wife, Queen Jane Seymour. At this point Boleyn was replaced as Lord Privy Seal and left in disgrace until his death a few years later. He suffered a final indignity when the claims of Piers Butler to the Earldom of Ormond were recognized and he again became Earl of Ormond from 22 January 1538. There were two earls of Ormond in the Kingdom until his death on 12 March 1539. Death and burial He died at Hever Castle on 12 March 1539 and was buried in St. Peter's Church, Hever, where survives his elaborate monumental brass. He is depicted dressed in full robes wearing the insignia of a Knight of the Garter, with the Badge on his left breast and the Garter around his left knee. His head rests on a helm surmounted by a crest of a falcon displayed (his daughter's heraldic badge) and his feet rest on a griffin. The inscription reads: . In popular culture Thomas Boleyn has been portrayed by Sir Michael Hordern in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), by Benjamin Whitrow in Henry VIII, and by Jack Shepherd and Mark Rylance in the 2003 and 2008 film versions of The Other Boleyn Girl, respectively. The 2007 Showtime series The Tudors has Nick Dunning in the role depicting him as ambitious, cunning and devious, constantly working to curry favour for his family against everyone else and always willing to "motivate" his daughter, Anne, lest Henry lose interest in her. David Robb played Boleyn as a constantly furious, irascible schemer in Wolf Hall. Styles and honours Sir Thomas Boleyn KG KB (1523–1525) The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Rochford KG KB (1525–1529) The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Wiltshire and of Ormond KG KB (8 December 1529–1539) Note: on 22 February 1538, the earldom of Ormond was restored to Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond. See also Palace of Beaulieu List of ambassadors from the Kingdom of England to France Footnotes Mackay, Lauren. "The Life and Career of Thomas Boleyn (1477–1539):Courtier, Ambassador, and Statesman" Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Newcastle Australia, 2018. in JSTOR External links Boleyn Family A pedigree of the Boleyn family Sir Thomas Boleyn Find A Grave 1470s births 1539 deaths Year of birth uncertain Earls of Wiltshire Ambassadors of England to France Lords Privy Seal Knights of the Garter Treasurers of the Household 15th-century English people 16th-century English diplomats 16th-century English politicians Thomas