Lady Say Elizabeth Cheney

1424 - 1473  (49 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Cheney  [1, 2]
  Title	Lady Say
  Birth	1424	Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Kinfolk of Note	She was the great-grandmother of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour and Catherine Howard, three of the wives of King Henry 8th of England.
  Death	15 Sep 1473	Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Burial	Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England   [1, 2]
  	(Saint Augustine's Church)
  Person ID	I19793	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Lawrence Cheney, Esq,   b. 1396, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England d. 30 Dec 1461, Barnwell, Northamptonshire, England (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Countess Wollaton, Baroness Hatley Elizabeth Cokayne,   b. 1403, Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England d. 25 Sep 1473, Bedfordshire, England (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1418	Bedfordshire, England
  Family ID	F1441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Knight of the Bath Sir John Say,   b. 1419, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England d. 4 Oct 1478, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1447
  Children	1. Baroness de Saye Lady Anne Say,   b. 1453, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England d. 1478, Suffolk, England (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Sir Frederick Tylney,   b. 1420, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England d. 1447, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	1447	Assington, Suffolk, England
  Children	1. Countess of Surrey Elizabeth Tilney,   b. 1450, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England d. 4 Apr 1497, London, England (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1424 - Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England Marriage - 1447 - Assington, Suffolk, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  _Elizabeth Cheney, Lady Say Elizabeth Cheney (Apr 1422 – 25 Sep 1473) was a member of the English gentry, who, by her two marriages, was the great-grandmother of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, and Catherine Howard, three of the wives of King Henry VIII of England, thus making her great-great-grandmother to King Edward VI, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, and Elizabeth…

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Elizabeth Cheney Say 1424-1473. She was the great-grandmother of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour and Catherine Howard, three of the wives of King Henry 8th of England. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73922210/elizabeth-say [S984] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2003;).