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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Constable of England is in Constable.
In 1199 Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford [aged 23] was appointed Constable of England.
In 1372 Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 16] was appointed Constable of England.
In 1404 John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 31] was appointed Constable of England.
On 9th April 1413 King Henry V of England [aged 26] was crowned V King of England by Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel [aged 60] at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Duke Lancaster merged with the Crown.
Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 31] was appointed Lord High Steward. Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh [aged 55] was appointed Constable of England.
In 1445 John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 35] was appointed Constable of England.
After 25th May 1455 Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York [aged 43] was appointed Constable of England.
On 7th February 1462 John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 34] was appointed Constable of England. See Patent Rolls.
On 24th August 1467 Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers [aged 62] was appointed Constable of England.
Before 6th July 1483 Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby [aged 48] was appointed Constable of England.
Close Rolls Edward IV Edward V Richard III 1476-1485. 15th July 1483 Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham [aged 28] was appointed Constable of England. King Richard III of England [aged 30]. Westminster Palace [Map]. Grant for life to the king's kinsman Henry, Duke of Buckingham, of divers specified offices and powers in North and South Wales and the marches.
The like to the same of the office of constable of England, with the accustomed fees. By p.s.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1509. 23rd June 1509. 87. Edward Duke of Buckingham [aged 31]. To be Great Constable of England on 23 June only, viz., the day preceding the Coronation. S.B. [211.]
On 20th February 1547 King Edward VI of England and Ireland [aged 9] was crowned VI King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer [aged 57].
John Russell 1st Earl Bedford [aged 62] was appointed Lord High Steward. Henry Fitzalan 12th or 19th Earl of Arundel [aged 34] was appointed Constable of England.
Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu [aged 18], George Vernon "King of the Peak" [aged 39], Richard Devereux [aged 34] and William Sharington [aged 52] were created Knight of the Bath.
Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 33], Edward Courtenay, William Sharington, John Shelton [aged 44] and Walter Buckler were knighted.
Edward Dymoke [aged 39] attended as the King's Champion.
Alexander Unton [aged 53] and Edward Rogers [aged 49] were knighted.
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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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th June 1667. At noon I am told that my Lord Duke of Albemarle [aged 58] is made Constable of England; the meaning whereof at this time I know not, nor whether it, be true or no.
On 23rd April 1685 King James II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 51] was crowned II King England Scotland and Ireland by Archbishop William Sancroft [aged 68]. Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland [aged 26] crowned Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland.
Bishop Francis Turner [aged 47] preached the sermon.
John Ashburnham 1st Baron Ashburnham [aged 29] carried the canopy being one of the Barons of the Cinque Ports at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton [aged 21] was appointed Constable of England.
Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford was appointed Constable of England.
Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex was appointed Constable of England.
Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex was appointed Constable of England.
Humphrey Bohun was appointed Constable of England.