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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Beverley is in East Yorkshire.
See: Beverley Minster [Map], Meaux aka Mesla Abbey [Map], St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beverley, Weel, East Yorkshire [Map].
On 14th October 1153 Archbishop Henry Murdac died at Beverley [Map]. He was buried at York Minster [Map].
Around 1430 Bishop John Alcock was born in Beverley [Map].
After 23rd May 1441 Robert Constable (deceased) died at Beverley [Map].
Around 19th October 1469 Bishop John Fisher was born to Robert Fisher in Beverley [Map].
In 1500 John Fisher was born to Robert Fisher in Beverley [Map].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th July 1557. At Beverley [Map], Hary Gardener and John Thomas suffered.
In 1563 Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet (age 23) was elected MP Beverley.
In 1597 Edward Fraunceys (age 31) was elected MP Beverley. He was re-elected in 1601.
In 1722 Michael Newton 4th Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Beverley in the 1722 General Election.
In 1774 James Pennyman 6th Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Beverley which seat he held until 1796.
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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In 1820 George Lane-Fox (age 26) was elected MP Beverley.
In 1837 George Lane-Fox (age 43) was elected MP Beverley.
In 1852 Henry Edwards 1st Baronet (age 39) was elected MP Beverley.
In 1860 James Walker 2nd Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Beverley which seat he held until 1865.
Meaux aka Mesla Abbey is also in Abbeys in England.
In 1151 William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York (age 50) founded Meaux aka Mesla Abbey [Map] as Cistercian house.
On 3rd September 1292 King Edward I of England (age 53) stayed for two days at Burstwick Castle [Map] on his return from Scotland. During his stay visited Wyke, a small settlement on the River Hull. Edward ordered a survey of the site and within a few years purchased it from Meaux Abbey [Map]. By 1299, Wyke had been granted a royal charter and renamed King's Town upon Hull [Map] – the origins of the city we know today.
On or before 31st January 1764 William Henry Pennyman was born to James Pennyman 6th Baronet (age 27) and Elizabeth Grey Lady Pennyman. He was baptised on 31st January 1764 at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beverley. Dugdale's visitation however gives the baptismal date as the 21st of January 1764. He married before 3rd May 1848 Charlotte Robinson.
The River Hull rises near Driffield [Map] being formed from a number of streams and becks after which it flows past Wansford, East Yorkshire [Map], Brigham, East Yorkshire [Map], under Bethell's Bridge [Map] then Weel, East Yorkshire [Map] on the outskirts of Beverley [Map] after which it flows to Kingston upon Hull [Map] where it joins the Humber Estuary.