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Published March 2025. The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Paternal Family Tree: Boleyn
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Wychingham 1410-1451
Before 1442 [his father] Geoffrey Boleyn (age 35) and [his mother] Ann Hoo (age 16) were married.
In 1451 William Boleyn was born to Geoffrey Boleyn (age 45) and Ann Hoo (age 26) at Blickling, Norfolk.
In 1463 [his father] Geoffrey Boleyn (age 57) died. He was buried at St Lawrence Jewry. His son William Boleyn (age 12) inherited Hever Castle, Kent [Map].
In 1465 William Boleyn (age 14) and Margaret Butler (age 11) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde (age 39) and Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde (age 34). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1475 [his son] Anthony Boleyn was born to William Boleyn (age 24) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 21).
On 18 Nov 1475 [his daughter] Anne Boleyn was born to William Boleyn (age 24) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 21) at Blickling, Norfolk.
In 1476 [his daughter] Anna Boleyn was born to William Boleyn (age 25) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 22).
Around 1477 [his son] Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde was born to William Boleyn (age 26) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 23) at Hever Castle, Kent [Map] at Hever Castle, Kent [Map].
On 31 Oct 1479 [his daughter] Anna Boleyn (age 3) died. Brass in St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Her incription reads "Hic iacet Anna Boleyn, filia Willi; Boleyn, Armigeri, Etatis trium Annorum undecem Mensum et tredecem Dierum, que obiit ultimo Die Mensis Octobr' Anno Domini Mcccclrrir cuius anime propicietur Deus Amen." i.e. "Here lies Anne Boleyn, daughter of Will; Boleyn, Squire, of the Age of Three Years, Eleven Months and Thirteen Days, who died on the last Day of the Month of October, in the Year of the Lord Mccclxxix, whose soul may God have mercy on him, Amen." The amorial shows her father's (age 28) and [his wife] mother's (age 25) quartered.
Anna Boleyn: In 1476 she was born to William Boleyn and Margaret Butler.
In 1481 [his son] John Boleyn was born to William Boleyn (age 30) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 27).
In 1484 [his son] John Boleyn (age 3) died.
On 06 Jun 1484 [his mother] Ann Hoo (age 59) died.
Around 1485 [his daughter] Jane Boleyn was born to William Boleyn (age 34) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 31).
In 1487 [his daughter] Alice Boleyn was born to William Boleyn (age 36) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 33).
Around 1489 [his daughter] Margaret Boleyn was born to William Boleyn (age 38) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 35).
Around 1491 [his son] William Boleyn was born to William Boleyn (age 40) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 37).
In 1493 [his son] James Boleyn was born to William Boleyn (age 42) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 39).
On 30 Sep 1493 [his son] Anthony Boleyn (age 18) died.St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map].
Anthony Boleyn: In 1475 he was born to William Boleyn and Margaret Butler.
Around 1496 [his son] Edward Boleyn was born to William Boleyn (age 45) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 42).
In 1498 [his son] Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 55) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey. They were fourth cousins.
Before 1503 [his son-in-law] John Shelton (age 25) and [his daughter] Anne Boleyn (age 27) were married.
On 10 Oct 1505 William Boleyn (age 54) died. His son [his son] Thomas Boleyn (age 28) inherited Hever Castle, Kent [Map].
Archaeologia Volume 3 Section V. 31 Jul 1515. I, [his former father-in-law] Thomas Butler (age 89) knt. erle of Ormonda, do make this my last will and testament, &c.
Item I give and devise to my dar dame [his former sister-in-law] Anne St. Leger (age 60) — to my dar dame [his former wife] Marg’t. Bolin (age 61), late the wife of Sir Wm. Bolin knt. my manor of Newhall in Essex
Item when my lorde my father, whose soul God affoile [?], left and delivered unto me a lytle whyte horne of ivory, garnished at both thendes with gold, and corse thereunto of whyte sylke, barred with barres of gold, and a tyret of golde thereupon, which was myn auncetours at fyrst time they were called to honourb, and hath sythen contynually remained in the same blode, for wych cause my seid lord and father commanded me upon his blessing, that I shuld doo my devoir to cause it to contynue still in my blode as far furth as that myght lye in me soo to be doone to the honor of the same blode. Therefore for the accomplishiment of my seid father’s will, as farr as it is in me to execute the same, I will that my executors delyver unto Sir [his son] Tho. Boleyn (age 38) knt. son and heir apparent of my said dar Margaret, the said lytle white horn and corse, he to keep the same to the use of the issuee male of his body lawfully begotten. And for lack of such issue the said horne to remayne and be delyvered to Sir George Seyntleger (age 31) knt. son of my said dar Anne, and to the issue male which successively shall come of the body of the said George. And so to contynue in the issue male of the bodies of the same dame Margaret and dame Anne, as long as shall fortune any such issue male of their bodies to be. And alls for default of issue male of the body of any of my said daughters, the said horn to remaine, and to be delivered to the next issue male of my said auncetors, so that it may contynew styl in my blode hereafter as long as it shall please God, lyke as it hath doone hytherto to the honor of the same blode.
Note a. He was the 7th Ead of Ormond, and 3d son of James the 4th Earl. He was attainted by E. IV, but restored by H. VII. sworn of the privy-counci, and summoned as a baron to the English parliament by the title of Thomas Ormond de Rochford. He died 1515, and was buried in the church of Sir Thomas D'Acres, now Mercers Chapel, London. His two daughters married as above, Sir James St. Leger, ancestor to the family of Eggesford, in Devonshire, and Sir William Bullen, Knight of the Bath, and father of Tho. Viscount Rochford, [who was the father of] [his granddaughter] Queen Anne (age 14), and [his granddaughter] Mary (age 16) wife of [his grandson-in-law] Wm. Carey (age 15), ancestor to the [his great grandson] Lord Hunsdon.
Note b. Q. Whether, on Henry II's appointing Theobald, the first of this family, butler of Ireland, 1177, or on the creation of the first Earl of Ormond, by E. I, when the county of Tipperary was made palatine.
In 1537 [his former wife] Margaret Butler (age 83) died.
Thomas Fiennes and [his mother] Ann Hoo were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 18 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn
GrandFather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bracton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Jane Bracton
Father: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bracton
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bracton
GrandMother: Alice Bracton
William Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hoo
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St Leger of Offley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel St Leger
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo
GrandFather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Felton 1st Baron Felton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Felton 2nd Baron Felton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Strange 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Felton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Felton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Mother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Wychingham
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Wychingham of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles de de Braose 
2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de de Braose 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Braose 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ufford 1st Baron Ufford 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Eva Ufford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Valoignes Baroness Ufford 
GrandMother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England