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Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1504
Death Date: 1536-05-17

Notes

Royal Page 1516; Esquire of the Body 26 Sept. 1528. On diplomatic missions in France 1529, 1530, 1532, 1533, 1534. Inidicted 10 May 1536; tried and found guilty 15 May 1536; beheaded and all honours forfeited

Parents

Siblings

Titles

  • Viscount Rochford
    Assumed: 1529-12-08 (date father created Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond)
    Vacated: 1536-05-17
  • 1st Baron Rochford
    Assumed: 1530-07-13
    Vacated: 1536-05-17
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1529 (possibly ca. Oct.)
    Vacated: 1536-05-17

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Northumberland -06 -17
Keeper, Essex -06 -17
Keeper, Northumberland -06 -17
Porter, Northumberland -06 -17
Bailiff and Receiver, Kent 1522 -4 -29 Held jointly with father
Keeper, Kent 1522 -4 -29 Held jointly with father
Steward, Kent 1522 -4 -29 Held jointly with father
Privy Councillor, England 1524 (possibly held office from this date)
Keeper, Essex 1528 -11 -12 1536 -05 -17 For life
Keeper of the Wardrobe, Essex 1528 -11 -12 1536 -05 -17 For life; office included Dorham, Walkefare Hall and Powers Manors
Master of the Buckhounds, England 1528
Chief Steward, Essex 1528/9 -2 -1 1536 -05 -17 For life
Keeper, Essex 1528/9 -2 -1 1536 -05 -17 For life
Governor, London 1529 -7 -27
Bailiff, Essex 1531 -7 -12 1536 -05 -17
Keeper and Master of the Hunt, Essex 1531 -7 -12 1536 -05 -17
Master of the Hunt, Essex 1531 -7 -12 1536 -05 -17
Steward, Essex 1531 -7 -12 1536 -05 -17 Held jointly
Constable, Kent 1534 -6 -23 1536 -05 -17
Warden, Kent 1534 -6 -23 1536 -05 -17

Lands

  • Essex
  • Kent: South Manor
    Acquired: 1535-04
    Granted
  • Norfolk: Grimston Manor
    Acquired: 1524-07-02
    Granted

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Warden's Players
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Mr Elam's, Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Warden's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Warden's Players Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536) Players 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrel Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.