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Thomas Boleyn 1477 – 1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1477

Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 12 Mar 1539

Death Location: Hever, Kent, England

Father: William Boleyn

Mother: Margaret Butler

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Howard

Children(s): Mary Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn, Anne Boleyn, George Boleyn

Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire was born in 1477 in Blickling, Norfolk, England, the child of William Boleyn and Margaret Butler. Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire married Elizabeth Howard, and had children including Mary Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn, Anne Boleyn, George Boleyn. Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire passed away in 1539 in Hever, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire was born in 1477 in Blickling, Norfolk, England, the child of William Boleyn and Margaret Butler.
  • Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire married Elizabeth Howard, and had children including Mary Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn, Anne Boleyn, George Boleyn.
  • Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire passed away in 1539 in Hever, Kent, England.

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Thomas Boleyn's Ancestors

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Thomas Boleyn
1477 – 1539
Birth Place: Blickling, Norfolk, England
Parents
William Boleyn
1451 – 1505
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Margaret Butler
1454 – 1537
Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England
Grandparents
Geoffrey (II) Boleyn
1406 – 1463
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Anne (Elizabeth) Hoo
1424 – 1485
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Thomas Butler
1425 – 1515
Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England
Anne Hankford
1431 – 1485
Ormond, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Geoffrey Boleyn
1380 – 1440
Alice Bracton
1385 – 1410
Thomas Hoo
1396 – 1455
Elizabeth Wychingham
1404 – 1445
James Butler
1392 – 1452
Elizabeth Beauchamp
1396 – 1430
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Boleyn
1350 – 1411
Anne Bracton
1354 – 1410
James Butler
1361 – 1405
Anne Welles
1359 – 1390
William Beauchamp
1358 – 1411
Joan FitzAlan
1375 – 1435

Thomas Boleyn's Descendants

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Thomas Boleyn (1477 – 12 Mar 1539) m. Elizabeth Howard (1480 – 3 Apr 1538)
  1. 1. Mary Boleyn (1499 – 19 Jul 1543) m. William Carey m. Henry (Tudor) VIII (28 Jun 1491 – 28 Jan 1547)
    1. 1. Catherine Carey (1524 – 15 Jan 1569) m. Francis Knollys (1514 – 19 Jul 1596)
      1. 1. Lettice Knollys (8 Nov 1543 – 25 Dec 1634) m. Walter Devereux (16 Sep 1539 – 22 Sep 1576)
        1. 1. Penelope Devereux (Jan 1563 – 7 Jul 1607)
        2. 2. Dorothy Devereux (1564 – 3 Aug 1619) m. Henry Percy (Apr 1564 – 5 Nov 1632) m. Thomas Perrot (28 Jun 1562 – Feb 1594)
        3. 3. Lord (Robert) Devereux (10 Nov 1565 – 25 Feb 1601)
        4. 4. Walter Devereux (1569 – 1591)
    2. 2. Henry Carey (4 Mar 1525 – 23 Jul 1596) m. Anne Morgan (1529 – 19 Jan 1606)
      1. 1. Philadelphia Carey (Abt. 1552 – 3 Feb 1627) m. Thomas Scrope (Abt. 1567 – 2 Sep 1609)
        1. 1. Emanuel Scrope (1 Aug 1584 – 30 May 1630) m. Martha (Jeane) Jones (Abt. 1592 – 1630)
  2. 2. Thomas Boleyn (1499 – Abt. 1520)
  3. 3. Anne Boleyn (Abt. 1501 - 1507 – 19 May 1536) m. Henry (Tudor) VIII (28 Jun 1491 – 28 Jan 1547)
    1. 1. Elisabeth Tudor (7 Sep 1533 – 24 Mar 1603)
  4. 4. George Boleyn (Abt. 1503 – 17 May 1536)

Thomas Boleyn's Timeline

2 Records

1477
1477
Birth of Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire in Blickling, Norfolk, England
Blickling, Norfolk, England
1539
12 Mar 1539
Age 62
Death of Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire in Hever, Kent, England
Hever, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1477
    Event Place: Blickling, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 02; Page: 783
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1539
    Event Place: Hever, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 02; Page: 783
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St Peter Churchyard, Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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