Sir William Boleyn (1451 – 10 October 1505) was the father of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, paternal grandfather of Anne Boleyn - second wife of King Henry VIII - and the great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. He was born in Blickling, Norfolk, England to Geoffrey Boleyn and Anne Hoo. William married Lady Margaret Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde. They had ten children. He served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1489.

[edit] Children

1. Anne Boleyn (18 November 1475 – 6 January 1555) married Sir John Shelton
2. Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (c. 1477 – 12 March 1538/9) married Elizabeth Howard
3. John Boleyn (1481 – 1484)
4. Anthony Boleyn (c. 1483 – 30 September 1493)
5. Jane Boleyn (c. 1485 died 1501) married Sir Phillip Calthorpe
6. Alice Boleyn (c. 1487 – 1538) married Robert Clere
7. Margaret Boleyn (born about 1489) married John Sackville
8. William Boleyn (c. 1491 – 18 December 1571)
9. James Boleyn (c. 1493 – 5 December 1561) married Elizabeth Wood
10. Edward Boleyn (born about 1496) married Anne Tempest

[edit] References

• Boleyn Family Accessed December 16, 2007
• familysearch.org Accessed December 16, 2007
• Anne Boleyn and John Shelton Accessed December 16, 2007