Sir Geoffrey Boleyn (1406–1463; also Jeffray Bulleyn, Bullen, etc.) was an English merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1457 to 1458. He purchased the manor of Blickling , near Aylsham , in Norfolk from Sir John Fastolf in 1452, and Hever Castle in Kent in 1462. [1]
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.
Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire c.1480-1538), mother of Anne Boleyn; Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn, lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII, wife of Sir James Boleyn; Geoffrey Boleyn (1406–1463), Lord Mayor of London; George Boleyn (priest) (died 1603), Dean of Lichfield; George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c.1504–1536), brother of ...
William Boleyn was born at Blickling Hall in Norfolk, the younger of the two sons of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn (1406–1463), a wealthy member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers who purchased the Blickling estate in 1452 and served as Lord Mayor of London in 1457–58.
Sir Geoffrey Boleyn (* 1406; † Juni 1463) war englischer Tuchhändler und Politiker. Leben. Er war der Sohn von Thomas Boleyn aus Salle in Norfolk und dessen Gattin Anne Bracton.
Jorge Bolena, 2.º Visconde de Rochford (nascido George Boleyn; c. 1504 — 17 de maio de 1536 ), foi filho de Tomás Bolena, 1.º Conde de Wiltshire e de Isabel Howard. Foi Visconde de Rochford de 1533 a 1536. Jorge era irmão de Ana Bolena, a segunda esposa do rei Henrique VIII de Inglaterra, e Maria Bolena, que foi amante do rei Henrique ...
Anne's paternal ancestor, Geoffrey Boleyn, had been a mercer and wool merchant before becoming Lord Mayor. The Boleyn family originally came from Blickling in Norfolk, 15 miles (24 km) north of Norwich. Anne's relatives included the Howards, one of the preeminent families in England; and Anne's ancestors included King Edward I of England