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: Cantilupe
Around 1159 William Cantilupe Baron was born to [his father] Walter Cantilupe.
Around 1185 [his son] William Cantilupe was born to William Cantilupe Baron [aged 26].
In 1186 [his daughter] Mabel Cantilupe was born to William Cantilupe Baron [aged 27]. She married Thurstan Montfort and had issue.
Around 1189 [his son] John Cantilupe was born to William Cantilupe Baron [aged 30].
In or before 1191 [his son] Bishop Walter de Cantelupe was born to William Cantilupe Baron [aged 31].
In 1192 [his daughter] Isabel Cantilupe was born to William Cantilupe Baron [aged 33]. She married 1209 Stephen Devereux and had issue.
In 1200 William Cantilupe Baron [aged 41] was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1204 William Cantilupe Baron [aged 45] was granted the manor of Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire.
In 1204 William Cantilupe Baron [aged 45] was granted the manor of Eaton, Bedfordshire.
In 1207 William Cantilupe Baron [aged 48] was present at the Second Battle aka Fair of Lincoln.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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In 1207 William Cantilupe Baron [aged 48] was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
In 1207 William Cantilupe Baron [aged 48] was appointed Baron of the Exchequer.
In 1207 William Cantilupe Baron [aged 48] was present at the Siege of Mountsorrel Castle.
In 1209 William Cantilupe Baron [aged 50] was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire and High Sheriff of Leicestershire after which his main residence was Kenilworth Castle [Map].
In 1209 [his son-in-law] Stephen Devereux [aged 18] and [his daughter] Isabel Cantilupe [aged 17] were married.
In 1228 [his daughter] Mabel Cantilupe [aged 42] died.
In 1236 [his daughter] Isabel Cantilupe [aged 44] died.
Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris. 30th August 1236. The venerable bishops of Worcester and Norwich, of pious memory, having gone the way of all flesh, the monks of Worcester elected Master Walter de Cantelupe [aged 45], son of the powerful and illustrious William de Cantelupe [aged 77], to be their prelate and the pastor of their souls, and the pope accepted of him "without any difficulty, and consecrated him as bishop. The Norwich monks elected their prior, a religious and discreet man, to be their head; but his election, although duly made, displeased the king, and, owing to the ridiculous reasonings and objections of some who opposed it, was for a long time hung in suspense, not without certain scmples arising from suspected misdeeds.
On 7th April 1239 William Cantilupe Baron [aged 80] died. He was buried at Studley Priory, Warwickshire [Map].
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [1]
King Richard III of England [2]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [4]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [1]
Queen Anne Boleyn of England [3]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [6]
Queen Catherine Howard of England [4]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [9]
George Wharton [35]
President George Washington [3]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [176]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [680]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [204]
Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1980]