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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Count Soissons is in Counts of France.
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In 907 Herbert II Count Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux succeeded II Count Vermandois, II Count Soissons, II Count Meaux. Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux by marriage Countess Vermandois, Countess Soissons, Countess Meaux.
In 1057 Guy of Bar Sur Aube II Count Soissons died. His sister Adelaide succeeded Countess Soissons. William Busac Normandy Count Soissons [aged 37] by marriage Count Soissons.
In 1057 Renaud of Bar Sur Aube I Count Soissons [aged 72] died. His son Guy succeeded II Count Soissons.
In 1076 William Busac Normandy Count Soissons [aged 56] died. His son Renaud succeeded II Count Soissons.
In 1099 Renaud Normandy II Count Soissons died. His brother John succeeded I Count Soissons.
Before 1115 John Normandy I Count Soissons and Aveline Peirrefonds Countess Soissons were married. She by marriage Countess Soissons. He the son of William Busac Normandy Count Soissons and Adelaide of Bar Sur Aube Countess Soissons.
After 1115 John Normandy I Count Soissons died. His son Renaud succeeded III Count Soissons.
In 1141 Ivo Nesle II Count Soissons succeeded II Count Soissons.
In 1178 Ivo Nesle II Count Soissons died. His nephew Conon succeeded I Count Soissons.
In 1180 Conon Nesle I Count Soissons died. His brother Raoul succeeded I Count Soissons.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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Before May 1234 John "Good and Stammerer" Nesle II Count Soissons and Mary Chimay Countess Soissons were married. She by marriage Countess Soissons. He the son of Raoul "Good" Nesle I Count Soissons and Adèle Capet Countess Soissons.
On 4th January 1235 Raoul "Good" Nesle I Count Soissons died. His son John succeeded II Count Soissons.
After 1241 John "Good and Stammerer" Nesle II Count Soissons and Matilda Amboise Countess Soissons were married. She by marriage Countess Soissons. He the son of Raoul "Good" Nesle I Count Soissons and Adèle Capet Countess Soissons. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
Around 1271 John "Good and Stammerer" Nesle II Count Soissons died. His son John succeeded III Count Soissons.
Before 8th October 1286 John Nesle III Count Soissons died. His son John succeeded IV Count Soissons.
Before May 1302 John Nesle IV Count Soissons died. His son John [aged 21] succeeded V Count Soissons.
In 1304 Hugh Nesle Count Soissons succeeded Count Soissons.
In 1304 John Beaumont Count Soissons [aged 16] by marriage Count Soissons.
Around January 1308 Hugh Nesle Count Soissons died. His daughter Margaret [aged 3] succeeded Countess Soissons.
In 1344 Jeanne Beaumont Count Soissons, Blois, Chatillon and Namur [aged 21] succeeded Countess Soissons.
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 1404 Louis Valois I Duke Orléans [aged 31] was appointed Count Soissons.
On 14th May 1462 Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons [aged 47] died. Her son John succeeded Count Soissons.
On 13th March 1569 Louis Bourbon Prince Condé [aged 38] was killed after surrendering at the Battle of Jarnac. His son Henri [aged 16] succeeded Prince Condé. His son Charles [aged 2] succeeded Count Soissons.
In 1601 Charles Bourbon Condé Count Soissons [aged 34] and Anne Montafié Countess Soissons [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Soissons. He the son of Louis Bourbon Prince Condé and Francoise Valois Princess Condé [aged 51].
Louis Chatillon III Count Blois Count Soissons was appointed Count Soissons.
Ivo Nesle II Count Soissons and Yolande Flanders Countess Saint Pol, La Marche and Soissons were married. She by marriage Countess Soissons. She the daughter of Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainaut and Alice Namur Countess Hainault.
Guy Vermandois I Count Soissons was appointed I Count Soissons.
John Nesle III Count Soissons and Margaret Montfort Countess Soissons were married. She by marriage Countess Soissons. She the daughter of Amaury Montfort and Beatrix Viennois. He the son of John "Good and Stammerer" Nesle II Count Soissons and Mary Chimay Countess Soissons.
Conon Nesle I Count Soissons and Agather Dreux Countess Soissons were married. She by marriage Countess Soissons.
John Nesle IV Count Soissons and Marguerite Rumigny Countess Soissons were married. She by marriage Countess Soissons. He the son of John Nesle III Count Soissons and Margaret Montfort Countess Soissons.
Renaud of Bar Sur Aube I Count Soissons was appointed I Count Soissons.
Robert of Bar Count Soissons Count Marle and Jeanne Countess Marle, Soissons and Meaux were married. She by marriage Countess Marle, Countess Soissons. He the son of Henry of Bar and Marie de Coucy Countess Soissons.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Raoul "Good" Nesle I Count Soissons and Adèle Capet Countess Soissons were married. She by marriage Countess Soissons. She the daughter of Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux and Hawise Salisbury Countess Dreux.