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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Aunis is in France.
On 14th March 1424 Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 52] arrived at La Rochelle with an army following a request from Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 21] for aid.
On 16th August 1608 Jean-Louis Raduit Count de Souches was born at La Rochelle.
On 12th July 1627 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 34] led an English force of 100 ships and 6,000 soldiers to capture the city of Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré.
In August 1627 more troops, including the newly promoted Lieutenant John Felton [aged 32], arrived.
On 3rd September 1627 two thousand Irish troops arrived under Ralph Bingley [aged 57]
On 27th October 1627 a final assault was attempted; it failed because the attackers' siege ladders were shorter than the walls of the fortress.
In November 1627 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham retreated and returned to England having lost thousands of his men.
