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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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William Powell Frith is in Painters.
On 9th January 1819 William Powell Frith was born in Aldfield, North Yorkshire [Map].
1838. William Powell Frith (age 18). Self-portrait.
1843. William Powell Frith (age 23). Portrait of John Ruskin (age 23).
In or before 1848 William Powell Frith (age 28) and Isabelle were married. They had twelve children.
1854. William Powell Frith (age 34). "Ramsgate Sands".
1855. William Powell Frith (age 35). "At the Opera".
1859. William Powell Frith (age 39). "Charles Dickens (age 46) in His Study".
10th March 1863. William Powell Frith (age 44). Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra. The artist has depicted the moment when the Prince (age 21) is about to place the ring on the Princess' (age 18) finger. The two little boys dressed in tartan are Prince Leopold (age 9) and Prince Arthur (age 12), Queen Victoria's youngest sons. At the top right of the painting the Queen (age 43) herself looks down on the ceremony.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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1872. William Powell Frith (age 52). "The Fair Toxophilites".
1875. William Powell Frith (age 55). "Polly Peachum".
In 1880 William Powell Frith (age 60) and Mary Alford were married after year after the death of his first wife. She and he already had seven children
Before 1900. William Powell Frith (age 80) and Thomas Creswick. "Haddon Hall, Derbyshire [Map] Steps".
1901. William Powell Frith (age 81). Self-portrait.
1901. William Powell Frith (age 81). "The Signal".
On 2nd November 1909 William Powell Frith (age 90) died.