Noble family Wright Name Sir Wright Buried Kellydon Church | Mother Agnes Father Reverend John Wright Parents Reverend John Wright | |
Baptised 12 July 1488
Dagenham, Essex Died October 5, 1551, Kelvedon Hatch, United Kingdom |
Sir John Wright (1488 – 5 October 1551) was a member of the English gentry and was ancestor of the famous Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright.
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Biography
Wright was born in 1488 in Kelvedon, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England, to Reverend John Wright (27 October 1450 – 5 May 1509) and wife Agnes (born in Dagenham, Essex). The younger John Wright was christened 12 July 1488, in Dagenham, Essex.
In 1509 Wright married Olive Hubbard (1487 – October 1560).
Wright was a yeoman and was knighted on 20 June 1509. The grant included a coat of arms for the Wright family along with the inheritable title, and a seat on the King's council.
In 1538 Wright purchased Kelvedon Hall from Richard Bolles for £493 6s 8d. Wright Hall, which had been known before as Weald Hall in the past, had also been owned by Sir Brian Tuke at one point. The estate stayed in the Wright family almost four centuries until 1922 through the descendants of son John Wright (born 1510), the eldest of Wright's children. In the 18th century, the manor was rebuilt by the seventh John Wright.
Wright died at age 63 on 5 October 1551 at Dagenham Manor, at Kelvedon Hatch, Essex. He had had a will drawn up on 25 September 1551, and per his request in the will was buried in the chancel of Kellydon Church.
Children
Children of Wright are listed in birth order, including three separate Johns: