Anne Braye

Lord Braye married Jane (died on 24 Oct 1558), daughter of Sir Richard Halliwell or Hallighwell or Halywell of Holwell by Jane Norbury. He died in October 1539 and was succeeded in the barony by his son John. Lady Braye died in 1558. His eldest daughter Anne married George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham (c1497 - 29 Sept 1558) before 1526. Wikipedia. __________________________________________________________________________________

From Cecil Papers: SUMMARY: The document below is the copy in the Cecil Papers of the will, dated 7 October 1558, of Anne (nee Bray) Cobham (c.1510–1558), eldest daughter of Edmund Bray (d. 18 October 1539), 1st Lord Bray, son and heir of John Bray of Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire. The testator’s father was heir as well to much of the property of his childless uncle, Sir Reginald Bray (c.1440 – 5 August 1503), Treasurer to Henry VII.

The testatrix’ mother was Jane Halighwell, the only daughter of Richard Halighwell (d. 24 July 1506), esquire, of South Pool, Devon, son and heir of Sir John Halighwell, Admiral of the Fleet, and Anne Norbury, ‘one of the co-heiresses of the Boteler lords Sudeley’. Jane Halighwell was heir to her paternal grandfather, and to her maternal grandfather, Sir John Norbury (d.1504) of Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey. See McKeen, supra, pp. 7, 567; and the will of Richard Halighwell, dated 8 May 1508 and proved 8 November 1508, TNA PROB 11/16/183. The testatrix’ ancestor, Sir John Norbury (d.1414), a retainer of Henry IV, appears in Shakespeare’s Richard II. See the ODNB entry, and French, George Russell, Shakspeareana Genealogica, (London: Macmillan and Co., 1869), p. 50 at: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924079621094#page/n71/mode/2up.

After the death of Edmund Bray, the testatrix’ mother, Jane (nee Halighwell) Bray (d. 24 October 1558) married Sir Urian Brereton of Handforth, Cheshire. See Maclean, John, ed., Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society for 1882-83, (Bristol: C.T. Jeffries), Vol. VII, p. 304 at: http://books.google.ca/books?id=dzQGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA304&lpg=PA304&dq=%22 Sir+Richard+Halighwell%22+%22anne+Norbury%22&source=bl&ots=mecnAQcO00&s ig=gDLZlARtOAKYGOnOm4NHWd_cbLE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O3xNU8CoE6GIyAGtoHYAw&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Sir%20Richard%20Halighwell%2 2%20%22anne%20Norbury%22&f=false. The testatrix had one brother and nine sisters, including:

• John Bray (d.1557), 2 nd Lord Bray.
• Jane Bray.
• Elizabeth Bray (born c.1513), who married firstly Sir Ralph Verney (1510 – 26 April 1546); secondly Sir Richard Catesby (d. 4 March 1553) of Ashby Saint Ledgers, Northamptonsire, son and heir of George Catesby by Elizabeth Empson, daughter of Sir Richard Empson (c.1450–1510); thirdly William Clarke, esquire, of Dunton, Buckinghamshire, whose will was proved in 1572; and fourthly Henry Phillips, gentleman, of Lincoln’s Inn. Elizabeth Bray had died by 13 July 1574, the date on which administration of her estate was granted. See Richardson, supra, Vol. III, p. 416; and the entry for Elizabeth Bray at: http://www.kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenBo-Brom.htm. http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/CecilPapers/CP_198-110.pdf

The testatrix married George Brooke (c.1497 – 29 September 1558), 9th Baron Cobham. For details concerning their children see his will, dated 13 January 1558 and proved 6 December 1560, TNA PROB 11/43/628. The ‘Mistress Faith Okendon’ to whom the testatrix leaves bequests was the testatrix’ sister-in-law, Faith (nee Brooke) Okendon (d. 1 December 1574), wife of William Okendon of Hoo, Kent. See McKeen, supra, pp. 68-9. In the name of God, Amen. The 7 th day of October in the year of Our Lord God 1558 in the years of the reigns of our Sovereign Lord & Lady Philip and Mary by the grace of God King & Queen of England etc. the 5 th and 6 th , I, Lady Anne Cobham, being of perfect mind and good memory, thanks be to God, do ordain and make this my present testament and last will in form following:

CECIL PAPERS 198/110 4 ________________________________________________________________________ Modern spelling transcript copyright ©2014 Nina Green All Rights Reserved http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com First I bequeath my soul to Almighty God, my Saviour and Redeemer, by whose blessed passion I trust to be saved, my body to be buried in the church of Cobham without pomp or pride in such decent order as shall seem good to mine executor hereafter named; Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter, Katherine Cobham, £60; Item, I bequeath to my son, George Cobham, £50; To my son, John Cobham, £40; To my son, Henry Cobham, £60 and the heart of stone garnished with gold with a pearl appendant to it; To my son, Thomas Cobham th’ younger, £40; To my son, Edmund Cobham, £40; To my son, Edward Cobham, £40; Item, I give to the 3 alms children whom I find, to every of them 40s & 2 kine(?) apiece; Item, I give to Mr Okendon and his wife £6 13s 4d; Item, I give to Anne Gardyner alias Watts 6s 8d, & one quarter of wheat & another of malt; As touching my jewels and apparel, I give and bequeath to my daughter, the Lady Marquess, a jewel set with diamonds with a great pearl thereto appendant, 3 boxes of silver, a taglet [=aglet?] of gold for a lace to a kirtle, 2 of my best wrought(?) handkerchiefs, a piece of gold called a sovereign, and the best ring I have; Item, I give to my said son, Henry Cobham, my cup of silver with a break upon the cover, 2 of my handkerchiefs; Item, I give to my daughter George Cobham’s wife a gown of wrought velvet furred with genets, a kirtle of purple velvet, £4 in money to pay for the nursing of her child; I give to her child, Elizabeth, a pomander enclosed with gold & a little Maudlin cup of silver gilt; Item, I give to my said daughter, Katherine, a gown of chequered(?) velvet lined with sarcenet, a gown of furred velvet black, and a gown of black satin with a French kirtle(?) with sleeves of wrought velvet, a round kirtle with sleeves to it of black velvet with lace about it, & another [-of] kirtle of black velvet with a cut(?) of the same, a cloak with an apron(?) belonging to it, 8 fine smocks, 2 camerick rails, 2 camerick kerchiefs, 2 coarser CECIL PAPERS 198/110 5 ________________________________________________________________________ Modern spelling transcript copyright ©2014 Nina Green All Rights Reserved http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com rails, 2 coarser kerchiefs out of mine own coffer, a piece of gold called a double(?) ducat, & 2 petticoats, one of velvet, thother of taffeta, & 2(?) of my rings; Item, I give to Mrs Faith Okendon my nightgown of chequered velvet furred with martens with a fore-part of a kirtle of black velvet, my gilt spoon, 2 smocks, a kerchief & a rail; Item, I give to the said Mrs Okendon a gown of wrought velvet furred with coney; Item, I give to Richard Brooke a double ducat, & to his wife a ring; Item, I give to Alice Hancock, my servant, my gown of black cloth and the best petticoat of cloth she will choose, my farthingale & half my linen that is in her keeping, 4 marks in money & a ring, over & besides her wages; Item, I bequeath to Elizabeth Gyllett my gown of taffeta, mine old kirtle of velvet, a petticoat of cloth, 2 smocks, 2 partlets & 2 pair of ruffs, 40s in money, & my half farthingale; Item, I give to Anne Barley, my servant, the residue of my linen in the keeping of my said servant, Alice, mine night[gown](?) of black damask, my nightgown of sackcloth, a petticoat of silk say, and 26s 8d besides her wages; To Mrs Knyght 40s; To Margaret Wollett(?) 20s; Item, I give to Joan her whole year’s wages and 10s over; To Mother Marshall 20s; To the nurse at Cooling her wages & 10s over; To Agnes of Cooling her wages & 10s over; To the Frenchwoman her wages & 5s over; Item, I give to Thomas Lee’s wife 20s and as much fine hemp(?) as will make her a pair of sheets; Item, I give to Elizabeth Wallys 26s 8d, a kerchief & a rail out of mine own coffer; Item, I give to Suiddley’s(?) wife 20s; Item, I give to Hugh Fylkokk’s wife her quarter’s wages and 20s over, and to Mary Fylkokks, her daughter, 5s;CECIL PAPERS 198/110 6 ________________________________________________________________________ Modern spelling transcript copyright ©2014 Nina Green All Rights Reserved http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com And all my yarn & hemp I give & bequeath amongst my laundry servants, and all the wool that I reserved for myself to be likewise divided amongst them to make them frocks; Item, I give to Henry Byhe(?) for his pains making this will 40s; The residue of all my goods unbequeathed, the said legacies performed & my funerals finished, I do give & bequeath to my son, William Brooke, knight, Lord Cobham, whom I make & ordain of this my testament & last will my sole executor, and Sir Percival Hart, knight, my overseer; In witness whereof I have set to my hand & seal the day & years above-written. A. Cobham. Endorsed: My Lady my mother’s will. Endorsed; The Lady Cobham her will.

esource for the above: http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/CecilPapers/CP_198-110.pdf ________________________________________________________________________________

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Anna Bray in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

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Aka Anne Cobham, possibly NaN Cobham, Anne Brooke

Served Queen Anne Boleyn as one of her ladies in waiting. She was the attendant horse woman at Anne Boleyn’s coronation. Possibly helped with the demise of Anne Boleyn. Three of Anne’s ladies in waiting came forward with “evidence” or “testimony” against Queen Anne Boleyn. NaN Cobham is named as one of them. Historians think that “Nan Cobham” may in fact be Anne Bray.

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from thepeerage.com, 7/2009: Anne Bray1 F, #11813, d. 1 November 1558 Anne Bray|d. 1 Nov 1558|p1182.htm#i11813|Edmund Bray, 1st Lord Braye|b. c 1484\nd. 18 Oct 1539|p1736.htm#i17357|Jane Halliwell|d. 24 Oct 1558|p2700.htm#i26995|John Bray||p14920.htm#i149200||||Sir Richard Halliwell||p7407.htm#i74067|Jane Norbury||p14921.htm#i149205| Last Edited=9 Sep 2007 Anne Bray was the daughter of Edmund Bray, 1st Lord Braye <p1736.htm> and Jane Halliwell <p2700.htm>.1 She married Sir George Brooke, 9th Lord Cobham (of Kent), son of Thomas Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham (of Kent) <p1181.htm> and Dorothy Heydon, before 1526.2 She died on 1 November 1558.1 She was buried at Cobham, Kent, England <pd137.htm>.2 From before 1526, her married name became Brooke.1 Her last will was dated 7 October 1558.2 Children of Anne Bray and Sir George Brooke, 9th Lord Cobham (of Kent) <p1182.htm> Sir William Brooke, 10th Lord Cobham (of Kent) <p1182.htm>+ b. 1 Nov 1527, d. 6 Mar 1596/971 Sir Henry Cobham <p1263.htm>+ b. 5 Feb 1537/38, d. c 1591 Elizabeth Brooke <p1264.htm> b. b 1558, d. 2 Apr 1565 Citations [S6 <s1.htm>] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 288. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. [S6 <s1.htm>] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 348.

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Life Sketch

[edit] Anne Braye was born on 21 March 1501 in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, the eldest daughter of Sir Edmund Braye (circa 1480 – 18 October 1539), who would be created 1st Baron Braye on 4 December 1529 by King Henry VIII of England, and Jane Halliwell (circa 1480 – 24 October 1558). She had a brother, John Braye, 2nd Lord Braye, of whom she was one of his co-heirs, along with her younger sisters, Elizabeth, Frideswide, Mary, Frances, and Dorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos. The latter was 23 years Anne's junior.

In 1517 or before 1526, she married George Brooke (1497 – 29 September 1558), the brother-in-law of poet Sir Thomas Wyatt. He was knighted in July 1523 by the Earl of Surrey after the taking of Morlaix, and he would succeed his father as 9th Baron Cobham on 19 July 1529; henceforth, Anne was styled as Baroness Cobham. They lived at Cobham Hall in Kent and Cowling Castle.

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