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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Around 1520 Gerlach Flicke was born in Osnabrück.
In 1544 Gerlach Flicke [aged 24]. Self-Portrait with his friend Henry Strangwish. The earliest known self-portrait in oils painted in England. The Latin inscription may be translated Such was the face of Gerlach Flicke when he was a painter in the City of London. This, he himself painted from a looking glass for his dear friends. So that they might have something to remember him after his death.
In 1544 Gerlach Flicke [aged 24]. Portrait of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer [aged 54].
Before 1558 Gerlach Flicke [aged 37]. Portrait of Peter Carew [aged 44].
In 1558 Gerlach Flicke [aged 38] died.