The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
ANNE BoLEYN,

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~ the multi.millIonaire expatri-
4 \ ate, has realized lorg'Ge'
terred hope by becoming a member
of the British peerage-only to be
cruelty snubbed by q ghost, il any
credence is to be put in the remark
able tales that today are being told
about Hever Castle, the Tudor man
sion in Kent, which is now the Chief
residence OF this former American,
The folk of the Heyer countryside
belie+e that the ghost OF Anne Bo'
leyn, the Inflated mistress of fat and
uxorious King Henry VIII, has van
:shed forever from Hcver Castle, her
haunt Of centuries, to show her con-
tempt for an expatrlate who, after
living in England % years. finally
has been successful In getting him
self elevated to the peerage. They
say, too, that Anne Boleyn's ghost
has fled because OF her indignation
over the fact that foreigner oil
plebeian blood, but with a lot OF
money, is now lord OF her castle. OF
course these beliefs are due 10 the
traditions Of the place. OF all these
traditions, and they are legion, the
most interesting is King Henrys
courtshlp Of sweet Anne Boieyn,
whose ghost refuses to walk" for
Mr.. Astor. She was the daaghte! of
Sir Thomas Boleyn, in that day lord
of the castle. along whose garden
walks and through whose long ccrIi'
doris King Henry made love to the
maid he soon tired OF and ordered
beheaded.
Another reason given for the dis
appearance OF Anne Boleyn's ghost
1s that she is displeased with Mr..
Astor's replacement Of the old with
the new at Hever Castle. For the
last 400 years, tradition has it, the
ghost Of Anne Boleyn was accns'
toned to cross the old castle bridge
at midnight Mr.. Astor had this his
toric old structure removed and a
new one built in its place. Appar'
emily the sensitive nature of Anne
Boleyn's ghost was unable to endure
the substitution, and returned to
Tower Hill, to roam through Its
dungeons, where in 1886 she barred
her neck to the executioners axe,
thereby creating an episode in his
tory. Her ghostly memory. however,
will still continue to haunt Hever
Castle, for her own bed chamber Is
to be preserved just as it ever has
been. The bed chamber OF King
Henry has been fitted up in modern
style for Mr.. Astor.
History Of Hever Castle.
Hever Castle, upon which Mr..
Astor is said to have spent mint Of
money, was built by William de Hey.
ere, q sheriff of Kent In the reign Of
Edward |. Under Henry ~. the
castle belonged to Lord Gotham, and
subsequently to the scropes and the
DeBoleyns. In turn 1t was the home
Of two Of tho consorts Of Henry VIII,
namely, Queen Anne Of Cleves and
Queen Anne Boleyn. whose oratory
remains to this day one OF the most
beautiful features Of the castle. In
the order named, the Waldegraves,
the Humphreys, and finally the Wal
dos, a Huguenot family, made their
home at Hover. and It was from de-
scendants Of the latter that Mr.
Astor purchased the castle.
Hever Castle is said to be one Of
the most beautiful and picturesque
country seats in Kent, county ia.
nous for Its wonderful old castles
and manors. The castle is moated,
lowered, machiolated and battle.
lnented In the best style OF Its pc.
rlod. It is rambling, spacious and
rugged. The name Hever means
deer park, and Baron Aston, Lord
Aston. Lord Hever, or whatever title
the new peer is going to use, has