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Biography of Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 1501-1558

Maternal Family Tree: Jane Norbury 1464-1564

1533 Coronation of Anne Boleyn

1536 Trial of Anne and George Boleyn

On 21 Feb 1497 [her father] Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 13) and [her mother] Jane Halwell Baroness Bray were married. She by marriage Baroness Braye.

On 21 Mar 1501 Anne Braye Baroness Cobham was born to Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 17) and Jane Halwell Baroness Bray at Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire.

In 1517 George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 20) and Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 15) were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1518 [her daughter] Dorothy Brooke was born to [her husband] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 21) and Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 16).

In or before 1526 [her daughter] Catherine Brooke was born to [her husband] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 28) and Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 24).

On 25 Jun 1526 [her daughter] Elisabeth Brooke Marchioness Northampton was born to [her husband] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 29) and Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 25).

On 01 Nov 1527 [her son] William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham was born to [her husband] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 30) and Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 26).

On 19 Jul 1529 [her father-in-law] Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham (age 59) died. He was buried at St Mary Magdalene New Churchyard, Cobham. His son [her husband] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 32) succeeded 9th Baron Cobham. Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 28) by marriage Baroness Cobham.

In 1533 [her son] Thomas Brooke was born to [her husband] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 36) and Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 31).

On 27 Jan 1533 [her son] George Brooke was born to [her husband] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 36) and Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 31).

Coronation of Anne Boleyn

On 01 Jun 1533 the six months pregnant Queen Anne Boleyn of England (age 32) was crowned Queen Consort England by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (age 43) at Westminster Abbey [Map]. See Coronation of Anne Boleyn.

John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 62) bore the Crown. Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 16) carried the Salt. Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset (age 46) rode in the procession. William Coffin (age 38) was appointed Master of the Horse. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 50) served as Lord Sewer. Henry Parker (age 20) and William Coffin were knighted. Thomas Berkeley 6th Baron Berkeley (age 28), Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 26) and Henry Capell (age 27) were created Knight of the Bath. Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset rode in the procession. Arthur Hopton (age 44) attended.

Thomas More (age 55) refused to attend. Shortly thereafter, More was charged with accepting bribes, but the charges had to be dismissed for lack of any evidence.

Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 32) was the attendant horsewoman.

Charles Wriothesley (age 25) attended.

On 22 Apr 1535 [her son] John Brooke was born to [her husband] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 38) and Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 34).

Trial of Anne and George Boleyn

Letters 1536. 24 May 1536. R. O. 953. John Husee to Lady Lisle (age 42).

I have received three sundry letters from you and a token by Petly. As to lord Daubny, your counsel advise you by no means to procure any proviso against him, but to get some of his familiar friends to inform you of his intentions, and if he purpose to sell any lands which should descend to Mr. Basset he can be stopped. But if you prefer having a proviso by Act I will endeavour to obtain it. I think Mr. Geo. Rolles dissembleth not; if he do, he is a very fine fox. He and Mr. Degory, and two of my lord Dawbney's counsel, were yesterday reasoning in Westminster Hall concerning Calstok and Lamkessey, but they could show nothing of the manner in which Mr. Basset was made sure of the annuity of 26s. 8d., and deferred that to my lord Dawbney's coming; but if Mr. Cobbleyghe keep promise you need not fear the wood sale. As to the warren and free market you wrote of, I hope ere long to espy a time, but I wish my Lord's suit were first at a point. I have shown Bery my mind about your weir,—to make it up as all other be made. I have bespoken two dozen bowls which will be sent by Hugh Colton, and I will procure for you some lanards if they can be got. I am glad you have pleased Campion. As for salt fish, you will not believe how dear it is, both ling and haberden. I have delivered Thorne's letter at his brother's house. As to the confession of the Queen and others, they said little or nothing; but what was said was wondrous discreetly spoken. "The first accuser, the lady Worcester (age 34), and Nan Cobham (age 35) [Note. The attrbution of Nan Cobham to Anne Braye is disputed?] with one maid mo; but the lady Worcester was the first ground." London, 24 May.

Hol., p. 1. Add.

On 05 Feb 1538 [her son] Henry Brooke was born to [her husband] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 41) and Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 36).

In 1545 [her son] William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Dorothy Neville Baroness Cobham (age 20) were married. He had been a ward of her father George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Bergavenny. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1548 [her son-in-law] William Parr 1st Marquess Northampton (age 36) and [her daughter] Elisabeth Brooke Marchioness Northampton (age 21) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Northampton. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In or before 1549 [her son-in-law] John Jerningham (age 30) and [her daughter] Catherine Brooke (age 23) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 29 Sep 1558 [her husband] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 61) died. His son [her son] William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 30) succeeded 10th Baron Cobham. [her daughter-in-law] Dorothy Neville Baroness Cobham (age 33) by marriage Baroness Cobham.

On 01 Nov 1558 Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 57) died.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 26 Nov 1558. The xxvj day of November was bered in [Kent] my [her former husband] lord Cobham here husband with iij haroldes .... with a gret baner of armes and iiij baners of [images], and a iiij dosen of armes my lade Cobbam (deceased).

Note. P. 179. Funeral of lady Cobham. Anne eldest daughter of Edmund lord Bray, and sister and coheir of [her brother] John lord Bray. The ceremonial of her funeral is in the College of Arms, I. 15, f. 293. Her effigy is on the monument already mentioned in p. 367.

Royal Ancestors of Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 1501-1558

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 1501-1558

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 1501-1558

GrandFather: John Bray of Eaton Bray

Father: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye

Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandFather: Richard Halwell of Halwell in Devon

Mother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Norbury

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Norbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Pembridge 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Norbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Boteler 4th Baron Sudeley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boteler 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Beauchamp Baroness Sudeley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John IV Norbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandMother: Jane Norbury 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England