Claire | August 8, 2013

On this day in 1553, King Edward VI was buried in a white marble vault beneath the altar of Henry VII’s Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey. Merchant-taylor Henry Machyn recorded the funeral procession in his diary: “The viij day of August was bered the nobull kyng Edward the vj, and vij yere of ys rayne; […]

Category: Edward VI, Tudor Events | 9 Comments »
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Claire | June 1, 2013

1st June 1533, Whitsun, was the fourth and final day of Queen Anne Boleyn’s coronation events and was the big day: the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. The Mayor of London, aldermen, sheriffs and Council of the City of London took a barge to Westminster at 7am and there waited for the Queen. Anne arrived […]

Category: Anne Queen Consort | 14 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn's coronation, coronation, coronation of Anne Boleyn, Westminster Abbey

Claire | May 23, 2013

As many of you know, I spent last weekend in London so that I could visit the Tower on 19th May and also see the play Fallen In Love: The Secret Heart of Anne Boleyn. As part of my weekend away, I visited Westminster Abbey on Saturday. I hadn’t been since I was a child, […]

Category: Elizabeth I, Mary I, Monarchy, Tudor Characters | 10 Comments »
Tags: Elizabeth I's tomb, Elizabeth of York's tomb, Henry VII's tomb, Mary I's tomb, Tudor burials, Tudor graves, Tudor places, Tudor tombs, Westminster Abbey