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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St Alban's Shrine, St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, Home Counties, England, British Isles

St Alban's Shrine, St Albans Cathedral is in St Albans Cathedral [Map].

Death of Humphrey of Lancaster

Vault below St Alban's Shrine, St Albans Cathedral in which Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester [aged 56] was buried after 23rd February 1447. Restored in 2000.

A stone chamber, below the abbey shrine area, built in the 1440s as the tomb of Duke Humphrey of Gloucester; it was rediscovered in 1703. This is 'the earliest accessible vault with its own distinct entrance, approached down a steep flight of steps. On the east wall are traces of a painting of the Crucifixion, another unique feature. The original coffin was destroyed 1713-22 but some bones remain in the vault. Note the date 1391 incorrect; Humphrey was born in 1390.

On 20th January 1465 Abbot John Whethampstede [aged 46] died. He was buried under what is not the Welcome Centre at St Albans Cathedral. There is a memorial to him in St Alban's Shrine, St Albans Cathedral.

Abbot John Whethampstede: In or before 1419 he was born to Hugh Bostock. in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire [Map]. In 1451 he was appointed Abbot of St Albans.

St Alban's Shrine, St Albans Cathedral. Ledger stone of John Gape [aged 79], died 20th April 1703, and his wife Ann, died 31st December 1682.

Ann Oxton: she was born to Thomas Oxton of St Albans. On 9th April 1646 John Gape and she were married. On 31st December 1682 she died.

St Alban's Shrine, St Albans Cathedral. Vault of the Shepherd family built in 1768.

St Alban's Shrine, St Albans Cathedral was built, or rebuilt, in 1308 but was destroyed when the Abbey was closed down in 1539. Pieces from this shrine were used to restore the shrine in 1872 and again in 1993. There is also a small memorial chapel underneath the main shrine chapel.