Sir William Boleyn

Male 1451 - 1505  (54 years)


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  • Name William Boleyn 
    Title Sir 
    Birth 1451  Blickling Hall, Blickling, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Oct 1505  [3
    Person ID I47662  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2019 

    Father Sir Geoffrey Boleyn,   b. 1406, Salle, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1463 (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Anne Hoo,   b. 1424, (England) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1484 (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage Y  [2, 4
    Family ID F17946  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Margaret Butler,   b. 1465   d. 1537 (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1, 5
    Children 
     1. Anne Boleyn,   b. 18 Nov 1475, Blickling, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1555 (Age 79 years)
     2. Sir Thomas Boleyn, KG, KB, 1st Earl of Wiltshire,   b. 1477, Hever Castle, Hever, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1539, Hever, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F17512  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

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  • Notes 
    • Sir William Boleyn (1451 – 10 October 1505) was the son of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy mercer and Lord Mayor of London, and his wife, Anne Hoo. He was the father of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and the paternal grandfather of King Henry VIII's second Queen, Anne Boleyn.

      Life

      William Boleyn was born at Blickling, Norfolk,[citation needed] the younger of the two sons of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy mercer and Lord Mayor of London, and his wife, Anne Hoo.[1] Sir William was heir to his elder brother, Sir Thomas Boleyn, in 1471/2.[2]

      Boleyn married Margaret Ormond (otherwise Butler) (d. before 20 March 1540), the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond (died 3 August 1515), by his first wife, Anne Hankford. They had six sons, Sir Thomas, William (Archdeacon of Winchester), Sir James, Sir Edward, John and Anthony, and four daughters, Margaret (wife of John Sackville), Anne (wife of Sir John Shelton), Alice (the wife of Sir Robert Clere) and Jane (wife of Sir Philip Calthorpe).[3]

      Boleyn was created a Knight of the Bath by Richard III and was charged by Henry VII to take care of the beacons that were used to warn in case of an attack on England.[4] Sir William served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1489 and High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1500.[citation needed]

      Issue

      Anne Boleyn (18 November 1475 – 6 January 1555)[citation needed] married Sir John Shelton[5]
      Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (c. 1477 – 12 March 1538/9) married Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and his first wife, Elizabeth Tilney[6]
      John Boleyn (1481 – 1484)[citation needed]
      Anthony Boleyn (c. 1483 – 30 September 1493)[citation needed]
      Jane Boleyn (c. 1485 died after 1521)[7] married Sir Phillip Calthorpe[8]
      Alice Boleyn (c. 1487 – 1 November 1538)[citation needed] married Sir Robert Clere (died 10 August 1529)[9]
      Margaret Boleyn (born about 1489)[citation needed] married John Sackville[10]
      William Boleyn (c. 1491 – 18 December 1571)[11]
      Sir James Boleyn (c.1493 – 5 December 1561)[12] married Elizabeth Wood[citation needed]
      Sir Edward Boleyn (born about 1496)[13] married Anne Tempest[citation needed]

      * [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S10465] "Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond" biography, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Froday, February 24th, 201.

    2. [S11021] "Sir Geoffrey or Jeffery Boleyn (1406-1463)" Biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Boleyn, retrieved, record.

    3. [S10466] "William Boleyn" biography, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Froday, February 24th, 2017 by David A. Henne.

    4. [S11020] "Elizabeth Brooke (1503-1560)" Biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Brooke_(1503%E2%80%931560), retrieved,.

    5. [S13553] Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Boleyn,_1st_Earl_of_Wiltshire, abstracted by D.