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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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In February 1324 Richard Willoughby (age 34) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
In 1394 Henry Green (age 47) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
Before September 1397 Henry Green (age 50) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
In 1410 John St John (age 48) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
In 1411 John St John (age 49) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
In March 1416 John St John (age 54) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
In May 1421 John St John (age 59) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
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Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1445 Thomas Billing was elected MP Northamptonshire.
In 1453 Thomas Tresham (age 33) was appointed MP Northamptonshire.
In 1459 Thomas Tresham (age 39) was appointed MP Northamptonshire.
In 1467 Thomas Tresham (age 47) was appointed MP Northamptonshire.
On 7th November 1485 Thomas Lovell was elected MP Northamptonshire.
On 17th February 1554 Thomas Tresham (age 54) was appointed MP Northamptonshire.
On 3rd October 1554 Thomas Tresham (age 54) was appointed MP Northamptonshire.
In 1604 Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 41) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
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The 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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In 1621 Richard Knightley (age 27) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
In 1656 William Wray 1st Baronet (age 31) was elected MP Grimsby during the Second Protectorate Parliament.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet (age 24) was elected MP Somerset during the Second Protectorate Parliament.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 32) was elected MP Northamptonshire during the Second Protectorate Parliament.
Francis Bacon (age 55) was elected MP Ipswich in the Second Protectorate Parliament.
In 1661 Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 51) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
In 1679 William Langham 3rd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Northamptonshire which seat he held until 1695.
On 13th June 1689 Thomas Samwell 1st Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Northamptonshire which seat he held until 1690.
In 1748 Valentine Knightley (age 29) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
On 21st November 1763 Lucius Knightley (age 21) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
After 11th March 1768 William Dolben 3rd Baronet (age 41) was elected MP Northamptonshire which seat he held until 1774.
On 14th January 1773 Lucius Knightley (age 30) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
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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 1774 George Robinson 5th Baronet (age 43) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
In 1774 Lucius Knightley (age 31) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
In 1780 Lucius Knightley (age 37) was elected MP Northamptonshire.