George
"2nd Viscount Rochford"
Boleyn
Born about in Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Thomas Boleyn KG
and Elizabeth (Howard) Boleyn
Husband of
Jane (Parker) Boleyn
— married
1525 [location unknown]
Died in Tower of London, Middlesex, England
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Biography
George Boleyn was born about 1504, the son of Thomas Boleyn and Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and his first wife, Elizabeth Tilney, daughter of Sir Frederick Tylney.[1]
George married in or about 1526, to Jane Parker, daughter of Henry Parker, Lord Morley and Alice St. John of Bletsoe.[1]
George was created Baron/Lord Rochford on the 13th of July 1530.[1]
George Boleyn, was executed at Tower Hill, on the 17th of May 1536.[1] It was the exact same day that Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn had their marriage annulled.
George and Jane Boleyn are believed to have had no children.[1]
Research Notes
Alternate birth place; Hever Castle, Kent, England
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cokayne, George E.(1825-1911): The Complete Peerage Of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain And The United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant, Vol. 10. 2020. Familysearch.Org.>George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, Vol 10, pps 140-2
- Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry. Vol II, pg 57.
See Also:
- Camden Society Series (London, 1846) Vol. 35: "The Chronicle of Calais, in the Reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII to the Year 1540" Page 46: 1536: "The words of ser Gorge Boleyne, brothar to qwene Anne, warden of the v. portes, on the xvij. of May, when he toke his deate at the Towre Hill at London, ..."
- Find a Grave, database and images : accessed 29 December 2020), memorial page for George Boleyn (1502–17 May 1536), Find A Grave: Memorial #12380850, citing Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England ; Maintained by Mark McManus (contributor 46593855) .
- Wikipedia: George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford
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