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William Boleyn 1451 – 1505 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1451

Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 10 Oct 1505

Death Location: Hever, Kent, England

Father: Geoffrey Boleyn

Mother: Anne Hoo

Spouse(s): Margaret Butler

Children(s): Thomas Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn

The story of William Boleyn High Sheriff of Kent began in 1451 in Blickling, Norfolk, England. William Boleyn High Sheriff of Kent married Margaret Butler, and had children including Thomas Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn. William Boleyn High Sheriff of Kent passed away in 1505 in Hever, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • The story of William Boleyn High Sheriff of Kent began in 1451 in Blickling, Norfolk, England.
  • William Boleyn High Sheriff of Kent married Margaret Butler, and had children including Thomas Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn.
  • William Boleyn High Sheriff of Kent passed away in 1505 in Hever, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Boleyn's Ancestors

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William Boleyn
1451 – 1505
Birth Place: Blickling, Norfolk, England
Parents
Geoffrey II Boleyn
1406 – 1463
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Anne (Elizabeth) Hoo
1424 – 1485
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Geoffrey (I) Boleyn
1380 – 1440
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Alice Bracton
1385 – 1410
Salle, Norfolk, England
Thomas Hoo
1396 – 1455
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England
Elizabeth Wychingham
1404 – 1445
Wychingham, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Boleyn
1350 – 1411
Anne Bracton
1354 – 1410
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Boleyne
1300 –
[unknown]

William Boleyn's Descendants

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William Boleyn (1451 – 10 Oct 1505) m. Margaret Butler (1454 – 3 Apr 1537)
  1. 1. 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)
      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)
    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)
  2. 2. Margaret Boleyn (1489 – Dec 1556) m. John Sackville (17 Mar 1484 – 26 Sep 1557)
    1. 1. Richard Sackville (1507 – 21 Apr 1566) m. Winifred Brydges (1510 – 16 Jun 1586)
      1. 1. Thomas Sackville (1536 – 19 Apr 1608) m. Cicely Baker (1535 – 1 Oct 1615)
        1. 1. Robert Sackville (1561 – 27 Feb 1609)
        2. 2. William Sackville (1570 – 7 Feb 1592)
        3. 3. Anne Sackville m. Henry Glemham ( – 30 Aug 1632)
        4. 4. Mary Sackville m. Henry Nevill (Abt. 1570 – Dec 1641)
        5. 5. Henry Sackville
      2. 2. Edward Sackevile (May 1541 – )
      3. 3. Anne Sackville ( – 14 May 1595)
    2. 2. Christopher Sackville (1519 – 1559) m. Constance Culpeper
      1. 1. John Sackevyle (Abt. 1567 – 21 Dec 1619) m. Joane Downton (1569 – )
        1. 1. John Sackevyle (Jul 1591 – )
        2. 2. James Sackevyle (Jul 1592 – )
        3. 3. Anne Sackville (Sep 1594 – ) m. John French (7 Sep 1589 – 13 Jan 1631) m. Robert Foster (Abt. 1589 – 4 Oct 1663)
        4. 4. Christopher Sackevyle (May 1598 – Feb 1600)
        5. 5. Mary Sackevyle (Nov 1599 – ) m. William White
        6. 6. Constance Sackevyle (Sep 1601 – Jan 1610)
        7. 7. Joan Sackevyle (Nov 1603 – )
        8. 8. Thomas Sackevyle
      2. 2. Andrewe Sackville ( – Feb 1626) m. Alice ( – Jun 1623)
      3. 3. Dorothie Sackville m. Moine
    3. 3. Anne Sackville (1520 – )
    4. 4. Mary Sackville ( – Jun 1571)

William Boleyn's Timeline

2 Records

1451
1451
Birth of William Boleyn High Sheriff of Kent in Blickling, Norfolk, England
Blickling, Norfolk, England
1505
10 Oct 1505
Age 54
Death of William Boleyn High Sheriff of Kent in Hever, Kent, England
Hever, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1451
    Event Place: Blickling, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Oct 1505
    Event Place: Hever, Kent, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

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