John of Worcester. 04 Apr 1070. In the octaves of Easter [4th April] a great synod was held at Winchester, by command of king William (age 42), who was present himself, and with the concurrence of the lord Alexander the pope; his legates, Ermenfrid, bishop of Sion, and John and Peter, cardinal-priests of the apostolic see, representing his authority. In this synod, Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury, was degraded on three charges: first, for having unlawfully held the bishopric of Winchester with the archbishopric; next, for having taken the archbishopric while archbishop Robert was living, and even sometimes, in saying mass, wearing the pallium which Robert left behind him at Canterbury when he was unjustly driven from England; and lastly, for having accepted the pallium from Benedict, who was excommunicated by the Holy Roman Church for having systematically usurped the apostolic see. His brother, Ethelmar;, bishop of the East-Angles, was also degraded; as were also a few abbots, the king doing his utmost to deprive the English of their dignities, that he might appoint persons of his own nation to their preferments, and thus confirm his power in his new kingdom. He also deprived several bishops and abbots, convicted of no open crimes either by the councils or the laws of the realm, and detained them in prison, to the end of their lives on mere suspicion, as we have said, of their being dangerous to his newly-acquired power. In this synod also, while the rest, aware of the king's bias, were trembling at the risk they ran of losing their appointments, Wulfstan (age 62), bishop of Worcester, boldly demanded the restoration of many of the possessions of his see which had been retained in his own power by archbishop Aldred, when he was translated from Worcester to York, and on his death had fallen into the king's hands; and demanded, not only from those who presided at the synod, but from the king himself, that justice should be done him. But as the church of York was silent, not having a pastor to plead her cause, it was decided that the suit should stand over until such time as, by the appointment of an archbishop, there should be some one who could reply to Wulfstan's claims, and after hearing the pleadings on both sides, a clearer and more equitable judgement might be given. Thus the case was adjourned for the present.

Flowers of History. 04 Apr 1070. On the fourth day of April, king William (age 42), being now become more secure on his throne, violated his promises in many respects; and he caused the monasteries to be searched throughout the whole of England, and commanded the money found in them, and the charters, in the privileges granted by which the nobles of England placed their trust, and which the king, when in a position of difficulty, had sworn to observe himself, to be carried off by force from the churches where they had been deposited, and where they had hitherto lain in security, and to be taken to his own treasury.

On 04 Apr 1406 King Robert III of Scotland (age 69) died at Rothesay Castle, Isle of Bute. His son King James I of Scotland (age 11) succeeded I King Scotland.

Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1519. 04 Apr 1519. 160. For Anne Seyntleger (age 64) [St Leger], widow.

Licence to found a perpetual chantry for one chaplain in the chapel of St. Mary, called "Hangfordis Chapell," in the church of St. George, Monklee, Devon, to pray for the King and Queen, and for the said Anne, Sir George Seyntleger (age 35), Thomas Seyntleger, clk., and Margaret Boleyn (age 65), widow, and for the souls of Sir Thomas Ormond, late earl of Ormond, and lady Anne his wife (father and mother of the said Anne Seyntleger), James and John, brothers of the said earl, William Hangford, Richard-Hangford his son, Sir Richard Hangford, son of the said Richard, and James Seyntleger and Ambrose Griseacre, husbands of the said Anne Seyntleger, and James Seyntleger, her son. Also licence to alienate possessions to the annual value of £10 for the said chaplain. Greenwich, 12 March 10 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 4 April.

Pat. 10 Hen. VIII. p. 2, m. 32.

Letters and Papers 1529. 04 Apr 1529. R. O. Burnet, v. 444. 5422. Anne Boleyn (age 28) to Gardiner (age 46).

Thanks him for his letter, showing his willing and faithful mind. Trusts he will not repent it, and that the end of this journey will be more pleasant to her than his first, "for that was but a rejoysyng hope, whiche causyng [the like] of it dose put me to the more payn, and they that ar parta[kers] with me, as you do knowe; and therefore I do trust that this herd begynn[ing] shall make the better endyng." Sends cramp-rings for him, Master Gregory, and Master Peter, to whom she desires to be recommended. Greenwich, 4 April. Signed.

Diary of Edward VI. 04 Apr 1550. The lord Clinton (age 38), befor captain of Bolein [Boulogne], come to the courte¹, where, after thankes, he was mad Admirall of England, upon the surrendre of th'erle's of Warwic patent. He was also taken into the previe counsel, and promised farther reward. The capitaines also and officers of the town wer promised rewardes. Mons. de Brisay² also passed by the court to Scoteland, where at Grenwich he cam to the King, telling him that the French king wold see that if he laked any commodite that he had, he wold give it him, and likewis wold the constable of Eraunce, who then bar al the swinge.

Note 1. The following is from the Council register:—

"May iiij. The lorde Clynton with the rest of the commissioners from BuUoigne were received and welcomed home by the counsaill, unto whom the lorde Clynton presented the acquittance that he had receaved of the Frenche for the delivery of BuUoigne, and the copie of their commission to receave the same, which the counsaill delivered to sir John Godsalve, knt., to be fair engrossed, and then laid up in the King's threasorie for a memoriall. Whereupon thanks were given to the said lorde Clynton and commissioners, with the rest of their companie, for the faithfull and diligent service they had doon unto his Majestie in his warres on that side the sea; and then the lord Clynton was by the whole counsaill brought to the King's presence, who after like thanks given was pleased he shulde be made High Admirall of Englande, and one of his privye counsaill: insomuch that the lordes retorned with him immediatelye to the counsaiU chambre, and there ministred an oath unto him accordingly. And so this day he sat in counsaill."

Note 2. Artus de Maillé, seigneur de Brézé et de Milly. He had received the young queen of Scots in France in 1548. He was afterwards governor of Anjou, and died in 1592. Anselme, Hist. Geneal. vii. 516.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 04 Apr 1555. The iiij day of Aprell the Kyng('s) (age 27) grace and the Quen (age 39) removyd unto Hamtun [Map] cowrte to kepe Ester ther, and so her grace to her chambur ther.

On 04 Apr 1586 Frances Kitson was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map].

Scire ne vis lector quænam suit ista sepulta hic, Ex patre aurato milite quata suit Uxor erat domii Fitzwaren et auia tandem Bathoniæ comitis inclita mater erat. Quæ suit (o lector) quo coniuge quoq parente. Quen sobolem peperit sunt tibi dicta satis. Qualis erat tibi linor et indignatio dicant. Quæ mala si vellent dicere nulla queunt. Prosuit hæc multis nulli nocuisse notatur. Hanc terris demptan dives inopsq dolent. Non ego te longo cupio sermone morari. Plena decore suit plenaq honore suit. Terrea Franciscæ tibi mors, en debita pars est. Fama manet mundo mens animusq deo. Here lieth buried Francis lady Fitzwaren y^e daughter of Sr Thomas Kitson Knight & wief to John lord Fitzwaren the sone & heire apparant of John Erle of Bath By whom she had Issue Thomas, John, Margaret & Willm (age 28) now Erle of Bath she patintly departed the mortality of this lyf in y^e trew faith on Ester day A^o 1586. Elizabeth Regine XXVIII

Wilte thou o reader know what wighte she was thats buried here even of a famous worthie Knighte the childe and dawghter deare she wife unto fitzwarren Lorde at lengthe and grandam was and Mother to the Earle of Bathe erre she from life did passe O reader what she was whose wife whose childe & whom she bore my former words doe unto she sufficientlie declare. Let spite & malice speake the truthe what was this worthy wife Whoe if they would some will say yet cannot for their life She many noted was to helpe and to doe hurte to none Whom taken from the earth her death bothe riche & poor doe mone To hold thee here wth speaches longe is not ye thinge I crave of honor vertue and renowne none could more plenty have O Death this Frauncis earthlie parte is to they lotte befell In worlde her fame remayne her mind & soule wth God do dwell

On 04 Apr 1588 Frederick II King Denmark (age 53) died. His son Christian IV King Denmark (age 10) succeeded IV King Denmark.

Diary of Anne Clifford 1617. 04 Apr 1617. The 4th my Lord (age 28) told me he had as yet passed no finished recoveries of my land, but that my Uncle Cumberland had acknowledged statutes for the payment of the money, and that all the writings were left with my Lord Keeper and Lord Hobart till 21st next term, at which time they were fully to be concluded on. This was strange news to me, for I thought all matters had been finish’d.

This day we began to leave the little room and dine and sup in the great Chamber.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 04 Apr 1663. After dinner to Hide Park; my aunt, Mrs. Wight and I in one coach, and all the rest of the women in Mrs. Turner's (age 40); Roger being gone in haste to the Parliament about the carrying this business of the Papists, in which it seems there is great contest on both sides, and my uncle and father staying together behind. At the Park was the King (age 32), and in another coach my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 22), they greeting one another at every tour¹. Here about an hour, and so leaving all by the way we home and found the house as clean as if nothing had been done there to-day from top to bottom, which made us give the cook 12d. a piece, each of us.

Note 1. The company drove round and round the Ring in Hyde Park. The following two extracts illustrate this, and the second one shows how the circuit was called the Tour: "Here (1697) the people of fashion take the diversion of the Ring. In a pretty high place, which lies very open, they have surrounded a circumference of two or three hundred paces diameter with a sorry kind of balustrade, or rather with postes placed upon stakes but three feet from the ground; and the coaches drive round this. When they have turned for some time round one way they face about and turn t'other: so rowls the world!"-Wilson's Memoirs, 1719, p. 126.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 04 Apr 1663. Up betimes and to my office. By and by to Lombard Street [Map] by appointment to meet Mr. Moore, but the business not being ready I returned to the office, where we sat a while, and, being sent for, I returned to him and there signed to some papers in the conveying of some lands mortgaged by Sir Rob. Parkhurst in my name to my Lord Sandwich (age 37), which I having done I returned home to dinner, whither by and by comes Roger Pepys (age 45), Mrs. Turner (age 40) her daughter, Joyce Norton, and a young lady, a daughter of Coll. Cockes, my uncle Wight, his wife and Mrs. Anne Wight. This being my feast, in lieu of what I should have had a few days ago for my cutting of the stone, for which the Lord make me truly thankful. Very merry at, before, and after dinner, and the more for that my dinner was great, and most neatly dressed by our own only maid. We had a fricasee of rabbits and chickens, a leg of mutton boiled, three carps in a dish, a great dish of a side of lamb, a dish of roasted pigeons, a dish of four lobsters, three tarts, a lamprey pie (a most rare pie), a dish of anchovies, good wine of several sorts, and all things mighty noble and to my great content.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 04 Apr 1664. Up, and walked to my Lord Sandwich's (age 38); and there spoke with him about W. Joyce, who told me he would do what was fit in so tender a point. I can yet discern a coldness in him to admit me to any discourse with him.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 04 Apr 1664. Afterwards I spoke with my Lord Barkeley (age 62) and my Lord Peterborough (age 42) about it. And so staid without a good while, and saw my Lady Peters, an impudent jade, soliciting all the Lords on her behalf.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 04 Apr 1664. And at last W. Joyce was called in; and by the consequences, and what my Lord Peterborough (age 42) told me, I find that he did speak all he said to his disadvantage, and so was committed to the Black Rod: which is very hard, he doing what he did by the advice of my Lord Peters' (age 38) own steward. But the Sergeant of the Black Rod did direct one of his messengers to take him in custody, and so he was peaceably conducted to the Swan with two Necks, in Tuttle Street, to a handsome dining-room; and there was most civilly used, my uncle Fenner, and his brother Anthony, and some other friends being with him. But who would have thought that the fellow that I should have sworn could have spoken before all the world should in this be so daunted, as not to know what he said, and now to cry like a child. I protest, it is very strange to observe.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 04 Apr 1666. After done several businesses at the 'Change [Map] I home, and being washing day dined upon cold meate, and so abroad by coach to Hales's (age 66), and there sat till night, mightily pleased with my picture, which is now almost finished.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 04 Apr 1667. Thence with him to my Lord Treasurer's (age 60), and there walked during Council sitting with Sir Stephen Fox (age 40), talking of the sad condition of the King's purse, and affairs thereby; and how sad the King's life must be, to pass by his officers every hour, that are four years behind-hand unpaid. My Lord Barkeley (age 65) [of Stratton] I met with there, and fell into talk with him on the same thing, wishing to God that it might be remedied, to which he answered, with an oath, that it was as easy to remedy it as anything in the world; saying, that there is himself and three more would venture their carcasses upon it to pay all the King's debts in three years, had they the managing his revenue, and putting £300,000 in his purse, as a stock. But, Lord! what a thing is this to me, that do know how likely a man my Lord Barkeley of all the world is, to do such a thing as this. Here I spoke with Sir W. Coventry (age 39), who tells me plainly that to all future complaints of lack of money he will answer but with the shrug of his shoulder; which methought did come to my heart, to see him to begin to abandon the King's affairs, and let them sink or swim, so he do his owne part, which I confess I believe he do beyond any officer the King (age 36) hath, but unless he do endeavour to make others do theirs, nothing will be done. The consideration here do make me go away very sad, and so home by coach, and there took up my wife and Mercer, who had been to-day at White Hall to the Maundy¹, it being Maundy Thursday; but the King did not wash the poor people's feet himself, but the Bishop of London did it for him, but I did not see it, and with them took up Mrs. Anne Jones at her mother's door, and so to take the ayre to Hackney, where good neat's tongue, and things to eat and drink, and very merry, the weather being mighty pleasant; and here I was told that at their church they have a fair pair of organs, which play while the people sing, which I am mighty glad of, wishing the like at our church at London, and would give £50 towards it. So very pleasant, and hugging of Mercer in our going home, we home, and then to the office to do a little business, and so to supper at home and to bed.

Note 1. The practice of giving alms on Maundy Thursday to poor men and women equal in number to the years of the sovereign's age is a curious survival in an altered form of an old custom. The original custom was for the King to wash the feet of twelve poor persons, and to give them a supper in imitation of Christ's last supper and his washing of the Apostles' feet. James II was the last sovereign to perform the ceremony in person, but it was performed by deputy so late as 1731. The Archbishop of York was the King's deputy on that occasion. The institution has passed through the various stages of feet washing with a supper, the discontinuance of the feet washing, the substitution of a gift of provisions for the supper, and finally the substitution of a gift of money for the provisions. The ceremony took place at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall; but it is now held at Westminster Abbey. Maundy is derived from the Latin word 'maudatum', which commences the original anthem sung during the ceremony, in reference to Christ's command.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 04 Apr 1668. By and by the King (age 37) comes out, and he did easily agree to what we moved, and would have the Commissioners of the Navy to meet us with him to-morrow morning: and then to talk of other things; about the Quakers not swearing, and how they do swear in the business of a late election of a Knight of the Shire of Hartfordshire in behalf of one they have a mind to have; and how my Lord of Pembroke (age 47) says he hath heard him (the Quaker) at the tennis-court swear to himself when he loses: and told us what pretty notions my Lord Pembroke hath of the first chapter of Genesis, how Adam's sin was not the sucking (which he did before) but the swallowing of the apple, by which the contrary elements begun to work in him, and to stir up these passions, and a great deal of such fooleries, which the King made mighty mockery at.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 04 Apr 1669. Lord's Day. Up, and to church, where Alderman Backewell's (age 51) wife, by my invitation with my head, come up with her mother, and sat with us, and after sermon I did walk with them home, and there left them, and home to dinner, and after dinner with Sir J. Minnes (age 70) and T. Middleton to White Hall, by appointment; and at my Lord Arlington's (age 51) the Office did attend the King (age 38) and Cabal, to discourse the further quantity of victuals fit to be declared for, which was 2,000 men for six months; and so without more ado or stay, there, hearing no news but that Sir Thomas Allen (age 36) is to be expected every hour at home with his fleete, or news of his being gone back to Algier, and so home, where got my wife to read to me; and so after supper to bed. The Queen-Mother (age 59) hath been of late mighty ill, and some fears of her death.

John Evelyn's Diary. 04 Apr 1701. The Duke of Norfolk (deceased) died of an apoplexy, and Mr. Thomas Howard of complicated disease since his being cut for the stone; he was one of the Tellers of the Exchequer. Mr. How (age 52) made a Baron.

On 04 Apr 1721 Frederick IV King Denmark and Norway (age 49) and Anne Sophie Reventlow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 27) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Christian V King Denmark and Norway and Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.

On 04 Apr 1751 John Repps of Mattishall (age 46) died. On 25 Oct 1733 Virtue Boardman died. Memorials in Church of St Peter and St Paul, Salle [Map].

John Repps of Mattishall: Around 1705 he was born to John Repps and Dorothy Fountaine. Before 04 Apr 1705 he and Virtue Boardman were married.

Virtue Boardman: In 1695 she was born.

On 04 Apr 1774 John Wandesford 1st Earl Wandesford (age 48) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

On 04 Apr 1808 Philip Yorke (age 23) drowned in a storm off Memel in a ship called the Agatha of Lübeck.

Henry Chaplin A Memoir: 2 Family and Social Life Part II. April 4.—I have been lucky to-day. Providence, I think, means to reward me for my virtue in giving up the Turf, or it would be more accurate to say my horses. My big horse won in a canter¹, another in the stable of Cav's (age 43) [Lord Hartington] did the same, and I backed the winner of the big race as well from my own immaculate judgement. I think I must have had for me a very good day and won nearly £3000.

Note 1. Mr. Chaplin's winning horse was Strike, appropriately named, as he was by the Miner. He started second ravourite at 9 to 2. Lord Hartington's success was gained in the Wakefield Lawn Stakes by Ethelred.

04 Apr 1908. St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. Pictures from The Sphere of the funeral of Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire (deceased).

On 04 Apr 1918 Captain Harold Fox-Pitt Lubbock (age 29) was killed in action.

On or before 04 Apr 1340 Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria was born to Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 30) and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 20) at Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire [Map]. The exact date of her birth uncertain. The Inquisition of her father in May 1361 refers to Blanche being "Maud lady of Henaud [Hainault], aged 21 years on the feast of St. Ambrose last". The Feast of the Ambrose being the 4th of April so Maud was born on or before the 4th of April 1340. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 04 Apr 1340 Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont was born to John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont (age 22) and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 21). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England.

On 04 Apr 1406 Ralph Neville 2nd Earl of Westmoreland was born to John Neville (age 19) and Elizabeth Holland at Cockermouth Castle [Map]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 04 Apr 1590 Eleonore Oldenburg was born to John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 45) and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (age 17).

On 04 Apr 1617 George Wharton 1st Baronet was born.

On 04 Apr 1625 John Drake 1st Baronet was born to John Drake and Helen Boteler.

On 04 Apr 1641 James Oxenden 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Oxenden 1st Baronet (age 27) and Elizabeth Meredith.

On 04 Apr 1648 Grinling Gibbons was born.

On 04 Apr 1693 John West 1st Earl De La Warr was born to John West 6th Baron De La Warr (age 30).

On 04 Apr 1701 Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent was born to William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland (age 51) and Jane Martha Temple Countess Portland (age 29).

On 04 Apr 1705 Roger Twisden 5th Baronet was born to Thomas Twisden 3rd Baronet (age 35).

On 04 Apr 1741 John Wodehouse 1st Baron Wodehouse was born to Armine Wodehouse 5th Baronet (age 27) and Letitia Bacon Lady Woodhouse (age 26).

On 04 Apr 1758 John Hoppner was born in Whitechapel.

On 04 Apr 1762 John Fleming Leicester 1st Baron Tabley was born to Peter Leicester 4th Baronet (age 30) and Catherine Fleming at Tabley House, Cheshire.

On 04 Apr 1768 Margaretta Elizabeth Wilson Baroness Arden was born to Thomas Spencer Wilson 6th Baronet (age 41).

On 04 Apr 1779 John Chetwynd-Talbot was born to John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 30) and Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot.

On 04 Apr 1796 Charles Beville Dryden was born to John Turner aka Dryden 1st Baronet (age 43) and Elizabeth Dryden (age 42).

On 04 Apr 1802 Charlotte Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans (age 35) and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 04 Apr 1808 George Child-Villiers 6th Earl Jersey was born to George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 34) and Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 23).

On 04 Apr 1809 Katherine Isabella Manners was born to John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland (age 31) and Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland (age 28).

On 04 Apr 1811 John Howard was born to Thomas Howard 16th Earl Suffolk 9th Earl Berkshire (age 34) and Elizabeth Jane Dutton Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 36).

On 04 Apr 1817 Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt was born to Cornwallis Maude 3rd Viscount Hawarden (age 37) and Jane Crawfurd Bruce.

On 04 Apr 1818 Hugh Fortescue 3rd Earl Fortescue was born to Hugh Fortescue 2nd Earl Fortescue (age 35) and Susan Ryder (age 21).

On 04 Apr 1822 William Verner 2nd Baronet was born to William Verner 1st Baronet (age 39) and Harriet Wingfield Lady Verner.

On 04 Apr 1823 Richard Hely-Hutchinson 4th Earl of Donoughmore was born to John Hely-Hutchinson 3rd Earl of Donoughmore (age 36) and Margaret Gardiner (age 27).

On 04 Apr 1827 Gertrude Duncombe was born to William Duncombe 2nd Baron Feversham (age 29) and Louisa Stewart Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park (age 23).

On 04 Apr 1835 Marianne Sarah Sherard Lady Wrey was born to Henry or Philip Sherard 9th Baron Sherard (age 31).

On 04 Apr 1846 James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey was born to George Joicey (age 32) and Dorothy Gowland (age 30).

On 04 Apr 1849 William Eden 7th and 5th Baronet was born to William Eden 6th and 4th Baronet (age 46).

On 04 Apr 1851 James Hozier 2nd Baron Newlands was born to William Hozier 1st Baron Newlands (age 26).

On 04 Apr 1857 George Manners Astley 20th Baron Hastings was born to Delaval Loftus Astley 18th Baron Hastings (age 32) and Frances Diana Manners-Sutton Baroness Hastings at Melton Constable Hall, Norfolk.

On 04 Apr 1865 Edward George Villiers Stanley 17th Earl of Derby was born to Frederick Arthur Stanley 16th Earl of Derby (age 24) and Constance Villiers Countess Derby (age 25) at 23 St James' Square.

On 04 Apr 1872 Gilbert Bayes was born.

On 04 Apr 1872 Ferdinando Dudley William Lea Smith 12th Baron Dudley was born to Ferdinando Dudley Lea Smith (age 37).

On 04 Apr 1881 Brigadier Eric FitzGerald Dillon 19th Viscount Dillon was born to Conrad Adderly Dillon (age 35) and Ellen Louisa Dashwood (age 35).

On 04 Apr 1900 Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset 10th Duke Beaufort was born to Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy 9th Duke Beaufort (age 52) and Louise Emily Harford 9th Duchess Beaufort (age 35).

On 04 Apr 1915 Caryl Oliver Imbert Ramsden 8th Baronet was born to Lieutenant-Colonel Josslyn Vere Ramsden (age 38).

Before 04 Apr 1336 Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk (age 35) and Mary Brewes Countess Norfolk (age 34) were married. She by marriage Countess Norfolk. He the son of King Edward I of England and Margaret of France Queen Consort England. They were half second cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.

On 04 Apr 1721 Frederick IV King Denmark and Norway (age 49) and Anne Sophie Reventlow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 27) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Christian V King Denmark and Norway and Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.

After 04 Apr 1724 John Cotton 3rd Baronet (age 35) and Margaret Craggs (age 24) were married.

On 04 Apr 1725 James Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Navan (age 75) and Margaret Garth Baroness Darcy were married. She by marriage Baroness Darcy of Navan.

Before 04 Apr 1762 Peter Leicester 4th Baronet (age 30) and Catherine Fleming were married.

On 04 Apr 1791 George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly (age 29) and Catherine Anne Cope Marchioness Huntly (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Charles Cope 2nd Baronet and Catherine Bisshopp Countess Liverpool (age 46). He the son of Charles Gordon 4th Earl Aboyne (age 65) and Margaret Stewart Countess Aboyne.

On 04 Apr 1793 Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex (age 20) and Augusta Murray Duchess Sussex (age 25) were married at Rome, Italy [Map] in secret contrary to the Royal Marriages Act which required him to seek permission before marrying. She the daughter of John Murray 4th Earl Dunmore (age 63) and Charlotte Stewart Countess Dunmore (age 63). He the son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 54) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 48).

On 04 Apr 1793 William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian (age 29) and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 30) were married. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 69) and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian (age 56) and Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian. He a great x 5 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 04 Apr 1807 Henry Edward Bunbury 7th Baronet (age 29) and Louisa Amelia Fox were married. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 04 Apr 1825 Ulick Burgh 1st Marquess Clanricarde (age 22) and Harriet Canning Marchioness Clanricarde (age 20) were married at Gloucester Lodge. She by marriage Marchioness Clarincade. He the son of John Thomas Burgh 13th Earl Clanricarde.

On 04 Apr 1866 John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher (age 25) and Frances "Kitty" Katharine Broughton Baroness Fisher were married at Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map].

On 04 Apr 1872 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet (age 27) and Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham (age 22) were married.

On 04 Apr 1872 George Howland Beaumont 9th Baronet (age 43) and Octavia Willoughby Lady Beaumont (age 38) were married. She by marriage Lady Beaumont of Stoughton Grange in Leicestershire.

On 04 Apr 1908 Rowland Baring 2nd Earl Cromer (age 30) and Ruby Florence Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Countess Cromer (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 4th Earl Minto (age 62) and Mary Caroline Grey Countess Minto (age 50). He the son of Evelyn Baring 1st Earl Cromer (age 67) and Ethel Errington.

On 04 Apr 1281 Maurice Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley (age 63) died at Thornbury, Gloucestershire. He was buried at St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol [Map]. His son Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 35) succeeded 6th Baron Berkeley Feudal. Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley by marriage Baroness Berkeley Feudal.

On 04 Apr 1386 John Botetort 2nd Baron Botetort (age 68) died. His granddaughter Joyce Botetort 3rd Baroness Botetort (age 18) succeeded 3rd Baroness Botetort.

On 04 Apr 1406 King Robert III of Scotland (age 69) died at Rothesay Castle, Isle of Bute. His son King James I of Scotland (age 11) succeeded I King Scotland.

On 04 Apr 1474 Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria (age 60) died.

On 04 Apr 1483 Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex (age 79) died. He was buried firstly in Beeleigh Abbey [Map] and, thereafter, St Mary's Church, Little Easton [Map]. His grandson Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu succeeded 2nd Earl Essex, 3rd Count Eu, 2nd Viscount Bourchier, 6th Baron Bourchier.

On 04 Apr 1497 Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 53) died.

On 04 Apr 1536 Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 75) died.

On 04 Apr 1576 Elizabeth Graham Countess Caithness (age 56) died.

On 04 Apr 1588 Frederick II King Denmark (age 53) died. His son Christian IV King Denmark (age 10) succeeded IV King Denmark.

On 04 Apr 1589 or 05 Apr 1589 Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley (age 63) died. She was buried at the Chapel of St Nicholas, Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 04 Apr 1627 Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon (age 73) died.

On 04 Apr 1638 Lewis Mansel 2nd Baronet (age 44) died. His son Henry Mansel 3rd Baronet (age 8) succeeded 3rd Baronet Mansel of Margam.

After 04 Apr 1638 Henry Mansel 3rd Baronet (deceased) died. His brother Edward Mansel 4th Baronet (age 1) succeeded 4th Baronet Mansel of Margam.

On 04 Apr 1661 Alexander Leslie 1st Earl Leven (age 81) died. His grandson Alexander Leslie 2nd Earl Leven (age 23) succeeded 2nd Earl Leven. Margaret Howard Countess Leven (age 26) by marriage Countess Leven.

On 04 Apr 1739 Benjamin Haskins Styles died. His nephew Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet inherited his estate on the proviso he adopted the name Styles.

On 04 Apr 1747 William Fitzmaurice 2nd Earl Kerry (age 53) died. His son Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 3rd Earl Kerry (age 6) succeeded 3rd Earl Kerry.

On 04 Apr 1748 Walter Aston 4th Baronet (age 88) died. His son James Aston 5th Baronet (age 24) succeeded 5th Baronet Aston of Tixall and 4th Baronet Aston of Forfar.

On 04 Apr 1751 Anne Dashwood Lady Peyton died.

On 04 Apr 1761 Henry Ingram 7th Viscount Irvine (age 69) died. His brother George Ingram 8th Viscount Irvine (age 67) succeeded 8th Viscount Irvine.

On 04 Apr 1763 Marcus Beresford 1st Earl Tyrone (age 68) died in Tyrone House, Dublin.

On 04 Apr 1766 John Molesworth 4th Baronet (age 61) died. His son John Molesworth 5th Baronet (age 37) succeeded 5th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall. Barbara St Aubyn Lady Molesworth (age 36) by marriage Lady Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.

On 04 Apr 1821 Randall Plunkett 13th Baron Dunsany (age 82) died. His son Edward Wadding Plunkett 14th Baron Dunsany (age 48) succeeded 14th Baron Dunsany.

On 04 Apr 1836 Bishop Bowyer Sparke (age 76) died at his home Ely House.

On 04 Apr 1850 John Merewether (age 53) died. He was buried in the Lady Chapel of Hereford Cathedral [Map]. The five lancet windows at the east end of the minster were fitted with stained glass to his memory with the inscription In Memoriam Johannis Merewether, S.T.P. ecclesiæ Heref. decani, quo strenuo fautore huius sacræ ædis restitutio feliciter est inchoata ie. In Memory of John Mereweather dean of Hereford whose energetic support the restoration of this sacred edifice was successfully begun.

On 04 Apr 1861 James Caleb Anderson 1st Baronet (age 68) died. Baronet Anderson of Fermoy in Cork extinct.

On 04 Apr 1875 Blanche Pocklington Senhouse Baroness Scarsdale (age 37) died.

On 04 Apr 1878 Francis Wheler 10th Baronet (age 76) died at The Roccles, Sydenham. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Leamington Hastings. His son Trevor Wheler 11th Baronet (age 50) succeeded 11th Baronet Wheler of the City of Westminster. Cordelia Mary Jane Scott Lady Wheler by marriage Lady Wheler of the City of Westminster.

On 04 Apr 1897 Reverend John Frederick Halford 4th Baronet (age 66) died without male isse. Baronet Vaughan aka Halford of Wistow in Leicestershire extinct.

On 04 Apr 1909 Jane Hermione Seymour Lady Graham (age 77) died.

On 04 Apr 1926 Charles Francis Boothby 11th Baronet (age 67) died. His brother Herbert Cecil Boothby 12th Baronet (age 62) succeeded 12th Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.

On 04 Apr 1929 Emma Sybil Wake Lady Morice (age 64) died.

On 04 Apr 1947 James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 85) died. His son Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess Salisbury (age 53) succeeded 5th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 11th Earl Salisbury. Elizabeth Vere Cavendish Marchioness Salisbury (age 52) by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire.

On 04 Apr 1953 Gerald William Addington 5th Viscount Sidmouth (age 70) died without issue. His brother Raymond Anthony Addington 6th Viscount Sidmouth (age 66) succeeded 6th Viscount Sidmouth.

On 04 Apr 1977 Frederick Philip Wombwell 6th Baronet (age 66) died. His son George Philip Wombwell 7th Baronet (age 27) succeeded 7th Baronet Wombwell of Wombwell in Yorkshire.