[2] Braye was summoned to Parliament from 3 November 1545 until 21 October 1555, and was a significant military figure of the Tudor period.

He was one of the commanding officers in the Earl of Hertford's expedition into France near the end of the reign of Henry VIII.

During the rebellions in the second year of Edward VI's reign, he was sent with William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton to suppress insurrection in Norfolk.

Braye earned the distrust of Queen Mary, after being heard stating a preference for her sister to be on the throne.

[4] Shortly after his pardon, he left for Europe, where he was part of the joint Spanish and English forces at the Battle of St.