Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 8
Troupes - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 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

Siblings

Female

Boleyn, Mary (1499 - 1543)
Boleyn, Anne (1500 - 1536) (patron)

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Northumberland n.d. -06-17
Keeper, Northumberland n.d. -06-17
Keeper, Essex n.d. -06-17
Porter, Northumberland n.d. -06-17
Bailiff and Receiver, Kent 1522-4-29 n.d. Held jointly with father
Keeper, Kent 1522-4-29 n.d. Held jointly with father
Steward, Kent 1522-4-29 n.d. Held jointly with father
Privy Councillor, England 1524 (possibly held office from this date) n.d.
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 n.d.
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 n.d.
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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1533-1534 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Lord Warden's Minstrel
Performance 1534-1535 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance 1533-1534 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1534-1534 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1535-1536 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1535-1536 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1536-1536 Mr Elam's, Dover , Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1536-1536 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Warden's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Warden's Minstrel Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Players Boleyn, George (1504 - 1536) Players 6

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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)