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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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Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell is in Whitwell, Derbyshire, Churches in Derbyshire.
Font at the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map] carved from a single block of stone. Probably early Norman or Anglo-Saxon.
The greater part of the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map] dates from the 12th Century when the Normans built the nave with round arches and massive columns, the clerestory, the tower (except for the 15th Century belfry), the great chancel arch and most of the chancel.
The transepts of the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map] were added between 1300 and 1350 to give the church the shape of a cross.
The North Transept of the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map] with the "Monkey Window". The border glass included seated figures of apes holding urine flasks, probably early 14th Century. Apes were kept as pets by the wealthy. In medieval symbolism apes represented fraud and indecortum, and were used by carvers and glass painters to satirise.
Two 14th Century piscinas in the Sanctuary of the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map].
Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map]. Unknown tomb.
1623. Memorial to various members of the Waterhouse family at the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map]
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 17th July 1632 Roger Manners (age 57) died from wounds after, so it is said, a skirmish between two groups of armed retainers on Whitwell Common. He was unmarried. He was buried at the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map]. The estate passed through the Manner's cousins to the Dukes of Rutland.
Sir Roger asked to be buried in Whitwell church with as "small funeral pomp as may be, having respect to my birth and calling". The Manners tomb on the west wall of the North Transept, composed of Chellaston marble, is notable for Sir Roger's recumbent effigy in armour. The visor on the helmet is known to be very unusual, even rare for the 1630s when the figure was carved. The carvings on the plinths at the base of the columns refer to military matters and those on the sides would appear to be places connected with his life, such as parliament, a temple (eastern) for the Inner Temple, a church with a spire (Lichfield or Bakewell?) and a fortified dwelling (Haddon or Belvoir?).
The cryptic verse on his monument suggests a Renaissance man; a eulogy to a military knight with a love of learning and study:
A living academic was this knight
Divinity, the arts, the tongs, what might
In learned schooles exactly be profest
Tooke up theire lodgings in his noble brest
Till death, like church despoilers, did pull down
Manners true fabrique and the arts renowne
Roger Manners: Around 1575 he was born to John Manners and Dorothy Vernon In 1594 Roger Manners studied law at Middle Temple. In 1601 Roger Manners was elected MP East Retford. In 1619 he was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
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Memorial at the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map] to William Clayton, died 29th June 1666.
Memorial at the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map] to Richard Bacon of Sheffield who married Mary, daughter of William Clayton, died 28th May 1701.
In 1785 Charles Manners-Sutton (age 29) was appointed Rector of the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map]. He would later
The Boothby Memorial Window in the Sancuary of the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map] in memory of Reverend Evelyn Boothby, 1851-1874, placed in June 1876.
Tower Screen at the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map] in memory George Edward Mason, Canon of Southwell Minster [Map], Rector of Whitwell 1874-1908.
Memorial to George Edward Mason, Rector of the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map] 1874-1908, Conon of Southwell Minster [Map] 1888-1908, Principal of St Bede's College, Umtata Kaffraria, 1908-1919. Died at Rondebosch near Cape Town, 30th March 1928.
After 1945. War Memorial at the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map].
1950. Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map]. Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Whitwell Company of the Church Lad's Brigade.
Gribble Memorial Window at the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map]. The window was originally at the church of St James, Derby, and given to Whitwell by the Maryam Trust in 1993.
Turner Memorial Window at the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map]. The window was originally at the church of St James, Derby. Marjorie and John Turner of Whitwell lost their lives in a fire at Littlewood Stores in Chesterfield on 7th May 1993. The window was donated by Littlewoods Stores Ltd. The fire was started deliberately by a young arsonist who had a history for lighting fires and enjoyed watching fire engines and firefighters arrive. He was sentenced after admitting two charges of manslaughter and three of damaging property. Following his sentencing he attempted to commit suicide by setting fire to a room in a secure unit.
2014. List of the Rectors of the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map].