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Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent 1477–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1477

Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk

Death Date: 12 March 1539

Death Location: Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England

Father: William Boleyn

Mother: Margaret Butler

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Boleyn, Elizabeth Howard, *Lady (Bristow)

Children(s): Queen England, Mary Cary, Emily Boleyn, George Rochford, Jr Thomas, Lady Sister, Henry Boleyn, Sir France, Viscount Boleyn, Sybilla Boleyn, henry Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, Leonard Bolyen, William Boleyn, Leonard Bolyen, William Boleyn

In 1477, Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent entered the world in Blickling, Norfolk, born to William Boleyn And Margaret Butler. Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent married Elizabeth Boleyn, Elizabeth Howard, Lady Elizabeth Countess Of Wiltshire Howard 15Xggm Bristow, and had children including Emily Maud Boleyn, George Viscount Boleyn Of Rochford, Henry Boleyn, Jr Boleyn Thomas, Lady Margaret Elizabeth Boleyn Ann Boleyn Sister, Leonard Norman Thomas Bolyen, Mary Boleyn, Mary Cary, Queen Anne Boleyn Queen Of England, Sir Thomas Boleyn Earl Of Wiltshire Viscount Of Rochford High Sherriff Of Kent Lord Privacy Seal Ambassador Of France, Sybilla Boleyn, Viscount George Of Rochford Boleyn, William Boleyn. Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent passed away in 1539 in Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1477, Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent entered the world in Blickling, Norfolk, born to William Boleyn And Margaret Butler.
  • Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent married Elizabeth Boleyn, Elizabeth Howard, Lady Elizabeth Countess Of Wiltshire Howard 15Xggm Bristow, and had children including Emily Maud Boleyn, George Viscount Boleyn Of Rochford, Henry Boleyn, Jr Boleyn Thomas, Lady Margaret Elizabeth Boleyn Ann Boleyn Sister, Leonard Norman Thomas Bolyen, Mary Boleyn, Mary Cary, Queen Anne Boleyn Queen Of England, Sir Thomas Boleyn Earl Of Wiltshire Viscount Of Rochford High Sherriff Of Kent Lord Privacy Seal Ambassador Of France, Sybilla Boleyn, Viscount George Of Rochford Boleyn, William Boleyn.
  • Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent passed away in 1539 in Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Boleyn
1451–1505
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
WB
Margaret Butler
1454–1539
Birth Location: Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
MB

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Boleyn
1480–1538
Birth Location: Thetford, Norfolk, England
EB
Elizabeth Howard
1480–1538
Birth Location: Arundel, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
EH
*Lady (Bristow)
1486–1538
Birth Location: Ashwellthrope, Depwade, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
*(

Children(s)

Queen England
1501–1536
Birth Location: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
QE
Mary Cary
1499–1534
Birth Location: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
MC
Emily Boleyn
1503–
Birth Location: England
EB
George Rochford
1503–1536
Birth Location: Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England
GR
Jr Thomas
1508–
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England
JT
Lady Sister
1503–1504
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
LS
Henry Boleyn
1500–1501
Birth Location: Aylsham, Norfolk, England
HB
Sir France
1501–1536
Birth Location: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
SF
Viscount Boleyn
1504–1536
Birth Location: Newry, Down, Ireland
VB
Sybilla Boleyn
1499–1500
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England
SB
henry Boleyn
1513–1501
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom
hB
Mary Boleyn
1499–1543
Birth Location: Hever Castle, Kent, England, United Kingdom
MB
Leonard Bolyen
1501–1599
Birth Location: Haydor, Lincolnshire, England
LB
William Boleyn
1502–1501
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England
WB
Leonard Bolyen
1501–1599
Birth Location: Haydor, Lincolnshire, England
LB
William Boleyn
1497–1536
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
WB

Thomas Kent's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Kent
1477–1539
Birth Place: Blickling, Norfolk
Parents
William Boleyn
1451–1505
Blickling, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Butler
1454–1539
Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Grandparents
Thomas Butler
1426–1515
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Anne Butler
1428–1485
Kelynack, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Kent's Descendants

1.
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Thomas (15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of) Kent (1477–12 March 1539) m. Elizabeth Boleyn (21 Jan 1480–3 April 1538) m. Elizabeth Howard (1480–3 April 1538) m. *Lady (Elizabeth Countess of Wiltshire Howard 15xggm) (Bristow) (21 Jan 1486–3 April 1538)
  1. 1. Queen (Anne Boleyn Queen of) England 1501–1536 m. King (Henry) VIII 1508–1549 m. Sir (William Carey of) Aldenham 1500–1528 m. King (Henry VIII King of England (TUDOR) spouse) 15pga 1491–1547 m. Sir (William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff and Mayor Of) Bristol 1492–1572
    1. 1. HENRY ((Sir) "Tudor" Baron de Hunsdon CAREY (Illegitimate son of Tudor, King Henry) VIII) 1525–1596 m. Anne (Morgan) 593\594 1529–1607 m. Aemilia (Bassano) (Lanyer) 1569–1645
      1. 1. Judith (Agnes) Carey 1544–1572 m. Thomas (Dickinson of) Ely 1543–1572 m. Thomas Dickinson 1547–1572
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Richethe) Ricyght 1562–1655 m. Robert Dickinson 1570–1625 m. William Dickenson 1564–1634 m. William Dickenson 1570–1640
        2. 2. Robert Dickerson 1563–1626
        3. 3. Elizabeth Richethe 1562–1655 m. William Dickenson 1570–1640 m. William Dickenson 1568–1626 m. Robert Dickinson 1570–1625
        4. 4. Judith Dickinson 1572–
        5. 5. John ((Carey)) Dickinson 1572–1572
        6. 6. Giles (Carey) Dickinson 1570–1628
        7. 7. Anna Gull 1572–1611
        8. 8. William (Dickinson, of) Ely 1570–1626 m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Stacy 1573–1628
        9. 9. Johan Dyckinson 1569–1628
        10. 10. Marie Dickinson 1570–1611
      2. 2. Lady (Philadelphia Carey, Cayre, Scrope Baroness of Bolton (Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I & to Queen Anne of) Denmark) 1552–1627 m. Thomas Scrope 1567–1609
        1. 1. Emmanuel Scrope 1584–1630
      3. 3. Catherine Carey 1550–1602
      4. 4. Blanche (de) Carey 1545–1602
      5. 5. Anne Carey 1550–1610 m. 🚩John (Cleeves IV (linen draper) linen) draper 1546–1591
        1. 1. 🚩George (Cleaves (vintner; founder Ptld Maine; fam killed\captured in Brackett Lane Massacre; imm aboard "Swift") Vintner of Shrewsbury; early settler and "founder of Portland,) Maine 1576–1667
        2. 2. John Cleve 1572–1611 m. Alice Kinge 1577–1639
        3. 3. George Cleaves 1572–1711
        4. 4. George Cleeves 1586–1666
        5. 5. George Cleeves 1586–1778
        6. 6. George Cleaves 1586–1618
      6. 6. William (Carey (High Sherrif & Mayor of) Bristol) 1550–1632
      7. 7. Sir (Edmund) Carey 1555–1637
      8. 8. Thomas Carey 1548–1554
      9. 9. Sir (Knight John Cary (Carey), 3rd Baron & Lord Hunsdon) Sir 1556–1617 m. Elizabeth (Stow) Aldworth 1537–1610 m. Mary Carey 1554–1627 m. ELIZABETH Godfrey 1565–1680
        1. 1. Henry Carey 1577–1578
        2. 2. Charles Carey 1592–
        3. 3. Roger DANIEL 1596–1680
        4. 4. Anne (Carey (Cara) Has direct royal bloodlines to King Edward I, King John & King Henry II of England as well as King Ferdinand II of) Castile 1580–1631
        5. 5. Lady (Anne of Heartford) Carey 1580–1783
        6. 6. John Cary 1583–1689
        7. 7. Blanche Wodehouse 1585–1651 m. Christopher Peyton 1585– m. Thom Wood 1582–1658
        8. 8. Charles (Carey poss md Elizabeth) Whitbrooke 1578–1617
        9. 9. Elizabeth Carre 1585–1642 m. Henry Carey 1575–1633 m. John (Keene Kyne) (Cain) 1586–1638
        10. 10. Blanch Carey 1598–
        11. 11. John (Carey Baron of Hunsdon Baron) Hunsdon 1548–1617 m. Judith Pelham 1590–1629
        12. 12. Charles Carey 1580–1630
        13. 13. Blanche Wodehouse –1651
        14. 14. Anne Lovell –1622
        15. 15. Henry Carey 1580–1666
        16. 16. Anne ((Lady) Carey) (Daniel) 1600–1668
        17. 17. Charles Carey 1578–1617
        18. 18. Johannis Carey 1568–1666
      10. 10. George ((Sir) Carey (2nd Baron of Hunsdon & Lord) Chamberlain) 1547–1603
      11. 11. Robert Carey 1546–1603
      12. 12. Mary (Margaret Cary) (Carey) 1564–1603
      13. 13. Margaret (Mary) Carey 1567–1603
      14. 14. Valentine (Carey Bishop of) Exeter 1568–1626
      15. 15. Michael Carey 1548–1558
      16. 16. Sir (George Carey (2nd Baron Hunsdon Lord) Chamberlain) 1547–1678
      17. 17. Christopher Carey 1568–1626
      18. 18. Richard Carey 1546–1572
      19. 19. Robert (Carey Earl of Monmouth) I 1560–1639
      20. 20. Lettice Carey 1543–1571
      21. 21. Gabriel Carey 1546–1610
    2. 2. King (Edward) VI 1537–1553
    3. 3. Mary (Lady of Stowe Edwards Lady of The Queen's Privy) Chamber, 1522–1610
    4. 4. Sir (John, Elizabethan Statesman,) Perrot 1528–1592
    5. 5. Daughter Tudor 1509–1509
    6. 6. Catharine CAREY 1522–1549
    7. 7. Stillborn (Son) England 1514–1514
    8. 8. Mary (I (Bloody Mary) Tudor Princess of England, HRH Queen Regent of England &) Ireland 1516–1558
    9. 9. Ethelreda (Dingley) Malte 1525–1559
    10. 10. stillborn (son) Tudor 1536–1536
    11. 11. Henry Tudor 1526–1534 m. Mary (Caroline Fitz) Roy 1519–1571
    12. 12. Elizabeth Tailboys 1520–1563
    13. 13. Catherine Clinton 1542–1621
    14. 14. Queen Mary 1526–1584
    15. 15. Stillborn (Girl) Tudor 1510–1510
    16. 16. infant (boy) Tudor 1514–1514
    17. 17. King (Edward) VI 1537–1553
    18. 18. Henry CAREY 1526–1596
    19. 19. I Elizabeth 1533–1603
    20. 20. Henry, (Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall,) Tudor 1511–1511
    21. 21. Henry Tudor 1511–1511
    22. 22. Prince (Edward VI) Tudor 1537–1553
    23. 23. miscarraige Tudor 1535–1535
    24. 24. Richard Edwards 1525–1566
    25. 25. Elisabeth (de Valois-Angoulême, Princess of France, Queen consort of Spain) "R" 1545–1568
    26. 26. King Edward 1537–1553
  2. 2. Mary Cary 1499–1534 m. William Carey 1495–1528
    1. 1. Wm Cary 1495–1586 m. Johan ((Joan) Bawdiven) Cowper 1502–1542
      1. 1. George Cary 1527–1617
      2. 2. Richard Carye 1515–1570
    2. 2. mary (Brooke) walden 1520–1590
    3. 3. Henry Carey 1526–1596
    4. 4. Catherine Knollys 1524–1569
  3. 3. Emily (Maud) Boleyn 1503–
  4. 4. George (Viscount Boleyn Of) Rochford 1503–1536
  5. 5. Jr (Boleyn) Thomas 1508–
  6. 6. Lady (Margaret Elizabeth Boleyn Ann Boleyn) Sister 1503–1504
  7. 7. Henry Boleyn 1500–1501
  8. 8. Sir (Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire, Viscount of Rochford, High Sherriff of Kent, Lord Privacy Seal, Ambassador of) France 1501–1536 m. Katherine (Ellen) Doane 1517–1599
  9. 9. Viscount (George "of Rochford") Boleyn 1504–1536
  10. 10. Sybilla Boleyn 1499–1500
  11. 11. henry Boleyn 1513–1501
  12. 12. Mary Boleyn 1499–1543
  13. 13. Leonard (Norman Thomas) Bolyen 1501–1599
  14. 14. William Boleyn 1502–1501
  15. 15. Leonard (Norman Thomas) Bolyen 1501–1599
  16. 16. William Boleyn 1497–1536

Thomas Kent's Timeline

10 Records

1477
1477
Birth of Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent in Blickling (Norfolk) England
Blickling (Norfolk) England
1477
1 January 1477
Birth of Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent in Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
1477
1 January 1477
Birth of Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent in Hever Castle Hever Kent, England, United Kingdom
Hever Castle Hever Kent, England, United Kingdom
1477
1477
Birth of Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent in Blickling, Norfolk
Blickling, Norfolk
1539
13 March 1539
Age 62
Death of Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent in Hever Castle, Aylsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Hever Castle, Aylsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
1539
12 March 1539
Age 62
Death of Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent in Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
1539
12 March 1539
Age 62
Death of Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent in Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
1539
12 March 1539
Age 62
Death of Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent in Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
1539
12 March 1539
Age 62
Death of Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent in Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
1539
12 March 1539
Age 62
Death of Thomas 15xggf Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent in Hever, Kent
Hever, Kent

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1477
    Event Place: Blickling (Norfolk) England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 January 1477
    Event Place: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
    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: Birth
    Event Date: 1 January 1477
    Event Place: Hever Castle Hever Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1477
    Event Place: Blickling, Norfolk
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Blickling, Norfolk, , England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1538_-_1539
    Event Place: Hever (Kent) England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 March 1539
    Event Place: Hever Castle, Aylsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
    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 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 March 1539
    Event Place: Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 March 1539
    Event Place: Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 March 1539
    Event Place: Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 March 1539
    Event Place: Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 March 1539
    Event Place: Hever, Kent
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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