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: Russell of Chippenham
In 1575 William Russell 1st Baronet was born.
After 1605 William Russell 1st Baronet [aged 30] and Elizabeth Cherry [aged 16] were married.
Around 1610 [his daughter] Elizabeth Russell was born to William Russell 1st Baronet [aged 35] and [his wife] Elizabeth Cherry [aged 21]. There is some confusion over as to whether her mother was Elizabeth Cherry or Elizabeth Gerard but if born in 1610 then her mother Elizabeth Cherry since she died in 1611. She married (1) before 22nd December 1634 Edward Lewknor of Denham (2) before 20th September 1660 Bishop John Gauden.
Around 1611 [his wife] Elizabeth Cherry [aged 22] died.
On 1st March 1613 William Russell 1st Baronet [aged 38] and Elizabeth Smallpage [aged 13] were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
On 1st March 1613 William Russell 1st Baronet [aged 38] and Elizabeth Gerard were married.
Around 1615 [his daughter] Sarah Russell was born to William Russell 1st Baronet [aged 40] and [his wife] Elizabeth Gerard. She married 13th August 1635 Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole and had issue.
In 1616 [his son] Francis Russell 2nd Baronet was born to William Russell 1st Baronet [aged 41] and [his wife] Elizabeth Gerard. He married 19th December 1631 Catherine Wheatley and had issue.
In January 1630 William Russell 1st Baronet [aged 55] was created 1st Baronet Russell of Chippenham in Wiltshire.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 19th December 1631 [his son] Francis Russell 2nd Baronet [aged 15] and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Wheatley [aged 21] were married. Step-siblings. She the daughter of his father's third wife Elizabeth Smallpage [aged 31] by her first husband John Wheatley.
Before 22nd December 1634 [his son-in-law] Edward Lewknor of Denham [aged 20] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Russell [aged 24] were married.
On 13th August 1635 [his son-in-law] Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole [aged 21] and [his daughter] Sarah Russell [aged 20] were married.
Around 1654 Thomas Foley [aged 37] bought Witley Court, Worcestershire from William Russell 1st Baronet [aged 79]. The Foley's remained at Witley Court for the next two hundred years, enlarging the original Jacobean house.
In 1654 William Russell 1st Baronet [aged 79] died. His son Francis [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Baronet Russell of Chippenham in Wiltshire.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 25th July 1663. By and by to dinner, and in comes Mr. Creed. I saluted Mr. Gauden's lady, and the young ladies, he having many pretty children, and his sister, the Bishop's widow [aged 53]; who was, it seems, Sir W. Russel's daughter, the Treasurer of the Navy; who by her discourse at dinner I find to be very well-bred, and a woman of excellent discourse, even so much as to have my attention all dinner with much more pleasure than I did give to Mr. Creed, whose discourse was mighty merry in inveighing at Mr. Gauden's victuals that they had at sea the last voyage that he prosecuted, till methought the woman began to take it seriously.
[his son] William Russell 1st Baronet was born to William Russell 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Smallpage. He married in or before 1669 Hester Rouse Lady Russell, daughter of Thomas Rouse 1st Baronet, and had issue.
John Wheatley and Elizabeth Smallpage were married.