Brief Life History of Anne
Lady Anne (the elder*) was the daughter of Sir Thomas Hoo, First Baron Hoo and Hastings of Bedford and Hastings, and his first wife Elizabeth Wychingham. Ann married Geoffrey Boleyn (d.1463), Lord Mayor of London. She was the great grandmother of Queen Anne Boleyn (d.1536) and great great grandmother of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603). She had a half sister also named Anne (the younger).
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- Anne Hoo Boleyn, "Find A Grave Index"
- Anna in entry for William, Sir Boleyne, "Ireland Deaths, 1864-1870"
- Geoffrey Boleyn (1406-1462) in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-JWFZ?cc=2060211&wc=WWJR-JJB%3A352088201%2C353690801
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1455 · Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Roses was a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England between the royal families House of Lancaster and the House of York. The name of the war was derived as the red rose was the symbol of the Lancastrians and the white rose was the symbol of the Yorks.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese: Chi, Wai Lam, Wing, Beng, Chin, Gan, Hing, Hui, Kee, Lai, Lai Ching, Mei-Mei.
Chinese:
variant Romanization of the surname Hu .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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