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Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire 1477–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1477

Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 12 Mar 1539

Death Location: St Peter Churchyard, Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England

Father: William Kent

Mother: Margaret Butler

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Wiltshire

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

In 1477, Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire entered the world in Blickling, Norfolk, England, born to William Boleyn High Sheriff Of Kent And Margaret Butler. Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire married Elizabeth Howard Countess Of Wiltshire, and had children including Anne Boleyn, George Boleyn Viscount Rochford, Mary Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn Jr. Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire passed away in 1539 in St Peter Churchyard, Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1477, Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire entered the world in Blickling, Norfolk, England, born to William Boleyn High Sheriff Of Kent And Margaret Butler.
  • Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire married Elizabeth Howard Countess Of Wiltshire, and had children including Anne Boleyn, George Boleyn Viscount Rochford, Mary Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn Jr.
  • Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire passed away in 1539 in St Peter Churchyard, Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England.

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Thomas Wiltshire's Ancestors

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Thomas Wiltshire
1477–1539
Birth Place: Blickling, Norfolk, England
Parents
William Boleyn High Sheriff of Kent
1451–1505
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Margaret Butler
1454–1537
Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England
Grandparents
Geoffrey (II Boleyn Lord Major of) London
1406–1463
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Anne (Elizabeth Hoo of) Hastings
1424–1485
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Thomas (Butler 7th Earl of) Ormonde
1425–1515
Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England
Anne Hankford
1431–1485
Ormond, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Geoffrey Boleyn
1380–1440
Alice Bracton
1385–1410
Thomas Hastings
1396–1455
Elizabeth Hastings
1404–1445
James Ormond
1392–1452
Elizabeth Beauchamp
1396–1430
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Salle
1350–1411
Anne Bracton
1354–1410
James Ormond
1361–1405
Anne Welles
1359–1390
William Bergavenny
1358–1411
Joan FitzAlan
1375–1435

Thomas Wiltshire's Descendants

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Thomas (Boleyn Earl of) Wiltshire (1477–12 Mar 1539) m. Elizabeth (Howard Countess of) Wiltshire (1480–3 Apr 1538)
  1. 1. Mary Boleyn 1499–1543 m. Henry (Tudor VIII King of) England 1491–1547
    1. 1. Catherine Carey 1524–1569 m. Francis Knollys 1514–1596
      1. 1. Lettice Knollys 1543–1634 m. Walter (Devereux 1st Earl of) Essex 1539–1576
        1. 1. Dorothy Devereux 1564–1619 m. Henry Percy 1564–1632 m. Thomas Perrot 1562–1594
        2. 2. Lord (Robert) Devereux 1565–1601
        3. 3. Penelope Devereux 1563–1607
        4. 4. Walter Devereux 1569–1591
    2. 2. Henry (Carey 1st Baron) Hunsdon 1525–1596 m. Anne Morgan 1529–1606
      1. 1. Philadelphia Carey 1552–1627 m. Thomas (Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of) Bolton 1567–1609
        1. 1. Emanuel (Scrope 1st Earl of) Sunderland 1584–1630 m. Martha (Jeane) Jones 1592–1630
  2. 2. Anne Boleyn 1501–1536 m. Henry (Tudor VIII King of) England 1491–1547
    1. 1. Elisabeth (Tudor Queen of) England 1533–1603
  3. 3. George (Boleyn Viscount) Rochford 1503–1536
  4. 4. Thomas (Boleyn) Jr 1499–1520

Thomas Wiltshire'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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