Sir William Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent

William Boleyn

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.

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

• 1. Anne Boleyn (18 November 1475 – 6 January 1555)[citation needed] married Sir John Shelton[5]
• 2. 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]
• 3. John Boleyn (1481 – 1484)[citation needed]
• 4. Anthony Boleyn (c. 1483 – 30 September 1493)[citation needed]
• 5. Jane Boleyn (c. 1485 died 1501)[citation needed] married Sir Phillip Calthorpe[7]
• 6. Alice Boleyn (c. 1487 – 1 November 1538)[citation needed] married Sir Robert Clere (died 10 August 1529)[8]
• 7. Margaret Boleyn (born about 1489)[citation needed] married John Sackville[9]
• 8. William Boleyn (c. 1491 – 18 December 1571)[10]
• 9. Sir James Boleyn (c. 1493 – 5 December 1561)[11] married Elizabeth Wood[citation needed]
• 10. Sir Edward Boleyn (born about 1496)[12] married Anne Tempest[citation needed]

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From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Boleyn

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• Sir William Boleyn1,2,3,4,5
• M, #15408, b. circa 1451, d. 10 October 1505
• Father Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, Lord Mayor of London6,3 d. b 2 Jul 1463
• Mother Anne Hastings6,3 b. c 1420, d. 1484
• Sir William Boleyn was born circa 1451 at of Blicking, Norfolk, England; Under 22 on 18 November 1469.6,3 He married Margaret Butler, daughter of Sir Thomas Butler, 7th Earl Ormond, Baron Ormond of Rocheford, Chief Butler of Ireland and Anne Hankford, before 16 November 1469; They had 6 sons (Sir Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire & Ormond; William, Archdeacon of Winchester; Sir James; Sir Edward; John; & Anthony) and 5 daughters (Margaret, wife of John Sackville, Esq; Anne (died young); Anne, wife of Sir John Shelton; Alice, wife of Sir Robert Clere; & Jane, wife of Sir Philip Calthorpe).6,3,4 Sir William Boleyn died on 10 October 1505 at Hever, Kent, England; Buried at Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk.3 His estate was probated on 27 November 1505.3
• Family Margaret Butler b. c 1454, d. c 20 Mar 1540
• Children
  • Anne Boleyn+6 b. 18 Nov 1475, d. Dec 1556
  • Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire & Ormond, Viscount Rochford, Sheriff of Kent+2,3 b. c 1477, d. 12 Mar 1539
  • John Boleyn b. c 1481, d. 1484
  • Anthony Boleyn b. c 1483, d. 30 Sep 1493
  • Alice Boleyn+6,7,3,4 b. c 1485, d. 1 Nov 1538
  • Margaret Boleyn+6,3,5 b. c 1489, d. a 1556
  • William Boleyn b. c 1491, d. 18 Dec 1571
  • Sir James Boleyn b. c 1493, d. 5 Dec 1561
  • Sir Edward Boleyn b. c 1495
  • Jane Boleyn+6 b. c 1497
• Citations
• 1.[S4156] Unknown author, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 150; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 46/7; Stemmata Robertson, p. 215.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 179-180.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 385.
• 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 402.
• 5.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 84.
• 6.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 179.
• 7.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 6.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p513.htm#i... _____________
• Sir William Boleyn1
• M, #112843, d. 1505
• Last Edited=31 Jan 2013
• Sir William Boleyn was the son of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn and Ann Hoo. He married Margaret Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde and Anne Hankeford, before 1477.1 He died in 1505.1
• He lived at Blickling, Norfolk, England.
• Children of Sir William Boleyn and Margaret Butler
  • 1.Anne Boleyn+2 b. 18 Nov 1475, d. 6 Jan 1555
  • 2.Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire+1 b. c 1477, d. 13 Mar 1538/39
  • 3.John Boleyn3 b. 1481, d. 1484
  • 4.Anthony Boleyn3 b. c 1483, d. 30 Sep 1493
  • 5.Jane Boleyn3 b. c 1485, d. 1501
  • 6.Alice Boleyn3 b. c 1487, d. 1 Nov 1538
  • 7.Margaret Boleyn3 b. c 1489
  • 8.William Boleyn3 b. c 1491, d. 18 Dec 1571
  • 9.Sir James Boleyn3 b. c 1493, d. 5 Dec 1561
  • 10.Sir Edward Boleyn3 b. c 1496
• Citations
• 1.[S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 10. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
• 2.[S5792] Robin Dening, "re: Rochfort Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 2 January 2012. Hereinafter cited as "re: Rochfort Family."
• 3.[S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p11285.htm#i112843 _______________________
• William BOLEYN (Sir)
• Born: 1451
• Acceded: Blickling, Norfolk, England
• Died: 10 Oct 1505
• Father: Geoffrey BOLEYN (Lord Mayor of London)
• Mother: Anne HOO
• Married: Margaret BUTLER ABT 1465
• Children:
  • 1. Thomas BOLEYN (1° E. Wiltshire)
  • 2. Margaret BOLEYN
  • 3. Alice BOLEYN
  • 4. William BOLEYN (Sir)
  • 5. John BOLEYN (b. 1481-84)
  • 6. Anthony BOLEYN (b. 1483)
  • 7. Jane BOLEYN
  • 8. Anne BOLEYN
  • 9. Edward BOLEYN (Sir)
  • 10. James BOLEYN (Sir)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOLEYN.htm#William BOLEYN (Sir) ___________________
• Sir William Boleyn
• Birth: 1451, England
• Death: Oct. 10, 1505, England
• A son of Geoffry Boleyn and Anne Hoo, Sir William Boleyn was born at Bickling Hall, Norfolk, England. He married Lady Margaret Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormonde. They had ten children, among them Anne Boleyn (1475-1556, m. Sir John Shelton) and Sir Thomas Boleyn (m. Lady Elizabeth Howard). Sir William was, therefore, the paternal grandfather of Queen Anne Boleyn (d.1536) and great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603).
• Geoffrey stated in his will, "My body to be buried in the Cathedral of Norwich, near the sepulture of Dame Ann Boleyn, my mother..."
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Geoffrey Boleyn (1406 - 1463)
• Anne Hoo Boleyn (1425 - 1484)
• Spouse:
• Margaret Butler Boleyn (1454 - 1539)*
• Children:
  • Alice Boleyn Clere (____ - 1538)*
  • Anne Boleyn Shelton (1475 - 1556)*
  • Anne Boleyn (1476 - 1479)*
  • Thomas Boleyn (1477 - 1538)*
  • Margaret Boleyn Sackville (1489 - ____)*
• Sibling:
• Thomas Boleyn (____ - 1471)*
• William Boleyn (1451 - 1505)
• Burial: Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
• Find A Grave Memorial# 32329893
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32329893 _____________________
• Dictionary of national biography (1885)
• http://archive.org/details/dictionaryofnati05stepuoft
• http://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati05stepuoft#page/321/mode/1up
• Pg. 321
• BOLEYN, Sir THOMAS, Earl of Wiltshire (1477–1539), was the second son of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling, Norfolk, and grandson of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy London merchant, who was lord mayor in 1457. The manor of Blickling, purchased originally by Sir Geoffrey of the veteran Sir John Fastolf, descended to Sir James Boleyn, the elder brother of Sir Thomas. His mother was Margaret, daughter and coheir of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormonde. According to his own statement he was fifty-two years old in 1529 (Calendar of Henry VIII, iv. p. 2581), therefore have been born in 1477. In 1497, when he was twenty, he was in arms with his father against the Cornish rebels. .... etc.
• http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Boleyn,_Thomas_(DNB00) ___________________________
• BOLEYN (BULLEN), Sir James (c.1480-1561), of Blickling, Norf.
• b. c.1480, 2nd s. of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling by Margaret, 2nd da. and coh. of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond. m. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Awodde or Wood of East Barsham, Norf., d.s.p. Kntd. 1520. suc. to entailed lands of bro. Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire 1539.1
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/bo... ____________________________
• Wiltshire, Earl of (E, 1529 - 1539)
• Thomas [Boleyn], 1st Viscount Rochford later 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 1st Earl of Ormonde, KG PC
• 1st son and heir of Sir William Boleyn, of Blickling Hall, co. Norfolk, by his wife Lady Margaret Butler, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Thomas [Butler], 7th Earl of Ormonde
• born 1477 ....
• Lady Anne Boleyn, suo jure Marchioness of Pembroke
• 1A. Lady Anne Boleyn, suo jure Marchioness of Pembroke (b. c. 1509; beh. 19 May 1536), mar. 25 Jan 1532/3 (conf. 28 May 1532) as his second wife Henry VIII, King of England 1509-1547
• Parents
• 1B. Thomas [Boleyn], 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 1st Earl of Ormonde (b. 1477; d. 12 Mar 1538/9), mar. bef. 1506,
• 2B. Lady Elizabeth Howard (d. 3 Apr 1538)
• Grandparents
• 1C. Sir William Boleyn, of Blickling, co. Norfolk (d. 1505), mar.,
• 2C. Lady Margaret Butler (d. 1539/40)
• 3C. Thomas [Howard], 2nd Duke of Norfolk (b. 1443; d. 21 May 1524), mar. 30 Apr 1472,
• 4C. Elizabeth Tilney (d. 4 Apr 1497)
• From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/ ____________________________

Most Internet sources report birth date as 1451, though several profile managers report 1449 as birth date.

Sir William is burried on the south side of the Chancel of Christ Church in Norwich.

Sir William Boleyn (1451 – 10 October 1505) was the father of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, paternal grandfather of Anne Boleyn - second wife of King Henry VIII - and the great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. He was born in Blickling, Norfolk, England to Geoffrey Boleyn and Anne Hoo. William married Lady Margaret Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde. They had ten children. He served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1489.

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Sir William Boleyn was the son of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn and Ann Boleyn [Hoo].

He was born 1449 at Blickling, Norfolk; died October 1505

He married Margaret Butler on c 1470. She was born c 1450; died 1539/40.

They had the following children:

i Anne who was born 18th Nov 1475 at Blickling, Norfolk; died 31st Oct 1479

ii Thomas who was born 1477 at Blickling, Norfolk; died 13th Mar 1538/39

iii Anthony who was born c 1483 at Blickling, Norfolk

iv Jane who was born c 1485 at Blickling, Norfolk

v Alice who was born c 1487 at Blickling, Norfolk

vi Margaret who was born c 1489 at Blickling, Norfolk

vii William who was born c 1491 at Blickling, Norfolk

viii Edward who was born c 1495 at Blickling, Norfolk

From: http://www.theweald.org/N10.asp?NId=6000224 (source)

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William Boleyn , Sir

 Born: 1450 - Blicking, Norfolk, England

 Marr: 1485 - Blicking, Norfolk, England 

 Died: 10 Oct 1505 - Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, England http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dianned/ghtout/gp383.htm

Burial: Norwich Cathedral Norwich Norfolk, England http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32329893

Name Sir William Boleyn69,68, M

Birth Date abt 1451 Birth Place England Death Date 1505 Age: 54 Death Place England Burial Place Norwich Cathedral, England http://www.cyberancestors.com/cummins/ps51/ps51_153.htm

More About William Boleyn, [Sir Knight]: Burial: October 1505, Norwich, Norfolk, England.281 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/b/Ronald-Rabon/WEBSI...

Died 10 Oct 1505 Hever, Kent, England [1]

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Death: 10 OCT 1505 in Blickling, Norfolk, England http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=flager&id...

Died 20 Oct 1505 Hever, Kent, England http://eldonknight.us/getperson.php?personID=I11127&tree=Tree5

Died 10 Oct 1505 ,Hever,Kent,England http://www.ourlifehistory.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I198...

• DEATH: 10-OCT-1505, Hever, Kent, England http://www.brianjacobs.org:8080/genealogy/laster/html/d0082/g000004...

Died 10 Oct 1505 Hever, Kent, England http://famille-morin.com/getperson.php?personID=P1009931562&tree=an...

William Boleyn [Parents] was born about 1449 in Blickling, Norfolk, England. He died on 10 Oct 1505 in Hever, Kent, England. http://members.cox.net/dhess5/pafg231.htm

Died 10 Oct 1505 ,Hever,Kent,England Buried ,Norwich,Norfolk,England http://timothybillings.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I...

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▼Facts and Events Marriage[1][2][3] Bef 1485 ▼Children Birth Death 1. Anne Shelton 28 Nov 1475 6 Jan 1555 2. Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1477 Blickling, Norfolk, England 12 MAR 1538/39 Hever, Kent, Englnad 3. James Boleyn

4. Margaret Boleyn

5. Alice Boleyn c. 1487 1538 Add child ▼References ↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis; Walter Lee Sheppard; and David Faris. Ancestral roots of certain American colonists, who came to America before 1700: the lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and some of their descendants. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 7th Edition c1992), p. 107 line 120:38, Primary quality. ↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis, and Walter Lee Sheppard. The Magna Charta sureties, 1215: the barons named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and some of their descendants who settled in America. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., Unknown edition (1955-1999)), p. 21 line 17:11, Primary quality. ↑ 6 sons and 4 daughters of this marriage. Categories: Boleyn surname | Ormond surname

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References

• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg1867.htm#33474
• Visitation of Norfolk “Brampton” page 52. Archive.Org