Sir James Boleyn
- Born: 1481, Blickling, Norfolk
- Died: August 1561, Blickling, Norfolk aged 80
- Buried: 2 September 1561, Blickling, Norfolk
 General Notes:
Sir James Boleyn was Queen Anne’s Boleyn's uncle, being the younger brother of Anne’s father, Thomas Boleyn, and he was a man who shared her religious beliefs. Anne appointed him as her chancellor and he was knighted in 1520.
James' wife Lady Elizbeth Boleyn was one of Queen Anne Boleyn's ladies while she was inprisoned in the Tower of London.
More information here:
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/boleyn-%28bullen%29-sir-james-1480-1561
Noted events in his life were:
• Marriage: to Elizabeth Wood, 1517.
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