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Thornbury Castle

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn really did sleep here….!

May 19, 2023

anniversaries, battles, culture, genealogy, law, religion

Anne Boleyn, Edward of Buckingham, executions, ghosts, Gloucestershire, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VIII, Jasper “Tudor”, licence to crenellate, Staffords, Thornbury Castle

If you fancy staying in a Tudor castle, then Thornbury Castle in Gloucestershire is the place for you. It’s a beautiful castle that is now presented very much in the Tudor style. “….It was built in 1510 by Edward Stafford, the Duke of Buckingham, who had been given permission by the young King Henry VIII…
Sleep in Henry VIII’s bedroom? But not his bed….!

Aug 26, 2018

anniversaries, buildings

Anne Boleyn, Athelstan, Berkeley Castle, Brutus, Buckingham rebellion, church, Edward of Buckingham, executions, Gloucestershire, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jasper “Tudor”, John Trevisa, Mary I, Polychronicon, Richard II, Thornbury Castle

The picturesque little Gloucestershire town of Thornbury is not in the Cotswolds, but down in the Vale of the River Severn, between Bristol and Gloucester. Caught between the Cotswold escarpment and the Severn estuary, it is an area of rich farmland, with orchards for cider and perry, and pasture for the production of cheese. Everyone…