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Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, [1] 1st Viscount Rochford KG [2] 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 ...
In 1477, Thomas Boleyn was born to William Boleyn and Margaret Butler at Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Inheriting Hever Castle from his father. He was an ambitious man who became a successful courtier and diplomat. Before his marriage to Elizabeth Howard, Thomas was active in the court of Henry VII.
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’s mother, Margaret was a ...
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Mar 31, 2021 · In the wake of such grisly events, the Boleyn name seemed to offer a moral lesson in what could happen to those whose ambition enticed them to rise ‘above their station’. History has relegated the story of the Boleyns to a soap opera – and Anne’s father, Thomas, is often the villain of the piece, widely derided as a callous, grasping ...
Aug 19, 2021 · Max Dowler portrays Anne's father, Thomas Boleyn, in a new BBC documentary. BBC Studios Meanwhile, the siblings’ father and uncle escaped the brunt of the king’s ire.
- Meilan Solly
Nov 5, 2012 · Certainly the fear of what Henry may do to remaining members of the Boleyn family perhaps influenced Sir Thomas to continue working by Henry's side. After Thomas' wife died in 1537, a year after ...
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 Thomas. His mother was Margaret, daughter and coheir of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormonde. According to his own statement he was fifty-two years old in 1529, 1 and must therefore have been born in 1477.
