Sir John Wright

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.
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. 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:
*John Wright, b. 1510, Kelvedon, Essex, England, d. 10 October 1563, Kelvedon Hall, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England
*Katherine Wright, b. 1512, Kelvedon, Essex, England, d. 1 January 1595, Navistock, Essex, England
*Robert Wright, b. 9 April 1516, Kelvedon, Essex, England, d. 25 January 1587, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England
*Alice Wright, b. 10 May 1519, Kelvedon, Essex, England, d., Kelvedon, Essex, England
*John Wright, b. 19 January 1522, d. 1558.
*John Wright, b. 4 May 1524, Wrightsbridge, Essex, England, d. 30 September 1626, Whitesbridge, Essex, England
*Elizabeth Wright, b. 1526, Kelvedon, Essex, England, d. 1536, Essex, England

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