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: Curzon
On 3rd July 1856 [his father] Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale [aged 24] and [his mother] Blanche Pocklington Senhouse Baroness Scarsdale [aged 18] were married.
On 11th January 1859 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston was born to [his father] Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale [aged 27] and [his mother] Blanche Pocklington Senhouse Baroness Scarsdale [aged 21].
On 4th April 1875 [his mother] Blanche Pocklington Senhouse Baroness Scarsdale [aged 37] died.
On 22nd April 1895 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 36] and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston [aged 25] were married.
On 20th January 1896 [his daughter] Mary Irene Curzon 2nd Baroness Ravensdale was born to George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 37] and [his wife] Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston [aged 26].
On 23rd August 1898 [his daughter] Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats was born to George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 39] and [his wife] Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston [aged 28]. She married 11th May 1920 Oswald Mosley 6th Baronet, son of Oswald Mosley 5th Baronet and Katharine Maud Edwards-Heathcote, and had issue.
On 18th March 1900 General William Lockhart [aged 58] died of malaria. His funeral occurred the following day and the service was taken by James Welldon the Bishop of Calcutta, and former headmaster of Harrow School. Lockhart's good friend and Viceroy Lord Curzon [aged 41] attended.
On 20th March 1904 [his daughter] Alexandra Naldera Curzon was born to George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 45] and [his wife] Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston [aged 34]. Naldera baing the place in India where she was conceived. She married (1) 1925 Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe.
On 18th July 1906 [his wife] Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston [aged 36] died at 1 Carlton Terrace, St James'.
1909. William Logsdail [aged 49]. Portrait of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 49].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 2nd November 1911 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston, 1st Viscount Scarsdale of Scarsdale in Derbyshire, 1st Baron Ravensdale of Ravensdale in Derbyshire. The Viscountcy was created with remainder in default of heirs male to the heirs male of his father. The Barony was created with remainder in default of heirs male to his daughters. See Viscountcies of England Created with a Special Remainder.
1913. Philip de László [aged 43]. Portrait of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 53].
1914. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 64]. Portrait of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 54].
In 1916 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 56] was appointed 854th Knight of the Garter by King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 50].
On 23rd March 1916 [his father] Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale [aged 84] died. His son George [aged 57] succeeded 5th Baron Scarsdale, 9th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 9th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia.
On 2nd January 1917 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 57] and Grace Elvina Hinds Marchioness Curzon Kedleston [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Baroness Ravensdale of Ravensdale in Derbyshire, Baroness Scarsdale. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
On 11th May 1920 [his son-in-law] Oswald Mosley 6th Baronet [aged 23] and Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats [aged 21] were married. Following their marriage he is alledged to have had affairs with his wife's younger sister Alexandra Naldera Curzon [aged 16] and his wife's step-mother Grace Elvina Hinds Marchioness Curzon Kedleston [aged 34]. She the daughter of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 61] and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston.
Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats: On 23rd August 1898 she was born to George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston. On 16th May 1933 Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats died.
Alexandra Naldera Curzon: On 20th March 1904 she was born to George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston. Naldera baing the place in India where she was conceived. In 1925 Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe and she were married. She the daughter of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston. In 1955 Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe and Alexandra Naldera Curzon were divorced. On 7th August 1995 Alexandra Naldera Curzon died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Kedleston [Map].
On 28th June 1921 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 62] was created 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. [his wife] Grace Elvina Hinds Marchioness Curzon Kedleston [aged 36] by marriage Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston.
In 1925 [his son-in-law] Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe [aged 37] and Alexandra Naldera Curzon [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 65] and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston.
On 20th March 1925 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 66] died. Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Earl Curzon of Kedleston extinct. His nephew Richard [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Viscount Scarsdale of Scarsdale in Derbyshire, 6th Baron Scarsdale, 10th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 10th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia. His daughter Mary [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Baroness Ravensdale of Ravensdale in Derbyshire.
After 20th March 1925. All Saints Church, Kedleston [Map]. Monument to George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [deceased] and his first wife Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston. Table Tomb in white marble; two angels holding the crown of life lean over the effigies designed by Bertram Mackennal [aged 61].
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 29th June 1958 [his former wife] Grace Elvina Hinds Marchioness Curzon Kedleston [aged 73] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 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 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 30 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Penn Baroness Curzon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 1st Baron Scarsdale 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Vavasour Lady Assheton 
14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Colyear 1st Earl Portmore
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Colyear 2nd Earl Portmore 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Alfred Curzon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francois Joseph Watines
Great x 1 Grandmother: Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale
Father: Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Holden
GrandMother: Sophia Holden
George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
GrandFather: Joseph Pocklington Senhouse
Mother: Blanche Pocklington Senhouse Baroness Scarsdale