Category: Anne Boleyn Places

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Anne Boleyn’s links to Ireland

| March 17, 2023

Anne Boleyn’s links to Ireland

Anne Boleyn’s Irish ancestry is often neglected and we just hear about the Boleyns and Howards, but Anne Boleyn’s father, Thomas Boleyn, was the grandson of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, an influential and wealthy man who was descended from a long line of men who’d served the crown in Ireland. Not only that, […]

August 2 – The Duke of Buckingham and Thornbury Castle

| August 2, 2022

August 2 – The Duke of Buckingham and Thornbury Castle

On this day in Tudor history, 2nd August 1514, Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, was granted a licence to found a college at his manor of Thornbury. Find out more about Thornbury Castle in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts… Trivia: Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn stayed at Thornbury Castle on their progress to the southwest in […]

Introducing Speaker No. 4 – Natalie Grueninger, author, historian and podcaster

| December 21, 2021

Introducing Speaker No. 4 – Natalie Grueninger, author, historian and podcaster

“Anne Boleyn, the Woman who changed England” is a week of daily talks and live Q&A sessions with THE best Anne Boleyn experts where you’ll meet a very new Anne Boleyn and understand why she changed the course of English history. It’s taking place completely online, so you’ll be able to attend from the comfort […]

Was Anne Boleyn treated as queen in the Tower of London?

| March 24, 2021

Was Anne Boleyn treated as queen in the Tower of London?

Thank you so much to Edith and Lucy the dog for their excellent question regarding Anne Boleyn’s imprisonment in the Tower of London in May 1536. In series like The Tudors, Anne Boleyn is shown being treated like a queen even though she’s a prisoner, and she’s shown being attended by ladies-in-waiting? But is this […]

Tudor Ambition: Houses of the Boleyn Family – online lecture from Simon Thurley

| August 28, 2020

Tudor Ambition: Houses of the Boleyn Family – online lecture from Simon Thurley

Thank you to Lucia Graves from Gresham College for letting me know about this online lecture from architectural historian Simon Thurley, who you might know from his books on royal palaces. The lecture is taking place on Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 6:00PM – 7:00PM UK time, and you can register for free at https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/boleyn-houses Here’s […]

New 2021 Anne Boleyn Experience and Elizabeth I Experience Tours!

| July 8, 2020

New 2021 Anne Boleyn Experience and Elizabeth I Experience Tours!

If you’re anything like me, then you are fed up of 2020! What a year, and we’re only in July! One of the things that is helping keeping me going at the moment is the thought of next year’s tours. As you know, I co-lead luxury historical tours with Philippa Lacey Brewell of British History […]

Hever: A Castle and its People – Special book announcement!

| December 15, 2019

Hever: A Castle and its People – Special book announcement!

This week has been crazy! On Wednesday I flew to the UK for a very special meet-up with one of my very best friends and a man with whom I’m very lucky to be writing a book. I’m so very excited about this project. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I’d be […]

Anne Boleyn’s Books of Hours and the Fall of Anne Boleyn

| May 23, 2019

Anne Boleyn’s Books of Hours and the Fall of Anne Boleyn

What a whirlwind couple of weeks I’ve had! I still haven’t come back down to earth after the excitement of the Anne Boleyn Experience Tour and then living my dream and holding Anne Boleyn’s Books of Hours at Hever Castle – wow! I’m back home now and Tim and I will be putting together a […]

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