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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Effigy of Sir Robert du Bois

Effigy of Sir Robert du Bois is in Monumental Effigies of Great Britain.

THIS effigy, carved in oak, commemorates Sir Robert du Bois, one of the Lords of Fersheld, in Norfolk, who died in 1311, and was buried in the church there, of which his family were the patrons. As early as the eleventh century, William du Bois gave two garbs or sheaves of every three growing on certain lands of his demesne to the Priory of Thetford. Sir Robert du Bois, his descendant, married Christian, daughter of Sir William Latimer. The arms of Du Bois, Ermine, a cross Sable, have been painted on the surcoat of the figure. Bloomfield describes them as extant in his time on another part of the tomb, quartering Latimer, Gules, a cross potence Or.

Details. 1. One of the ermines on the surcoat. 2,3,4. Decorations on the sword-belt and scabbard. 5. Sword, belt, and sheath, enlarged. 6. Leathers of the spur.