Stafford [née Boleyn; other married name Carey], Mary
(c. 1499–1543)
- Jonathan Hughes
Extract
Stafford [née Boleyn; other married name Carey], Mary (c. 1499–1543), royal mistress, was the elder daughter of Thomas Boleyn, earl of Wiltshire and of Ormond (1476/7–1539), and his wife, Lady Elizabeth, née Howard (d. 1538). Anne Boleyn, later Henry VIII's second consort, who was born about 1500, was ...