William Boleyn KB (abt. 1449 - 1505)

Born about 1449 in Blickling, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1505 at about age 56 in Hever, Kent, England

Problems/Questions Profile manager: England Project WikiTree [send private message]

William Boleyn KB is managed by the England Project. Join: England Project Discuss: england

Biography

William Boleyn KB is a member of the House of Boleyn.

William was appointed a Knight of the Bath by Richard III. Shaw^[1] indicates that a number of people received this honour in Jun 1483 as part of the coronation of Edward V (although the coronation never took place) one of whom was a 'William Bolney', presumably William Boleyn.

Will of Sir William Boleyn 1505

The will of Sir William Boleyn was made on 08 Oct 1505 and proved on 27 Nov 1505. His will was to be buried in the Cathedral of Norwich, next to the tomb of his mother, Dame Anne Boleyn. He made a number of charitable donations including to the Cathedral Church of Norwich and the church at Blickling.

He willed that his son Thomas should, in accordance with the will of the Testator’s father, Geoffrey Boleyn, have the Manors of Blickling, Calthorp, Wykmere and Mikelbarton. He also made bequests to his wife Margaret, his daughters Alice and Margaret, his daughter Ann Shelton, and his sons James, Edward and William. William was under the age of 21 at the time the will was made.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Shaw W A (1906) The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. Vols I & II. London. see Vol I p139
2. ↑ Will of Sir William Boleyn of Blikling Norfolk. 27 Nov 1505. PROB 11/14/790. National Archives.
3. ↑ Nicolas, Nicholas Harris. Testamenta Vetusta (Nichols & Son, London, 1826) Vol. 2, Page 465

• Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700, 7th ed., Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992. Access online (search only) at GoogleBooks, Line 120, p.107.
• Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Jan 1, 2008), Page 344
• Page, Augustine. A Topographical and Genealogical History of the County of Suffolk (Ipswich: F. Pawsey, 1847) Page 3
• Great Britain. 'Calender of the patent rolls, preserved in the Public Record Office., v.1 1485-1494.', Pg 357. Published by London, H. M. Stationery Office,1914-1916. Permanent URL. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/msu.31293027026362. HathiTrust Digital Library, babel.hathitrust.org.
• Francis Blomefield. "Hundred of South Erpingham: Blickling," in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6, (London: W Miller, 1807), 381-409. British History Online, accessed March 10, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol6/pp381-409.
• Francis Blomefield. "Launditch Hundred: West Lexham," in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 10, (London: W Miller, 1809), 1-5. British History Online, accessed August 8, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol10/pp1-5.
• D J Keene and Vanessa Harding. "St. Pancras Soper Lane 145/9," in Historical Gazetteer of London Before the Great Fire Cheapside; Parishes of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Martin Pomary, St Mary Le Bow, St Mary Colechurch and St Pancras Soper Lane, (London: Centre for Metropolitan History, 1987), 685-690. British History Online, accessed August 8, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-gazetteer-pre-fire/pp685-690.
• THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE. Reference: BCM/H/2 Held by: Berkeley Castle Muniments. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk
• Great Britain. Public Record Office. Calender of the Patent Rolls, Preserved In the Public Record Office. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 19141916. babel.hathitrust.org.
• "Folios 41 - 50: Feb 1465-6 -," in Calendar of Letter-Books of the City of London: L, Edward IV-Henry VII, ed. Reginald R Sharpe (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1912), 62-70. British History Online, accessed December 13, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-letter-books/voll/pp62-70.