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On 1st October 959 King Eadwig I of England died. He was buried at Winchester, Hampshire [Map]. His brother Edgar (age 16) succeeded I King of England.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 959. This year died King Edwy, on the calends of October; and Edgar (age 16) his brother took to the government of the West-Saxons, Mercians, and Northumbrians. He was then sixteen years old. It was in this year he sent after St. Dunstan (age 50), and gave him the bishopric of Worcester; and afterwards the bishopric of London. In his days it prosper'd well; and God him gave, that he dwelt in peace the while that he lived. Whate'er he did, whate'er he plan'd, he earn'd his thrift. He also rear'd God's glory wide, and God's law lov'd, with peace to man, above the kings that went before in man's remembrance. God so him sped, that kings and earls to all his claims submissive bow'd; and to his will without a blow he wielded all as pleased himself. Esteem'd he was both far and wide in distant lands; because he prized the name of God, and God's law traced, God's glory rear'd, both far and wide, on every side. Wisely he sought in council oft his people's good, before his God, before the world. One misdeed he did, too much however, that foreign tastes he loved too much; and heathen modes into this land he brought too fast; outlandish men hither enticed; and to this earth attracted crowds of vicious men. But God him grant, that his good deeds be weightier far than his misdeeds, to his soul's redemption on the judgment-day.
On 1st October 1207 King Henry III of England was born to King John of England (age 40) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 19) at Winchester Castle [Map]. He married 14th January 1236 his fourth cousin Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England, daughter of Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence and Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence, and had issue.
On 1st October 1282 Bishop Richard de Swinfield was elected Bishop of Hereford.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. Pope Clement held his council at Vienne1 on the first day of October in the year of our Lord 1311. At this council there were three sessions. In the first session, after delivering a sermon, he set before the clergy three main articles for discussion and advice: On reforming the state of the universal Church, On the business of the Holy Land, how it might be recovered and defended, On the Order of the Templars, which was accounted as nothing. He ordered all the prelates and each person who had gathered to deliberate on these matters until the second session. In the second session there was a long debate on the Order of the Templars, whether it could continue to exist, or whether it ought to be abolished by law. Nearly all the prelates were in favour of the Templars, except for the prelates of France, who, because of their fear of the King of France (by whom, it was said, the whole scandal had been stirred up), did not dare to act otherwise. For at the whole council, which, in truth, did not deserve to be called a council, because the pope did everything on his own authority, with the sacred council neither replying nor consenting, there were about one hundred and thirty pastoral staffs. In the third session the pope sat as judge, with the King of France on one side of him and the King of Navarre, his son, on the other. A certain cleric rose and forbade, under penalty of major excommunication, anyone to speak a word in the council unless licensed or requested by the pope. After the proceedings against the Templars were read out, the pope added that although, from the previous legal process, he could not abolish the order by law, nevertheless, by the plenitude of his power he abolished the order, its name and habit, granting and uniting their lands and possessions to the Hospitallers. He also granted the King of France a tithe from the whole Church for six years, on condition that at the end of the sixth year he should personally go to the Holy Land, the sacred council neither giving its express consent nor offering open opposition. The prelates were given leave around Ascension Day, and returned to their own territories.
Dominus papa Clemens tenuit concilium suum Viennæ, anno Domini MCCCXI, primo die mensis Octobris. In quo quidem concilio tres Edward Edward II fecit sessiones. In prima sessione facto sermone exposuit clero tres articulos, super quibus erat principaliter tractandum et consulendum super statu universalis ecclesiæ reformando, super negotio Terræ Sanctæ, quomodo posset recuperari et tueri, et super ordine Templariorum qui pro nullo habebatur, præcepitque omnibus prælatis et singulis qui convenerant, quod super præmissis articulis usque ad secundam sessionem deliberarent. In secunda sessione facta est longa disputatio de ordine Templariorum, utrum stare posset vel deleri de jure deberet? Et erant pro ordine Templariorum prælati quasi omnes, præter prælatos Franciæ, qui, propter timorem regis Franciæ, per quem, ut dicebatur, totum illud scandalum fuerat, aliud facere non audebant. Erant enim in toto concilio (quod concilium dici non merebatur, quia ex capite proprio omnia fecit dominus papa, non respondente neque consentiente sacro concilio) baculi pastorales circiter quasi centumtriginta. In tertia sessione sedit dominus papa pro tribunali, et ab uno latere rex Franciæ, ab altero rex Naverniæ filius ejus, surrexitque quidam clericus, et inhibuit sub poena excommunicationis majoris, ne aliquis loqueretur verbum in concilio, nisi licentiatus vel requisitus a papa. Recitatoque processu Templariorum, adjecit papa quod licet ex processu præhabito ipsum ordinem de jure delere non posset, tamen ex plenitudine potestatis ordinem delevit, nomen et habitum, terras eorum et possessiones Hospitalariis conferendo, aggregando, et uniendo. Decimam etiam universalis ecclesiæ per sex annos regi Francorum contulit; ita quod in fine sexti anni Terram Sanctam personaliter adiret, sacro non consentiente concilio neque expresse contradicente. Licentiatique sunt prælati circa Ascensionem Dominicam, et ad partes suas reversi.
Note 1. This was the fifteenth general council of Vienne, the first session of which commenced on the 16th of October, 1311, the second on the 3rd of April, 1312, and the third on the 6th of May following.
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Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke [-1360]. In this year, at a certain council convened by the Duke of Cornwall, who was acting as guardian of the realm, along with prelates and barons, the granting of the people's wool1 to the king was agreed upon by those who were present. Later, when the clergy, who had been absent, were gathered on the first day of October [1338], they granted the king a tenth for the third year to come, but they unanimously refused to agree to the payment in wool that the laypeople had provided.
Isto anno, in quodam concilio per ducem Cornubie regni custodem et prelatos et barones convocato, concessa fuit regi lana popularium per eos qui fuerunt ibi presentes. Iterumque, clero tunc absente coadunato ad primum diem mensis Octobris, concesserunt ecclesiastici unam decimam pro anno tercio tunc sequente, set solucionem lanarum, quam populares prebuerunt, ipsi unanimiter negaverunt.
Note 1. At the parliament of Northampton, 26th July-2nd August. See Murimuth 85, 86 and Knighton 2571.
Adam Murimuth Continuation. In this year, during a certain council or parliament held at Northampton by the Duke of Cornwall, then Guardian of England, together with many prelates and barons, a grant of wool was made to the lord king by those present—to the great burden of the people. However, since the clergy of the realm had not been summoned to that council, it was decided that they should be called. Therefore, a convocation was held in London on the first day of October, in the year of our Lord 1338, where the clergy granted the king one tenth (a decima) for the third following year, in addition to the two tenths already promised. They also agreed that the tenth for the current year should be paid at earlier deadlines than previously arranged. However, they explicitly refused to pay the wool levy; this was nevertheless paid by the laity, again at great burden to them, since the value was twice that of a fifteenth, which they had already paid previously.
Hoc anno, in quodam concilio sive parliamento, tento apud Northamptoniam per ducem Cornubiæ, custodem Angliæ, et prælatos multos et barones, concessa fuit lana domino regi per eos qui fuerunt præsentes, ad gravissimum onus populi; sed, quia clerus regni ad illud concilium non fuit? vocatus ordinatum fuit quod vocaretur. Unde, facta convocatione Londoniis ad primum diem mensis Octobris, anno Domini MCCCXXXVIIL, clerus concessit regi unam decimam pro anno tertio tunc sequente, ultra duas decimas prius promissas; et quod decima anni tunc presentis solveretur terminis citerioribus quam prius fuerat ordinatum. Solutionem vero lanarum expresse negaverunt; quas tamen laici solverunt ad gravissimum onus ipsorum, quia ad duplum quintædecimæ prius solute per eos.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. Oct 1357. It appears, then, that at the beginning of October, when the Account opens, the Queen (age 62) was residing at her Castle of Hertford [Map], having not very long before been at Rising. The first visitor we have mention of is the "Comitissa Garenniæ," who sups with her on the fourth. The lady thus designated was Joan (age 61), daughter of Henry Earl of Barr (age 98), and Eleanor, daughter of Edward I. of England; niece, therefore, to Queen Isabella. She was married to John Earl of Warren and Surrey, in the year 33 Edward I., but appears to have been divorced from her husband, on the plea, of a previous marriage on his part, in the year 1345; and, as Dugdale tells us, she had leave to go beyond sea, in the same year, on some special employment for the King. She was one of the ladies, according to Froissart, who accompanied Isabella to England when she sailed from Flanders to the English shore on the expedition so fatal to her husband; and the frequent mention of her in the Account shows that she was in the closest intimacy with Isabella at this time. She visited her constantly, and nursed her in her last illness.
On 1st October 1402 Louis "Bearded" Wittelsbach VII Duke Bavaria (age 34) and Anne Bourbon Duchess Bavaria (age 22) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche and Catherine Vendome. He the son of Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 65) and Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria. They were fifth cousins.
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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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After 1st October 1440. Monument to William Rhyther (deceased) and Sybil Aldeburgh at All Saints Church Harewood [Map]. Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period. Lancastrian Esses Collar. Crespine Headress.
William Rhyther: In 1379 he was born to William Rhyther and Sybil Aldeburgh at Tadcaster, Yorkshire [Map]. On 1st October 1440 he died at Harewood.
Sybil Aldeburgh: Around 1363 she was born to William Aldeburgh 1st Baron Aldeburgh Harewood and Elizabeth Lisle Baroness Ferrers Harewood at Harewood. Around 1379 William Rhyther and she were married. On 3rd September 1439 Sybil Aldeburgh died at Harewood.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1530. 1st October 1530. P. S. 6658. Anne Seyntleger (age 75) and Margaret Boleyn (age 76), Widows.
Livery of lands in Ireland as daughters and heirs of Thomas Earl of Ormond, deceased. Hampton Court [Map], 24 Sept. 22 Henry VIII. Del. Chelsea, 1 Oct.
Pat. 22 Henry VIII. p. 2, m. 8.
R.O. 2. Original patent of the preceding.
2nd October 1530 Vit. B. XIII. 87 b. B. M. 6659.
As the beast, whom his correspondent knows, takes no account of his duty, nor of his own nor the King's honor, having no fear of deceiving or imposing on any one, I suggest that, for revenge, you should write to me, begging for the remainder of the money, mentioning my promises and your deserts, which were the chief cause of gaining friends for the King at Padua, and of the Paduan instrument, which the King highly values. You must also praise Simonetus, saying that Ambrose would have done nothing without him; and, without abuse of the Bishop, bewail his shabbiness. I will attest everything to the King from the relations of others. You must write to me two letters; one copy I will show to the man himself, and thus compel him to perform his promises, not without interest. If he does not do so soon, will take care that the King reads the other letter. The consequences will be more than perhaps you hoped. You may be sure that I will do what I can, either by myself or through friends. Venice, 2 Oct.
On 1st October 1532 Jan Gossaert aka Mabuse (age 54) died.
On 1st October 1553 Queen Mary I of England and Ireland (age 37) was crowned I Queen of England and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 26) carried the Sword of State.
John Gage (age 73) bore the queen's train. Edward Dymoke (age 45) attended as the Queen's Champion. James Blount 6th Baron Mountjoy (age 20) and Henry Parker 12th Baron Marshal 11th Baron Morley (age 20) were created Knight of the Bath. Thomas Hastings (age 38) and John Leigh (age 51) were knighted. Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 80) and Henry Neville 5th Earl of Westmoreland (age 28) attended.
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England (age 38) took part in the procession.
A Chronicle of the Coronations of the Queens Regnand of England. [1st October 1553] Then was her Highness brought again from her traverse, and then left her mantle, and was brought and laid upon the cushion before the altar. And then haying a pall holden over her by four Knights of the Garter, Viz., the Lord Paget, Sir Thomas Cheney, Sir John Gage, and Sir Anthony St. Leger, was anointed by the aboye-named Bishop of Winchester, with holy oil and cream [or chrism] saying unto her certain words, with divers oraisons and prayers, which thereunto appertaineth.
Then after her inunction the Bishop of Winchester (age 70) did dry every place of the same with cotton or linen cloth, and after Mrs. Walgrave did lace again her Highness's apparel, putting on her hands a pair of linen gloves.
Then her Grace was conveyed again into her traverse, and there put on her rich robe of crimson velvet again.
And after her Grace was brought to the altar, whereat she offered up the sword that she was girt withal by the Bishop of Winchester, and after to redeem the same was given by the Earl of Arundel, Lord Steward, [blank left for sum of money] who did bear the same sword before her Grace naked on the left hand of the sword in the scabbard from the Church to Westminster Hall.
This done, her Grace was brought again to the chair, before the high altar, where the Bishop of Winchester and the Duke of Norfolk (age 80) brought unto her Highness three crowns;— to wit, one King Edward's crown; the other the imperial crown of the realm of England; the third a very rich crown, purposely made for her Grace. Then the crowns were set one after another upon the Queen's head by the Bishop of Winchester; and betwixt the putting on of every crown the trumpets did blow.
Then immediately after, the quire sung and the organs did play "Te Deum." And in the mean season the same was singing, a ring of gold was put on her Grace's marrying finger by the Bishop of Winchester.
Then the Master of her Grace's jewel house brought her Grace's bracelets of gold and precious stones.
Then divers other things were delivered to her Grace, as
The sceptre, by the Earl of Arundel (age 41).
Saint Edward's staff, by the Earl of Bath (age 54).
The spurs, by the Earl of Pembroke (age 52).
The ball of gold, by the Marquis of Winchester (age 70).
The regal of gold, by the Bishop of Winchester.
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A Chronicle of the Coronations of the Queens Regnand of England. [1st October 1553] First, there came riding in on two goodly coursers, the Earl of Derby (age 44), High Steward of Englandb, and with him the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, with his rod, who were both richly apparelled, and their horses trapped according to their estate.
Then the Earl of Sussex (age 46), sewarc.
Then the Earl of Worcester (age 27), carver, received the said service, and gave the saie (assay).
Then after, the Queen's Majesty's service was brought unto her Highness's board, only the water brought for her Grace in this manner.
There went before the said basons of water divers Sergeants of Anns with their maces.
The Queen's Majesty washed, and after her Highness went unto her seat royal under the cloth of state to dinner.
The Earl of Shrewsbury (age 53) standing by her Grace as assistant on the right hand, and the Bishop of Durham on the left hand.
Then sat on the right hand of the Queen's table the Bishop of Winchester, at her Highness's warde [command], and the Lady Elizabeth (age 20), her Grace, and the Lady Anne of Cleves (age 38), on the left handd, and had their service.
Then four swords, being holden before her Majesty all the dinner-time.
Then the first cup that the Queen's Majesty drunk was brought to her by Sir Giles Alington (age 54), which he had for his fee, and thereby he held the lands of Argentine.
The table in the Hall furnished.
Imprimis, then was placed at the table in the middest the Hall, Ambassadors, Bishops, Justices, Knights, and Squires.
Item, there was placed at the table on the right hand of the same hall. Barons of the Cinq Ports, Councillors and Clerks of the Chancery.
Theen there was placed at the left hand of the said hall, the Mayor of London with his brethren the Aldermen, and other notable persons, and commoners, and others.
Note b. Noailles calls him High Constable, by mistake — Edward, third Earl of Derby, was one of the most magnificent noblemen of his day. He came to this coronation as High Steward of England, attended by a train of fourscore in velvet and upwards of two hundred in livery.
Note c. Strype says the young Earl of Surrey (age 17) was doer (?) under the Duke of Norfolk his grandsire; the Lord Bergaveny chief lardiner; and the Lord Windsor served "in another great office."
Note d. Noailles says "assez loingtaines." i.e. "quite far off."
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A Chronicle of the Coronations of the Queens Regnand of England. [1st October 1553] Then at time convenient came in the second course in this manner.
Then at the end of the same came in, riding in complete harness, armed at all points, with harness, and of the Queen's charge, Sir Lionele Dymoke (age 45), her Highness's champion, upon a courser richly trapped with cloth of gold, holding in his hand a mace, and on the either side of him, a page, one holding his spear, another his target, with a herald before him, and brought him to the upper end of the hall.
Then after he had made obeisance to the Queen's Highness, in bowing his head, he turned him a little aside, and with a loud voice, declared these words hereafter following, viz.
If there be any manner of man, of what estate, degree, or condition soever he be, that will say and maintidn that our Sovereign Lady, Queen Mary the First, this day here present, is not the rightful and undoubted inheritrix to the imperial crown of this realm of England, and that of right she ought not to be crowned Queen, 1 say he lieth like a false traitor, and that I am ready the same to maintain with him whilst I have breath in my body, either now at the time or at any other time, whensoever it shall please the Queen's Highness to appoint, and thereupon the same I cast him my gage."
And then he cast his gauntlet from him, the which no man would take up, till that a herald took it up, and gave it to him again.
Then he proceeded to another place, and did in this manner in three several places of the said hall.
Then he came up to the upper end, and the Queen's Majesty drank to him, and after sent him the cup, which he had for hb fee, and likewise the harness and trappers, and all the harness which he did wear.
Then he returned to the place from whence he came, and after that he was gone.
Note e. By the following entry, which I discovered in the vol. marked W. T. College of Arms, it appears that the Champion's name was Edward, and not Lionel: "These words were delivered by Chester, ' Haroald of Armes, att the coming in of Sir Edward Dimoke, Kt. the daie of the Coronation of Q. Mary, after the second course was served in to her Highness." [Here follows the challenge.] "The which Chester Karould had in reward of ye said Sir Edward Dymoke, iiij angells and a doublette of sattyn, according to the ancyent presidents for the same."
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Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 1st October 1553. Memorandum, the first dale of October, 1553, was quene Mary crowned1; that dale she cam first by water to the old palice and ther tarryed tyll about xj. of the clocke, and then went to the churche on foot apon blew clothe being rayled on every syde; she was in a gown of blew velvett, lyned with pouderyd armyn, having the same cyrclet on hir hedd with the whiche she cam thorough London the daye before. She was ledd betwen one bushope and (blank), and many bishopes in their myters and crosiars before hir.
Note 1. The ceremonial of queen Mary's coronation has been published at considerable length in Mr. Blanche's Regal Records, 1837. 12mo. A document respecting the claims made to perform services on this occasion, was printed in the Camden Society's volume of Rutland Papers, p. 118.
Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 1st October 1553. Note, she was ledde iiij. or v. tymes on the alter, with so many and sondery cerymonyes in anoynting, crowning, and other olde customes, that it was past iij. almost iiij. of the clocke at night or ever she cam from the church agayn. And as she cam homeward ther was borne before her iij. swordes shethed, and one naked. She was ledd likewise betwen the old bushope of Dyrom (age 79)1 and (blank), having in hir hande a cepter of golde, and in hir other hande a ball of golde, which she twirled and tourned in hir hande as she came homewarde. She wore a chrymesyn vellvet gown, and a crown on hir hedd, every rely [erle?] and contesse following in crymesyn vellvet with crownets on ther hedds of gold. When she was enteryd in Westminster hall ther was ill scramble for the cloth and rayles; then was ther the wast meat cast out of the ketchen made under the pallaice wall with bordes, which was very muche of all kinde of meat. And when they had don casting out meat ther was no lesse scrambling for the ketchyn yt self, every man that wolde plucking downe the hordes therof, and carying yt away, that yt might welbe callyd a wast indedde.
Note 1. Cuthbert Tunstall, bishop of Durham.
On 1st October 1615 Gervase Helwys (age 54) was arrested and imprisoned at the Tower of London [Map].
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The 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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After 1st October 1615 Gervase Helwys (age 54), Thomas Monson 1st Baronet (age 50), the gaoler Richard Weston, widow of a London doctor Mrs Anne Turner, and an apothecary James Franklin were tried for the murder of Thomas Overbury at the Guildhall [Map] by Edward Coke (age 63) and Francis Bacon 1st Viscount St Alban (age 54). It was ruled that "poisons" had been "administered" in the form of "jellies" and "tarts" by Weston, Turner and Franklin at the direction of Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset (age 25). Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset admitted her guilt. Her husband Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset (age 28) maintained his innocence despite King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 49) urging him to admit his guilt to avoid James being implicated. Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset and Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset were found guilty and sentenced to death. King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland commuted their sentence to life imprisonment. They, along with Monson, were subsequently pardoned.
The evidence for Gervase Helwys appeared to indicated he had attempted to undermine the plot to poison Thomas Overbury.
After 1st October 1618. Monument to Edward Carr 1st Baronet (deceased) at St Denys' Church, Sleaford [Map] sculpted by Maximilian Colt (age 43).
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st October 1651. The Dean of Peterborough (age 56) [Dr. Cosin] preached on Job xiii., verse 15, encouraging our trust in God on all events and extremities, and for establishing and comforting some ladies of great quality, who were then to be discharged from our Queen-Mother's (age 50) service unless they would go over to the Romish Mass.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st October 1651. The Dean (age 56), dining this day at our house, told me the occasion of publishing those Offices, which among the Puritans were wont to be called Cosin's cozening Devotions, by way of derision. At the first coming of the Queen into England, she and her French ladies were often upbraiding our religion, that had neither appointed nor set forth any hours of prayer, or breveries, by which ladies and courtiers, who have much spare time, might edify and be in devotion, as they had. Our Protestant ladies, scandalized it seems at this, moved the matter to the King; whereupon his Majesty presently called Bishop White to him and asked his thoughts of it, and whether there might not be found some forms of prayer proper on such occasions, collected out of some already approved forms, that so the court ladies and others (who spent much time in trifling) might at least appear as devout, and be so too, as the new-come-over French ladies, who took occasion to reproach our want of zeal and religion. On which, the Bishop told his Majesty that it might be done easily, and was very necessary; whereupon the King commanded him to employ some person of the clergy to compile such a Work, and presently the Bishop naming Dr. Cosin, the King (age 21) enjoined him to charge the Doctor in his name to set about it immediately. This the Dean told me he did; and three months after, bringing the book to the King, he commanded the Bishop of London to read it over, and make his report; this was so well liked, that (contrary to former custom of doing it by a chaplain) he would needs give it an imprimatur under his own hand. Upon this there were at first only 200 copies printed; nor, said he, was there anything in the whole book of my own composure, nor did I set any name as author to it, but those necessary prefaces, etc., out of the Fathers, touching the times and seasons of prayer; all the rest being entirely translated and collected out of an Office published by authority of Queen Elizabeth, anno 1560, and our own Liturgy. This I rather mention to justify that industrious and pious Dean, who had exceedingly suffered by it, as if he had done it of his own head to introduce Popery, from which no man was more averse, and one who in this time of temptation and apostacy held and confirmed many to our Church.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 1st October 1661. On Thursday his Majesty (age 31) sent one of the pages of the back stairs for me to wait on him with my papers, in his cabinet where was present only Sir Henry Bennett (age 43) (Privy-Purse), when beginning to read to his Majesty what I had drawn up, by the time I had read half a page, came in Mr. Secretary Morice (age 58) with a large paper, desiring to speak with his Majesty, who told him he was now very busy, and therefore ordered him to come again some other time; the Secretary replied that what he had in his hand was of extraordinary importance. So the King rose up, and, commanding me to stay, went aside to a corner of the room with the Secretary; after a while, the Secretary being dispatched, his Majesty returning to me at the table, a letter was brought him from Madame out of France;68 this he read and then bid me proceed from where I left off. This I did till I had ended all the narrative, to his Majesty's great satisfaction; and, after I had inserted one or two more clauses, in which his Majesty instructed me, commanded that it should that night be sent to the posthouse, directed to the Lord Ambassador at Paris (the Earl of St. Alban's), and then at leisure to prepare him a copy, which he would publish. This I did, and immediately sent my papers to the Secretary of State, with his Majesty's express command of dispatching them that night for France. Before I went out of the King's closet, he called me back to show me some ivory statues, and other curiosities that I had not seen before.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st October 1661. I sailed this morning with his Majesty (age 31) in one of his yachts (or pleasure boats), vessels not known among us till the Dutch East India Company presented that curious piece to the King; being very excellent sailing vessels. It was on a wager between his other new pleasure boat, built frigate-like, and one of the Duke of York's (age 27); the wager £100; the race from Greenwich, Kent [Map] to Gravesend, Kent [Map] and back. The King lost it going, the wind being contrary, but saved stakes in returning. There were divers noble persons and lords on board, his Majesty sometimes steering himself. His barge and kitchen boat attended. I brake fast this morning with the King at return in his smaller vessel, he being pleased to take me and only four more, who were noblemen, with him; but dined in his yacht, where we all ate together with his Majesty. In this passage he was pleased to discourse to me about my book inveighing against the nuisance of the smoke of London, and proposing expedients how, by removing those particulars I mentioned, it might be reformed; commanding me to prepare a Bill against the next session of Parliament, being, as he said, resolved to have something done in it. Then he discoursed to me of the improvement of gardens and buildings, now very rare in England comparatively to other countries. He then commanded me to draw up the matter of fact happening at the bloody encounter which then had newly happened between the French and Spanish Ambassadors near the Tower, contending for precedency, at the reception of the Swedish Ambassador; giving me orders to consult Sir William Compton (age 36), Master of the Ordnance, to inform me of what he knew of it, and with his favorite, Sir Charles Berkeley (age 31), captain of the Duke's life guard, then present with his troop and three foot companies; with some other reflections and instructions, to be prepared with a declaration to take off the reports which went about of his Majesty's partiality in the affairs, and of his officers' and spectators' rudeness while the conflict lasted. So I came home that night, and went next morning to London, where from the officers of the Tower [Map], Sir William Compton, Sir Charles Berkeley, and others who were attending at this meeting of the Ambassadors three days before, having collected what I could, I drew up a Narrative in vindication of his Majesty, and the carriage of his officers and standers-by.
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Calendar of State Papers Charles II Oct 1667. October 1667. 102. Proposals by Sir Thomas Strickland (age 45) to the Navy Comrs., to build three third-rate frigates in Foudray Pill, to be completed by 1 Aug. 1671, upon a similar contract to that of Mr. Baylie, of Bristol. [Adm. Paper.] Enclosing,.
102. i. Edward Tyldesley to Sam. Pepys (age 34). Robt. Withers (age 49) and the writer have viewed Foudray Pill, where they proposed to build ships for the King's service. Sends a draft sketch thereof, leaving the rest of the business to be transacted by his partners, Sir Thomas Strickland and Mr. Withers. Has such timber as all England cannot show. Lodge in the Forest of Meirscough, 1st October 1667.
102. ii. Sketch of Walney Island, the pill, bar, &c., in coloured chalks.
On 1st October 1674 George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 8) was created 1st Earl of Northumberland, 1st Viscount Falmouth, 1st Baron Pontefract by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 44).
On 1st October 1678 John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 28) and Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 18) were married.
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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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John Evelyn's Diary. 1st October 1678. The Parliament and the whole Nation were alarmed about a conspiracy of some eminent Papists for the destruction of the King (age 48) and introduction of Popery, discovered by one Oates (age 29) and Dr. Tongue, which last i knew, being the translator of the "Jesuits' Morals"; I went to see and converse with him at Whitehall, with Mr. Oates, one that was lately an apostate to the church of Rome, and now returned again with this discovery. He seemed to be a bold man, and, in my thoughts, furiously indiscreet; but everybody believed what he said; and it quite changed the genius and motions of the Parliament, growing now corrupt and interested with long sitting and court practices; but, with all this, Popery would not go down. This discovery turned them all as one man against it, and nothing was done but to find out the depth of this. Oates was encouraged, and everything he affirmed taken for gospel; the truth is, the Roman Catholics were exceedingly bold and busy everywhere, since the Duke (age 27) forbore to go any longer to the chapel.
On 1st October 1680 Johanna Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 34) and Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 32) at Gotha.
On 1st October 1685 Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 45) and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (age 30). He married 1st August 1708 Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Holy Roman Empress and had issue.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st October 1705. Mr. Cowper (age 40) made Lord Keeper. Observing how uncertain great officers are of continuing long in their places, he would not accept it, unless £2,000 a year were given him in reversion when he was put out, in consideration of his loss of practice. His predecessors, how little time soever they had the Seal, usually got £100,000 and made themselves Barons. A new Secretary of State. Lord Abington (age 32), Lieutenant of the Tower, displaced, and General Churchill (age 49), brother to the Duke of Marlborough (age 55), put in. An indication of great unsteadiness somewhere, but thus the crafty Whig party (as called) begin to change the face of the Court, in opposition to the High Churchmen, which was another distinction of a party from the Low Churchmen. The Parliament chose one Mr. Smith, Speaker. There had never been so great an assembly of members on the first day of sitting, being more than 450. The votes both of the old, as well as the new, fell to those called Low Churchmen, contrary to all expectation.
On 1st October 1708 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (deceased) was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map].
On 1st October 1766 Gustav III King Sweden (age 20) and Queen Sophia of Sweden (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway and Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. He the son of Adolph Frederick King Sweden (age 56) and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia Queen Consort of Sweden (age 46). They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 1st October 1769 Bishop Shute Barrington (age 35) was consecrated as Bishop of Llandaff at Lambeth Palace [Map] by Archbishop Frederick Cornwallis (age 56).
1st October 1819. St Oswald's Church, Brereton [Map]. Monument to Reverend W Fell, Rector of St Oswald's Church, Brereton [Map] from 1807 to 1819.
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The 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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On 1st October 1822 Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre (age 80) died. On 21st December 1806 Sarah Case died. Memorial in All Saints Church, West Acre [Map] sculpted by Joseph Theakston (age 50).
Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre: In 1742 he was born to Robert Hamond. Before 21st December 1806 Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre and Sarah Case were married.
Sarah Case: Around 1746 she was born to Philip Case of King's Lynn.
On 1st October 1830 Frederick Baker 2nd Baronet (age 58) died in a windmill accident. His son George (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
Gentleman's Magazine. 1731. Page 469. Sir Frederick was showing his children the effect and operations of a windmill near Hastings, when, being very short sighted, he approached nearer than he had an idea of, and one of the flappers instantaneously striking him on the back part of the head, he shortly breathed his last.
On 25th September 1856 Oswald Mosley (age 51) died died without issue. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Rolleston on Dove [Map] on 1st October 1856.
Oswald Mosley: On 2nd December 1804 he was born to Oswald Mosley 2nd Baronet and Sophia Anne Every Lady Mosley.
On 1st October 1868 the Midland Railway's St Pancras Station was officially opened to the public. The first service was an overnight mail train from Leeds. Designed by William Henry Barlow, its arched engine shed (the Barlow train shed) was, at the time of opening, the largest single-span roof in the world.
On 1st October 1869 Bishop Samuel Waldegrave (age 50) died at his residence Rose Castle, Dalston [Map], Cumberland. Monument in Carlisle Cathedral [Map] sculpted by John Adams Acton (age 38).
Bishop Samuel Waldegrave: On 13th September 1819 he was born to William Waldegrave 8th Earl Waldegrave in Cardington, Bedfordshire. In 1860 he was appointed Bishop of Carlisle.
On 1st October 1900 Frederick Lambton (age 45) was elected MP South East Durham. He was re-elected in 1906 but lost the seat on 15th January 1910.
On 1st October 1900 Winston Churchill (age 25) was declared MP Oldham at Oldham Town Hall.
On 1st October 1909 Bianca Wallin was born.
On 1st October 1914 Alfred Jerome Vassalli (age 33) died of pneumonia contracted while in camp at Slough (or possibly of wounds) at the King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Muncaster [Map]. He was Corporal with the 2nd King Edward's Horse.
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Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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After 1st October 1915. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Memorial to Bombadier Frederick Charles Bird of the Royal Field Artillery who was killed during the landings at Sulva Bay.
1st October 1918. Letter from Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb 1st Baronet (age 42) to Mr Goddard.
Dear Mr Goddard
Very many thanks indeed for your kind latter of appreciation on my gift of Stonehenge to the nation. This, coming from you who has done so much for the antiquities of the County is very welcome to me. ...
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Longhoughton [Map]. Grave of D8139599 Senior Aircraftman, D. J. Black, Royal Air Force, 1st October 1979 age 19.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Tuesday, 02/10/1979 reports: Airman dies in North crash: An airman from RAF Boulmer was killed and two colleagues were injured when their car hit a tree near Craster. The body of the driver, 19 year old Aircraftman David Black, had to be cut from the wreckage by firemen. Aircraftman David James, from Glasgow and Aircraftwoman Karen Barwick are recovering from minor injuries in Newcastle's R.V.I. today. The three, all from Boulmer air base, were in a Ford Cortina which crashed into the tree on the Craster-to-Littlemill road, just North of Howick, late last night. A spokesman at R.A.F. Boulmer said relatives of the dead man, who came from Cowdenbeath, were travelling to Alnwick for formal identification today.
On 1st October 1207 King Henry III of England was born to King John of England (age 40) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 19) at Winchester Castle [Map]. He married 14th January 1236 his fourth cousin Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England, daughter of Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence and Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence, and had issue.
On 1st October 1526 Dorothy Stafford was born to Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 25) and Ursula Pole (age 22). She married 1545 her third cousin once removed William Stafford and had issue.
On 1st October 1596 Michael Honywood was born to Robert Honywood (age 51) and Elizabeth Browne (age 35).
On 1st October 1678 Stephen Anderson 2nd Baronet was born to Stephen Anderson 1st Baronet (age 34) and Judith Laurence Lady Anderson (age 30). He was baptised at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate on the same day. He married before 1707 Anne Lumley Lady Anderson, daughter of Martin Lumley 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Dawes.
On 1st October 1680 Johanna Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 34) and Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 32) at Gotha.
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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 October 1685 Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 45) and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (age 30). He married 1st August 1708 Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Holy Roman Empress and had issue.
On 1st October 1707 George Byron was born to William Byron 4th Baron Byron (age 37) and Frances Wilhelmina Bentinck Baroness Byron (age 23). He died aged eleven in 1719.
On 1st October 1719 John Bligh 3rd Earl Darnley was born to John Bligh 1st Earl Darnley (age 32) and Theodosia Hyde (age 23).
On 1st October 1737 George Grey 5th Earl Stamford 1st Earl Warrington was born to Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford (age 22) and Mary Booth Countess Stamford (age 33). He married 28th May 1763 Henrietta Bentinck Countess Stamford and Warrington, daughter of William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland and Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland, and had issue.
On 1st October 1743 Caroline Scott was born to Francis Scott (age 22) and Caroline Campbell 1st Baroness Greenwich (age 25). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She died aged ten in 1753.
On 1st October 1756 Charles George Perceval 1st and 2nd Baron Arden was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont (age 45) and Catherine Compton Countess Egmont (age 25) at Charlton, Kent. He married 1st March 1787 Margaretta Elizabeth Wilson Baroness Arden, daughter of Thomas Spencer Wilson 6th Baronet, and had issue.
On 1st October 1762 Reverend Henry Wilson 10th Baron Berners was born to Henry William Wilson of Didlington and Ashwellthorpe in Norfolk (age 34) and Mary Miller (age 27).
On 1st October 1763 Elizabeth Lindsay Countess Hardwicke was born to James Lindsay 5th Earl Balcarres (age 71) and Anne Dalrymple Countess Balcarres (age 36). She married 24th July 1782 Philip Yorke 3rd Earl of Hardwicke and had issue.
On 1st October 1769 Robert Graham 8th Baronet was born to William Graham 6th Baronet (age 39) and Susannah Reeve. He married 25th April 1810 Elizabeth Young Lady Graham and had issue.
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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 1st October 1792 Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Hastings 1st Baronet (age 40) and Parnel Abney.
On 1st October 1830 Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster was born to Gilbert John Heathcote 1st Baron Aveland (age 35) and Clementina Drummond Willoughby 24th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby Baroness Aveland (age 21). He married 14th July 1863 Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster, daughter of Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly and Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly, and had issue.
On 1st October 1855 John Brinsley Norton 5th Baron Grantley was born to Thomas Brinsley Norton 4th Baron Grantley (age 23). He married (1) 5th November 1879 Katharine Buckner McVickar Baroness Grantley and had issue (2) 16th September 1899 Alice Jones Baroness Grantley.
On 1st October 1857 Henry Conyngham 4th Marquess Conyngham was born to George Henry Conyngham 3rd Marquess Conyngham (age 32) and Jane St Maur Blanche Stanhope Marchioness Conyngham (age 24). He married 21st March 1882 Frances Elizabeth Sarah Eveleigh-de-Moleyns Marchioness Conyngham and had issue.
On 1st October 1871 Henry Anthony Farrington 6th Baronet was born to William Hicks Farrington 5th Baronet (age 33). He married 25th July 1906 his second cousin Dorothy Maria Farrington and had issue.
On 1st October 1872 Katherine Mary "Kitty" Hare Marchioness Downshire was born to Hugh Henry Hare (age 33). She married (1) 22nd June 1893 Arthur Hill 6th Marquess of Downshire, son of Arthur Hill 5th Marquess Downshire and Georgiana Elizabeth Balfour (2) 19th November 1902 Joseph Frederick Laycock.
On 1st October 1879 Lieutenant Hugh Jeffery Middleton was born to Arthur Monck aka Middleton 7th Baronet (age 41) and Constance Harriet Amherst Lady Monck (age 36). He married 22nd July 1905 Mary Katherine Long and had issue.
On 1st October 1886 Lieutenant Philip Wodehouse was born to John Wodehouse 2nd Earl Kimberley (age 38) and Isabel Geraldine Stracey Countess Kimberley.
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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 October 1893 Michael Claude Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 38) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 31).
On 1st October 1905 Edward Fox-Strangways 7th Earl of Ilchester was born to Giles Fox-Strangways 6th Earl of Ilchester (age 31) and Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester (age 29). He married 27th April 1931 Helen Elizabeth Fox-Strangways Countess Ilchester.
On 1st October 1909 Bianca Wallin was born.
On 1st October 1915 Major Peter Stuart Bligh 10th Earl of Darnley was born to Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 28) and Daphne Rachel Mulholland (age 25).
On 1st October 1964 Myles Christopher David Robertson 12th Baron Wharton was born to Henry MacLeod Robertson (age 31) and Ziki Robertson 11th Baroness Wharton (age 30).
On 1st October 1966 Isabella Rachel Stanhope Countess Cawdor was born to William Stanhope 11th Earl of Harrington (age 44) and Priscilla Margaret Cubitt Countess Harrington (age 25). She married 21st October 1994 Colin Campbell 7th Earl Cawdor, son of Hugh Campbell 6th Earl Cawdor.
On 1st October 1402 Louis "Bearded" Wittelsbach VII Duke Bavaria (age 34) and Anne Bourbon Duchess Bavaria (age 22) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche and Catherine Vendome. He the son of Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 65) and Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria. They were fifth cousins.
On 1st October 1552 Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln (age 40) and Elizabeth "The Fair Geraldine" Fitzgerald Countess Lincoln (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Grey Countess Kildare. They were half fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 1st October 1642 Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 40) and Elizabeth Howard Countess Northumberland (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk. He the son of Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland. They were fourth cousin once removed.
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The 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 October 1660 Robert Greville 4th Baron Brooke (age 21) and Ann Dodington Baroness Brooke (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire.
On 1st October 1674 John Hay 12th Earl Erroll and Anne Drummond Countess Erroll were married. She by marriage Countess Erroll. She the daughter of James Drummond 3rd Earl Perth (age 59) and Anne Gordon.
On 1st October 1678 John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 28) and Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 18) were married.
On 1st October 1736 Paulet St John 1st Baronet (age 32) and Mary Waters Lady Tynte were married.
On 1st October 1766 Gustav III King Sweden (age 20) and Queen Sophia of Sweden (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway and Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. He the son of Adolph Frederick King Sweden (age 56) and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia Queen Consort of Sweden (age 46). They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 1st October 1781 Foster Cunliffe 3rd Baronet (age 26) and Harriet Kinloch Lady Cunliffe were married.
On 11th August 1801 or 1st October 1801 Marcus Somerville 4th Baronet and Mary Anne Gorges-Meredyth were married.
On 1st October 1808 Pownoll Bastard Pellew 2nd Viscount Exmouth (age 22) and Eliza Harriet Barlow were married. They had two sons and one daughter.
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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 October 1811 John Hayford Thorold 10th Baronet (age 38) and Mary Kent Lady Thorold were married.
On 1st October 1817 John Carpenter 4th Earl of Tyrconnell (age 26) and Sarah Crowe Countess Tyrconnell (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Tyrconnel. They had one child, a daughter named Elizabeth Anne Carpenter, born and died on 19 February 1847.
On 1st October 1833 Thomas Robert Salusbury 2nd Baronet (age 50) and Elizabeth Mary Salusbury were married. They were first cousins.
On 1st October 1930 John Charles Langham 14th Baronet (age 36) and Rosamond Christabel Rashleigh (age 27) were married. They were half first cousins.
On 1st October 1931 Major Thomas William Edward Coke 5th Earl of Leicester (age 23) and Elizabeth Mary Yorke Countess of Leicester (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Charles Yorke 8th Earl of Hardwicke (age 61). He the son of Thomas William Coke 4th Earl of Leicester (age 51) and Marion Gertrude Trefusis Countess Leicester (age 49).
On 1st October 1932 Edward O'Bryen Hoare 7th Baronet (age 34) and Nina Mary Hope-Wallace Lady Hoare (age 26) were married.
On 1st October 1997 Charles James Fitzroy 6th Baron Southampton (age 69) and Alma Pasqual Slater Baroness Southampton were married. She by marriage Baroness Southampton.
On 1st October 959 King Eadwig I of England died. He was buried at Winchester, Hampshire [Map]. His brother Edgar (age 16) succeeded I King of England.
On 1st October 1211 Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton (age 40) died in Pontefract [Map].
John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 19) succeeded 8th Baron Halton, 7th Baron Pontefract. Alice Aquila Baroness Bowland, Halton and Lacy by marriage Baroness Halton, Baroness Pontefract.
On 1st October 1260 Marie Lusignan Countess Eu (age 37) died.
On 1st October 1391 William "Rich" Dampierre I Marquis Namur (age 67) died.
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Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 1st October 1438 Maud Neville Baroness Haversham (age 55) died.
On 1st October 1442 Joan Stafford Countess Kent (age 64) died.
On 1st October 1500 Bishop John Alcock (age 70) died. He was buried in the Alcock Chantry, Ely Cathedral.
On 1st October 1532 Jan Gossaert aka Mabuse (age 54) died.
On 1st October 1615 Cicely Baker Countess Dorset (age 80) died in Buckhurst.
On 1st October 1618 Edward Carr 1st Baronet (age 75) died. His son Robert (age 3) succeeded 2nd Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
On 1st October 1631 William Brereton 1st Baron Brereton (age 81) died. His grandson William (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baron Brereton and inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map]. Elizabeth Goring Baroness Brereton by marriage Baroness Brereton.
On 1st October 1699 Robert Rich 2nd Baronet (age 51) died. His son Charles (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baronet Rich of London.
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The 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 October 1727 Gertrude Pierrepont Marchioness Halifax died. She was buried with her husband George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax in the North Aisle of the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map].
On 1st October 1734 Donough Maccarthy 4th Earl Clancarty (age 66) died at Hamburg.
On 1st October 1778 Washington Shirley 5th Earl Ferrers (age 56) died without issue. His brother Robert (age 55) succeeded 6th Earl Ferrers, 12th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Catherine Cotton Countess Ferrers (age 59) by marriage Countess Ferrers.
On 1st October 1781 Henry Lawson 4th Baronet (age 69) died. His son John (age 37) succeeded 5th Baronet Lawson of Brough Hall in Yorkshire.
On 1st October 1783 Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval (age 53) died.
On 1st October 1796 Edward Trotter Bannerman 5th Baronet died. His second cousin Alexander (age 54) succeeded 6th Baronet Bannerman of Elsick in Kincardineshire.
On 1st October 1822 Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre (age 80) died. On 21st December 1806 Sarah Case died. Memorial in All Saints Church, West Acre [Map] sculpted by Joseph Theakston (age 50).
Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre: In 1742 he was born to Robert Hamond. Before 21st December 1806 Anthony Hamond of High House in West Acre and Sarah Case were married.
Sarah Case: Around 1746 she was born to Philip Case of King's Lynn.
On 1st October 1827 Nelson Rycroft 2nd Baronet (age 66) died. His son Richard (age 33) succeeded 3rd Baronet Rycroft of Calton in Yorkshire.
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The 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 October 1827 Catherine Bishopp Countess Liverpool (age 82) died at her house in Hertford Street.
On 1st October 1830 Frederick Baker 2nd Baronet (age 58) died in a windmill accident. His son George (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
Gentleman's Magazine. 1731. Page 469. Sir Frederick was showing his children the effect and operations of a windmill near Hastings, when, being very short sighted, he approached nearer than he had an idea of, and one of the flappers instantaneously striking him on the back part of the head, he shortly breathed his last.
On 1st October 1851 Henry St John 4th Viscount Bolingbroke 5th Viscount St John (age 65) died. His son Henry (age 31) succeeded 6th Viscount St John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke, 9th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
On 1st October 1869 Bishop Samuel Waldegrave (age 50) died at his residence Rose Castle, Dalston [Map], Cumberland. Monument in Carlisle Cathedral [Map] sculpted by John Adams Acton (age 38).
Bishop Samuel Waldegrave: On 13th September 1819 he was born to William Waldegrave 8th Earl Waldegrave in Cardington, Bedfordshire. In 1860 he was appointed Bishop of Carlisle.
On 1st October 1877 Octavia Haigh Lady Ramsay died.
On 1st October 1885 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 84) died. His son Anthony (age 54) succeeded 8th Earl Shaftesbury, 8th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 9th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester Countess Shaftesbury by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
On 1st October 1888 Mortimer Sackville-West 1st Baron Sackville (age 68) died. His brother Lionel (age 61) succeeded 2nd Baron Sackville of Knole in Kent.
On 1st October 1892 Allen Bathurst 6th Earl Bathurst (age 59) died. His son Seymour (age 28) succeeded 7th Earl Bathurst of Bathurst in Sussex, 7th Baron Bathurst.
On 1st October 1902 Alexander Entwisle Ramsay 4th Baronet (age 65) died. His son Herbert (age 34) succeeded 5th Baronet Ramsay of Balmain in Kincardineshire.
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The 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 October 1906 Eveline Howard Herbert Countess Portsmouth (age 71) died.
On 1st October 1907 George Milles-Lade 2nd Earl Sondes (age 46) died without male issue. His brother Lewis (age 41) succeeded 3rd Earl Sondes, 3rd Viscount Throwley, 7th Baron Sondes.
On 1st October 1913 Frederick William Williams 5th Baronet (age 25) died unmarried. His brother Burton (age 24) succeeded 6th Baronet Williams of Tregullow in Cornwall.
On 1st October 1918 Evelyn Boscawen 7th Viscount Falmouth (age 71) died. His son Evelyn (age 31) succeeded 8th Viscount Falmouth, 15th Baron Despencer. Mary Margaret Desiree Meynell Viscountess Falmouth (age 23) by marriage Viscountess Falmouth.
On 1st October 1943 Ivor Windsor-Clive 2nd Earl Plymouth (age 54) died. His son Other (age 19) succeeded 3rd Earl Plymouth in Devon.
On 1st October 1959 Olive Agnes Grace Baroness Greville (age 83) died.
On 1st October 1988 Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell 6th Baronet (age 90) died. His son Sacheverell (age 61) succeeded 7th Baronet Sitwell of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire.
On 1st October 1999 Seymour Egerton 7th Earl Wilton (age 78) died. His fourth cousin Francis (age 65) succeeded 8th Earl Wilton, 8th Viscount Grey de Wilton.
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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 1st October 2022 Walter John Hugh St John-Mildmay 13th Baronet (age 87) died. His brother Michael (age 85) succeeded 14th Baronet St John-Mildmay of Farley in Southampton.