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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Earl Cornwall is in Earldoms of England AlphabeticallyEarldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been six creations of Earl Cornwall:
1st. 1072. Brian Penthièvre 1st Earl Cornwall. Extinct. 1084.
2nd. 1072. Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall. Forfeit. 28th September 1106. Battle of TinchebrayBattle of Tinchebray.
3rd. 1141. Reginald de Dunstanville Fitzroy 1st Earl Cornwall. Extinct. 1st July 1175.
4th. 1225. Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall. Extinct. 25th September 1300.
5th. 6th August 1307. Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall. Extinct. 19th June 1312. Capture, Trial and Execution of Piers GavestonCapture, Trial and Execution of Piers Gaveston.
6th. 1330. John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall. Extinct. 30th September 1336.
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1072. Brian Penthièvre 1st Earl Cornwall 1040-1084Brian Penthièvre 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 32] created.
1084. Brian Penthièvre 1st Earl Cornwall 1040-1084Brian Penthièvre 1st Earl Cornwall extinct.
In 1072 Brian Penthièvre 1st Earl Cornwall 1040-1084Brian Penthièvre 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 32] was created 1st Earl Cornwall.
After 1084 Brian Penthièvre 1st Earl Cornwall 1040-1084Brian Penthièvre 1st Earl Cornwall [deceased] died. Earl Cornwall extinct. He may have resigned the title before this date when he returned to live in Brittany.
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1072. Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall 1031-1090Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 41] created.
1090. Son William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall 1083-1140William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall [aged 6] succeeded.
28th September 1106. William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall 1083-1140William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall forfeit. See Battle of TinchebrayBattle of Tinchebray.
In 1072 Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall 1031-1090Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 41] was created 1st Earl Cornwall.
In 1090 Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall 1031-1090Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 59] died. His son William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall 1083-1140William [aged 6] succeeded Count Mortain MortagneCount Mortain Mortagne, 2nd Earl Cornwall.
Before 1106 William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall 1083-1140William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall [aged 22] forfeit 2nd Earl Cornwall for having attacked the Normandy castles of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England 1068-1135King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 37].
Battle of TinchebrayBattle of Tinchebray
On 28th September 1106 King Henry I "Beauclerc" England 1068-1135King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 38] defeated his older brother Robert Curthose III Duke Normandy 1051-1134Robert Curthose III Duke Normandy [aged 55] at the Battle of TinchebrayBattle of Tinchebray at Tinchebray, Orne.
William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey -1138William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey and Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan 1040-1118Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan [aged 66]. Elias I Count Maine -1110Elias I Count Maine commanded the reserve. The following fought for Henry:
William Brito de Albini 1085-1155William Brito de Albini.
Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany 1063-1119Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany [aged 43].
TosnyRaoul Tosny [aged 26].
William "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny 1064-1139William "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny [aged 42].
GrandesmilRobert Grandesmil [aged 28], and.
NormanWilliam Normandy I Count Évreux.
Robert Curthose III Duke Normandy 1051-1134Robert Curthose III Duke Normandy was captured and spent the next twenty-eight years in prison; never released.
William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall 1083-1140William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall [aged 22] was also captured. He spent the next thirty or more years in prison before becoming a monk. Earl Cornwall forfeit.
King Edgar Ætheling II of England 1051-1126King Edgar Ætheling II of England [aged 55] was captured and subsequently released; Henry had married to Edgar's niece Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England 1080-1118Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England [aged 26] in 1100.
Robert II Belleme 2nd Count Ponthieu 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 1056-1130Robert II Belleme 2nd Count Ponthieu 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 50] escaped.
StutevilleRobert Stuteville was captured.
Earl Cornwall is also in Earldoms of England ChronologicallyEarldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of EnglandExtinct Earldoms of England.
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1141. NormanReginald de Dunstanville Fitzroy 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 31] created.
1st July 1175. NormanReginald de Dunstanville Fitzroy 1st Earl Cornwall extinct.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In 1141 NormanReginald de Dunstanville Fitzroy 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 31] was created 1st Earl Cornwall.
On 1st July 1175 NormanReginald de Dunstanville Fitzroy 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 65] died at Chertsey, SurreyChertsey, Surrey. He was buried at Reading Abbey, BerkshireReading Abbey, Berkshire [Map]. Earl Cornwall extinct. His son appears to have predeceaseed him by months.
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1225. Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall 1209-1272Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 15] created.
2nd April 1272. Son Edmund "Almain" 2nd Earl Cornwall 1249-1300Edmund "Almain" 2nd Earl Cornwall [aged 22] succeeded.
25th September 1300. Edmund "Almain" 2nd Earl Cornwall 1249-1300Edmund "Almain" 2nd Earl Cornwall extinct.
In 1225 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall 1209-1272Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 15] was created 1st Earl Cornwall.
On 30th March 1231 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall 1209-1272Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 22] and MarshallIsabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 30] were married at Fawley, LambournFawley, Lambourn. MarshallShe by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke 1146-1219William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and NormanIsabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of King John of England 1166-1216King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 1188-1246Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 43]. They were Fifth Cousinfifth cousins.
On 23rd November 1243 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall 1209-1272Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 34] and Sanchia Provence Queen Consort Germany 1228-1261Sanchia Provence Queen Consort Germany [aged 15] were married at Westminster AbbeyWestminster Abbey [Map]. Sanchia Provence Queen Consort Germany 1228-1261She by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of BarcelonaRaymond IV Count Provence [aged 45] and SavoyBeatrice Savoy Countess Provence [aged 45]. He the son of King John of England 1166-1216King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 1188-1246Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 55]. They were Fourth Cousinfourth cousins.
On 16th June 1269 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall 1209-1272Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 60] and Beatrice Falkenburg Countess Cornwall were married at KaiserslauternKaiserslautern [Map]. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. He the son of King John of England 1166-1216King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 1188-1246Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England.
On 2nd April 1272 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall 1209-1272Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 63] died at Berkhamsted Castle, HertfordshireBerkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire [Map]. He was buried at Hailes AbbeyHailes Abbey [Map]. His son Edmund "Almain" 2nd Earl Cornwall 1249-1300Edmund [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Earl Cornwall.
On 6th October 1272 Edmund "Almain" 2nd Earl Cornwall 1249-1300Edmund "Almain" 2nd Earl Cornwall [aged 22] and NormanMargaret Clare Countess Cornwall [aged 22] were married at the RuislipRuislip [Map]. NormanShe by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 1222-1262Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford and VesciMaud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford [aged 49]. He the son of Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall 1209-1272Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall and Sanchia Provence Queen Consort Germany 1228-1261Sanchia Provence Queen Consort Germany. They were Half Fourth Cousin Once Removedhalf fourth cousin once removed. He a grandson of King John of England 1166-1216King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England 1068-1135King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 25th September 1300 Edmund "Almain" 2nd Earl Cornwall 1249-1300Edmund "Almain" 2nd Earl Cornwall [aged 50] died. Earl Cornwall extinct. He was buried, heart and flesh, at Ashridge, HertfordshireAshridge, Hertfordshire [Map]. His bones were interred at Hailes AbbeyHailes Abbey [Map] during a service attended by King Edward I of England 1239-1307King Edward I of England [aged 61].
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6th August 1307. Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall 1284-1312Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 23] created. See Return of Piers GavestonReturn of Piers Gaveston.
19th June 1312. Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall 1284-1312Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall extinct. See Capture, Trial and Execution of Piers GavestonCapture, Trial and Execution of Piers Gaveston.
Return of Piers GavestonReturn of Piers Gaveston
On 6th August 1307 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall 1284-1312Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 23] was created 1st Earl Cornwall by King Edward II of England 1284-1327King Edward II of England [aged 23]; Earl Cornwall usually reserved for the heir. The earldom gave Gaveston substantial landholdings over great parts of England, to the value of £4,000 a year. These possessions consisted of most of Cornwall, as well as parts of Devonshire in the south-west, land in Berkshire and Oxfordshire centred on the honour of Wallingford, most of the eastern part of Lincolnshire, and the honour of Knaresborough in Yorkshire, with the territories that belonged to it.
On 5th August 1309 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall 1284-1312Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 25] was restored 1st Earl Cornwall.
Capture, Trial and Execution of Piers GavestonCapture, Trial and Execution of Piers Gaveston
On 19th June 1312 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall 1284-1312Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 28] was taken to Blacklow Hill, WarwickshireBlacklow Hill, Warwickshire [Map] where he was Beheadedbeheaded. Earl Cornwall extinct. Blacklow Hill, WarwickshireBlacklow Hill, Warwickshire [Map] being outside of the lands of Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick 1272-1315Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl of Warwick [aged 40]. Gaveston's body was left where it lay eventually being recovered by Dominican friars who took it to King's Langley Priory, HertfordshireKing's Langley Priory, Hertfordshire [Map].
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1330. John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall 1316-1336John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 13] created.
30th September 1336. John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall 1316-1336John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall extinct.
In 1330 John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall 1316-1336John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 13] was created 1st Earl Cornwall.
On 30th September 1336 John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall 1316-1336John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 20] died at PerthPerth [Map]. Earl Cornwall extinct. He was buried at the east side of the doorway to the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster AbbeyChapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His monument comprises a head of the statue encircled by a coronet of large and small leaves, remarkable for being the earliest specimen of the kind. The details of plate-armour, surcoat, gorget, coroneted helmet, with other accessories, give great antiquarian interest to this work. It was formerly surmounted by a canopy, of which, however, no traces are now visible.