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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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Francois de Troy is in Painters.
On or before 28th February 1645 Francois de Troy was born.
Around 1688. Francois de Troy (age 42). Portrait of Mary Herbert Viscountess Montague (age 27).
Around 1692. Francois de Troy (age 46). Portrait of Lucy Herbert (age 24).
Lucy Herbert: In 1668 she was born to William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis. In 1743 Lucy Herbert died.
Around 1693. Francois de Troy (age 47). Portrait of Mary Herbert Viscountess Montague (age 32).
Before 1696. Francois de Troy (age 50). Portrait of William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 69).
In 1698. Francois de Troy (age 52). Portrait of Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 39).
Around 1698. Francois de Troy (age 52). Portrait of James "Old Pretender" Stewart (age 9).
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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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On 1st May 1730 Francois de Troy (age 85) died.