William Boleyn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1451 |
| Died | 10 October 1505 (aged 53–54) |
| Spouse | Margaret Butler |
| Children | Anne, Lady Shelton Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire John Boleyn Anthony Boleyn Amy, Lady Calthorpe Alice, Lady Clere Margaret Sackville William Boleyn archdeacon of Winchester 1530–1552 Sir James Boleyn Sir Edward Boleyn |
| Parent(s) | Sir Geoffrey Boleyn Anne Hoo |
| Relatives | Queen (Consort) Anne Boleyn (granddaughter) Queen Elizabeth I of England (great-granddaughter) |
Sir William Boleyn, KB (1451 – 10 October 1505) of Blickling Hall in Norfolk and Hever Castle in Kent, was a wealthy and powerful landowner who served as Sheriff of Kent in 1489 and as Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1500.[1] He was the father of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, whose daughter was Queen Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII.[2][3][4]
- ^ E. Griffiths, 'The Boleyns at Blickling, 1450-1560', Norfolk Archaeology, XLV Part IV (2009), pp. 453-68.
- ^ J. Hughes, 'Boleyn, Thomas, earl of Wiltshire and earl of Ormond (1476/7–1539), courtier and nobleman', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2007).
- ^ E.W. Ives, 'Anne (Anne Boleyn) (c.1500–1536), queen of England, second consort of Henry VIII', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography' (2004).
- ^ Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. IV (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City, Utah. pp. 305–311. ISBN 978-1460992708.
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