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: Thomas
On 14th June 1881 George Thomas 7th Baronet was born to George Sidney Meade Thomas 6th Baronet [aged 34].
From 1903 to 1928 George Thomas 7th Baronet [aged 21] won twenty-one titles in the All England Open Badminton Championships. Four were in men's singles (consecutive titles from 1920 to 1923), nine in men's doubles and eight in mixed doubles.
In 1911 George Thomas 7th Baronet [aged 29] reached the quarterfinals of the singles and the semifinals of the men's tennis doubles at Wimbledon.
On 9th March 1918 [his father] George Sidney Meade Thomas 6th Baronet [aged 71] died. His son George [aged 36] succeeded 7th Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
In 1923 George Thomas 7th Baronet [aged 41] was British Chess Champion.
In 1934 George Thomas 7th Baronet [aged 52] was British Chess Champion.
In 1934 George Thomas 7th Baronet [aged 52] was co-founder of the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation), of which he was president from 1934 to 1955.
In 1935 George Thomas 7th Baronet [aged 53] shared first prize at the 1934/5 Hastings International Chess Congress with the next world chess champion Max Euwe and leading Czechoslovak player Salo Flohr, ahead of past and future world champions José Raúl Capablanca and Mikhail Botvinnik, whom he defeated in their individual games.
In 1950 George Thomas 7th Baronet [aged 68] was awarded the International Master title by FIDE.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1952 George Thomas 7th Baronet [aged 70] became an International Arbiter by FIDE.
On 23rd July 1972 George Thomas 7th Baronet [aged 91] died. Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex extinct.
In 1996 George Thomas 7th Baronet was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame as an Inaugural Member.
Kings Wessex: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 23 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 29 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 24 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 22 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Thomas 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Thomas 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lydia King
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Thomas 3rd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Lewis Thomas 4th Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Montagu 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Montagu 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophia Montagu Lady Thomas 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: William Sidney Thomas 5th Baronet 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Father: George Sidney Meade Thomas 6th Baronet 17 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
George Thomas 7th Baronet 18 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England