Claire Ridgway FRHistS (née Brassington; born 11 February 1971) is a British historian and author of books about the Tudor dynasty, with a particular focus on the life of the Boleyn family.

These tours were based around Hever Castle in Kent, with notable guest speakers such as Eric Ives, John Guy, Julia Fox and Elizabeth Norton.

Claire's blog, recently made available in book form, is more rigorous than that of many professional historians In 2013, Ridgway published a second instalment of The Anne Boleyn Collection.

Her book, written jointly with Clare Cherry, George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat, fleshed out George as a popular and well-liked courtier from the court of Henry VIII, continuing Ridgway's aim to clarify what is known about the Tudor period.

Ridgway's other published works include Illustrated Kings and Queens of England (2014), Sweating Sickness in a Nutshell (2014), Tudor Places of Great Britain (2015), The Life of Anne Boleyn Colouring Book (2018), The Anne Boleyn Collection III (2019) and The Tudor Puzzle Book (2021).

This book takes readers through the Boleyns' 77 years of ownership of Hever Castle and tells their story.