Jezebel had replaced the prophets of God with pagans as Petow said Anne was endorsing and encouraging men of the New Religion. Petow said Henry would end up like Ahab with dogs licking his blood. Amazingly, Henry only imprisoned Petow for a short time and he escaped England and ended up on the Continent.
This story was taken up and repeated by Gilbert Burnet Burnet himself admitted he was in a hurry when he wrote this book and did not research it sufficiently and that the volume was full of mistakes. A plumber was called to fix the coffin and he witnessed a dog licking the blood. All of this is a unique exercise in historical fiction so we have to take the story as apocryphal. The night before the funeral he was transferred […]. Like Like. Hi Susan.
Did you have a specific topic in mind for book recommendations? Just to be rid of his wives, he had 13 people executed for treason, and one died charged with […]. Anything is possible but it is highly unlikely Buckingham Palace and other powers that be would allow it to be done. Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville are buried here. The unfortunate Charles I is in the same vault.
The only problem with this comment is that Henry was, probably the most evil English monarch. In fact, I am curious troubled too that so many people here are upset at his final resting place. For what is he being rewarded and respected? We just visited Windsor today which is why I found your site! You judge him by modern standards which is absurd. He was by no means ruthless and the whole nonsense with womanizing.
Its said you visited such an amazing place and came out with that conclusion. AStrong: Call it judging by modern standards if you will.
I AM sensitive to the diverse mindsets of different time periods. I believe he abused his power to a greater degree than most other rulers, even of his own era. Like Liked by 1 person. I agree completely. It always struck me as odd that those who admire Henry VIII for whatever reasons have do difficulty glossing over the fact that he had by some estimates, 80, people executed during his reign.
None of them got around to providing a better resting place. There is a programme available on YouTube that deals with that subject — worth a watch! How can they leave him that way. Could some one fix this desecration? This is so sad,an end for such a man! His son only reigned for six years and died suddenly as a teenager; he hardly had time to concentrate on tomb building. Out of curiosity, why has no one ever built a tomb to carry out his wishes, even these many centuries later?
Like Liked by 2 people. The design also seems distinctly un-Protestant. I suspect any tomb constructed would have been to a much-simplified design. The chapel was closed on the day we went to Windsor and we were unable to go inside. We were very disappointed as Henry has always fascinated us. Interesting that Queen Jane is listed before the two kings. The prayers that monks and nuns said daily for the good of the whole church went silent, and the social services that they provided for the common people schools, hospices, orphanages, etc.
The Ten Articles were adopted by the English church. The seven sacraments of the Church, defined as being seven for centuries, were reduced to three. Statues at the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and other Marian images were burned. Minor feast days were changed to normal work days. Clergy were instructed to discourage pilgrimages and to preach against the veneration of relics and images, which were religious practices going back to the time of the early Church.
It was THE Church. How very interesting. It seems he was almost too great a man for his descendants to be able to cope with, and that goes for his visions for his tomb as well. The dog licking story is fascinating!
In addition, the condition of the cemetery that is what it is has become miasmic and is in a state of de-secration! This is absolutely deplorable. I am considering writing to the Archbishop of Canterbury myself about this. Around the same time, the master sculptor responsible for the work, Rovezzano, returned to Italy due to bad health. Elizabeth I even moved the parts of the tomb to Windsor in , where they stayed until During the Civil War elements of the monument that never was were sold to raise funds.
In the same century, the body of a stillborn child of the future Queen Anne was also interred in the vault. The coffins remained undisturbed until the tomb was rediscovered in during excavations for a passageway to a new royal vault.
At this time, A. Nutt, Surveyor to the Dean and Canons, made a watercolour drawing of the vault see below. They were acquired by a Parisian art dealer and later the Italian scholar Francesco Caglioti convincingly attributed them to Benedetto.
In the remaining pair of angels was discovered at Harrowden Hall, a country house in Northamptonshire, now owned by the Wellingborough Golf Club, where all four angels once stood on top of the gateposts. As I stood in front of the marble slab, looking down upon it and with tourists milling all around me, I quietly had my say. I f you are visiting Windsor Castle, particularly at the height of the tourist season, I highly recommend that you book tickets online in advance.
You can buy them here. My other top tip for visiting the castle is to get there at the opening time. If you want a bit of peace and space to allow your imagination to work its wonders, I highly recommend you get ahead of the crowds.
T he other thing to note about Windsor Castle is that whilst the exterior of Windsor Castle has remained largely unaltered since the sixteenth century unless you know what you are looking for, it is difficult to pick up any Tudor vibe inside; sadly, the interiors have been greatly altered over time.
This covers the Tudor appearance and layout of the royal apartments in the castle, plus some of the key events which occurred there.
He worked in England between and where his pre-eminent patron became Cardinal Wolsey. Absolutely excellent article , thanks for writing and posting. I had the honour of visiting St Georges Chapel last September and as it was a Sunday we went to the morning service. So to sit in the pew by the side and look down on this black slab which is Henry VIII tomb was very surreal and hard to imagine he was down there.
In , the vault was opened and the body of the executed Charles I was added to it. In the seventeenth century a stillborn child of the future Queen Anne was laid to rest with Charles, Henry and Jane. Here they remained undisturbed, and in relative obscurity, until the tomb was rediscovered in during excavations for a new royal vault. Several relics of Charles I were removed, including a piece of vertebrae, a section of beard and a tooth.
George IV requested that a marble slab be inserted to permanently mark the burial site and this was eventually added in at the behest of William IV. In , the tomb was opened once more to replace the relics removed in At this time, A. Nutt, Surveyor to the Dean and Canons, made a watercolour drawing of the vault that can be seen here. The tiny coffin of the infant child of Queen Anne lay on top of the coffin of Charles I.
It is ironic that a king, who embodied magnificence and lived so opulently, should lie in a plain vault, marked only by a marble slab. I wonder where they will inter Richard III if the remains do turn out to be his, and what kind of burial tomb or marker he will get!! But she did it because she did not like her father because of what he did to her mother. And Elizabeth was very upset about her mother being beheaded. Elizabeth was devoted to both her parents, not just her mother.
Charles I was buried here because it was a handy large grave with enough room. The Parliament would not let the funeral in or the service to go ahead. The vault was identified the night before and guarded. A bit of a tussle followed but the funeral were eventually let in. With the Puritan men objecting, the Royal party made loud lamenting and sang songs to drown them out.
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