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Lady Mary Boleyn Carey Stafford
Birth: 1499 Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Death: 19 Jul 1543 (aged 43-44)
Burial: St Peter Churchyard, Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
Memorial #: 35663231
Bio:
Mary Boleyn is believed to be the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn and Elizabeth Howard. She was the sister of Anne and George Boleyn.
Mary grew up at Hever Castle in Kent, and in 1514, she was sent to France to serve Mary Tudor, the Queen of France. Even after the Queen returned to England, Mary stayed, and it is believed that she was the mistress of King Francis I, and possibly others.
Mary Boleyn returned to England in 1519. Soon after, she married William Carey. She caught the eye of King Henry VIII, and she became his mistress. The affair is supposed to have ended about 1526. William Carey died in 1528, leaving Mary a widow with two young children. She married William Stafford, a soldier, in 1534, and when her sister Anne, now queen, found out, Mary was banished from the court. She probably spent the rest of her life in seclusion at Rochford with her husband and children.
It is unknown where she is buried, but some assume she was buried at the Boleyn home of Hever Castle.
Burial site unknown
Family Members
Parents
Thomas Boleyn 1477-1539
Elizabeth Howard Boleyn 1480-1538
Spouses
William Carey of Aldenham 1489-1528
William Stafford 1508-1556
Siblings
Henry Boleyn Unknown-1508
Thomas Boleyn 1499-Unknown
Anne Boleyn 1501-1536
George Boleyn 1504-1536
Children
Catherine Carey Knollys 1524-1569
Henry Carey 1526-1596
Edward Stafford 1535-1545
Created by: M.M. (46784460)
Added: 8 Apr 2009
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35663231/mary-carey_stafford
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35663231/mary-carey_stafford: accessed 05 July 2023), memorial page for Lady Mary Boleyn Carey Stafford (1499-19 Jul 1543), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35663231, citing St Peter Churchyard, Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England; Maintained by M.M. (contributor 46784460).
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Mary Boleyn Stafford
Birth: 1501
Blickling
Norfolk, England
Death: Jul. 19, 1543, England
Mary Boleyn is believed to be the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn and Elizabeth Howard. She was the sister of Anne and George Boleyn.
Mary grew up at Hever Castle in Kent, and in 1514, she was sent to France to serve Mary Tudor, the Queen of France. Even after the Queen returned to England, Mary stayed, and it is believed that she was the mistress of King Francis I, and possibly others.
Mary Boleyn returned to England in 1519. Soon after, she married William Carey. She caught the eye of King Henry VIII, and she became his mistress. The affair is supposed to have ended about 1526. William Carey died in 1528, leaving Mary a widow with two young children. She married William Stafford, a soldier, in 1534, and when her sister Anne, now queen, found out, Mary was banished from the court. She probably spent the rest of her life in seclusion at Rochford with her husband and children.
It is unknown where she is buried, but some assume she was buried at the Boleyn home of Hever Castle.
Family links:
Parents:
Sir Thomas Boleyn (1477 - 1538)
Elizabeth Howard Boleyn (1480 - 1538)
Spouses:
William Carey (1495 - 1529)*
William Stafford (1499 - 1556)*
Children:
Catherine Carey Knollys (1524 - 1568)*
Henry Carey (1525 - 1596)*
*Calculated relationship
Note: Burial site unknown
Burial:
St Peter Churchyard
Hever
Kent, England
Created by: M.M.
Record added: Apr 08, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 35663231
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William Stafford
Birth: Apr 1508 Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Death: 5 May 1556 (aged 48) Geneva, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Burial: Burial Details Unknown
Memorial #: 73929565
Bio:
(the History of Parliament, a biographical dictionary of Members of the House of Commons)
Born by 1512, second son of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Blatherwycke and Dodford, by Margaret, dau. of Sir John Fogge of Ashford, Kent. Married first, 1533/4, Mary, daughter of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond, widow of William Carey (d. 22 Jun 1538), of Aldenham, Herts., s. p.. Married second, by 1552, Dorothy, daughter of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, and had 3 sons, Edward, John and William, and one daughter, Elizabeth. Knighted 23 Sep 1545. Esquire of the body by 1541; gentleman pensioner 1540; standard bearer, gentleman pensioner by 20 May 1550-3. William Stafford could boast Royal descent, but as the younger son of a midland family whose fortunes had been depleted during the previous century he had little hope of advancement before his marriage to Mary Boleyn, an ex-mistress of Henry VIII. He attended the coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn as a servitor and this may have been the occasion of his meeting with her sister whom he could have known, however, through his Kentish relatives. Their marriage displeased the King and Queen, as well as Cromwell, and Mary Boleyn told the minister that love had triumphed over reason and that although she 'might have had a greater man of birth and higher' she was content to lead 'a poor honest life' with her youthful husband. It was perhaps the Queen's coolness towards the pair which protected them when disaster struck her and her brother Lord Rochford: in the event they were gainers, for between 1539 and 1542 Mary Stafford was to inherit in succession her father's lands, those held in jointure by Rochford's widow and those of her grandmother the Countess of Ormond. Although the bulk of this property was to pass to the children of her first marriage, she was able to give her husband several manors in Essex, including Rochford which they later made their home. In 1541 Stafford acquired the manor of Hendon in Kent from the crown but several months later he exchanged it for more valuable property in Yorkshire and London. After Mary's death he inherited the manor of Abinger, Surrey, which he later sold to Edward Elrington and his cousin Thomas. In 1544 he fought in France and in 1545 in Scotland, where he was knighted by Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. It was doubtless as a Protestant courtier and a soldier known to Hertford (by then Protector and Duke of Somerset) that he was returned to the Parliament of 1547: the elector of Hastings had no part in the matter, for the indenture was evidently returned to the lord warden, Sir Thomas Cheney, bearing one name only, that of John Isted, and it was Cheney who added Stafford's. He was to be joined in the Commons by his stepson Henry Carey, one of the Members for Buckingham, and by his stepdaughter's husband, Sir Francis Knollys, who sat for Camelford. Nothing is known of Stafford's role in the House, but if his second marriage had either taken place or was in contemplation he may have supported the Act for the restitution of Baron Stafford (I Edward VI, no. 18) passed during the first session, and it was either he or Henry Stafford who in the last session was licensed on 22 Feb 1552 to be absent when suffering from measles. He was not harmed by the Protector's fall: in 1550 Somerset's rival the Earl of Warwick granted him an annuity of 100 pounds for his services to Henry VIII and entrusted him with the custody of three noble French hostages from Dover to London. In 1551 he accompanied Edward, Lord Clinton to Paris for the christening of one of Henri II's sons and on his return he took part in the New Year's tournament at court. He showed his loyalty to Northumberland by reporting a servant's allegation that the Protector had been innocent of the charges laid against him. Whether this act assured Northumberland of his support is not known, nor whether he sat in the next Parliament summoned early in 1553 under the duke's aegis: John Isted was re-elected for Hastings but the name of his fellow-Member on this occasion has not been discovered. A brawl with Adrian Poynings in the previous Nov had reduced his standing in the Council's esteem and had led to a brief recommittal to the fleet. Although Stafford's second marriage linked him more closely to the peerage, it brought him no wealth. In the early 1550s he disposed of much of the property given him by Mary Boleyn, and mounting debts induced him in 1552 to exchange his annuity for 900 pounds in cash. Accompanied by his wife, children, sister, cousin and servants, he settled in Geneva in Mar 1554, being known there as Lord Rochford. He soon became embroiled in its disputes and on returning there after the uprising of 1555 he was nearly killed in an affray. When the English congregation was set up he joined it and his son John was the first child to be baptized on 4 Jan 1556, Calvin standing as godfather. Stafford died there on May 5, 1556, but the Privy Council was unaware of this when ten days later it ordered that 'no payment of money by exchange or otherwise' was to reach him. Calvin claimed the custody of his son John and forbade his widow to leave with him. She appealed to Stafford's younger brother and the threat to invoke French aid persuaded Calvin to yield. She then moved to Basle, remaining there until Jan 1559, when she returned to England through aid provided by Queen Elizabeth, probably at the request of Dorothy's father, Henry Stafford, Baron Stafford, who was serving the Queen as a Courtier at the time. The Queen recognized Lady Dorothy as a relative, the wife of her uncle Sir William Stafford whom she knew when she was a child. Elizabeth, whom she outlived, appointed her mistress of the robes; the Queen and Dorothy became close friends and Dorothy served as a trusted confidante.
Family Members
Parents
Humphrey Stafford 1478-1545
Margaret Fogge Stafford 1470-1532
Spouses
Mary Boleyn Carey Stafford 1499-1543
Dorothy Stafford Stafford 1526-1604
Siblings
Humphrey Stafford 1498-1548
Robert Stafford 1501-1574
Children
Edward Stafford 1535-1545
Edward Stafford 1552-1605
William Stafford 1554-1612
John Stafford 1555-1624
Elizabeth Stafford Scott 1556-1599
Created by: Bradley Moody (47097169)
Added: 25 Jul 2011
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73929565/william-stafford
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73929565/william-stafford: accessed 05 July 2023), memorial page for William Stafford (Apr 1508-5 May 1556), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73929565; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Bradley Moody (contributor 47097169).
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William Stafford
Birth: 1499
Grafton Regis
Northamptonshire, England
Death: May 5, 1556
Geneva
Geneve, Switzerland
Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Boleyn Stafford (1501 - 1543)
Burial:
Unknown
Created by: Bradley Moody
Record added: Jul 25, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 73929565
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