BRACE, John (c.1578-1630), of Hill Court, Dodderhill, Worcs.

c.1578, 1st s. of Philip Brace of Dodderhill, and Eleanor, da. and h. of one Newport.Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 14-15; C2/Eliz./D8/57. educ. Exeter Coll., Oxf., 1594, aged 16. Al. Ox. m. by 1614, Eldest son aged 17 when he matriculated in 1631, Al. Ox. (Brace, Philip). Cecily, da. of Sir Samuel Sandys* of Ombersley, Worcs., 2s., 1da. Vis. Worcs. ed. Metcalfe, 23. suc. fa. 1598; Worcs. Wills and Admins. ed. E.A. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. and Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1904), i. 400. uncle Francis Brace† 1599. C142/325/186. d. 12 Aug. 1630. MIs, St. Augustine’s Church, Dodderhill, Worcs. comp. P. Harris (Birmingham and Midland Soc. of Genealogy and Heraldry), 1.