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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On 11th July 1833 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock was born to [his father] Reverend Thomas George Mortimer Luckock and [his mother] Harriet Chune at Great Barr, Staffordshire.
In 1858 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 24] graduated B.A. with a second class in the classical tripos at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He proceeded M.A. in 1862 and D.D. in 1879.
In 1860 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 26] was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Oxford.
In 1860 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 26] was placed in the first class of the theological examination (middle bachelors), and won the Carus and Scholefield prizes for proficiency in the Greek Testament and the Septuagint.
In 1861 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 27] was awarded the Crosse scholarship; in 1862 the Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholarship.
In 1862 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 28] was elected Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge University.
In 1863 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 29] was appointed Rector of Gayhurst with Stoke-Goldington, Buckinghamshire which office he held until 1865.
On 5th April 1866 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 32] and Margaret Emma Thompson at All Saints' Church, Childwall. They had eight children of which six survived him.
In 1874 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 40] was appointed honourable canon of Ely Cathedral [Map].
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1875 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 41] was appointed Dean of Lichfield.
In 1879 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 45] published "After Death"; an examination of the testimony of primitive times respecting the state of the faithful dead and their relation to the living.
On 24th March 1909 Dean Herbert Mortimer Luckock [aged 75] died. He was buried in the Cathedral Close at Lichfield Cathedral [Map].
Father: Reverend Thomas George Mortimer Luckock
GrandFather: George Chune of Madeley in Shropshire
Mother: Harriet Chune