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Thomas Boleyn 1477 – 1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1477

Birth Location: Hever Castle Hever, Kent Kingdom of England

Death Date: 12 Mar 1539

Death Location: Hever Castle, Kent, England

Father: William Boleyn

Mother: Margaret Butler

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Howard

Children(s): Sybilla Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn, Henry Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, William Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn, George Boleyn, Catherine Boleyn, Anne Boleyn

The story of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire began in 1477 in Hever Castle Hever, Kent Kingdom of England. Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire married Elizabeth Howard, and had children including Sybilla Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn, Henry Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, William Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn, George Boleyn, Catherine Boleyn, Anne Boleyn. Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire passed away in 1539 in Hever Castle, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire began in 1477 in Hever Castle Hever, Kent Kingdom of England.
  • Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire married Elizabeth Howard, and had children including Sybilla Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn, Henry Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, William Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn, George Boleyn, Catherine Boleyn, Anne Boleyn.
  • Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire passed away in 1539 in Hever Castle, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Boleyn
1449 – 1505
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England
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Margaret Butler
1465 – 1537
Birth Location: County Kilkenny, Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Howard
1480 – 1538
Birth Location: Stoke Neyland, Suffolk, England
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Children(s)

Sybilla Boleyn
1499 – 1500
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, , England
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Thomas Boleyn
1499 – 1520
Birth Location: Aylsham Norfolk, England
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Henry Boleyn
1500 – 1501
Birth Location: Aylsham, Norfolk, England
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Mary Boleyn
1501 – 1534
Birth Location: Blickling Norfolk, England
MB
William Boleyn
1502 – 1503
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Boleyn
1503 – 1504
Birth Location: –
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George Boleyn
1504 – 1536
Birth Location: Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England
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Catherine Boleyn
1505 – 1506
Birth Location: –
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Anne Boleyn
1507 – 1536
Birth Location: Blicking Hall, Norfolk, England
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Thomas Boleyn's Ancestors

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Thomas Boleyn
1477 – 1539
Birth Place: Hever Castle Hever, Kent Kingdom of England
Parents
William Boleyn
1449 – 1505
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Margaret Butler
1465 – 1537
County Kilkenny, Ireland
Grandparents
Geoffrey Boleyn
1406 – 1463
Norfolk, England
Anne Boleyn
1425 – 1484
Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Boleyn's Descendants

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Thomas Boleyn (1477 – 12 Mar 1539) m. Elizabeth Howard (1480 – 3 Apr 1538)
  1. 1. Sybilla Boleyn (1499 – 1500)
  2. 2. Thomas Boleyn (1499 – 1520)
  3. 3. Henry Boleyn (1500 – 1501)
  4. 4. Mary Boleyn (1501 – 19 Jul 1534) m. William Stafford (1499 – 5 May 1556) m. Henry Tudor (28 Jun 1491 – 28 Jan 1547) m. William Carey (1495 – 22 Jun 1528)
    1. 1. Katherine Carey (Jun 1524 – 15 Jan 1568) m. Sir (Francis) Knollys (1514 – 19 Jul, 1596)
      1. 1. Lettice Knollys (1539 – 25 Dec 1634)
      2. 2. Sir (Henry) Knollys (1542 – 21 Dec 1582) m. Margaret Cave (25 April 1549 – 15 August 1606)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Knollys (1579 – 1621)
        2. 2. Lettice Knollys (1583 – 1655)
      3. 3. Edward Knollys (1546 – 1580)
      4. 4. Robert Knollys (1547 – 1619)
      5. 5. Sir (William) Knollys (1547 – 25 May 1632)
      6. 6. Richard Knollys (1548 – 1596)
      7. 7. Elizabeth Knollys (1549 – 1605)
      8. 8. Francis Knollys (1550 – 1648)
      9. 9. Lady (Anne) Knollys (19 Jul 1555 – 30 Aug 1608) m. Governor (John) West (14 Dec 1590 – Mar 1659) m. Sir (Thomas) West (1556 – 24 Mar 1601)
        1. 1. John West (14 Dec 1590 – 1659) m. Cockacoeske, (Queen of the) Pamunkey (1634 – 1686)
      10. 10. Katherine Knollys (1560 – 1632)
      11. 11. Dudley Knollys
      12. 12. Margaret Knollys
      13. 13. Thomas Knollys
    2. 2. Henry Carey (4 Mar 1526 – 23 Jul 1596) m. Anne Morgan (1529 – 24 Oct 1568)
      1. 1. George Carey (1547 – 1603)
      2. 2. Katherine Carey (1547 – 25 Feb 1603) m. Charles Howard (1536 – 14 Dec 1624)
      3. 3. John Carey (1556 – 1617)
      4. 4. Edmund Carey (1557 – 1637)
      5. 5. Robert Carey (1560 – 1639)
      6. 6. Margaret Carey (1567 – 1605)
      7. 7. Thomas Carey
      8. 8. Henry Carey
      9. 9. Philadelphia Carey ( – 3 Feb 1627) m. Thomas Scrope (1567 – 2 September 1609)
        1. 1. Emanuel Scrope (1 Aug 1584 – 30 May 1630) m. Martha Jones (1592 – 1630) m. Elizabeth Manners (1586 – 1653)
      10. 10. Valentine Carey ( – 10 Jun 1626)
  5. 5. William Boleyn (1502 – 1503)
  6. 6. Margaret Boleyn (1503 – 1504)
  7. 7. George Boleyn (April 1504 – 17 May 1536) m. Jane Parker (1510 – 13 Feb 1542)
  8. 8. Catherine Boleyn (1505 – 1506)
  9. 9. Anne Boleyn (1507 – 19 May 1536) m. Henry Tudor (28 Jun 1491 – 28 Jan 1547) m. William Carey (1495 – 22 Jun 1528) m. Sir (Henry Percy, 6th Earl of) Northumberland (c.1502 – 29 Jun 1537)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (I England) Tudor (7 Sep 1533 – 24 Mar 1603) m. Robert Dudley (1532 – 1588)
    2. 2. TUDOR (July 1534 – July 1534)
    3. 3. Robert Cary (1515 – )
    4. 4. Katherine Carey (1520 – 1524)

Thomas Boleyn's Timeline

2 Records

1477
1477
Birth of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire in Hever Castle Hever, Kent Kingdom of England
Hever Castle Hever, Kent Kingdom of England
1539
12 Mar 1539
Age 62
Death of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl of Wiltshire in Hever Castle, Kent, England
Hever Castle, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1477
    Event Place: Hever Castle Hever, Kent Kingdom of England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [3] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1539
    Event Place: Hever Castle, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [3] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hever, Kent, England
    Record Source: Web: International, Find A Grave Index
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