John Fray

- 1461

• Name	John Fray
  Birth	of Cotered, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jul 1461  [2]
  Burial	Church of St. Bartholomew the Less, London, England   [2]
  Person ID	I18728	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2017

  
  

  Family	Agnes Danvers   d. Jun 1478
  Children	+ 1. Katherine Fray,   b. Abt 1447   d. 12 May 1482 (Age ~ 35 years)
  Family ID	F11617	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Knight of the shire for Hertfordshire, 1419 and 1420. "One of the most influential lawyers to serve the Crown during the first half of the 15th century, Fray rose from relative obscurity to become chief baron of the Exchequer, and thus provides us with a particularly striking example of the 'self-made man' whose success was achieved through a combination of talent, hard work and personal ambition. Nothing is known for certain about his early life, although he may well have been the son of the John Fray who appears in 1384 as the owner of property in both Great Waltham, Essex, and the Hertfordshire village of Cottered (where he either bought or inherited land of his own). [History of Parliament]

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site.