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Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG KB (c. 1477 – 12 March 1539), of Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician who was the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I.
Oct 7, 2023 · "Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond KG KB (c. 1477 – 12 March 1539) was an English diplomat and politician in the Tudor era. He was born at the family home, Hever Castle, Kent, which had been purchased by his grandfather Geoffrey Boleyn, who was a wealthy mercer.
- Blickling
- Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire
On 12th March 1539, just under three years after the executions of two of his children, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire died at Hever Castle, the Boleyn family home, he was in his sixties. Thomas’s servant, Robert Cranwell, wrote to Thomas Cromwell on 13th March to give him the news:
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SIR THOMAS BOLEYN, EARL OF WILTSHIRE, was the second son of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling, Norfolk, and grandson of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy London merchant, who was lord mayor in 1457. The manor of Blickling, purchased originally by Sir Geoffrey of the veteran Sir John Fastolf , descended to Sir James Boleyn, the elder brother of Sir ...
Sir Thomas Boleyn III (c. 1442 – 1471) Lord of Blickling Hall: Sir William Boleyn II (1451–1505) Sheriff of Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk: Lady Margaret Butler (c. 1454 – 1539) Elizabeth Howard (c. 1480 - 1538) Sir Thomas Boleyn (c. 1477 –1539) 1st Earl of Wiltshire and Ormand: William Boleyn (1491–1571) Sir James Boleyn (1493–1561)
- 1283; 740 years ago
- Kingdom of England
- John Boleyn
- Norfolk
Background. Thomas Boleyn was born in around 1477, the eldest of ten children. His parents were Sir William Boleyn (1451 – 1505), son of Geoffrey Boleyn (1406 – 1463) the Lord Mayor of London, and Lady Margaret Butler (1454 – 1539), daughter of Thomas Butler, the 7th Earl of Ormonde (1426 – 1515).
Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG KB (c. 1477 – 12 March 1539), of Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician who was the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. By Henry VIII he was made a knight of ...
