Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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Paternal Family Tree: Osborne
On 17th August 1797 [his father] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 22) and [his mother] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Darcy of Knayth, Baroness Conyers. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 73) and [his grandmother] Anne Montgomery Marchioness Townshend (age 45). He the son of [his grandfather] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 46) and [his grandmother] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 21st May 1798 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds was born to [his father] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 22) and [his mother] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 22).
On 31st January 1799 [his grandfather] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 48) died. His son [his father] George (age 23) succeeded 6th Duke Leeds, 6th Earl of Danby, 6th Viscount Osborne, 6th Viscount Latimer, 6th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 7th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. [his mother] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 22) by marriage Duchess Leeds.
In 1802 [his father] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 26) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of North Riding Yorkshire.
On 24th April 1817 Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet (age 35) and [his future wife] Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 24) were married.
She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of [his future father-in-law] Richard Caton (age 54), a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter [his future sister-in-law] Emily Caton (age 22) had children.
[his future sister-in-law] Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley (age 29) married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 56),
[his future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford (age 27) married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 45),
Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 18).
Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish (age 30).
In 1820 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 21) was elected MP Helston.
In 1827 [his father] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 51) was appointed 662nd Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 64).
In 1827 [his father] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 51) was appointed Privy Council.
On 24th April 1828 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 29) and Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 35) were married. He the son of George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 52) and Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 52).
She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of Richard Caton (age 65), a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter Emily Caton (age 33) had children.
Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley (age 40) married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 67),
Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford (age 38) married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 56),
Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds.
Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish (age 41).
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 10th July 1838 [his father] George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 62) died. His son Francis (age 40) succeeded 7th Duke Leeds, 7th Earl of Danby, 7th Viscount Osborne, 7th Viscount Latimer, 7th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 8th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton, 14th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 11th Baron Conyers. [his wife] Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 45) by marriage Duchess Leeds.
On 17th December 1853 [his sister-in-law] Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley (age 65) died.
On 30th July 1856 [his mother] Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 80) died.
On 4th May 1859 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 60) died. He was buried at the Osborne Family Chapel All Hallows' Church Harthill [Map]. His first cousin George (age 56) succeeded 8th Duke Leeds, 8th Earl of Danby, 8th Viscount Osborne, 8th Viscount Latimer, 8th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 9th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. His nephew Sackville (age 31) succeeded 15th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 12th Baron Conyers.
In 1874 [his former wife] Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 81) died.
The Times. 24th December 1895. The Duke of Leeds (deceased) died at Hornby Castle [Map], yesterday morning at 5 o'clock. He recently contracted a severe chill, which led to an attack of bronchitis. He took to his bed about a week ago and gradually sank. George Godolphin Osborne, ninth Duke of Leeds in the peerage of England, Marquis of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osbome of Kiveton, all in the peerage of England; Viscount Osbome and Viscount Dunblane in the peerage of Scotland; and Baron Godolphin of Paraham Royal, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, a baronet, and a Prince or the Holy Roman Empire, was born in Paris in 1828, the eldest son of the eighth duke. He married, in 1861, the Hon. Fanny Georgiana Pitt (age 58), daughter of the fourth Baron Rivers, who was born in 1836 and was Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1873. He was appointed captain in the North Yorks Militia in 1852, and resigued in 1859, but was reappoined in 1861. He succeeded to the family honours in 1872, and has issue living three sons and five daughters. The family descends from Sir Edward Osborne, knight, who was Vice-President of the Council of the North in 1629 and Lieutenant-General of the forces raised there against the Parliamentary Army in 1841. His son was Treasurer of the Navy and Lord High Chancellor, and as Earl of Danby was impeeched by the Commons in 1679. The [his grandfather] fifth duke married [his grandmother] Amelia, in her own right Baroness Conyers, but this title left the main line in 1859 on the death of the seventh duke. The late duke was nephew of the late Rev. Lord Sydney Godolphin Osborne, who wrote much over the familiar signature "S.G.O.," and brother of Lord Francis George Godolphin Osborne (age 65), who was rector of Great Elm, but joined the Church of Rome in 1875. The Duke of Leeds is succeeded by his eldest surviving son (age 33), the Marquis of Carmarthen, who was born in 1862, was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was formerly a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars. Lord Carmarthen unsuccessfully contested the Newmarket Division of Cambridgeshire as a Conservative in 1886, and has sat since July, 1887, for the Brixton Division of Lambeth, in which constituency his sucoession to the peerage now creates a vacancy. Lord Carmarthen was an assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary for the Colonies (Lord Knutsford) from 1886 to 1888. He was appointed Treasurer of the Household on the formation of the present Ministry. He married, in 1884, Lady Katherine Frances Lambton (age 33), daughter of the second Earl of Durham, and has issue four daughters.
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Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peregrine Osborne 2nd Duke Leeds 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peregrine Osborne 3rd Duke Leeds 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hyde 2nd Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Hyde Duchess Leeds
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Harley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Foley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Foley Countess of Oxford and Mortimer
GrandFather: Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Godolphin 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sidney Godolphin 1st Earl Godolphin 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Berkeley 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Blagge
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Blagge
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary North
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Winston Churchill 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drake 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess of Marlborough 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Jennings
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Thornhurst
Father: George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds 5 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Conyers Darcy 2nd Earl Holderness 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Darcy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Darcy 3rd Earl Holderness 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 1st Baron Lexinton 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Sutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary St Leger Baroness Lexington 
12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Darcy 4th Earl Holderness 3 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Schomberg 1st Duke Schomberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern 
Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Karoline von der Pfalz Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Susanne Luise von Degenfeld
GrandMother: Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds 6 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Townshend 1st Baronet 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joseph Ashe 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Ashe Viscountess Townshend
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pelham 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney Baroness Pelham Laughton 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Jones
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jones
GrandFather: George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Harrison
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Harrison 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers 4th Viscount Grandison 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Audrey Villiers 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Leigh Viscountess Grandison 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Audrey aka Etheldreda Harrison 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Montgomery 1st Baronet
GrandMother: Anne Montgomery Marchioness Townshend
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hannah Tomkyns