Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn was the second and one of the most celebrated wives of
Henry VIII. She was taken to the Tower of London on the charge of
adultery. Before her crowning she had stayed in what was
called The Queens House built below the Bell Tower in 1530. As a prisoner
she returned back there for her
trial which took place in the medieval great hall, since demolished. She was
sentenced to be burned or beheaded as pleased the King. On the Tower Green in 1536, in
front of the Chapel
of St. Peter and Vincula, her head was cut off and her remains were buried
inside the chapel.
People say that her ghost has been seen
on the Green and more spectacularly she has been seen in the Chapel Royal
situated in the White Tower. It was in the Chapel that a Captain of the Guard saw
a light burning in the locked room late at night. Finding a ladder, he was
able to look down on the strange scene being enacted within.
Slowly down the aisle moved a stately procession of Knights and Ladies, attired in ancient costumes; and in front walked an elegant female whose face was averted from him, but whose figure greatly resembled the one he had seen in reputed portraits of Anne Boleyn. After having repeatedly paced the chapel, the entire procession together with the light disappeared. (Excerpt from Ghostly Visitor by Spectre Stricken London 1882).
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Slowly down the aisle moved a stately procession of Knights and Ladies, attired in ancient costumes; and in front walked an elegant female whose face was averted from him, but whose figure greatly resembled the one he had seen in reputed portraits of Anne Boleyn. After having repeatedly paced the chapel, the entire procession together with the light disappeared. (Excerpt from Ghostly Visitor by Spectre Stricken London 1882).
To find out more the visit this site:
www.camelotintl.com/tower_site/ghost/index.html