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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In 1594 Gregory Clement was born.
On 29th January 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 48] fifty-seven commissioners signed King Charles' Death Warrant at Westminster Hall [Map]. Two further names were added subsequently.
10 Thomas Maulever 1st Baronet
14 Major-General William Goffe
21 Admiral Richard Deane
42 John Jones
45 Major General Charles Fleetwood
54 Gregory Clement
55 John Downes
57 Thomas Scot
58 John Carew
The commissioners who sat at the trial but did not sign the Death Warrant included:
William Monson 1st Viscount Monson [aged 50]
James Harington 3rd Baronet [aged 41]
The Captain of the Guard was Daniel Axtell [aged 27]. The guards included Francis Hacker, Matthew Tomlinson [aged 31].
The Solicitor-General was John Cook [aged 41].
On 17th October 1660 Gregory Clement [aged 66], Adrian Scrope [aged 59], John Jones [aged 63] and Thomas Scot were hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross [Map].
John Evelyn's Diary. 14th October 1660. Axtall [aged 38], Carew [aged 38], Clement [aged 66], Hacker, Hewson [Note. Evelyn possibly wrong here since John Hewson died in 1662], and Peters [aged 62], were executed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 17th October 1660. Scot, Scroop [aged 59], Cook [deceased], and Jones [aged 63], suffered for reward of their iniquities at Charing Cross [Map], in sight of the place where they put to death their natural prince, and in the presence of the King [aged 30] his son, whom they also sought to kill. I saw not their execution, but met their quarters, mangled, and cut, and reeking, as they were brought from the gallows in baskets on the hurdle. Oh, the miraculous providence of God!
Note 1. John Cook was executed the day before. Evelyn is referring to Gregory Clement [aged 66].
State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason. The Execution Of Gregory Clements [aged 66], the 17th of October, 1660, at the same place. Mr. Clements was very silent both in the time of his imprisonment at Newgate, and at the time and place of his execution at Charing cross, only it is said, that he expressed his trouble (to some friends in the prison) for yielding so far to the importunity of his relations, as to plead Guilty to the Indictment: and though he spoke little at the place of execution, yet (so far as could be judged by some discerning persons that were near him) he departed this life in peace.