tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post1616504830824056425..comments2024-03-28T15:16:29.965-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from Stephanie - More on Anne Boleyn's burial and graveLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-71010806659156282032014-03-14T06:56:50.780-05:002014-03-14T06:56:50.780-05:00Personally ,I believe that the people who are in t...Personally ,I believe that the people who are in that mass grave, wouldnt care what happened to there bones, they have been dead for over 500 years,so digging them up and giving them a propor burial, would only lessen the trouble in our hearts and not thereĀ“s, Then again, the same counts for identifying them, so maybe there is a good point in giving anne and catherine the grave that they deserve,and also maybe some sort of science to find out what beautiful anne actually looked likeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-55548549588271353652011-11-24T09:54:30.870-06:002011-11-24T09:54:30.870-06:00hear hear anonymously posted!!hear hear anonymously posted!!clairissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-90868461294777505362009-05-21T19:31:50.241-05:002009-05-21T19:31:50.241-05:00oh my god can you be that interested in your own s...oh my god can you be that interested in your own selfish thoughts?not only are you wanting this done NOT for closure and not because you are mourning but because of a silly facination to paying your respects to a person you would have never known? i also believe fully with the person above why should all the other bones just be chucked on the pile just because they do not have an interesting story? this is utterly rediculus and our heritage is certinatly not a playground<br /><br />felicityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-78812466634575299192009-05-14T16:23:00.000-05:002009-05-14T16:23:00.000-05:00Ok I was thinking about how to tell if it was Anne...Ok I was thinking about how to tell if it was Anne's remains, she was beheaded by a sword. They say that when people were beheaded with the axe it sometimes had to be done more than once. So wouldn't they be able to kind of tell how old the bones were. And be able to tell which ones had been beheaded by an axe and sword?Brynnehttp://www.youtube.com/user/Photofly89noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-38148287544856597532009-05-10T16:12:00.000-05:002009-05-10T16:12:00.000-05:00But with digging up Anne's bones it would finally ...But with digging up Anne's bones it would finally lay to rest the debate over her having six fingers. I think she should have a grave that any queen has.Brynnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-27360248303081764932009-02-21T22:03:00.000-06:002009-02-21T22:03:00.000-06:00If I were speaking in the interest of science, and...If I were speaking in the interest of science, and for the pursuance of knowledge I would have to agree and say dig them up. <BR/><BR/>But it goes far beyond that. I have to agree with JMF. My basis for my opinion is that it sickens me in American to see Native American burial mounds and know they are empty, or that there are homes and shops built over these sights. But it is still a federal offense to just go dig someone up out of a more recent graveyard/cemetery. And it also sickens me to see the destruction that the Irish government is wreaking on the Skryne Valley/Tara Hill site where the kings of old were crowned and buried.<BR/><BR/>There is just something that makes me feel ill about disturbing someone's resting site. And I'm not sure what you believe about the afterlife, but I believe that wherever Anne and those other unfortunate souls have come to rest, that they are not worried about the bones they've left behind.<BR/><BR/>And the last problem with digging up those communal graves is that even if there were a way to identify the ladies you mentioned, there would be many remains who would never be put together with their names. Then where will they rest? In the same way they have always rested, unremembered and nameless. The only difference would be that you had dug up all of those bones, will the real possibility of not only damaging the bones themselves but also the beautiful site where they rest, just to select the ones everyone wants to hear about, and chuck all the others back into some hole. I'm sorry but that all just seems very wrong to me.nakedmartyrdancinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14643113503148102167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-77647413410234252512009-02-12T14:55:00.000-06:002009-02-12T14:55:00.000-06:00I absolutely cannot agree with you, I'm afraid. I ...I absolutely cannot agree with you, I'm afraid. I work at the Tower of London and know the Chapel of St Peter and the grave sites very well. For those who haven't visited ,it is a beautiful area, in daily use as a place of prayer, meditation and peace. The people who use it and work there have huge respect for those souls whose bones are buried there and I know they would hate to see them been dug up for what is little more than morbid curiosity. She has a memorial, every year flowers are laid on her grave on the anniversary of her death. She is at peace, and should be left alone to rest.JMFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590202461459760866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-28503896665726274892009-02-12T11:59:00.000-06:002009-02-12T11:59:00.000-06:00I am in complete agreement with you! I believe it ...I am in complete agreement with you! I believe it could be done and that it should be done. Anne, Kathryn, Jane Grey, etc. each deserves to have her remains as intact as possible and marked correctly so that people can pay their respects.<BR/><BR/>I would sign any petition you conjured up! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-18593391247474784162009-02-12T10:44:00.000-06:002009-02-12T10:44:00.000-06:00The problem would be a huge excavation would be in...The problem would be a huge excavation would be involved. There are literally the remnants of hundreds of bodies buried within the precincts of the Tower. Over the centuries, graves have been disturbed and remains put back or even disposed of in a haphazard fashion. PhD Historian related an account that Anne Boleyn may actually rest in a common grave with several other people. Some victims have not yet been discovered--the remains of Lady Jane Grey have never been found. And after over four centuries, how accurate would be DNA testing? The Romanovs were killed less than 100 years ago. I believe they harvested DNA from Prince Philip. His grandfather was a brother to Empress Marie Feodorovna, the mother and grandmother, respectively, of Nicholas and his children. His grandmother on his mother's side was a sister to Empress Alexandra. That is only 2-3 generations. With any relatives of Anne Boleyn, who would be descended from her sister Mary, we are talking about well over ten generations--possibly 14-16. You might get some mitochondrial DNA, as that DNA marker is inherited through the mother, but after so many generations, it might be impossible to find any genetic significance. Similarly, the bones have been disturbed, much like disturbing a crime scene--there might not be any viable DNA left to test.Elizabeth M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06330931223602544209noreply@blogger.com