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: Tufton
Maternal Family Tree: Eleanor Gifford 1575
On 14th August 1684 [her father] Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet [aged 39] and [her mother] Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess of Thanet. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 54] and [her grandmother] Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 53]. He the son of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 16th June 1700 Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester was born to [her father] Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet [aged 55] and [her mother] Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet [aged 35].
On 12th February 1709 [her brother-in-law] James Cecil 5th Earl Salisbury [aged 17] and [her sister] Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury were married. She the daughter of [her father] Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet [aged 64] and [her mother] Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet [aged 44]. He the son of James Cecil 4th Earl Salisbury and Frances Bennett Countess of Salisbury [aged 38]. They were fourth cousins.
On 20th April 1712 [her mother] Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet [aged 47] died.
On 17th February 1718 [her brother-in-law] Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas [aged 22] and [her sister] Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She the daughter of [her father] Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet [aged 73] and [her mother] Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. He the son of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 47] and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 42]. They were sixth cousins.
On 3rd July 1718 Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 21] and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet [aged 73] and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 2nd February 1719 [her son] Edward Coke was born to [her husband] Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 21] and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester [aged 18]. He married 1st April 1747 Mary Campbell, daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll and Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll.
On 28th May 1728 [her husband] Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 30] was created 1st Baron Lovel of Minster Lovell. Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester [aged 27] by marriage Baroness Lovel of Minster Lovell.
On 30th July 1729 [her father] Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet [aged 84] died. Baron de Clifford abeyant. His nephew Sackville [aged 41] succeeded 7th Earl of Thanet, 7th Baron Tufton, 8th Baronet Tufton of Hothfield. Mary Savile Countess Isle Thanet by marriage Countess of Thanet.
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 3rd August 1734 Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester [aged 34] abeyance terminated 19th Baroness de Clifford when she became the only living descendant of her father.
On 16th May 1736 [her brother-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 41] and [her sister] Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She by marriage Baroness Gower. She the daughter of [her father] Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and [her mother] Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. They were fourth cousins.
On 9th May 1744 [her husband] Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 46] was created 1st Earl of Leicester. Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester [aged 43] by marriage Countess of Leicester.
On 8th July 1746 [her brother-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 51] was created 1st Earl Gower. [her sister] Mary Tufton Countess Gower by marriage Countess Gower.
On 1st April 1747 Edward Coke [aged 28] and Mary Campbell [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll and Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll. He the son of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 49] and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester [aged 46].
On 22nd March 1757 [her sister] Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury died.
On 20th April 1759 [her husband] Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 61] died. Earl of Leicester and Baron Lovel of Minster Lovell extinct. Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 42] inherited his estates.
On 31st August 1753 [her son] Edward Coke [aged 34] died.
Monument in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tittleshall [Map] commissioned by wife and mother Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester [aged 58]. Erected in 1760. Sculpted by Charles Atkinson. Gadrooned sarcophagus on pedestal with a carved and painted achievement above surrounded by extravagant mantling. Flanked by pair of composite columns supporting a dentilated pediment. Carved bust figures to the sides of the Earl and Countess by Louis Francois Roubiliac [aged 56].
Edward Coke: On 2nd February 1719 he was born to Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester. On 1st April 1747 Edward Coke and Mary Campbell were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll and Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll. He the son of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester.
On 28th February 1775 Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester [aged 74] died. Baron de Clifford abeyant. The co-heirs were her great-nephew Edward Southwell 20th Baron Clifford [aged 36] [who succeeded in 1776], grandson of her sister Catherine Tufton, her nephew James Cecil 6th Earl of Salisbury [aged 61], son her sister Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury, her sister Mary Tufton Countess Gower, and her niece Isabella Powlett Countess Egmont, daughter of her sister Isabella Tufton.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tufton 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Browne 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Browne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Christian Browne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hussey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Grey Baroness Hussey Sleaford 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Cheke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Cheke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Baker
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cicely Baker Countess Dorset
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dinley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Dacre Countess Cumberland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Russell 1st Earl Bedford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Russell Countess Cumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret St John Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Smith
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ogle 5th Baron Ogle Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cuthbert Ogle 7th Baron Ogle 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Carnaby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Carnaby Baroness Ogle 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Forster 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bassett 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bassett 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bassett 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Fitzherbert of Hamstall Ridware 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzherbert 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud aka Matilda Cotton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner
GrandMother: Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Gifford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford