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05 Aug is in August.
1063 Death of King Gruffydd ap Llywelyn
1305 Capture and Execution of William Wallace
1447 Death of Humphrey of Lancaster
1503 Margaret Tudor's Journey to Scotland
Events on the 5th August
On 5th August 641 (or 642 or 644 depending on the source) King Penda of Mercia Mercian and Welsh army defeated the Northumbrian army at the Battle of Maserfield. The battle is believed to have taken place at Oswestry, Shropshire. Northumbria was once again separated into two kingdoms.
King Oswald of Northumberland (age 37) was killed. His body was subsequently dismembered with his head and arms mounted on poles. His brother Oswiu (age 29) succeeded King Bernicia. Rhiainfellt Rheged Queen Consort Bernicia by marriage Queen Consort Bernicia.
Osric King Deira was killed. His son Oswine succeeded King Deira.
Eowa King Mercia was killed (probably).
On 5th August 759 Æthelwald Moll King of Northumbria was crowned King Northumbria.
On 5th August 882 Louis III King West Francia (age 19) died.
On 5th August 1063 Gruffydd ap Llywelyn King Wales was killed. The Ulster Chronicle states that he was killed by Cynan ab Iago King Gwynedd in 1064, whose father Iago had been put to death by Gruffydd in 1039.
John of Worcester. Griffyth, king of Wales, was slain by his own people, on the nones of August [5th August 1063], and his head and the beak of his ship, with its ornaments, were sent to earl Harold (age 41), who, shortly afterwards, presented them to king Edward (age 60). The king then gave the territories of the Welsh king to his brothers Blethgent (age 50) and Rithwalon77, and they swore to be faithful to him and Harold, and promised to be ready to obey their orders by sea and land, and that they would faithfully pay whatever was paid before from that country to former kings.
Note 77. Blethyn and Rhywallon, princes of North Wales and Powis, 1060—1066.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. But in the harvest of the same year was King Griffin slain, on the nones of August [5th August 1063], by his own men, through the war that he waged with Earl Harold (age 41). He was king over all the Welsh nation. And his head was brought to Earl Harold; who sent it to the king (age 60), with his ship's head, and the rigging therewith. King Edward committed the land to his two brothers, Blethgent (age 50) and Rigwatle; who swore oaths, and gave hostages to the king and to the earl, that they would be faithful to him in all things, ready to aid him everywhere by water and land, and would pay him such tribute from the land as was paid long before to other kings.
Annals of Ulster. [5th August 1063] The son [Gruffydd ap Llywelyn King Wales] of Llewellyn, king of the Britons, was killed by the son of Iago.
On 5th August 1100 King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 32) was crowned I King of England by Bishop Maurice at Westminster Abbey [Map].
The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Orderic Vitalis. In the year of our Lord 1100, on Thursday, the fourth of the nones [ 20th ] of August, William Rufus was mortally wounded by an arrow in the New Forest, after having possessed the kingdom of England twelve years and nearly ten months. Thereupon Henry hastened to London with Robert earl of Mellent, and the following Sunday [5th August 1100] was placed on the throne in the church of St. Peter the apostle, at Westminster, being anointed by the venerable Maurice, bishop of London. Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, was then an exile, as it has been already observed, and Thomas, archbishop of York, being lately dead1, that metropolitan see was still vacant. Henry was thirty years old when he ascended the throne, and his reign lasted thirty-five years and four months2. He ruled the dominions, divinely committed to him, with prudence and success in prosperity and adversity, and was distinguished among the princes of Christendom for his love of peace and justice. In his time the church of God was brilliantly endowed with wealth and honours, and all orders of the religious increased to the glory of the Creator. This is shown by the monks and clergy, who, during his reign, augmented their numbers and their dignity; this is proved in the case of anchorites, who, felling dense woods, and rearing among them the lofty spires of churches and abbeys, exult in their labours, and sing the praises of God with heart-felt peace, where once robbers and outlaws, abandoned to all wickedness, found their retreats.
Note 1. This is incorrect; the archbishop of York survived till the end of the following November. It is not even quite certain that he did not assist at the coronation of Henry I, placing the crown on his head, after the royal unction had been given by the bishop of London. At any rate the archbishop did not die till Sunday, November 28.
Note 2. In the MS. of St. Evroult the figures have been erased, and the six last words, "reigned five years and six months," interlined.
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On 5th August 1103 William Adelin Normandy Duke Normandy was born to King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 35) and Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England (age 23). The name Adelin an Anglo-Saxon term meaning Noble, or Prince, reflecting his mother's descent from the House of Wessex (her mother was Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland ).
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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 5th August 1301 Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent was born to King Edward I of England (age 62) and Margaret of France Queen Consort England (age 22) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.81%.
On 5th August 1305 William Wallace was handed over to the English forces by John Menteith (age 30) at Robroyston, Glasgow.
Illustrations of Scottish History. The following account of the capture and execution of Wallace is transcribed from the Arundel MS. 220, fol. 287, b. From internal evidence the volume appears to have been written about the year 1320, or shortly after.
In the year 1305 [5th August 1305], William Wallace was captured. He had first been a scoundrel and a thief, and later, during the Scottish war, was made a knight by the Scots and became their leader. He invaded Northumbria, which he largely burned, including even the noble church of Hexham. However, he was captured in the house of a certain Rowe Ra by Lord John of Menteith and brought to London by Lord John de Segrave. There, having received judgment, he was first drawn as a traitor, then hanged as a thief, then, while still alive, cut down and beheaded as a banished man. Afterward, he was disemboweled and his entrails were burned, just as he had burned churches full of men and women. Then his body was divided into four parts, just as he had wished to divide the people of Scotland from their king, Edward. His head was placed on display in London on the bridge; his right hand on the bridge at Newcastle upon Tyne above the public latrines; his right foot at Berwick; his left hand at Stirling; and his left foot at Perth, that is, the town of St. John.
Anno MCCC quinto, captus est Willelmus Waleys, qui primo fuit ribaldus et latro, et postea in guerra Scociae factus miles a Scotis, et ductor eorum factus, intravit Northumbriam, quam pro magna parte conbussit, sed etiam illam nobilem ecclesiam de Exilsham. Captus autem erat in domo cujusdam Rowe Ra per dominum Johannem de Menethet, et ductus Londonias per dominum Johannem de Segrave, ibique accepto judicio, ibique primo tractus tanquam traytour, postea suspensus tanquam latro, et vivus post deorsum dimissus decapitatus est tanquam forbannitus, deinde exentratus et viscera sua combusta sunt, sicut et ipse ecclesiam hominum et mulierum conbusserat. Post hoc in quatuor partes divisus, sicut et ipse gentem Scottorum voluit a rege suo Edwardo divisisse, caputque ejus suspensum est Londoniis super pontem, manus dextra super pontem apud Novum Castrum super Tynam ultra cloacas communes, pes dexter apud Berewyk, manus sinistra apud Strivelyn, et pes sinister apud Perth, id est villam Sancti Johannis.
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Documents Illustrative of the Life of William Wallace Chapter 20. Memoranda respecting measures on the apprehension of Sir William Wallace.1
After 5th August 1305.
1. The Bishop of Chester, of Worcester... the Bishop of St... the Bishop of Worcester... the Earl of... Sir Adam Gurdon.
2. The letter to Sir Miles de Stapelton, William of [Berwick?], Renaud, etc., that they remit the sums.
3. Item: the letter from Mary, daughter of B[ernard or someone else—uncertain].
4. To remember the 40 marks that ought to be given to a valet who spied on William Wallace.
5. Item: the 60 marks that ought to be given to others, and the King wills that these 60, which were from the taking of the said William, be divided among them.
6. Concerning the letter: that is to say, the one by J. de Meneteth.
7. Concerning the appointment of those who will be in the Scottish business, etc.
8. Item: concerning the credit/validation of the letters, etc.
9. Item: concerning the writings from Scotland, etc., and the memoranda.
1. L Euesq de Cestř de Wyrecestř .... l Euesq de Seint .... l Euesq de Wyrecestr .... le Conte de .... Mons Ad Gurdon.
2. La lre a Mofs Mil de Stapelton Will de .... rgh .... Renaud &c. t q il remandet les somes.
3. It de la lre Marie fil B.
4. Fait a remembrer des XL mars q deyvent estre dones a un Vallet q espia Will le Waleys.
5. It de les LX mars q deyvent estre donez as autres , t le Roi voet q ces .... LX .... qui feurent a la pise du dit Willa p ptir entre eus
6. D la tre. cest assav c li p J. de Meneteth .
7. D smet de ceaux q sront au fail d Escoce &c.
8. It de la creance des lres &c.
9. It des escritz d Escoce &c . t des rembances.
Note 1. On a small pannel, written in a very loose manner. The first paragraph is written transversely, the others horizontally. The document appears to be a series of memoranda of business to be brought before the notice of the Parliament or Privy Council . It is here printed from the work last quoted, p. 295.
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The Ancient Kalendars and Inventories Volume 1. After 5th August 1305. In the hanaper, among the rods, at such a sign.
Certain letters from Philip, King of France, John, King of Scotland, and Haakon, King of Norway, granting safe-conduct to William Wallace in their respective kingdoms, for travel to and from. Also included were some letters of ordinance and confederation made for the said William by certain magnates of Scotland. These letters were found with William Wallace when he was captured, and they were brought to the King (of England) at Kingston [by Sir John de Segrave].
In hanapio de virgis ad tale signu.
46. Quedam lre Phi Regis Franc, Johis Reg Scoc t Haqini Reg Norwag de conductu p eosdem Reges Willo le Waleys concesso in regnis eodem Regū eundo t redeundo cu quibʒd lřis de ordinacoibʒ t confederacoibʒ p quosdam Magnates Scoc psato Willo sce que lre invente suunt cu eodm Willo qando capt fuit t Dno R apud Kyngeston apportate [p Dnm J. de Segave.]
On 5th August 1309 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall (age 25) was restored 1st Earl Cornwall.
Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses Volume 1. Plate IX. Philippa De Beauchamp (deceased), at Necton, 1384.
Blomefield’s Norf. vi. 51. Gough’s Sepulch. Monum, i. 147. Lies before the communion-table at Necton, where her monument represents her in the habit of a vowess or nun. Over her head are the arms of Beauchamp, Gules, a fess between six crosslets or, with a label of three points argent, impaling those of Lord Ferrers of Groby, Gules, seven mascles or.
This lady Philippa was the daughter of Henry Lord Ferrers of Groby, and married Sir Guy de Beauchamp, eldest son to Thomas, Earl of Warwick, who received the honor of Knighthood in the twenty-ninth of Edward III. and died at Vendosme in 1360. At his death his widow made a solemn vow of chastity, in the college church of Warwick, on the eleventh of August, before the then Bishop of Worcester.
[Sir Guy de Beauchamp made his will at Canterbury in September 1359, from which it appears that his two daughters took the veil at Shouldham, where it is probable that their mother was also secluded. N.]
Philippa Ferrers: Around 1337 she was born to Henry Ferrers 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby and Isabel Verdun Baroness Ferrers Groby. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. Before 1353 Guy Beauchamp and she were married. He the son of Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick and Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. On 5th August 1384 Philippa Ferrers died.
On either 5th August 1388 or 19th August 1388 a Scottish army commanded by John Swinton defeated an English army commanded by Henry "Hotspur" Percy (age 24) during the Battle of Otterburn at Otterburn [Map]. Henry "Hotspur" Percy and his brother Ralph Percy (age 29) were captured as was Matthew Redman (age 60). The English suffered 1000 killed, 2000 captured. The Scottish 100 killed, 200 captured.
On the Scottish side James Douglas 2nd Earl Douglas (age 30) was killed. His sister Isabel (age 28) succeeded Countess Mar.
John Dunbar 1st Earl of Moray (age 46) fought.
Froissart Book 13. 5th August 1388 or 19th August 1388. There began a cruel battle and at the first encounter many were overthrown of both parties; and because the Englishmen were a great number and greatly desired to vanguish their enemies, and rested1 and greatly did put aback the Scots, so that the Scots were near discomfited. Then the earl James Douglas, who was young and strong and of great desire to get praise and grace, and was willing to deserve to have it, and cared for no pain nor travail, came forth with his banner and cried, 'Douglas, Douglas!' and sir Henry Percy and sir Ralph his brother, who had great indignation against the earl Douglas because he had won the pennon of their arms at the barriers before Newcastle, came to that part and cried, 'Percy!' Their two banners met and their men: there was a sore fight: the Englishmen were so strong and fought so valiantly that they reculed the Scots back. There were two valiant knights of Scots under the banner of the earl Douglas, called sir Patrick of Hepbourn and sir Patrick his son. They acquitted themselves that day valiantly: the earl's banner had been won, an they had not been: they defended it so valiantly and in the rescuing thereof did such feats of arms, that it was greatly to their recommendation and to their heirs for ever after.
Note 1. In French, 'ilz se arresterent,' without 'and.'
On 5th August 1415 two executions of those involved in the Southampton Plot took place at the North Gate aka Bargate [Map]:
Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge (age 30) was beheaded. His son Richard (age 3) succeeded 2nd Earl Cambridge.
Henry Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (age 42) was beheaded. His brother John (age 27) succeeded 4th Baron Scrope of Masham.
Rymer's Fœdera Volume 9 289. 5th August 1415. Commission to Thomas duke of Clarence to execute the sentence of the earl marshal against Richard earl of Cambridge and Henry le Scrop of Masham. Southampton. O. ix. 300. H. iv. p. ii. 142.
Concerning the Conspiracy made at Southampton, and regarding the Judgment to be delivered by the Peers, proceeding to Execution.
The King to his most beloved brother, Thomas, Duke of Clarence, greeting. Know that we, fully trusting in your loyalty, circumspection, and diligence, have appointed you as our deputy and representative, to hear the record and process before our beloved and faithful John, Earl Marshal, and his fellow justices, who have been assigned by us to investigate and determine various acts of treason, felony, conspiracy, and confederation perpetrated in the county of Southampton. You are to: Deliver judgment against Richard, Earl of Cambridge, knight, and Henry le Scrope of Masham, knight, according to what appears to you in the said record and process, Call their peers (since both are nobles) to assist in judgment by their assent, as is proper for a trial of peers, Render judgment this very Monday, and proceed to execute the sentence. We give and grant to you, by the tenor of these presents, full power, authority, and special mandate to do, carry out, and order all and everything in our name, that we ourselves would do or could do if we were personally present. We promise to hold as ratified, accepted, and firm everything you do, carry out, or order in our name concerning the above matters. And we give firm orders to the said justices and all others whom it concerns that they are to obey you in all these things, and assist you properly as is fitting. For we have commanded the said justices to have the said record and process and all related matters ready before you on the aforesaid day. Given under our hand at Southampton, on the 5th day of August. By the King himself.
De Conspiratione Suthamptoniae facta, & super Judicio, per Pares reddendo, ad Executionem procedendo.
De Conspiratione Suthamptoniae facta, & super Judicio, per Pares reddendo, ad Executionem procedendo. An. 3. H. 5. Pat. 3. H. 5. p. 2. m. 34. d. Rex, carissimo Fratri suo, Thomae Duci Clarentiae, Salutem. Sciatis quòd Nos, De fidelitate, circumspectione, & industria vestris pleniùs confidentes, Constituimus vos Locum nostrum & Vicem gerentem, ad Audiendum Recordum & Processum coram, dilectis & fidelibus nostris, Johanne Comite Marescallo, & Sociis suis Justiciariis nostris, ad diversas Proditiones, Felonias, Conspirationes, & Confoederationes, in Comitatu Suthamptoniae factas & perpetratas, audiendas & terminandas, Assignatis, Et ad Judicium, versus Ricardum Comitem Cantebrigiae Chivaler, & Henricum le Scrop de Masham Chivaler, juxta id quod vobis per Recordum & Processum praedicta constare poterit, vocatis vobis Paribus praedictorum Comitis & Henrici, per vestrûm & eorundem Parium assensum, hac instanti Die Lunae Reddendum, & ad Executionem ejusdem Judicii finaliter Procedendum, Dantes vobis, & Concedentes, plenam, Tenore Praesentium, Potestatem, Auctoritatem, & Mandatum speciale, ad omnia & singula, Nomine nostro, ibidem Faciendum, Exercendum, & Concedendum, quae Nos faceremus seu facere possemus si ibidem personaliter interessemus; Promittentes Nos Ratum, Gratum, & Firmum habituros quicquid per vos, Nomine nostro, Factum, Gestum, sive Concessum fuerit in Praemissis, vel aliquo Praemissorum: Damus autem praefatis Justiciariis, ac aliis quorum interest, Tenore Praesentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quòd vobis, in Praemissis, in forma praedicta faciendis, Intendentes sint, & Consulentes, prout decet; Mandavimus enim eisdem Justiciariis quòd Recordum & Processum praedicta, cum omnibus ea tangentibus, habeant coram vobis ad diem supradictum. In cujus &c. Teste Rege apud Suthampton. quinto die Augusti. Per ipsum Regem.
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Chronicle of William of Worcester [1415-1482]. William148, the fourth son of Duke Richard, was born on the 7th of July at Fotheringhay. On the 23rd of February [1447], a Thursday, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (age 56), uncle of Henry VI, died in parliament at Bury [St. Edmunds]. Henry Beaufort (age 72), Cardinal of England, brother of King Henry IV, died on the 11th of April [1447]. John Holland, Duke of Exeter, died on the 5th of August [1447].
Natus est Willelmus, quartus filius Ricardi ducis, vij. die Julii apud Fodryngay. Obiit xxiij. die Februarii, die Jovis, Hunfridus, dux Gloucestriæ, avunculus Henrici VI. in parliamento apud Bury. Obiit Henricus Beauford, cardinalis Angliæ, frater regis Henrici Quarti, xj. die Aprilis. Obiit dominus Johannes Holonde, dux Exoniæ, y. die Augusti.
Note 148. William of York. Born 7th July 1447. Died young.
Chronicle of Gregory. 5th August 1447. Also that same year dyssesyde the Duke of Exceter (age 52), and he was enteryd at Syn Kateryns [Map].
An English Chronicle. [5th August 1447]. And this yeer in the moneth of August, deide ser Johan Holond (age 52), duke of Excestre and erlle of Huntyngdoun.
Around 5th August 1469 King Edward IV of England (age 27) was imprisoned at Warwick Castle [Map].
Collectanea by John Leland. The Vth Day of the Monneth [5th August 1503], at the Hour of Soupper, the Kynge cam to the said Castell, acompayned of the Byschop of Castanatz, and of the Lord Roos, with other Lordes, Knyghts, and Gentylmen withoutt grett Nombre, and at Entrynge grett Reverences of Custom. The Qwene, wiche knowe hys Commynge, well acompayned, maid hast toward hym in varey humble Courtasy. And the one kyssed the other, and after drew them asyd for to commune, and after she playd upon the Claricordys, and after of the Lute, hee beinge apon his Kne allwayes barr heded.
The Tables war then drest and served, and they waisched ther Haundes. The Kynge satt in the Chayre, and the Qyyene abouffe [above] hym, on hys ryght Haund. For because the Stole of the Qwene was not for hyr Ease, he gaffe hyr the said Chayre. After, he caused the Erle of Surrey (age 60) and the Countesse to sitt with hym.
After the sayd Soupper was doon, they communed to geder lastyng the Playing of a Ballade of the Mynstrells of Musyke, and then the King tuke Licence, in kyssynge hys Lady, and of all the Company. Without the said Place was presented hym by the said Erle of Surreyy the Horse that the Kynge sent hym, welle apoynted of a Trapure, of Damaske whytt and grene, to the Grownde, with grett Hangynge Boutons of Sylke, the Harnays of the Bridle, of Velvett of the Selfe Colour. After the Syght, hee made hym to be redyn before hym, and then departed to Edenburgh, as the Dayes before. The Kyng was that Day appoynted of a Gowne of tane Velvett fourred with blak Bougye, a fyne Cherth bourded with fin Gold abouff, he beinge alwayes mere, and his Beerde somethynge longe.
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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.
Calendar of State Papers in the Archives of Venice. 5th August 1531. We next went to another palace, called Richmond, where the Princess (age 15), her daughter, resides; and having asked the maggiordomo for permission to see her, he spoke to the chamberlain, and then to the governess [Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury (age 57)], and they made us wait. Then after seeing the palace we returned into a hall, and having entered a spacious chamber where there were some venerable old men with whom we discoursed, the Princess came forth accompanied by a noble lady advanced in years, who is her governess, and by six maids of honour (donzelle). We kissed her hand, and she asked us how long we had been in England, and if we had seen their Majesties, her father and mother, and what we thought of the country; she then turned to her attendants, desiring them to treat us well, and withdrew into her chamber. This Princess is not very tall, has a pretty face, and is well proportioned (disposta) with a very beautiful complexion, and is 15 years old. She speaks Spanish, French, and Latin, besides her own mother-English tongue, is well grounded in Greek, and understands Italian, but does not venture to speak it. She sings excellently, and plays on several instruments, so that she combines every accomplishment. We were then taken to a sumptuous repast, after which we returned to our lodging, whither, according to the fashion of the country, the Princess sent us a present of wine and ale (which last is another beverage of theirs), and white bread. On the next day, which was the 6th, we returned to London to the house of our ambassador, where we remained two days, and then by boat went down the Thames, which is very broad, and covered with swans, and thus we got to Dover the passage port.
Letters and Papers. 5th August 1536. R. O. 233. Norfolk to Cromwell.
This night at 8 o'clock came letters from my friends and servants about London, all agreeing in one tale, that the King was displeased with me because my lord of Richmond (deceased) was not buried honorably. The King wished the body conveyed secretly in a closed cart to Thedford, "and at my suit thither," and so buried; accordingly I ordered both the Cottons to have the body wrapped in lead and a close cart provided, but it was not done, nor was the body conveyed very secretly. I trust the King will not blame me undeservedly. It is further written to me that "a bruit doth run that I should be in the Tower of London. When I shall deserve to be there Totynham shall turn French. I would he that began first that tale of mine, he being a gentleman, and I, were only together on Shoter's Hill, to see who should prove himself the more honest man." I pray you pardon my foolish writing. If I had not intended to come to Court, these news would have spurred me.
Your son is in good health here, "sparing no horseflesh to run after the deer and hounds. I trust you will not be discontent that I now cause him to forbear his book." Be sure you shall have in him "a wise quick piece." Kenynghale Lodge, Saturday at 10 at night, 5 August, "with the hand of him that is full, full, full of choler and agony."
P.S.—I have at this hour finished my will and written it twice, and shall leave one part with you as my principal executor whom I trust next my master, whom I have made supervisor of the whole. I trust when I die you both will consider I have been to the one a true servant and to the other a faithful friend. Sic transit gloria mundi.
Hol., pp. 2. Add.: Lord Privy Seal. Endd.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th August 1553. [The Queen (age 37) released from prison the lord Courtenay (age 26), soon after created earl] of Denshyre, and odur moo.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th August 1553. And the Qwene (age 37) grace mad ser Edward Hastyngs (age 32) master of the horse, and ser Thomas Jernyngham [Note. Mistake for Henry made before.] vysse-chamburlayne and captayn of the gard, and master Rochastur (age 59) master controller; my lord marqwes of Wynchaster (age 70) lord tresorer of England, and dyvers odur offeserse, and dyvers odur.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th August 1553. The sam day cam out of the Marsalsay [Map] the old bysshop of London, Bonar (age 53), and dyvers bysshopes bryng hym home unto ys plasse at Powlles; and doctur Cokes (age 60) whent to the sam plasse in the Marselsay [Map] that the bysshope was in.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th August 1553. The v day of August cam to the Towre [Map] doctur dene of Westmynster, master Cokes (age 60).
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 5th August 1554. Sundaye 5 August the King (age 27) was stalled in Windsore of the noble order of the Garter, and there kept St. George's feast in his royall estate himselfe; where was kept a great feast. And the Earle of Sussex (age 47) was made knight of the Garter at that tyme allso.
On 5th August 1557 James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 26) and his half-brother Lord Robert (age 24), and Lord Home (age 22) led a raiding party from Edinburgh towards Ford Castle in Northumberland and burnt houses at Fenton before retreating on the approach of an English force led by Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland.
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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.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th August 1559. The v day of August the Quen('s) (age 25) grace removyd from Eltham [Map] unto Non-shyche [Map], my lord of Arundell('s) (age 47), and ther her grace had as gret cher evere nyght, and bankettes [banquets]; but the sonday at nyght my lord of Arundell('s) howse mad her a grett bankett [banquet] at ys cost, the wyche kyng Henry the viij byldyd, as ever was sene, for soper, bankett, and maske, with drumes and flutes, and all the mysyke that cold be, tyll mydnyght; and as for chere has nott bene sene nor hard. [On monday] the Quen('s) grace stod at her standyng [in the further park,] and ther was corse [coursing] after; and at nyght the Quen .... and a play of the chylderyn of Powlles and ther master Se[bastian], master Phelypes, and master Haywod, and after a grett bankett as [ever was s[ene, with drumes and flutes, and the goodly banketts [of dishes] costely as ever was sene and gyldyd, tyll iij in mornyng; and ther was skallyng of yonge lordes and knyghtes of the ....
Note. P. 206. Master Sebastian, Phdips, and Haywood. "Sebastian scolemaister of Powles" gave queen Mary on new-year's day 1557 "a book of ditties, written." (Nichols's Progresses, &c. of Q. Elizabeth, 1823, vol. i. p. xxxv.) Mr. Collier supposes his surname to have been Westcott (Annals of the Stage, i. 155).—Robert Phelipps was one of the thirtytwo gentlemen of the chapel to king Edward VI. (Hawkins's History of Music, vol. iii. p. 481.—Of John Heywood as an author of interludes and master of a company of "children" players various notices will be found in Mr. Collier's wor
Note. P. 206. The Queen's grace stood at her standing in the further park. "Shooting at deer with a cross-bow (remarks Mr. Hunter in his New Illustrations of Shakespeare) was a favourite amusement of ladies of rank; and buildings with flat roofs, called stands or standings, were erected in many parks, as in that of Sheffield, and in that of Pilkington near Manchester, expressly for the purpose of this diversion." They seem to have been usually concealed by bushes or trees, so that the deer would not perceive their enemy. In Shakspere's Love-Labours Lost, at the commencement of the fourth Act, the Princess repairs to a Stand—
Then, Forester my friend, where is the bush
That we must stand and play the murtherer in?
Forester. Here-by, upon the edge of yonder coppice,
A Stand where you may make the fairest shoot.
Mr. Hunter further remarks that they were often made ornamental, as may be concluded from the following passage in Goldingham's poem called "The Garden Plot," where, speaking of a bower, he compares it with one of these stands—
To term it Heaven I think were little sin,
Or Paradise, for so it did appear;
So far it passed the bowers that men do banquet in,
Or standing made to shoot at stately deer.
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On 5th August 1570 Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland (age 21) was appointed Constable of Nottingham Castle [Map] and steward, keeper, warden, and chief justice of Sherwood Forest.
On 5th August 1581 Hedwig Oldenburg was born to Frederick II King Denmark (age 47) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 23).
On 5th August 1599 Alexander Radclyffe of Ordsall Hall (age 26) died of wounds and fever in Ulster while campaigning with the Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex (age 33) during the unsuccessful attempt to bring Ireland under English control. The Queen (age 65) herself informed his twin sister of her brother's death.
On 5th August 1600 Louis William Palatinate Simmern VI Elector Palatine Rhine was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 26) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 24).
On 5th August 1600. The Gowrie Conspiracy was an attempt by John Ruthven 3rd Earl Gowrie (age 23) and his brother Alexander Ruthven (age 20) to kill King James I (age 34). He, King James, had had their father William Ruthven 1st Earl Gowrie executed for his part in the Raid of Ruthven eighteen years earlier.
The attempt was botched. John Ruthven 3rd Earl Gowrie and Alexander Ruthven were killed, the former by John Ramsay 1st Earl Holderness (age 20).
William Ruthven fled to France.
Patrick Ruthven was imprisoned for nineteen years at the Tower of London [Map].
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th August 1663. All the morning at the office, whither Deane (age 29) of Woolwich came to me and discoursed of the body of ships, which I am now going about to understand, and then I took him to the coffee-house, where he was very earnest against Mr. Grant's (age 43) report in favour of Sir W. Petty's (age 40) vessel, even to some passion on both sides almost.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th August 1665. Thence to Redriffe [Map], where we parted, and I home, where busy all the afternoon. Stepped to Colvill's to set right a business of money, where he told me that for certain De Ruyter (age 58) is come home, with all his fleete, which is very ill newes, considering the charge we have been at in keeping a fleete to the northward so long, besides the great expectation of snapping him, wherein my Lord Sandwich (age 40) will I doubt suffer some dishonour. I am told also of a great ryott upon Thursday last in Cheapside [Map]; Colonell Danvers, a delinquent, having been taken, and in his way to the Tower was rescued from the captain of the guard, and carried away; only one of the rescuers being taken. I am told also that the Duke of Buckingham (age 37) is dead, but I know not of a certainty.
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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.
John Reresby's Diary 05 Aug 1665. 5th August 1665. The Duchess (age 28) in her return lay at Welbeck [Map], the old Duke of Newcastle (age 72) being alive, where she was splendidly entertained, the Duke of York (age 31) having directed that the same respect should be paid her wherever she passed as if he were present. The Duke of Buckingham (age 37) and my Lord Ogle (age 35) had a quarrel there.
John Reresby's Diary 05 Aug 1665. 5th August 1665. His royal highness (age 31) and his duchess (age 28) came down to York, where they stayed till September the 23rd, when the Duke went for Oxford, where the King (age 35) was to meet the Parliament. The Duchess went not till some time after. Most of the gentry attended at York whilst their liighnesses were there. The Duke passed his time in shooting and other exercises, the Duchess in receiving the ladies, which she did very obligingly. One evening having a little snake (which I kept in bran in a box) in my hand as I was in the presence, one of the maids of honour seeing of it was frightened. The Duchess, hearing the noise, and what was the occasion, desired to see the snake, and took it into her hand without any fear. This Duchess was Chancellor Hyde's (age 56) daughter, and she was a very handsome woman, and had a great deal of wit; therefore it was not without reason that Mr. Sydney (age 24), the handsomest youth of his time, of the Duke's bedchamber, was so much in love with her, as appeared to us all, and the Duchess not unkind to him, but very innocently. He was afterwards banished the Court for another reason, as was reported.
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th August 1665. Horace Walpole (afterward Earl of Orford), in his Catalogue of Engravers, gives us the following admirably drawn character: "If Mr. Evelyn (age 44) had not been an artist himself, as I think I can prove he was, I should yet have found it difficult to deny myself the pleasure of allotting him a place among the arts he loved, promoted, patronized; and it would be but justice to inscribe his name with due panegyric in these records, as I have once or twice taken the liberty to criticise him. But they are trifling blemishes compared with his amiable virtues and beneficence; and it may be remarked that the worst I have said of him is, that he knew more than he always communicated. It is no unwelcome satire to say, that a man's intelligence and philosophy is inexhaustible. I mean not to write his biography, but I must observe, that his life, which was extended to eighty-six years, was a course of inquiry, study, curiosity, instruction, and benevolence. The works of the Creator, and the minute labors of the creature, were all objects of his pursuit. He unfolded the perfection of the one, and assisted the imperfection of the other. He adored from examination; was a courtier that flattered only by informing his Prince, and by pointing out what was worthy of him to countenance; and really was the neighbor of the Gospel, for there was no man that might not have been the better for him. Whoever peruses a list of his works will subscribe to my assertion. He was one of the first promoters of the Royal Society; a patron of the ingenious and the indigent; and peculiarly serviceable to the lettered world; for, besides his writings and discoveries, he obtained the Arundelian Marbles for the University of Oxford, and the Arundelian Library for the Royal Society. Nor is it the least part of his praise, that he who proposed to Mr. Boyle the erection of a Philosophical College for retired and speculative persons, had the honesty to write in defense of active life against Sir George Mackenzie's 'Essay on Solitude.' He knew that retirement, in his own hands, was industry and benefit to mankind; but in those of others, laziness and inutility"..
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Calendar of State Papers Charles II 05 Aug 1666. 5th August 1666. 86. Instructions given to Sir Thomas Clifford (age 36), returning to the fleet, to be communicated to Prince Rupert (age 46) and the Duke of Albemarle (age 57), generals, viz.: to assure them of the King's satisfaction with their conduct in the last happy engagement; to acquaint them with the state of supplies, the condition of ships sent in disabled, the state of the fleet bound for Gottenburg; to consult about that for Hamburg which waits a convoy, as do the vessels ready to come thence with naval provisions, &c.; to tell them of the disadvantages that may arise from their remaining on the Holland coast, many ships being presumed to be too much: hurt to bear foul weather or the shcck of another engagement, when the Dutch are strengthened with De Beaufort's (age 50) fleet, and perhaps some ships from "Denmark, especially as unless their East India and merchant ships come in a few days, they will put into harbour, on notice that their fleet is disabled, and ours: waiting them on their coasts; to tell them that the complaint of Sir Jeremy Smith's misbehaviour in the late engagement being so universal, unless he have fully satisfied the generals, he should be brought to trial by court martial, and there purged or condemned, but sentence not executed till further orders; to represent that the fleet will run less risk, more easily refresh and refit itself, sooner join the ships making ready, especially the fire-ships, and receive expected recruits, by returning to the Downs, Sole Bay [Map], or the Isle of Wight, but as, on the other hand, the reputation of the victory will be best maintained by the fleet's continuing on the enemy's coast, the generals are to reflect seriously on these points and decide for themselves whether to stay or return; to recommend them to let His Majesty hear often from them, and especially their resolutions upon these several directions. [3 pages, draft, corrected by Lord Arlington.]
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th August 1668. So to bed about two o'clock, and then up about seven and to White Hall, where read over my report to Lord Arlington (age 50) and Berkeley (age 66), and then afterward at the Council Board with great good liking, but, Lord! how it troubled my eyes, though I did not think I could have done it, but did do it, and was not very bad afterward.
On 5th August 1668 Philippe Charles Bourbon was born to Louis "Sun King" XIV King France (age 29) and Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 17.28%.
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th August 1687. I went to see Albury, now purchased by Mr. Finch (age 38) (the King's Solicitor and son to the late Lord Chancellor); I found the garden which I first designed for the Duke of Norfolk, nothing improved.
Letters of Horace Walpole. 5th August 1752. From Sevenoaks [Map] we went to Knowle. The park is sweet, with much old beech, and an immense sycamore before the great gate, that makes me more in love than ever with sycamores. The house is not near so extensive as I expected:330 the outward court has a beautiful decent simplicity that charms one. The apartments are many, but not large. The furniture throughout, ancient magnificence; loads of portraits, not good nor curious; ebony cabinets, embossed silver in vases, dishes, etc. embroidered beds, stiff chairs, and sweet bags lying on velvet tables, richly worked in silk and gold. There are two galleries, one very small; an old hall, and a spacious great drawing-room. There is never a good staircase. The first little room you enter has sundry portraits of the times; but they seem to have been bespoke by the yard, and drawn all by the same painter; One should be happy if they were authentic; for among them there is Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Gardiner of Winchester, the Earl of Surry, the poet, when a boy, and a Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, but I don't know which. The only fine picture is of Lord Goring and Endymion Porter by Vandyke. There is a good head of the Queen of Bohemia, a whole-length of Duc d'Espernon, and another good head of the Clifford, Countess of Dorset, who wrote that admirable haughty letter to Secretary Williamson, when he recommended a person to her for member for Appleby: "I have been bullied by an usurper, I have been neglected by a court, but I won't be dictated to by a subject: your man shan't stand. Ann Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery." In the chapel is a piece of ancient tapestry: Saint Luke in his first profession is holding an urinal. Below stairs is a chamber of poets and players, which is proper enough in that house; for the first Earl wrote a play331, and the last Earl was a poet332, and I think married a player333 Major Mohun and Betterton are curious among the latter, Cartwright and Flatman among the former. The arcade is newly enclosed, painted in fresco, and with modern glass of all the family matches. In the gallery is a whole-length of the unfortunate Earl of Surry, with his device, a broken column, and the motto Sat superest. My father had one of them, but larger, and with more emblems, which the Duke of Norfolk bought at my brother's sale. There is one good head of henry VIII, and divers of Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, the citizen who came to be lord treasurer, and was very near coming to be hanged.334 His Countess, a bouncing kind of lady-mayoress, looks pure awkward amongst so much good company. A visto cut through the wood has a delightful effect from the front: but there are some trumpery fragments of gardens that spoil the view from the state apartments.
Note 329. Only son of Dr. Richard Bentley, the celebrated Divine and classical scholar. He was educated at Trinity College, under his father. Cumberland, who was his nephew, describes him as a man of various and considerable accomplishments; possessing a fine genius, great wit, and a brilliant imagination; "but there was," he adds, "a certain eccentricity and want of prudence in his character, that involved him in distresses, and reduced him to situations uncongenial with his feelings, and unpropitious to the cultivation and encouragement of his talents."-E.
Note 330. Evelyn in his Diary for July 25, 1673, says, "In my way I visited my Lord of Dorset's house at Knowle, near Sevenoaks, a greate old-fashion'd house."-E.
Note 331. Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, while a student in the Temple, wrote his tragedy of Gordobuc, which was played before Queen Elizabeth, at Whitehall, in 1561. He was created Earl of Dorset by James the First, in 1604.-E.
Note 332. Charles Sackville, sixth Earl of Dorset. On the day previous to the naval engagement with the Dutch, in 1665, he is said to have composed his celebrated song, "to all you Ladies now on Land."-E.
Note 333. On the contrary, he married the Lady Frances, daughter of the Earl of Middlesex, who survived him.-E. [Note. This appears to be a mistake insofar as Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset married Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset who was the daughter of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex. Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex married firstly Mary Bagot Countess Falmouth and Dorset and secondly Mary Compton Countess Dorset and Middlesex. There, however, references to his marrying an actress Alice Lee with whom he appear to have had a daughter Mary Sackville Countess Orrery.]
Note 334. Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, married two wives: the first was the daughter of a London citizen; the second, the daughter of James Brett, Esq. and half-sister of Mary Beaumont, created Countess of Buckingham. To this last alliance, Lord Middlesex owed his extraordinary advancement.-E.
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Letters of Horace Walpole. 5th August 1752. Here our woes increase. The roads row bad beyond all badness, the night dark beyond all darkness, our guide frightened beyond all frightfulness. However, without being at all killed, we got UP, or down,-I forget which, it was so dark,-a famous precipice called Silver Hill, and about ten at night arrived at a wretched village called Rotherbridge. We had still six miles hither, but determined to stop, as it would be a pity to break our necks before we had seen all we intended. But alas! there was only one bed to be had: all the rest were inhabited by smugglers, whom the people of the house called mountebanks; and with one of whom the lady of the den told Mr. Chute he might lie. We did not at all take to this society, but, armed with links and lanthems, set out again upon this impracticable journey. At two o'clock in the morning we got hither to a still worse inn, and that crammed with excise officers, one of whom had just shot a smuggler. However, as we were neutral powers, we have passed safely through both armies hitherto, and can give you a little farther history of our wandering through these mountains, where the young gentlemen are forced to drive their curricles with a pair of oxen. the only morsel of good road we have found, was what even the natives had assured us was totally impracticable: these were eight miles to Hurst Monceaux.338 It is seated at the end of a large vale, five miles in a direct line to the sea, with wings of blue hills covered with wood, one of which falls down to the in a sweep of a hundred acres. The building, for the convenience of water to the moat, sees nothing at all; indeed it is entirely imagined on a plan of defence, with drawbridges actually in being, round towers, watch-towers mounted on them, and battlements pierced for the passage of arrows from long bows. It was built in the time of Henry VI, and is as perfect as the first day. It does not seem to have been ever quite finished, or at least that age was not arrived at the luxury of white-wash; for almost all the walls, except in the principal chambers, are in their native brickhood. It is a square building, each side about two hundred feet in length; a porch and cloister, very like Eton College; and the whole is much in the same taste, the kitchen extremely so, with three vast funnels to the chimneys going up on the inside. There are two or three little courts for offices, but no magnificence of apartments. It is scarcely furnished with a few necessary beds and chairs: one side has been sashed, and a drawing-room and dining-room and two or three rooms wainscoted by the Earl of Sussex, who married a natural daughter of Charles II. Their arms with delightful carvings by Gibbons-, particularly two pheasants, hang over the chimneys. Over the great drawing-room chimney is the first coat armour of the first Leonard, Lord Dacre, with all his alliances. Mr. Chute was transported, and called cousin with ten thousand quarterings.339 The chapel is small, and mean: the Virgin and seven long lean saints, ill done, remain in the windows. There have been four more, but seem to have been removed for light; and we actually found St. Catherine, and another gentlewoman with a church in her hand, exiled into the buttery. There remain two odd cavities, with very small wooden screens on each side the altar, which seem to have been confessionals. The outside is a mixture of gray brick and stone, that has a very venerable appearance. The drawbridges are romantic to a degree; and there is a dungeon, that gives one a delightful idea of living in the days of soccage and under such goodly tenures. They showed us a dismal chamber which they called Drummer's-hall, and suppose that Mr. Addison's comedy is descended from it. In the windows of the gallery over the cloisters, which leads all round to the apartments, is the device of the Fienneses, a wolf holding a baton with a scroll, Le roy le veut - an unlucky motto, as I shall tell you presently, to the last peer of that line. The estate is two thousand a year, and so compact as to have but seventeen houses upon it. We walked up a brave old avenue to the church, with ships sailing on our left hand the whole way. Before the altar lies a lank brass knight, knight William Fienis, chevalier, who obiit c.c.c.c.v. that is in 1405. By the altar is a beautiful tomb, all in our trefoil taste, varied into a thousand little canopies and patterns, and two knights reposing on their backs. These were Thomas, Lord Dacre, and his only son Gregory, who died sans issue. An old grayheaded beadsman of the family talked to us of a blot in the scutcheon; and we had observed that the field of the arms was green instead of blue, and the lions ramping to the right, contrary to order. This and the man's imperfect narrative let us into the circumstances of the personage before us; for there is no inscription. He went in a Chevy-chase style to hunt in a Mr. Pelham's (age 57)340 park at Lawton: the keepers opposed, a fray ensued, a man was killed. The haughty baron took the death upon himself, as most secure of pardon; but however, though there was no chancellor of the exchequer in the question, he was condemned to be hanged: Le roy le Vouloist.
Note 338. the ancient inheritance of Lord Dacre of the South.-E.
Note 339. Chaloner Chute, Esq, of the Vine, married Catherine, daughter of Richard, Lord Dacre.-E.
Note 340. At the date of this letter Mr. Pelham was prime minister.
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Letters of Horace Walpole. 5th August 1752. Battel. To Richard Bentley, Esq.
Here we are, my dear Sir, in the middle of our pilgrimage; and lest we should never return from this holy land of abbeys and Gothic castles, I begin a letter to you. that I hope some charitable monk, when he has buried our bones, will deliver to you. We have had piteous distresses, but then we have seen glorious sights! You shall hear of each in their order.
Monday, Wind S. E.-at least that was our direction-While they were changing our horses at Bromley, we went to see the Bishop of Rochester's palace; not for the sake of any thing there was to be seen, but because there was a chimney, in which had stood a flower-pot, in which was put the counterfeit plot against Bishop Sprat. 'Tis a paltry parsonage, with nothing of antiquity but two panes of glass, purloined from Islip's chapel in Westminster Abbey, with that abbot's rebus, an eye and a slip of a tree. In the garden there is a clear little pond, teeming with gold fish. The Bishop is more prolific than I am.
Letters of Horace Walpole. 5th August 1752. Now begins our chapter of woes. The inn was full of farmers and tobacco; and the next morning, when we were bound for Penshurst, Kent [Map], the only man in the town who had two horses would not let us have them, because the roads, as he said, were so bad. We were forced to send to the wells for others, which did not arrive till half the day was spent-we all the while up to the head and ears in a market of sheep and oxen. A mile from the town we climbed up a hill to see Summer Hill335, the residence of Grammont's Princess of Babylon.336 There is now scarce a road to it: the Paladins of those times were too valorous to fear breaking their necks; and I much apprehend that la Monsery and the fair Mademoiselle Hamilton337, must have mounted their palfreys and rode behind their gentlemen-ushers upon pillions to the Wells. The house is little better than a farm, but has been an excellent one, and is entire, though out of repair. I have drawn the front of it to show you, which you are to draw over again to show me. It stands high, commands a vast landscape beautifully wooded, and has quantities of large old trees to shelter itself, some of which might be well spared to open views.
From Summer Hill we went to Lamberhurst to dine; near which, that is, at the distance of three miles, up and down impracticable hills, in a most retired vale, such as Pope describes in the last Dunciad, "Where slumber abbots, purple as their vines,"
Note 335. "May 29, 1652. We went to see the house of my Lord Clanrickard, at Summer Hill, near Tunbridge; now given to that villain Bradshaw, who condemned the King. 'Tis situated on an eminent hill, with a park, but has nothing else extraordinary." Evelyn, vol. ii. p. 58.-E.
Note 336. Lady Margaret Macarthy, daughter and heiress of the Marquis of Clanricarde, wife of Charles, Lord Muskerry.-E.
Note 337. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir George Hamilton, fourth son of the first Earl of Abercorn, and niece of to the first Duke of Ormond, celebrated in the "Memoires de Grammont" (written by her brother, Count Anthony Hamilton,) for her beauty and accomplishments. She married Philip, Count de Grammont, by whom she had two daughters; the eldest married Henry Howard, created Earl of Stafford, and the youngest took the veil.-E.
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St Giles' Church, Great Longstone [Map]. Memorial to Richard Bower of Hassop, Derbyshire, died 5th August 1758, his wife Rebecca and their son Thomas.
On 5th August 1793 John Lee (age 61) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map] where he has a monument sculpted by Joseph Nollekens (age 55).
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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 5th August 1829 Elizabeth Campart Lady Loraine (age 50) died. She was buried at St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkharle [Map].
Elizabeth Campart Lady Loraine: Around 1779 she was born to Vincent Campart of Turnham Green in Middlesex. On 26th June 1800 Charles Loraine 5th Baronet and she were married at the Church of St Nicholas, Chiswick by the Reverend Mr. Trebec, the rector.
On 5th August 1834 Richard King 2nd Baronet (age 59) died of cholera at Sheerness Isle of Sheppey [Map]. His son Richard (age 29) succeeded 3rd Baronet King of Bellevue in Kent.
The London Gazette 25615. St. James's Palace, August 5, 1886. To be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:—
William Hillier (age 33), Earl of Onslow, in the room of William, Lord Kensington, resigned.
William Hale John Charles (age 46), Earl of Limerick, in the room of Henry James, Lord Hothfield, resigned.
John-Major (age 43), Lord Henniker, in the room of Thomas, Lord Ribblesdale, resigned.
John Adrian Louis, Earl of Hopetoun, in the room of Frederick Henry Paul, Lord Methuen, resigned.
William Buller Fullerton, Lord Elphinstone, in the room of Thomas John, Lord Thurlow, resigned.
On 5th August 1892 St Mary's Church, Rolleston on Dove [Map] was re-opened for Divine Service by Bishop Augustus Legge (age 52). The north aisle was built, and the Nave and Chancel re-roofed, wkith money bequeathed by Sophia Anne Mosley, eldest daughter of Oswald Mosley 2nd Baronet.
Sophia Anne Mosley: On 15th October 1806 she was born to Oswald Mosley 2nd Baronet and Sophia Anne Every Lady Mosley. On 29th April 1880 Sophia Anne Mosley died unmarried.
Chester Chronicle, and Cheshire and North Wales General Advertiser. 5th August 1893. Church Consecration By Bishop Jayne.
The consecration of Wynbunbury Church [Map] was performed by the Lord Bishop of Chester (Dr Jayne) (age 48) on Thursday. This interesting event proved a red-latter day in the church life of the district, this being evidenced by the general display of bunting, flags etc.
The vicar (the Rev. C.H. Stolterforth), and the churchwardens Messrs E.R. Bellyse and Charles Edwads, together with the building committee, have worked hard to bring about the present state of affairs, and assisted by the liberal response of all those connected with the church, and the assistance of the neighbouring parishes, the work will ere long be completed, and Wybunbury Chruch will then form one of the most beautiful in this part of Cheshire.
The consecration took place in the morning when there was a large congregation present.
In the course of his sermon the bishop said that their service was not unmixed with sorrow, and feelingly referred to the death of Sir Henry Fox Bristowe, and Mr Samuel Acton, who had taken a very active part in the erection of the church, and who had very liberally contributed towards it. He also touched upon the death of Miss Turner (daughter of the late vicar), who had lived in the parish a good many years, and had taken much interest in the building of the church.
At the close of the consecration service a public luncheon was provided in the Delves Schoolroom, at which there was a large attendance. In the afternoon there was an organ recital by the Rev. C.H.H. Stewart, Vicar of New Brighton, and the late precentor of Chester Cathedral.
At 5.30 a public tea was given in the Delves School. In the evening, the Very Rev. S.R. Hole DD (age 73), Dean of Rochester, preached to a crowded congregation.
The offertories in the morning amounted to £38 13s 9 1/2 d'.
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On 5th August 1901 Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 60) died.
Births on the 5th August
On 5th August 1103 William Adelin Normandy Duke Normandy was born to King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 35) and Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England (age 23). The name Adelin an Anglo-Saxon term meaning Noble, or Prince, reflecting his mother's descent from the House of Wessex (her mother was Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland ).
On 5th August 1223 Hugh Despencer was born to Hugh Despencer (age 26) at Loughborough.
On 5th August 1301 Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent was born to King Edward I of England (age 62) and Margaret of France Queen Consort England (age 22) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.81%.
On 5th August 1581 Hedwig Oldenburg was born to Frederick II King Denmark (age 47) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 23).
On 5th August 1600 Louis William Palatinate Simmern VI Elector Palatine Rhine was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 26) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 24).
On 5th August 1645 Charles Schomberg 2nd Duke Schomberg was born to Frederick Schomberg 1st Duke Schomberg (age 29).
On 5th August 1668 Philippe Charles Bourbon was born to Louis "Sun King" XIV King France (age 29) and Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 17.28%.
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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.
On 5th August 1711 Elizabeth Marsham Viscountess Fokestone was born to Robert Marsham 1st Baron Romney (age 25) and Elizabeth Shovell Baroness Romney.
On 5th August 1726 Louise Marie Bourbon was born to Louis Bourbon Duke Orléans (age 23) and Margravine Johanna Baden Baden Duchess Orléans.
On 5th August 1732 Robert Fox Lane was born to George Fox Lane 1st Baron Bingley (age 35) and Harriet Benson Baroness Bingley (age 27).
On 5th August 1736 James Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale was born to Robert Lowther (age 54) and Katherine Pennington.
On 5th August 1737 Beaumont Hotham 2nd Baron Hotham was born to Beaumont Hotham 7th Baronet (age 31).
On 5th August 1738 John Peyto Verney 22nd Baron Latimer 14th Baron Willoughby was born to John Verney (age 38) and Abigail Harley (age 39).
On 5th August 1795 George Rice Trevor 4th Baron Dynevor was born to George Talbot Rice 3rd Baron Dynevor (age 29) and Frances Townshend Baroness Dynevor.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin 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 5th August 1798 John Wrottesley 2nd Baron Wrottesley was born to John Wrottesley 1st Baron Wrottesley (age 26) and Caroline Bennett Lady Wrottesley (age 25).
On 5th August 1802 Montague Cholmeley 2nd Baronet was born to Montague Cholmeley 1st Baronet (age 30) and Elizabeth Harrison Lady Cholmeley.
On 5th August 1819 William Henry Fitzroy 6th Duke Grafton was born to Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton (age 29) and Mary Caroline Berkeley Duchess Grafton (age 24).
On 5th August 1821 Ralph Heneage Dutton was born to John Dutton 2nd Baron Sherborne (age 42) at Sherborne, Gloucestershire.
On 5th August 1841 Frederick Johnstone 8th Baronet was born to Frederick Johnstone 7th Baronet and Louisa Elizabeth Craven.
On 5th August 1849 Florence Mary Cole Countess Erne was born to William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen (age 42) and Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen.
On 5th August 1853 Margaret Francis Graham Countess Verulam was born to Frederick Ulric Graham 3rd Baronet (age 33) and Jane Hermione Seymour Lady Graham (age 21). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.57%.
On 5th August 1864 Edward William John Manners was born to John Manners (age 45) and Janetta Hughan Duchess Rutland (age 27).
On 5th August 1865 Robert Wilfred de Yarburgh-Bateson 3rd Baron Deramore was born to George de Yarburgh-Bateson 2nd Baron Deramore (age 42).
On 5th August 1865 William Smith-Marriott 8th Baronet was born to John Bosworth Smith-Marriott (age 27).
On 5th August 1870 Arthur Robert Glyn 7th Baronet was born to George Lewen Glyn 4th Baronet (age 65) and Henrietta Amelia Glyn Lady Glyn.
On 5th August 1871 John Courtown Edward Shelley 6th Baronet was born to Charles Shelley 5th Baronet (age 33).
On 5th August 1880 Wilmot Ida Noreen Hastings was born to Francis Power Plantagenet Hastings 14th Earl Huntingdon (age 38).
On 5th August 1887 Evelyn Hugh Boscawen 8th Viscount Falmouth was born to Evelyn Boscawen 7th Viscount Falmouth (age 40) and Kathleen Douglas-Pennant Viscount Falmouth (age 26). He was educated at Eton College [Map] and Trinity College, Cambridge University [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 5th August 1899 John Bridger Shiffner 6th Baronet was born to John Shiffner 5th Baronet (age 41).
On 5th August 1905 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish was born to Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 37) and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 34).
On 5th August 1948 Marcus Beresford 7th Baron Decies was born to Arthur Beresford 6th Baron Decies (age 33).
On 5th August 1954 David Mark Wilson was born to Charles John Wilson 3rd Baron Nunburnholme (age 50) and Alex Hockley Baroness Nunburnholme.
Marriages on the 5th August
On 5th August 1641 Benjamin Weston and Elizabeth Sheldon Countess Anglesey (age 33) were married.
On 5th August 1680 Charles Holte 3rd Baronet (age 31) and Anne Clobery Lady Holte (age 18) were married. She by marriage Lady Holte of Aston in Warwickshire.
On 5th August 1728 Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg (age 29) and Catherine Betham Countess Fauconberg were married.
On 5th August 1749 James Bulkeley 6th Viscount Bulkeley and Emma Bridget Rowlands Viscountess Bulkeley were married. She by marriage Viscountess Bulkeley of Cashel in Tipperary.
On 5th August 1811 Other Archer Windsor 6th Earl Plymouth (age 22) and Mary Sackville Countess Plymouth Amherst (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Plymouth. She the daughter of John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset and Arabella Diana Cope 3rd Duchess Dorset (age 42). He the son of Other Windsor 5th Earl Plymouth and Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst (age 49).
On 5th August 1819 Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey (age 22) and Eleanora Campbell were married. He the son of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 51) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 44).
On 5th August 1825 John Jacob Buxton 2nd Baronet (age 36) and Elizabeth Cholmeley were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 5th August 1834 Charles Cockerell aka Rushout 2nd Baronet (age 25) and Cecilia Olivia Foley Lady Cockerell were married.
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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 5th August 1869 Henry Willoughby 8th Baron Middleton (age 51) and Eliza Maria Gordon Cumming Baroness Middleton were married. She by marriage Baroness Middleton.
On 5th August 1874 William Frederick Waldegrave 9th Earl Waldegrave (age 23) and Mary Dorothea Palmer Countess Waldegrave (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Waldegrave. She the daughter of Roundell Palmer 1st Earl Selborne (age 61) and Laura Waldegrave Countess Selborne (age 53). They were half first cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 5th August 1879 Edmund Bernard Fitzalan Howard 1st Viscount Fitzalan Derwent Derby (age 24) and Mary Caroline Bertie Viscountess Fitzalan Derwent Derby (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Montagu Arthur Bertie 7th Earl of Abingdon (age 43) and Caroline Theresa Towneley. He the son of Henry Granville Fitzalan 14th Duke of Norfolk and Augusta Mary Minna Catherine Lyons Duchess Norfolk (age 58). They were half second cousin once removed.
On 5th August 1886 Charles Alfred Worsley Anderson 4th Earl Yarborough (age 27) and Marcia Amelia Mary Lane-Fox Countess Yarborough (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Yarborough. He the son of Charles Anderson-Pelham 3rd Earl Yarborough and Victoria Alexandrina Hare.
On 5th August 1896 George Kemp 1st Baron Rochdale (age 30) and Beatrice Mary Egerton Baroness Rochdale (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Francis Egerton 3rd Earl Ellesmere (age 49) and Katherine Louisa Phipps Countess Ellesmere (age 46).
On 5th August 1903 Colonel Frank Wigram Foley and Eva Mary FitzHardinge Milman 16th Baroness Berkeley (age 28) were married.
On 5th August 1908 Edward Villiers 5th Earl Clarendon (age 62) and Emma Hatch (age 53) were married at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Countess Clarendon. He the son of George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon and Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon.
Deaths on the 5th August
On 5th August 641 (or 642 or 644 depending on the source) King Penda of Mercia Mercian and Welsh army defeated the Northumbrian army at the Battle of Maserfield. The battle is believed to have taken place at Oswestry, Shropshire. Northumbria was once again separated into two kingdoms.
King Oswald of Northumberland (age 37) was killed. His body was subsequently dismembered with his head and arms mounted on poles. His brother Oswiu (age 29) succeeded King Bernicia. Rhiainfellt Rheged Queen Consort Bernicia by marriage Queen Consort Bernicia.
Osric King Deira was killed. His son Oswine succeeded King Deira.
Eowa King Mercia was killed (probably).
On 5th August 882 Louis III King West Francia (age 19) died.
On 5th August 890 Ranulf II Duke Aquitaine (age 40) died.
On 21st August 1148 William II Count Nevers died. Possibly 5th August 1089.
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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.
On 5th August 1157 Dirk Gerulfing VI Count Holland (age 43) died. His son Floris (age 16) succeeded III Count Holland.
On 5th August 1367 Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 76) died. His son John (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baron Neville Raby. Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby by marriage Baroness Neville Raby.
On 5th August 1415 two executions of those involved in the Southampton Plot took place at the North Gate aka Bargate [Map]:
Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge (age 30) was beheaded. His son Richard (age 3) succeeded 2nd Earl Cambridge.
Henry Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (age 42) was beheaded. His brother John (age 27) succeeded 4th Baron Scrope of Masham.
On 5th August 1447 John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter (age 52) died at Stepney [Map]. He was buried at the Church of St Katharine's by the Tower [Map]. His son Henry (age 17) succeeded 3rd Duke Exeter, 3rd Earl Huntingdon. Anne York Duchess Exeter (age 7) by marriage Duchess Exeter.
On 5th August 1466 Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel (age 31) died at Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire.
On 5th August 1594 Eleanor of Austria Duchess Mantua (age 59) died.
On 5th August 1599 Alexander Radclyffe of Ordsall Hall (age 26) died of wounds and fever in Ulster while campaigning with the Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex (age 33) during the unsuccessful attempt to bring Ireland under English control. The Queen (age 65) herself informed his twin sister of her brother's death.
On 5th August 1600. The Gowrie Conspiracy was an attempt by John Ruthven 3rd Earl Gowrie (age 23) and his brother Alexander Ruthven (age 20) to kill King James I (age 34). He, King James, had had their father William Ruthven 1st Earl Gowrie executed for his part in the Raid of Ruthven eighteen years earlier.
The attempt was botched. John Ruthven 3rd Earl Gowrie and Alexander Ruthven were killed, the former by John Ramsay 1st Earl Holderness (age 20).
William Ruthven fled to France.
Patrick Ruthven was imprisoned for nineteen years at the Tower of London [Map].
On 5th August 1648 Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 66) died. His son Richard (age 44) succeeded 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury.
On 5th August 1661 Marmaduke Langdale 1st Baron Langdale (age 63) died. His son Marmaduke (age 33) succeeded 2nd Baron Langdale of Holme in Yorkshire.
On 5th August 1689 Lucy Rigby Lady Molyneux (age 64) died.
On 5th August 1720 Anne Kingsmill Countess Winchelsea (age 59) died.
On 5th August 1734 Francis Edwardes 4th Baronet (age 35) died. His son Henry (age 6) succeeded 5th Baronet Edwardes of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
On 5th August 1736 Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John (age 70) died.
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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 5th August 1742 Francis Leicester 3rd Baronet (age 78) died. Baronet Leicester of Tabley in Cheshire extinct. His daughter Meriel Leicester (deceased) and her husband John Byrne aka Leicester 3rd Baronet inherited his estate worth £10,000 per annum at which time, in compliance with the will, changed their name from Byrne to Leicester,
On 5th August 1743 John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 46) died. His son George (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk.
On 5th August 1752 Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon (age 32) died. His son Alexander (age 9) succeeded 4th Duke Gordon, 7th Marquess Huntly, 12th Earl Huntley.
On 5th August 1792 Frederick North 2nd Earl Guildford (age 60) died. His son George (age 34) succeeded 3rd Earl Guildford, 9th Baron North, 5th Baron Guildford. Maria Frances Hobart Countess Guilford (age 30) by marriage Countess Guildford.
On 5th August 1793 John Lee (age 61) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map] where he has a monument sculpted by Joseph Nollekens (age 55).
On 5th August 1799 Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 73) died. Earl Howe, Viscount Howe extinct. His daughter Sophia succeeded 2nd Baroness Howe. His brother William (age 69) succeeded 5th Viscount Howe, 5th Baron Glenawley. Frances Conolly Viscountess Howe by marriage Viscountess Howe.
On 5th August 1802 Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor (age 71) died at Earls Court, Kensington. He was buried at Grosvenor Vault, St Mary's Church, Eccleston. His son Robert (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Grosvenor, 8th Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire. Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster (age 32) by marriage Countess Grosvenor.
On 5th August 1809 George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 80) died. His son James (age 48) succeeded 3rd Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey.
On 5th August 1814 Anne Moyle Baroness Manners (age 50) died.
On 5th August 1818 John Barrington 9th Baronet (age 65) died unmarried. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Hatfield Broad Oak [Map]. His brother Fitzwilliam (age 63) succeeded 10th Baronet Barrington of Barrington Hall. Edith Mary Marshall Lady Barrington by marriage Lady Barrington of Barrington Hall.
On 5th August 1829 Elizabeth Campart Lady Loraine (age 50) died. She was buried at St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkharle [Map].
Elizabeth Campart Lady Loraine: Around 1779 she was born to Vincent Campart of Turnham Green in Middlesex. On 26th June 1800 Charles Loraine 5th Baronet and she were married at the Church of St Nicholas, Chiswick by the Reverend Mr. Trebec, the rector.
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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.
On 5th August 1834 Richard King 2nd Baronet (age 59) died of cholera at Sheerness Isle of Sheppey [Map]. His son Richard (age 29) succeeded 3rd Baronet King of Bellevue in Kent.
On 5th August 1835 Gilbert Stuart Newton (age 39) died.
On 5th August 1866 Henry William Powlett 3rd Baron Bayning (age 69) died. Baron Bayning of Foxley in Berkshire extinct.
On 5th August 1901 Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 60) died.
On 5th August 1906 John Manners 7th Duke Rutland (age 87) died at Belvoir Castle [Map]. His son Henry (age 54) succeeded 8th Duke Rutland, 8th Marquess Grandby, 16th Earl of Rutland, 2nd Baron Roos of Belvoir in Leicestershire. Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland (age 50) by marriage Duchess Rutland.
On 5th August 1943 John Brinsley Norton 5th Baron Grantley (age 87) died. His son Richard (age 51) succeeded 6th Baron Grantley of Markenfield in Yorkshire.
On 5th August 1944 Major Thomas William Assheton Frankland 11th Baronet (age 41) was killed on active service. His son James (age 1) succeeded 12th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 5th August 1953 Beatrix Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess St Albans (age 76) died.
On 5th August 1959 Doloroes Olga Salusbury-Trelawny Baroness Rendlesham (age 76) died.
On 5th August 1961 Caryl Ernest Bagot 6th Baron Bagot (age 84) died. His first cousin Henry (age 67) succeeded 7th Baron Bagot of Bagot's Bromley in Staffordshire, 12th Baronet Bagot of Blithfield Hall.
On 5th August 2001 Martyn Gervase Beckett 2nd Baronet (age 82) died. His son Richard (age 57) succeeded 3rd Baronet Becket of Kirkdale Manor in North Yorkshire.
On 5th August 2022 Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire (age 87) died. His son Alexander (age 48) succeeded 22nd Earl Suffolk, 15th Earl Berkshire, 14th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 14th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.