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Elizabeth Baroness of Tilney Cheney 1424 – 1473 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1424

Birth Location: Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 25 September 1473

Death Location: Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Laurence Cheney

Mother: Lady Cockayne

Spouse(s): Sir of

Children(s): Elisabeth VIII)

In 1424, Elizabeth Baroness of Tilney Cheney entered the world in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, born to Laurence Cheney and Lady Elizabeth Countess Cockayne. Elizabeth Baroness of Tilney Cheney married Sir Knight John Broxbourne III,Kings Serjeant,Under Treasurer of England,Privy Counciler,Coroner of the Marshalsea,Yeomen of Cha de Say\Saye(2),English Courtier,Member of Parliament,Speaker of the House of Commons,Chancellor of, and had children including Elisabeth Countess of Surry and Duchess of Norfolk Tilney Bourchier Howard (Grandmother to ANN BOYLEN and KATHERINE HOWARD 2nd and 5th wives of Henry VIII). Elizabeth Baroness of Tilney Cheney passed away in 1473 in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1424, Elizabeth Baroness of Tilney Cheney entered the world in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, born to Laurence Cheney and Lady Elizabeth Countess Cockayne.
  • Elizabeth Baroness of Tilney Cheney married Sir Knight John Broxbourne III,Kings Serjeant,Under Treasurer of England,Privy Counciler,Coroner of the Marshalsea,Yeomen of Cha de Say\Saye(2),English Courtier,Member of Parliament,Speaker of the House of Commons,Chancellor of, and had children including Elisabeth Countess of Surry and Duchess of Norfolk Tilney Bourchier Howard (Grandmother to ANN BOYLEN and KATHERINE HOWARD 2nd and 5th wives of Henry VIII).
  • Elizabeth Baroness of Tilney Cheney passed away in 1473 in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elizabeth Cheney's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Cheney
1424 – 1473
Birth Place: Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Laurence Cheney
1395 – 1461
Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth Countess) Cockayne
1394 – 1473
Bury, Hatley, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (William) Cheney
Catherine Pabenham
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Cheney's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Baroness of Tilney) Cheney (1424 – 25 September 1473) m. Sir (Knight John Broxbourne III,Kings Serjeant,Under Treasurer of England,Privy Counciler,Coroner of the Marshalsea,Yeomen of Cha de Say\Saye(2),English Courtier,Member of Parliament,Speaker of the House of Commons,Chancellor) of (1415 – 12 Apr 1478)
  1. 1. Elisabeth (Countess of Surry and Duchess of Norfolk Tilney Bourchier Howard (Grandmother to ANN BOYLEN and KATHERINE HOWARD 2nd and 5th wives of Henry) VIII) (04 Apr 1446 – 4 April 1497) m. Thomas Howard
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret "Baroness Bryan" Bourchier (Governess to Henry VIII 's) children (1470 – 1552) m. Sir (Knight Thomas Bryan II Vice Chamberlain to Queen Katherine of) Aragon (1 Jun 1464 – 30 Jan 1517)
      1. 1. Sir (Francis "Vicar of Hell" Bryan) I (1 June 1490 – 2 February 1550) m. Joan (01 Jun 1509 – 2 January 1564) m. Lady (Phillippa Spice) Montgomery (1 Jun 1492 – 1 Jun 1540)
        1. 1. Sir (Robert Bryan of) Aylesbury (1530 – 26 Dec 1604) m. Lady (Joane Robert Rider Smith (Bryan of) Aylesbury) (1534 – abt 1581)
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Bolyen, Lady In Waiting to Queen , Mistress of King Henry VIII) (1488–1553) (01 Jul 1516 – 11 Jan 1553) m. Sir (Thomas (of Whichford, Warwickshire)) Welles (10 July 1512 – 30 August 1558)
        1. 1. Thomas Welles (1539 – Abt. 1606)
    2. 2. John Bourchier (20 Jul 1470 – 16 March 1533) m. Lady (Catherine) Howard (1455 – 12 Mar 1536) m. Countess (Cecilia Cicely De) Aubeney (1474 – 30 April 1539)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Isabel) Bourchier (abt 1505 – 25 December 1548) m. Edward (Lord Chichester II van Raleigh, Lord High) Sheriff (1 Jan 1496 – 27 July 1522) m. John (of Raleigh Sheriff of Devon Chichester) MP (abt 1516 – 30 Nov 1569)
        1. 1. John (of Raleigh Sheriff of Devon Chichester) MP (abt 1516 – 30 Nov 1569) m. Elizabeth (Isabel) Bourchier (abt 1505 – 25 December 1548) m. Marchioness (Gertrude) Courtney (1520 – Bef. 13 Mar 1563)

Elizabeth Cheney's Timeline

3 Records

1424
1424
Birth of Elizabeth Baroness of Tilney Cheney in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England
Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England
1473
25 September 1473
Age 49
Death of Elizabeth Baroness of Tilney Cheney in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
1473
25 Sep 1473
Age 49
Burial of Elizabeth Baroness of Tilney Cheney in Broxbourn, Herts, England
Broxbourn, Herts, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1424
    Event Place: Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 September 1473
    Event Place: Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 25 Sep 1473
    Event Place: Broxbourn, Herts, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

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