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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." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
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Events on the 4th January
On 4th January 871 King Æthelred of Wessex (age 24) and Alfred the Great's (age 22) army attacked, but were repulsed by, the Viking army at Battle of Reading. Æthelwulf Mercia Earldorman Berkshire (age 46) was killed.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 4th January 871. About four nights after this, King Ethered (age 24) and Alfred (age 22) his brother led their main army to Reading, where they fought with the enemy; and there was much slaughter on either hand, Alderman Ethelwulf (age 46) being among the slain; but the Danes kept possession of the field.
On 4th January 1248 Sancho "Pious" II King Portugal (age 38) died. His brother Alfonso (age 37) succeeded III King Portugal.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 4th January 1554. [The ij day of January the king of Spain's ambassadors landed at Tower wharf. During whose landing there was great shooting of the guns. The lord] Wylliam Haward dyd saff-gard them; and so rod to-gether, and in Fanchyrche stret my lord of Devonshire (age 27) and dyvers odur mett them, and rod with them unto Durram Plasse, and ther they dyd a-lyght.
Note. Ibid. P. 50. The king of Spain's ambassadors. These were ambassadors from the emperor Charles (age 53), father of Philip (age 26), to conclude a treaty for the queen's (age 37) marriage namely, the count d'Egmont, Charles count de Laing, Jehan de Montmorancy sieur de Corriers, Philip Negri, and Simon Renard: see Strype, Mem. iii. 58, and the marriage treaty in Rymer, vol. xv. p. 393. An extract from their Instructions may be seen in Burgon's Life of Gresham, i. 145.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 4th January 1559. The iiij day of Feybruary was cared in a charett with vj banerrolles, and a-for a grett baner of armes, and iiij baners of santtes, alle in owlle [oil], and thos iiij borne by iiij haroldes of armes in ther cott armurs, with a vijxx horsse, toward Bassyng to be bered ther; and ther was a goodly herse of wax; my lade marques of Wynchester was the lade; and at evere towne had money and torchys, master Garter, master Somersett, master Rychmond, master Lanckoster, and Bluwmantyll, and viij dosen penselles and viij dosen of skochyons.... of armes and iij dosen of skochyons.
Note. P. 188. Funeral of the marchioness of Winchester. "Lady Elsabeth late wyff to the right noble and puissant prynce William marques of Wynchester erl of Wylshire knight of the garter and lord treasorer of England, dyed on Crystmas day the xxv. of December 1558, and was beryed at Basyng on Sonday the 5. of February next foloinge." (MS. Harl. 897, f. 80.) She was the daughter of sir William Capel.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 4th January 1560. The iiij day of January was bered in sant Donstons [Map] in the west latt byshope of Carlell doctur Hobbellthorpe, with alff a dosen skochyons of armes.
Note. P. 221. Funeral of the late bishop of Carlisle. Owen Oglethorpe, appointed 27 Oct. 1556, deprived June 1559.
Henry Machyn's Diary. On or after 4th January 1560. The (blank) day was bered doctur Bayne, late byshope of Lychfeld and Coventre, in sant Donstons in the west [Map].
Note. P. 221. Funeral of the late bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. Ralph Baynes, elected 10 Nov. 1554; also deprived 1559. He died some weeks before Dr. Oglethorpe, when his burial at St. Dunstan's, Fleet Street, was thus entered in the parish register: "1559, Nov. 24. Mr. Doctor Banes." Collectanea Topogr. et Geneal. vol. iv. p. 116.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 4th January 1562. The iiij day of January cam to the c[ourt the] yerle of Kyldare (age 37), and browth the grett O'Nelle (age 32) of Yrland, for he had the charge of hym [to bring] hym to the quen.
Note. P. 274. The great O'Neill of Ireland. This person, whom our Diarist in the next page takes the liberty to call "the wild Irishman," was John or Shane O'Neill, eldest son of Connac O'Neill, created earl of Tyrone by Henry VIII. in 1542. After a career the turbulence of which fully justifies Machyn's epithet, he was slain in the year 1567, by Alexander Oge MacConnell.
On 4th January 1599 Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 24) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 22).
On 4th January 1601 Archbishop William Laud (age 27) was ordained Deacon.
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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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 4th January 1621 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 49) was created 1st Viscount Wilmot of Athlone by King Charles I (age 20) as a reward for his activities in Ireland.
The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland 1640. 4th January 1640. Savoy.
F. Lord Willoughby to his uncle, the Earl of Rutland (age 60), at Belvoir Castle [Map].
When we ate your venison my wife and I drank your health and my Lady's and did not forget little Mr. George, whom, I am glad to hear, grows towards a man. "There hath beene a marriage at the court betweene one of my Lord of Corcke (age 73) sonnse (age 21) and my Lady Elizabeth Feelding, about which there is a greate stur, for it seemes he did not prove eoe rite as a man should be to goo about such a business. For the report goese that his manly part had lost something in his former serviocesse, and beside that he was soe full of severall disceases ... as that it was tould the Queene (age 30), whoe sent for my Lady Elizabeth, and tould her that she must desier her not to lett her husband lye with her that night, whoe put of, modilestly making little answere, but she seemed so lothe to understand the Queene, as that she tould her she must command her not to come in a pair of sheets with him, and tould her the reasons; soe as that he is gone out of the way some say into France, others thinks he is in London under cower. It was discovered by his sister (age 30) Mr. Goring's (age 31) wife, to whom he had imparted his grevancess, and she had plotted it soe, to make an excuse for him, that he should falie downe stares that day, and she would come and take him up, and soe he should complane how he had breused himselfe and strained his back with the fale, that he should be soe ill he was not fitt to goe to bed to his wife that night. But could not keepe her counsel but must tell her husband Jorge Goring, and he presently ran and tould the Queene, and soe it was discovered and then it was presently in every buddy's mouth.".
My Lord Keeper is so ill that the physicians think he cannot recover. My Lord Chief Justice Bramstone is talked of to be Lord Keeper, and Bishop Wren (age 54). It is known to be between those two. My Lord Finch (age 12) will be Chief Justice of the King's Bench and the Attorney General to be Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Signet.
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On 4th January 1642 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 41) sent soldiers into Parliament to arrest a five MPs: Pym, John Hampden (age 46), Hazlerigg, Holies and Strode (age 44). They had received warning and sought safety. After this Civil War was certain, and men began to choose their side.
On 4th January 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 48) was committed for trial by the Rump Parliament.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 4th January 1660. Wednesday Early came Mr. Vanly to me for his half-year's rent, which I had not in the house, but took his man to the office and there paid him. Then I went down into the Hall [Map] and to Will's, where Hawly brought a piece of his Cheshire cheese, and we were merry with it. Then into the Hall [Map] again, where I met with the Clerk and Quarter Master of my Lord's (age 34) troop, and took them to the Swan [Map] and gave them their morning's draft, they being just come to town. Mr. Jenkins shewed me two bills of exchange for money to receive upon my Lord's and my pay. It snowed hard all this morning, and was very cold, and my nose was much swelled with cold. Strange the difference of men's talk! Some say that Lambert must of necessity yield up; others, that he is very strong, and that the Fifth-monarchy-men [will] stick to him, if he declares for a free Parliament. Chillington was sent yesterday to him with the vote of pardon and indemnity from the Parliament.
Diary of John Nicoll. 4th January 1661. Upone Fryday the fourt of Januar, and the fourt day of the Parliament, they aggreyit that thair fould be Lordis [of] Articles, as in former Parliamentis. And furder, red a Declaration of his Majefteis will and command that the Erle of Montros his corps, his heid, legis, and airmes fould be gadderit togidder, quhilkis wer feparat from his body in Maij 1650, and collecit and brocht from all places and pairtes of the cuntrie, quhairunto thai wer fent by ordour of the Parliament than fitting, and put up in a coffin and honorablie bureyit upone the Kinges Majefteis expends; quhilk wes punctallie performit in maner following.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 4th January 1664. After doing business here, I to my Lord's again, and there spoke with him, and he seems now almost friends again as he used to be. Here meeting Mr. Pierce, the chyrurgeon, he told me among other Court newes, how the Queene (age 54) is very well again, and the King (age 33) lay with her on Saturday night last; and that she speaks now very pretty English, and makes her sense out now and then with pretty phrazes: as among others this is mightily cried up; that, meaning to say that she did not like such a horse so well as the rest, he being too prancing and full of tricks, she said he did make too much vanity.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 4th January 1664. Afterwards to St. James's Parke, being unwilling to go to spend money at the ordinary, and there spent an hour or two, it being a pleasant day, seeing people play at Pell Mell where it pleased me mightily to hear a gallant, lately come from France, swear at one of his companions for suffering his man (a spruce blade) to be so saucy as to strike a ball while his master was playing on the Mall1.
Note 1. When Egerton was Bishop of Durham, he often played at bowls with his guests on the public days. On an occasion of this sort, a visitor happening to cross the lawn, one of the chaplains exclaimed, "You must not shake the green, for the bishop is going to bowl".--B.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 4th January 1664. Up betimes, and my wife being ready, and her mayd Besse and the girl, I carried them by coach and set them all down in Covent Garden [Map] and there left them, and I to my Lord Sandwich's (age 38) lodgings, but he not being up, I to the Duke's (age 30) chamber, and there by and by to his closett, where since his lady was ill, a little red bed of velvet is brought for him to lie alone, which is a very pretty one.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 4th January 1665. Lay long, and then up and to my Lord of Oxford's (age 37), but his Lordshipp was in bed at past ten o'clock: and, Lord helpe us! so rude a dirty family I never saw in my life. He sent me out word my business was not done, but should against the afternoon. I thence to the Coffee-house, there but little company, and so home to the 'Change [Map], where I hear of some more of our ships lost to the Northward.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 4th January 1665. Then come Mr. Moore to see me, and he and I to my Lord of Oxford's (age 37), but not finding him within Mr. Moore and I to "Love in a Tubb", which is very merry, but only so by gesture, not wit at all, which methinks is beneath the House.
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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." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 4th January 1668. Up, and there to the office, where we sat all the morning; at noon home to dinner, where my clerks and Mr. Clerke the sollicitor with me, and dinner being done I to the office again, where all the afternoon till late busy, and then home with my mind pleased at the pleasure of despatching my business, and so to supper and to bed, my thoughts full, how to order our design of having some dancing at our house on Monday next, being Twelfth-day. It seems worth remembering that this day I did hear my Lord Anglesey (age 53) at the table, speaking touching this new Act for Accounts, say that the House of Lords did pass it because it was a senseless, impracticable, ineffectual, and foolish Act; and that my Lord Ashly (age 46) having shown this that it was so to the House of Lords, the Duke of Buckingham (age 39) did stand up and told the Lords that they were beholden to my Lord Ashly, that having first commended them for a most grave and honourable assembly, he thought it fit for the House to pass this Act for Accounts because it was a foolish and simple Act: and it seems it was passed with but a few in the House, when it was intended to have met in a grand Committee upon it. And it seems that in itself it is not to be practiced till after this session of Parliament, by the very words of the Act, which nobody regarded, and therefore cannot come in force yet, unless the next meeting they do make a new Act for the bringing it into force sooner; which is a strange omission. But I perceive my Lord Anglesey do make a mere laughing-stock of this Act, as a thing that can do nothing considerable, for all its great noise.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 4th January 1669. Thence up and down the house, and to the Duke of York's (age 35) side, and there in the Duchess's (age 31) presence; and was mightily complimented by my Lady Peterborough (age 47), in my Lord Sandwich's (age 43) presence, whom she engaged to thank me for my kindness to her and her Lord.
On 4th January 1675 Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
John Evelyn's Diary. 4th January 1691. This week a PLOT was discovered for a general rising against the new Government, for which (Henry) Lord Clarendon and others were sent to the Tower [Map]. The next day, I went to see Lord Clarendon. The Bishop of Ely (age 53) searched for. Trial of Lord Preston (age 41), as not being an English Peer, hastened at the Old Bailey.
On 4th January 1692 Andrew Clench was murdered between nine and eleven o'clock by Henry Harrison to whose mistress Clench had lent money. Harrison was subequently convicted of the murder.
On 4th January 1698 Whitehall Palace [Map] was burned to the ground. The only remaining building was the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].
The fire started on the afternoon of 4 January 1698, when a Dutch maidservant was drying linen sheets on a charcoal brazier in a bed chamber at Whitehall Palace. This was usual practice, but it was forbidden to leave braziers unattended. However, the maid left the room. It only took a second for the sheets to ignite, then to set fire to the bed hangings, and then the whole lodging was ablaze. As soon as the alarm had been raised, palace staff were mobilised to fight the flames. Pumps and buckets were used to pour water on the burning palace, with little effect. Massive explosions rocked the evening air as officials detonated gunpowder to create firebreaks, but this made things worse as chunks burning timber fell on other buildings and set them alight. All was chaos. As news of the fire spread, so did the realisation that palace riches were vulnerable. This brought out the worst in some people during the disaster. Servants who were desperately trying to remove the fabulous tapestries and works of art from the staterooms were shoved aside by looters who had climbed over the palace walls. Among the casualties were a guard burned to death, a gardener blown up, and the Dutch maid who started the blaze.
On 4th January 1717 Henrietta de Grey (age 13) died. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
Henrietta de Grey: On 20th October 1703 she was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent.
On 4th January 1733 John Newton died at Culverthorpe Hall [Map]. He is reported to have died when he was removed from his crib by a pet monkey who then dropped him from the roof of the house; there are variations of the story. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].
John Newton: On 16th October 1732 he was born to Michael Newton 4th Baronet and Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby.
On 4th January 1793 Reverend John Gordon (age 67) died. Memorial at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
The London Gazette 13609. From Tuesday 31st December 1793 to Saturday 4th January 1794.
To the Right Honorable Arthur Viscount Valentia (age 49), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfuily begotten, the Dignity of Earl Mountnorris, of Mountnorris Castle, in the County of Armagh.
To the Right Honorable Andrew Thomas Lord Castlestewart (age 68), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, the Dignity of Viscount Castiestewart, in the County of Tyrone.
On 4th January 1853 Lieutenant-General George Burrell (age 76) died. He was buried at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Longhoughton [Map].
Lieutenant-General George Burrell: Around 1777 he was born at Longhoughton, Northumberland.
On 4th January 1858 Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed died from childbirth.
After 4th January 1863. Church of St John the Baptist, Ashley [Map]. Monument to Elizabeth Kinnersley sculpted by Peter Hollins (age 62).
After 4th January 1883. Memorial to Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet (deceased) at St Mary's Church, Sprotbrough [Map].
Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet: On 26th July 1804 he was born to Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn. On 19th November 1831 Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet and Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley were married. She the daughter of Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough. He the son of Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn. On 4th January 1883 Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet died without issue. Baronet Copley Sprotborough extinct. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery, Kensington.
On 4th January 1906 Richard Fitzherbert 5th Baronet (age 59) died. His son Hugo (age 33) succeeded 6th Baronet Fitzherbert of Tissington in Derbyshire.
Grave at St Mary's Church, Tissington [Map].
Richard Fitzherbert 5th Baronet: On 12th April 1846 he was born to William Fitzherbert 4th Baronet and Ann Alleyne Lady Fitzherbert. On 10th October 1871 Richard Fitzherbert 5th Baronet and Mary Anne Arkwright Lady Fitzherbert were married at St Mary's Church, Cromford [Map]. On 12th October 1896 William Fitzherbert 4th Baronet died. His son Richard succeeded 5th Baronet Fitzherbert of Tissington in Derbyshire. Mary Anne Arkwright Lady Fitzherbert by marriage Lady Fitzherbert of Tissington in Derbyshire.
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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." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
The London Gazette 29427. Whitehall. January 4, 1916.
Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland containing the grant of thef dignities of Earl and Marquess of the said United Kingdom unto the Right Honourable John Campbell (age 68), Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., and the heirs male of his body law fully begotten, by the names, styles and titles of Earl of Haddo in the County of Aberdeen, and Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the said County of Aberdeen and in the County of Meath, and in the County of Argyll. [Isabel Majoribanks (age 58) by marriage Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair]
The Times. 5th January 1938. MR. J. NEVILL (age 23) AND MISS HARRISON (age 22).
The Duke (age 37) and Duchess of Gloucester (age 36) have sent a silver condiments set to Mr. John Nevill, Life Guards, elder son of Major (age 54) and Mrs. Guy Larnach-Nevill (age 47), of Uckfield House, and Miss Patricia Harrison, daughter of Major and the Hon. Mrs. J. F. Harrison, of Kings Walden Bury, Hitchin, whose marriage took place yesterday at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Rev. G. S. Shackleford officiated, assisted by the Rev. E. C. Dunford. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of ivory-tinted panne velvet, embossed with sprays of silver flowers. The bodice was fashioned with a square neckline and long sleeves, slightly full at the shoulder, and the square train was lined with silver tissue. A headdress of silver-tipped doves' wings surmounted her long tulle veil, and she carried a spray of mixed white flowers. A retinue of six little girls and four pages folowed the bride. They were Penelope Harrison (sister of the bride), the Hon. Clare Beckett, Marye Pepys (niece of the bridegroom), Margaret Rosselli, Caroline Bury, Joanna Spencer, Hugh Lawson (cousin of the bride), David Myddelton (cousin of the bridegroom), Thomas Pilkington (nephew of the bride), and Charles Smith-Bingham. The pages wore replicas of the uniform of the Life Guards of the early nineteenth century, and the little girls wore long frocks of silver lame, the high-waisted bodices cut with short, puff sleeves, and square necks. They wore caps of silver lame, trimmed with white fur, and carried white fur muffs. Lord Roderic Pratt (age 22), Life Guards, was best man, and there was a guard of honour from the same regiment. The Hon. Mrs. J. F. Harrison afterwards held a reception at 28, Grosvenor Square, W1. The honeymoon wil be spent in Switzerland.
Births on the 4th January
On 4th January 1578 Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter was born to William Drury (age 27) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 32).
On 4th January 1599 Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 24) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 22).
On 4th January 1639 Robert Greville 4th Baron Brooke was born to Robert Greville 2nd Baron Brooke (age 31) and Catherine Russell Baroness Brooke.
On 4th January 1670 William Byron 4th Baron Byron was born to William Byron 3rd Baron Byron (age 34) and Elizabeth Chaworth Baroness Byron (age 37).
On 4th January 1687 Charles Cockayne 4th Viscount Cullen was born to Charles Cockayne 3rd Viscount Cullen (age 28) and Catherine Willoughby (age 31).
On 4th January 1728 Frances Bromley was born to Henry Bromley 1st Baron Montfort (age 22) and Frances Wyndham (age 23).
On 4th January 1732 Anne Chaplin was born to John Chaplin 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Morris. Her father had died some eight months before.
On 4th January 1780 Reverend Henry Palmer was born to John Palmer 5th Baronet (age 44) and Charlotte Gough Lady Palmer.
On 4th January 1785 Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg was born to Friedrich Karl Ludwig Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 27) and Friederike Schlieben Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck at Schleswig.
On 4th January 1792 Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly was born to George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly (age 30) and Catherine Anne Cope (age 21) in Orton Longueville.
On 4th January 1793 William Charles Fitzgerald was born to William Robert Fitzgerald 2nd Duke Leinster (age 43) and Emilia St George Duchess Leinster. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 4th January 1797 Aldborough Brydges John Henniker was born to Brydges Trecothic Henniker 1st Baronet (age 29) and Mary Press.
On 4th January 1800 Charles Wager Watson 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Watson 1st Baronet (age 48) and Juliana Moyle aka Copley (age 38).
On 4th January 1817 Thomas Cholmondeley was born to Thomas Cholmondeley 1st Baron Delamere (age 49) and Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn Baroness Delamere.
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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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 4th January 1818 Archibald Orr-Ewing 1st Baronet was born.
On 4th January 1829 William Earle Welby-Gregory 4th Baronet was born to Glynne Earl Welby 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Frances Cholmeley.
On 4th January 1850 Robert Walter Craven was born to William Craven 2nd Earl Craven (age 40) and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven (age 33).
On 4th January 1861 Reverend Albany Bourchier Sherard Wrey 13th Baronet was born to Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey 10th Baronet (age 31) and Marianne Sarah Sherard Lady Wrey (age 25).
On 4th January 1865 Claud Lambton was born to George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham (age 36) and Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham (age 30).
On 4th January 1878 Augustus John was born to Edwin William John and Augusta Smith (age 30) at Tenby, Pembrokeshire on the Esplanade, now known as The Belgrave Hotel.
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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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 4th January 1881 Norah Ida Emily Noel was born to Charles William Noel 3rd Earl Gainsborough (age 30) and Mary Elizabeth Dease. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 4th January 1885 Gladys Cecil Georgina Fellowes was born to William Henry Fellowes 2nd Baron de Ramsey of Ramsey Abbey (age 36) and Rosamond Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill (age 37).
On 4th January 1893 Wilfrid Knutsford Holland-Hibbert was born to Arthur Holland 3rd Viscount Knutsford (age 37) and Ellen Lawson Viscountess Knutsford.
On 4th January 1909 Captain Anthony Edmund Winn was born to Rowland Winn 2nd Baron St Oswald (age 51) and Mabel Susan Forbes Baroness Winn.
On 4th January 1916 Ivar Iain Colquhoun 8th Baronet was born to Iain Colquhoun 7th Baronet (age 28) and Geraldine Bryde Dinah Tennant Lady Colquhoun (age 26).
On 4th January 1921 Katharine Margaret Alice Ormsby-Gore was born to George Arthur Ormsby-Gore 4th Baron Harlech (age 35) and Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil Baroness Harlech (age 29).
On 4th January 1925 George Herbert 7th Earl of Powis was born to Bishop Percy Herbert (age 39) and Elaine Letitia Algitha Orde-Powlett (age 29).
On 4th January 1948 Philip Somers Cocks 9th Baron Somers was born to John Sebastian Cocks (age 40).
On 4th January 1978 James Shuckburgh 14th Baronet was born to Rupert Shuckburgh 13th Baronet (age 28).
Marriages on the 4th January
On 4th January 1625 Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 28) and Dorothy North Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
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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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 4th January 1682 Meinhart Schomberg 3rd Duke Schomberg (age 40) and Karoline von der Pfalz (age 22) were married. He the son of Frederick Schomberg 1st Duke Schomberg (age 66).
On 4th January 1746 George Pitt 1st Baron Rivers (age 24) and Penelope Atkins were married. Their marriage was notoriously unhappy and they were often estranged.
On 4th January 1793 William Cave-Browne-Cave 9th Baronet (age 27) and Louisa Wilmot Lady Cave (age 21) were married.
On 4th January 1938 John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny (age 23) and Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny (age 22) were married. He the son of Guy Larnach Neville 4th Marquess Abergavenny (age 54) and Isabel "Nellie" Larnach Marchioness Abergavenny (age 47).
Deaths on the 4th January
On 4th January 871 King Æthelred of Wessex (age 24) and Alfred the Great's (age 22) army attacked, but were repulsed by, the Viking army at Battle of Reading. Æthelwulf Mercia Earldorman Berkshire (age 46) was killed.
On 4th January 1130 Clementia Aquitaine Countess Luxemburg (age 82) died.
On 4th January 1235 Raoul "Good" Nesle I Count Soissons died. His son John succeeded II Count Soissons.
On 4th January 1248 Sancho "Pious" II King Portugal (age 38) died. His brother Alfonso (age 37) succeeded III King Portugal.
On 4th January 1344 Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 55) died. He was buried at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map]. His son John (age 25) succeeded 2nd Baron Lisle of Rougemont. Maud Grey Baroness Lisle (age 26) by marriage Baroness Lisle of Rougemont.
On 4th January 1456 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 53) died at South Wingfield, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at the Collegiate Church, Tattershall. Baron Cromwell became abeyant between his two nieces, daughters of his sister Maud Cromwell: Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby of Eresby and Joan Stanhope.
On 4th January 1550 Christopher Barker died.
On 4th January 1635 Elisabeth Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 60) died.
On 4th January 1641 Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 82) died. His son Henry (age 49) succeeded 5th Earl of Cumberland. Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland (age 48) by marriage Countess of Cumberland.
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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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 4th January 1682 John Williams 3rd Baronet (age 19) died. His brother Griffith (age 16) succeeded 4th Baronet Williams of Penrhyn in Caernarfonshire.
On 4th January 1688 Henry Brouncker 3rd Viscount Brounckner (age 61) died without issue at Sheen Priory, Richmond. He was buried in the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey. Viscount Brouckner of Lyons in Leinster extinct.
On 4th January 1703 Margaret Maccarthy Countess Fingall died. She was buried at the Chapel, Somerset House.
On 4th January 1735 James Lyon 7th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 32) died without issue. His brother Thomas (age 30) succeeded 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 4th January 1738 George Douglas 13th Earl Morton (age 76) died. His son James (age 36) succeeded 14th Earl Morton.
On 4th January 1742 James Graham 1st Duke Montrose (age 59) died. His son William (age 29) succeeded 2nd Duke Montrose.
On 4th January 1744 Martha Morgan Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 45) died.
On 4th January 1777 Elizabeth Abigail Cotton Lady Cotton (age 64) died.
On 4th January 1790 Anthony Brabazon 8th Earl Meath (age 69) died. His son William (age 20) succeeded 9th Earl Meath, 10th Baron Ardee.
On 4th January 1793 Reverend John Gordon (age 67) died. Memorial at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
On 4th January 1798 Gavin Hamilton (age 75) died in Rome, Italy [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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 4th January 1805 Gregory Page-Turner 3rd Baronet (age 56) died. His son Gregory (age 19) succeeded 4th Baronet Page-Turner of Ambrosden in Oxfordshire.
On 4th January 1815 William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian (age 77) died. His son William (age 51) succeeded 6th Marquess Lothian. Harriet Scott Marchioness Lothian (age 34) by marriage Marchioness Lothian.
On 4th January 1831 Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet (age 80) died at Thirkleby Hall, North Yorkshire. His son Robert (age 47) succeeded 7th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby (age 40) by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
On 4th January 1838 John Head 7th Baronet (age 65) died. His son Edmund (age 33) succeeded 8th Baronet Head of Hermitage in Kent.
On 4th January 1851 Henry Claude Loraine 8th Baronet (age 37) died. His uncle William (age 70) succeeded 9th Baronet Loraine of Kirkharle in Northumberland.
Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 11 January 1851: "At Ramsey, in the Isle of Man, on the 4th inst. aged 38, Sir Henry Claude Loraine, bart., youngest son of the late Sir Charles Loraine, bart., of Kirkharle, Northumberland.".
On 4th January 1854 Richard Godin Simeon 2nd Baronet (age 69) died. His son John (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baronet Simeon of Grazeley in Berkshire. Jane Maria Baker Lady Simeon by marriage Lady Simeon of Grazeley in Berkshire.
On 4th January 1856 Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 82) died. His son George (age 51) succeeded 2nd Marquess Ailesbury, 3rd Earl Ailesbury, 2nd Earl Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire, 2nd Viscount Savernake of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire. Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury (age 43) by marriage Marchioness Ailesbury.
On 4th January 1862 Charles Merrik Burrell 3rd Baronet (age 87) died. His son Percy (age 49) succeeded 4th Baronet Burrell of Valentine House in Essex.
On 4th January 1868 Henry William Des Voeux 3rd Baronet (age 61) died.
On 4th January 1877 Florance George Henry Irby 5th Baron Boston (age 39) died. His son George (age 16) succeeded 6th Baron Boston, 7th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
On 4th January 1883 Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet (age 78) died without issue. Baronet Copley Sprotborough extinct. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery, Kensington.
On 4th January 1892 Frederick Richards Leyland (age 60) died. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery, Kensington where he has a monument designed by Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 58).
On Tuesday the 4th January 1892 the 60 year shipping magnate Frederick Richards Leyland was travelling on the Metropolitan Line with Colonel Robert Rainsford Jackson, the managing director of the National Telephone Company (of which Leyland was also president).. Within a few minutes of entering a first class carriage in Cannon Street Leyland was gasping for air and clutching his chest. At Mansion House station Colonel Jackson summoned the train's guard for help. At Blackfriars the train was held in the platform whilst the Station Inspector, who suspected that Leyland was already dead, called for a stretcher and had him removed from his carriage and put in his office. A doctor was sent for who arrived at 5.15pm and confirmed the Inspectors suspicions, Leyland had died of a heart attack. An inquest was held on 7 January ("death by natural causes" the verdict) and the funeral at Brompton took place next day, on the Friday morning.
On 4th January 1897 Henry St John Halford 3rd Baronet (age 68) died. His brother John (age 66) succeeded 4th Baronet Vaughan aka Halford of Wistow in Leicestershire; he died three months later.
On 4th January 1899 Mary Selina Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Viscountess Portman (age 62) died.
On 4th January 1906 Richard Fitzherbert 5th Baronet (age 59) died. His son Hugo (age 33) succeeded 6th Baronet Fitzherbert of Tissington in Derbyshire.
Grave at St Mary's Church, Tissington [Map].
Richard Fitzherbert 5th Baronet: On 12th April 1846 he was born to William Fitzherbert 4th Baronet and Ann Alleyne Lady Fitzherbert. On 10th October 1871 Richard Fitzherbert 5th Baronet and Mary Anne Arkwright Lady Fitzherbert were married at St Mary's Church, Cromford [Map]. On 12th October 1896 William Fitzherbert 4th Baronet died. His son Richard succeeded 5th Baronet Fitzherbert of Tissington in Derbyshire. Mary Anne Arkwright Lady Fitzherbert by marriage Lady Fitzherbert of Tissington in Derbyshire.
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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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 4th January 1927 Ambrose McEvoy (age 49) died at Pimlico.
On 4th January 1931 Louise Windsor Duchess Fife (age 63) died.
On 4th January 1933 Courtenay Cecil Mansel 13th Baronet (age 52) died. His son John (age 23) succeeded 14th Baronet Mansel of Muddlescombe.
On 4th January 1942 Arthur Robert Glyn 7th Baronet (age 71) died unmarried. His half second cousin once removed Richard (age 66) succeeded 8th Baronet Glyn of Ewell in Surrey.
On 4th January 1950 Frances Margaret Irby Countess Kimberley (age 65) died.
On 4th January 1952 Balthazar Stephen Sargant Foster 2nd Baron Ilkeston (age 84) died. Baron Ilkeston of Ilkeston in Derbyshire extinct.
On 4th January 1967 Joan Katherine Lambton Baroness Joicey (age 73) died some twelve weeks after her husband Hugh Edward Joicey 3rd Baron.
On 4th January 1972 Gerald Wellesley 7th Duke Wellington (age 86) died. His son Arthur (age 56) succeeded 8th Duke Wellington, 12th Earl Mornington, 12th Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle, 8th Viscount Wellington of Talavera. Diana McConnel Duchess of Wellington (age 49) by marriage Duchess Wellington.
On 4th January 1977 Cecil George Weld-Forester 7th Baron Forester (age 77) died. His son George (age 38) succeeded 8th Baron Forester of Willey Park in Shropshire.
On 4th January 1999 Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland (age 79) died. His son David (age 39) succeeded 11th Duke Rutland, 11th Marquess Grandby, 19th Earl of Rutland, 11th Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire, 5th Baron Roos of Belvoir in Leicestershire.
On 4th January 2002 Peter Griffiths Earl Loudon (age 77) died.
On 4th January 2008 Anthony Brand 6th Viscount Hampden (age 70) died. His son Francis (age 38) succeeded 7th Viscount Hampden.
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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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 4th January 2023 Thomas Stonor 7th Baron Camoys (age 82) died. His son Ralph (age 48) succeeded 8th Baron Camoys.