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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Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire is in Burbage, Wiltshire.
Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map] was the seat of the Seymour family.
In 1381 Henry Sturmy of Wolfhall died. His nephew William Sturmey inherited Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map] and Elvetham Hall, Hampshire [Map].
Around 1400 John Seymour was born to Roger Seymour and Maud Sturmey at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. He married 20th July 1424 Isabel Williams and had issue.
Around 1425 John Seymour was born to John Seymour and Isabel Williams at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. He married Elizabeth Coker and had issue.
On 21st March 1427 William Sturmey died at 8 o’clock in the evening at Elvetham Hall, Hampshire [Map]. His daughter Agnes Sturmey, and grandson John Seymour, son of his daughter Maud Sturmey, were his heirs. John Seymour inherited Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map] and Elvetham Hall, Hampshire [Map].
In 1439 Margaret Seymour was born to John Seymour and Isabel Williams at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. She married Edward Blount and had issue.
Around 1450 John Seymour was born to John Seymour and Elizabeth Coker at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. He married (1) in or before 1468 Elizabeth Darrell and had issue (2) after 1480 Unknown Hardon.
Around 1468 Margaret Seymour was born to John Seymour and Elizabeth Darrell at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. She married before June 1517 Nicholas Wadham of Marryfield and Edge.
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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Around 1469 Jane Seymour was born to John Seymour and Elizabeth Darrell at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map].
Around 1471 Elizabeth Seymour was born to John Seymour and Elizabeth Darrell at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map].
Around 1474 John Seymour was born to John Seymour and Elizabeth Darrell at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. He married 22nd October 1494 Margery Wentworth, daughter of Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer and Anne Saye Baroness Despencer, and had issue.
Around 1508 Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour was born to John Seymour and Margery Wentworth at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. He married May 1547 his sixth cousin Catherine Parr Queen Consort England and had issue.
Around 1509 Jane Seymour was born to John Seymour and Margery Wentworth at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. She married 30th May 1536 her half fourth cousin once removed King Henry VIII of England and Ireland, son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England, and had issue.
Around 1518 Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham was born to John Seymour and Margery Wentworth at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. She married (1) 1531 Anthony Ughtred, son of Robert Ughtred 5th Baron Ughtred and Catherine Eure Baroness Ughtred, and had issue (2) 3rd August 1537 Gregory Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell Oakham, son of Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl Essex and Elizabeth Wyckes, and had issue (3) March 1554 her fifth cousin John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester, son of William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester and Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester.
In 1527 John Seymour was born to Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Catherine Filliol at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. Paternity was questioned by Edward after it was alleged that Catherine had had an affair with her father-in-law John Seymour 1474-1536. He and his brother were excluded in 1540 from their paternal and maternal inheritances and all their claims to their father's dignities being postponed to his children by his second wife.
In 1529 Edward Seymour was born to Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Catherine Filliol at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. Paternity was questioned by Edward after it was alleged that Catherine had had an affair with her father-in-law John Seymour 1474-1536. He and his brother were excluded in 1540 from their paternal and maternal inheritances and all their claims to their father's dignities being postponed to his children by his second wife. He married Margaret Walshe and had issue.
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 3rd September 1535 King Henry VIII of England and Ireland stayed at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map] for a week as part of his summer progress. This may have been the time when his affections for Jane Seymour, whose home it was, began. See reference to "new amours" in Letter of 08 Oct 1535.
On 22nd May 1539 Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford was born to Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. He married (1) before 25th December 1560 his sixth cousin Catherine Grey Countess Hertford, daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk, and had issue (2) 1582 his half sixth cousin Frances Howard Countess Hertford, daughter of William Howard 1st Baron Howard and Margaret Gamage Baroness Howard, and had issue (3) 27th May 1601 his half third cousin Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond, daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon and Mabel Burton Viscountess Howard Bindon.
Around 1540 Henry Seymour was born to Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. He married his fifth cousin once removed Joan Percy, daughter of Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland and Anne Somerset Countess Northumberland.