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Personal data Sir William Boleyn Knight 

• Alternative names: William Boleyn , High Sheriff of Kent, Sir William Baleyne, Sir William Boleyn Lord Mayor of London, William Baleyne (also known as / alias)
• He was born about 1451 in Blickling, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
• Title: Lord Mayor of London
• Title: Knight of the Bath
• Occupations:
• Knight, Knight Immediate Family, High Sheriff of Kent in 1489 and High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1500, Courtier.
• charged by Henry VII to take care of the beacons that were used to warn in case of an attack on England.
• after March 1489 High Sheriff of Kent in Kent, England, United Kingdom.
• in the year 1500 High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in England, United Kingdom.
• He died on October 10, 1505 in Hever, Kent, England, United Kingdom. He was about 53-54 years old.
• He is buried October 1505 in Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
• This information was last updated on December 30, 2023.

Household of Sir William Boleyn Knight

He is married to Margaret Butler.

They got married before November 1469 at Blickling, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.

Child(ren):

1. Jane Boleyn  ± 1475-> 1521
2. Anne Boleyn  1475-1479
3. Thomas Boleyn  ± 1477-1539 
4. John Boleyn  1481-1484
5. Anthony Boleyn  1483-1493
6. Anne Boleyn  1479-1556 
7. Edward Boleyn  ± 1486-1571 
8. William Boleyn  ± 1487-1552
9. Margaret Boleyn  1489-1550
10. James Boleyn  1493-1561

Notes about Sir William Boleyn Knight

Sir William Boleyn (1451-10 October 1505) was the son of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy mercer and Lord Mayor of London, and his wife, Anne Hoo. He was the father of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and the paternal grandfather of King Henry VIII's second Queen, Anne Boleyn.«b»Life«/b»William Boleyn was born at Blickling, Norfolk, the younger of the two sons of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy mercer and Lord Mayor of London, and his wife, Anne Hoo. Sir William was heir to his elder brother, Sir Thomas Boleyn, in 1471/2.Boleyn married Margaret Ormond (otherwise Butler) (d. before 20 March 1540), the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond (died 3 August 1515), by his first wife, Anne Hankford. They had six sons, Sir Thomas, William (Archdeacon of Winchester), Sir James, Sir Edward, John and Anthony, and four daughters, Margaret (wife of John Sackville), Anne (wife of Sir John Shelton), Alice (the wife of Sir Robert Clere) and Jane (wife of Sir Philip Calthorpe).Boleyn was created a Knight of the Bath by Richard III and was charged by Henry VII to take care of the beacons that were used to warn in case of an attack on England. Sir William served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1489 and High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1500.«b»Issue«/b»1.) Anne Boleyn (18 November 1475-6 January 1555) married Sir John Shelton2.)Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (c. 1477-12 March 1538/9) married Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and his first wife, Elizabeth Tilney3.) John Boleyn (1481-1484)4.) Anthony Boleyn (c. 1483-30 September 1493)5.) Jane Boleyn (c. 1485 died after 1521) married Sir Phillip Calthorpe6.) Alice Boleyn (c. 1487-1 November 1538) married Sir Robert Clere (died 10 August 1529)7.) Margaret Boleyn (born about 1489) married John Sackville8.) William Boleyn (c. 1491-18 December 1571)9.) Sir James Boleyn (c.1493-5 December 1561) married Elizabeth Wood10.) Sir Edward Boleyn (born about 1496) married Anne Tempest

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