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Anne Boleyn
- Anne BoleynAnne Boleyn's exact birth year remains a subject of historical argument, with scholars proposing either 1501 or 1507 as the correct date.
- BlicklingThe name Blickling carries the weight of Anglo-Saxon history. It appears in the Domesday Book as a settlement containing 44 households within the hundred of…
- Elizabeth IElizabeth was born on the 7th of September 1533 at Greenwich Palace. Her mother Anne Boleyn had been Henry VIII's second wife.
- Palace of WhitehallIn 1530, King Henry VIII seized a property known as York Place from Cardinal Wolsey. This acquisition transformed the site into England's primary royal…
- Church of St Peter ad VinculaThe chapel's name refers to the story of Saint Peter's imprisonment under Herod Agrippa in Jerusalem. Its current building dates from 1520, although the…
- Mark SmeatonMark Smeaton stood in the round window of Queen Anne's chamber at Winchester on a Saturday before May Day. He was around 23 years old when he died, yet his…
- Coronation of Anne BoleynKing Henry VIII had spent over two decades married to Catherine of Aragon without securing a male heir. His only legitimate child was Princess Mary, leaving…
- Blickling HallSir John Fastolf of Caister in Norfolk lived between 1380 and 1459. He made his fortune during the Hundred Years War. His coat of arms still hangs on display…
- Hever CastleThe year 1270 marked the beginning of Hever Castle as a country house in Kent. James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele held the land during this initial phase.