Kate McCaffrey
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Castle Historian @hevercastle 👑 Upcoming CHASE funded PhD @mems_ukc 📚 BBC @historyextra '30 under 30' ✨ Company Director @thetudortrio 💜
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We discovered Thomas Cromwell’s Book of Hours…and it’s the book painted on Cromwell’s desk by Hans Holbein the Younger in his famous portrait of Cromwell!!
@hevercastle
@DrOwenEmmerson
Solving a 500 year old mystery - A THREAD (1/9)
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How excited am I to be holding our new discovery: Thomas Cromwell’s prayer book?! We have been DYING to share this with you all!!! On display
@hevercastle
until 10th Nov 🌟
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I’m going to do my PhD! I am thrilled to have been awarded an
@ahrcpress
@CHASE_DTP
studentship to fund my doctoral research with
@mems_ukc
@UniKent
. I’ll be researching Books of Hours, with the aim to recover women’s voices from the margins of their books 📚So much to come!
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My happy place!!! I am SO excited to share with you all what we’ve been working on for next year’s exhibition, it centres around my own research with our Books of Hours…and will be accompanied by a book featuring some of my research for the first time 👀✨
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The Boleyn Apartment at
@hevercastle
opens today! I am incredibly proud of this new permanent exhibit in the castle - the re-design and re-furbishment of 4 rooms, which were once the private living rooms of the Boleyn family, who made Hever their primary residence.
#anneboleyn
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I got a promotion! Thrilled to now be the Castle Historian (and Assistant Curator) at the dreamy
@hevercastle
. Yes, it’s a bit of a mouthful, but I love it 🥰
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So thrilled to see our Cromwell discovery in The Times today!
@thetimes
With some brilliant quotes from my formidable research partner
@DrOwenEmmerson
- so proud ♥️
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Always in my element when working with our gorgeous Books of Hours! Particularly in love with the Annunciation scene on the right, all c.1450 🥰
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Just another day on the job
@hevercastle
: part-time Assistant Curator, part-time Anne Boleyn!
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A slightly different view of the castle: this vice stair was added by Elizabeth/Thomas Boleyn to connect to their private family apartments upstairs ☀️
#hevercastle
#AnneBoleyn
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Where would I rather spend my birthday than this glorious place in the sunshine? ☀️🥳
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Absolutely wonderful to spend some time with
@sixteenthCgirl
today
@hevercastle
- stay tuned for more…
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I simply adore this portrait of Hever’s other Anne -
#AnneofCleves
- displayed in our Long Gallery, a room that Anne had added to the castle whilst living at Hever for 17 years 💛
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A year ago today, on the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution, I revealed my groundbreaking research into one of her Books of Hours held
@hevercastle
, where I am now blessed to work. My research is ongoing, and Anne and her legacy continue to surprise and inspire me every day.
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One of my favourite cosy Christmas rooms in the Castle is our gorgeous Library 🎄 I’d love to curl up here with a good book!
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Visited two of my loves today at the gorgeous Westminster Abbey - Elizabeth I and Anne of Cleves 👑
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So thrilled to finally share our new exhibition: ‘Catherine and Anne: Queens, Rivals, Mothers’. Showcasing my research with Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn’s Books of Hours and celebrating what united, as well as divided, these two famous queens. Launching 8th February!!!
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One month left to see Catherine of Aragon’s prayer book displayed next to Anne Boleyn’s, for the first time in 500 years!!! Come to
@hevercastle
before 4th June to experience it 👑👑
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Locking up the castle’s gorgeous Long Gallery is particularly special at this time of year 🎄
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Shades of red and gold, it just gets better as October goes on🍁✨
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A special day spent at the National Portrait Gallery after its wonderful refurbishment, I particularly loved seeing their version of Holbein’s Cromwell…with the book we recently discovered on Cromwell’s desk 😍 The book itself is on display
@hevercastle
until 10 Nov!
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A very exciting addition to our archive: the letters patent granting the sale of Hever Castle from Queen Mary I to the Waldegrave family in 1558! Look at that Great Seal 😍
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Very proud to have a feature in the February edition of
@HistoryRevMag
about these two incredible queens! Do check it out if you get the chance 👑
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Every Monday, I’m sharing snippets of my research on my Instagram (kateemccaffreyhistorian). Tonight, we’re looking at Anne Boleyn’s pretty rhyming couplet in Hever’s 1527 Book of Hours. Darn the careless later binder who sliced her signature! 📚
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Reuniting the two Books of Hours of Queen Catherine of Aragon (left) and Queen Anne Boleyn (right) for the first time in likely 500 years!! This loan from
@MorganLibrary
has been years in the making. Come and see them together at our
#CatherineandAnne
exhibition
@hevercastle
💜
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Our bejewelled pride and joy: Thomas Cromwell’s Book of Hours. Newly discovered after hiding in plain sight at The Wren Library for almost 400 years. Such an honour to have it displayed next to Anne Boleyn’s copy of the same book
@hevercastle
- until 10th Nov!
@DrOwenEmmerson
💖
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It’s an incredibly rare survival: one of the only items to exist today that was once depicted in a Tudor portrait. My recent research found that Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon both owned a copy of the same c. 1527 printed Book of Hours made in Paris by G Hardouyn. (2/9)
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Happiest of birthdays to one of my favourite humans/constant inspirations/annoying older brother
@DrOwenEmmerson
💖
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In celebration of the
#BecomingElizabeth
trailer released today, here’s a gorgeous image of an older Queen Elizabeth I in a 1625 printed history of her reign. I was thrilled to find this in our collection recently, prime Gloriana 👑
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One of my favourite Christmas trees inside the castle this year, in the library of William Waldorf Astor 🎄
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What a fabulous experience it was recording a podcast with a wonderful historian I have admired for such a long time
@sixteenthCgirl
- news on my research with Anne Boleyn’s Book of Hours coming to you soon!
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Absolutely thrilled to finally announce that I will soon be starting a new job with
@hevercastle
as Assistant Curator! The start of exciting things to come, working with the wonderful
@DrOwenEmmerson
and Alison Palmer 😍
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This has been one of the biggest and most exhausting projects I have ever worked on - but I am so proud of how it is coming together, and we cannot wait to share it with you all at the end of March! 💜
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I have always wanted to go to the 13th Century Sainte-Chapelle! There are 1,113 scenes depicted in the insanely beautiful 15 stained glass windows, telling the story of mankind from Genesis to Christ’s resurrection.
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Some gorgeous, ghostly sun rays welcoming me back to work today in the castle’s long gallery 😍 I’ve missed this place!
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We can now reveal that not only did Henry VIII’s first two queens own a copy of this same book, but so too did Thomas Cromwell, the man who brought them both down…
@TracyBorman
has dubbed our discovery “the most exciting Cromwell discovery in a generation - if not more.” (3/9)
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Is there anything better than the sound of rain when you’re snug inside?! Honestly one of my favourite things. Especially when watching the rain fall onto the castle moat 🌧🌧 volume up for this one!
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#OnThisDay
487 years ago, Queen Anne Boleyn was executed. Here is her poignant ‘remember me’ inscription, signed with her name. I doubt she knew quite how many people would still remember her today 🤍
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Cromwell’s book will be on display
@hevercastle
until 10th Nov - next to Anne Boleyn’s copy of the same printing. The book is on loan from The Wren Library
@TrinCollLibCam
who thanks to Dr Nicolas Bell have provided the most amazing support and help for our research (4/9)
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I wrote an article for HistoryExtra!! All about why we shouldn't be pitting Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn against one another.
I'm Team Catherine AND Anne ❤️
@HistoryExtra
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So wonderful to spend a day filming with the fantastic
@DrOwenEmmerson
and Prof Suzannah Lipscomb (
@sixteenthCgirl
) in the lead up to our
#BecomingAnne
exhibition
@hevercastle
launching this Friday 4th March! 💛
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I was thrilled to have also been consulted on some of the documents used in the upcoming new
#WolfHall
The Mirror and The Light season - I simply cannot wait to watch it when it’s released 😍😍
The newly-released pictures for
#WolfHall
The Mirror and the Light are superb. I am so proud to have completed some consultancy work on the props and documents for this truly stunning production. The attention to detail is outstanding. They have done Hilary proud 👑💜
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For more info, Owen and I wrote a short book: ‘Holbein’s Hidden Gem: Rediscovering Thomas Cromwell’s Lost Book’ - now exclusively available
@hevercastle
shop. For now, we hope you enjoy this astounding new connection! 🥰 (9/9)
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A glorious golden hour approached the castle this evening 🏰
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Great to see coverage in the
@Telegraph
today of our search for the stolen miniatures of
#ThomasCromwell
and
#MaryQueenofScots
from
@hevercastle
's collection. We have not given up hope of recovering them! Quotes from
@Alipalmer1979
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The most wonderful evening with
@DrOwenEmmerson
(in our power suits) giving a talk for
@heverfestival
with a gorgeous rainbow as our backdrop! Thank you to everyone who joined us 💖
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Our wonderful castle steward, Matt, was hard at work this morning scooping remnants of Storms Eunice and Franklin out of the moat!
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I had my first ever television experience this afternoon! It will feature on ITV Meridian tonight between 6-6:30pm ☀️
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An absolutely dreamy day spent at the Château de Chenonceau in the Loire valley! Once the home of Henri II’s mistress, Diane de Poitiers, then taken and expanded by Henri’s wife, Catherine de’ Medici - this Château has to be up there with my all time favourites 🥰
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With the advice of many experts in their field, we have confirmed the beautiful gilt and bejewelled binding on Cromwell’s book is original. It was created between Dec 1529 and 1530 by the goldsmith to King Francis I, Pierre Mangot, in Paris (6/9)
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The provenance trail we have pieced together follows Cromwell’s book into the collection of his close friend Ralph Sadler, down to Sadler’s granddaughter-in-law Anne Sadleir, a prolific book collector who donated Cromwell’s book to the safekeeping of
@TrinCollLibCam
in 1660 (7/9)
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Our gorgeous castle is looking rather naked after having had her Boston Ivy cut back for winter - it does expose her gorgeous tracery though, and look at that original portcullis peeping through!
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This is an extension of my original work with these Books of Hours but it has been collaborative: Alison Palmer first noticed the similarities between the book and the one in the portrait +
@DrOwenEmmerson
has been the perfect research partner to unravel this mystery with (5/9)
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A proud family portrait of
@DrOwenEmmerson
, myself and our new acquisition/child - a gorgeous 1520 Book of Hours leaf 📖
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Pre-launch of
#BecomingAnne
this afternoon with
@DrOwenEmmerson
- what a dreamy day it has been meeting some of my absolute history idols and sharing our exhibition and book with them all 💛 Someone pinch me!
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Delighted to hear that I will be graduating my Master's with a Distinction! Some exciting news to come soon about my research with Anne Boleyn's Books of Hours...
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This is just the beginning of this discovery and it’s far-reaching implications -
@DrOwenEmmerson
and I are continuing to find out new links every day!! These Books of Hours continue to surprise me every single day - so stay tuned as there is much more to come…(8/9)
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'Le temps viendra je anne boleyn' // 'The time will come, I anne boleyn'.
This hugely special inscription never fails to make me emotional! What do we think: is Anne foreshadowing, or is that just what we want to see?
More on my instagram: kateemccaffreyhistorian
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Hever in Bloom is in full swing this week! We have absolutely gorgeous floral displays throughout the castle - do come and have a look if you get the chance 🌸🌷🌺
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Returning to work on a day off? When your workplace looks like this, obviously 🧡
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It has been the greatest honour of my life to work alongside
@DrOwenEmmerson
. From mentor to best friend. I’ll miss him more than I can say. BUT I’m so excited for his new adventures, and the wonderful projects we have together in the pipeline! This is just the beginning ♥️
After six unforgettable years at Hever, I'm off on exciting new adventures. I do hope you’ll join me for the ride! It’s been the privilege of a lifetime to work at this magical, moated manor. It’s always hard to leave a place you love, but places you love never truly leave you ❤️
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The leaves are starting to turn at
@hevercastle
! Autumn is my favourite season to watch creep up on the castle 🍂
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A joy to spend the day filming at
@hevercastle
with the dream team
@sixteenthCgirl
and
@DrOwenEmmerson
🥰
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Some rather cute guests have taken shelter on the top of our medieval castle doors! 🕊️🕊️
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I’ve arrived in Paris for a long weekend and I rather love that there’s a portrait of Francois II above the loo in my hotel room 👑
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Happy
#BookLoversDay
- here’s me studying possibly favourite book of all time, for the first time:
#AnneBoleyn
’s printed Book of Hours 😍 In the gorgeous reading room that is the Great Hall of
@hevercastle
…
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🌟LAST CHANCE🌟 - you now have until Sunday 12th November to come and see Thomas Cromwell's Book of Hours (that we recently rediscovered!) and the rest of our gorgeous
#CatherineandAnne
exhibition before everything returns home! Come and join us
@hevercastle
while you still can💛
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My fiercely intelligent supermodel of a little sister graduated today! She went through a lot to get her degree but she did it (in style!) and this is my proud big sister post ♥️
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It was great fun to be interviewed for a piece on
@hevercastle
by Discover Britain magazine! Full article here: Ft. my new fave portcullis pose 🤣
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Please if anyone sees/hears anything about a young American Pocket Bulldog who looks like our beloved Beefy - let me know asap. Thank you ❤️
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I ❤️ you,
@hevercastle
! Hever gave me the inspiration and platform to share my love of history and heritage with so many wonderful people ❤️
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Back to work after COVID, and I’ve been playing spot the nesting goose/duck/bird all day! What a great home to choose to lay all these nests 🐣
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First day at the new job! I have a gorgeous lunch view and was welcomed by the sweetest surprise left by
@DrOwenEmmerson
- team Assistant Curators! 🧡
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Count the ducklings! We have some new residents in the castle courtyard, and I love them all 😍🐣
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Just finished filming something exciting, for my first time on the BBC! Something Christmassy coming at you soon 🎄🌟 (prosecco provided by
@DrOwenEmmerson
) 🍾
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As 2023 draws to a close, I’m reflecting on a special year in my career: a groundbreaking historical discovery, books written, exhibitions curated, documentaries filmed,
@TheTudorTrio
created, and all surrounded by wonderful people ❤️ Happy New Year to everyone for Sunday!
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Book cover reveal!!! I am insanely proud to have co-written my first book with the incredible
@DrOwenEmmerson
- it will accompany our exhibition launching next Friday! You can pre-order a signed copy now
#BecomingAnne
💛💛💛
A new exhibition is launching at
#HeverCastle
on Fri 4 Mar about Anne Boleyn & what made her into the woman who caught Henry VIII’s eye. To accompany the exhibition
@DrOwenEmmerson
&
@kateemccaffrey
have written a book which is now available for pre-order.
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Honoured that our manuscript Book of Hours, once owned by
#AnneBoleyn
and holding her “le temps viendra” inscription, is now on loan at Hampton Court Palace next to
#ElizabethI
Book of Common Prayer! Celebrating their mother-daughter connection 🥰
@HRP_palaces
@TracyBorman
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heatwave day trips to medieval moated manors, naturally ☀️
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This evening I gave a talk on my research to my wonderful colleagues at
@hevercastle
. It was my first time giving a talk with actual people in the audience, not just on Zoom! Thank you to
@DrOwenEmmerson
@heverfestival
for organising 👑🧡
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Stay tuned for this!! Always such a thrill to film with
@sixteenthCgirl
and
@HistoryHit
🥰
Breaking news! Historians at
@hevercastle
have discovered the Book of Hours featured in this famous portrait of Thomas Cromwell by Holbein. History Hit were granted special access to film a documentary on the discovery, presented by
@sixteenthCgirl
- released next week 🎥
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Lovely to see the newly launched Boleyn Apartment featured in the Daily Telegraph today!
@hevercastle
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Exploring the absolutely beautiful Windsor Castle for the first time today ☀️
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