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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Before 1329 [her future husband] John Clinton 3rd Baron Clinton (age 2) and Joan Limbury Baroness Clinton were married. She by marriage Baroness Clinton.
Around 1347 Elizabeth Plaunche Baroness Clinton Baroness Grey Rotherfield was born to [her father] William Plaunche.
Around 1350 [her future husband] John Clinton 3rd Baron Clinton (age 23) and Idonea Saye Baroness Clinton were married. She by marriage Baroness Clinton.
After 4th June 1375 Bartholomew Grey 3rd Baron Grey (deceased) died. His brother [her future husband] Robert (age 26) succeeded 4th Baron Grey of Rotherfield.
Before 30th July 1386 [her future husband] Robert Grey 4th Baron Grey (age 37) and Joan Unknown Baroness Grey of Rotherfield (age 29) were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Rotherfield.
After 30th July 1386 Robert Grey 4th Baron Grey (age 37) and Elizabeth Plaunche Baroness Clinton Baroness Grey Rotherfield (age 39) were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Rotherfield.
In January 1387 [her husband] Robert Grey 4th Baron Grey (age 38) died at Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire. His daughter [her step-daughter] Joan succeeded 5th Baroness Grey of Rotherfield.
Before 8th September 1398 John Clinton 3rd Baron Clinton (age 72) and Elizabeth Plaunche Baroness Clinton Baroness Grey Rotherfield (age 51) were married. She by marriage Baroness Clinton. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 8th September 1398 [her husband] John Clinton 3rd Baron Clinton (age 72) died at Maxstoke, Warwickshire. His grandson William (age 20) succeeded 4th Baron Clinton.
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 September 1423 Elizabeth Plaunche Baroness Clinton Baroness Grey Rotherfield (age 76) died.
John Russell and Elizabeth Plaunche Baroness Clinton Baroness Grey Rotherfield were married.
John Bermingham and Elizabeth Plaunche Baroness Clinton Baroness Grey Rotherfield were married.