On 19th May 1536, Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I, was executed within the Tower of London. Contemporary sources say she was laid to rest in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, but legends place her hundreds of miles away, in Norfolk or Suffolk… and some even claim her heart was buried elsewhere.

In this podcast, I, Claire Ridgway, historian, author of The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown, and founder of The Anne Boleyn Files, explore the evidence and the myths about Anne Boleyn’s resting place.

We’ll uncover:
- What eyewitness accounts of 1536 say about her burial
- The Norfolk and Essex legends of secret midnight burials
- The strange Suffolk tale of Anne’s heart in a parish church
- The 1876 Victorian exhumations inside the Tower chapel
- Why some historian ...