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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Before 17th January 1788 [his father] John Lonsdale (age 51) and [his mother] Elizabeth Steer were married.
On 17th January 1788 Bishop John Lonsdale was born to [his father] John Lonsdale (age 51) and [his mother] Elizabeth Steer. He was educated at Eton College [Map] and King's College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1800 [his father] John Lonsdale (age 63) died.
In November 1815 Bishop John Lonsdale (age 27) and Sophia Bolland were married.
After November 1815 Bishop John Lonsdale (age 27) was appointed Chaplain to Archbishop Charles Manners-Sutton (age 60).
In 1822 Bishop John Lonsdale (age 33) was given the Rectory of St John the Baptist Church, Mersham by Archbishop Charles Manners-Sutton (age 66).
On 23rd February 1823 [his daughter] Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett was born to Bishop John Lonsdale (age 35) and [his wife] Sophia Bolland. She married 7th October 1845 Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe, son of Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet and Maria Beverley Lady Beckett.
In 1828 Bishop John Lonsdale (age 39) became Rector of St George's Church, Bloomsbury.
In 1839 Bishop John Lonsdale (age 50) was appointed Principal of King's College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1842 Bishop John Lonsdale (age 53) was appointed Archdeacon of Middlesex.
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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In October 1843 Bishop John Lonsdale (age 55) was elected Bishop of Lichfield.
On 3rd December 1843 Bishop John Lonsdale (age 55) was consecrated Bishop of Lichfield.
On 7th October 1845 [his son-in-law] Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe (age 29) and [his daughter] Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Bishop John Lonsdale (age 57) and [his wife] Sophia Bolland.
In 1852 [his wife] Sophia Bolland died.
On 19th October 1867 Bishop John Lonsdale (age 79) died at Eccleshall Castle, Staffordshire [Map] of a rupture of a blood-vessel in the brain. He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall [Map].