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Thomas 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1st Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent 1477–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 January 1477

Birth Location: Hever Castle Hever Kent, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 12 March 1539

Death Location: Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England

Father: Willem Boleyn

Mother: Margaretha Butler

Spouse(s): *Lady (Bristow)

Children(s): Lady Boleyn, Lady ENGLAND, George BOLEYN, thomas BOLEYN, henry BOLEYN

Thomas 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1st Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent was born in 1477 in Hever Castle Hever Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Willem Boleyn And Margaretha Butler. Thomas 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1st Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent married Lady Elizabeth Countess Of Wiltshire Howard Bristow, and had children including George Boleyn, Henry Sir Knight Of The Garter Boleyn, Lady Anne Boleyn Viscountess Rochford Marquess Of Pembroke Queen Consort Of England, Lady Mary Elizabeth Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn. Thomas 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1st Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford 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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  • Thomas 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1st Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent was born in 1477 in Hever Castle Hever Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Willem Boleyn And Margaretha Butler.
  • Thomas 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1st Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of Kent married Lady Elizabeth Countess Of Wiltshire Howard Bristow, and had children including George Boleyn, Henry Sir Knight Of The Garter Boleyn, Lady Anne Boleyn Viscountess Rochford Marquess Of Pembroke Queen Consort Of England, Lady Mary Elizabeth Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn.
  • Thomas 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1st Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford 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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Thomas Kent's Ancestors

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Thomas Kent
1477–1539
Birth Place: Hever Castle Hever Kent, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Willem Boleyn
1450–1505
Blickling, Norfolk
Margaretha Butler
1455–1537
Londen
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Kent's Descendants

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Thomas (1st Earl of Wiltshire 1st Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford Sir Knight of the Garter BOLEYN MP & High Sheriff of) Kent (1 January 1477–12 March 1539) m. *Lady (Elizabeth Countess of Wiltshire Howard) (Bristow) (21 Jan 1480–3 April 1538)
  1. 1. Lady (Mary Elizabeth) Boleyn 1504–1543 m. William (Willm E. CARY, CAREY Sir Sir Knight William Baron of Clovelly Sheriff & Mayor of Bristol Sir) Lord 1495–1528 m. William Stafford 1491–1572
    1. 1. Sir (Knight Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, High Steward of Oxford, Lord Chamberlain, MP (Illegitimate son of Tudor, King Henry) VIII) 1526–1596 m. Anne (Morgan Baroness Morgan OR) Williams 1529–1606
      1. 1. Sir (Robert Carey, 1st Earl Of) Monmouth 1560–1639 m. Elizabeth Trevannion 1555–1641
        1. 1. Philadelphia, (Lady) Carey\Wharton\Lockhart 1585–1655 m. Lord (Thomas) Wharton 1585–1622
    2. 2. Mary (Catherine Kate Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's) Privy 1524–1568 m. Francis (Knollys) I 1514–1596
      1. 1. Henry Knollys 1542–1582
      2. 2. Lettice Knollys 1543–1634 m. Sir (Walter III 3, Sir Lord Devereux Devereaux, Viscount Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex,) Iii 1539–1576 m. SIR (Knight Robert 1st EARL of LEICESTER DUDLEY royal) blood 1532–1588 m. Sir (CHRISTOPHER) BLOUNT 1555–1601 m. Walter (Devereaux Earl van) Essex 1539–1576
        1. 1. Robert Devereux 1566–1601 m. Frances Walsingham 1567–1632
      3. 3. William Knollys 1545–1632
      4. 4. Richard Knollys 1548–1596
      5. 5. Francis (Knollys) II 1550–1648
      6. 6. Katharine Boteler 1560–1632
      7. 7. Robert Knollys 1547–1619
      8. 8. Anne West 1555–1608
  2. 2. Lady (Anne Boleyn, VISCOUNTESS ROCHFORD, MARQUESS OF PEMBROKE, QUEEN CONSORT OF) ENGLAND 1507–1536 m. King (Henry VIII King of England) Tudor 1491–1546
    1. 1. Queen (Elizabeth of England Tudor) I 1533–1602
    2. 2. Baby (Boy) Tudor 1536–1536
  3. 3. George BOLEYN 1504–1536
  4. 4. thomas BOLEYN 1496–1506
  5. 5. henry (Sir Knight of the Garter) BOLEYN 1500–1506

Thomas Kent's Timeline

2 Records

1477
1 January 1477
Birth of Thomas 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1st Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford 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
1539
12 March 1539
Age 62
Death of Thomas 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1st Earl Ormonde Viscount Rochford 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

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 January 1477
    Event Place: Hever Castle Hever Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 02; Page: 783
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Winwick Lancaster Winwick, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 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] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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