I am trying my best to find the burial place of Mary Boleyn, I know she died 19th July 1543 in Rochford but there is no mention of where she is buried. HELP!! Does anyone know? Or have any theories? And for any history buffs out there, there are talks of the home office pardoning Anne Boleyn and reburying her body next to her daughter Elizabeth at Westminister Abbey. Thats true, honest. Cheers, Sarah
shareMary Boleyn was not buried in a special tomb like the rest of her fmaily because when she married her second husband he was a farmer.
Her family disaproved and she left them to live a life outside court.
she is probob;y buried in Rotchford somewhere under the name of Mary Stafford and Anne Boleyn is not being given a pardon becaeu no-one can know for sure whether or not she was an adulteress Hope This Helps
Thanks for this information. I was wondering the same myself. After a bit of research I found out that Mary Boleyn was my 32-great-grandmother and I look forward to visiting the place of her burial.
shareThe problem is that nobody can know for certain where Anne Boleyn is buried either.
By tradition, she is believed to have been interred under the altar of the church on Tower Green (it's called St. Peter-ad-Vincula, St. Peter in Chains), along with all the other traitors who were beheaded on Tower Green. That would include her accused lovers Brereton, Weston, Norris and her brother George Boleyn, as well as her cousin Catherine Howard and sister-in-law Jane Rochford a decade later and who knows how many dozens of others over the years.
Problem: all of these bodies were decapitated and tossed into the ground with no embalming, no ceremony, possibly not even the crudest wooden coffins. So how on earth are you going to identify Anne? Chances are that after nearly 500 years, there would be nothing left to move.
There is a peristent rumor that a loyal servant managed to smuggle her body away to Norfolk, where she was born, and bury her there in secret, so she may not even be at St. Peter ... and of course, nobody knows where in Norfolk she may lie.
Anne left no descendents except Elizabeth, who was herself childless; George had no children at all; only Mary has a line of descent which could still be extant. At least two of her several children lived to adulthood -- Henry, whom his cousin Elizabeth would create Lord Hunsdon, and Catherine Carey Knollys, wife of Sir Francis Knollys and, a leading Puritan reformer. Both Henry and Catherine were prominent in the court of their cousin the Queen, who cherished them as some of her closest relations. And Catherine's daughter Lettice would cause Elizabeth I great fury by marrying her favourite, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
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I went to the tower of London about a year ago...anne is buried in the church there now, along with another wife cant remeber which one off hand.
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Catherine Howard, wife #5 (and Anne Boleyn's first cousin) is also reportedly buried at the the Chapel of St. Peter-ad-Vincula at the Tower of London.
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I went to the tower of London about a year ago...anne is buried in the church there now, along with another wife cant remeber which one off hand
You know, it surprises me to think that Elizabeth I wouldnt have had her mother removed from there, even if it was in secret. I couldn't imagine that she would want her mother buried amoung traitors, regardless of whether she was one or not.
shareE I let sleeping dogs lie.
She did not want to keep bringing up her "illeg"
I think her state ring that she wore was so sweet-a secret compartment with a portrait of Ann B.
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Yes they do know where Anne is buried. After her execution, her head and body were placed in a wood box and buried near the alter of the chapel. Back in the 1800's all of the bodies buried near the alter were exhumed, identified and reburied. Those buried in this area of the church were the important people - such as Anne, Katherine Howard, and Jane Grey. It's not as if they buried hundreds of people in this particular spot. Knowing who was executed and when made it possible to identify everyone even 150 years ago. I've been there and it actually quite small. The most important people have marble markers in the floor. Although she did not die as the Queen of England, her marker indicates she was.
As far as Anne being reburied next to Elizabeth - I can't imagine that ever happening. Elizabeth is buried at Westminster Abby and shares a tomb with her half sister, Mary I. It is a free standing tomb, above the ground and there is nowhere Anne could go. Oh well, possibly below, but it seems impossible to me, knowing how the Brits are about tradition, that they would ever dig up Anne and move her. I can't believe they would alter Elizabeth's tomb either. Anne died and was buried at the tower, and that's where she will stay.
Totally agree mekrev.
One thing though... had she been stripped of her title when she was executed? I didn't know that was ever formally done?
One thing though... had she been stripped of her title when she was executed? I didn't know that was ever formally done?
Since she wasn't stripped of her title of Marquess of Pembroke, shouldn't it have passed on to Elizabeth?
I know it's faaar from an accurate account of events, but I remember that in The Tudors they said the title was conferred upon her and her offspring. I always thought there was no reason for them to make that up, so I assumed it as truth...
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I visited the tower. She is supposedly buried in the chapel as everyone has said. A lot of people forget that the tower was a palace at one time too. Yes, there are many prisoners buried there, but I'm sure there are people buried there who aren't.
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