It has been suggested that George Boleyn, dean of Lichfield, was either the son of George and Jane Boleyn or the illegitimate son of George. The rumour is probably based on the fact that in his will of 1603, George Boleyn refers to Sir William Knollys, grandson of Mary Boleyn, as his kinsman. According to the The Bullen Irish Genealogy Page, George Bullyn, son of George Bullyn Viscount Rochford would have been born between his father’s marriage in 1525 and death in 1536, and his granddaughters sometime between 1575 and 1600. When Elizabeth died young, Mary was devastated and committed suicide, throwing herself from Clonony Castle tower. The sisters were buried behind the castle and their grave eventually became forgotten until it was found by laborers digging stone for the canal which they were building by the castle.
It has been suggested that George Boleyn, dean of Lichfield, was either the son of George and Jane Boleyn or the illegitimate son of George. The rumour is probably based on the fact that in his will of 1603, George Boleyn refers to Sir William Knollys, grandson of Mary Boleyn, as his kinsman. According to the The Bullen Irish Genealogy Page, George Bullyn, son of George Bullyn Viscount Rochford would have been born between his father’s marriage in 1525 and death in 1536, and his granddaughters sometime between 1575 and 1600. When Elizabeth died young, Mary was devastated and committed suicide, throwing herself from Clonony Castle tower. The sisters were buried behind the castle and their grave eventually became forgotten until it was found by laborers digging stone for the canal which they were building by the castle.
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Here under leys Elisabeth and Mary Bullyn, daughters of Thomas Bullyn, son of George Bullyn the son of George Bullyn Viscount Rochford son of Sir Thomas Bullyn Erle of Ormond and Willsheere.
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