Tudor Q and A: Question from Tudorfan

Friday, December 15, 2006

Does anyone know what became of Anne Boleyn's famous B pearl necklace?

GarethR said...: There is a report from the inventories of Queen Elizabeth I that she had inherited some of her mother's initialled jewellery; this definitely included a pearl brooch sporting the initials "AB" and it MAY have included Anne's famous "B" necklace.; December 25, 2006 6:01 PM
SnoopyPuppy1106@aol.com said...: It did include this necklace. There are many reports of Elizabeth1 wearing the B necklace that was her mothers once she came to the throne.; January 16, 2007 1:26 PM
Anonymous said...: I believe that I read that it was put either into the crown jewels, or buried with Anne herself. But if this necklace was put into the crown jewels then it would not longer exist today, because Oliver Cromwell had All of the crown jewels destroyed when he came to power after Charles the First was executed. Also I don't know but Ive never read a segment about Elizabeth wearing Anne's famous "B" necklace in anything.; March 08, 2008 1:28 PM
Anonymous said...: Could it be that the pearls hanging from the famous Anne Boleyn "B" necklace are found in the Imperial Crown in the Crown Jewels collection?; March 08, 2008 11:14 PM
Anonymous said...: Yeah i had a sneaking suspicion about the Imperial Crown also, they were put in during Elizabeth's reign...; March 11, 2008 4:30 AM