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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In 1677 [his father] Walter Yonge 3rd Baronet [aged 24] and Gertrude Morice Lady Yonge [aged 6] were married. She by marriage Lady Yonge of Colyton in Devon.
In 1691 [his father] Walter Yonge 3rd Baronet [aged 38] and [his mother] Gwen Williams were married.
Around 1693 William Yonge 4th Baronet was born to Walter Yonge 3rd Baronet [aged 40] and Gwen Williams.
In 1716 William Yonge 4th Baronet [aged 23] and Mary Heathcote [aged 19] were married.
In 1724 William Yonge 4th Baronet [aged 31] and Mary Heathcote [aged 27] were divorced. He had a number extra-marital affairs. On discovering she had taken a lover he divorced her, keeping her dowry and most of her fortune, and sued her lover for damages.
In 1724 [his wife] Mary Heathcote [aged 27] died.
After 1724 William Yonge 4th Baronet [aged 31] and Anne Howard Lady Yonge were married.
On 17th July 1731 [his son] George Yonge 5th Baronet was born to William Yonge 4th Baronet [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Howard Lady Yonge.
On 18th July 1731 [his father] Walter Yonge 3rd Baronet [aged 78] died. His son William [aged 38] succeeded 4th Baronet Yonge of Colyton in Devon. [his wife] Anne Howard Lady Yonge by marriage Lady Yonge of Colyton in Devon.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1737 John Vanderbank [aged 42]. Portrait of William Yonge 4th Baronet [aged 44].
On 10th August 1755 William Yonge 4th Baronet [aged 62] died at Escot Honiton, Devon. His son George [aged 24] succeeded 5th Baronet Yonge of Colyton in Devon.
On 12th September 1775 [his former wife] Anne Howard Lady Yonge died.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Yonge of Colyton
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Yonge 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Peryan of Exeter
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Peryan
GrandFather: Walter Yonge 2nd Baronet
Father: Walter Yonge 3rd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Williams
Great x 1 Grandfather: Griffith Williams 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Robert Williams 2nd Baronet
Mother: Gwen Williams