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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 October 1553 Richard Weston (age 26) was elected MP Saltash.
In 1563 Thomas Carew (age 36) was elected MP Saltash.
In 1584 Richard Carew (age 28) was elected MP Saltash.
In 1586 George Carew was elected MP Saltash.
In 1586 John Acland (age 34) was elected MP Saltash.
In 1588 George Carew was elected MP Saltash.
In 1593 George Carew was elected MP Saltash.
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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 1622 Thomas Smythe (age 64) was elected MP Saltash.
In 1690 John Carew 3rd Baronet (age 54) was elected MP Saltash.
On 7th December 1708 Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Saltash at a by-election.
In 1710 Cholmley Dering 4th Baronet (age 30) was elected for both MP Kent and MP Saltash. He chose to sit for Kent.
On 17th January 1711 William Carew 5th Baronet (age 20) was elected MP Saltash.
In 1807 Richard Griffin 3rd Baron Braybrook (age 23) was elected MP Saltash.
In 1830 Henry Vane 2nd Duke Cleveland (age 41) was elected MP Saltash which seat he held until 1831.