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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MP New Romney is in Member Parliament. See Romney, Kent.
In 1601 Thomas Lake (age 33) was elected MP New Romney.
In 1614 Arthur Ingram (age 49) was elected MP New Romney.
In 1640 Norton Knatchbull 1st Baronet (age 61) was elected MP New Romney.
In April 1640 Thomas Godfrey (age 54) was elected MP New Romney in the Short Parliament.
In 1660 John Knatchbull 2nd Baronet (age 24) was elected MP New Romney.
After 17th March 1664 Charles Berkeley 1st Earl Falmouth (age 34) was elected MP New Romney.
In 1665 Henry Brouncker 3rd Viscount Brounckner (age 38) was elected MP New Romney which seat he held until 21st April 1668 when he was expelled from the House of Commons when charges were brought against him, for allowing the Dutch fleet to escape during the Battle of Lowestoft, and for ordering the sails of the English fleet to be slackened in the name of the Duke of York (age 31). This was essentially an act of treason. Such a military decision, taken without the Duke's authority, was an incident seemingly without parallel, especially as his apparent motive was simply that he was fatigued with the stress and noise of the battle.
In 1668 Charles Sedley 5th Baronet (age 28) was elected MP New Romney.
In 1690 Charles Sedley 5th Baronet (age 50) was elected MP New Romney.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1696 Charles Sedley 5th Baronet (age 56) was elected MP New Romney.
In 1710 Robert Furnese 2nd Baronet (age 22) was elected MP New Romney during the 1710 General Election.
In 1761 Edward Dering 6th Baronet (age 28) was elected MP New Romney; he held the seat until 1770 when he resigned to take up the position of the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.
In 1774 Edward Dering 6th Baronet (age 41) was elected MP New Romney; he held the seat until 1787 when he resigned to take up the position of the Stewardship of the Manor of East Hendred.
In 1785 John Henniker-Major 2nd Baron Henniker (age 32) was elected MP New Romney which seat he held until 1790.
In 1807 George Ashburnham (age 21) was elected MP New Romney.
In 1818 Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor (age 55) was elected MP New Romney.
On 8th February 1819 Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor (age 56) died. His son Richard (age 21) succeeded MP New Romney.
In 1830 William Howard (age 48) was elected MP New Romney.
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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In 1831 Roger Gresley 8th Baronet (age 31) was elected Romney Marsh which seat he held until 1832.