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Anne Boleyn's Final Resting Place

A video showing photographs of Anne Boleyn's final resting place at St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London. These shots were taken on 19th May, Anne Boleyn Day, ...when we remember the life and death of the second wife of Henry VIII.
See http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/6444/anne-boleyn%E2%80%99s-body-found/ for information on the 1876/1877 exhumations.[+] Show More

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Anne Boleyn's Final Resting Place

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Anne Boleyn's Prison and Execution Spot

Do you know where Anne Boleyn was REALLY executed? See the real ...

Do you know where Anne Boleyn was REALLY executed? See the real scaffold site here...

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The Lost Boleyns - Thomas and Henry Boleyn

Claire from The Anne Boleyn Files searches for the truth about the ...

Claire from The Anne Boleyn Files searches for the truth about the brothers of Anne Boleyn, 2nd wife of Henry VIII, and examines Alison Weir's theory that they may have ...lived into adulthood.[+] Show More

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The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown

Claire Ridgway discusses the thoughts behind her latest Tudor history ...

Claire Ridgway discusses the thoughts behind her latest Tudor history book which is about the lead up and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife.

This book is now ...available worldwide in paperback and Kindle from Amazon.[+] Show More

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Claire Ridgway holds Anne Boleyn's books of hours at Hever Castle

Hever Castle was the childhood home of Queen Anne Boleyn and is now ...

Hever Castle was the childhood home of Queen Anne Boleyn and is now home to portraits and artefacts linked to her, including two Books of Hours.

Thanks to the team at ...Hever (thank you Alison, Owen and Helen!), Claire Ridgway, author of "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown", had the honour and pleasure of taking a close look at Anne Boleyn's Books of Hours and even holding them.

In this video, Claire interviews Hever Castle supervisor, Owen Emmerson, about these two beautiful books.[+] Show More

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Claire's Anne Boleyn Tattoo

Many eagle-eyed viewers have noticed that Claire has some "ink" on her ...

Many eagle-eyed viewers have noticed that Claire has some "ink" on her left arm and Claire has been receiving lots of comments, emails and messages asking her to explain what ...it is and whether it has anything to do with her interest in Tudor history or Anne Boleyn.

The answer is "yes"! It is an Anne Boleyn-themed tattoo. Claire explains all in this video.

You can see a video of Claire actually holding Anne Boleyn's book of hours at Hever castle here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPeX2u8b6Sg

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August 26 - Queen Anne Boleyn takes her chamber to prepare for childbirth

On this day in Tudor history, 26th August 1533, Queen Anne Boleyn, ...

On this day in Tudor history, 26th August 1533, Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, prepared for the birth of her first child by "taking her chamber" ...at Greenwich Palace. This child was of course the future Queen Elizabeth I.

"Taking her chamber" was common practice in Tudor England, and in today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown", explains all of the rituals and traditions involved, as well as describing what Anne Boleyn's chamber would have been like.

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September 1 - Anne Boleyn becomes Marquess of Pembroke

On this day in Tudor history, 1st September 1532, in a special ...

On this day in Tudor history, 1st September 1532, in a special ceremony at Windsor Castle, King Henry VIII elevated his sweetheart Anne Boleyn to the peerage by making her ...Marquess of Pembroke.

This was a hugely significant act because Henry VIII made Anne a marquess in her own right, granted the title to her and her heirs male (legitimate or not) and gave her a title associated with his father, Henry VII, and uncle, Jasper Tudor. It also made her a rather wealthy woman, and a fitting consort for their trip to Calais to meet with King Francis I of France.

Find out more about what happened on this day in 1532, who was there, and just what Anne Boleyn was given by King Henry VIII, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown".

Here's the link to the British Library's page on the patents: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=4058&CollID=8&NStart=303

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January 29 - Queen Anne Boleyn miscarries

On this day in Tudor history, 29th January 1536, the same day that ...

On this day in Tudor history, 29th January 1536, the same day that Catherine of Aragon was buried at Peterborough Abbey, Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII ...suffered a miscarriage.

Contemporary accounts state that she was around 3 1/2 months pregnant and that it was a boy.

In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of several books on Anne Boleyn, shares information given by the imperial ambassador on Anne Boleyn's miscarriage, including the gossip concerning the king and a certain Jane Seymour.

Claire goes into more detail on this miscarriage in her video “Did Anne Boleyn miscarry a deformed foetus?” - https://youtu.be/bNb473eMt8U

Also on this day in Tudor history, on the very same day, Henry VIII’s first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was buried. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/ygTgkZn1t5I

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January 29 - Queen Anne Boleyn miscarries

On this day in Tudor history, 29th January 1536, the same day that ...

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April 11 - Victory for Anne Boleyn, finally!

On this day in Tudor history, 11th April 1533, Good Friday, King Henry ...

On this day in Tudor history, 11th April 1533, Good Friday, King Henry VIII informed his council that Anne Boleyn, the woman he'd married in January 1533, was his rightful ...wife and queen, and should be accorded royal honours.

Finally, things were going right for the couple, who had been waiting for this moment since 1527.

Find out more about what had led Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn to this point, and why they thought that the Great Matter would be sorted out much quicker, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of The Anne Boleyn Files website.

You can see Holbein's "The Ambassadors" at https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/hans-holbein-the-younger-the-ambassadors

Also on this day in Tudor history, 11th April 1554, Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger was beheaded for treason. Why? What had led him to this sticky end? Find out in last year's video - https://youtu.be/HCKNH7_NFsU

Timeline - https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/a-timeline-of-anne-boleyns-relationship-with-henry-viii-from-1528-1533/

Series of articles on Holbein's The Ambassadors:
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/holbeins-the-ambassadors-a-renaissance-puzzle-part-one-context/6516/
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/holbeins-the-ambassadors-a-renaissance-puzzle-part-two-symbols/6532/
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/holbeins-the-ambassadors-a-renaissance-puzzle-part-three-jupiter-and-change/6600/

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April 11 - Victory for Anne Boleyn, finally!

On this day in Tudor history, 11th April 1533, Good Friday, King Henry ...

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