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Peterborough Cathedral

The grand finale

You found page 7 of the chronicle. It reads: STORY

The last page of the chronicle lies where the city's story is oldest. Two queens were buried in this church. Mary, Queen of Scots, was laid here in 1587 after her execution at Fotheringhay, and later moved to Westminster Abbey. The other queen is here still.

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Source: Peterborough Cathedral.

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The final riddle

A princess of Spain, a queen of England, and the first wife of a king who took six. I was buried here in the winter of 1536, and visitors still leave me pomegranates. Who am I?

Reveal answer

Katharine of Aragon

Katharine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII, died at Kimbolton Castle in January 1536 and was buried in what was then Peterborough Abbey. The pomegranate was her emblem. The Cathedral remembers her each January.

With the last riddle answered, all seven pages are in your hands.

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The chronicle, its pages and its treasure are a story made up for this game. The history at each stop is real. Keep to public paths and take care on roads.

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