Edmund Wright (d.1583)

Edmund Wright (d. circa 1583) of Sutton Hall in the parish of Burnt Bradfield in Suffolk[1] and of Buckenham Tofts in Norfolk (belonging to his father-in-law), was a Member of Parliament for Steyning in Sussex in 1559.[2]

He was the second son and eventual heir of Robert Wright of Sutton by his wife Anne Russell, who had inherited a moiety of Sutton Hall from her mother Jane Jervace (or Gervas) (wife of Thomas Russell), daughter and heiress of John Jervace of Sutton.[3][4][5] The arms of Wright were: Sable, a chevron engrailed between three fleurs-de-lys or on a chief of the last three spear heads azure.[6]

Edmund Wright by his wife Frances Spring, a daughter of the prominent clothier Sir John Spring (d.1547) of Lavenham in Suffolk, left daughters and co-heiresses, one of whom was Anne Wright, heiress of Sutton Hall and of Barrett's Hall in Whatfield, who married Sir John Heigham of Barrough Hall.[7] Edmund Wright sold the wardship of his nephew William Spring (1532/4-1599) to Margaret Donnington (d.1562),[8] (Countess of Bath, wife of John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath (1499-1560/61) of Tawstock in Devon), a strong-willed lady who was ambitious for her own daughters and who later married him off to one of them, namely Anne Kitson, from her previous marriage.

Sources

  • Fuidge, N.M., biography of "WRIGHT, Edmund (d.c.1583), of Burnt Bradfield and Sutton, Suff. and Little Buckenham, Norf.", published in History of Parliament, House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981[4]

References

  1. ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson, ed. (1868). The Visitation of Suffolke, made by William Hervey, Clarenceux King of Arms, 1561, with additions from family documents, original wills, Jermyn, Davy, and other MSS, &c.: Vol 2. Lowestoft & London, p.289[1]; confirmed existence of manor of Sutton Hall within the parish of Burnt Bradfield see [2] Archived 2019-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Fuidge
  3. ^ Fuidge
  4. ^ Rye, Walter, ed. (1891) The visitacion (i.e., visitation) of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, anno 1563, p. 323, "Wright"p. 323
  5. ^ New England Historical and Genealogical Register., Vol. 156 (2002), p. 54, note 231.
  6. ^ Howard (1868), Heraldic Visit Suffolk 1561, p.289
  7. ^ Howard (1868), Heraldic Visit Suffolk 1561, p.289
  8. ^ Visitation of Suffolk, 1561, ed.1866, vol.1, p.191[3]
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