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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In 1400 John Cockayne (age 40) was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
In 1483 Humphrey Starkey of Wouldham in Kent (age 44) was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer serving for less than a year.
On 29th October 1486 William Hody (age 45) was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
In 1522 John Fitzjames (age 57) was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
On 24th January 1526 Richard Broke was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
In 1545 Roger Cholmeley (age 50) was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer which position he held until 1552.
On 22nd July 1577 Robert Bell (age 38) was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Edmund Bell (age 15) inherited the manor of South Acre, Norfolk.
In January 1593 William Peryam of Little Fulford (age 59) was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
In 1625 John Walter (age 59) was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
On 7th November 1650 Matthew Hale (age 41) was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
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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In 1676 William Montagu (age 58) was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer which office he held until 1686.
Edmund Denny was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
John Cobham was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer.