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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Constable of Dover Castle is in Constables of Castles. See Dover Castle [Map].
Before 1202 Hubert de Burgh Count Mortain 1st Earl Kent [aged 31] was appointed Count Mortain Mortagne, and as Constable of Dover Castle, Constable of Windsor Castle, Constable of Chinon Castle.
In 1246 Nicholas Moels [aged 51] was appointed Constable of Dover Castle.
In 1324 Henry Cobham 1st Baron Cobham [aged 64] was appointed Constable of Dover Castle.
After October 1336 Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 49] was appointed Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle which offices he held, with occassional interruption, to his death.
In 1370 Richard Pembridge [aged 50] was appointed Constable of Dover Castle.
In 1373 William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 42] was appointed Constable of Dover Castle.
In 1380 Robert Assheton was appointed Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports.
In 1384 Simon Burley [aged 44] was appointed Constable of Dover Castle.
Patent Rolls. 3rd January 1388. Appointment, during pleasure, of John Devereux [aged 51], knight, to be constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports, receiving therefor for the maintenance of himself and the chaplains, servants, watchmen and one carpenter abiding therein, £300. a year, viz. from, wards belonging to the castle £146., from the issues of the customs in the port of Sandwich 100 marks and the residue at the Exchequer, without rendering account, as Simon de Bureley [aged 48], knight, late constable and warden, saving to the king chattels of felons and fugitives, fines, ransoms, amercements, etc. from the said ports belonging to the king, for which he is to render account at the Exchequer; provided that he stay in person upon the custody as is reasonably needful and as necessity demands. By K. & C. Mandate in pursuance to the said Simon to deliver the castle to him. Mandate de intendendo in pursuance to the barons, bailiffs, good men and whole commonalty of the liberty of the Cinque Ports.
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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On 12th March 1388 John Devereux 1st Baron Devereux [aged 51] was appointed Constable of Dover Castle.
Patent Rolls. 12th March 1388. Grant, for life, to John Devereux [aged 51], one of the king's bannerets, of the offices of constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports, as held by Simon de Burleye [aged 48]. By p.s. Vacated because otherwise below.
In 1392 John Beaumont 4th Baron Beaumont [aged 31] was appointed Constable of Dover Castle.
In February 1397 John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 24] was appointed Admiral of the Irish Fleet, Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Around 1400 Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 5th or 12th Earl of Arundel [aged 18] was appointed Constable of Dover Castle.
Patent Rolls. 7th May 1461. Middleham Castle [Map]. Grant for life to the king's kinsman Richard [aged 32], Earl of Warwick, of the office of constable of the king's castle of Dover, and al rents and services called 'castelwarde', and herbage and advowsons pertaining to the same, and the wardenship of the Cinque Ports and all forfeitures, 'shares', wreck of sea and other profits; and also 300l yearly for the sustenances of himself and priests, servants, watchmen, and other officers there, in the same manner as Humphey, late Duke of Gloucester, viz 146l frin the wards pertaining to the castle and 154l from the fee farm of the town of Southampton. By other latters patent.
Richard Grey was appointed Constable of Dover Castle.