Yes, I do agree that many of Anne's possessions were destroyed. Henry wanted no reminder of his “unfaithful” (gosh, the word in reference to Anne just makes me want to throw something at him!) wife, and most everything was destroyed. Although when he wanted his and Anne's intertwining of initials, the people he hired to do this forgot some spots! I doubt any are still there though.

Boleynfan said:

Yes, I do agree that many of Anne's possessions were destroyed. Henry wanted no reminder of his “unfaithful” (gosh, the word in reference to Anne just makes me want to throw something at him!) wife, and most everything was destroyed. Although when he wanted his and Anne's intertwining of initials, the people he hired to do this forgot some spots! I doubt any are still there though.

And Anne,as an “unfaithfull” wife got a better handling in history later,due to her daughter and so we are able to witness a few of Anne's possesions and proof she had once lived in those places…Poor Katheryn Howard,except of a letter,nothing exists to show her passing from this world.Anne at least,due to Elizabeth had some possesions saved,paintings repainted etc.But Katheryn?I really get frustrated and sad,at how they had put lime in her remainings,so everything of her to be destroyed.Even her bones were destroyed…Anne was luckier in that she left a legacy behind her to support her in the centuries to come.And even if Henry wanted or not there were reminders of her,unlike Katherine who was completely vanished,as if she never existed

I agree wreckmasterjay! An Anne Boleyn Museum would be cool. I'd love to be in the presence of all her trinkets from her life.

I was emotional the first time I visited Hever Castle and looked upon Anne's Book of Hours, complete with her hand writing. I felt, for the first time, that she was a real person, not a figure I'd only read about in books.

Anne said:

 

.Poor Katheryn Howard,except of a letter,nothing exists to show her passing from this world.Anne at least,due to Elizabeth had some possesions saved,paintings repainted etc.But Katheryn?I really get frustrated and sad,at how they had put lime in her remainings,so everything of her to be destroyed.Even her bones were destroyed…Anne was luckier in that she left a legacy behind her to support her in the centuries to come.And even if Henry wanted or not there were reminders of her,unlike Katherine who was completely vanished,as if she never existed
 

I agree with you, Anne. I feel so badly for Katherine Howard. I think she really got the short end of the stick. Poor girl. 

I take a lot of comfort in knowing that no matter how much Henry wanted to, he couldn't erase Anne from history. No matter he did, people remembered her.

DuchessofBrittany said:

Melissa said:

Actually, Boleynfan, I think there are still places you can see the HA initials intertwined.  I think there is a picture in the Ives' book.  They're on a ceiling somewhere(Hampton Court maybe?).

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Melissa, you charged my memory. I need that sometimes. Thanks!
 

It is at Hampton Court Palace where HA initials can be seen. Apparently in the melee of destroying Anne's image, the workers forgot to erase all of Anne. I think there is a HA found in Anne Boleyn Gate and in the Great Hall at Hampton Court. Since I cannot find my guidebook, I am going from memory.

Also a HA can be seen on the ceiling of King's College, Cambridge.

In Ives's book he notes several of Anne's possessions that can still be seen.

Anne's letter to her father from Belgium (1513-14)

Anne's copy of Tyndale's New Testament (British Library)

Wedding clock from Henry VIII (belongs to the Royal Collection)

Ives  The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn has several pictures of her posessions including a cup at a Cirenchester  church ( St Johnn the Baptist) which I didn't know about. Even though I lived close to Ciren for 10 years…

My siggy pic has a facsmilie of the clock..