A discovery concerning Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of Anne Boleyn

| December 3, 2018

A discovery concerning Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of Anne Boleyn

Thank you so much to Natalie Grueninger for sharing some wonderful news from Philip Norman, curator of the Garden Museum at Lambeth which used to be St Mary’s Church and which is home of the Howard Chapel, resting place of many Howard family members, including Elizabeth Boleyn (née Howard), Countess of Wiltshire and mother of […]

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 […]

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