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Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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01 Mar is in March.
On 1st March 1105 Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon was born to Raymond Ivrea (age 35) and Urracca "Reckless" Jiménez Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona (age 25). He married (1) November 1128 his third cousin once removed Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon, daughter of Raymond III Count Barcelona and Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona, and had issue (2) 1152 Richeza Unknown Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon and had issue.
On 1st March 1305 Blanche Capet Duchess Austria (age 27) died.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. In this year [1328], in the fortnight after Easter, a parliament was held at Northampton in the king's name, but not by his wisdom, and a shameful peace1 was made between the English and the Scots. It was agreed that David, son of Robert the Bruce, previously mentioned as having been adopted as King of the Scots, would marry Lady Joan, sister of the King of England, and would reign peacefully over the Scots in his own right along with her, which indeed later came to pass. In the same year, the young King of England, who was not truly governing, nor well guided, but was led by traitors, granted a charter to the Scots, the contents and terms of which were generally unknown. Meanwhile, the charter by which the community of Scotland, together with King John Balliol, had formerly submitted themselves in perpetuity to the King of England and his successors (a document to which the seal of the King of Scots had been attached, along with those of the nobles and prelates of that realm), was publicly revoked and, in the sight of both kingdoms' councils, carried in on a long spear and ceremoniously burned at Berwick. There, after marrying the King of England's sister,2 David was crowned; and when he was offered up at the altar, he defiled it due to an upset stomach he suffered as a child. One of the Scots, James Douglas, is said to have remarked to his friends, 'I fear lest this child may bring shame upon all the kingdom of Scotland.' From that incident, the blasphemers mockingly called him 'David Dryt-Haunter'.
Hoc anno, in quindena Pasce, celebrato regis nomine set non ingenio parliamento Northamptonie, facta est turpis pax inter Anglicos et Scotos, convento inter illos quod David filius Roberti le Bruyus, adoptatus ut prediximus in regem Scotorum dominam Iohannam sororem regis Anglie duceret in uxorem, et pacifice cum illa regnaret suo iure super Scotos; quod et postea effectus sequebatur. Eodem quoque anno rex Anglie iuvenis, non regens nec bene rectus set per proditores ductus fecit Scotis cartam cuius tenoris et continencie series communiter ignoratur, et carta, per quam communitas Scotorum, una cum rege Iohanne de Bayliol, pro ipsis et eorum successoribus in perpetuum se ipsos regi Anglie submiserunt (et, in huius testimonium, regis Scocie sigillum, una cum sigillis procerum et prelatorum illius regni, fuerat eidem carte appensum), in conspectu conciliorum utriusque regni super longam hastam apportata atque lecta, fuit omnino revocata et coram omnibus combusta apud Berewycum. Ubi, desponsata sorore regis Anglie, fuit coronatus; et oblatus altari ipsum maculavit ex dissentiriis quas parvulus paciebatur, unde quidam Scotorum, Iacobus Dowglas, dixit suis amicis: 'Timeo,' inquiens, 'ne iste totum regnum Scocie sit fedaturus.' Vocabatur ab illo casu a blasfemantibus 'David dryt hauter.
Note 1. The preliminaries were settled at a parliament held at York, in which, on the 1st March 1328, Edward renounced all claim to superiority. Rymer's Fœdera 2.730. This renunciation is evidently Baker's 'cartam, cuius tenons et continencie series communiter ignoratur.' i.e. 'a charter, the contents and full details of which were generally unknown.' The terms of the treaty which followed were: that there should be perpetual peace between the two kingdoms, that David Bruce should marry Edward's sister, Joan of the Tower, that all deeds touching the subjection of Scotland to England and the stone of Scone should be surrendered, and that Bruce should pay the sum of £20,000, etc. The treaty was agreed to by Bruce, 17th March, and ratified by Edward in parliament at Northampton, 4th May 1328. Rymer's Fœdera 2.734, 741. Chronicle of Lanercost 261
Note 2. Chronicle of Lanercost 261. The marriage, as well as the other articles of the treaty, was most unpopular in England: see Murimuth 56, note 11. The princess was born in July 1321; she was thus just seven years of age. The Brute chronicle (Harley MS. 2279) thus refers to the event: "And so, thurgh hire cursede counsel, this David spousede, atte Berwyke, dame Johan atte the Toure, that was kyng Edwardis suster, as the geste telleth, uppon Marie Maudeleyn daye [22nd July], the yeer of grace MCCCXXVIII, to grete harme and enpeyryng to alle the kynges blode that were of that gentil ladie come. Allas the tyme! for wonder moche was that fayre damoseil dispergede, sith that she was mariede ayens alle the comone assente of the lordes of Engelonde." David's nickname 'drite on auter' is also given, but without explanation. Caxton, Chronicles of England, prints it 'dritonantier,' evidently without understanding the meaning. The Fructus Temporum has, more correctly, 'dritonautier." So also the Chronicle of Lanercost, 349 The Scots nicknamed Joan of the Tower 'The Countesse Makepees.'.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 1st of March [1358], the Earl of Ulster, Lionel (age 19), afterwards Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III., takes supper with the Queen (age 63). It will be remembered that Lionel's daughter, Philippa (age 2), subsequently brought a claim to the English crown into the family of the Mortimers, by her marriage with Edmund Earl of March (age 6).
Patent Rolls. 1st March 1382. Coinmission to Robert Tresilian, Robert Bealknap, William Skipwyth, Nicholas Brembre, William Gunthorp, Adapı de Bury and William Spaigné to examine the record and process and correct any error therein, or in the judgment rendered, in the suit before the mayor of Cales between William de Montagu (age 53), Earl of Salisbury, proctor and attorney of John Buterleigh and Alesia his wife, executrix of the will of William Teynturer the younger, late citizen of Salisbury, William Warmwell and William Loerde, her co-executors, and one William Gilbert called Salesbury,' touching a debt of 3291. which the earl demanded from the said Gilbert, and to do justice therein according to the law and custom obtaining in Cales.
On 1st March 1414 Viridis Visconti Duchess Austria (age 62) died.
On 1st March 1456 Vladislaus II King Hungary was born to Casimir IV King Poland (age 28) and Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland (age 18). He married before 29th September 1502 his fourth cousin twice removed Anna Foix Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia and had issue.
Chronicle of William of Worcester. On the following Sunday, namely [….]e March [1461], in the afternoon, the commoners of the city and part of the army of the said duke, to the number of three or four thousand, assembled in the large field beyond Clerkenwell. The revered father George Neville, then Chancellor of England, arranged for them to stand in order in the said field, and caused a proclamation to be made among them by which the said Edward sought to claim for himself the crown of England and France, and immediately 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.
Dominica vero sequenti, die viz. [....] Martii, post meridiem, in campo magno ultra Clerkynwelle congregati sunt populares civitatis et de exercitu dicti ducis ad numerum iij. aut iv. millium, quos ordinate stare in dicto campo fecit dictus reverendus pater Georgius Nevyll, tunc Angliæ cancellarius, et fecit publicari inter eos titulus quo potuit dictus Edwardus vendicare sibi coronam Angliæ et Franciæ, et continuo proclamavit omnis ipse populus Edwardum ipsum fore et esse regem. Interfui et audivi, et descendi cum eis continuo in civitatem.
Note 1. The date 1st March 1461 determined by working back from the Battle of Towton, on Palm Sunday, 29th March 1461.
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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On 1st March 1528 Henry VIII (age 36) sold the wardship of Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 8) to Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 44) who subsequently married her.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1533. 1st March 1533. R. O. 197. Trial Of The Pix.
Assay of silver made in the Star Chamber at Westminster, 1 March 24 Hen. VIII., in presence of Sir Thomas Audeley, chancellor, Thos. duke of Norfolk (age 60), treasurer of England, Thos. earl of Wiltshire (age 56), keeper of the Privy Seal, John lord Huse, Sir John Fitzjames, chief justice of the King's Bench, Sir Ric. Lyster, chief baron of the Exchequer, Sir Ant. Fitzherbert, justice of the Common Pleas, Sir Ric. Weston, sub-treasurer of the Exchequer, Sir Ric. Sacheverell, and Sir John Daunce. On opening the pix there were found 30 "sinchiæ," containing £28 5s. 7d. in silver groats, half-groats, pence, halfpence, and farthings, taken out of 40,405 lbs. 1 oz. of silver weight coined and delivered out of the Exchange in the Tower of London since 20 May 22 Hen. VIII., in the time of John Copynger, keeper of the Exchange aforesaid, and William Blount lord Mountjoy, master of the Mint. Lat., p. 1.
On 1st March 1536 Robert Drury (age 82) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds where he has a monument with him and his wife Anne Calthorpe represented.
Robert Drury: In 1454 he was born to Roger Drury of Hawstead in Suffolk at Hawstead, Suffolk. Before 1494 Robert Drury and Anne Calthorpe were married. On 15th October 1495 he was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons during the 5th Parliament of Henry VII. After 12th November 1529 Robert Drury and Anne Jerningham were married. The difference in their ages was 50 years.
On 1st March 1552 Anna of Cleves was born to William de la Marck Duke of Jülich Cleves Berg (age 35) and Maria Habsburg Spain Duchess Cleves (age 20). She married 27th September 1574 her third cousin Philipp Ludwig Count Palatine of Neuburg and had issue.
On 1st March 1554 Anthony Knyvet (age 37) was executed.
On 1st March 1555 Adrian Stokes (age 35) and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk (age 37) were married. They had three children, two of which were stillborn, one of which died in their first year. She the daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 1st March 1558. The (blank) day of Marche the qwyn('s) (age 42) grace['s pensioners] mustered in Hyd-parke [Map], and all ther men in gren [cloth and] whytt; and ther my lord of Rutland (age 31) toke the [muster of] them.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 1st March 1560. The furst day of Marche was a proclamasyon by the quen('s) (age 26) grace and the consell that no man nor woman, nor they that kepys tabulles, shuld ett no flese in lentt nor odur tyme in the yere that ys commondyd by the chyrche, nor no bucher kyll no flese, but that they should pay a grett fyne, or elles vj ours [2 hours] on the pelere, and in-presoment x [10] days.... and after taken downe and cared .... knyght marshall('s) servandes unto the nuw pet .... Cornhylle and ther a serten tyme.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 1st March 1562. The furst day of Marche, the wyche was the iij sonday (in Lent,) dyd pryche at after-none at the cowrte a-for the quen (age 28) master Allen (age 52) the byshope of Exsetur.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 1st March 1562. The sam day dyd pryche at Powlles the byshope of Bayth and Welles, master Bartelett (age 61).
On 1st March 1588 Henri Valois I Duke Longueville (age 20) and Catherine Gonzaga Duchess Longueville (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Longueville. She the daughter of Louis Gonzaga Duke Nevers (age 48). He the son of Léonor Valois I Duke Longueville and Marie Bourbon (age 49). They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 1st March 1596 Frederick Wettin was born to Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar (age 25) and Dorothea Maria Anhalt at Altenburg.
On 1st March 1657 Johann Philip Saxe Gotha was born to Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha (age 55) and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha (age 37) at Gotha. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.17%. He died aged less than one years old.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 1st March 1660. In the morning went to my Lord's lodgings, thinking to have spoke with Mr. Sheply, having not been to visit him since my coming to town. But he being not within I went up, and out of the box where my Lord's pamphlets lay, I chose as many as I had a mind to have for my own use and left the rest. Then to my office, where little to do, abut Mr. Sheply comes to me, so at dinner time he and I went to Mr. Crew's (age 62), whither Mr. Thomas was newly come to town, being sent with Sir H. Yelverton (age 26), a my old school-fellow at Paul's School, to bring the thanks of the county to General Monk (age 51) for the return of the Parliament. But old Mr. Crew and my Lord not coming home to dinner, we tarried late before we went to dinner, it being the day that John, Mr. John Crew's coachman, was to be buried in the afternoon, he being a day or two before killed with a blow of one of his horses that struck his skull into his brain. From thence Mr. Sheply and I went into London to Mr. Laxton's; my Lord's apothecary, and so by water to Westminster, where at the Sun he and I spent two or three hours in a pint or two of wine, discoursing of matters in the country, among other things telling me that my uncle did to him make a very kind mention of me, and what he would do for me. Thence I went home, and went to bed betimes. This day the Parliament did vote that they would not sit longer than the 15th day of this month.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 1st March 1663. Thence to my Lord Sandwich (age 37), who continues with a great cold, locked up; and, being alone, we fell into discourse of my uncle the Captain's death and estate, and I took the opportunity of telling my Lord how matters stand, and read his will, and told him all, what a poor estate he hath left, at all which he wonders strangely, which he may well do.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 1st March 1663. Lord's Day. Up and walked to White Hall, to the Chappell, where preached one Dr. Lewes, said heretofore to have been a great witt; but he read his sermon every word, and that so brokenly and so low, that nobody could hear at any distance, nor I anything worth hearing that sat near. But, which was strange, he forgot to make any prayer before sermon, which all wonder at, but they impute it to his forgetfulness. After sermon a very fine anthem; so I up into the house among the courtiers, seeing the fine ladies, and, above all, my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 22), who is above all, that only she I can observe for true beauty. The King (age 32) and Queen (age 24) being set to dinner I went to Mr. Fox's (age 35), and there dined with him. Much genteel company, and, among other things, I hear for certain that peace is concluded between the King of France and the Pope; and also I heard the reasons given by our Parliament yesterday to the King why they dissent from him in matter of Indulgence, which are very good quite through, and which I was glad to hear.
On 1st March 1666 Talbot Pepys (age 83) died of plague.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 1st March 1669. Up, and to White Hall to the Committee of Tangier, but it did not meet. But here I do hear first that my Lady Paulina Montagu (deceased) did die yesterday; at which I went to my Lord's lodgings, but he is shut up with sorrow, and so not to be spoken with: and therefore I returned, and to Westminster Hall [Map], where I have not been, I think, in some months. And here the Hall was very full, the King (age 38) having, by Commission to some Lords this day, prorogued the Parliament till the 19th of October next: at which I am glad, hoping to have time to go over to France this year. But I was most of all surprised this morning by my Lord Bellassis (age 54), who, by appointment, met me at Auditor Wood's, at the Temple [Map], and tells me of a duell designed between the Duke of Buckingham (age 41) and my Lord Halifax (age 35), or Sir W. Coventry (age 41); the challenge being carried by Harry Saville (age 27), but prevented by my Lord Arlington (age 51), and the King told of it; and this was all the discourse at Court this day. But I, meeting Sir W. Coventry in the Duke of York's (age 35) chamber, he would not own it to me, but told me that he was a man of too much peace to meddle with fighting, and so it rested: but the talk is full in the town of the business.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st March 1669. Dined at Lord Arlington's (age 51) at Goring House [Map], with the Bishop of Hereford (age 66).
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st March 1671. His Majesty's (age 40) Surveyor, Mr. Wren (age 47), faithfully promised me to employ him. I having also bespoke his Majesty for his work at Windsor Castle [Map], which my friend, Mr. May (age 49), the architect there, was going to alter, and repair universally; for, on the next day, I had a fair opportunity of talking to his Majesty about it, in the lobby next the Queen's (age 32) side, where I presented him with some sheets of my history. I thence walked with him through St James' Park [Map] to the garden, where I both saw and heard a very familiar discourse between ... and Mrs. Nelly (age 21), as they called an impudent comedian, she looking out of her garden on a terrace at the top of the wall, and ... [Note. the elipsis here is John Evelyn being coy about the King's conversation with Nell Gwyn.] standing on the green walk under it. I was heartily sorry at this scene. Thence the King walked to the Duchess of Cleveland (age 30), another lady of pleasure, and curse of our nation.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st March 1671. I caused Mr. Gibbon (age 22) to bring to Whitehall [Map] his excellent piece of carving, where being come, I advertised his Majesty (age 40), who asked me where it was; I told him in Sir Richard Browne's (age 66) (my father-in-law) chamber, and that if it pleased his Majesty to appoint whither it should be brought, being large and though of wood, heavy, I would take care for it. "No", says the King, "show me the way, I'll go to Sir Richard's chamber", which he immediately did, walking along the entries after me; as far as the ewry, till he came up into the room, where I also lay. No sooner was he entered and cast his eyes on the work, but he was astonished at the curiosity of it; and having considered it a long time, and discoursed with Mr. Gibbon, whom I brought to kiss his hand, he commanded it should be immediately carried to the Queen's (age 32) side to show her. It was carried up into her bedchamber, where she and the King looked on and admired it again; the King, being called away, left us with the Queen, believing she would have bought it, it being a crucifix; but, when his Majesty was gone, a French peddling woman, one Madame de Boord, who used to bring petticoats and fans, and baubles, out of France to the ladies, began to find fault with several things in the work, which she understood no more than an ass, or a monkey, so as in a kind of indignation, I caused the person who brought it to carry it back to the chamber, finding the Queen so much governed by an ignorant Frenchwoman, and this incomparable artist had his labor only for his pains, which not a little displeased me; and he was fain to send it down to his cottage again; he not long after sold it for £80, though well worth £100, without the frame, to Sir George Viner (age 32).
On 1st March 1683 Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England was born to John Frederick Hohenzollern (age 28). She married 22nd August 1705 King George II of Great Britain and Ireland and had issue.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st March 1686. Came Sir Gilbert Gerrard to treate with me about his sonn's marrying my daughter Susanna (age 17). The father being obnoxious, and in some suspicion and displeasure of the King (age 52), I would receive no proposal till his Ma* had given me leave, wch he was pleas'd to do; but after severall meetings we brake off on his not being willing to secure any thing competent for my daughter's children; besides that I found most of his estate was in ye coal pits as far off as Newcastle, and on leases from the Bishop of Durham, who had power to make concurrent leases, with other difficulties.
On 1st March 1690 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 28) and Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Clare. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 59) and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 59). He the son of Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare and Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 57). They were first cousins.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Calendar of the State Papers of William and Mary 1693 March. 1st March 1693. Whitehall. The Earl of Nottingham to the Commissioners of the Treasury. The Earl of Derby (age 38) has represented to the King the great want of all sorts of coin in the Isle of Man, whereby the trade thereof is wholly lost, to the great prejudice of his lordship as well as the inhabitants; and the Karl designing to set up a linen manufactory there, which may be very advantageous to England, and which cannot be carried on without "such a current cash as may be sufficient to pay the workmen for their labour," has prayed that he may have leave to coin "abase metal not exceeding the value of 10,000l.," for the support of the island and of the linen manufactory, which moneys so coined should be current only in the Isle of Man. The King is willing to gratify the Earl of Derby and promote the welfare of that island, and has commanded me to acquaint you with this matter, that you may report your opinion thereon. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 2, p. 624.]
On 1st March 1694 the Turkish Fleet was lost in a severe storm off Gibralter. Sussex sank with the loss of five hundred men.
On 1st March 1705 Bishop James Gardiner (age 68) died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
On 1st March 1709 William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland was born to Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland (age 26) and Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland (age 21). He married 11th June 1734 his sixth cousin Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland, daughter of Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer and Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, and had issue.
On 1st March 1741 Elizabeth Oates died. Memorial at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
Elizabeth Oates: she was born to Richard Oates of Pontefract. Before 2nd January 1726 William Yorke of Lessingham and she were married.
After 1st March 1746. Memorial to Samuel Rolle, Dorothy Rolle and Samuel Rolle at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Weare Giffard [Map].
On 1st March 1752 Allan Ramsay (age 38) and Margaret Lindsay (age 26) at Canongate Kirk without the approval of her parents having eloped together. Her father never forgave her for marrying an artist.
On 1st March 1792 Leopold II Holy Roman Emperor (age 44) died. His son Francis (age 24) succeeded II Holy Roman Emperor.
On 1st March 1798 Archduchess Clementina of Austria was born to Francis Lorraine II Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (age 25). She married 28th July 1816 her uncle Leopold Prince of Salerno, son of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Maria Caroline of Austria Queen Consort of Naples and Sicily, and had issue.
On 1st March 1798 Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss was born to Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan (age 33) and Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk (age 28). She married 22nd August 1817 Francis Charles Charteris 9th Earl of Wemyss, son of Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March, and had issue.
On 1st March 1803 William Paget was born to Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 34) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 28).
On 1st March 1805 Reverend Augustus Fitz-Clarence was born illegitimately to King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 39) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan" (age 43). He married 2nd January 1845 Sarah Elizabeth Catherine Gordon and had issue.
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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On 1st March 1812 Augustus Pugin was born to Augustus Charles Pugin (age 50).
On 1st March 1848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens was born.
Ten Years' Digging. On the 1st of March we resumed our labours for the season, having obtained permission to excavate two barrows near Broad Low Ash [Map], in a field to the right hand of the road leading from thence to Ashbourne, from which town they are about two miles distant. They are not more than ten yards asunder, and their diameters are respectively seventeen and twenty-two yards. We selected the least for examination first, and found it to consbt of stiff earth, with many large stones in the centre. On sinking down at this point, we found human bones that had been displaced to make room for a later interment; beneath was a grave cut one foot deep in the uatural soil, which was about a yard from the summit of the mound. The first undisturbed interment lay on the natural level, close to the north-east side of the grave. It was a skeleton reposing on its right side, with the head to the north, having with it a small spear-head of flint, and near the skuU a deposit of calcined human bones, containing two neatly chipped flints, both fractured from having been burnt with the body. We have here a double interment, by inhumation and cremation, suggesting a barbarous rite. Within the grave was the skeleton of a young person, lying on the right side, in the same direction as the others. Before the face was a very neatly ornamented vessel of clay, 5½ inches high, inverted upon the smooth side of a large boulder; and a small spear-head of flint. The ornamentation of the vase has been effected in part by a flat-sided pointed instrament, and partly by the thumb nail.
On 1st March 1855 Adolfo Polloni was born.
On 12th January 1884 Robert Nicholas Hamond (age 74) died. On 1st March 1893 his wife Sophia Caroline Musters (age 71) died.
On 13th December 1869 Anthony Hamond (age 65) died. On 31st January 1900 his wife Mary Anne Musters (age 63) died.
On 30th March 1895 Anthony Hamond (age 61) died.
Memorials in All Saints Church, West Acre [Map].
On 1st March 1887 Maurice Fitzgerald 6th Duke Leinster was born to Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Duke Leinster (age 35) and Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster (age 22) at Kilkea Castle, Castledermot, County Kildare.
Leighton, Frederic Septimus, of 11 Kensington Park Gardens, Middlesex, M.D. died 24 January 1892, Probate London 1 March [1892], to Sir Frederic Leighton (age 61), baronet, P.R.A., and Alexandra Orr (age 63), and Augusta Newnburg Matthews (age 56), widows. Effects £65,929 6s. 4d.
1st March 1915. Probate John Spencer Cavendish. "CAVENDISH the right honourable Lord Cavendish John Spencer of 6 Carlos Place Middlesex D.S.O. died 20 October 1914 in France on active service Probate London 1 March to the most noble Victor Christian William Duke of Devonshire. Effects £45432 4s 3d." The executor of John's estate was listed as His Grace, the Duke of Devonshire (age 46).
1st March 1915. Memorial at St Columb's Church, St Columb to Walter Drummond Vyvyan, killed on the 1st March 1915. His parents were Richard Walter Comyn Vyvyan and Mary (née Foster). Walter was educated at Clifton College, Bedford Grammar School and RMC Sandhurst from where he was gazetted, in May 1907, to the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Initially joining the 1st Battalion at Bordon, he was sent to the 2nd Battalion in India in September 1909, being promoted to Lieutenant in March 1910. After returning to England in November 1914, he was sent to France in December and, while his battalion was at Winchester preparing for front-line service, Walter was attached to the Army Cyclists of the 27th Division where he was to command a platoon of bombers. On the night of 1 March 1915, Walter was with his men at the head of an attack made by another battalion on German trenches near St Eloi (just south of Ypres) when he was killed by machine-gun fire. Owing to this fire it proved impossible to recover his body. For this action, Lt. Vyvyan was mentioned in the Dispatches of Sir John French of 31 May 1915 (with the action receiving a mention in the dispatch of 5 April).
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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On 1st March 1930 Giuseppe Calì (age 83) died.
On 1st March 1105 Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon was born to Raymond Ivrea (age 35) and Urracca "Reckless" Jiménez Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona (age 25). He married (1) November 1128 his third cousin once removed Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon, daughter of Raymond III Count Barcelona and Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona, and had issue (2) 1152 Richeza Unknown Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon and had issue.
On 1st March 1261 Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester was born to Hugh Despencer (age 37) and Aline Basset (age 40). He married before 1286 Isabella Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick and Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick, and had issue.
On 1st March 1456 Vladislaus II King Hungary was born to Casimir IV King Poland (age 28) and Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland (age 18). He married before 29th September 1502 his fourth cousin twice removed Anna Foix Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia and had issue.
On 1st March 1552 Anna of Cleves was born to William de la Marck Duke of Jülich Cleves Berg (age 35) and Maria Habsburg Spain Duchess Cleves (age 20). She married 27th September 1574 her third cousin Philipp Ludwig Count Palatine of Neuburg and had issue.
On 1st March 1577 Richard Weston was born to Jerome Weston (age 21) and Mary Cave (age 20). He married (1) 1596 Elizabeth Pinchon and had issue (2) 1603 Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland and had issue.
On 1st March 1577 Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland was born to Nicholas Waldegrave (age 23). She married 1603 Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and had issue.
On 1st March 1596 Frederick Wettin was born to Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar (age 25) and Dorothea Maria Anhalt at Altenburg.
On 1st March 1605 James Wriothesley was born to Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton (age 31) and Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton (age 33).
On 1st March 1637 Bishop Thomas Watson was born in Kingston upon Hull [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 1st March 1657 Johann Philip Saxe Gotha was born to Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha (age 55) and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha (age 37) at Gotha. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.17%. He died aged less than one years old.
On 1st March 1682 John Evelyn 1st Baronet was born to John The Younger Evelyn (age 27) and Martha Spencer (age 23) at Sayes Court, Deptford [Map]. He was baptised on 2nd March 1682. He married 18th September 1705 Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn and had issue.
On 1st March 1683 Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England was born to John Frederick Hohenzollern (age 28). She married 22nd August 1705 King George II of Great Britain and Ireland and had issue.
On 1st March 1709 William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland was born to Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland (age 26) and Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland (age 21). He married 11th June 1734 his sixth cousin Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland, daughter of Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer and Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, and had issue.
On 1st March 1716 Mary Finch was born to Heneage Finch 2nd Earl Aylesford (age 33) and Mary Fisher Countess Aylesford (age 26). She married 6th November 1736 William Howard, son of Henry Bowes Howard 4th Earl Berkshire 11th Earl Suffolk and Catherine Graham Countess Berkshire and Suffolk, and had issue.
On 1st March 1736 William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen was born to John Cole 1st Baron Mountflorence (age 26). He married November 1763 Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen and had issue.
On 1st March 1739 William Mansel 9th Baronet was born to Richard Mansel 8th Baronet.
On 1st March 1742 Edward Leigh 5th Baron Leigh was born to Thomas Leigh 4th Baron Leigh (age 28) and Maria Rebecca Craven.
On 1st March 1748 James Scott was born to Francis Scott (age 27) and Caroline Campbell 1st Baroness Greenwich (age 30). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He died aged nine in 1758.
On 1st March 1753 Alleyne Fitzherbert 1st Baron St Helens was born to William Fitzherbert (age 41).
On 1st March 1770 Samuel Egerton Leigh was born to Egerton Leigh 1st Baronet (age 36).
On 1st March 1780 George Stuart was born to John Stuart 1st Marquis of the Isle of Bute (age 35) and Charlotte Jane Windsor Marchioness Bute (age 34).
On 1st March 1785 Edward Bowyer-Smijth 10th Baronet was born to William Smijth 7th Baronet (age 39).
On 1st March 1798 Archduchess Clementina of Austria was born to Francis Lorraine II Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (age 25). She married 28th July 1816 her uncle Leopold Prince of Salerno, son of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Maria Caroline of Austria Queen Consort of Naples and Sicily, and had issue.
On 1st March 1798 Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss was born to Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan (age 33) and Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk (age 28). She married 22nd August 1817 Francis Charles Charteris 9th Earl of Wemyss, son of Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March, and had issue.
On 1st March 1803 William Paget was born to Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 34) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 28).
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 1st March 1805 Reverend Augustus Fitz-Clarence was born illegitimately to King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 39) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan" (age 43). He married 2nd January 1845 Sarah Elizabeth Catherine Gordon and had issue.
On 1st March 1811 George Beresford 2nd Baronet was born to Admiral John Beresford 1st Baronet (age 45) and Mary Molloy.
On 1st March 1812 Augustus Pugin was born to Augustus Charles Pugin (age 50).
On 1st March 1817 Susan Sophia Cavendish Baroness Dacre was born to Charles Compton Cavendish 1st Baron Chesham (age 23) and Catherine Susan Gordon Baroness Chesham (age 25). She married 1837 Thomas Trevor 22nd Baron Dacre 21st Baron Multon, son of General Henry Otway Trevor 21st Baron Dacre 20th Baron Multon and Pyne Crosbie Lady of the Bedchamber.
On 1st March 1820 Eliza Harriet Elliot Marchioness Northampton was born to Admiral George Elliot (age 35). She married 21st August 1844 William Compton 4th Marquess Northampton, son of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton, and had issue.
On 1st March 1831 John Alexander Thynne 4th Marquess of Bath was born to Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath (age 33) and Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath (age 26). He married 20th August 1861 Frances Isabella Catherine Vesey Marchioness Bath, daughter of Thomas Vesey 3rd Viscount Vesci and Emma Herbert Viscountess Vesci, and had issue.
On 1st March 1847 Harriet Octavia Legge was born to William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth (age 62) and Frances Barrington Countess Dartmouth.
On 1st March 1848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens was born.
On 1st March 1851 Edward Ponsonby 8th Earl Bessborough was born to Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 29) and Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot Countess Bessborough (age 25). He married 22nd April 1875 Blanche Vere Guest Countess Bessborough, daughter of John Josiah Guest 1st Baronet and Charlotte Elizabeth Bertie, and had issue.
On 1st March 1855 Adolfo Polloni was born.
On 1st March 1857 Frederick Des Voeux 7th Baronet was born to Charles Champagné Des Voeux 6th Baronet (age 29). He married 5th July 1899 Hylda Henrietta Brooke Lady Des Voeux.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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On 1st March 1859 Captain John Ralph Starkey 1st Baronet was born.
On 1st March 1870 Mary Muriel Sophie Howard was born to Henry Charles Howard 18th Earl Suffolk 11th Earl Berkshire (age 36) and Mary Eleanor Coventry Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 22). She married 18th July 1893 her first cousin Henry Robert Beauclerk Coventry.
On 1st March 1887 Maurice Fitzgerald 6th Duke Leinster was born to Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Duke Leinster (age 35) and Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster (age 22) at Kilkea Castle, Castledermot, County Kildare.
On 1st March 1890 Thomas Palk Carew 10th Baronet was born to Henry Palk Carew 9th Baronet (age 20). He married (1) 10th November 1913 his first cousin Ivy Madeline Laura Breakey (2) 20th August 1927 Phyllis Evelyn Mayman Lady Carew and had issue.
On 1st March 1891 Rachel Mary Holland was born to Sydney Holland 2nd Viscount Knutsford (age 35) and Mary Ashburnham Viscountess Knutsford (age 31). She married 29th July 1919 Douglas Malise Graham, son of Douglas Graham 5th Duke Montrose.
On 1st March 1893 Charles Edwards 4th Baronet was born to Henry Coster Lea Edwards 2nd Baronet (age 52) and Laura Selina Clark Lady Edwards.
On 1st March 1899 Oliver Baldwin 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley was born to Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin (age 31) and Lucy Ridsdale Countess Baldwin (age 29).
On 1st March 1911 John Edmund Simeon 7th Baronet was born to John Walter Barrrington Simeon 6th Baronet (age 25).
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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On 1st March 1926 Hugo Money-Coutts 8th Baron Latymer was born to Thomas Burdett Money-Coutts 7th Baron Latymer (age 24).
On 1st March 1941 Mark Simon Robert Heathcote 10th Baronet was born to Gilbert Simon Heathcote 9th Baronet (age 27) at 32 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia.
On 1st March 1970 Serena Alleyne Stanhope Countess of Snowdon was born to Charles Stanhope 12th Earl of Harrington (age 24). She married 8th October 1993 David Armstrong-Jones 2nd Earl of Snowdon, son of Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret.
On 1st March 1555 Adrian Stokes (age 35) and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk (age 37) were married. They had three children, two of which were stillborn, one of which died in their first year. She the daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France.
On 1st March 1588 Henri Valois I Duke Longueville (age 20) and Catherine Gonzaga Duchess Longueville (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Longueville. She the daughter of Louis Gonzaga Duke Nevers (age 48). He the son of Léonor Valois I Duke Longueville and Marie Bourbon (age 49). They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 1st March 1613 William Russell 1st Baronet (age 38) and Elizabeth Smallpage (age 13) were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
On 1st March 1613 William Russell 1st Baronet (age 38) and Elizabeth Gerard were married.
On 1st March 1678 John Aubrey 2nd Baronet (age 28) and Margaret Lowther Lady Aubrey were married.
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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On 1st March 1690 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 28) and Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Clare. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 59) and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 59). He the son of Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare and Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 57). They were first cousins.
On 1st March 1712 Robert Petre 7th Baron Petre (age 23) and Catherine Walmesley Baroness Petre and Stourton were married.
On 1st March 1766 John Montagu 5th Earl Sandwich (age 22) and Elizabeth Montague-Dunk were married. She the daughter of George Montagu Dunk 2nd Earl Halifax (age 49). He the son of John Montagu 4th Earl Sandwich (age 47) and Dorothy Fane Countess Sandwich (age 48). They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 1st March 1787 Charles George Perceval 1st and 2nd Baron Arden (age 30) and Margaretta Elizabeth Wilson Baroness Arden (age 18) were married. He the son of John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont and Catherine Compton Countess Egmont.
On 1st March 1794 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 53) and Mary Anne Caldwell Countess Belmore (age 38) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Belmore of Fermanagh.
On 1st March 1841 Henry Tate 1st Baronet (age 21) and Jane Wignall were married.
On 1st March 1859 Warren Hastings D'Oyly 10th Baronet (age 20) and Henrietta Mary Halliday Lady D'Oyly (age 22) were married.
On 1st March 1879 William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett (age 51) and Rosa Melville Countess Poulett were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett.
On 1st March 1905 Hugo Baring (age 29) and Evelyn Ashley-Cooper Baroness Magheramorne (age 40) were married. She the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 8th Earl Shaftesbury and Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester Countess Shaftesbury.
On 1st March 1934 Rupert Baring 4th Baron Revelstoke (age 23) and Flora Breckinridge Fermor-Hesketh (age 21) were married.
On 1st March 1108 Manasses Normandy Bishop Cambrai Bishop Soissons died.
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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On 1st March 1233 Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 55) died. His son Amedeo (age 36) succeeded IV Count Savoy.
On 1st March 1305 Blanche Capet Duchess Austria (age 27) died.
On 1st March 1383 Amadeus "Green Count" Savoy VI Count Savoy (age 49) died. His son Amadeus (age 23) succeeded VII Count Savoy. Bonne Valois Countess Armagnac and Savoy (age 18) by marriage Countess Savoy.
On 1st March 1414 Viridis Visconti Duchess Austria (age 62) died.
On 1st March 1534 Henry Brandon (age 11) died at Southwark, Surrey [Map]. Earl Lincoln extinct.
On 1st March 1627 John Wynn 1st Baronet (age 74) died. His son Richard (age 39) succeeded 2nd Baronet Wynn of Gwydir.
On 1st March 1665 Thomas Wentworth 5th Baron Wentworth (age 53) died. His daughter Henrietta (age 4) succeeded 6th Baroness Wentworth.
On 1st March 1680 John Shaw 1st Baronet (age 65) died. He was buried on 6th March 1721 at the Church of Holy Trinity, Eltham on 6th March 1680. His son John (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baronet Shaw of Eltham in Kent.
On 1st March 1682 Thomas Herbert 1st Baronet (age 76) died. He was buried at St Crux Church, York [Map]. His son Henry (age 43) succeeded 2nd Baronet Herbert of Tintern in Monmouthshire.
On 1st March 1688 Thomas Slingsby 2nd Baronet (age 51) died. His son Henry (age 28) succeeded 3rd Baronet Slingsby Scriven.
On 1st March 1690 Richard Wenman 4th Viscount Wenman (age 33) died. His son Richard (age 2) succeeded 5th Viscount Wenman of Tuam, 3rd Baronet Wenman of Caswell.
On 1st March 1693 Anne Reade Baroness Burford died.
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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On 1st March 1705 Bishop James Gardiner (age 68) died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
On 1st March 1707 Robert King 1st Baronet (age 82) died. His son John (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baronet King of Boyle Abbot.
On 1st March 1756 Edward Blackett 3rd Baronet (age 73) died without issue. His nephew Edward (age 36) succeeded 4th Baronet Blackett of Newcastle in Northumberland.
On 1st March 1778 John Elwill 4th Baronet died without male issue. Baronet Elwill of Exeter extinct.
On 1st March 1792 Leopold II Holy Roman Emperor (age 44) died. His son Francis (age 24) succeeded II Holy Roman Emperor.
On 1st March 1811 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 66) died. His son Charles (age 33) succeeded 2nd Earl Romney, 2nd Viscount Marsham, 4th Baron Romney, 8th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. Sophia Pitt Countess Romney by marriage Countess Romney.
On 1st March 1842 Francis Charles Seymour-Conway 3rd Marquess Hertford (age 64) died. His son Richard (age 42) succeeded 4th Marquess Hertford, 4th Earl Hertford, 4th Earl of Yarmouth, 4th Viscount Beauchamp, 5th Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire, 5th Baron Conway of Killultagh in Antrim.
On 1st March 1851 William Loraine 9th Baronet (age 70) died. He was buried at Jesmond Old Cemetery, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map] on 7th March 1851. His brother John (age 66) succeeded 10th Baronet Loraine of Kirkharle in Northumberland.
Newcastle Journal 8th March 1851: "The remains of the late Sir William Loraine, Bart. were interred yesterday with masonic honours in the public cemetery at Jesmond. In consequence of the death of the venerable gentleman without heirs, the baronetcy of that ancient family has devolved on John Lambton Loraine, Esq. of this town. The deceased Baronet was a magistrate of this borough. He was the second son of Charles, the fifth baronet. The title descended to him through three nephews— William, Charles Vincent, and Henry Claude and fell upon him in the early part of the present year. It is remarkable that in twenty-two months there have been four different baronets in the family."
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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On 1st March 1865 John Horsley Beresford 2nd Baron Decies (age 91) died. His son William (age 53) succeeded 3rd Baron Decies of Decies in Waterford and inherited Bolam Hall, Northumberland [Map]. Catherine Anne Dent Baroness Decies (age 25) by marriage Baroness Decies of Decies in Waterford.
On 1st March 1868 George Byron 7th Baron Byron (age 78) died. His son George (age 49) succeeded 8th Baron Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire.
On 1st March 1883 Theophilus William Biddulph 7th Baronet (age 53) died. His son Theophilus (age 8) succeeded 8th Baronet Biddulph of Westcombe in Kent.
On 1st March 1889 Henry John Reuben Dawson-Damer 3rd Earl of Portarlington (age 66) died without issue. His first cousin Lionel (age 56) succeeded 4th Earl Portarlington. Harriet Lydia Robinson Montagu Countess Portarlington by marriage Countess Portarlington.
On 1st March 1914 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 4th Earl Minto (age 68) died. His daughter Victor (age 23) succeeded 5th Countess Minto of Minto in Roxburghshire, 8th Lady Elliot of Minto.
On 1st March 1930 Giuseppe Calì (age 83) died.
On 1st March 1937 Clarence Graves 6th Baron Graves (age 65) died. His first cousin Henry (age 59) succeeded 7th Baron Graves of Gravesend in Londonderry.
On 1st March 1973 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 63) died. Earl Poulett and Baron Poulett extinct.