A Family Genealogy of
the Gentle House of Stapleton
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John I BOLEYN #77601
ABT 1195 - ____
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- BIRTH: ABT 1195
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Founder of the House of Boleyn.
John Boleyn of Salle, Norfolk first appears on the register of Walsingham Abbey. There is a possibility that John Boleyn had a father by the name of "Simon de Boleyne" who purchased lands in the aforementioned village of Salle, Norfolk in 1252.
Due to the irregularity of English spelling at this period, the name in documents is also spelled Bulleyn or Bullen. It has been suggested that the surname "Boleyn" was originally pronounced as "Boulogne", due to the theory of a French origin for the family.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Diana, Princess of Wales and King Charles III are descendants of Mary Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's sister.
Hever Castle in Kent was the family seat of the Boleyns and the childhood home of future queen consort Anne Boleyn. Sir Geoffrey Boleyn bought Hever Castle in 1462 and Blickling Hall in Norfolk in 1452. The Boleyns lived off the profits of the estates, only visiting them occasionally, but Hever Castle was home when they were not at court or on the king's missions.
John Boleyn of Salle, Norfolk first appears on the register of Walsingham Abbey. There is a possibility that John Boleyn had a father by the name of "Simon de Boleyne" who purchased lands in the aforementioned village of Salle, Norfolk in 1252.
Due to the irregularity of English spelling at this period, the name in documents is also spelled Bulleyn or Bullen. It has been suggested that the surname "Boleyn" was originally pronounced as "Boulogne", due to the theory of a French origin for the family.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Diana, Princess of Wales and King Charles III are descendants of Mary Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's sister.
Hever Castle in Kent was the family seat of the Boleyns and the childhood home of future queen consort Anne Boleyn. Sir Geoffrey Boleyn bought Hever Castle in 1462 and Blickling Hall in Norfolk in 1452. The Boleyns lived off the profits of the estates, only visiting them occasionally, but Hever Castle was home when they were not at court or on the king's missions.
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