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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Bishop John Salmon -1325

Around 1291 Bishop John Salmon entered the Benedictine priory of Ely.

In 1292 Bishop John Salmon was elected Prior of Ely.

On 15th November 1299 Bishop John Salmon was consecrated Bishop of Norwich.

Annals Londonienses. In the same year, on the Sunday next after the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord [ 9th January 1306], Master Walter de Thorp, Dean of the Church of St Mary-le-Bow, set out from London towards the Roman Curia on the business of the aforesaid archbishop. In the same year, on the nineteenth day before the Kalends of February [14th January], John, Bishop of Norwich, set out from London towards the Roman Curia. In the same year, on the Sunday next before the Conversion of St Paul [23rd January], namely on the tenth day before the Kalends of February, Master Reginald de Brandon, canon of the Church of St Paul in London, was buried in the new work of the aforesaid Church of St Paul. In the same year, on the sixth day before the Kalends of February [27th January], the Carmelite friars beside the New Temple were robbed of a great treasure. One of them was killed and several of them were wounded, and three hundred marks of silver were carried away. In the same year, on the feast of St Matthew the Apostle [21st September], the Earl of Lincoln came to London from Lyons with his companions, the mayor and many others of the city of London going out to meet him. On the following day, the lord Robert Winchelsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, concluded his visitation among the canons of St Mary of Southwark, in the diocese of Winchester. In the same year, Master William Greenfield, Archbishop of York, came to London from the Roman Curia after his consecration, and caused his cross to be borne before him through the midst of the city without hindrance.

Eodem anno, die Dominica proxima post festum Epiphaniæ Domini, magister Walterus de Throp! decanus ecclesiæ Mariæ de Arcubus, arripuit iter de Londoniis versus curiam Romanam pro negotio prædicti archiepiscopi. Eodem anno, xix. kalendas Februarii, J. episcopus Norwycensis arripuit iter de Londoniis versus curiam Romanam. Eodem anno, die Dominica proxima ante Conversionem Sancti Pauli, videlicet decimo kalendas Februarii, magister Reginaldus de Brandon' canonicus ecclesiæ Sancti Pauli Londoniis, sepultus fuit in novo opere ecclesiæ Sancti Pauli prædictæ. Eodem anno, sexto kalendas Februarii, fratres Carmeli juxta Novum Templum fuerunt deprædati de magno thesauro; et unus eorum interfectus, et quidam eorum vulnerati; asportatis ccc. marcis argenti Eodem anno, die Sancti Mathæi apostoli, comes Lincolniæ venit Londonias de Lugduno cum sociis suis, majore et pluribus aliis de villa Londoniarum sibi obviantibus; et in crastino dominus Robertus de Wynchelse archiepiscopus Cantuariensis terminavit visitationem suam apud canonicos beatæ Mariæ de Suthwerk, de dyocesi Wyntoniensi. Eodem anno magister Willelmus de Grenefeld, episcopus Eboracensis, venit Londonias a curia Romana consecratus, et portavit crucem suam ante se per medium civitatis sine impedimento.

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Annales Paulini. In the same year, a certain great whale was caught in the Thames, measuring eighty feet in length. In the same year, during Lent, the Bishop of Worcester and the Bishop of Norwich, the Earl of Pembroke and Sir Robert FitzPayn set out for the Roman Curia on important business concerning the kingdom of England.

Eodem anno captum fuit in Tamisia quoddam magnum cete habens in longitudine iiiixx pedes. Eodem anno in Quadragesima episcopus Wygorniensis et episcopus Norwicensis, comes de Panbroke et dominus Robertus Fitspayn, iter arripuerunt versus curiam Romanam pro arduis negotiis regni Angliæ.

Annales Paulini. In the same year, around the feast of St John the Baptist [24th June 1309], the Bishop of Norwich, envoy of the lord King of England, came to London from the court of the lord pope with a certain papal bull obtained for the absolution of Piers Gaveston from his oath. In the same year, on the day after the feast of St James the Apostle [25th July], Pope Clement at Avignon granted the imperial dignity to the King of Germany through his procurators, and appointed a day for his coronation at Rome two years later.

Eodem anno, circa festum Sancti Johannis Baptistæ, episcopus Norwicensis, nuntius domini regis Angliæ, venit Londonias de curia domini papæ, cum quadam bulla impetrata de absolutione juramenti Petri de Gavastone. Eodem anno, in crastino Sancti Jacobi apostoli, dominus Clemens papa apud Avinionem concessit regi Alemanniæ imperium per procuratores, et præfixit diem coronationis ejusdem apud Romam post biennium.

Annales Paulini. In the same year, on the Sunday in mid-Lent, namely on the fourth day before the Nones [2nd] of April, the town of Berwick was captured through the treachery of a certain Peter de Spalding and John Drury, together with their accomplices. In the same year, on the sixth day before the Ides [8th] of June, the lord king, the archbishop and bishops, the earls and barons came to St Paul's Cathedral in London, and from the pulpit beside the great cross in the nave of the church, the Bishop of Norwich proclaimed that the lord king wished henceforth to adhere entirely to, and act in accordance with, the counsel and assistance of his earls and barons.

Eodem anno, die Dominica in media Quadragesima, videlicet IIII nonas Aprilis, villa de Berewik capta fuit per seditionem cujusdam Petri de Villa de Spaldinge et Johannis Drori cum suis complicibus. Eodem anno, VI idus Junii, dominus rex et archiepiscopus et episcopi, comites et barones, venerunt apud Sanctum Paulum Londoniis, et in pulpito, juxta magnam crucem in navi ecclesiæ, episcopus Norwicensis pronuntiavit quod dominus rex vellet omnino adhærere et coaptare se consilio et auxilio comitum et baronum suorum.

Annales Paulini. In the year of our Lord 1320, and in the thirteenth year of the reign of King Edward, around Christmas the Bishop of Norwich was made Chancellor of England, Sir Walter de Stapledon [aged 58], Bishop of Exeter, was made Treasurer of the lord king, and Master Robert de Baldock, Archdeacon of Middlesex, was made Keeper of the lord king’s Privy Seal. The king held his parliament at York around the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin [2nd February]. A certain knight of the king’s chamber, named Edmund Darel, was arrested and brought to London because he was suspected of having agreed that the lady queen should be captured at York during the conflict at Myton.

Domini MCCCXX, et anno regni regis Edwardi XIII; circa Natale episcopus Norwicensis factus est cancellarius Angliæ; dominus Walterus de Stapeltone, episcopus Exoniensis, thesaurarius domini regis; et magister Robertus de Baldok, archidiaconus Middelsexiæ, custos privati sigilli domini regis. Et tenuit rex parliamentum suum apud Eboracum, circa festum Purificationis beatæ Virginis. Quidam miles de camera domini regis, nomine Edmundus Darel, captus et ductus est Lundonias pro eo quod ipse consenserat quod domina regina debuisset capi apud Eboracum in conflictu de Myton, ut suspicabatur.

In 1320 Bishop John Salmon was appointed Lord Chancellor which office he held until 1323.

On 26th June 1325 Bishop John Salmon died.

Annales Paulini. In the year of our Lord 1325, and in the eighteenth year of the reign of King Edward, the dominical letter being F, on the eleventh day before the Kalends of May [24th April], the Bishop of Orange and a certain knight, John de Sully, who was regarded as Seneschal of France, envoys of the lord King of France, came to London. They found the king with his council at Winchester, and there received his answer. In the same year, on the feast of St John the Baptist [24th June], a certain James, doorkeeper of the lord king, was killed at [....], while the king was there. In the same year, on the sixth day before the Kalends of July [26th June], the king held a great council at Westminster concerning his passage to France to perform homage for the duchy of Aquitaine, and it lasted for a long time. Eventually various envoys were sent to the King of France to obtain a postponement. In the same year, on the second day before the Nones [6th] of July, Sir John [Salmon], Bishop of Norwich, died at Folkestone in Kent. He had come from France, where he had remained for almost half a year as an envoy of the lord king seeking to restore peace. In the same year, around the feast of St James, the prior and convent of Norwich elected Master Robert de Baldock, the lord king's Chancellor.

Anno Domini MCCCXXV., et anno regni regis Edwardi xviii, littera Dominicalis F: xi kalendas Maii, episcopus de Orenges et quidam miles Johannes de Suly, qui reputabatur senescallus Franciæ, nuntii domini regis Franciæ, venerunt Londonias, et apud Wyntoniam invenerunt regem cum suo consilio, et ibi responsum receperunt. Eodem anno, in festo Sancti Johannis Baptiste, quidam Jacobus janitor domini regis interfectus fuit apud [....], rege ibidem existente. Eodem anno, vi kalendas Julii, rex habuit magnum consilium apud Westmonasterium super transitu suo versus Franciam pro ducatu Aquitanniæ homagium faciendum: et diu duravit. Tandem missi fuerunt diversi nuntii regi Franciæ pro dilatione habenda. Eodem anno, ii nonas Julii, dominus Johannes episcopus Norwicensis obiit apud Folkstan in Kantia, qui venit de Francia, ubi stetisset fere per dimidium annum, tanquam nuntius domini regis pro pace reformanda. Eodem anno circa festum Sancti Jacobi prior et conventus Norwycensis elegerunt magistrum Robertum de Baldock, cancellarium domini regis;

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