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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Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden 1562-1643
In 1562 Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden was born to [her father] Richard May (age 26).
In 1585 Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 28) and Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden (age 23) were married.
In July 1586 [her daughter] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden was born to [her husband] Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 29) and Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden (age 24). She married 20th December 1605 Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden and had issue.
In 1587 [her father] Richard May (age 51) died.
On 20th December 1605 [her son-in-law] Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (age 23) and [her daughter] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden (age 19) were married.
On 4th December 1606 [her son-in-law] Charles Morrison 1st Baronet (age 19) and [her daughter] Mary Hicks Lady Cooper and Morrison were married at Low Leyton, Essex.
On 1st July 1620 [her husband] Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 63) was created 1st Baronet Hicks of Campden in Gloucestershire. Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden (age 58) by marriage Lady Hicks of Campden in Gloucestershire.
In 1625 [her husband] Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 68) was appointed Justice of the Peace Gloucestershire.
On 23rd March 1625 [her husband] Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 68) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Middlesex.
On 5th May 1628 [her husband] Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 71) was created 1st Viscount Campden, 1st Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire with a special remainder, failing his issue male, to his daughter [her daughter] Juliana's (age 41) husband [her son-in-law] Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (age 46). Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden (age 66) by marriage Viscountess Campden.
After 20th July 1628 [her son-in-law] John Cooper 1st Baronet (age 30) and [her daughter] Mary Hicks Lady Cooper and Morrison were married. She by marriage Lady Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
On 18th October 1629 [her husband] Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 72) died. His son-in-law [her son-in-law] Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (age 47) succeeded 2nd Viscount Campden, 2nd Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire. Baronet Hicks of Campden in Gloucestershire extinct. [her daughter] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden (age 43) by marriage Viscountess Campden.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 21st July 1643 Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden (age 81) died.
After 21st July 1643. Monument at St James' Church, Chipping Campden [Map] to [her former husband] Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden and Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden (deceased).
Monument in St James' Church, Chipping Campden [Map]. A sumptuous marble canopied and collonaded. Possibly by Nicholas Stone (age 56).
[her daughter] Mary Hicks Lady Cooper and Morrison was born to Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden and Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden. She married (1) 4th December 1606 Charles Morrison 1st Baronet and had issue (2) after 20th July 1628 John Cooper 1st Baronet.