Sir William Boleyn

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Sir William Boleyn (1451 - 10 October 1505) was the son of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy mercer and Lord Mayor of London, and his wife, Anne Hoo. He was the father of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and the paternal grandfather of King Henry VIII's second Queen, Anne Boleyn.

Life
William Boleyn was born at Blickling, Norfolk,[citation needed] the younger of the two sons of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy mercer and Lord Mayor of London, and his wife, Anne Hoo.[1] Sir William was heir to his elder brother, Sir Thomas Boleyn, in 1471/2.[2]

Boleyn married Margaret Ormond (otherwise Butler) (d. before 20 March 1540), the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond (died 3 August 1515), by his first wife, Anne Hankford. They had six sons, Sir Thomas, William (Archdeacon of Winchester), Sir James, Sir Edward, John and Anthony, and four daughters, Margaret (wife of [[John Sackville, and later Sir Nicholas Pelham), Anne (wife of Sir John Shelton), Alice (the wife of Sir Robert Clere) and Jane (wife of Sir Philip Calthorpe).[3]

Boleyn was created a Knight of the Bath by Richard III and was charged by Henry VII to take care of the beacons that were used to warn in case of an attack on England.[4] Sir William served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1489 and High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1500.[citation needed]

Issue
Anne Boleyn (18 November 1475 - 6 January 1555)[citation needed] married Sir John Shelton[5]
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (c. 1477 - 12 March 1538/9) married Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and his first wife, Elizabeth Tilney[6]
John Boleyn (1470 - 1484)
Anthony Boleyn (c. 1473 - 1599)
Jane Boleyn (c. 1475 - died after 1521)[7] married Sir Phillip Calthorpe[8]
Alice Boleyn (c. 1478 - 1 November 1538) married Sir Robert Clere (died 10 August 1529)[9]
Margaret Boleyn (born about 1479)married John Sackville[10]
William Boleyn (c. 1481 - 18 December 1571)[11]
Sir James Boleyn (c. 1485- 5 December 1561)[12] married Elizabeth Wood
Sir Edward Boleyn (born about 1486)[13] married Anne Tempest

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Family/Spouse: Margaret Butler. Margaret (daughter of Sir Thomas Butler and Anne Hankford) was born about 1454; died in 1539. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alice Clere (died 1538) was the daughter of Sir William Boleyn and his wife Margaret Ormond (otherwise Butler), the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond. Alice was thus the sister of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and the aunt of King Henry VIII's second Queen, Anne Boleyn.[1]

Life
Alice married, as his second wife, Sir Robert Clere (c. 1453 - 10 August 1529) of Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk, the son and heir of Robert Clere and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Thomas Uvedale.[2]

In 1533, Alice and her sister, Anne Shelton, were placed in charge of the household of the King's daughter, Princess Mary.[3] Alice was also a senior member of Princess Elizabeth's household while she was living at Hatfield Palace in Hertfordshire.[citation needed] It has been supposed that Alice Clere was the kinder of the two guardians appointed to Mary. Anne Shelton is believed to have been harsher.[citation needed]

Alice died on 1 November 1538, leaving a will dated 28 October 1538 which was proved 23 January 1539. Both she and her husband were buried at Ormesby St. Margaret.[4]

Issue
Sir John Clere (c. 1511 - 21 August 1557) of Ormesby St Margaret and Norwich, married Anne Tyrrell, the daughter of Sir Thomas Tyrrell of Gipping, Suffolk[5]
Richard Clere[citation needed]
Sir Thomas Clere (d. 14 April 1545)
Edward Clere,[citation needed] killed at the battle of Pinkie in 1547.

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Family/Spouse: Sir Robert Clere. Robert was born about 1453; died on 10 Aug 1529 in Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sir John Clere (1511? - 21 August 1557), of London, Norwich and Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk, was an English politician and naval commander.

He was eldest surviving son of Sir Robert Clere of Ormesby, and his second wife Alice, daughter of Sir William Boleyn, of Blickling Hall, Norfolk. He had succeeded to his father's estates in 1529 and in 1538 he came into possession of about 20 manors, mostly on the Norfolk coast, following his mother's death.[1]

He married, by 1531, Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Tyrrell of Gipping, Suffolk, with whom he had three sons and two daughters.[1]

He was knighted in 1539.[1]

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bramber 1542 and 1545, Thetford March 1553 and Norfolk 1555.[1]

He served in the Royal Navy as captain of the ships Peter Longanarde (1545) and Swepestake (1546). He served in France as treasurer of the English army stationed there from November 1549 to April 1550. In 1556 he was appointed Vice-Admiral at Portsmouth. His first mission was to escort the abdicated Emperor Charles V to retirement in Spain, receiving a golden chain from him. His second assignment was to command an English naval expedition against Scotland; he was drowned in August 1557 in battle with a Scots fleet in the Orkney Islands.[1] According to the report of John Southerne, captain of the Gabriel, Clere burnt Kirkwall town on 11 August and on next day entered the Cathedral and brought six cannon on shore to batter the castle. On Friday 13 the force on shore attempting to take the Bishop's Palace was beaten back to sea by 3000 islanders, and 97 men including Clere were drowned.[2]

His third and first surviving son, Edward Clere, also became an MP and led an illustrious career.[3]

Birth:
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Died:
Sea Battle against Scotland

John married Anne Tyrrell before 19 Aug 1529. Anne (daughter of Thomas Tyrrell and Margaret Willoughby) was born about 1512; died before 14 May 1576 in Cotton, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Edward married Frances Fulmerston on 16 Dec 1554. Frances (daughter of Sir Richard Fulmerston and Alice Lonzam) was born in 1540; died in Mar 1580. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]