Geoffrey Boleyn
Sir Geoffrey or Jeffery Boleyn (1406–1463) was a London merchant and Lord Mayor of London.
Life
Geoffrey Boleyn was the son of Geoffrey Boleyn (d. 1440) yeoman of Salle, Norfolk, and Alice,[1] and grandson of Thomas Boleyn (d. 1411) of Salle and Anne, an heiress, daughter of Sir John Bracton, a Norfolk knight. He went to London, was apprenticed to a hatter, and became a freeman of the city through the Hatter’s Company in 1428. In 1429 he transferred to a grander livery company, the Mercers’ Company, of which he became master in 1454.[2] As a wealthy mercer he served as a Sheriff of London in 1447, as member of parliament for the city in 1449, as alderman in 1452, and Lord Mayor of London in 1457/8,[3] and was knighted[4] by King Henry VI.[5] He purchased the manor of Blickling in Norfolk from Sir John Fastolf in 1452, and Hever Castle in Kent in 1462.[5]
He was buried in the church of St Lawrence Jewry in the City of London.[5]
Siblings
The brasses of five sons and four daughters were still in situ in Salle's parish church in 1730.[6][7]
- William Boleyn.[8][note 1]
- John Boleyn.[8]
- Thomas, prebendary of St. Stephen’s, Westminster, precentor and sub-dean of Wells, Master of Gonville Hall, Cambridge, and Master of the college at Maidstone,d.1472.[11](executor to Geoffrey's will).
- one unknown brother.
- Cecily (1408–26 June 1458[12]), died unmarried at Blickling.
- three unknown sisters.
Relatives
- Simon, parochial chaplain of Salle, Norfolk died 3 August 1482.
- James of Gunthorpe, Norfolk, died 1493 (executor to Simon's will).
- Thomas of Gunthorpe, Norfolk (executor to Simon's will).
- Joan named in her brother's (Simon) will., married to Alan Roos[note 2] of Salle, died 1463, he was the receiver (responsible for collecting rents) to Margaret Paston's (née Mauteby d. 1484) properties in Salle.[15] Secondly she was married to Robert Aldrych, died 1474.
According to British historian and author, Elizabeth Norton, Geoffrey Boleyn who died in 1440 was their great-uncle.[16]
Marriage and issue
Boleyn married Anne Hoo (1424 - 1484), the only child of Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (d. 13 February 1455), by his first wife Elizabeth Wychingham, by whom he had two sons and five daughters:
- Sir Thomas Boleyn (d. 1471/2).
- Sir William Boleyn (d.1505), mercer, who married Margaret Butler, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond.[17]
- Isabella (1434–85) who married Henry Aucher (1410–60).
- Alice Boleyn b.abt.1438 d. abt. 1480 m. Sir John Fortescue of Punsborne, Hatfield, Herts d. 1500.
- Anne Boleyn (born c.1440), second daughter, who married Sir Henry Heydon (d.1504), by whom she had eight children. She died c.1509.[18]
- Cecily Boleyn b.abt.1442.
- Elizabeth Boleyn b.abt.1459.
Sir Geoffrey Boleyn died in 1471.[5] He and his wife Anne were the great-grandparents of Queen Anne Boleyn.[19]
Arms of Geoffrey Boleyn
The arms are Boleyn, Argent, a chevron gules,between three bulls heads couped Sable, quarterly with arms of Bracton, Azure, three mullets, a chief dauncette or.[note 3]
See also
- List of Sheriffs of the City of London
- List of Lord Mayors of London
- City of London (elections to the Parliament of England)
Notes
- ↑ William settled in Lincolnshire and died in 1427, he is the ancestor of the Lincolnshire branch,[9] English antiquarian William Stukeley was a member of the same family on his mother side.[10]
- ↑ Son of Thomas Roos (died 12 October 1440),[13] a prosperous merchant who built the north transept chapel and like the Boleyns of Salle, was a member of the Guild of the Holy Trinity (An amalgamation of the Guilds of St Mary, St John and St Catherine) of Coventry[14]
- ↑ Coat of arms of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, Lord Mayor of London, 1457.[20]
References
- ↑ Franklyn, Charles Aubrey Hamilton, The Genealogy of Anne the Quene, 1977
- ↑ Franklyn, op. cit.
- ↑ Beavan, The Aldermen of London, p. 17
- ↑ "Six Wives", by David Starkey, published by HarperCollins Publishers, 2003, p.257
- 1 2 3 4 Weir, p. 145.
- ↑ "Salle, The Story of a Norfolk Parish, its Church, Manors and People", by Walter Langley Edward Parsons, published by Jarrold and sons, 1937, p.42
- ↑ "An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk", by Francis Blomefield and Charles Parkin, volume VIII p.275.
- 1 2 "The publications of the Harleian Society, the visitation of Norfolk", edited by Walter Rye, London 1891, volume XXXII, p.52
- ↑ "An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk", by Francis Blomefield and Charles Parkin, volume VI p.386.
- ↑ "Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, Comprizing Biographical Memoirs" of William Bowyer, by John Nichols, printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, London 1812, volume V p.499
- ↑ "Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College, Boleyn pedigree p.18"
- ↑ "Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses in Norfolk ", by John Sell Cotman and Samuel Rush Meyrick, volume I p.23
- ↑ "An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk", by Francis Blomefield and Charles Parkin, volume VIII p.275.
- ↑ "Religion and the Early Modern State, views from Russia, China, and the West", by James D.Tracy and Marguerite Ragnow, published by Cambridge University Press, p.326
- ↑ "Salle, The Story of a Norfolk Parish, its Church, Manors and People", by Walter Langley Edward Parsons, published by Jarrold and sons, 1937, p.149.
- ↑ "The Boleyn Women", by Elizabeth Norton, published by Amberley Publishing 2013, chapter 1, Norfolk Origins.
- ↑ Richardson 2004, pp. 178–179.
- ↑ Moreton 2004.
- ↑ Hamilton, op. cit
- ↑ "The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time", by Bernard Burke, published by Harrison and Sons in London, 1884, p.96
Sources
- Cokayne, George Edward (1949). The Complete Peerage, edited by Geoffrey H. White. XI. London: St. Catherine Press. p. 51.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1945). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday. X. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 137–142.
- Hughes, Jonathan (2007). "Boleyn, Thomas, earl of Wiltshire and earl of Ormond (1476/7–1539), courtier and nobleman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2795. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Ives, E.W. (2004). "Anne (Anne Boleyn) (c.1500–1536), queen of England, second consort of Henry VIII". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/557. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Moreton, C.E. (2004). "Heydon, Sir Henry (d. 1504)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13167. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Richardson, Douglas (2004). Everingham, Kimball G., ed. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company Inc. ISBN 978-0-8063-1750-2. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- Weir, Alison (1991). The Six Wives of Henry VIII. New York: Grove Weidenfeld. p. 145. ISBN 9781446449097.
External links
- Boleyn's memorial brasses: Jmc4-Church Explorer
- http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/BoleynTree.html
- Lundy, Darryl (7 Feb 2013). "Sir Geoffrey Boleyn". The Peerage.com. p. 326 § 3252. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
- "Royal Berkshire History". Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- Boleyn pedigree: History of Gonville and Caius College
- Will of Geffray Boleyn, Mercer and Alderman of Saint Lawrence Jewry, City of London
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Elizabeth Norton, 2013. The Boleyn Women, Amberley Publishing