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: Brudenell
On 31st March 1926 Michael Brudenell-Bruce 8th Marquess of Ailesbury was born to [his father] Cedric Brudenell-Bruce 7th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 22].
On 17th March 1952 Michael Brudenell-Bruce 8th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 25] and Edwina Sylvia de Winton-Wills [aged 19] were married. He the son of Cedric Brudenell-Bruce 7th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 48].
On 12th November 1952 [his son] David Brudenell-Bruce 9th Marquess of Ailesbury was born to Michael Brudenell-Bruce 8th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 26] and [his wife] Edwina Sylvia de Winton-Wills [aged 19]. He married (1) 1980 Rosamund Jane Winkley Marchioness of Ailesbury.
In 1961 Michael Brudenell-Bruce 8th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 34] and Edwina Sylvia de Winton-Wills [aged 28] were divorced.
On 4th August 1961 [his grandfather] George Brudenell-Bruce 6th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 88] died. His son [his father] Cedric [aged 57] succeeded 7th Marquess Ailesbury, 13th Earl Cardigan, 8th Earl Ailesbury, 7th Earl Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire, 7th Viscount Savernake of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, 13th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire, 8th Baron Bruce of Tottenham in Wiltshire.
On 10th July 1963 Michael Brudenell-Bruce 8th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 37] and Juliet Adrienne Lethbridge Kingsford were married. He the son of Cedric Brudenell-Bruce 7th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 59].
In 1974 Michael Brudenell-Bruce 8th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 47] and Juliet Adrienne Lethbridge Kingsford were divorced.
On 15th July 1974 [his father] Cedric Brudenell-Bruce 7th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 70] died. His son Michael [aged 48] succeeded 8th Marquess Ailesbury, 14th Earl Cardigan, 9th Earl Ailesbury, 8th Earl Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire, 8th Viscount Savernake of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, 14th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire, 9th Baron Bruce of Tottenham in Wiltshire.
On 18th September 1974 Michael Brudenell-Bruce 8th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 48] and Caroline Elizabeth Wethered Marchioness of Ailesbury [aged 37] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Ailesbury. He the son of Cedric Brudenell-Bruce 7th Marquess of Ailesbury.
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 1980 David Brudenell-Bruce 9th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 27] and Rosamund Jane Winkley Marchioness of Ailesbury [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Ailesbury. He the son of Michael Brudenell-Bruce 8th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 53] and Edwina Sylvia de Winton-Wills [aged 47].
In 1992 Michael Brudenell-Bruce 8th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 65] and Caroline Elizabeth Wethered Marchioness of Ailesbury [aged 54] were divorced.
In or before 2011 [his son] David Brudenell-Bruce 9th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 58] and [his daughter-in-law] Rosamund Jane Winkley Marchioness of Ailesbury [aged 61] were divorced.
In 2023 [his former wife] Edwina Sylvia de Winton-Wills [aged 90] died.
On 12th May 2024 Michael Brudenell-Bruce 8th Marquess of Ailesbury [aged 98] died after falling from a window at his home in the Shepherd's Bush area of London. His son David [aged 71] succeeded 9th Marquess Ailesbury, 15th Earl Cardigan, 10th Earl Ailesbury, 9th Earl Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire, 9th Viscount Savernake of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, 15th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire, 10th Baron Bruce of Tottenham in Wiltshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 32 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Brudenell-Bruce 3rd Marquess Ailesbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Hill 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Vernon 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Brudenell-Bruce 5th Marquess of Ailesbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archbishop William Beresford 1st Baron Decies 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Horsley Beresford 2nd Baron Decies 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzgibbon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Elizabeth Horsley Beresford Marchioness Ailesbury 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Horsley of Bolam House in Northumberland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Philadelphia Horsley
GrandFather: George Brudenell-Bruce 6th Marquess of Ailesbury 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Father: Cedric Brudenell-Bruce 7th Marquess of Ailesbury 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Michael Brudenell-Bruce 8th Marquess of Ailesbury 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland