Happy Birthday Katie!
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For your 40th birthday - I decided to get you an experience, and thought... what best way than a page all about it - turned in to a guessing game! |
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Where are we going and when?
First of all... where!
Clue 1
King Henry VIII's Chief Minister and then Lord Chancellor built it in 1514.
Clue 2
Each of Henry's wives lived here for a portion of time. Two of them even married Henry here; Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour.
Clue 3
Anne Boleyn's Falcon badge is still displayed in the Great Hall, one of the few symbols of Anne after her fall from grace and execution.
Clue 4
It was the birthplace of Edward VI, and the place where Jane Seymour died.
Clue 5
Both Jane Seymour and Catherine Howard's Ghosts have been noted in the Staircase and Gallery respectively.
Do we know where yet? |
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Next then... when!
Clue 6
Henry VIII threw a lavish party here at this time at the location, when he acquired from Wolsey in 1529.
Clue 7
On the twelfth day of this period, Henry married Anne of Cleves.
Clue 8
Henry's favourite food at this time was said to be Swan, with Goose a regular second during the larger banquets.
Clue 9
From 1530's onward, the location became Henry's favourite residence over this particular season.
Clue 10
Unusually to modern day times, presents were not exchanged at this time but shortly after the 12th day.