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Lady Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII Stafford 1504–1543 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: Chilton, Witshire, England (or Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England)

Death Date: 19 July 1543

Death Location: Hungerford, Wiltshire, , England

Father: Thomas Boleyn

Mother: Elizabeth Howard

Spouse(s): Sir Aldenham, Henry Viigps

Children(s): Lady Carey, Henry Carey

Lady Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII Stafford was born in 1504 in Chilton, Witshire, England (or Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England), the child of Thomas Boleyn And Elizabeth Howard. Lady Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII Stafford married Henry Vii Viigps, Sir William Carey Of Aldenham, and had children including Henry Carey, Lady Mary Catherine Carey. Lady Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII Stafford passed away in 1543 in Hungerford, Wiltshire, , England.

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Biography

  • Lady Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII Stafford was born in 1504 in Chilton, Witshire, England (or Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England), the child of Thomas Boleyn And Elizabeth Howard.
  • Lady Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII Stafford married Henry Vii Viigps, Sir William Carey Of Aldenham, and had children including Henry Carey, Lady Mary Catherine Carey.
  • Lady Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII Stafford passed away in 1543 in Hungerford, Wiltshire, , England.

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Lady Stafford's Ancestors

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Lady Stafford
1504–1543
Birth Place: Chilton, Witshire, England (or Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England)
Parents
Thomas Boleyn
1477–1539
Blickling (Norfolk) England
Elizabeth Howard
–1538
Norfolk
Grandparents
William Boleyn
1451–1505
Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Margaret Boleyn
1454–1539
County Kilkenny, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Stafford's Descendants

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Lady (Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII) Stafford (1504–19 July 1543) m. Sir (William Carey of) Aldenham (1500–22 Jun 1528) m. Henry (VII) Viigps (11 Feb–28 Jan 1547)
  1. 1. Lady (Mary Catherine) Carey 1524–1568 m. Sir (Lord Francis I The Elder Knollys, Knight of The Garter, Sheriff) O 1514–1596
    1. 1. Lettice KNOLLYS 1551–1620
      1. 1. Richard Hildreth 1583–1645 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Platt 1580–1677
        1. 1. Sgt. (Richard Stanley Hildreth) (imm) 1605–1693
      2. 2. Robert Devereux 1566–1601 m. Lady (Frances Walsingham, Countess of Essex and of) Clanricarde 1567–1632 m. Frances (Walsingham Countess of) Sussex 1561–1633
        1. 1. Robert Devereux 1591–1646
        2. 2. Walter Devereux 1591–1641
        3. 3. Penelope Devereux –1599
        4. 4. Walter Devereux 1592–1592
        5. 5. Henry Devereux 1595–1596
        6. 6. Frances Seymour 1599–1674
        7. 7. Dorothy Shirley 1600–1636
  2. 2. Henry Carey 1524–1596

Lady Stafford's Timeline

2 Records

1504
1504
Birth of Lady Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII Stafford in Chilton, Witshire, England (or Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England)
Chilton, Witshire, England (or Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England)
1543
19 July 1543
Age 39
Death of Lady Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII Stafford in Hungerford, Wiltshire, , England
Hungerford, Wiltshire, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: Chilton, Witshire, England (or Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England)
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 July 1543
    Event Place: Hungerford, Wiltshire, , England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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