Biography of Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 1501-1558

Maternal Family Tree: Jane Norbury 1464-1564

1529 Henry VIII Creates New Peerages

1533 Coronation of Anne 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.

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 1520 Thomas Wyatt (age 17) and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Brooke (age 17) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

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.

Henry VIII Creates New Peerages

On 01 Dec 1529 ...

Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 62) was created 1st Baron Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire. Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 60) by marriage Baroness Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire.

John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (age 64) was created 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford. Anne Grey Baroness Hussey Sleaford by marriage Baroness Hussey of Sleaford.

On 02 Dec 1529 ...

Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth (age 28) was created 1st Baron Wentworth. Margaret Fortescue Baroness Wentworth (age 27) by marriage Baroness Wentworth.

Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh (age 41) was created 1st Baron Burgh. Agnes Tyrwhitt Baroness Cobham, Strabolgi and Burgh (age 48) by marriage Baroness Burgh. This is regarded as a new creation rather than a continuation of the previous creation Baron Burgh since Thomas's father was never summoned to Parliament due to his insanity. Some sources refer to Thomas as the 3rd Baron Burgh.

On 04 Dec 1529 [her father] Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 45) was created 1st Baron Braye.

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 (age 38) 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 (age 46) 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).

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).

On 18 Oct 1539 [her father] Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 55) died. His son [her brother] John Braye 2nd Baron Braye succeeded 2nd Baron Braye. As a minor he was placed under the wardship of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 39). He would later marry Talbot's daughter Anne Talbot Baroness Braye and Wharton (age 15).

After 11 Oct 1542 Edward Warner (age 31) and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Brooke (age 39) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1545 [her son] William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Dorothy Neville Baroness Cobham (age 20) were married. 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 31) 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 24 Oct 1558 [her mother] Jane Halwell Baroness Bray died.

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 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.

[her son] Thomas Brooke and Christina Duke were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

[her son] John Brooke and Alice Norton were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

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 12 Grand Daughter of William "Lion" I King 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 x 2

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 2

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