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William BOLEYN High Sheriff of Kent 1451–1505 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: circa 1451

Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 10 Oct 1505

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

Father: Geoffrey London

Mother: Anne Hastings

Spouse(s): Margaret (Boelyn)

Children(s): Thomas Ormond, John BOLEYN, Anthony BOLEYN, William BOLEYN, Margaret (Sackville), Edward BOLEYN, Anne (Shelton), Jane BOLEYN, James BOLEYN, Alice (Clere)

William BOLEYN High Sheriff of Kent was born in 1451 in Blickling, Norfolk, England, the child of Geoffrey Ii Boleyn Lord Mayor Of London And Anne Hoo Of Hastings. William BOLEYN High Sheriff of Kent married Margaret Butler Boelyn, and had children including Alice Boleyn Clere, Anne Boleyn Shelton, Anthony Boleyn, Edward Boleyn, James Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, John Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn Sackville, Thomas Boleyn Sir 1St Earl Of Wiltshire And Ormond, William Boleyn. William BOLEYN High Sheriff of Kent passed away in 1505 in Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • William BOLEYN High Sheriff of Kent was born in 1451 in Blickling, Norfolk, England, the child of Geoffrey Ii Boleyn Lord Mayor Of London And Anne Hoo Of Hastings.
  • William BOLEYN High Sheriff of Kent married Margaret Butler Boelyn, and had children including Alice Boleyn Clere, Anne Boleyn Shelton, Anthony Boleyn, Edward Boleyn, James Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, John Boleyn, Margaret Boleyn Sackville, Thomas Boleyn Sir 1St Earl Of Wiltshire And Ormond, William Boleyn.
  • William BOLEYN High Sheriff of Kent passed away in 1505 in Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Kent's Ancestors

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William Kent
1451–1505
Birth Place: Blickling, Norfolk, England
Parents
Geoffrey II BOLEYN Lord Mayor of London
1406–1463
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Anne (HOO of) Hastings
1410–1484
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Geoffrey (I) BOLEYN
1380–1440
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Alice (BRACTON) (Boleyn)
1385–1410
Salle, Norfolk, England
Thomas (HOO Lord of Hoo and) Hastings
1385–1455
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England
Elizabeth (WYCHINGHAM Baroness of Hoo and) Hastings
1376–1440
Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas BOLEYN
1350–1411
Alice (Boleyn)
1354–1410
John BRACTON
1359–1410
Thomas Hastings
1366–1420
Eleanor Felton
1361–1400
Nicolas WYCHINGHAM
1350–1434
Joan Antingham
1380–1450
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John BRACTON
1324–

William Kent's Descendants

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William (BOLEYN High Sheriff of) Kent (circa 1451–10 Oct 1505) m. Margaret (BUTLER) (Boelyn) (circa 1454–3 Apr 1537)
  1. 1. Thomas (BOLEYN Sir, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and) Ormond 1477–1539 m. Elizabeth (HOWARD) (Boelyn) 1480–1538
    1. 1. Mary (BOLEYN (Mary) Stafford) 1504–1534 m. William (CAREY of) Aldenham 1495–1528 m. William STAFFORD 1499–1566
      1. 1. Katherine (Mary) CARY 1524–1568 m. Francis KNOLLYS 1526–1596
        1. 1. Anne (KNOLLYS) Lady 1557–1608 m. Thomas (Leighton WEST Sir, 2nd Lord De La) Warr 1556–1602
        2. 2. Henry KNOLLYS 1542–1582
        3. 3. Lettice (KNOLLYS (Devereux)) (Dudley) 1540–1634 m. Robert (DUDLEY Earl of) Leicester 1539–1588 m. Walter (DEVEREUX 1st Earl of) Essex 1541–1576
        4. 4. William KNOLLYS 1545–1632
        5. 5. Richard KNOLLYS 1548–1596
        6. 6. Francis KNOLLYS 1550–1648
        7. 7. Katharine (KNOLLYS) (Boteler) 1560–1632
        8. 8. Robert KNOLLYS 1547–1619
        9. 9. Cecilia KNOLLYS 1547–1634 m. Thomas LEIGHTON –1610
      2. 2. Henry (CAREY 1st Baron of) Hunsdon 1525–1596
    2. 2. Thomas BOLEYN 1499–
    3. 3. George BOLEYN 1502–1536
    4. 4. Ann BOLEYN 1501–1536 m. Henry (VIII TUDOR King of) England 1491–1547
      1. 1. Elizabeth (1 TUDOR "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana", "Good Queen) Bess" 1533–1603
  2. 2. John BOLEYN 1481–1484
  3. 3. Anthony BOLEYN 1483–1493
  4. 4. William BOLEYN 1491–1571
  5. 5. Margaret (BOLEYN) (Sackville) 1489–
  6. 6. Edward BOLEYN 1496–1570
  7. 7. Anne (BOLEYN) (Shelton) 1479–1556 m. John (II) SHELTON 1475–1539
    1. 1. John (Williams) SHELTON 1504–1558
    2. 2. Mary (SHELTON) (Heveningham) –1571
    3. 3. Joan (SHELTON) (Knyvett) –1568
  8. 8. Jane BOLEYN 1485–1501
  9. 9. James BOLEYN 1493–1561
  10. 10. Alice (BOLEYN) (Clere) 1487–1538

William Kent's Timeline

2 Records

1451
circa 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: circa 1451
    Event Place: Blickling, 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 Oct 1505
    Event Place: Hever, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave 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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