Some of the early history of Blickling Hall, home of Anne Boleyn

[Honesty]

This beautiful Hall is much older than first believed.

Before the Norman Conquest, it was held by Harold ( short time King ), then at the Doomsday Survey it was held by two moieties (ancient term for two divisions), that of the Crown and the Bishop of  Thetford.  I then became the property of the Bishop only and eventually became owned by the See.  Ownership then moved on ....
1431  Sir Thomas Erpingham
then sold to Sir John Falstaff  who sold to Sir Geoffrey Bolleyne who made it his country seat. In 1457 Sir Geoffrey became Lord Mayor of London.  The property then passed to his son Sir Thomas Bolleyne - Anne's father.
Later it was passed to the family of Cleves.
Sold to Henry Hobart, and his son Sir John Hobart rebuilt Blickling Hall which was completed in 1620 with the dedication of a new chapel.

In the 1841 census for Blickling Hall, (the first census available to us), only the names and the approximate ages within 5 yrs was entered.  At the Hall in 184 there were 3 male servants between 60 and 45; and 6 female servants between 20 - 40 yrs of age.
No  specific data is available for their duties.

In 1841 the heir to the property was the nephew of the Dowager Lady Suffield, (the son of her late sister).  He was then 12 yrs old.

Sources:  The 1841 census of Norfolk. White's directory printed in 1845.

[cinrit]

Is there a reason that it was passed on to the Cleves?  I don't think Anne of Cleves lived there ... or did she?

Cindy

[Honesty]

I don't know Cindy.  Cleves would have been a surname in Norfolk, after the Norman conquest, so I am not sure if they are referring to that specific family.  However, I will now do a bit more digging. Much of this info I had forgotten or never knew in the first place.  White's directory is fairly good, info is sound, but they only mention the surname and no further info about Cleves.
Double post auto-merged: July 21, 2013, 09:24:37 PM

GENUKI: Norfolk: Genealogy: Towns and Parishes: Blickling: White's 1845

The name of Cleves was a misprint in 1845.  This site says it should be Cleres.  It just shows you have to access more than one site to get it right.
This is partial transcript of the White's directory so someone has gone to the trouble of correcting the misprint.

[cinrit]

Thanks, Honesty.  Good find! :flower:

Cindy

[Honesty]

I tried their coat of arms and it shows how the Clere family came to inherit.  The previous owner dying without issue I guess.
Alice Boleyn [ 1487 - 1538] was the sister of Sir Geoffrey and she married Robert Clere.( Irish ancestry)

Bullen Irish Genealogy | Bullen Coat of Arms

[FanDianaFancy]

Interesting.

The Boleyn line   of nobility  died out and even Mary's  family.

Did the Celves  line of nobility  live  on?

[Honesty]

The Clere family sold it to the Hobarts so I don't know.  I was just tracing the owners of Blickling Hall FDF.  I have wondered if the Hobart was any relation to the Hobart artist.  But who know?
That needs a winter to sort out. Long periods on the computer.