To every godchild 6s. 8d. And to every godchild of my own childrens 20s. To Kelydon Strete toward the reparation of the way £3, 6, 8. To mending the way to the Common £3, 6, 8. To the reparation of Geedy Hall Lane 40s. 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 Naavestock. 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 20s apiece. To each servant 6s. 8d.
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 Abbots by the two Executors named. (Register Bastwick states it was proved at Brentwood but agrees in the date.)
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Sources - [S41] dickenson.ged.
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