Lol Mya, she’s there head and all waiting to be dug up, verified and identified. We’ll probably find her within the century. But nobody really wants to disturb that resting place now, so the works will have to wait until a certain time. But Anne herself… Is likely to be somewhere not too far from you. Hee hee

Why just take Anne and not George?

Firstly Frank welcome to our Boleyn Family home, we areare a mixed bunch of Scallywags who enjoy a good debate and sharing the odd laugh or 2 along the way.
Now then as for you question, I have to agree with Anyanka here it would seem very strange to bury just Anne in Salle Church. The black Marble tombstone you describe sounds like it was put there in the Victorian era, as black Marble seemed to be a favourite wit them. There is a black marble slab over K.O.A burial place in Peterbrough Catherdral too, and again there are Marble slabs over the tombsites of Henry’s (I’ll refrain from calling him the string of names I usually call him until you are a little more used to my off the latch humour. Needless to say he isn’t a favourite with me) victims in St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower. It might well be another Anne from the family line, but I don’t think it would be Queen Anne.

When Anne B was murdered, Henry just wanted to get the job done and her body out of the way as quick as possible. So impaitent was he that he even failed to provide a coffin for her, and she was buried in an old arrow chest, which Kingston quickly found for her.
The Victorians again made a note from who was in the vault when they were down there fiddling about (They were a very macarbra lot) and I believe the reason to why Anne’s body was so instantly recognisable was because her skull was tucked under one of her arms, as the arrow chest was too short to contain her body as it would if a coffin had been provided.
I’m not too sure, but I believe Anne B had an elderly Aunt called Anne too, but I find it strange that the tomstone should carry just 1 word “Anne”
I have heard a story of how Anne’s body was smuggled out of the Tower the night after her execution,and taken to an unknown destination, but I find that highly unlikely given that 6 people trying to carry a coffin through the tower and out into the street (As they couldn’t bring a horse and cart into the tower very easily) would be about as subtle as a helicopter on a Tennis court.
In fact it would stand to reason to me that given that both Anne and George were so close in life those that loved them, would want to see that they were together in death too. So surely if this did happen, another 6 people would be carrying George’s coffin too. It’s a pretty story but impossible. At least we know that Anne and George are together in death just as they were in life.

Amberlyn said

I hope it will be ok to post the opinion of such a latecomer to this thread.

I firmly believe that Anne Boleyn rests in The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincular in The Tower Of London. I have read that the remains of a female were discovered there which matched the description of Anne Boleyn (though how a skeleton can give a matching “description” as such i will never know) But that is my firm belief and until i’m proved otherwise that’s how i shall stay. xxx

Feel free to post whatever you wish, we always welcome anything new or any opinion that a new member wishes to add.
When she was executed no coffin had been provided for her, so Kingston had to quickly hunt around for a solution. All they could find, was an old arrow chest Anne’s body fitted it but her head was tucked under her arm. The Victorians who were a macabre lot anyway were the ones who went down into the crypt and made a details invetary of who was buried where, and I am assuming that Anne was possibly recognised by the way her bones were lay. Katherine Howard’s bones had completely dissolved thanks to the quick lime and on the account that she was so young, some members agree that she was around 18 when Henry executed her.
Somewhere online is a detailed map of the burials in St Peter ad Vincula, I’m pretty certain one of our members has uploaded it onto one of our forum pages too.