Anne Hoo

Lady Anne Boleyn (née Hoo; 1424 – 6 June 1485) was an English noblewoman, noted for being the great grandmother of Anne Boleyn<ref>J. Hughes, 'Boleyn, Thomas, earl of Wiltshire and earl of Ormond (1476/7–1539), courtier and nobleman', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2007). E.W. Ives, 'Anne (Anne Boleyn) (c.1500–1536), queen of England, second consort of Henry VIII', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography' (2004).</ref> and therefore the maternal great-great grandmother of Elizabeth I of England. She was the only child of Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings, and his first wife Elizabeth Wychingham, she married Sir Geoffrey Boleyn in c.1445. Early life and family Anne was born 1424 into the Hoo family, was the only child and co-heiress to Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings, and his first wife, Elizabeth Wychingham. Her father was created Baron of Hoo and Hastings in 1445 which brought more importance to her family. She was the only child to her father's first marriage. However, she later had three half sisters from her father's second marriage to Eleanor Welles, the daughter of Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, and his first wife, Joan Waterton. Her half sisters were: Anne Hoo the younger (born c.1447), married (1) Roger Copley, Esquire (died 1482/1488), Citizen and mercer of London, of Roughey (Roffey) in Horsham, Sussex, by whom she had issue. (2) William Greystoke, Gentleman (living 1498), of London and St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, They had no issue. ?(3) Sir Thomas Fiennes.The Fiennes marriage is said to be evidenced in T.N.A. Early Chancery Proceedings, Fenys v Fayrefax, C 1/254/16 Summary at Discovery. Had no issue.