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SIR REGINALD BRAY (d. 1503)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 438 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR REGINALD See also:BRAY (d. 1503)  , See also:British statesman and architect, was the second son of See also:Sir See also:Richard See also:Bray, one of the privy See also:council of See also:Henry VI . Reginald was See also:born in the See also:parish of St See also:John Bedwardine, near See also:Worcester, but the date of his See also:birth is uncertain . He was See also:receiver-See also:general and steward of the See also:household to Sir Henry See also:Stafford, second See also:husband of See also:Margaret, countess of See also:Richmond, whose son afterwards became See also:King Henry VII . The See also:accession of the king Henry VII. favoured the fortunes of Reginald Bray, who was created a See also:knight of the See also:Bath at the See also:coronation and afterwards a knight of the Garter . In the first See also:year of Henry VII.'s reign he was given a See also:grant of the constableship of See also:Oakham See also:Castle in See also:Rutland, and was appointed See also:joint See also:chief See also:justice with See also:Lord Fitz See also:Walter of all the See also:forest See also:south of See also:Trent and chosen of the privy council . Subsequently he was made high treasurer and See also:chancellor of the duchy of See also:Lancaster . In See also:October 1494 he became high steward of the university of See also:Oxford, and he was a member of the See also:parliament summoned in the 1th year of Henry VIPs reign . In See also:June 1497 he was at the See also:battle of See also:Blackheath, and his services in repressing the Cornish rebels were rewarded with a See also:gift of estates and the See also:title of knight See also:banneret . His See also:taste and skill in See also:architecture are attested by Henry VII.'s See also:chapel at See also:Westminster and St See also:George's chapel at See also:Windsor . He directed the See also:building of the former, and the See also:finishing and decoration of the latter, to which, moreover, he was a liberal contributor, building at his own expense a chapel still called by his name and ornamented with his See also:crest, the initial letters of his name, and a See also:device representing the See also:hemp-bray, an See also:instrument used by hemp manufacturers . He died in 1503, before the Westminster chapel was completed, and was interred in St George's chapel .

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