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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Paternal Family Tree: Douglas
Maternal Family Tree: Mary Margaret Montifex 1330-1424
Before 1390 [his father] Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 17] and [his mother] Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] King Robert III of Scotland [aged 52] and [his grandmother] Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland [aged 39]. He the son of Archibald "Grim" Douglas 3rd Earl Douglas [aged 60] and Joanna Strathearn Countess Douglas. They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.
In 1390 [his brother-in-law] John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan [aged 9] and [his sister] Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney were married. She the daughter of [his father] Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 18] and [his mother] Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 50] and Muriella Keith Duchess Albany [aged 32]. They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England.
In 1390 Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine was born to Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 18] and Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine.
Around December 1400 [his grandfather] Archibald "Grim" Douglas 3rd Earl Douglas [aged 70] died at Threave Castle. His son [his father] Archibald [aged 28] succeeded 4th Earl Douglas. [his mother] Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine by marriage Countess Douglas.
Letters. 1403. Letter XXX. Christine Dunbar Countess of March to Henry IV [aged 35].
My most excellent and redoubted sovereign lord,.
I recommend myself to you as entirely as terrestrial creature can think or devise to the crowned king of the world, humbly thanking you on my knees for the high favours and benefits that you have conferred upon me before this time, piously supplicating for your gracious continuance, and particularly for the gracious refreshment which you lately sent. May God reward you for it, since I cannot.
My most gracious lord, may it please you to know that my lord my husband [aged 65] and I have been in such hardships and distress since we were banished from our country, that I am yet involved in heavy debt, from which without your gracious aid and succour I cannot deliver myself; and now the pestilence is so violent and severe where we are, that I am very fearful lest I shoald die in this great debt that I have incurred. And by no intreaty that we can make can we obtain sufferance from our enemies to retire to our fortress of Colbrandspath [Map], there to wait till the mortality has ceased. And for this cause I humbly entreat your high royal majesty that you will be pleased to have me in remembrance when you shall find leisure, and help me, that by your gracious relief I may be freed from the debt which makes me sad. Besides this, my most redoubted and gracious lord, we suffer great enmity on account of the death of Sir Henry Percy [aged 38], which oftentimes is so heavy to my husband and his people, that they wish themselves dead, if they may not retire from this country, seeing that the people of the said Sir Henry Percy do nothing but hear comfortable news of you, in order then to do the malice that is in their hearts. And, my most gracious and sovereign lord, touching the capture of our people by those attending on the Earl of Douglas [aged 13] deign to give credence to the bearer of this, and ordain such remedy as you please, according to what the said bearer shall tell you by word of mouth. And I pray most earnestly the ever-blessed God of Heaven to grant you a long life, with all increase of honour and joy, together with victory over yoar enemies; and after this mprtal life may he grant you the kingdom of glory. Amen.
Your humble oratrice, The Countess of March of Scotland.
On 21st July 1403 King Henry IV of England [aged 36], with his son the future King Henry V of England [aged 16], defeated the rebel army of Henry "Hotspur" Percy [aged 39] at the Battle of Shrewsbury at the site now known as Battlefield, Shrewsbury [Map]. King Henry V of England took an arrow to the side of his face. John Stanley [aged 53] was wounded in the throat. Thomas Strickland [aged 36] fought and was awarded £38 and two of the rebel Henry's horses. Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 21] fought for the King. Walter Blount [aged 55], the King's Standard Bearer, was killed by [his father] Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 31].
Thomas Wendesley [aged 59], Edmund Cockayne [aged 47] and Robert Goushill were killed.
Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford [aged 25] was killed. His son Humphrey Stafford succeeded 6th Earl Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford.
Hugh Shirley [aged 52] was killed; he was one of four knights dressed as King Henry IV of England.
Of the rebels, Henry "Hotspur" Percy, Madog Kynaston [aged 43] and John Clifton were killed.
Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 60] was beheaded after the battle. Earl Worcester extinct.
Richard Vernon 11th Baron Shipbrook [aged 48] was hanged. Baron Shipbrook forfeit.
John Rossall was killed. His sister Eleanor Rossall [aged 26] inherited a half-share in the Rossall Shrewsbury [Map] estates.
John Massey [aged 65] was killed.
On 3rd September 1420 Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany [aged 80] died at Stirling Castle [Map]. His son Murdoch [aged 58] succeeded 2nd Duke Albany. His son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Earl Buchan. [his sister] Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney by marriage Countess Buchan.
Around 1424 [his son] William Douglas 3rd Duke Touraine was born to Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine [aged 34] and [his wife] Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton [aged 16]. He married his third cousin Janet Lindsay Countess Wigtown, daughter of David Lindsay 3rd Earl Crawford.
Around 1424 Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine [aged 34] and Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Duchess Touraine, Countess Wigtown. She the daughter of Patrick Graham and Eupheme Stewart 2nd Countess of Strathearn and Caithness. He the son of Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 52] and Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine. They were half second cousins.
On 29th April 1424 [his father] Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 52] was created 1st Duke Touraine by Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 21]; he was the first non-Frenchman to be appiinted Duke in France. Charles had also appointed him Lieutenant General in the waging of war in the Kingdom of France. [his mother] Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine by marriage Duchess Touraine.
On 17th August 1424 the English forces led by John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 35] inflicted a significant defeat on the French and Scottish army at the Battle of Verneuil; a second Agincourt. For the English Edmund Hungerford [aged 15], Ralph Longford [aged 23], John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 41] and Richard Waller [aged 29] fought.
On the French and Scottish side Pierre Valois, [his father] Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 52], his son James Douglas, William Seton Master of Seton [aged 34], Alexander Home of Home and Dunglas [aged 56] were killed
John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan [aged 43] was killed. His brother Robert [aged 39] de jure Earl Ross and Earl Buchan although he didn't claim the title since both titles had reverted to the Crown.
Jean Poton Xaintrailles [aged 34] fought.
On 17th August 1424 Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Duke Touraine, 2nd Earl Wigtown, 5th Lord Douglas, 2nd Lord Annandale, 2nd Lord Galloway, 2nd Lord Bothwell.
On 18th May 1425 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany [aged 63], his two sons Walter Stewart [aged 25] and Alexander Stewart, and Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox [aged 80] were tried at Stirling Castle [Map] in the presence of [his uncle] King James I of Scotland [aged 30].
The jury which condemned them was composed of 21 knights and peers, including Albany's half-uncle Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness [aged 65], first cousin Alexander Stewart 1st Earl of Mar [aged 50], first cousins once-removed Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine [aged 35], and Alexander, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles.
Around 1st May 1427 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Stewart and [his sister] Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney were married. She the daughter of [his father] Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine and [his mother] Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine. He the son of Alexander Stewart 1st Earl of Mar [aged 52]. They were second cousins.
Around 1430 [his son] David Douglas was born to Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine [aged 40] and [his wife] Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton [aged 22]. He died aged ten in 1440.
Around 1434 [his mother-in-law] Eupheme Stewart 2nd Countess of Strathearn and Caithness died. Her son [his brother-in-law] Malise [aged 27] succeeded Earl Strathearn.
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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Around 1435 [his daughter] Margaret "Fair Lady of Galloway" Douglas Countess was born to Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine [aged 45] and [his wife] Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton [aged 27]. She married (1) before 22nd February 1452 her first cousin once removed William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas 2nd Earl Avondale, son of James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale and Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale (2) before 1455 her first cousin once removed James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas 3rd Earl Avondale, son of James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale and Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale (3) 1459 her half fifth cousin John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl, son of James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland, and had issue.
On 26th June 1439 Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine [aged 49] died. His son William [aged 15] succeeded 3rd Duke Touraine, 3rd Earl Wigtown, 6th Lord Douglas, 3rd Lord Annandale, 3rd Lord Galloway, 3rd Lord Bothwell. Janet Lindsay Countess Wigtown [aged 12] by marriage Countess Wigtown.
After 25th February 1440 James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton [aged 25] and [his former wife] Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton [aged 32] were married. She the daughter of Patrick Graham and [his former mother-in-law] Eupheme Stewart 2nd Countess of Strathearn and Caithness.
Around 1468 [his former wife] Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton [aged 60] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 7 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 13 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 8 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Grand Son of King Robert III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald Douglas
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Longleg" Douglas
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Crawford
Great x 2 Grandfather: William "Hardy" Douglas 2nd Lord Douglas
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Battail Battail
Great x 1 Grandfather: James "Black" Douglas 4 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 4th High Steward 2 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bethóc Angus Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stewart Baroness Douglas 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
GrandFather: Archibald "Grim" Douglas 3rd Earl Douglas 5 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Father: Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine 6 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Maurice de Moravia Strathearn 1st Earl Strathearn
GrandMother: Joanna Strathearn Countess Douglas
Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine Grand Son of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 4th High Steward 2 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th High Steward 3 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 6th High Steward 4 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster 
8 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandmother: Egidia Burgh 9 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aveline Fitzjohn Countess Ulster 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Robert II of Scotland 
Grand Son of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bruce Earl Carrick 3 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland 4 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marjorie Bruce Daughter of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Donald Mar 7th Earl of Mar
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Mar Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandFather: King Robert III of Scotland Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adam Mure
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland
Mother: Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine Daughter of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Malcolm Drummond
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Drummond of Stobhall 11th Thane of Lennox
GrandMother: Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Margaret Montifex