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Tudors Dynasty

Rumors and Gossip - Anne and George Boleyn

Tudors Dynasty

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

History

4.4794 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this second episode of our special mini-series, Lacey Bonar Hull chats with Kate McCaffrey about the rumors and gossip surrounding the siblings Boleyn - Anne and George.

This episode is also available on video via Spotify or YouTube.

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Credits:

Hosted by: Lacey Bonar Hull - Twitter

Guest: Kate McCaffrey - Twitter

Editing: Troy Larson

Voice Over: David Black

Music by: Ketsa, Alexander Nakarada, and Winnie the Moog via FilmMusic.io, used by EXTENDED license.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The Tudor's Dynasty podcast. Hello, it's me again, Lacey Bonar Hall, and I'm here with

0:06.2

the second installment in the mini-series on rumor and gossip at the Tudor Court. Today's episode is a

0:12.6

continuation of our investigation into rumors concerning the Bolin family at the Court of Henry the 8.

0:19.0

On the last episode in this series, I chatted with Dr.

0:22.1

Kristen Bundesson about Mary Bolin and her rumored relationship with the kings of both

0:27.2

England and France. So if you haven't listened to it yet, be sure to check that episode out.

0:33.1

Today, we'll be learning about the other two Bolin siblings, Anne and George. And I'm excited to share that my guest on today's episode is Kate McCaffrey, an historian and assistant curator at Anne Boleyn's childhood home of Heber Castle in Kent.

0:49.2

Kate recently graduated from her master's degree in medieval and early modern studies from the University of Kent, where her thesis focused on groundbreaking new evidence she uncovered in one of Anne Boleyn's printed books of hours held at Hever Castle.

1:04.2

She has just co-cureated the Becoming Anne Connections Culture Courtition, running this year at Heaver and his co-authored

1:13.4

the accompanying book entitled Becoming Anne, alongside Dr. Owen Emerson.

1:19.3

Kate has some fantastic insight into the lives of Anne and George, especially concerning the

1:25.5

rumor of an affair of incest between the two that led to the

1:29.7

downfall of the Bolin family. Let's begin. Hi, Kate. How are you? Hi, I'm so good. Thank you. It's

1:37.7

lovely to be here with you. Thank you for having me on. Yeah, thank you so much for coming on. So I am

1:42.6

really excited to be chatting with you today about two of the most famous people at Henry the 8th Court and two members of the Bolin family.

1:53.3

We're going to be chatting about Anne and George.

1:56.6

So time's a little tight.

1:57.9

I know there's a ton that we could talk about with the two of them.

2:00.5

Let's just go ahead and jump right in. Okay.

2:04.5

Okay. I'm ready.

2:06.0

All right. So what do we know about Ann and George's relationship before Henry the 8th lodged any accusations against the siblings?

2:16.0

Did they get along with one another and with others

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