The 16th-century historian John Leland called the Henry VII Lady Chapel ‘the wonder of the world’ and it ... It’s a privilege to live and work here – the Abbey really is the heart of the country and ...
Henry VII was ... the Seventh's chapel at Westminster with a description of the sculpture and monuments... in J.P. Neale and E.W. Brayley History & Antiquities of...St Peter Westminster vol. 1, 1818 ...
The Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey was commissioned by Henry VII. He spent a huge amount of money on the chapel and today it is thought to be an exceptional example of late medieval architecture ...
The Duchess’s waxwork stood by her place of burial, in Henry VII’s chapel in the Abbey ... that it was an artefact that “even Westminster Abbey might be ashamed of”.
The 1467 inventory is the earliest of such inventories to survive complete, but is complemented by two later examples, produced in 1479 and 1520.Footnote 15 In 1467 fourteen books were recorded by ...
Kate Middleton will officially host her annual carol service at Westminster Abbey on Friday, Dec. 6 amid her cancer recovery, ...
There is a wonderful statue of her and all her face fuzz in the Henry VII Chapel of Westminster Abbey. However, perhaps such cults and ­legends – which all seem to narrate the upturning of ...
Tucked away in a south-eastern corner of Westminster Abbey lies ... insertion that draws upon the Abbey's rich history of adaptations and remodelling. An intersecting rotated square motif, found in ...
Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII and the mother of Elizabeth ... crowned Queen of England in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Henry and Anne's daughter Elizabeth (the future ...
Buckingham Palace has released the order of service for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey. It has also published an order of service for St George's Chapel, Windsor ...