Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and daughter of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Ormond and Wiltshire, was crowned queen in Westminster Abbey by Thomas Cranmer on Whit Sunday 1st June 1533. The celebrations took four days. She travelled from Greenwich to the Tower of London by river. On 31st May she rode through the City of London to Westminster. None of Henry's later wives had a coronation. After her execution on 19th May 1536 she was buried in the chapel of St Peter within the Tower of London.
Further reading
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004
The drama of coronation....by Alice Hunt, 2008
The family home at Hever Castle can be visited.
Anne Boleyn by Unknown English artist
© National Portrait Gallery, London [Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0]
