William Boleyn

Sir William Boleyn (* 1451 in Blickling, Norfolk, † October 10, 1505 ) was an English nobleman and 1489 High Sheriff of Kent.

William Boleyn was the father of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and paternal grandfather of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII. His parents were Geoffrey Boleyn and Anne Hoo. He was married to Lady Margaret Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde.

The couple had 10 children:

• Anne Boleyn Shelton born (November 18, 1475 - January 6, 1555 ), married to Sir John Shelton
• Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ( 1477 - March 12, 1538 /9), married to Elizabeth Howard
• John Boleyn (1481 - 1484)
• Anthony Boleyn ( 1483 - September 30, 1493 )
• Jane Boleyn (1485 - 1501), married to Sir Phillip Calthorpe
• Alice Boleyn (1487 - 1538), married to Robert Clere
• Margaret Boleyn ( * ca 1489 ), married to John Sackville
• William Boleyn ( 1491 - December 18, 1571 )
• James Boleyn ( 1493 - December 5, 1561 ), married to Elizabeth Wood
• Edward Boleyn ( * ca 1496 ), married to Anne Tempest