The former St Mary’s Church, Lambeth – Resting place of Elizabeth Boleyn

| April 7, 2018

The former St Mary’s Church, Lambeth – Resting place of Elizabeth Boleyn

On this day in history, 7th April 1538, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire and Ormond, was laid to rest at St Mary’s Church in Lambeth. Elizabeth was the mother of the late Queen Anne Boleyn and George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, as well as the surviving Mary Stafford (née Boleyn). She had lost two children in […]

7 April 1538 – Lady Wiltshire, mother of Anne Boleyn, is buried

| April 7, 2017

7 April 1538 – Lady Wiltshire, mother of Anne Boleyn, is buried

On this day in history, 7th April 1538, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire and Ormond and mother of the late Queen Anne Boleyn, was laid to rest at St Mary’s Church, Lambeth, in the chancel. She had died four days earlier at the Abbot of Reading’s home near Baynard’s Castle in London. In a letter […]

7 April 1538 – Elizabeth Boleyn is buried at Lambeth

| April 7, 2016

7 April 1538 – Elizabeth Boleyn is buried at Lambeth

Following her death near Baynard’s Castle, London, three days earlier, Elizabeth Boleyn (née Howard), Countess of Wiltshire and mother of the late Queen Anne Boleyn, was buried at St Mary’s Church, Lambeth, just next to Lambeth Palace, on 7th April 1538. St Mary’s is the resting place of several members of the Howard family, with one of […]

7 April 1538 – The Funeral of Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of Anne Boleyn

| April 7, 2015

7 April 1538 – The Funeral of Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of Anne Boleyn

On this day in history, 7th April 1538, Elizabeth Boleyn (née Howard), Lady Wiltshire, wife of Thomas Boleyn and mother of the late Queen Anne Boleyn, was buried at St Mary’s Church, Lambeth. John Hussey recorded her funeral procession in a letter to Lady Lisle: “My lady Wiltshire was buried at Lamehithe on the 7th… […]

7th April 1538 – Burial of Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of Anne Boleyn, at Lambeth

| April 7, 2014

7th April 1538 – Burial of Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of Anne Boleyn, at Lambeth

On this day in 1538, Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Wiltshire, wife of Thomas Boleyn and mother of the late Queen Anne Boleyn, was buried in the Howard aisle of St Mary’s Church, Lambeth. John Hussey recorded her funeral procession in a letter to Lady Lisle: “My lady Wiltshire was buried at Lamehithe on the 7th… She […]

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