Lord John "of the Bridge"* Wright, II

1548 - 1624  (~ 75 years)

• Name	John "of the Bridge"* Wright
  Title	Lord
  Suffix	II
  Birth	May 1548	Wrightsbridge, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1624	Wrightsbridge, Essex, England
  Notes	(extracted from a letter from Michael C. Wright to "Jeffrey" and published on his website at http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/e/jeffw100/DeaconSamuel.htm Though our research is not yet completed on the matter of the Deacon's parentage, the best alternative candidate at this time remains John, Esq., Martha (Castell) Wright of London/ Havering/ Wrightsbridge, whom others (don Wright's group) have previously proposed. John Wright, Esq., born in 1569 to Lord John Wright and Elizabeth Linsell and was Lord John Wright's eldest son. He attended Cambridge University and then studied the law after admission to Grays Inn. By all accounts John Wright Esq. was a Puritan leaning Protestant. Lord John Wright was no doubt also a Protestant sympathizing Peer in the House of Lords (peerage granted by Elizabeth I, June 20, 1590). In 1612 John Wright, Esq. was appointed a clerk to the House of Commons and was no doubt a Puritan leaning Protestant who would perhaps have been a bit at odds with his father in the House of Lords over how to deal with the refusal of King James I to share any power of governance with Parliament. There is an existent Parliamentary document protesting some actions of King James I with John Wright's signature on it in his capacity as clerk of the House of Commons. Such a prominent display of animosity with the King by a recognizable family member would no doubt have disturbed even a Protestant Peer of the House of Lords! It is not possible to tell how well Lord John Wright and his eldest son got along. Because Lord John lived to a ripe old age, the fact that John Wright, Esq. never inherited the estates of Wrightsbridge and Dagenhams could perhaps mean only that John Wright Esq. was already too well established and advanced in years to be considered a suitable heir for such a large estate, or it could mean that there was a rift between them or it could have been that John Esq. simply disdained the family estate and its landed gentry style of living. In any case, he had homes in London and Havering and seems only to have been a visitor at Wrightsbridge, never its Lord. His sons with Martha Castell were John (1599) Nathaniel (1604) Samuel (1606) and Robert (1609). Martha died in 1610 and he did not remarry until about 1618 to Fortune (Garaway) Blount, widow of Sir Edward Blount. By Fortune he had at least one known child, James. It is the Samuel baptized on June 29 or 30 (the Roman numerals look like they could be either XXIX or XXX) 1606, in the South Weald parish church of St. Peters. Just before this baptism we see in the parish record that Samuel's uncle, Samuel Wright (bapt. 1571), son of John Wright of the Bridge (Lord John Wright) and younger brother of John Wright, Esq. died and was buried in South Weald. It is very likely that Samuel was named after this uncle who had just died. (snip) Michael C. Wright 1995 Carter Lake Drive College Station, TX 77845 -------------- John, of Wrightsbridge, eldest son, received a confirmation of the Wright Arms from Clarence Cooke (King of Arms) on 20 June 1590. According to "Visitation of London & Essex".
  Person ID	I43733	Roots
  Last Modified	29 May 2017

  
  

  Father	John* (Middle John) Wright,   b. 19 Jun 1522, Kelvedon, Essex, England d. Aft 16 Aug 1558, Degenham, Essex, England (Age > 36 years)
  Mother	Alice* (Ruche) Rucke,   b. 1520, Wrightsbridge, Essex, England d. Aft 1559, Kelvedon, Essex, England (Age > 40 years)
  Marriage	13 Sep 1541	England
  Family ID	F14477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emfell (Elizabeth)* Linsell,   b. Abt 1539   d. Aft 1570 (Age ~ 32 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1568	England
  Children	+ 1. John* Wright, III, Esq.,   b. Bef 14 Sep 1569, Wrightsbridge, Essex, England d. Bef 30 May 1640, Dagenham, Essex, England (Age < 70 years)   2. Samuel Wright,   b. 17 Dec 1570, Wrightsbridge, Essex, England d. 16 Jun 1606, Essex Co, England (Age 35 years)   3. Solomon Wright,   b. Bef 1571   d. Bef Jun 1606, South Weald, England (Age < 35 years)   4. Jane Wright,   b. 1572, Wrightsbridge, Essex, England d. Aft 1598 (Age > 27 years) + 5. Nathaniel Wright,   b. Bef 28 Jan 1581, Wrightsbridge, Essex, England d. Aft 1637, Wrightsbridge, Essex, England (Age > 57 years)
  Family ID	F14476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Bennett Greene,   b. 1554, of, London, Middlesex, England d. Aft 1593, England (Age > 40 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1586	England
  Children	+ 1. William Wright,   b. 1587, Wrightsbridge, Essex, England d. 1633, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (Age 46 years)   2. Lawrence Wright,   b. 28 Jun 1590, Wrightsbridge, Essex, England d. 3 Oct 1657 (Age 67 years)   3. Bennett Wright,   b. 9 Apr 1592, Wrightsbridge, Essex, England d. Aft 1614 (Age > 23 years)
  Family ID	F14490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Grace Glasscock,   b. Abt 1544   d. Aft 1601 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Marriage	5 Nov 1600	Kelvedon, Essex, England
  Family ID	F14554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart