Hmm…well I know that all of Anne’s love letters to Henry have been lost, but we have a total of 17 love letters from Henry to Anne, 10 in French and 7 in English. They are in the Vatican. I know that when Anne was sick with the sweating sickness, Henry sent her his second-best physician, Dr. Butts. Henry visited Hever after he killed off Percy and Anne’s engagement, and she refused to see him but was forced to. They walked quite a lot in the Hever gardens. Obviously, Anne’s sister was Henry’s mistress before, and there was speculation years ago Henry and Elizabeth Howard Boleyn, Anne’s mother, had an affair. Sorry, nothing else comes to the top of my mind!

James,

 I am not sure if this would help, but when I visited some areas of Kent last year, I was told Henry and Anne frequented some castles there.

According to some guide books and tour guides, when Henry absconed to see Anne at Hever, he spent considerable time at Penshurst Place, which has beautiful gardens. I spent time walking around them, and could imagine Anne walking there. Penhurst Place has a great website, and a fantastic guidebook. The interior of Penshurst has remained basically the same since the 16th century.

Henry and Anne were known to love hunting, and they did this in many of the royal parks in London and Windsor, and some areas surrounding their friend’s properties, who would secretly house Henry.

Good luck with your sonnet.

Melissa, I saw it in a movie (I know, romanticized!) but I also read it in a book which I think (if I remember correctly) is nonfiction, so I think the story is probably true. If not, well, great story anyway! But I can see Anne, enraged over her broken-off engagement, storming upstairs and refusing to see Henry. Can you imagine her father’s reaction?!