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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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Earl Granard is in Earl Ireland.
On 29th October 1765 George Forbes 3rd Earl Granard (age 80) died. His son George (age 55) succeeded 4th Earl Granard.
On 16th October 1769 George Forbes 4th Earl Granard (age 59) died. His son George (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl Granard.
In 1780 George Forbes 5th Earl Granard (age 40) died. His son George (age 20) succeeded 6th Earl Granard. Selina Frances Rawdon Countess Granard (age 20) by marriage Countess Granard.
In 1837 George Forbes 6th Earl Granard (age 77) died. His grandson George (age 3) succeeded 7th Earl Granard, 2nd Baron Granard of Castle Donnington in Leicestershire.
On 4th September 1873 George Arthur Hastings Forbes 7th Earl Granard (age 40) and Frances Mary Petre Countess Granard (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Granard.
On 25th August 1889 George Arthur Hastings Forbes 7th Earl Granard (age 56) died. His son Bernard (age 14) succeeded 8th Earl Granard, 3rd Baron Granard of Castle Donnington in Leicestershire.
On 14th January 1909 Bernard Forbes 8th Earl of Granard (age 34) and Beatrice Mills (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Granard. He the son of George Arthur Hastings Forbes 7th Earl Granard.
On 10th September 1948 Bernard Forbes 8th Earl of Granard (age 73) died. His son Arthur (age 33) succeeded 9th Earl Granard, 4th Baron Granard of Castle Donnington in Leicestershire.
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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On 21st November 1992 Arthur Forbes 9th Earl of Granard (age 77) died. His nephew Peter (age 35) succeeded 10th Earl Granard, 5th Baron Granard of Castle Donnington in Leicestershire.