claim: Bala directed.
evidence: Sir William Boleyn -LRB- 1451 -- 10 October 1505 -RRB- was the son of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn , a wealthy mercer and Lord Mayor of London , and his wife , Anne Hoo .. Geoffrey Boleyn. Geoffrey Boleyn. mercer. mercer ( occupation ). Lord Mayor of London. List of Lord Mayors of London. He was the father of Thomas Boleyn , 1st Earl of Wiltshire , and the paternal grandfather of King Henry VIII 's second Queen , Anne Boleyn .. Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn