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William Boleyn 1451–1505 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1451

Birth Location: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 10 October 1505

Death Location: Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England

Father: Sir II

Mother: Ann Hoo

Spouse(s): Margaret Butler

Children(s): Sir Parliament

In 1451, William Boleyn entered the world in Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England, born to Sir Geoffrey Boleyn Ii And Ann Hoo. William Boleyn married Margaret Butler, and had children including Sir Thomas Boleyn Of Rochford 1St Earl Of Wiltshire Ormonde Member Of Parliament. William Boleyn passed away in 1505 in Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1451, William Boleyn entered the world in Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England, born to Sir Geoffrey Boleyn Ii And Ann Hoo.
  • William Boleyn married Margaret Butler, and had children including Sir Thomas Boleyn Of Rochford 1St Earl Of Wiltshire Ormonde Member Of Parliament.
  • William Boleyn passed away in 1505 in Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir II
1406–1463
Birth Location: Norfolk, England
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Ann Hoo
1425–1484
Birth Location: Blickling (Norfolk) England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Butler
1454–1537
Birth Location: Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England (United Kingdom)
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Children(s)

Sir Parliament
1477–1539
Birth Location: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
SP

William Boleyn's Ancestors

Self
William Boleyn
1451–1505
Birth Place: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Parents
Sir Geoffrey Boleyn II
1406–1463
Norfolk, England
Ann Hoo
1425–1484
Blickling (Norfolk) England
Grandparents
Geoffrey Boleyn
1380–1440
Alice Bracton
1385–1440
Thomas (Hoo IV, Lord Hoo and Hastings,) KG
1396–1455
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England
Elizabeth Wychingham
1404–1445
Wychingham, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Hastings
1366–1420
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Knt
1335–1410
Alice Omer
1343–1373

William Boleyn's Descendants

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William Boleyn (1451–10 October 1505) m. Margaret Butler (1454–April 03, 1537)
  1. 1. Sir (THOMAS Boleyn of Rochford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire & Ormonde, Member of) Parliament 1477–1539 m. ELIZABETH Howard 1480–1538
    1. 1. Mary Boleyn 1512–1548 m. William Carey 1491–1528
      1. 1. Lady (Mary Catherine "Kate" ("The Illegitimate Tudor") Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's Privy) Chamber, 1524–1569 m. Sir (Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys, KG, Sheriff of Hampshire, Statesman, English Courtier, Privy Councillor, 2nd Lord of La War, Custodian of Wallingford Castle, High Treasurer of The Royal Household, Member of Parliament, Governor of) Plymout 1514–1596
        1. 1. Lettice Knollys 1540–1634 m. Walter Devereux 1539–1576 m. Sir (Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley) Newcastle 1540–1613 m. Sir (CHRISTOPHER) BLOUNT 1555–1601 m. Sir (Lord Walter Devereux, Knight of the Garter Lord of Devereux 2nd Viscount of Hereford 1st Earl of) Essex 1539–1576
        2. 2. Sir (William Knollys 1st Earl) Banbury 1547–1632
        3. 3. Lady (Catherine Knollys, Baroness) Offaley 1559–1632
        4. 4. Sir (William, Sir Knollys Knowles, Viscount of Wallingford, 1st Earl of) Banbury 1550–1632
        5. 5. Francis (II 2, Sir Knollys Knowles , son of Sir Francis I Privateer Pirate, HP,) Knight 1550–1643
        6. 6. Elizabeth (Ann (Lady) Cecilia of the Royal House of Tudor Knollys, Baroness De La Warr D\of Sir Francis Knollys & Catherine Carey, Chief Lady of the Bedchamber, W\of Thomas West, 2nd Baron de la Warr, M\of) Eliza 1555–1608
        7. 7. Thomas, (Sir Knollys, son of Sir Francis I Knight, KG, Oxford U, Governor of) Ostend 1552–1596
        8. 8. Maud (Knollys - (died) young) 1550–1551
        9. 9. Lady (Elizabeth Knowles*) (Knollys) 1545–1601
        10. 10. Anne (West (Knollys), Baroness de la) Warr 1555–1608 m. Sir (Thomas Leighton West 2nd Lord DeLa Warr) ✅ 1557–1618
        11. 11. William ((Sir)) Knollys 1547–1632 m. *Lady (Agnes (Ann) Eleanor) Garner 1548– m. Lady (Elizabeth Vaux Howard, Baroness Knollys of Greys, Countess of) Banbury 1586–1658 m. Lady (Dorothy Bray \) deKnollys 1530–1605 m. Joan HINGHAM 1548–1631 m. Katherine Vaughan 1547–
        12. 12. Richard (Sir) Knollys 1548–1610
        13. 13. Sir (Francis) Knollys 1552–1632
        14. 14. Lady (Anne) Knollys 1553–1608
        15. 15. Lady (Anne Knollys) (Knowles), 1539–1588
        16. 16. Sir (Thomas Knowles* or) Knolleys 1554–1596
        17. 17. Katheriine Carey 1524–1568
        18. 18. Lady (Catherine) Knollys 1559–1620
        19. 19. Robert Knollys 1547–1619
        20. 20. Anne Talbot 1539–1588
        21. 21. Sir (Thomas Governor of Ostende) Knollys 1548–1610
        22. 22. Lady (Anne Knollys Baroness West, 1st Cousin to Queen) Elizabeth 1555–1608 m. Sir (Thomas Leighton West (2nd Baron de la) Warr) 1557–1602
      2. 2. Sir (Henry CAREY 1st Baron) Hundson 1526–1596 m. Anne ('Baroness Hundson') MORGAN 1529–1605 m. Lady (Anne Morgan, Carey Lady of Queen Elizabeth I's Privy) Chamber 1529–1606
        1. 1. John CAREY, 1560–1632 m. Elizabeth (Alice) Goodale 1556–1623
        2. 2. Lady (Catherine Carey, Countess of) Nottingham 1547–1603 m. Charles (Howard, 1st Earl of) Nottingham 1536–1624
        3. 3. Sir. (John Carey Cary, 3rd Lord Hunsdon) Knight 1556–1603
        4. 4. Robert, (Earl of Monmouth) Carey 1560–1639
        5. 5. Thomas Carey 1548–1554
        6. 6. Henry (MP For Berwick And Buckingham) Carey 1547–1631
        7. 7. Margaret (Mary) Carey 1567–1603
        8. 8. Valentine (Bishop Exeter) Carey 1568–1626
        9. 9. George (Carey Cary, 2nd Baron of Hunsdon & Lord) Chamberlain 1547–1603
        10. 10. Lady (Philadelphia Carey, Cayre, Scrope Baroness of) Bolton 1552–1627
        11. 11. Sir (Edmund) Carey 1557–1637
        12. 12. William Carey 1548–1600
    2. 2. Anne (Boleyn Queen of) England 1501–1536

William Boleyn's Timeline

2 Records

1451
1451
Birth of William Boleyn in Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
1505
10 October 1505
Age 54
Death of William Boleyn in Hever (Kent) England
Hever (Kent) England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1451
    Event Place: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 October 1505
    Event Place: Hever (Kent) England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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