Deeds of King Henry V

Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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Biography of Elizabeth Prettyman 1610-1652

Paternal Family Tree: Pretyman

In or before 1610 [her father] John Prettyman [aged 42] and [her mother] Mary Bourchier were married.

Around 1610 Elizabeth Prettyman was born to [her father] John Prettyman [aged 43] and [her mother] Mary Bourchier.

Before 1635 Richard Browne 1st Baronet [aged 29] and Elizabeth Prettyman [aged 24] were married.

In 1635 [her daughter] Mary Browne was born to [her husband] Richard Browne 1st Baronet [aged 30] and Elizabeth Prettyman [aged 25]. She married before 10th September 1647 John Evelyn and had issue.

On 22nd December 1638 [her father] John Prettyman [aged 71] died.

Before 10th September 1647 [her son-in-law] John Evelyn [aged 26] and [her daughter] Mary Browne [aged 12] were married by Bishop John Earle [aged 46] at Paris [Map]. She is first mentioned in his diary John Evelyn's Diary on 10th September 1647.

John Evelyn's Diary. 10th September 1647. Being called into England, to settle my affairs after an absence of four years, I took leave of the Prince [aged 17] and Queen [aged 37], leaving my [her daughter] wife [aged 12], yet very young, under the care of an excellent lady and prudent mother [aged 37].

John Evelyn's Diary. 16th February 1649. Paris [Map] being now strictly besieged by the Prince de Condé [aged 27], my [her daughter] wife [aged 14] being shut up with her [her husband] father [aged 44] and mother [aged 39], I wrote a letter of consolation to her: and, on the 22d, having recommended Obadiah Walker [aged 33], a learned and most ingenious person, to be tutor to, and travel with, Mr. Hillyard's two sons, returned to Sayes Court, Deptford [Map].

John Evelyn's Diary. 11th June 1652. About four in the afternoon, being at bowls on the green, we discovered a vessel which proved to be that in which my [her daughter] wife [aged 17] was, and which got into the harbor about eight that evening, to my no small joy. They had been three days at sea, and escaped the Dutch fleet, through which they passed, taken for fishers, which was great good fortune, there being seventeen bales of furniture and other rich plunder, which I bless God came all safe to land, together with my wife, and my Lady Browne [aged 42], her mother, who accompanied her. My wife being discomposed by having been so long at sea, we set not forth toward home till the 14th, when, hearing the smallpox was very rife in and about London, and Lady Browne having a desire to drink Tunbridge waters, I carried them thither, and stayed in a very sweet place, private and refreshing, and took the waters myself till the 23d, when I went to prepare for their reception, leaving them for the present in their little cottage by the Wells.

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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John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd September 1652. I went to Woodcott, where Lady Browne [aged 42] was taken with scarlet fever, and died. She was carried to Deptford, and interred in the church near [her husband] Sir Richard's [aged 47] relations with all decent ceremonies, and according to the church-office, for which I obtained permission, after it had not been used in that church for seven years. Thus ended an excellent and virtuous lady, universally lamented, having been so obliging on all occasions to those who continually frequented her house in Paris, which was not only an hospital, but an asylum to all our persecuted and afflicted countrymen, during eleven years' residence there in that honorable situation.

On 22nd September 1652 Elizabeth Prettyman [aged 42] died.

John Evelyn's Diary. 25th April 1667. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle [aged 74], with whom I had been acquainted long before in France, where the Duchess [aged 44] had obligation to [her daughter] my wife's [aged 32] mother for her marriage there; she was sister to Lord Lucas [aged 60], and maid of honor then to the Queen-Mother [aged 57]; married in our chapel at Paris. My wife being with me, the Duke and Duchess both would needs bring her to the very Court.

On 12th February 1683 [her former husband] Richard Browne 1st Baronet [aged 78] died at Charlton, Kent. He was buried at St. Baronet Browne of Deptford in Kent extinct.

Ancestors of Elizabeth Prettyman 1610-1652

GrandFather: William Pretyman

Father: John Prettyman

Elizabeth Prettyman

GrandFather: William Bourchier

Mother: Mary Bourchier