Andrew Bullock visits Anne Of Cleves House in Lewes for Latest Homes Live. For more information on this beautiful historic building, visit sussexpast.co.uk/properties-to...
Joanna, the historian, was fantastic. I'd love an hour long program of just her giving a tour of the house, going room by room to explain the features while also giving information about Anne of Cleves and the other families who lived there.
@@susanhamilton1822 it really annoys me forget looks enthusiasm in a subject is the main reason I watch certain shows. Watching a presenter with a genuine interest in a subject is infectious, even if people don't usually like a certain subject. But of course a good looking presenter is of utmost importance 🤮
Haha, the presenter is clueless and what is the camera operator doing!? So funny to watch. She is great and very informative. How she coped with his daftness is gold.
The presenter was doing the Tony Robinson thing from "Time Team." He represents us, both the adult on the couch who tuned in to this programme and the bored kids who don't have their own iPod to watch cartoons on. So everything has to be dumbed down.
I think they could have improved the visuals by lighting her better and putting her in a brighter, lighter top. She almost disappears into the background at times. If they had made her visually more important, it would make it obvious that she was the more important speaker, not merely a tour guide.
This video is poorly done! The lady is explaining how something works in the kitchen, for instance, yet the camera is wandering around showing things entirely unrelated to what she's explaining! Ugh!!!!! When someone is explaining how something works, it would be GOOD to show the item she's talking about!!!!!!!!
I was thinking the same thing and was even going to comment about it until I saw yours. Poorly done video, which is sad, this could have been a fascinating, educational video. Not much is talked about when it comes to Anne of Cleves and that is why I wanted to watch this video, some history about Anne coming to the house would have been great and what she did while there, after all it is called the Anne of Cleves house.
Editing and camera work amateurish. The presenter is awkward and seems disinterested. Too bad because the subject matter is very interesting. It deserves better.
In conjunction to my other posts below on this subject (during my time as a tour guide at Hampton Court), even though Henry made such a scene about Anne of Cleves being an ugly 'old mare', he sure spent a lot of time in her company after their divorce, they played cards together and played musical instruments for each other, recited poetry with one another and discussed religious matters into the small hours, taking long walks in the gardens, exchanging gifts often etc, and then toward the end, gave her a title calling her his " Sacred Sister". For someone who couldnt stand her, he definitely had a lot of respect and admiration for her, always had time to see her and arranged for her to well looked after. So I would like to feel that he had an attack of conscience about his raw treatment of her at the beginning, after all, she was a true blue blooded Princess like Catherine of Aragon.
Terry Mastriantonio He could afford to be generous, because she always went along with whatever he wanted. I want a divorce, he said. Right you are, she said. The woman was no dummy. She knew the history of his married life. She realized that she would have a much better life as his ex-wife 'sister' than she would have had in her own brother's court as his actual sister. And so she did. Her own homes, servants, jewels, clothes, a free pass to court whenever she liked, good relations with her former stepchildren - - - she was even the guest of honour at Mary I's coronation. After all, she was a foreign princess discarded as wife by Mary's father, a situation with which Mary was well-acquainted.
Anne of Cleves, or Anna to give her her correct name, was given the title of ‘the King’s sister’ as soon as the marriage was annulled. The other thing is that Henry never referred to her as ‘an old mare’, or even ‘the Flanders mare’, that was an 18th century invention. Henry never used the words.
@@h.calvert3165 also when he was having other people tortured and beheaded I guess she never uttered a word about that and never tried to persuade him to be kinder to those other people ... ? My guess is she steered clear of any kind of controversy or anything that would get him angry with her and yes just having fun playing music reciting poetry talking about many things but not about when he could be cruel . She must have been like an angel to him ... very uplifting and pure gold and so good-hearted
Could listen to this lady ramble on for hours and hours... so many tv historians don't know the difference between their arse and their elbow but this short programme is pure gold... refreshing to see a curator and location that hasn't even considered any need to change the history to try and get the punters in, history can be interesting AND entertaining and this proves it.
Anne was sent to love there after her marriage to Henry viii was considered null due to his non consent to the marriage, and her previous verbal agreement to be married as wrll as they never consummated the marriage.
What the heck? Why does the camera keep wandering off on random scenes, right when she goes to demonstrate something to us like the chest and drawer or meat hook levels?
Laurie Exactly. Either the camera operator was drunk or ignorant and didn’t get the shots, leaving the editor to make do with the B roll. But even worse is the young presenter! My word, what a prat!
What a cool house and great language lesson. I wish we had things this old here in the States. It's my dream to be able to spend about a month traveling the UK and hitting every historical site I can.
We do. St. Augustine, FL. Founded at the same time the Tudor period was going on in England. Not as elaborate though. Also, Salem Massachusetts( 17th century).
“I suppose this is like the equivalent of the stove and the microwave and the oven and the, you know what I mean?” Yes, it’s a kitchen “fire area.” Could the presenter be more ignorant about Tudor life?
Awful camerawork, and 21 and a half minutes later, I don't have any understanding of why it is called the Anne of Cleves House. Nothing was said about her in 21.5 minutes.
Jane Archer, Yes on your comment about the camera work. I did enjoy the explanations of how they did things in this era, the "chest of drawers" & "upper crust" and the description of how to cook in the big open fireplace. It would have been much better if the cameraman had actually been focusing on what the speaker was describing.
A lot of tourist places do this: they name buildings or rooms after some famous person who had a distant link with them. Anne of Cleves OWNED this house, but she probably owned a lot of property elsewhere too. If an old house has a "King's Chamber" it may mean he spent ONE night of his life in it.
Although this house never housed Anne it was great to listen to the guide described various parts of the house and how life was lived at various times of history.
Helen I was very disappointed to see that she lived here ... so you're saying she never did ? Do you mean it was simply one of the homes that she OWNED ? Oh , I see in the next thread they explained ... yes it was one of the properties given to her and she rented it out .
My ex's mother & stepdad got married in this home. I lived in Brighton & Hove all my life & this is only a few miles from home, for me. Never knew many of the points in this short documentary. Thank you.
When they were in the kitchen talking about how the controlled temperatures on the fire, the damn camera just shot the roof. I wanted to see how they did that. As soon as they stopped talking about the temperatures, the camera goes right back to the stove. Thanks a lot;
No, she agreed to being divorced from Henry VIII without causing a problem. In return he gave her a very generous settlement, which this house was part of, and ensured that she was treated with respect. She was referred to as The King's Sister and they remained on good terms.
I loved this tour. The history of chest of drawers makes so much sense. She hits on several interesting points. I do remember what the upper crust means, but here it is for me to pass on to friends. We need more of these videos. The UK is full of so many stories & histories.
Wonderfully informative and I enjoyed both of the contributors; they were respectful of the audience, each other and the property. Thank you for your time and effort. Patricia. America November 2021
The passion this woman oozes about this historic Tudor home is inspiring, beautiful, and refreshing! This host seems very clueless and a bit bored, sadly. I would be forever thankful/grateful to even be able to step foot in a home that old and well preserved! Sigh... one day!
Well, most people his age aren't interested in history, or anything older than the late 90's! They don't need to memorize anything because they can rely on their gadgets to get their facts rather than visiting "old, dark, damp sites!" That's why plenty of them suffer from ADD! 😂
I was so excited to watch this video because of the topic of Ann Cleve’s house and was for the most part disappointed that I didn’t even try to finish it.
@Big Bill O'Reilly: That's rather rude, Bill. I assumed that because the house is named for her, Anne of Cleves once lived there. A natural assumption, as that is usually how a house acquires a famous person's name.
A couple of points of information [ to supplement the multiple pieces of information put out by the lady ] : the Weald is I presume Old English and is comparable with the modern German word ' Wald ' meaning forest. She explained the word ' parlour ' as having a French origin which [ I do believe ] she suggested was ' parler '. [ to speak ]. I think it more probable that the root was ' parleur ' - a speaker. It's not a common realization for us today to think of windows as being luxury items. I believe that in Elizabethan times there was a tax on windows, which may account for some windows in old buildings having been bricked over, although this is speculative on my part. This was a very interesting and informative piece built on a veritable tour de force on the part of the lady, who at times seemed to be lecturing to a rather stupid child. As others have remarked, the video shots and subsequent editing were amateurish with their inconsistent lighting and interlaced shots of seemingly random views having no relation to the dialogue. As a former engineer and one interested in wooden ships, I was intrigued by the similarity of the house construction and the ' wooden wall ' ships of bygone eras. Both are characterized by use of both long straight [ and often massive ] timbers with individually chosen curved pieces. In ships the latter are known as ' fashion pieces ' when used in the rounded bows of the ship or ' knees ' when they connect cross beams to the side walls. Another use was in ' futtocks ' used in the ship frames. Such was the abundant choice from the then extensive forest that these curved members had to be and were matched side to side.
20:07 so multipurpose, medieval artisans figure that out long ago! The house looking so cozy, the garden is so intimate. The structures on the attic are something to behold for!
Yes, I actually own a family heirloom one of these - ours is a bit later, 17th century, but beautifully carved). It's called a Monk's Bench, and I love it!
Why? She only owned the place and may never have even visited, in fact as far as the history of the place her ownership of what, 30 years??? would barely scratch the surface of the location itself... thumbs down to your comment.
+Lisa Sullivan My pleasure! Anne of Cleves rarely stayed in this house. It was received as part of her annulment package in 1541. She was said to be a sweet, down to earth, pleasant person and although Henry VIII was fond of her, he didn't find her the least bit attractive and refused to consummate the marriage. After the annulment she remained close to Henry VIII's daughter Elizabeth. Henry VIII also gave Anne a generous monthly allowance and she was said to enjoy spending every penny of it.
She actually made out the best of Henry's wives. Because she stayed on friendly terms with him, she was given, as Shirley Pena noted, a generous allowance, a full staff and several homes. Her only condition was that she couldn't get married, which didn't seem to bother her in the least. She enjoyed her $$$ certainly. She was also very kind and generous to her staff, even leaving them inheritances when she died. Sounds like a lovely (and very smart) lady!
Ugh, I can't even finish watching it. How unprofessional - the music is too loud and distracting, so you can't concentrate on what she's saying. PLUS what's worse, is that the cameraman pans across trees, stonework, etc, while you can hear her talking about dresser drawers, and about the kitchen. So you are looking at the outside grass while she describes interesting things in the house. Cameraman doesn't understand what's going on.
I was expecting to see Anne Of Cleves house but this has nothing to do with her. Why not ask how did the house look when she lived there? like where did she sleep? and is there any of her things here? are the furniture hers? how long did she live here?, did she have Henry on visits? what would she eat? did she live alone? and I could come up with ton of questions and he asked none. So why the heck call the video the house of Anne of Cleves when she isn't even mentioned? And every time the historian began to tell the story of something the camera goes off around the room so you can't see what the heck she is talking about. If you want to know about the things I have mentioned and you don't want to be in a foul mood then don't click on this video.
Anne of Cleves' House is a 15th-century timber-framed Wealden hall house located in East Sussex, England.[1] It formed part of Queen Anne's annulment settlement from King Henry VIII in 1541, although she never visited the property. It was restored by the architect Walter Godfrey. Owned and operated as a museum by the Sussex Archaeological Society under the operating name "Sussex Past", it is home to wide-ranging collections of furniture and artefacts of Sussex interest. These include one of the best exhibitions on wealden iron making including large machinery such as a hammer from Etchingham Forge and cannon boring apparatus together with a collection of iron fire backs.[2] The bedroom and kitchen are furnished to resemble their appearance at the time of Cleves's ownership. The house is open to the public and plays host to functions throughout the year, including parties, weddings and small informal concerts.--Wikipedia. "[A]lthough she never visited the property." Bit o'a cheat on the name then, init, Sussex?
Well they left out that she never lived in the house. She never even visited but it has her name because she got it in the annulment to king Henry the VIII
Uh, I think a diagram of the houses they're speaking of would have been a much better thing to look at than the round outdoor tables. It seemed like the editor's mind was wandering and it set mine wandering as well. Edit: a few minutes later - the editing is all over the place. I don't think they were listening at all
Talking about the cooking area and the use of the utensils and hooks and panning away to articles 8:35 which have nothing to do with what she was saying. Why? I would have liked to have seen the actual hooks and her explanation with visual effects. As for packing people in a bed like sardines this practice was done even in the Victorian times with as many as five people to a full size bed.
In Plantation times in America, the Kitchens were also Seperate from the main house but as time went on then the kitchens made it to the back of the house,
Yes, I completely agree actually. They are hilariously amateurish, but fair deuce to them for making the effort to make something good and worth looking at and, in fairness to them, they have managed to do that by picking a great subject and a great historian to speak to. I’m sure their technique will improve as they continue on
Where did you read or hear that she wasn't attracted to him? I've never read that, for that matter, in those days.....did it matter? Seems to me it was pretty much up to him.
There is a grain of truth in what is being said here.. I was a tour guide at Hampton Court Palace for 6yrs.. and we had to specialise in different parts of history, I choose to major in the Tudor Period. In Tudor times the way women dressed and the way they certainly looked, was nothing like we view attractiveness in todays world. Anne of Cleves was more than likely the most gorgeous of the bunch, and certainly felt out of place there. But she didnt 'conform' to the Tudor view and way of things.. they used to joke that she dressed weirdly (she continued to wear German fashions of the time) and the Tudor court didnt take kindly to that, or her appearance. Tudor 'attractiveness' and beauty was small hands, high foreheads and high hairline, no make up, full or bushy eyebrows, big hips and behind, small breasts etc.. if you had pouting lips and heaving breasts you didnt get a look in, everything that seems opposite to how we view beauty today. There again lets face it, at that time, Henry was hardly a basket of cherries himself (and he knew it), but Anne was no fool, she knew, and played the Royal game perfectly, and as we all know, if you wanted to keep not just your reputation, but also your head, you gave Henry exactly what he wanted! She had a fantastic 'pay off' including Hever Castle (Anne Boleyn's family home), Richmond Palace amongst others, so she did better than all of them. Although she still had a few close calls with the block!
@@lordtj63 That was so interesting thank you. Appreciate your knowledge and the sharing of it. Fascinating that you worked at Hampton Court all that time. Do you think it was haunted or am I being fanciful?
+Margaret Davies .. Thank you for you comment, it's very much appreciated. Im a professional channeller/psychic and I had many a conversation with Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves whilst working at Hampton Court (and the Tower of London). I have lots of posts pertaining to my communications with Anne Boleyn on the "Anne Boleyn Files" channel here on youtube. Im sure you would find those posts extremely interesting about how Anne Boleyn views us now and speaking about her time as Queen etc. But in answer to your question.. YES, The place is definitely active with spiritual phenomena and things that simply cannot be explained.. Katherine Howard being the more famous ghost there ( she can actually be seen and heard screaming the place down up on the north gallery). There were certain parts of the palace that not even I would venture into after a certain part of the day.
@@lordtj63 Thank you so much for your interesting and kind reply. What you said about the spirits at Hampton Court is fascinating. When I visited there many years ago I was a teenager and like fools my friend and I only went in the maze they had in the garden. We became lost and wasted so much time we didn't have time to go inside. All these years later I've never got over the fact that I missed such an opertunity to see this beautiful place. Next month I'm hoping my partner and I will have a short break and Hampton Court is on our list. Thank you for suggesting the Anne Boleyn Files I'll take a look. Lots of thanks 😊
@@01doha Yes, and they were given to Anne of Cleves as part of her annulment settlement, Henry was so delighted she agreed and didn't make a fuss that he gave her numerous properties and a large yearly allowance.
Thank you, this was very educational! Would have been better to show what she was talking about as she was talking… The camera does wander a bit but that’s poor editing.
Nice to know that Henry VIII put his ""sister" Anne of Cleves into a really rich and elegant house after their divorce. She spent the rest of her life there and had a pretty good life.
You can look up Wealden house structure for a clearer explanation. I certainly did have to. The topic and the Wealden definition is complex in a rather simple way. I still have to read more to get my head around it.
Hey there guys.. people have been messaging me asking me for the link to the Anne Boleyn Files page where I discuss in depth about my spirit communications with Anne Boleyn and her time at the Tudor court..I worked at Hampton Court Palace as a tour guide for over 6yrs, and being a spirit guide channeller/medium, I used to have in depth chats with Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves amongst others.... so for those interested in such matters, here is the direct link to that file - enjoy! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DCD320Tr_qU.html
