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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Baron Cavendish Hardwick is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.
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1605. William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire [aged 52] created.
3rd March 1626. Son William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire [aged 36] succeeded.
20th June 1628. Son William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 10] succeeded.
23rd November 1684. Son William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire [aged 44] succeeded.
18th August 1707. Son William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire [aged 35] succeeded.
4th June 1729. Son William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire [aged 30] succeeded.
5th December 1755. Son William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire [aged 35] succeeded.
2nd October 1764. Son William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire [aged 16] succeeded.
29th July 1811. Son William Cavendish 6th Duke Devonshire [aged 21] succeeded.
18th January 1858. First Cousin Once Removed William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire [aged 49] succeeded.
21st December 1891. Son Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire [aged 58] succeeded.
24th March 1908. Nephew Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 39] succeeded.
6th May 1938. Son Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 43] succeeded.
26th November 1950. Son Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire [aged 30] succeeded.
3rd May 2004. Son Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire [aged 60] succeeded.
In 1605 William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire [aged 52] was created 1st Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Elizabeth Boughton Countess Devonshire [aged 37] by marriage Baroness Cavendish Hardwick.
On 3rd March 1626 William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire [aged 73] died. His son William [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Earl Devonshire, 2nd Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire by marriage Countess Devonshire. On 12th October 1616 Henry Cavendish died. Both were buried at St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
The monument was behind the altar in the original church but moved to a separate chapel in the new church.
Monument formed two bodies under a low four-poster with black Ionic columns and black covering slab. The monument has been attributed to Maximilian Colt [aged 51].
On 20th June 1628 William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire [aged 38] died at Devonshire House. He was buried at Derby Cathedral [Map]. His son William [aged 10] succeeded 3rd Earl Devonshire, 3rd Baron Cavendish Hardwick.
On 23rd November 1684 William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 67] died at his house in Roehampton, Surrey. He was buried in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son William [aged 44] succeeded 4th Earl Devonshire, 4th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire [aged 38] by marriage Countess Devonshire.
On 18th August 1707 William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire [aged 67] died. His son William [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Duke Devonshire, 5th Earl Devonshire, 5th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire [aged 33] by marriage Duchess Devonshire.
On 4th June 1729 William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire [aged 57] died. His son William [aged 30] succeeded 3rd Duke Devonshire, 6th Earl Devonshire, 6th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire [aged 30] by marriage Duchess Devonshire.
On 5th December 1755 William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire [aged 57] died. His son William [aged 35] succeeded 4th Duke Devonshire, 7th Earl Devonshire, 7th Baron Cavendish Hardwick.
On 2nd October 1764 William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire [aged 44] died. His son William [aged 16] succeeded 5th Duke Devonshire, 8th Earl Devonshire, 8th Baron Cavendish Hardwick.
On 29th July 1811 William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire [aged 63] died. His son William [aged 21] succeeded 6th Duke Devonshire, 9th Earl Devonshire, 9th Baron Cavendish Hardwick, 8th Baron Clifford.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 18th January 1858 William Cavendish 6th Duke Devonshire [aged 67] died at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His first cousin once removed William [aged 49] succeeded 7th Duke Devonshire, 10th Earl Devonshire, 10th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Baron Clifford abeyant.
On 21st December 1891 William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire [aged 83] died. He was buried at the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Spencer [aged 58] succeeded 8th Duke Devonshire, 11th Earl Devonshire, 3rd Earl Burlington, 11th Baron Cavendish Hardwick.
On 24th March 1908 Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire [aged 74] died of pneumonia at Hotel Metropol. His nephew Victor [aged 39] succeeded 9th Duke Devonshire, 12th Earl Devonshire, 4th Earl Burlington, 12th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. On 28th March 1908 he was buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
On 6th May 1938 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 69] died at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Edward [aged 43] succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington, 13th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 42] by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 2nd April 1960 Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 67] died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire: On 27th August 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30th July 1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. They were fifth cousins.
On 26th November 1950 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 55] died. His son Andrew [aged 30] succeeded 11th Duke Devonshire, 14th Earl Devonshire, 6th Earl Burlington, 14th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire [aged 30] by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 24th December 1988 Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 55] died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
On 3rd May 2004 Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire [aged 84] died. His son Peregrine [aged 60] succeeded 12th Duke Devonshire, 15th Earl Devonshire, 15th Baron Cavendish Hardwick, 7th Earl Burlington. Amanda Carmen Heywood-Lonsdale Duchess of Devonshire [aged 60] by marriage Duchess Devonshire.