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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.
The Boleyn family was a prominent English family in the gentry and aristocracy. They reached the peak of their influence during the Tudor period, when Anne Boleyn became the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII, their daughter being the future Elizabeth I. [1]
William Boleyn (1451 - 10 October 1505), Geoffrey and Anne's second son was born at Blickling Hall. He was created a Knight of the Bath by King Richard III. William married the Anglo-Irish Lady Margaret Butler, the younger daughter and co-heir of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, by whom he had ten children:-.
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.
Jan 27, 2024 · 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.
When Sir William Boleyn was born in 1451, in Blickling, Norfolk, England, his father, Sir Geoffrey Boleyn II Lord Mayor of London, was 45 and his mother, Lady Anne Hoo I, was 4. He married Lady Margaret Ormond Butler in 1475, in Blickling, Norfolk, England.
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.
