Hever Castle, Kent

[Mirabel]

From all I have read, Jane Parker was a spiteful, embittered woman who loved intrigue.
George Boleyn detested her, and this probably had an effect.

Also, Henry VIII was known to desire a male heir; his only son Edward was sickly and unlikely to live long.

Had Catherine Howard become pregnant, her influence woud have grown (and thus, by association, Lady Rochford's influence).

A pregnancy would also provide a safety measure for Catherine, since Henry's matrimonial track record was not good.

[Elly C]

I visited Hever when it belonged to the Astor family. There were some interesting portraits of the Boleyn family, Henry VIII & other Tudors, a bedhead owned by Ann Boleyn, some papel papers relating to Henry's divorce & Ann Boleyn's autograph. The castle was used for the filming of Ann of a Thousand Days, so it was very enjoyable visiting some of the important scenes from the film such as when Henry is first seen by Ann from the courtyard of the castle. I am not sure how much of this is still on show to the public, but it is a beautiful place to visit. I still have the guidebook if anyone wants to know more about the rooms & contents of the house.

[Vasillisos Markos]

Not to get off point, because this thread is about Hever Castle, but wasn't Jane Parker mentally unstable? Or am I getting this from poetic license taken with books and movies about the Tudors?

Yay, now I am a serene highness!

[Mirabel]

Originally Posted by Vasillisos Markos

Not to get off point, because this thread is about Hever Castle, but wasn't Jane Parker mentally unstable? Or am I getting this from poetic license taken with books and movies about the Tudors?

Yay, now I am a serene highness!

Whether she was truly unstable, or merely pretended to be to save her life, is uncertain.
Eventually she was executed, so no matter what her mental state, it didn't save her.

[CyrilVladisla]

King Henry VIII visited Hever Castle.
Henry VIII at Hever Castle in Kent, by Joseph Nash of the Elder ,... News Photo | Getty Images

[Denville]

Originally Posted by Mirabel

From all I have read, Jane Parker was a spiteful, embittered woman who loved intrigue.
George Boleyn detested her, and this probably had an effect.

Also, Henry VIII was known to desire a male heir; his only son Edward was sickly and unlikely to live long.

Had Catherine Howard become pregnant, her influence woud have grown (and thus, by association, Lady Rochford's influence).

A pregnancy would also provide a safety measure for Catherine, since Henry's matrimonial track record was not good.

Edward was not sickly, and we dont relaly know much about George Boleyn's relationship with his wife. Novelists have portrayed them as disliking each other and her being jealous of his love for Anne but it is not really clear what made her say something about Anne and George..Its possible that what she saiad to Cromwell could have been twisted.

[geocluj]

A quick image and a link. Think it might help.

Hever Castle

http://www.castlesworld.com/images/hever_castle.jpg

[CyrilVladisla]

A sundial at Hever Castle
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-sun...-25520696.html

[CyrilVladisla]

King Henry VIII's Armorial Tapestry at Hever Castle
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-kin...125127308.html

[CyrilVladisla]

Hever Castle at Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8clp1X7Ng4Q

[CyrilVladisla]

The Inner Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRahw934ScQ

[An Ard Ri]

Anne Boleyn's father died at Hever Castle on the 12th of March 1539 and his mother Lady Margaret Butler was the last of the family to live there and died at an unknown date after her sons death.

Anne's mother Lady Elizabeth Howard had died in April 1538.

[Blog Real]

The bedroom of Henry VIII at Hever Castle.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...7_12-16-22.JPG

Hever Castle in 2014.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...14_06_20_1.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hever_Castle

[Curryong]

Hever seems to have been a place full of oak and other dark wooded panelled walls. Wonderful to look at today, especially in natural light or with electric lighting.

It doesn’t take much imagination however to imagine how dark it must have appeared to the inhabitants after sunset, lighted by only a few candles in each room, and with very small windows. Whenever I’ve visited such castles and palaces, beautiful though they usually are I’m always thankful to have been born in an age of electricity!

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by Curryong

Hever seems to have been a place full of oak and other dark wooded panelled walls. Wonderful to look at today, especially in natural light or with electric lighting.

It doesn’t take much imagination however to imagine how dark it must have appeared to the inhabitants after sunset, lighted by only a few candles in each room, and with very small windows. Whenever I’ve visited such castles and palaces, beautiful though they usually are I’m always thankful to have been born in an age of electricity!

Its a castle I really would love to see some day!

[CyrilVladisla]

Hever Castle has two of Queen Anne Boleyn's prayer books, or Books of Hours. They were made in Belgium in about 1450 and were printed on vellum.

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

Hever Castle has two of Queen Anne Boleyn's prayer books, or Books of Hours. They were made in Belgium in about 1450 and were printed on vellum.

Its a wonder that they survived post her downfall
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...ook-180977770/

[LauraS3514]

Originally Posted by An Ard Ri

Its a wonder that they survived post her downfall
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...ook-180977770/

At the time, most books, especially prayer books, were still copied and illuminated by hand. They were far too valuable to destroy - Anne's name would have been glossed over, crossed out, or painted over. Several prayer books of Richard III's still exist, one of which was written over by Margaret Beaufort, for example.

[CyrilVladisla]

Inside Hever Castle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-SY8dF0nQ8