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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Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh was born to [her father] Robert Ford of Butley and [her mother] Frances Glemham.
In 1594 [her future husband] Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 20) and Katherine Constable (age 15) were married. They had six sons and five daughters. They were fifth cousins.
In or before 1606 William Bamburgh 1st Baronet and Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh were married.
In 1607 [her son] Thomas Bamburgh 2nd Baronet was born to [her husband] William Bamburgh 1st Baronet and Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh.
In 1613 [her son] John Bamburgh 3rd Baronet was born to [her husband] William Bamburgh 1st Baronet and Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh.
On 1st December 1619 [her husband] William Bamburgh 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Bamburgh of Howsham in Yorkshire. Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh by marriage Lady Bamburgh of Howsham in Yorkshire.
On 23rd July 1623 [her husband] William Bamburgh 1st Baronet died. His son Thomas (age 16) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bamburgh of Howsham in Yorkshire.
On 3rd June 1624 [her son] Thomas Bamburgh 2nd Baronet (age 17) died. His brother John (age 11) succeeded 3rd Baronet Bamburgh of Howsham in Yorkshire.
In 1627 Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 53) and Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh were married.
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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On 10th February 1629 [her husband] Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 55) was created 1st Viscount Fairfax of Emley in Tipperary. Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh by marriage Viscountess Fairfax of Emley in Tipperary.
On 27th October 1631 [her son-in-law] John Hotham 1st Baronet (age 42) and [her daughter] Katherine Bamburgh were married.
On 12th December 1631 [her son] John Bamburgh 3rd Baronet (age 18) died unmarried. Baronet Bamburgh of Howsham in Yorkshire extinct.
On 31st August 1634 [her daughter] Katherine Bamburgh died.
On 23rd December 1636 [her husband] Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax (age 62) died. His son [her step-son] Thomas (age 37) succeeded 2nd Viscount Fairfax of Emley in Tipperary. Alathea Howard Viscountess Fairfax by marriage Viscountess Fairfax of Emley in Tipperary.
After 1638 [her son-in-law] William Robinson and [her daughter] Mary Bamburgh were married.
On 22nd March 1639 Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh died.
[her daughter] Mary Bamburgh was born to William Bamburgh 1st Baronet and Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh. She married after 1638 William Robinson.
[her daughter] Katherine Bamburgh was born to William Bamburgh 1st Baronet and Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh. She married 27th October 1631 John Hotham 1st Baronet.
Father: Robert Ford of Butley 
Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh
GrandFather: Edward Glemham of Glemham
Mother: Frances Glemham