The Anne Boleyn Files

Claire | March 18, 2012

As it’s Mothering Sunday in the UK today, I want to wish mothers everywhere a very Happy Mother’s Day and here is a photo of one of my Anne Boleyn roses to cheer your day. I have written various articles on Anne Boleyn the mother and here is one of them – Anne Boleyn the
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Claire | March 12, 2012

On this day in history, 12th March 1539, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond, and father of Queen Anne Boleyn, died at Hever Castle, aged around 62. His servant, Robert Cranwell, wrote to Cromwell the next day to inform him of his death:- “My good lord and master is dead. He made
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Claire | February 21, 2012

Today is Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, as my children call it, so I thought it would be good to write a quick article about Lent in Tudor times. Lent was, and is, the lead-up to Holy Week and it lasted six and a half weeks. In Tudor times, it was a period of fasting,
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Tags: Lent, pancake day, pancakes, Shrove Tuesday, shrovetide, shrovetide joust, Tudor traditions

Claire | February 17, 2012

On this day in history, 17th February 2009, I wrote my very first post on The Anne Boleyn Files. Its title was “In Search of the Real Anne Boleyn” and opened with the words “My purpose in starting this blog is to record and share my journey of discovery, my mission to expose the real
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Category: Anne Boleyn General, Books, News | 24 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn books, The Anne Boleyn Collection, The Anne Boleyn Files

Claire | February 14, 2012

Romance may not be something you associate with King Henry VIII – tyranny: yes, romance: no – but Henry could be very romantic at times. How do I know? Well, I’ve read the love letters that he sent to Anne Boleyn and they are beautiful. Here are some lovey dovey extracts from the King of
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Tags: Anne Boleyn love letters, courtship, Henry VIII love letters, relationship

Claire | February 7, 2012

The 17th February 2012 marks the three year anniversary of The Anne Boleyn Files, which I can’t quite believe! Wow, where did all that time go? Anyway, Dr Linda Saether, who has been following us right from the start, had the wonderful idea of publishing a book to celebrate the anniversary – “The Anne Boleyn
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Tags: Anne Boleyn books, Claire Ridgway, The Anne Boleyn Collection

Claire | February 7, 2012

The shrovetide joust of 1526 was the first indication of Henry VIII’s courtly pursuit of Anne Boleyn. According to the chronicler Edward Hall, it was on this day that Henry VIII rode out in cloth of gold and silver “richely embraudered, with a mannes harte in a presse, with flames about it, and in letters
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Tags: courtly love, courtship, declare I dare not, jousting, relationship, shrovetide joust

Claire | February 3, 2012

Anne Boleyn Fellowship member Dr Linda Saether shares her experience visiting the Vatican Archives and actually holding the real love letters written by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn. The Da Vinci Code has nothing on this! The Vatican Love Letters of Henry VIII by Dr Linda Saether In Henry VIII’s letters to Anne Boleyn I
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Tags: Anne Boleyn love letters, Henry VIII love letters, Vatican, Vatican Archives