Sir Geoffrey Boleyn | |
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 Canting arms of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn: Argent, a chevron gules between three bull's heads afrontée sable | |
| Lord Mayor of London | |
| In office 1457–1458 | |
| Sheriff of London | |
| In office 1446–1447 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1406 |
| Died | 1463 |
| Occupation | Merchant |
Sir Geoffrey Boleyn (1406–1463; also Jeffray Bulleyn, Bullen, etc.) was an English merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1457 to 1458. He purchased the manor of Blickling, near Aylsham, in Norfolk from Sir John Fastolf in 1452, and Hever Castle in Kent in 1462.[1] He was the great-grandfather of Queen Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Sir Geoffrey built the domestic, mercantile and civic fortunes of the Boleyn family, and raised its status from the provincial gentry, as his brother Thomas Boleyn made a career of distinction in church and university, together building the family's wealth, influence and reputation.
- ^ A. Weir, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Grove Weidenfeld, New York 1991), p. 145. ISBN 9781446449097