Boleyn family
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| Boleyn | |
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| Noble house | |
| The arms of the Boleyn family, showing three bull’s heads on a white field | |
| Country | Kingdom of England |
| Place of origin | Norfolk |
| Founded | 1283 |
| Founder | John Boleyn |
| Final head | Thomas Boleyn |
| Titles | Marchioness of PembrokeEarl of WiltshireEarl of OrmondViscount Rochford |
| Dissolution | 1539 |
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.
Notable members
Members of the family include:
- Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a mercer and Lord Mayor of London, father of William
- Thomas Boleyn, brother of Geoffrey, a priest and Master of Gonville Hall, Cambridge
- Sir William Boleyn, a mercer and father of Anne, Thomas and James
- Lady Margaret Boleyn, née Butler, wife of William, mother of Anne, Thomas and James
- Anne Shelton, née Boleyn, sister of Thomas and James, mother of Margaret (Madge) Shelton, a mistress of Henry VIII
- Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 1st Earl of Ormond, father of Mary, Anne and George, courtier and diplomat
- Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, née Howard, wife of Thomas and a lady-in-waiting, mother of Mary, Anne and George
- Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne, a mistress of Henry VIII
- George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, brother of Anne, courtier and diplomat
- Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII
- Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, née Parker, wife of George and a lady-in-waiting
- Sir James Boleyn, brother of Anne and Thomas, courtier and chancellor of the household of his niece, Anne
- Lady Elizabeth Boleyn, née Wood, wife of James and a lady-in-waiting
- George Boleyn, dean of Lichfield, probably a distant cousin but allegedly the son of George and Jane
They are direct descendants in an almost entirely male line of the Emperor Charlemagne.
Further reading
- Julia Fox, Jane Boleyn: The Infamous Lady Rochford
- Eric Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn
- Elizabeth Norton, The Boleyn Women
Family Tree
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| John Boleyn I (relationship to Nicholas unclear)[1]Nicholas Boleyn [1]John Boleyn II [1] (c. 1300 – c. 1369)Emma [1]Sir John Bracton [1]AgnesThomas Boleyn I [1] (c. 1350–1411) Builder of St Peter and St Paul’s, SalleAlice Bracton [1] (c. 1390–)Geoffrey Boleyn I [1] (c. 1380 – 1440) Yeoman of Salle, NorfolkSir Thomas Hoo [1] (c. 1396 – 1455) Baron Hoo and HastingsWilliam Boleyn d. 1481John BoleynThe Very Rev Dr Thomas Boleyn II [1] (c. 1405 – 1472) Master of Gonville Hall, CambridgeSir Geoffrey Boleyn II [1] (1406–1463) Lord Mayor of LondonAnne Hoo [1] (c. 1424 – 1482)Thomas Butler Earl of OrmondThomas Howard Duke of NorfolkSir Thomas Boleyn III [1] (c. 1442 – 1471) Lord of Blickling HallSir William Boleyn II [1] (1451–1505) Sheriff of Kent, Norfolk and SuffolkLady Margaret Butler [1] (c. 1454 – 1539)Elizabeth HowardSir Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire [1] (c. 1477 – 1539) 1st Earl of Wiltshire and OrmandWilliam Boleyn (1491–1571)Sir James Boleyn (1493–1561)Sir Edward Boleyn b. ca. 1496George Boleyn Viscount Rochford (1503/4–1536)Mary BoleynAnne Boleyn [1] Queen ConsortHenry VIII King of EnglandElizabeth I Queen of England |
| Notes |
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Elizabeth Norton, 2013. The Boleyn Women, Amberley Publishing
Coat of Arms & Family Crests Store
  Bolin Coat of Arms / Bolin Family CrestThis surname of BOLIN was a locational name ‘of Boulogne’ a name brought to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name is also spelt Bollin and Boleyn. The names introduced into Britain by the Normans during and in the wake of the Invasion of 1066, are nearly all territorial in origin. The followers of William the Conqueror were a pretty mixed lot, and while some of them brought the names of their castles and villages in Normandy with them, many were adventurers of different nationalities attached to William’s standard by the hope of plunder, and possessing no family or territorial names of their own. Those of them who acquired lands in England were called by their manors, while others took the name of the offices they held or the military titles given to them, and sometimes, a younger son of a Norman landowner, on receiving a grant of land in his new home dropped his paternal name and adopted that of his newly acquired property. Early records of the name mention Thomas Boullen who was recorded in 1273 in County Oxford and William Bolleyn appears in the same document. William Bollen of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Daniel Bollon or Boulen, who registered at the University of Oxford in the year 1621. Baptized. Phebe Bollen, at Canterbury Cathedral, in the year of 1641. Most of the European surnames in countries such as England, Scotland and France were formed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The process had started somewhat earlier and had continued in some places into the 19th century, but the norm is that in the tenth and eleventh centuries people did not have surnames, whereas by the fifteenth century most of the population had acquired a second name. Anne Boleyn (1507-36) was the daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn, and she became the second wife of Henry VIII, mother of Queen Elizabeth I; she was beheaded on a charge of unfaithfulness. The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. |
The Boleyn Family
The Boleyn family was the most prominent family at court until 1536 where Anne and George Boleyn were executed. Until then, the Boleyns had been the leading fraction in court and supported many politicians and priests such as Thomas Cranmer.
Originally, the Boleyn family was from Norfolk and rose quickly through the hierarchy of the Tudor society. Anne, Mary and George Boleyn was descendants of a London Mayor, a knight and two aristocratic ladies. They were related to the Howard family and one of their ancestors counted Edward I of England – Anne Boleyn was of a higher noble state than Jane Seymour, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr.
Geoffrey Boleyn rose from being a wool merchant to the Lord Mayor of London and would eventually become wealthy enough to purchase Hever Castle. Thomas Boleyn elevated his status by marrying Elizabeth Howard who were above his station.
Of the Boleyns who were painted or drawn there are (from the left):
Sir Thomas Boleyn (died of unknown causes), George Boleyn (beheaded), Anne Boleyn (beheaded), Mary Boleyn (died of old age) and Elizabeth I (died of old age).
Besides these five prominent members of the Boleyn family, it is also worth mentioning:
Elizabeth Howard – mother of George, Mary and Anne
Geoffrey Boleyn – elevated from merchant to Lord Mayor and bought Hever Castle
William Boleyn – father of Thomas Boleyn
