Tag: history

thefreakyfun:

ANNE BOLEYN APPRECIATION WEEK

ANNE BOLEYN + ELIZABETH

Anne took great care planning her baby daughter’s wardrobe,
personally selecting cloth and trimming. Had Anne and Elizabeth been
allowed more time together, these two kindred spirits would have
undoubtedly enjoyed a close bond.

Before Queen Anne was imprisoned in the Tower, she made provisions for her daughter’s welfare.  Elizabeth probably found out what
had really happened to her mother over time, having only initially been
told a simplified version as a child, and then some placating
half-truths as she questioned the story as she grew.

lochiels:

18-19 May 1536

— “This morning she sent for me, that I might be with her at such time as she received the good Lord, to the intent I should hear her speak as touching her innocency always to be clear. And in the writing of this, she sent for me, and at my coming she said: ‘Mr. Kingston, I hear I shall not die aforenoon, and I am very sorry therefore, for I thought to be dead by this time, and past my pain’. I told her, it should be no pain, it was so sottle. And then she said, ‘I heard say the executioner was very good, and I have a little neck’, and then put her hands about it, laughing heartily. I have seen many men and also women executed, and that they have been in great sorrow, and to my knowledge this lady has much joy in death. Sir, her almoner is continually with her, and had been since two o’clock after midnight. This is the effect of anything that is here at this time, and thus fare you well.”  [Letter from Sir W. Kingston, Constable of the Tower, to Thomas Cromwell]