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: Constable
Maternal Family Tree: Isabel de Albini 1233-1301
Around 1457 Marmaduke Constable was born to [his father] Robert Constable [aged 33] and [his mother] Agnes Wentworth.
In 1470 Marmaduke Constable [aged 13] was in the service of Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland [aged 21].
Around 1475 [his son] William Constable was born to Marmaduke Constable [aged 18] and [his future wife] Margery Fitzhugh. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Before 1478 Marmaduke Constable [aged 20] and Margery Fitzhugh were married. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1478 [his son] Robert Constable was born to Marmaduke Constable [aged 21] and [his wife] Margery Fitzhugh. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 1492 Jane Ingleby and had issue.
Around 1480 [his son] Marmaduke Constable was born to Marmaduke Constable [aged 23] and [his wife] Margery Fitzhugh. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 1495 Barbara Sothill and had issue.
In August 1481 Marmaduke Constable [aged 24] was knighted by Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland [aged 32].
Before September 1483 Marmaduke Constable [aged 26] was appointed Knight of the Body to King Richard III of England [aged 30].
On 28th March 1484 Marmaduke Constable [aged 27] was appointed Constable of Tutbury Castle.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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Before May 1486 Marmaduke Constable [aged 29] was appointed Knight of the Body to King Henry VII of England and Ireland [aged 29].
On 23rd May 1488 [his father] Robert Constable [aged 65] died.
In November 1488 Marmaduke Constable [aged 31] was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire.
Around 1491 [his son] John Constable was born to Marmaduke Constable [aged 34] and [his wife] Margery Fitzhugh. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married Jane Sothill.
In 1492 [his son] Robert Constable [aged 14] and [his daughter-in-law] Jane Ingleby [aged 20] were married.
Before 1495 [his son] Marmaduke Constable [aged 14] and [his daughter-in-law] Barbara Sothill [aged 20] were married.
On 20th April 1496 [his mother] Agnes Wentworth died.
Before 10th September 1510 [his son-in-law] Henry Ughtred 6th Baron Ughtred and [his daughter] Agnes Constable Baroness Ughtred were married. She by marriage Baroness Ughtred. They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 9th September 1513 at the Battle of Flodden was fought at the Branxton, Northumberland [Map]. the English army was commanded by Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 70], Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 40], Edmund Howard [aged 35], Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 45], Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle [aged 51] and Marmaduke Constable [aged 56].
The English army included: Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford [aged 59], William Conyers 1st Baron Conyers [aged 44], Thomas Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley [aged 41] and Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 45].
Father and son Ralph ellerker of risby in yorkshire and Ralph Ellerker were knighted by Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey, as were Marmaduke Constable [aged 33], William Constable [aged 38], George Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Aston [aged 16], Edmund Walsingham [aged 33], Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh [aged 25] and Walter Stonor [aged 36].
John Booth [aged 78], Randall Babington, John Bigod [aged 38] and Thomas Fitzwilliam [aged 39], Christopher Savage [aged 49], Thomas Venables [aged 44] and Brian Tunstall [aged 33] were killed.
Bryan Stapleton of Wighill [aged 55] was killed. (Some reports have him dying in 1518).
The Scottish army suffered heavy casualties:
King James IV of Scotland [aged 40] was killed. His body was taken to London, then to Sheen Priory, Richmond [Map]; thereafter it disappeared. His son James [aged 1] succeeded V King Scotland.
Archbishop Alexander Stewart [aged 20] was killed.
David Kennedy 1st Earl Cassilis [aged 43] was killed. His son Gilbert [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Earl Cassilis. Isabel Campbell Countess Cassilis by marriage Countess Cassilis.
William Sinclair 2nd Earl Caithness [aged 54] was killed. His son John succeeded 3rd Earl Caithness.
Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox was killed. His son John [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Earl Lennox.
William Hay 4th Earl Erroll was killed. His son William [aged 18] succeeded 5th Earl Erroll.
John Douglas 2nd Earl Morton was killed. His son James succeeded 3rd Earl Morton, 6th Lord Dalkeith.
Adam Hepburn 2nd Earl Bothwell was killed. His son Patrick [aged 1] succeeded 3rd Earl Bothwell.
Alexander Stewart 4th of Garlies [aged 32] was killed. His son Alexander [aged 6] succeeded 5th Lord Garlies.
Alexander Elphinstone 1st Lord Elphinstone was killed. His son Alexander [aged 3] succeeded 2nd Lord Elphinstone.
Thomas Hay, George Hepburn Bishop Isles [aged 59], Adam Hepburn Master [aged 56], Thomas "Younger of Cushnie" Lumsden
William Douglas 6th Lord Drumlanrig was killed. William "Younger" Douglas 7th Lord Drumlanrig succeeded 7th Lord Drumlanrig.
George Seton 5th Lord Seton was killed. His son George succeeded 6th Lord Seton.
John Hay 2nd Lord Hay of Yester was killed. His son John [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Lord Hay of Yester. Elizabeth Douglas Lady Hay by marriage Lord Hay of Yester.
Henry Sinclair 3rd Lord Sinclair [aged 48] was killed. His son William succeeded 4th Lord Sinclair.
James Stewart 1st Lord of Traquair [aged 33] was killed. His son William [aged 7] succeeded 2nd Lord Traquair.
John Maxwell 4th Lord Maxwell [aged 57] was killed. His son Robert [aged 20] succeeded 5th Lord Maxwell.
George Home 4th Lord Home and John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl [aged 38] fought.
William Graham 1st Earl Montrose [aged 49] was killed. His son William [aged 21] succeeded 2nd Earl Montrose.
Robert Erskine 4th Lord Erskine 16th Earl of Mar was killed. His son John [aged 26] de jure 17th Earl Mar, Lord Erskine.
Thomas Stewart 2nd Lord Innermeath [aged 52] was killed. His son Richard succeeded 3rd Lord Innermeath.
Robert Crichton 2nd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar [aged 41] was killed. His son Robert [aged 22] succeeded 3rd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar
Father and son William Rollo [aged 59] and Robert Rollo 5th of Duncrub [aged 34], brothers David Lyon of Cossins, William Lyon and George Lyon were killed. John Somerville 1st of Cambusnethan [aged 55], William Keith of Inverugie [aged 43], David Wemyss of Wemyss [aged 40], Robert Keith Master of Marischal [aged 30], Guiscard Harbottle [aged 28], John Erskine, David Home [aged 22], Andrew Stewart 1st Lord Avondale [aged 43], Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll [aged 64], Robert Douglas of Lochleven [aged 89] were killed. William Murray [aged 43], Colin Oliphant [aged 26], William Ruthven [aged 33], George Douglas [aged 44] and William Douglas [aged 42] were killed. Walter Lindsay of Arden and Walter Lindsay [aged 33] were killed.
On 20th November 1518 Marmaduke Constable [aged 61] died after swallowing a frog while drinking a glass of water. He was buried at Church of St Oswald, Flamborough. His tomb in Flamborough church is described by a writer in the 'Gentleman's Magazine' of 1753 (p. 456): 'This epitaph is written on a copper plate fixed into a large stone, which is placed upon a large stone coffin or chest in which the body was reposited, and beside it is the upper part of a skeleton in stone; the ribs project greatly and the breast is laid open, in the inner side of which appears what by tradition is held to be a toad at the heart (of which he was supposed to die), but it bears little or no resemblance of a toad.' The brass has now been separated from the coin and skeleton, and their connection with each other forgotten (Prickett, Bridlinqton, p. 187).
Here lieth Marmaduke Constable of Flaymburght, knight,
Who made adventure into France for the right of the same;
Passed over with King Edward the Fourth, that noble knight,
And also with noble King Harry the Seventh of that name.
He was also at Barvik at the winning of the same
And by King Edward chosen captain then first of any on,
And ruled and governed there his time without
But for all that, as ye see, he lieth under this
At Brankiston Field [Flodden], where the King of Scots was slain
He then being of the age of threescore and ten,
With the good Duke of Norfolk that journey he hath ta'en
And couragely advanced himself among other there and then,
The king being in France with great number of English men.
He, nothing heeding his age there, but Jeoparde him as one
With his sons, brethren, servants, and kinsmen,
But now, as ye see, he lieth under this stone.
[his daughter] Eleanor Constable Baroness Berkeley was born to Marmaduke Constable and Margery Fitzhugh. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married her fourth cousin once removed Thomas Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley, son of Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley, and had issue.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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[his daughter] Agnes Constable Baroness Ughtred was born to Marmaduke Constable and Margery Fitzhugh. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married before 10th September 1510 her third cousin Henry Ughtred 6th Baron Ughtred and had issue.
[his father] Robert Constable and [his mother] Agnes Wentworth were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Constable 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Marmaduke Constable
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Constable 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Zouche 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Zouche 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Marmaduke Constable 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Skipwith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Skipwith
GrandFather: Robert Constable 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Cumberworth
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catharine Cumberworth
Father: Robert Constable 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gascoigne VI
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Gascoigne VII
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Gascoigne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Frank
GrandMother: Agnes Gascoigne
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Pickering
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Pickering
Marmaduke Constable 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Wentworth 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Wentworth
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hooton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Hooton
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Wentworth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Tyas
GrandFather: Roger Wentworth
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Dronsfield
Mother: Agnes Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 1st Baron Despencer 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 2nd Baron Despencer 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Unknown Baroness Despencer
GrandMother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pain Tiptoft 1st Baron Tibetot 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Ros Baroness Tibetot 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Tiptoft 3rd Baron Tibetot 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Badlesmere Baroness Tibetot 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tiptoft Baroness Despencer 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Deincourt
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Deincourt 2nd Baron Deincourt
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Deincourt Baroness Tibetot 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Harringworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Millicent Zouche Baroness Deincourt 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lovell Baroness Zouche Harringworth 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England