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Sir Knight William Bourchier-Boleyn Bullen of Kent, Paternal Grandfather of Queen Ann Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent 1451–1505 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Jun 1451

Birth Location: Blicking Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 10 October 1505

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

Father: Geoffrey II

Mother: Lady England

Spouse(s): Lady Ormond, Lady Butler

Children(s): Lady Boleyn, *Thomas Kent, Lady Boleyn, Stanley None, Robert Bold, Butler Boleyn, William Boleyn, James Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Annabella Boleyn, Maud Shireburn, Margaret cousin, Margaretha Boleyn, Anthony Boleyn, Anne Boleyn, John BOLEYN, Lady Boleyn, Anna Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Alice *, Sir Boleyn, Lady Boleyn, John BOLEYN, Anne Boleyn, Anthony Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn-Clere-Sackville-Knight,, Maud Shireburn, Lady Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Anna Boleyn

Sir Knight William Bourchier-Boleyn Bullen of Kent, Paternal Grandfather of Queen Ann Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent was born in 1451 in Blicking Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk, England, the child of Geoffrey Boleyn Ii And Lady Elizabeth Howard Stokes Nyland Suffolk England. Sir Knight William Bourchier-Boleyn Bullen of Kent, Paternal Grandfather of Queen Ann Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent married Catherine Bold Bourchier, Lady Margaret Grandmother Of Queen Consort Anne Boleyn Lady Of Kilkenny Amp Ormond Baroness Of Bould Countess Of Ormond De Butler, Lady Margaret Boleyn Butler Countess Of Ormond, and had children including Alice Lady Clere Boleyn Bullen M Sir Knight Robert Or Thomas Clere 1529, Anna Boleyn, Annabella Boleyn, Anne Boleyn, Anthony Boleyn, Butler Boleyn, James Boleyn, Jane Amata Boleyn, John Boleyn, Lady Elizabeth Ann Boleyn, Lady M Jean Boleyn, Margaret Alice Lucy Boleyn Clere Sackville Knight, Margaret Alice Lucy Boleyn Clere Sackville Knight 2Nd Cousin, Margaretha Boleyn, Maud Shireburn, Robert Bold, Sir William Boleyn, Stanley, Thomas 1St Earl Of Wiltshire 1St Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford 15Xggf Sir Knight Of The Garter Boleyn Mp Amp High Sheriff Of Kent, William James Boleyn. Sir Knight William Bourchier-Boleyn Bullen of Kent, Paternal Grandfather of Queen Ann Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent passed away in 1505 in Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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  • Sir Knight William Bourchier-Boleyn Bullen of Kent, Paternal Grandfather of Queen Ann Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent was born in 1451 in Blicking Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk, England, the child of Geoffrey Boleyn Ii And Lady Elizabeth Howard Stokes Nyland Suffolk England.
  • Sir Knight William Bourchier-Boleyn Bullen of Kent, Paternal Grandfather of Queen Ann Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent married Catherine Bold Bourchier, Lady Margaret Grandmother Of Queen Consort Anne Boleyn Lady Of Kilkenny Amp Ormond Baroness Of Bould Countess Of Ormond De Butler, Lady Margaret Boleyn Butler Countess Of Ormond, and had children including Alice Lady Clere Boleyn Bullen M Sir Knight Robert Or Thomas Clere 1529, Anna Boleyn, Annabella Boleyn, Anne Boleyn, Anthony Boleyn, Butler Boleyn, James Boleyn, Jane Amata Boleyn, John Boleyn, Lady Elizabeth Ann Boleyn, Lady M Jean Boleyn, Margaret Alice Lucy Boleyn Clere Sackville Knight, Margaret Alice Lucy Boleyn Clere Sackville Knight 2Nd Cousin, Margaretha Boleyn, Maud Shireburn, Robert Bold, Sir William Boleyn, Stanley, Thomas 1St Earl Of Wiltshire 1St Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford 15Xggf Sir Knight Of The Garter Boleyn Mp Amp High Sheriff Of Kent, William James Boleyn.
  • Sir Knight William Bourchier-Boleyn Bullen of Kent, Paternal Grandfather of Queen Ann Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent passed away in 1505 in Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Sir Kent's Ancestors

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Sir Kent
1451–1505
Birth Place: Blicking Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk, England
Parents
Geoffrey Boleyn II
1406–1463
Norfolk, England
Lady (Elizabeth Howard, Stokes Nyland Suffolk) England
1425–1484
Norfolk, England
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Kent's Descendants

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Sir (Knight William Bourchier-Boleyn Bullen of Kent, Paternal Grandfather of Queen Ann Boleyn, High Sheriff of) Kent (30 Jun 1451–10 October 1505) m. Lady (Margaret Boleyn Butler, Countess of) Ormond (1454–1539) m. Lady (Margaret, (Grandmother of Queen Consort Anne Boleyn) Lady of Kilkenny & Ormond, Baroness of Bould, Countess of Ormond ( de) Butler (1454–3 Apr 1537)
  1. 1. Lady (M. Jean) Boleyn 1480–1556 m. John (I Sir) Sackville 1484–1557
    1. 1. Sir (and Knight Richard De Sackville, 2nd Earl of) Dorset 1505–1566 m. Lady (Winifred Paulet DeBrugge (Bridges)) (Sackville) 1516–1586 m. Ann Howard 1514–1546
      1. 1. Lady (Mary Ann) Sackville 1565–1595 m. Francois Anseau\Anseaume 1560–1610 m. Gregory Fiennes 1539–1594
        1. 1. Dame (Marie Elisabeth (Anceau)) Anseaume 1596–1655
      2. 2. Knight (of The Garter Lord Buckhorst Baron Thomas "The Poet" Sackville 1st Earl VAN) DORSET 1527–1608
      3. 3. Baron (Thomas "The Poet" (chancellor of Oxford) Sackville 1st Earl van Dorset, Knight of the Garter, Lord) Buckhorst 1527–1608
      4. 4. Lady (Mildred) Sackville 1535–1555
      5. 5. Cecilia (V) Sackville-west 1536–1608
      6. 6. Sir (Lord Thomas) Sackville 1530–1608
      7. 7. Sir (John Sackville 3rd Earl of) DORSET 1536–1608
      8. 8. Lady (Anne Sackville Fiennes 10th Baroness of) Dacre 1542–1595
  2. 2. *Thomas (1st Earl of Wiltshire 1st Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of) Kent 1477–1539 m. Elizabeth (Howard) Hayward 1480–1538 m. *Lady (ELIZABETH HOWARD of Stoke Neyland, Baroness of Fitzwalter of Viscountess of Rochford & Fitzwalter, 1st Countess of Wil Ormonde, 2nd Countess of) Sussex 1480–1538 m. *Lady (Elizabeth Countess of Wiltshire Howard 15xggm) (Bristow) 1486–1538
    1. 1. William Boleyn 1497–1536
    2. 2. Mary (Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry) VIII 1504–1534
    3. 3. *Lady (Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn 14xggm Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII) Stafford 1499–1543
    4. 4. George (Viscount Boleyn Of) Rochford 1503–1536
    5. 5. Emily (Maud) Boleyn 1503–
    6. 6. Sir (Thomas II Boleyn, KG, Earl of Wiltshire, Viscount of Rochford, High Sherriff of Kent, Lord Privacy Seal, Ambassador of) France 1499–1536
    7. 7. Sybilla Boleyn 1499–1500
    8. 8. Lady (Margaret Elizabeth Boleyn Ann Boleyn) Sister 1503–1504
    9. 9. Lady (Anne Boleyn, VISCOUNTESS ROCHFORD, MARQUESS OF PEMBROKE, QUEEN CONSORT OF) ENGLAND 1501–1536
    10. 10. Viscount (George "of Rochford") Boleyn 1504–1536
    11. 11. Jr (Boleyn) Thomas 1508–
    12. 12. Henry Boleyn 1500–1501
    13. 13. William Boleyn 1502–1501
    14. 14. Leonard (Norman Thomas) Bolyen 1501–1599
    15. 15. Leonard (Norman Thomas) Bolyen 1501–1599
  3. 3. Lady (Elizabeth Ann) Boleyn 1475–1556
  4. 4. Stanley 1483–1493
  5. 5. Robert Bold 1489–1556
  6. 6. Butler Boleyn 1479–1479
  7. 7. William (James) Boleyn 1491–1571
  8. 8. James Boleyn 1493–1561
  9. 9. Jane (Amata) Boleyn 1475–1555
  10. 10. Annabella Boleyn 1481–1484
  11. 11. Maud Shireburn 1487–1588
  12. 12. Margaret (Alice Lucy Boleyn-Clere-Sackville-Knight, 2nd) cousin 1487–1538
  13. 13. Margaretha Boleyn 1490–1550
  14. 14. Anthony Boleyn 1483–1493
  15. 15. Anne Boleyn 1476–1479
  16. 16. John BOLEYN 1481–1493
  17. 17. Lady (Elizabeth Ann) Boleyn 1475–1555
  18. 18. Anna Boleyn 1475–1556
  19. 19. Jane (Amata) Boleyn 1485–1501
  20. 20. Alice (Lady Clere Boleyn Bullen m Sir Knight Robert or Thomas Clere -1529) * 1487–1538
  21. 21. Sir (William) Boleyn 1495–1539
  22. 22. Lady (Elizabeth Ann) Boleyn 1479–1555
  23. 23. John BOLEYN 1481–1493
  24. 24. Anne Boleyn 1476–1479
  25. 25. Anthony Boleyn 1483–1493
  26. 26. Margaret (Alice Lucy) Boleyn-Clere-Sackville-Knight, 1487–1538
  27. 27. Maud Shireburn 1487–1588
  28. 28. Lady (Elizabeth Ann) Boleyn 1475–1556
  29. 29. Jane (Amata) Boleyn 1485–1501
  30. 30. Anna Boleyn 1475–1556

Sir Kent's Timeline

2 Records

1451
30 Jun 1451
Birth of Sir Knight William Bourchier-Boleyn Bullen of Kent, Paternal Grandfather of Queen Ann Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent in Blicking Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk, England
Blicking Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk, England
1505
10 October 1505
Age 54
Death of Sir Knight William Bourchier-Boleyn Bullen of Kent, Paternal Grandfather of Queen Ann Boleyn, High Sheriff of Kent in Hever, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Hever, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Jun 1451
    Event Place: Blicking Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 27 Jan
    Event Place: Norfolk, England
    Record Source: Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 100/1

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Bewsey Warrington, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 October 1505
    Event Place: Hever, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    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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