tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542714327031525825.post5415109717971181303..comments2023-12-03T06:03:28.825-05:00Comments on Under These Restless Skies: Did Elizabeth I Ever Visit Anne Boleyn's Grave?Lissa Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07397546855668410933noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542714327031525825.post-20979077848177088962017-02-01T05:40:19.431-05:002017-02-01T05:40:19.431-05:00Queen Elizabeth was not completely averse to tomb-...Queen Elizabeth was not completely averse to tomb-building. <br /><br />"When Queen Elizabeth I visited Fotheringhay in 1566, she saw the desecrated tombs of the royal dukes <br />among the ruins of the collegiate quire. Expressing disgust at this lack of respect, she ordered that their <br />remains should be exhumed and reburied in the parish church. Her orders were carried out and two <br />identical monuments were put in place either side of the altar wall.<br /><br />The tombs are typically sixteenth century in design; plain with panelled bases supporting pairs of <br />Corinthian columns finished with friezes and cornices and a profusion of heraldic panels with Falcon <br />and Fetterlock badges.<br /><br />The monument on the right of the altar commemorates Edward, 2nd Duke of York, killed at the battle <br />of Agincourt in 1415. The monument on the left, his nephew, Richard, 3rd Duke of York killed at <br />Wakefield in 1460, and his wife Cecily Neville, known as the Rose of Raby." Source: <br />http://www.oundledeanery.org.uk/parishes/fotheringhay<br />Also see<br />http://friends-of-fotheringhay-church.co.uk/<br />sensibiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715737628925538412noreply@blogger.com