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Sir William Boleyn 1451–1505 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1451

Birth Location: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 10 October 1505

Death Location: Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England

Father: Sir II

Mother: Anna Hastings

Spouse(s): Lady Butler

Children(s): Sir Boleyn, Anna Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn

Sir William Boleyn was born in 1451 in Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England, the child of Sir Geoffrey Lord Mayor Of London Boleyn Ii And Anna Hoo Hastings. Sir William Boleyn married Lady Margaret Butler, and had children including Alice Boleyn, Anna Boleyn, Edward Boleyn, James Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, John Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn, Sir Thomas 1St Earl Of Wiltshire Ormand Viscount Rochford Boleyn, William Boleyn. Sir William Boleyn passed away in 1505 in Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Boleyn was born in 1451 in Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England, the child of Sir Geoffrey Lord Mayor Of London Boleyn Ii And Anna Hoo Hastings.
  • Sir William Boleyn married Lady Margaret Butler, and had children including Alice Boleyn, Anna Boleyn, Edward Boleyn, James Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, John Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn, Sir Thomas 1St Earl Of Wiltshire Ormand Viscount Rochford Boleyn, William Boleyn.
  • Sir William Boleyn passed away in 1505 in Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir II
1406–1463
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk
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Anna Hastings
1424–1484
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Lady Butler
1454–1537
Birth Location: County Kilkenny, Ireland
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Children(s)

Sir Boleyn
1477–1539
Birth Location: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
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Anna Boleyn
1480–1556
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk
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Margaret Boleyn
1490–
Birth Location: –
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Sir Boleyn's Ancestors

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Sir Boleyn
1451–1505
Birth Place: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Parents
Sir Geoffrey Lord Mayor Of London Boleyn II
1406–1463
Blickling, Norfolk
Anna (Hoo) Hastings
1424–1484
Grandparents
Thomas (Baron Hoo And Hastings) Hoo
–1455
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Boleyn's Descendants

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Sir (William) Boleyn (1451–10 October 1505) m. Lady (Margaret) Butler (Bet. 1454-1465–1537)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas 1st Earl of Wiltshire Ormand Viscount Rochford) Boleyn 1477–1539 m. Elizabeth (Countess Of Wiltshire, Countess Ormond, Viscountess Rochford) Howard 1480–1538
    1. 1. Lady (Mary Anne King Henry's Mistress And Sister To Anne Boleyn) Boleyn 1499–1543 m. Sir (William Carey of) Aldenham 1495–1528 m. Sir (William Stafford) I 1508–1556
      1. 1. Henry (1st Baron Hunsdon) Carey 1526–1596 m. Anne Morgan 1529–1606 m. Aemilia Bassano 1569–1645
        1. 1. Catherine (Countess of Nottingham) Carey 1541–1602 m. Charles (1st Earl of Nottingham 2nd Baron Of Effingham) Howard 1536–1624
        2. 2. Robert (1st Earl of Monmouth) Carey 1560–1639
        3. 3. Sir (George 2nd Baron Hunston) Carey 1548–1603 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Spencer 1549–1618
        4. 4. John (3rd Baron Hunsdon) Carey 1550–1617
        5. 5. Thomas (Carey) I 1548–1634
        6. 6. Sir (Edmund Carey) MP 1558–1637
        7. 7. William (Carey,) MP –1593
        8. 8. Anna Carey 1554–1620
        9. 9. Philadelphia Carey 1552–1627
      2. 2. Katherine Carey 1524–1569 m. Francis Knollys 1513–1596
        1. 1. Sir (Henry Knollys) MP 1542–1582 m. Margaret Cave 1559–1606
        2. 2. William Knollys 1545–1632
        3. 3. Richard Knollys 1548–1596 m. Joan Heigham 1549–1625
        4. 4. Sir (Francis The Younger Knollys II) Sr 1552–1648 m. Lettice Barrett –1634
        5. 5. Robert Knollys 1547–1619 m. Agnes Garner 1548–
        6. 6. Anne Knollys 1555–1608
        7. 7. Katharine Boteler 1560–1632 m. Gerald (FitzEdward) FitzGerald 1567–1612 m. Philip Boteler 1558–1591
        8. 8. Lettice (Knollys) Dudley 1543–1634 m. Sir (Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley) Newcastle 1532–1588 m. Sir (Walter 1st Earl Of Essex) Devereux 1539–1576 m. Christopher (Blount secret) agent 1555–1601
      3. 3. Edward ((died young)) Stafford 1535–1545
    2. 2. George (Viscount Rochford) Boleyn 1504–1536
    3. 3. Anne Boleyn 1501–1536 m. King (Henry VIII Henry Tudor) VIII 1491–1547
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth the 1st of England Tudor) I 1533–1603
      2. 2. stillborn (Prince Henry) Tudor 1536–1536
      3. 3. Marie (Ire) Tudor 1516–1558 m. Sir (Edward Earl of Devon) Courtenay 1526–1556
    4. 4. Thomas Boleyn 1502–1520
  2. 2. Anna Boleyn 1480–1556
  3. 3. Margaret Boleyn 1490–

Sir Boleyn's Timeline

2 Records

1451
1451
Birth of Sir William Boleyn in Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
1505
10 October 1505
Age 54
Death of Sir William Boleyn in Hever, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Hever, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1451
    Event Place: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 October 1505
    Event Place: Hever, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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