It’s horrifying that Anne’s body was pretty much thrown in a discarded box and forgotten. I wish that Elizabeth I had done something - anything! - to give her mother (as well as her relatives and the other victims of Henry VIII) a dignified re burial. Elizabeth could have done it quietly to keep controversy to a minimum. I’m so thankful that Queen Victoria did the right thing. It was long due.
While I don’t have any evidence, and it is only my own opinion, although Elizabeth might have wanted to do something about it, I don’t think it would have been very wise to do so. Her own position was shaky, even though she was very good at holding onto it. Elizabeth needed stability, and bringing up the controversy related to the victims of her father and their executions would not have helped her cause (especially considering how the matter was intimately related to religion). It would have meant taking an opposing stance to her father (and his godly-approved decision), in a situation where there was no proof of her mother’s innocence, and there would have been several protests at the respectful reburial of a convicted adulteress. In the end, she would have known that future monarchs would make changes to the Tower and may have placed her faith there. I believe that she was forward thinking enough to realise that although it would not have happened in her time, gender equality would eventually become important to society (although the decline of religion and of the right to rule are a different matter). There were so many strong females figures at the time. Katherine Parr as an example. Certainly it is only with the hindsight of several centuries that women’s rights had improved enough to look back on Anne Boleyn and others with a degree of sympathy and without triggering the powder-keg that was their political situation at the time. In addition, Elizabeth was very young when her mother died, and her own life was incredibly busy. I think it would have been too sore a wound to touch until times moved on. Although I’m sure that Elizabeth may have regretted it.
@@RosinaEmilyW wonderfully stated. I agree that with all she had too protect during her rule Elizabeth would have wisely felt it not too any advantage to move her mother.
Elizabeth was advised to leave matters alone so as not to call attention to her own illegitimacy...........but she did honour her mother in many subtle ways......
Anne Boleyn resisted a relationship with the most powerful man in England for several years before finally being worn down and also used as a pawn in her father's political machinations. There were lots of letters that are still extant of her rebuffing his advances.
She tried to stop Henry from looting the monastery. He killed her, she should have known he had no mercy for Moore or Fisher or poor monks. I believe she had options but thought she was destined to have a Tudor prince.
Elizabeth had a throne chair(effectively) set up in her mother's family's home parish. She had it placed so she could honor her mother and probably her uncle as well. She also wore a ring, removed@ her death, with her initial(a huge "E") which, when opened, revealed miniatures of Anne, her mother,& herself. Elizabeth NEVER forgot her mother. She did, however, know what to say and when. Much like her sister Mary Tudor, she knew well the horror that could hit you- Queen or not.
She had a shaky grasp on the throne 2 begin with(as each Tudor monarch did)& she knew it. Being a woman wasn't helping her confidence either. She COULD NOT afford to show allegiance (@least publicly ) 2 any certain group. She was way too smart for that. She was, after all, both her father & her Mothers daughter. She learned, I think, a lot of lessons from each of them.
Thank you so much for running this channel, Kevin! I really wish I'd had a history teacher like you teaching me during high school, at the time we were just reading from books, it wasn't engaging at all and I thought history was boring...how wrong I was. I feel very sad that Anne was just tossed in a box and forgotten. Absolutely horrifying to imagine what it would have been like, walking to one's own death. Tragic.
I agree with you, my History teacher smoked cigar’s and smelled gross and was boring. I barely passed. I love History and have done a lot of reading now I am older 😊
I find it absolutely ghastly & barbaric, that people would gather around and watch someone get executed. Ann Boleyns only mistake was she became involved with that Fat Slob Henry the viii. Your history lessons are absolutely fascinating.
Many courtiers would have been ordered to be there by Henry or Cromwell to show loyalty and to try to convey some legitimacy on the disgraceful proceedings.
For those who don't know about St Peter ad vincula, ad vincula means in chains (which is very appropriate for a prison). It was on his feast day (1st August) in 1323 Roger Mortimer escaped from the Tower of London by supplying the men guarding him with drugged wine. He had rebelled against Edward II in the Marcher War which ended with the Battpe of Boroughbridge. Edward would come to regret not executing him as Mortimer returned in September 1326 as one of the leaders of the army that disposed him.
@@perniciouspete4986 the feast of Saint Peter ad Vincula was being celebrated on the day that Roger Mortimer escaped from the Yower of London, whic contains the Royal Chapel dedicated to this saint and has been there for the best part of 1,000 years. It is the ad Vincula part of his name that is appropriate to the Tower of London in its use as a prison..
I am of Greek descent but I greatly admire the critical analysis of a British historian that presents researched facts impartially and looks at history through the eyes of the common person.
Anne’s memorial stone does not mark the last resting place of her actual remains, and that she lies beneath Lady Rochford’s memorial. We were informed of that by a Yeoman Warder last year.
Amazing as ever Kevin, masterful storytelling! Absolute no specific interest in this period personally, but still hooked on this sort of material, thanks again!
The way he tells it is the thing. A rare gift. A master story teller can turn a simple picnic into an adventure! "I'll tell you a tale! Oh the Sun, oh the bees and flowers and the wine and cheese! If only you were there!" He has that gift of wordsmithing. Weaving a thought.
I felt nothing but suffocation as we queued for our tickets. I was struggling for air, and I had to walk away, leaving my husband to get the tickets, as I turned I saw the place of death of either Anne Boleyn or Mary Queen of Scots. That explained everything. We only went on to see the Crown Jewels. Super- hypersensitive. At Hurst Castle I saw the ghost of one of Charles I soldiers, walking beside me. In Scotland we were going to visit a castle. I pulled the car up, but had bad feelings about it. I drove off. In a documentary about 2 years later, I read that it was haunted by several unfortunate beings who were believed to walk there.
Bigger questions : Why has she never had her name cleared and why has she never been given a proper burial, preferably with her daughter? It is not right to keep her there for tourist dollars. Set her free.
Yes I agree. I think she should had been at least placed in Westminster Abbey with her daughter Queen Elizabeth the first. Henry VIII reign was not our finest period in history.
Not knowing what was said about her on the altar stone, it's hard to judge, but it seems to me that her daughter should have made sure that the full interpretation was given, not just the prejudicial Henry version.
Elizabeth didn't care about any member of her family anymore than her father or grandfather did. She imprisoned her own sister in the very same tower for gods sake. Just a nobody named Mary queen of scots
Ghastly beyond imagination and such an important piece of history. Also, you helped dismiss a family myth. My dear parent was forever going on about always wearing best underclothes because 'when you die, that's the last thing people will remember'. Thank you. This video forever dispelled any further concern I harbored about death and underwear.
Thank you so much for this video. It always feels there are only these famous names are resting there, but I had no idea there are so much more poor souls resting under St.Peter ad vincula. I love the Tower- but the beauty of the building makes one sometimes forget its gruesome and horrible history.... So much lifes cruelly ended much too soon.
To say that quote is one of my favourites I think would be a bit macabre...but in its own way, it is - he refuses to hold back, he will not shirk from the absolute horror of the way these people ended up in this chapel, and he paints such a vivid image of the atmosphere he feels when he's there, that it's impossible not to feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand up when you read his words. My grandmother said similar about visiting Tuol Slengh in Cambodia, where Pol Pot did his very worst; the birds, she said, refused to enter the grounds of the building. They'd sit on the trees outside the grounds - but never go in. The scent of death was all around.
Hi Kevin, thank you so much for starting/running this RUclips channel! Listening to these stories from you is always a such a special treat especially because of your professional background and career as a bowman, don't think anyone else could create that atmosphere and effect. Looking forward to more videos and films in the future! Cheers! :)
As a HUGE Tudor history nerd, this video was brilliant. I was well chuffed that I knew so many people that were listed in that book that mapped the spots where each was buried. Thank you for the wonderful video.
I just found your channel today. I absolutely love history. Your country & what it offers is a plethora of just that. I'm from the US & am interested in all kinds of history, English being one of them. Your knowledge is superb & I love listening to all that you have to share. I am in awe of all the castles your country has albeit sad that so many of them have been lost forever, left a shell or reduced to ruble. The first video I watched was your visit to Chepstow. I want to commend you on the quality of equipment you use to film. I have a smart tv with 4K. Never have I seen such a crisp, vivid, & colorful picture than yours on my tv. Your pounds were well spent. Thank you & I will be watching your videos from now on.
But what about the bodies of executed traitors? Under the Treason Act of 1351 (long before Tudor times), both Anne Boleyn and Katharine Howard were guilty of high treason.
@@allenjenkins7947 I think most of us are aware that where his two wives were concerned, Henry V111's answer to get rid of them was to accuse them of high treason. Like Putin, you didn't oppose the King or else you were accused of high treason yourself.
@@Boogledigs Adultery by, or with, the King's wife, his unmarried daughter, or the wife of an heir to the throne were defined as high treason. The reason for this seemingly harsh definition was that it could place doubts on the legitimacy of any offspring and cloud the line of succession to the throne. Civil wars had been fought for this reason in the past.
Excellent video Kevin. I knew that Anne had been exhumed but I never heard the details. You have explained it quite clearly and tactfully. Thank you. Your videos are beautifully made and very enjoyable. Best wishes from Ohio, USA.
Haunting and thought provoking. The end of their days, spilled out onto the green. I need to get over and tour the tower. Excellent as always. Thanks Kevin.
Another brilliant video on an interesting subject, highlighting the complexity, and length of our history, one of the basic problems of such a rich history is keeping a track on it, thanks for doing your part in the process, education being the final part, keeping history alive😎🏹🙏
Yes, but it was quite simple really. The priory where Richard III was buried was sold off and demolished after the reformation and the dead were left where they lay. There's more under the car park than the king. It was the same at Bisham Abbey 👍🏻
@@thehistorysquad Wow that is so sad. You would think the Priory would say... "Oh and by the way, you remember Richard III?" but... they may have not even known at that point I suppose. Thanks for the added info!
at least it was quick ( if done properly)......would you prefer to watch them starve to death or burnt alive or boiled alive. Given various options i would prefer the head coming off or if a option drowning maybe less horrific.
I wished I had studied who actually was buried there before I went into the chapel... but then again, I never thought I was going to be able to, but my fiance's brother was a Beefeater, so another relative with me on the Tower tour took me there, as well as to other incredible places the general public weren't privy to.
Really enjoyed this one 👍👍 the Knight's bones are dust, and his good sword rust - his soul is with the saints I trust. Can't get enough of these videos.. big history buff. I hope you gain enough traction (not that RUclips isn't a good enough platform) to end up on a BBC history documentary. Something particularly morbid and gruesome, mind!
Hi Kevin, I've only recently joined the channel. History was always my favourite subject and still is. In times when so many ignorant people are complaining and trying to effect change in the world, it appears to me they completely misunderstand the meaning of the word history! Thank you for all your efforts to keep the subject alive and interesting. I only wish we had had You Tube to accompany my schooling back in the day. many thanks
I will, thank you, and thanks for the SUPER, it's much appreciated. I'm glad your children are enjoying the videos too, history shouldn't have to be dull 👍🏻
I spent time in St Peter's in the fall of 1984. I am empathic and can pick up emotions from places. I thought when I walked in I would feel over whelmed by the tragedies. Instead I felt a deep sense of peace and acceptance. I felt relief as if all those who had struggled and suffered were glad it was over.
Fascinating!! I finally got to go inside the chapel on my last visit to England. We got a tour and sat in the pews during a talk, but didn’t get to walk around and explore.
Greetings once again from nova Scotia, thanks again for another great video. I was totally unaware of this chapter in history, I love the way you can tell a story, please keep up the good work and as always best regards Arthur
Watching again, my heart really goes out to Queens Anne, Jane, Katherine, all those mostly victims of despotism. My hat goes off to the swordsman that took Queen Annes head, as I really don't think she was aware when she went to her human ending. I wish I knew his name?
I remember watching a documentary on the tower of London ,where it was said that the place of execution on tower green was only came about in Victorian times ,for visitors who wanted to no where Anne was executed,They actually now believe that the executions took place on the parade ground
My word, talk about a necessary restoration! It reminds me of the “Bone Church” in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. There they had so many bones (from my understanding) from people who died in the Black Death that an artist was commissioned to use the bones to decorate the subterranean chapel. I personally think reburying the dead a much better thing to do. Such a fascinating video! Thank you!
Love your show Kevin. After all this time. I felt so sad for her. Henry the eighth was just evil to his wife's. Poor things. As always your very informative. Thank you Kevin. From Ohio USA. Stay safe. Love listening to you.
Looking very Dapper Kev mate, thanks for another great Education, of course she was set thats our belief, but again thanks for a masterful Clasd cheers...Will and Elainà🇮🇲👍🇮🇲👍🇮🇲
Another engaging & well researched Vid- thankyou for that Kevin,..Did the autopsy exam of her bones confirm it was Anne, as a good examiner would or should have mentioned something about her neck bones, bit gory really but a definite positive ID ..
Queen Anne Boleyn, married and in love with Henry, and then destroyed in reputation as well as body. I am sure when she went to meet her Savior, her house was in order. Not so her Husband who manipulated Law and Church and sadly his own mind to pervert truth. I trust now she rests in peace, because I feel we all have peace concerning her. And she did provide the Kingdom with a most intelligent and able Queen; Elizabeth. Excellent poignant account Kevin, you did good.
love this content! you're so knowledgable, it's such fun to watch you go through the secrets in these old castles and retell the stories of their former lords. can't wait for more!!
Hi Kevin. Greeting from Texas. My wife Julie and I went to the Tower of London in 1995 and 1999. Considering the number of bodies, buried under the floor of that small chapel was surprisingly compact. I'm not sure how they were able to identify all the bodies exhumed. I agree that we should let the dead rest without constantly disturbing them. I once told you that my mother was distantly related to the Earls' of Devon, as her maiden name was Courtenay. She told me that one of Henry the VIII's victims was buried in Tower Green. My mother passed away in 1984 and in 1995 I found the marker for a Thomas Courtenay as the Archbishop of Exeter buried there. Take care.
Not sure why it's being said here that the dead need to be allowed to "rest". It's as if the remains are still sentient beings. These bones are just mineral deposits from which the person's spirit is long gone.
@@thehistorysquad You explain things in a very personable way. I think I speak for fans of the history squad when I say it feels like you just speaking to just one person. That's a rare talent. Keep up the excellent commentary!
I write poetry, and this is what came to me as I listened to this... Hope you like it... Here lies Queen Anne Boleyn. Giving birth to only a daughter, her only sin. In the beginning, Henry thought she fair and beautiful to behold.. But beneath his smiling lips, his heart was bitterly cold. As if she were a cloth, no longer useful, he tossed her away from him.. It was without thought, a heartless whim. His only kindness given to his once beloved wife.. Death by sword, not ax or a knife. She was laid in a box hurriedly prepared.. Henry then remarried without a care. Now, dear Queen Anne, we give pause and remember you, though you died so long ago.. How cruelly you were treated; Just what you did to deserve this, you went to your death, never to know. Now you walk Heaven's streets of gold.. One day we will meet you, your beautiful face to behold. Until then, oh lovely Queen, we bid thee rest, your work here long since done.. You are at home, and your Heavenly life has barely begun.
Great video, as always! An idea for a video I am very interested in: Medieval scouts or messengers! These guys had to move, undetected, from cities under siege, army camps, to other locations far away…then make it back. These messengers were like spy’s almost. Having to wear disguises to get past enemy armies, or to sneak into a city under siege! For instance, imagine the messengers having information that could change the outcome of an entire war, but they are stuck inside of a city surrounded by enemy forces. They would have to find a way to sneak out with this valuable information past thousands of enemy troops!
Your channel just popped up on my home page. Funny how life works. I am an American and ever since my high school years (1970’s) I have been fascinated by the Tudors and English history in general. This video was perfect for my interests and I immediately s. Looking forward to the rest to come! Thank you. You do an awesome job of narrating.
If there were, indeed, bodies everywhere, untoward, and in a hal-hazard state of burial together, then how could they possibly have "assured" that the bones ( skull, etc) were actually that of Anne Bolynn?
I was referring to the rest of the church, bodies, skeletons being hap-hazard. The bones found at the alter area, where shown on the diagram were all in the place they were meant to be.
Very interesting & Thank You Very Much . I have a very long Family history in England dating back to the 11 hundreds & in 1450 I had a relative named Sir Richard Dobbs who in 1450 was Lord Mayor of London 😮 in the 15 to 16 hundreds some Family where moved to Antrim Ireland & John Dobbs built a Castle Named Dobbs My more modern relatives from England possibly came to America in the early 17 hundreds. So as my history is so very much a part of British history all your Films & Lessons are very much what I love about learning from the past. Again Thank You So Much. When I visit London I will do my own tour of Whitechapel & JTR sites my fist stop will be WhiteChaple Tube Station & Polly Nickels & Poppies Fish & Chips on Hanbury Street ❤ Cheers 🥂 Juniper & Gin ✅🍻
THANK YOU, SIR, for this fine, sensitive and respectful video. I believe all too often we associate those pitiful mortal remains with the sensationalized presentations of these ACTUAL PEOPLE and imbue them with the image surrounding their tragic Last Moments Of Life. They deserve so much better, when regarding their sadly-sober endings. THESE WERE ACTUAL PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM HAD A POWERFUL INFLUENCE UPON ENGLAND. THEY DESERVE THE RESPECT YOU SHOW THEIR MEMORY
It’s horrifying that Anne’s body was pretty much thrown in a discarded box and forgotten. I wish that Elizabeth I had done something - anything! - to give her mother (as well as her relatives and the other victims of Henry VIII) a dignified re burial. Elizabeth could have done it quietly to keep controversy to a minimum. I’m so thankful that Queen Victoria did the right thing. It was long due.
While I don’t have any evidence, and it is only my own opinion, although Elizabeth might have wanted to do something about it, I don’t think it would have been very wise to do so. Her own position was shaky, even though she was very good at holding onto it. Elizabeth needed stability, and bringing up the controversy related to the victims of her father and their executions would not have helped her cause (especially considering how the matter was intimately related to religion).
It would have meant taking an opposing stance to her father (and his godly-approved decision), in a situation where there was no proof of her mother’s innocence, and there would have been several protests at the respectful reburial of a convicted adulteress.
In the end, she would have known that future monarchs would make changes to the Tower and may have placed her faith there. I believe that she was forward thinking enough to realise that although it would not have happened in her time, gender equality would eventually become important to society (although the decline of religion and of the right to rule are a different matter). There were so many strong females figures at the time. Katherine Parr as an example.
Certainly it is only with the hindsight of several centuries that women’s rights had improved enough to look back on Anne Boleyn and others with a degree of sympathy and without triggering the powder-keg that was their political situation at the time. In addition, Elizabeth was very young when her mother died, and her own life was incredibly busy. I think it would have been too sore a wound to touch until times moved on. Although I’m sure that Elizabeth may have regretted it.
Elizabeth I might not have known that her mother was just thrown in an arrow box. I'm sure nobody dared tell her anything she didn't want to hear.
@@RosinaEmilyW wonderfully stated. I agree that with all she had too protect during her rule Elizabeth would have wisely felt it not too any advantage to move her mother.
I'm fairly sure Elizabeth could not have reburied Anne quietly. I also suspect she couldn't have cared less about Henry's other 'victims'.
Elizabeth was advised to leave matters alone so as not to call attention to her own illegitimacy...........but she did honour her mother in many subtle ways......
Thanks. We visited Tower Green on a bright day, but I found it a very sad place full of tears and darkness.
Anne Boleyn was a perfect example of being careful what you wish for.
Theyndid it to Diana
I honestly dont think she wished for it. I think he forced it on her.
Anne Boleyn resisted a relationship with the most powerful man in England for several years before finally being worn down and also used as a pawn in her father's political machinations. There were lots of letters that are still extant of her rebuffing his advances.
She tried to stop Henry from looting the monastery. He killed her, she should have known he had no mercy for Moore or Fisher or poor monks. I believe she had options but thought she was destined to have a Tudor prince.
Elizabeth had a throne chair(effectively) set up in her mother's family's home parish. She had it placed so she could honor her mother and probably her uncle as well. She also wore a ring, removed@ her death, with her initial(a huge "E") which, when opened, revealed miniatures of Anne, her mother,& herself. Elizabeth NEVER forgot her mother.
She did, however, know what to say and when. Much like her sister Mary Tudor, she knew well the horror that could hit you- Queen or not.
She had a shaky grasp on the throne 2 begin with(as each Tudor monarch did)& she knew it. Being a woman wasn't helping her confidence either. She COULD NOT afford to show allegiance (@least publicly ) 2 any certain group. She was way too smart for that. She was, after all, both her father & her Mothers daughter. She learned, I think, a lot of lessons from each of them.
Love your video's! I'm a paraplegic and cannot get out. Your video's expand my world and make my days so much better! Please keep up the great work!
Wow, that's great to hear Victoria, thank you for watching and your very kind comment. It's my pleasure 👍🏻
You got my teenage son and daughter both watching your channel...you're a magnificent storyteller and pick such interesting content
Thank you so much for running this channel, Kevin! I really wish I'd had a history teacher like you teaching me during high school, at the time we were just reading from books, it wasn't engaging at all and I thought history was boring...how wrong I was.
I feel very sad that Anne was just tossed in a box and forgotten. Absolutely horrifying to imagine what it would have been like, walking to one's own death. Tragic.
Thanks for your comment Rhys. I can't imagine what it would have been like to walk to my execution like that 👍🏻
I agree with you, my History teacher smoked cigar’s and smelled gross and was boring. I barely passed. I love History and have done a lot of reading now I am older 😊
I find it absolutely ghastly & barbaric, that people would gather around and watch someone get executed. Ann Boleyns only mistake was she became involved with that Fat Slob Henry the viii. Your history lessons are absolutely fascinating.
Many courtiers would have been ordered to be there by Henry or Cromwell to show loyalty and to try to convey some legitimacy on the disgraceful proceedings.
He wasn’t a fat slob at the time. Very handsome.
It's one early form of public entertainment since there was no TV or Cable. Though I'm sure there were many people who looked away.
@@warrengwonka2479 and very formidable too, I am guessing he was quite attractive to Ladies of the day akin to a top football player or rugby chappie.
@@MickRiley or a certain red-haired Prince Harry…
For those who don't know about St Peter ad vincula, ad vincula means in chains (which is very appropriate for a prison). It was on his feast day (1st August) in 1323 Roger Mortimer escaped from the Tower of London by supplying the men guarding him with drugged wine. He had rebelled against Edward II in the Marcher War which ended with the Battpe of Boroughbridge. Edward would come to regret not executing him as Mortimer returned in September 1326 as one of the leaders of the army that disposed him.
Great comment Neil, thanks 👍🏻
Deposed.
Neil of Longbeck -
I remember learning that.
St. Peter ad Vincula wasn't a prison: it was, and still is, a CHURCH. You're not paying attention.
@@perniciouspete4986 the feast of Saint Peter ad Vincula was being celebrated on the day that Roger Mortimer escaped from the Yower of London, whic contains the Royal Chapel dedicated to this saint and has been there for the best part of 1,000 years. It is the ad Vincula part of his name that is appropriate to the Tower of London in its use as a prison..
I am of Greek descent but I greatly admire the critical analysis of a British historian that presents researched facts impartially and looks at history through the eyes of the common person.
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@@djordjekaljevic5725 Unlike most Greeks I don't believe in Gods of any sort.
Wake up, make a coffee, load up youtube and notice The History Squad have a new video out. These are my kind of mornings 😊
😃 Happy Days!!
Anne’s memorial stone does not mark the last resting place of her actual remains, and that she lies beneath Lady Rochford’s memorial.
We were informed of that by a Yeoman Warder last year.
Amazing as ever Kevin, masterful storytelling! Absolute no specific interest in this period personally, but still hooked on this sort of material, thanks again!
Cheers Tom, I appreciate that 👍
The way he tells it is the thing. A rare gift.
A master story teller can turn a simple picnic into an adventure! "I'll tell you a tale! Oh the Sun, oh the bees and flowers and the wine and cheese! If only you were there!"
He has that gift of wordsmithing. Weaving a thought.
Then this gentleman has done his job excellently in teaching History!
I felt nothing but suffocation as we queued for our tickets. I was struggling for air, and I had to walk away, leaving my husband to get the tickets, as I turned I saw the place of death of either Anne Boleyn or Mary Queen of Scots. That explained everything. We only went on to see the Crown Jewels. Super- hypersensitive.
At Hurst Castle I saw the ghost of one of Charles I soldiers, walking beside me.
In Scotland we were going to visit a castle. I pulled the car up, but had bad feelings about it. I drove off.
In a documentary about 2 years later, I read that it was haunted by several unfortunate beings who were believed to walk there.
Bigger questions : Why has she never had her name cleared and why has she never been given a proper burial, preferably with her daughter?
It is not right to keep her there for tourist dollars. Set her free.
Yes I agree. I think she should had been at least placed in Westminster Abbey with her daughter Queen Elizabeth the first. Henry VIII reign was not our finest period in history.
Not knowing what was said about her on the altar stone, it's hard to judge, but it seems to me that her daughter should have made sure that the full interpretation was given, not just the prejudicial Henry version.
Good question. I'd have thought Elizabeth I would have
Elizabeth didn't care about any member of her family anymore than her father or grandfather did. She imprisoned her own sister in the very same tower for gods sake. Just a nobody named Mary queen of scots
I was just questioning that myself
Ghastly beyond imagination and such an important piece of history. Also, you helped dismiss a family myth.
My dear parent was forever going on about always wearing best underclothes because 'when you die, that's the last thing people will remember'. Thank you. This video forever dispelled any further concern I harbored about death and underwear.
Thank you so much for this video. It always feels there are only these famous names are resting there, but I had no idea there are so much more poor souls resting under St.Peter ad vincula. I love the Tower- but the beauty of the building makes one sometimes forget its gruesome and horrible history.... So much lifes cruelly ended much too soon.
To say that quote is one of my favourites I think would be a bit macabre...but in its own way, it is - he refuses to hold back, he will not shirk from the absolute horror of the way these people ended up in this chapel, and he paints such a vivid image of the atmosphere he feels when he's there, that it's impossible not to feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand up when you read his words. My grandmother said similar about visiting Tuol Slengh in Cambodia, where Pol Pot did his very worst; the birds, she said, refused to enter the grounds of the building. They'd sit on the trees outside the grounds - but never go in. The scent of death was all around.
Another brilliantly fascinating video, I really wish history was narrated like this when I was at school. Keep the stories coming.
Thanks Lesley, will do!
Hi Kevin, thank you so much for starting/running this RUclips channel! Listening to these stories from you is always a such a special treat especially because of your professional background and career as a bowman, don't think anyone else could create that atmosphere and effect. Looking forward to more videos and films in the future! Cheers! :)
Thanks Alexander, it really is my pleasure!
As a HUGE Tudor history nerd, this video was brilliant. I was well chuffed that I knew so many people that were listed in that book that mapped the spots where each was buried. Thank you for the wonderful video.
Super, glad you enjoyed it. Cheers 👍🏻
I just found your channel today. I absolutely love history. Your country & what it offers
is a plethora of just that. I'm from the US & am interested in all kinds of history, English being one of them. Your knowledge is superb & I love listening to all that you have to share. I am in awe of all the castles your country has albeit sad that so many of them have been lost forever, left a shell or reduced to ruble. The first video I watched was your visit to Chepstow. I want to commend you on the quality of equipment you use to film. I have a smart tv with 4K. Never have I seen such a crisp, vivid, & colorful picture than yours on my tv. Your pounds were well spent. Thank you & I will be watching your videos from now on.
Wow, that's great to hear Elizabeth, I'm glad the quality is good as I never quite get to watch them on a high def tv, just a computer monitor. 👍🏻
It is hard to believe that a Queen's body could be so casually disposed of. Even executed Queen Consorts deserved to be treated with dignity.
Anne was anointed Queen, a Monarch. and was so in her own right. she was the last Queen of England.
But what about the bodies of executed traitors? Under the Treason Act of 1351 (long before Tudor times), both Anne Boleyn and Katharine Howard were guilty of high treason.
@@allenjenkins7947 I think most of us are aware that where his two wives were concerned, Henry V111's answer to get rid of them was to accuse them of high treason. Like Putin, you didn't oppose the King or else you were accused of high treason yourself.
@@Boogledigs Adultery by, or with, the King's wife, his unmarried daughter, or the wife of an heir to the throne were defined as high treason. The reason for this seemingly harsh definition was that it could place doubts on the legitimacy of any offspring and cloud the line of succession to the throne. Civil wars had been fought for this reason in the past.
I agree with you, Kevin, it is hard to believe it wasn't her. As she was found in exactly the right spot
I'm curious... was she black?!?
@@raypurchase801😂
Thanks Kevin for another cracking tale 🤘🏹
Excellent video Kevin. I knew that Anne had been exhumed but I never heard the details. You have explained it quite clearly and tactfully. Thank you. Your videos are beautifully made and very enjoyable. Best wishes from Ohio, USA.
You're very welcome Jerry, I'm glad you enjoyed this one.
Brilliant channel
Your knowledge of history is fantastic! Thank you.
It’s amazing how you are able to pack so much interesting and pertinent information into one short film. Great work!
Glad you enjoy it!
Haunting and thought provoking. The end of their days, spilled out onto the green. I need to get over and tour the tower. Excellent as always. Thanks Kevin.
Another brilliant video on an interesting subject, highlighting the complexity, and length of our history, one of the basic problems of such a rich history is keeping a track on it, thanks for doing your part in the process, education being the final part, keeping history alive😎🏹🙏
Cheers Buddy - hope you're keeping well!
Absolutely love your channel Kevin! Thank you for helping to keep such important history alive 🙂
My pleasure!
I have long wondered how Richard III ended up forgotten under a parking lot. Seems he was not alone in being forgotten and lost.
Yes, but it was quite simple really. The priory where Richard III was buried was sold off and demolished after the reformation and the dead were left where they lay. There's more under the car park than the king. It was the same at Bisham Abbey 👍🏻
@@thehistorysquad Wow that is so sad. You would think the Priory would say... "Oh and by the way, you remember Richard III?" but... they may have not even known at that point I suppose. Thanks for the added info!
It's even simpler than that. Richard lost. Henry Tudor won. And history is written by the victors.
The brutality of beheading a defenseless person , never ceases to repel me.
at least it was quick ( if done properly)......would you prefer to watch them starve to death or burnt alive or boiled alive. Given various options i would prefer the head coming off or if a option drowning maybe less horrific.
@@antonyjones4259 quick and painless if the execution was done properly. It took 15 wacks to see off Mary Queen of Scot’s and this was normal
I wished I had studied who actually was buried there before I went into the chapel... but then again, I never thought I was going to be able to, but my fiance's brother was a Beefeater, so another relative with me on the Tower tour took me there, as well as to other incredible places the general public weren't privy to.
Wow, what a treat behind the scenes - brilliant 👍🏻
Anne Boleyn is my 14th great aunt. I’m descended through her sister Mary. Great video.
Oh wow!
Really enjoyed this one 👍👍 the Knight's bones are dust, and his good sword rust - his soul is with the saints I trust.
Can't get enough of these videos.. big history buff.
I hope you gain enough traction (not that RUclips isn't a good enough platform) to end up on a BBC history documentary. Something particularly morbid and gruesome, mind!
😜 cheers Joseph 👍🏻
The king of eery stories! Masterfully retold.
Hi Kevin, I've only recently joined the channel. History was always my favourite subject and still is. In times when so many ignorant people are complaining and trying to effect change in the world, it appears to me they completely misunderstand the meaning of the word history! Thank you for all your efforts to keep the subject alive and interesting. I only wish we had had You Tube to accompany my schooling back in the day. many thanks
How lovely, thank you Peter 👍🏻
The tower green’s memorial poem to the executed really is amazing. Humanizing and historical at the same time.
Thanks! Keep churning out the brilliant work and lets get more and more people into the wonders of history
I will, thank you, and thanks for the SUPER, it's much appreciated.
I'm glad your children are enjoying the videos too, history shouldn't have to be dull 👍🏻
Very good. Thanks for upload.
This was a great bit of history Kevin. Thanks for sharing
I spent time in St Peter's in the fall of 1984. I am empathic and can pick up emotions from places. I thought when I walked in I would feel over whelmed by the tragedies. Instead I felt a deep sense of peace and acceptance. I felt relief as if all those who had struggled and suffered were glad it was over.
That's not exactly rocket science, Helen! If I had to have my head chopped off, I'd be glad when it was over, too!
Fascinating!! I finally got to go inside the chapel on my last visit to England. We got a tour and sat in the pews during a talk, but didn’t get to walk around and explore.
Another great film! Thank you!
What a nicely done video, short, full of interesting information
Greetings once again from nova Scotia, thanks again for another great video. I was totally unaware of this chapter in history, I love the way you can tell a story, please keep up the good work and as always best regards Arthur
Thank you Arthur, you're so very welcome!
Watching again, my heart really goes out to Queens Anne, Jane, Katherine, all those mostly victims of despotism. My hat goes off to the swordsman that took Queen Annes head, as I really don't think she was aware when she went to her human ending. I wish I knew his name?
Thank you for the research and presentation
Keep up the good work. Love all your content.
Thanks, will do!
Another Brilliant Video from The History Squad.
Cheers Richard!! Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
Very interesting, thank you Kevin.
Looking smart there Kevin , & thank you for today's. Such sad tales of the old place . ...
I remember watching a documentary on the tower of London ,where it was said that the place of execution on tower green was only came about in Victorian times ,for visitors who wanted to no where Anne was executed,They actually now believe that the executions took place on the parade ground
What did Anne actually expect from a man who cruelly got rid of his first wife of 20+ years without a second thought .
Exactly. He wasn't worth a penny, but she wasn't that much better.
He didnt give her a choice.
I’ve been to the Tower on two separate occasions. It’s a great experience. Seeing these videos makes me wanna head back to the UK.
Us too!!
My word, talk about a necessary restoration! It reminds me of the “Bone Church” in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. There they had so many bones (from my understanding) from people who died in the Black Death that an artist was commissioned to use the bones to decorate the subterranean chapel. I personally think reburying the dead a much better thing to do. Such a fascinating video! Thank you!
Wonderfully dark and morbid. As ever I love your content! You make history really come to life.
Thank you very much!
Not morbid very factual history!
Love your show Kevin. After all this time. I felt so sad for her. Henry the eighth was just evil to his wife's. Poor things. As always your very informative. Thank you Kevin. From Ohio USA. Stay safe. Love listening to you.
Not true. He didn’t care for the cheating Ann and what she talked him into. Wasn’t his third wife loved by all and Harry never got over her?
If he was all that to you. Lol then you marry him. Just kidding. But no he was a jerk.
Looking very Dapper Kev mate, thanks for another great Education, of course she was set thats our belief, but again thanks for a masterful Clasd cheers...Will and Elainà🇮🇲👍🇮🇲👍🇮🇲
Cheers both 👍
Another engaging & well researched Vid- thankyou for that Kevin,..Did the autopsy exam of her bones confirm it was Anne, as a good examiner would or should have mentioned something about her neck bones, bit gory really but a definite positive ID ..
Queen Anne Boleyn, married and in love with Henry, and then destroyed in reputation as well as body. I am sure when she went to meet her Savior, her house was in order. Not so her Husband who manipulated Law and Church and sadly his own mind to pervert truth. I trust now she rests in peace, because I feel we all have peace concerning her. And she did provide the Kingdom with a most intelligent and able Queen; Elizabeth. Excellent poignant account Kevin, you did good.
So sad how all those souls were laid to rest.
I love history and you bring it to life again, , thank you
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My pleasure 👍🏻
love this content! you're so knowledgable, it's such fun to watch you go through the secrets in these old castles and retell the stories of their former lords. can't wait for more!!
Well done! Concise. Pleasant voice and manner. I liked this much.
Very well done, Kevin. It would be interesting to hear about the other remains as well.
Thank you Kevin,I agree- can we not let the dead rest- lovely video
Great stuff, by the way you are looking very dapper today Kevin. Appreciate your story telling skills, informative and easy to listen to
Cheers 👍🏻
Indeed. Anne deserved better than what Henry provided.
Fascinating as always Kevin
Great story and quotes 👏
Poor Lady Jane Grey. I find her life's story so incredibly sad. 😢
I am very interested in that pouch and knife sheath combo that hangs on your hip . Happy trails
I just subscribed to your wonderful channel. I love history and I’m part British blood too. Have a great week.
Thank you & welcome. 👍🏻
Thank you, very interesting, greetings from NZ
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Love the channel thank you sir.
Keep up the great work love the battle diagrams and figures
Cheers Peter, & thanks for your support over on Patreon too. I'm busy painting up some more figures for my next battle 👍🏻
@@thehistorysquad do a video on Frank Kitson soon
Very Interesting program. I love the history of the castles
Glad you enjoyed it
I just I have to say: Love your channel!!!! ///Lars
Thanks Lars, I appreciate it. Cheers!!
Hi Kevin. Greeting from Texas. My wife Julie and I went to the Tower of London in 1995 and 1999. Considering the number of bodies, buried under the floor of that small chapel was surprisingly compact. I'm not sure how they were able to identify all the bodies exhumed. I agree that we should let the dead rest without constantly disturbing them. I once told you that my mother was distantly related to the Earls' of Devon, as her maiden name was Courtenay. She told me that one of Henry the VIII's victims was buried in Tower Green. My mother passed away in 1984 and in 1995 I found the marker for a Thomas Courtenay as the Archbishop of Exeter buried there. Take care.
Wow, such rich history 👍
Not sure why it's being said here that the dead need to be allowed to "rest". It's as if the remains are still sentient beings. These bones are just mineral deposits from which the person's spirit is long gone.
Fascinating. Thank-you,
Elizabeth’s / Ann’s fingers were long . They could have played quarterback .
They would through a tight spiral with those long fingers
Awesome video Kevin
Thanks for the visit 👍
Kevin Hicks looking sharp and dandy. Happy Father’s day Kev ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Cheers buddy 😉
What a fascinating video!!
Actually, really really interesting, and vividly narrated.
Kevin needs a show on PBS. He's that good!
Gosh, thanks mate!! I've got some of my videos on Shaw, I guess it's a start 😉
@@thehistorysquad You explain things in a very personable way. I think I speak for fans of the history squad when I say it feels like you just speaking to just one person. That's a rare talent. Keep up the excellent commentary!
@@chocothemagnificent1019 thanks mate, will do. 👍🏻
Great cafe at the Tower of London. Enjoyed a good lunch there once followed by a delicious chocolate cake. Just thought I’d mention that.
😜 Been there & done that, you're right, it's a great cafe 👍🏻
Wonderful vid Kevin has always! Thanks for another lesson of history.
I write poetry, and this is what came to me as I listened to this... Hope you like it...
Here lies Queen Anne Boleyn.
Giving birth to only a daughter, her only sin.
In the beginning, Henry thought she fair and beautiful to behold..
But beneath his smiling lips, his heart was bitterly cold.
As if she were a cloth, no longer useful, he tossed her away from him..
It was without thought, a heartless whim.
His only kindness given to his once beloved wife..
Death by sword, not ax or a knife.
She was laid in a box hurriedly prepared..
Henry then remarried without a care.
Now, dear Queen Anne, we give pause and remember you, though you died so long ago..
How cruelly you were treated; Just what you did to deserve this, you went to your death, never to know.
Now you walk Heaven's streets of gold..
One day we will meet you, your beautiful face to behold.
Until then, oh lovely Queen, we bid thee rest, your work here long since done..
You are at home, and your Heavenly life has barely begun.
How lovely, we’ll done! 😊
@@thehistorysquad thank you!
Great video. 💯
So very interesting. Gotta listen to this one more time!
😜 Please do!
Great video, as always!
An idea for a video I am very interested in: Medieval scouts or messengers!
These guys had to move, undetected, from cities under siege, army camps, to other locations far away…then make it back. These messengers were like spy’s almost. Having to wear disguises to get past enemy armies, or to sneak into a city under siege! For instance, imagine the messengers having information that could change the outcome of an entire war, but they are stuck inside of a city surrounded by enemy forces. They would have to find a way to sneak out with this valuable information past thousands of enemy troops!
I have something similar on my list 😉
Kevin has an engaging personality and is fun to watch.
Poor Anne she’s unjustly accused then beheaded stuffed in a box and placed by the alter
Your channel just popped up on my home page. Funny how life works. I am an American and ever since my high school years (1970’s) I have been fascinated by the Tudors and English history in general. This video was perfect for my interests and I immediately s. Looking forward to the rest to come! Thank you. You do an awesome job of narrating.
Wow, thanks very much for your sub. I hope you get a chance to look at some of the back videos too 👍🏻
Me too, and I did my Ancestry and I am 68% British. I studied for 3 years,so great…
If there were, indeed, bodies everywhere, untoward, and in a hal-hazard state of burial together, then how could they possibly have "assured" that the bones ( skull, etc) were actually that of Anne Bolynn?
I was referring to the rest of the church, bodies, skeletons being hap-hazard. The bones found at the alter area, where shown on the diagram were all in the place they were meant to be.
@@thehistorysquad Oh, yes. Thank you. My bad.
Very interesting & Thank You Very Much . I have a very long Family history in England dating back to the 11 hundreds & in 1450 I had a relative named Sir Richard Dobbs who in 1450 was Lord Mayor of London 😮 in the 15 to 16 hundreds some Family where moved to Antrim Ireland & John Dobbs built a Castle Named Dobbs My more modern relatives from England possibly came to America in the early 17 hundreds. So as my history is so very much a part of British history all your Films & Lessons are very much what I love about learning from the past. Again Thank You So Much. When I visit London I will do my own tour of Whitechapel & JTR sites my fist stop will be WhiteChaple Tube Station & Polly Nickels & Poppies Fish & Chips on Hanbury Street ❤ Cheers 🥂 Juniper & Gin ✅🍻
Excellent, and remember the Tower of London, it's a must-visit 👍🏻
New Subscriber from 🇦🇺Australia,
to your Wonderful Channel.😊
Thanks for subbing! Welcome 👍🏻
THANK YOU, SIR, for this fine, sensitive and respectful video. I believe all too often we associate those pitiful mortal remains with the sensationalized presentations of these ACTUAL PEOPLE and imbue them with the image surrounding their tragic Last Moments Of Life. They deserve so much better, when regarding their sadly-sober endings.
THESE WERE ACTUAL PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM HAD A POWERFUL INFLUENCE UPON ENGLAND.
THEY DESERVE THE RESPECT YOU SHOW THEIR MEMORY
My sentiments exactly. Thank you 👍🏻
@@thehistorysquad No...thank YOU! Your kind response truly made my day.
A beautiful poem to commemorate any soul