Anne Braye, Baroness Cobham

Anne Braye
Baroness Cobham
Effigies of Anne Braye and her husband, George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham on their tomb in St Mary Magdalene parish church, Cobham, Kent
Born21 March 1501
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Died1 November 1558 (aged 57 years)
Cobham Hall, Kent
BuriedSt Mary Magdalene parish church, Cobham, Kent
Spouse(s)George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham
IssueDorothy Brooke
Anne Brooke
Elizabeth Brooke
William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham
Catherine Brooke
George Brooke
Thomas Brooke
John Brooke
Henry Brooke
FatherSir Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye
MotherJane Halliwell

Anne Brooke, Baroness Cobham (née Braye; 21 March 1501 – 1 November 1558) was the wife of Sir George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham. She was the attendant horsewoman at Anne Boleyn's coronation as Queen Consort on 1 June 1533,[1] and she was allegedly one of the first accusers of Queen Anne in 1536.[2] Anne Braye was Baroness Cobham from 1529 until her death in 1558.[3]

  1. ^ Eric W. Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: The Most Happy, p.172, Google Books. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  2. ^ Kathy Lynn Emerson, A Who's Who of Tudor Women. Accessed 18 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Notes to the diary: 1558 Pages 362-369 The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London, 1550-1563". British History Online. Camden Society, 1848. Retrieved 11 December 2022.