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: Fountaine
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Gerard
In or before 1659 [her father] Andrew Fountaine (age 25) and Theophila Stubbe (age 37) were married.
On or after 29th April 1672 [her father] Andrew Fountaine (age 39) and [her mother] Sarah Chicheley were married.
In 1676 Elizabeth Fountaine was born to [her father] Andrew Fountaine (age 43) and [her mother] Sarah Chicheley.
In or before 1706 Colonel Edward Clent of Knightwick in Worcestershire (age 28) and Elizabeth Fountaine (age 29) were married. She brought Narford Hall to the marriage.
In 1706 [her daughter] Elizabeth Clent was born to [her husband] Colonel Edward Clent of Knightwick in Worcestershire (age 29) and Elizabeth Fountaine (age 30). She married Captain William Price and had issue.
On 7th February 1707 [her father] Andrew Fountaine (age 74) died. His [her brother] son (age 31) inherited Narford Hall. Buried at Church of St Mary, Narford [Map].
In 1710 [her brother] Andrew Fountaine (age 34) was gravely ill at his London townhouse. Johnathan Swift wrote ... Sir Andrew's [her mother] mother and sister (age 34) are come above a hundred miles to see him before he died. I knew the mother; she is the greatest Overdo upon earth; and the sister, they say, is worse; the poor man will relapse again among them. Here was the scoundrel brother [Note. Probably brother-in-law [her husband] Colonel Edward Clent of Knightwick in Worcestershire (age 33)] always crying in the other room till Sir Andrew was in danger; and the dog was to have all his estate if he died.
Around 1732. William Hogarth (age 34). Conversation Piece with [her brother] Andrew Fountaine (age 56), his sister Elizabeth Fountaine (age 56), his niece [her daughter] Elizabeth Clent (age 26) and the latter's future husband, Fountaine's 'right-hand man in collecting', Captain William Price.
Elizabeth Clent: Captain William Price and she were married. She inherited Narford Hall when her mother Elizabeth Fountaine died. In 1706 she was born to Colonel Edward Clent of Knightwick in Worcestershire and Elizabeth Fountaine. On 27th July 1746 she died. Her son Brigg Price inherited Narford Hall.
Captain William Price: by 1714 Andrew Fountaine had embarked on a second grand tour with his friend Captain William Price.
In 1733 Elizabeth Fountaine (age 57) died.
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 4th September 1753 [her brother] Andrew Fountaine (age 77) died. His sister Elizabeth Fountaine inherited Narford Hall. Monument in Church of St Mary, Narford [Map].
In 1755 [her former husband] Colonel Edward Clent of Knightwick in Worcestershire (age 78) died.
Captain William Price and [her daughter] Elizabeth Clent were married. She inherited Narford Hall when her mother Elizabeth Fountaine died.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Fountayne of Salle
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fountayne of Salle
GrandFather: Brigg Fountaine of Salle in Norfolk
Father: Andrew Fountaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Andrew Henley of Taunton in Somerset
GrandMother: Joanne Henley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bourne I of Battenhall in Worcestershire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Bourne
GrandFather: Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Kempe of Olantigh in Wye in Kent
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Kempe
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Baronet
GrandMother: Sarah Russell
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gerard