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: Gould
In 1758 [his father] Charles Gould aka Morgan 1st Baronet [aged 31] and [his mother] Jane Morgan [aged 27] were married.
On 4th February 1760 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet was born to [his father] Charles Gould aka Morgan 1st Baronet [aged 33] and [his mother] Jane Morgan [aged 29].
On 21st November 1777 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 17] was commissioned ensign and lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards.
On 22nd March 1781 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 21] was promoted to Lieutenant and Captain.
Between 28th September 1781 and 19th October 1781 the 1781 Battle of Yorktown was fought was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington [aged 49] and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, and French Army troops led by Comte de Rochambeau over British Army troops commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis [aged 42].
Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis and Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 21] were captured.
In 1787 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 26] was elected MP Brecon which seat he held until 1796.
On 14th May 1790 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 30] was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.
In 1791 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 30] and Mary Margaret or Magdalen Stoney were married.
On 10th April 1792 [his son] Charles Morgan 1st Baron Tredegar was born to Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 32] and [his wife] Mary Margaret or Magdalen Stoney. He was educated at Harrow School, Westminster School [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University. He married 1827 Rosamund Mundy and had issue.
On 4th May 1792 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 32] retired from the Army.
On 27th June 1792 [his uncle] John Morgan [aged 50] died. His sister [his mother] Jane Morgan [aged 61] and her husband [his father] Charles Gould aka Morgan 1st Baronet [aged 66] and inherited Tredegar House, Monmouthshire on condition he changed his name from Gould to Morgan which he did by royal licence on 20th November 1792. His children including Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 32] also changed their surname.
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 1796 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 35] was elected MP Monmouthshire which seat he held until 1831.
In 1797 [his mother] Jane Morgan [aged 66] died.
On 7th December 1806 [his father] Charles Gould aka Morgan 1st Baronet [aged 80] died at Tredegar House, Monmouthshire. His son Charles [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Baronet Morgan of Tredegar.
1810 to 1811. William Owen [aged 41]. Portrait of Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 49].
In 1827 [his son] Charles Morgan 1st Baron Tredegar [aged 34] and [his daughter-in-law] Rosamund Mundy [aged 17] were married.
On 5th December 1846 Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet [aged 86] died. His son Charles [aged 54] succeeded 3rd Baronet Morgan of Tredegar.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 29 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Morgan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Morgan of Machen
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Morgan 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hopton of Witham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Hopton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Morgan of Tredegar 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Morgan
GrandFather: Thomas Morgan of Rhiwpera 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Martha Vaughan 
Mother: Jane Morgan 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England