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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Paternal Family Tree: Dryden
In 1551 [his father] John Dryden of Canons Ashby (age 26) and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Cope (age 22) were married.
On 20th December 1553 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet was born to [his father] John Dryden of Canons Ashby (age 28).
On 21st January 1558 John Cope (age 54) died. [his father] John Dryden of Canons Ashby (age 33) and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Cope (age 29) inherited Canons Ashby House.
In 1571 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet (age 17) was admitted to Magdalen College, Oxford University.
In or before 1580 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet (age 26) and Frances Wilkes were married. They had 3 sons and 4 daughters.
Around 1580 [his son] John Dryden 2nd Baronet was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Frances Wilkes. He married (1) 8th October 1605 Priscilla Quarles (2) in or before 1631 Anne Parvish (3) 3rd July 1632 Honora Beville and had issue.
In 1583 [his daughter] Susannah Dryden was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet (age 29). She married 1609 John Pickering and had issue.
On 30th September 1584 [his father] John Dryden of Canons Ashby (age 59) died.
In 1586 [his son] Erasmus Dryden was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet (age 32) and [his wife] Frances Wilkes. He married before 9th August 1631 Mary Pickering and had issue.
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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1590 [his son] William Dryden was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet (age 36) and [his wife] Frances Wilkes.
In 1599 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet (age 45) was appointed High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.
On 8th October 1605 [his son] John Dryden 2nd Baronet (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Priscilla Quarles (age 17) were married.
Before 1608 [his son-in-law] Edward Hartopp 1st Baronet (age 35) and [his daughter] Mary Dryden Lady Hartopp were married.
In 1609 [his son-in-law] John Pickering (age 24) and [his daughter] Susannah Dryden (age 26) were married.
In 1618 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet (age 64) was appointed High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.
On 16th November 1619 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet (age 65) was created 1st Baronet Dryden of Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire.
In or before 1631 [his son] John Dryden 2nd Baronet (age 50) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Parvish (age 42) were married.
Before 9th August 1631 [his son] Erasmus Dryden (age 45) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Pickering (age 39) were married.
On 22nd May 1632 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet (age 78) died. His son John (age 52) succeeded 2nd Baronet Dryden of Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire.
[his daughter] Mary Dryden Lady Hartopp was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet and Frances Wilkes. She married before 1608 Edward Hartopp 1st Baronet and had issue.
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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[his daughter] Dorothy Dryden was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet and Frances Wilkes. She married Edward Salwey and had issue.