Claire | July 26, 2022
26th July is the Feast Day of St Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ. If you’re called Anne or Anna then a very Happy St Anne’s Day to you! Anne Boleyn used her namesake St Anne as a theme in the pageantry for her coronation in 1533, and you can […]
Claire | June 1, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 1st June 1533, Whitsunday, at Westminster Abbey, Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, was crowned queen in ceremony performed by her good friend, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury. It was a long day for Anne, who was around 6 months pregnant. The day started with a procession from Westminster […]
Claire | June 1, 2021
On this day in Tudor history, 1st June 1533, Whitsun, six-momth pregnant Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey in London. Here’s my #TudorHistoryShorts video on it: Here is my detailed video on Anne Boleyn’s coronation: And if you prefer reading articles, you can read about the coronation […]
Claire | May 30, 2020
On this day in history, on the night of 30th/31st May 1533, in the lead-up to Queen Anne Boleyn’s coronation, eighteen men were created Knights of the Bath at the Tower of London. The list of men dubbed that knight includes Sir Francis Weston, who would be executed in May 1536 accused of sleeping with […]
Claire | June 1, 2019
This day in Tudor history, 1st June 1533, Whitsunday, was a day of victory for Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife. They had waited many years for this moment, and had been through so much with the ‘great matter’. This was a day to be celebrated, for this was the day […]
Claire | May 31, 2018
On this day in history, Saturday 31st May 1533, the eve of her coronation, a pregnant Queen Anne Boleyn processed from the Tower of London to Westminster Hall. This coronation procession must have been a wonderful sight for the people of London. Not only was it a huge procession of people dressed in fine clothes […]
Claire | May 30, 2018
I always find it weird going from marking the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution to writing about the celebrations for her coronation, but it’s the little things that really hit home. When I read the names of the men who were created Knight of the Bath on the night of 30/31 May 1533 and see […]
Claire | May 29, 2018
Just ten days ago I was paying my respects to Queen Anne Boleyn at the Tower of London on the anniversary of her execution and now I’m writing about what must have been a happy and exciting time for Anne. Just three years separated these anniversaries. After around six years of waiting, Anne Boleyn was […]
