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: Bertie
In 1654 [his father] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 23] and Mary Massingberd were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 46] and [his grandmother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.
Before 1660 [his father] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 29] and [his mother] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 27] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 51] and [his grandmother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.
On 20th October 1660 Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to [his father] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 29] and [his mother] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 28].
On 25th July 1666 [his grandfather] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 58] died at Campden House, Middlesex. His son [his father] Robert [aged 35] succeeded 3rd Earl Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his mother] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 33] by marriage Countess Lindsey.
In 1669 [his mother] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 36] died.
On 30th July 1678 Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 17] and Mary Wynn [aged 17] were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 47] and Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey.
On 6th February 1683 [his son] Robert Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 22] and [his wife] Mary Wynn [aged 22].
In 1684 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Savage 3rd Earl Rivers [aged 56] and [his half-sister] Arabella Bertie Countess Rivers were married. She by marriage Countess Rivers. She the daughter of [his father] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 53] and Mary Massingberd. He the son of John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers and Catherine Parker. They were fifth cousins.
On 29th April 1686 [his son] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 25] and [his wife] Mary Wynn [aged 25]. He married June 1711 Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, daughter of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow, and had issue.
In 1689 [his wife] Mary Wynn [aged 28] died.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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In 1689 Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 28] and Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 58] and Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey.
Around 1700 [his father] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 69] and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Countess Lindsey. She the daughter of Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and Lucy Dutton Countess Downe. He the son of [his grandfather] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and [his grandmother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.
On 9th May 1701 [his father] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 70] died. His son Robert [aged 40] succeeded 4th Earl Lindsey, 17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his wife] Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Countess Lindsey.
On 4th May 1704 [his son] Robert Bertie [aged 21] died.
In 1706 Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 45] was created 1st Marquess Lindsay. [his wife] Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Marchioness Lindsay.
In June 1711 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 25] and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 50] and Mary Wynn.
Around 1712 [his son] Vere Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 51] and [his wife] Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. He married 13th September 1736 Ann Casey, daughter of Cecil Wray 11th Baronet, and had issue.
In 1715 Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 54] was created 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven. [his wife] Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
On 28th February 1718 [his half-sister] Arabella Bertie Countess Rivers died.
On 24th July 1720 [his son] Thomas Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 59] and [his wife] Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
In 1721 [his son] Robert Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 60] and [his wife] Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
On 26th July 1723 Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 62] died. His son Peregrine [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 2nd Marquess Lindsay, 5th Earl Lindsey, 18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
After 26th July 1723. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham [Map]. Monument to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [deceased] sculpted by Peter Scheemakers [aged 32] and Henry Cheere 1st Baronet [aged 20]. A Classical Period with Corinthian Capitals supporting open dentilated pediment with garland, urns and putti. Before the Aedicule a rounded Pedestal supports a marble image of the deceased attired as a Roman General.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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The Times. 26th December 1910. We regret to state that Lord Ancaster [deceased] died on Saturday night at his Grimsthorpe, Bourne, Lincolnshire seat, in his 81st year.
Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, created first Earl of Ancaster in 1892, was Joint Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England. This dignity is held jointly by Lord Cholmondeley [aged 27], Lord Ancastor, and Lord Carrington [aged 67]. The late peer filled it during the reign of Queen Victoria, Lord Cholmondeley during that of King Edward, and Lord Carrington fills it during the present reign.
He was born on October 1, 1830, and succeeded his father [aged 12] as second Lord Aveland on September 6, 1807, and his mother as 24th Lord Willoughby de Eresby on November 13, 1888.
Few noblemen possessed a longer lineage, for the lordship of Erresby in Lincolnshire was acquired by the family of Bee or Belec bv the marriage of Walter dc Bec with Agnes, daughter and heiress of Hugh Fitz Pincheon, a 12th century magnate of Lincolnshire. A John Beeke received permission from Edward I to make a castle of his manor house at Eresby and was summoned to Parliament as one of the barons of the realm. By his wife, Sarah, daughter of Thomas, Lord Furnival, be had, among other children, Alice, who was married to Sir William de Willoughby, one of those who went with Prince Edward to the Holy Land. His son, Robert, became first Lord Willoughby de Eresby. Subsequent holders of that title played a prominent part in the country's history at home and abroad. The 13th baron was created Earl of Lindsey. The fourth Earl of Lindsey was created Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1713. That dukedom became extinct with the death of the [his grandson] fifth Duke in 1809. The barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between the sisters of the fourth duke until it was terminated by the Crown in 1780 in favour of the elder co-heir, [his great granddaughter] Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth, whom the first Lord Gwydir married in 1779. Their eldest son Peter Robert, 21st Baron Willoughby de Eresby, married the daughter of the first Lord Perth, and one of their daughters became in 1840 the wife of the second Lord Carrington. Almeric, the 22nd Lord Willoughby do Eresby and third Baron Gwydyr of Gwydyr, County Carnarvon, Joint Hereditary Great Chamberlain of England, died in August, 1870. The barony of Willoughby do Eresby again fell into abeyance between his lordship's surviving sisters, and it was terminated in favour of the elder, the Dowager Baroness Aveland, who married in 1827 Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, created Baron Aveland in 1856. Their eldest son was the late Lord Ancaster, whose sister, Clementina Charlotte [aged 78], married in 1869 Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, who died in her Majesty's ship Victoria in June 1893.
The late Lord Ancaster married in 1863 Lady Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon [aged 64], second daughter of the tenth Marquis of Huntly, by whom be had four sons and six daughters. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and sat as Member of Parliament for Rutland from 1856 to 1867. He was a magistrate for Kesteven and chairman of Quarter Sessions, lord of the manor of Thurlbv Baston and Langtoft, as well as chairman of the Stamford Division Conservative and Unionist Association; and was Lord Chamberlain during Queen Victoria's reign and contested the right to continue on King Edward's succession.
He is succeeded in the title by Lord Willoughby de Eresby [aged 43],??? for the Hornecastle Division of Lincolnshire, who is a major and hon. lieutenant-colonel of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and was formerly an officer of the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. He married in 1905 Eloise Laurence [aged 28], eldest daughter of the late Mr. W. L. Breese, of New York, and has a son, Gilbert James [aged 3], born in 1907, and two daughters.
The late earl's other children include Major Charles S. Heathcote-Drunmond-Willoughby [aged 40], who married Lady Muriel Erskine, daughter of Lord Buchan [aged 60]; Major Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby [aged 38], who married Lady Florence Astley [aged 43], youngest daughter of the third Marquis Ponyngham; Lady Evelyn Clementina [aged 46], wife of Major-General Sir Henry Peter Ewart; the Hon. Margaret Mary [aged 44], who was married to the late Mr. Gideon Macpherson Rutherford; the Hon. Cecilie [aged 36], wife of Mr. T. C. E. Goff; and Lady Dalhousie [aged 32]. The late peer assumed by Royal licence in 1872 the additional surnames of Willoughby and Drummond. He was a large landowner, owning Drummond Castle Crieff, and extensive deer forests in Perthshire and land in Lincolnshire and Rutland. Recently, however, he sold considerable portion of his estates, in many instances to the tenants who had the option of purchase. He was a very generous landlord, and was highly respected. He used Normanton Castle as his chief country house till Lord Willoughby de Eresby was married; then Normanton became the latter's home, and Lord Ancester lived at Grimsthorpe. He was president of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
[his daughter] Mary Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Mary Wynn.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Mary Wynn.
[his daughter] Eleanor Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Mary Wynn.
[his daughter] Louisa Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. She married 1736 Thomas Bludworth.
[his son] Montagu Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. He married Elizabeth Piers and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 25 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bertie 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Bertie Baron Willoughby
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Willoughby 11th Baron Willoughby 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria de Salinas Baroness Willoughby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Golding
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Golding Countess of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tonge
GrandFather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Roper 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Harrington 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Jeffrey of Chiddington Sussex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jeffrey
Father: Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cockayne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Cockayne
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cockayne
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cockayne
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Medcalf
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Medcalf
GrandMother: Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Morris
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Morris Countess Dover
Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wharton 1st Baron Wharton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wharton 2nd Baron Wharton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Stapleton Baroness Wharton 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Wharton 3rd Baron Wharton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Radclyffe 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stanley Countess Sussex 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Wharton 7 x Great Grand Son 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 Grandmother: Frances Clifford Baroness Wharton 6 x Great Grand Daughter 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
GrandFather: Philip Wharton 4th Baron Wharton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Morgan
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Philadelphia Carey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth
Mother: Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Wandesford Baroness Wharton