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William Boleyn
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.
Life.
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
five daughters:
- Sir Thomas Boleyn (d. 1471/2).
- Sir William Boleyn (1451–1505), mercer, who married Margaret Butler, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond. William and Margaret were the parents of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, father of Queen Anne Boleyn.
- Isabella (1434–85) who married Henry Aucher (1410–60).
- Alice Boleyn b. abt.1438 d. abt. 1480 m. Sir John Fortescue of Punsborne, Hatfield, Herts d. 1500