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 1719 Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot was born to [her father] Adam Cardonnel.
On 21st February 1733 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 22) and Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 14) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In July 1735 [her daughter] Cecil Cardonnel 2nd Baroness Dynevor was born to [her husband] William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 25) and Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 16). She married 16th August 1756 George Rice and had issue.
On 12th June 1736 [her husband] William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 26) was appointed Doctor of Civil Law.
On 14th February 1737 [her father-in-law] Charles Talbot 1st Baron Talbot (age 52) died at Lincoln's Inn Fields. His son [her husband] William (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire. Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 18) by marriage Baroness Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire.
Before 23rd December 1739 John Vanderbank (age 45). Portrait of Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 20).
1742. Allan Ramsay (age 28). Portrait of Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 23).
In March 1743 Henry Somerset 3rd Duke Beaufort (age 35) and Frances Scudamore 3rd Duchess Beaufort (age 32) were divorced. He sued [her husband] William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 32), with whom his wife was having an affair, for damages.
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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On 16th August 1756 [her son-in-law] George Rice and [her daughter] Cecil Cardonnel 2nd Baroness Dynevor (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 46) and Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 37).
In 1761 [her husband] William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 50) was appointed Privy Council.
On 29th March 1761 [her husband] William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 50) was created 1st Earl Talbot. Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 42) by marriage Countess Talbot.
On 17th October 1780 [her husband] William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 70) was created 1st Baron Dynevor of Dynevor in Camarthenshire. Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 61) by marriage Baroness Dynevor of Dynevor in Camarthenshire.
On 27th April 1782 [her husband] William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 71) died at Lincoln's Inn. Earl Talbot extinct. His daughter [her daughter] Cecil (age 46) succeeded 2nd Baroness Dynevor of Dynevor in Camarthenshire. His nephew John (age 33) succeeded 3rd Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire.
1787. Joseph Nollekens (age 49). Design for monument to Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 68) at St Mary Church, Great Barrington.
On 5th April 1787 Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 68) died.