Background
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.
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.
He was the father of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and the paternal grandfather of King Henry VIII"s second Queen, Anne Boleyn. 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.
Anne Boleyn (18 November 1475 – 6 January 1555) married Sir John Shelton
John Boleyn (1481 – 1484)
Anthony Boleyn (c 1483 – 30 September 1493)
Jane Boleyn (c 1485 died after 1521) married Sir Phillip Calthorpe
Alice Boleyn (c 1487 – 1 November 1538) married Sir Robert Clere (died 10 August 1529)
Margaret Boleyn (born about 1489) married John Sackville
William Boleyn (c 1491 – 18 December 1571)
Sir James Boleyn (c1493 – 5 December 1561) married Elizabeth Wood
Sir Edward Boleyn (born about 1496) married Anne Tempest
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