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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Earl Shaftesbury is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extant Earldoms of England.
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1672. Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury [aged 50] created.
21st January 1683. Son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury [aged 31] succeeded.
2nd November 1699. Son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury [aged 28] succeeded.
16th February 1713. Son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 2] succeeded.
27th May 1771. Son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 9] succeeded.
14th May 1811. Brother Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 42] succeeded.
2nd June 1851. Son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 50] succeeded.
1st October 1885. Son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 8th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 54] succeeded.
13th April 1886. Son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 16] succeeded.
25th March 1961. Grandson Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 22] succeeded.
5th November 2004. Son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 11th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 27] succeeded.
15th May 2005. Brother Nicholas Ashley-Cooper 12th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 25] succeeded.
In 1672 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury [aged 50] was created 1st Earl Shaftesbury. Margaret Spencer Countess Shaftesbury [aged 47] by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
On 21st January 1683 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury [aged 61] died. His son Anthony [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Earl Shaftesbury, 2nd Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 3rd Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury [aged 27] by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
On 2nd November 1699 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury [aged 47] died. His son Anthony [aged 28] succeeded 3rd Earl Shaftesbury, 3rd Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 4th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
In 1709 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury [aged 37] and Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury and Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury. They were third cousins.
On 16th February 1713 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury [aged 41] died. His son Anthony [aged 2] succeeded 4th Earl Shaftesbury, 4th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 5th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
Before 1758 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 46] and Susannah Noel Countess Shaftesbury [aged 47] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. She the daughter of Baptist Noel 3rd Earl Gainsborough and Dorothy Manners Countess Gainsborough. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury and Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury. They were second cousins.
Before 17th September 1761 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 50] and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury and Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury.
On 27th May 1771 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 60] died. His son Anthony [aged 9] succeeded 5th Earl Shaftesbury, 5th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 6th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 17th July 1786 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 24] and Barbara Webb Countess Shaftesbury [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury [aged 55]. They were sixth cousins.
On 14th May 1811 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 49] died. His brother Cropley [aged 42] succeeded 6th Earl Shaftesbury, 6th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 7th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury [aged 38] by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
On 2nd June 1851 Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 82] died. His son Anthony [aged 50] succeeded 7th Earl Shaftesbury, 7th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 8th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
On 1st October 1885 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 84] died. His son Anthony [aged 54] succeeded 8th Earl Shaftesbury, 8th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 9th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester Countess Shaftesbury by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
On 13th April 1886 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 8th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 54] died. His son Anthony [aged 16] succeeded 9th Earl Shaftesbury, 9th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 10th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
On 15th July 1899 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 29] and Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 8th Earl Shaftesbury and Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester Countess Shaftesbury. They were fifth cousins.
On 25th March 1961 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 91] died. His grandson Anthony [aged 22] succeeded 10th Earl Shaftesbury, 10th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 11th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
In July 1966 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 28] and Bianca Maria de Paolis Countess of Shaftesbury were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. They divorced in 1948 on the grounds of his adultery with an unnamed woman. There was no issue from the marriage.
In July 1966 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 28] and Christina Eva Montan Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
On 5th November 2002 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 64] and Jamila Ben M'Barek Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 41] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. The marriage lasted until April 2004 when he started a relationship with Nadia Orche. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 5th November 2004, his second wedding anniversary, Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 66] was murdered by Mohammed M'Barek, brother of his wife Jamila Ben M'Barek Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 43] on her behalf. On 7th April 2005 the remains of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury were discovered in a valley at Théoule-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes on the outskirts of Cannes. His son Anthony [aged 27] succeeded 11th Earl Shaftesbury, 11th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 12th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. He died six weeks after assuming the title following the discovery of his father's remains.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 15th May 2005 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 11th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 27] died of a heart attack. His brother Nicholas [aged 25] succeeded 12th Earl Shaftesbury, 12th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 13th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.