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Baroness Mary Cheney, daughter of N.N. and Elizabeth Cokayne deCheney.Born Apr 1422 Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, died 23 Sep 1473 Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, age 51 years Married/ Related to: N.N. PRIVACY FILTERChild: 1. Countess of Surry and Duchess of Norfolk Elizabeth TilneyBorn 1445 Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, died 04 Apr 1497 Thetford, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England, age 51 or 52 years Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey (before 1445 – 4 April 1497) was an English heiress and lady-in-waiting to two queens. She became the first wife of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. She served as a lady-in-waiting to Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville, and later as Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen's daughter, Elizabeth of York, consort of King Henry VII of England. She stood as joint godmother to Princess Margaret Tudor at her baptism. She was the mother of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Through her daughter Elizabeth she was the maternal grandmother of Anne Boleyn, and through another son, Edmund, the paternal grandmother of Catherine Howard, both queens consort of King Henry VIII. Elizabeth's great-granddaughter was Queen Elizabeth I of England. | |||

