Show HENRY HAT AND ANNE BOLEYN'S SHOES Among the many articles of or historic interest that will figure in the thel forthcoming forthcoming forthcoming forth forth- coming exhibition of ot The Ionar 1 Monarchs hs of England at the New gallery few are likely to attract more attention than the hat of Henry VIII and the shoes of ot Anne Boleyn which have been lent by Mrs Ames of Ayot St. St Lawrence Herts The hat and shoes are re In themselves themselves themselves them them- selves notable relics cs but their chief in interest interest tn- tn terest lies In th the ct that hat they are the title deeds of the estate of Ayot St. St Lawrence Lawrencd They Were nere given by Henry VIII to an ancestor c cf of the late Col Ames ir m in singular circumstances The story goes that when the King was ridIng riding rid rid- ing log through with Anne Boleyn and a n company comp of ot attendants he passed by Ayot St. St Lawrence and Inquired to whom th the place belonged It was In r reality a r royal yal possession and this was explained to Henry by byone byone byone one of ot his courtiers the ancestor mentioned mentioned men men- tinned who added that he wished that the estate belonged to himself instead And so it shall said the King and the estate wa was then and there handed over to the courtier who h however wever craved some token of its surrender The King gave his h hat ht t and made Anne Boleyn Boleyn Boleyn Bol Bol- part with her shoes and the three articles have remained ever since in the possession of the family Another r remarkable relic rell at the New gallery will be the the- shirt worn by Charles I. I at his execution while among anong the many pictures will vIII be an unbroken series of ot portraits of the ICings Kings and Queens from the time of Edward III to the present day The committee which Is responsible for the organization V tion of the exhibition and which is pr presided over by the Duke of Cambridge Cambridge Cam Dam b bridge has been very successful in Its applications for pictures and other objects objects objects ob ob- ob- ob of historic interest and the Monarchs of ot England collection promises to be exceptionally exception attractive Among the principal contributors are the Duke of ot Norfolk the Duke of Beaufort Beau Beau- fort the Duke of Devonshire the tle Duke DUle of Rutland the Duke of Sutherland the Marquis of ot Northampton Lord EsSex Essex Essex Es Es- sex Lord Ashburnham Lord Ancaster Lord Brownlow Lord Denbigh Lord Darnley Lord Pembroke Lord Radnor Loi Lord d Romney Lord Spencer Lord Val Wal- degrave Lord Arundel of Wardour Lord Bolton Dolton Lord de lIsle l'Isle and Dudley Dud Dud- ley Icy Lord Ronald Gower Lord Bag Bagot t. t Lord ord Vaux of ot Harrowden Lord the corporation of London the universities of Oxford and Cambridge the society of the deans and chapters of or Durham Winchester and Windsor and Mr Charles Butler The exact date of the opening of the has not yet been fixed but It vil Probably be January or Lon Lort Lon don Morning Post |