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05 Mar is in March.
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Events on the 5th March
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. On or before 5th March 1039. This year happened the terrible wind; and Bishop Britmar died at Lichfield [Map].
5th March 1039 at the battle of Battle of Rhyd y groes Edwine Mercia was killed by the Welsh.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 5th March 1039. The Welsh slew Edwin, brother of Earl Leofric, and Thurkil, and Elfget, and many good men with them.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1052. At this time Griffin, the Welsh king, plundered in Herefordshire till he came very nigh to Leominster, Herefordshire; and they gathered against him both the landsmen and the Frenchmen from the castle; and there were slain very many good men of the English, and also of the French. This was on the same day thirteen years after that Edwin was slain with his companions.
On 5th March 1133 King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England was born to Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy (age 19) and Empress Matilda (age 31) at Le Mans [Map]. He a grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 5th March 1147 Henry Burgundy was born to Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 37) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal (age 22).
On 5th March 1295 William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick (age 58) defeated the army of Madog ap Llywelyn during the Battle of Maes Moydog at Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [Map]. English losses were around 100 dead, Welsh around 700.
Annals of Worcester. On the fifth day of March [1285], William de Beauchamp (age 58), Earl of Warwick, engaged in battle with the Welsh at a place called Meismeidoc [Map] in their language. He overcame seven hundred of them, besides those who were drowned and lethally wounded. However, Madoc ap Llywelyn, their disgraced prince, barely escaped.
Quinto die Martii Willelmus de Bello Campo comes Warewik commisit bellum cum Wallensibus in loco quod dicitur lingua eorum Meismeidoc [Map]; et prostravit ex illis de nobilioribus septingentos viros præter submersos et letaliter vul neratos. Sed Madocus ap Lewelin eorum princeps cum dedecore vix evasit.
On 5th March 1324 twins King David II of Scotland and John Bruce were born to King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland (age 49) and Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland (age 40) at Dunfermline Abbey [Map].
On 5th March 1326 Louis I King Hungary King Poland was born to Charles I King Hungary (age 38) and Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary.
On 5th March 1329 Philip "Noble" III King Navarre (age 22) and Joan Capet II Queen Navarre (age 17) were crowned joint King Navrarre at Pamplona [Map].
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1518. 5th March 1518. R. O. 3985. Pace (age 36) to WOLSEY.
Has heard from the Lord Steward that there is some doubt whether the King will return towards London: he has had no commandment as yet to make provision but by the ways specified "in such gists as he hath send unto your grace." He knows no reason why the King's mind is changed. Thinks the King must leave this for London, as they cannot abide here, and there is no horse meat at Woodstock. The King wishes to know from Wolsey whether any of the royal palaces near London are infected with the sickness. Abyndon, 5 March.
Hol., p. 1. Add.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1518. 5th March 1518. Er. Ep. App. 263. 3993. ERASMUS to BOVILL.
Was glad that he escaped the detestable sickness. Congratulates Croke and the University. Is surprised that any should be found there to take the part of Faber. Would have acted otherwise had it been Standish and not Faber: "longo aliter belluam accepissem1." Has completed the New Testament. Has received a letter from Grey, dated Paris. Begs his compliments to Vaughan, Humphrey, Brian, Watson and Gerard. Louvain, 5 March 1518.
Note 1. "I would have received the beast differently after a long time".
Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th March 1556. The v day of Marche was the obseques of the bysshope of Peterborowth in Lynkolne shyre, [and] bered with a goodly hersse and armes and pensells; and with ij whyt branchys and viij dosen of stayffes, and with an harold of armes and v baners and a C. in blake gownes and cotes, and a gret meyne of pore men in gownes, and the morow masse, and after a grett dener der.
Note. P. 101. Funeral of bishop Chambers. "Anno 1555, the vij. daye of February, being fryday, died the reverend father in God Joh'n Chambre, late bishopp of Peterborough, betwene x and xj in the nyght, comitat. Northampt. in good and perfauct memory, levyng for his executors, Sir Thomas Tresham (age 56) knight, of Northamtonshire, Mr. Gryffyn the queenes attourney.
Mourners
Sir Thomas Tresham knyght, chief mourner
Sir William Fitzwilliam (age 29)
Thomas Cotton (age 74) esquier
Robert Wyngkfelde
John Fitzwilliam
Richard Wakerley
George Tresham
Banner berers
Thomas Hussey the baner of his armes
Joh'n Mountsteving the baner of the Trynytie
Joh'n Nauncycles the baner of our Lady
Robart Malorye the baner of St. Peter
Joh'n Mallorye the baner of St. John
The saide bishopp was buryed in the mynster in a chapell in the high quyer on the ryghte hande on thursdaye the vjth of Marche, according to the estate of a bisshoppe." (MS. I. 3, in Coll. Arm. fol. 100b.)
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On 5th March 1574 Frederick IV Elector Palatine was born to Louis VI Elector Palatine (age 34).
On 5th March 1580 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March (age 58) resigned Earl Lennox. On the same day he was created 1st Earl March. Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March (age 31) by marriage Countess March.
On the same day Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 38) was created 1st Earl Lennox by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 13) for being his favourite. Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox by marriage Lord Aubigny.
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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 March 1585 John George Wettin Elector Saxony was born to Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony (age 24).
Calendar of the Carew Manuscripts. The 5th of March [1601], Sir Christopher Blunt (age 36), Sir Charles Davers (age 33), Sir John Davys (age 39), Sir Gelly Merick, and Henry Cuff (age 38) were ail arraigned at Westminster and condemned, they confessing the plot as is afore set down, with many other circumstances to it, absolutely submitting themselves to her Majesty's mercy, which is like to appear in some of them.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th March 1663. Thence I went to see my Lord Sandwich (age 37), who I found very ill, and by his cold being several nights hindered from sleep, he is hardly able to open his eyes, and is very weak and sad upon it, which troubled me much. So after talking with Mr. Cooke, whom I found there, about his folly for looking and troubling me and other friends in getting him a place (that is, storekeeper of the Navy at Tangier [Map]) before there is any such thing, I returned to the Hall, and thence back with the two knights home again by coach, where I found Mr. Moore got abroad, and dined with me, which I was glad to see, he having not been able to go abroad a great while. Then came in Mr. Hawley and dined with us, and after dinner I left them, and to the office, where we sat late, and I do find that I shall meet with nothing to oppose my growing great in the office but Sir W. Pen (age 41), who is now well again, and comes into the office very brisk, and, I think, to get up his time that he has been out of the way by being mighty diligent at the office, which, I pray God, he may be, but I hope by mine to weary him out, for I am resolved to fall to business as hard as I can drive, God giving me health. At my office late, and so home to supper and to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th March 1664. Up and to the office, where, though I had a great cold, I was forced to speak much upon a publique meeting of the East India Company, at our office; where our own company was full, and there was also my Lord George Barkeley (age 36), in behalfe of the company of merchants (I suppose he is on that company), who, hearing my name, took notice of me, and condoled my cozen Edward Pepys's death, not knowing whose son I was, nor did demand it of me. We broke up without coming to any conclusion, for want of my Lord Marlborough (age 46).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th March 1665. Lord's Day. Up, and Mr. Burston bringing me by order my Lord's plates, which he has been making this week. I did take coach and to my Lord Sandwich's (age 39) and dined with my Lord; it being the first time he hath dined at home since his coming from sea: and a pretty odd demand it was of my Lord to my Lady before me: "How do you, sweetheart? How have you done all this week?" himself taking notice of it to me, that he had hardly seen her the week before. At dinner he did use me with the greatest solemnity in the world, in carving for me, and nobody else, and calling often to my Lady to cut for me; and all the respect possible.
On 28th December 1694 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 32) died of smallpox shortly after midnight at Kensington Palace. Her body lay in state at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 5th March 1695 she was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Tenison (age 58) preached the sermon.
She had reigned for five years. Her husband King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 44) continued to reign for a further eight years.
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th March 1695. I went to see the ceremony. Never was so universal a mourning; all the Parliament men had cloaks given them, and four hundred poor women; all the streets hung and the middle of the street boarded and covered with black cloth. There were all the nobility, mayor, aldermen, judges, etc.
On 5th March 1706 Henry Newport 3rd Earl Bradford (age 23) was elected MP Bishop's Castle.
Minutes of the Society of Antiquaries. 5th March 1718. It was ordered by the Society that all Members to be admitted into the same, be balloted for, and that a Balloting Box be prepared for that purpose.
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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 March 1719 Adrian Scrope (age 7) died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
Adrian Scrope: On 20th May 1711 he was born to Gervase Scrope of Cockeringham and Elizabeth Cresswell.
On 5th March 1723 Mary Hanover was born to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 39) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 40).
On 5th March 1737 Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia (age 35) and Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia (age 25) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Sardinia. She the daughter of Leopold Duke of Lorraine and Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine (age 60). He the son of Victor Amadeus King Sardinia and Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia. They were half first cousins. He a great grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 5th March 1770 the Boston Massacre aka Incident on King Street describes an event in which nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles. The gunfire instantly killed three people and wounded eight others, two of whom later died of their wounds. Eight soldiers, one officer, and four civilians were arrested and charged with murder, and they were defended by future U.S. president John Adams. Six of the soldiers were acquitted; the other two were convicted of manslaughter and given reduced sentences. The two found guilty of manslaughter were sentenced to branding on their hand.
On 5th March 1783 Isabella Courtenay (age 17) died when her clothes caught fire.
‘she was so miserably burnt before any assistance could be procured, that she died at two o'clock next morning in the greatest agonies. No person was in the room when the melancholy accident happened except her sister, Lady Honywood (age 20), and her child, who were not capable of affording any assistance, the former falling into fits. The young lady, when her cloaths caught fire, ran out of the room, and from room to room, without meeting with any one to give her the least aid, until it was too late to overcome the flames. It is generally thought her immediate death, however, was owing to the fright.'
On 5th March 1811 the Battle of Barrosa aka Chichlana was fought. During the battle, a single British division defeated two French divisions and captured a regimental eagle.
Hugh Gough 1st Viscount Gough (age 31) fought.
Births on the 5th March
On 5th March 1133 King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England was born to Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy (age 19) and Empress Matilda (age 31) at Le Mans [Map]. He a grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 5th March 1147 Henry Burgundy was born to Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 37) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal (age 22).
On 5th March 1324 twins King David II of Scotland and John Bruce were born to King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland (age 49) and Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland (age 40) at Dunfermline Abbey [Map].
On 5th March 1326 Louis I King Hungary King Poland was born to Charles I King Hungary (age 38) and Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary.
On 5th March 1364 William Jülich 3rd Duke Guelders 3rd Duke Jülich was born to William Jülich I Duke Jülich (age 37) and Marie Guelders Duchess Jülich.
On 5th March 1451 William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon was born to William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 28) and Anne Devereux (age 21).
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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 March 1574 Frederick IV Elector Palatine was born to Louis VI Elector Palatine (age 34).
On 5th March 1585 John George Wettin Elector Saxony was born to Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony (age 24).
On 5th March 1607 Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan was born to Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Cardigan (age 24) and Mary Tresham Countess Cardigan.
On 5th March 1629 Philip Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 41) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 33).
On 5th March 1655 James Reade 2nd Baronet was born to John Reade 1st Baronet (age 39) and Susanna Style Lady Reade. He was baptised on 10th March 1655 at St Elthreda's Church, Bishop's Hatfield.
On 5th March 1692 John Shelley 4th Baronet was born to John Shelley 3rd Baronet (age 30) and Mary Gage Lady Shelley.
On 5th March 1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was born.
On 27th February 1705 Christian Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 28) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha. He died of smallpox on 5th March 1705 at Gotha.
On 5th March 1711 Carl Gustaf Pilo was born.
On 5th March 1713 James Hervey was born to John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol (age 47) and (age 36).
On 5th March 1713 twins Edward and Frederick were born to Charles Cornwallis 4th Baron Cornwallis (age 38) and Charlotte Butler Baroness Cornwallis (age 34).
On 5th March 1723 Mary Hanover was born to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 39) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 40).
On 5th March 1761 George Richard St John 4th Viscount St John 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke was born to Frederick St John 3rd Viscount St John 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke (age 28) and Diana Spencer Viscountess St John and Bolingbroke (age 26).
On 5th March 1763 Thomas Whichcote 5th Baronet was born to Christopher Whichcote 4th Baronet (age 25).
On 5th March 1787 Mary Montgomerie Lady Lamb was born to Archibald Montgomerie 11th Earl Eglinton (age 60) and Frances Twysden (age 24).
On 5th March 1801 Henry Dymoke 1st Baronet was born to Reverend John Dymoke (age 37).
On 5th March 1814 James Kenneth Howard was born to Thomas Howard 16th Earl Suffolk 9th Earl Berkshire (age 37) and Elizabeth Jane Dutton Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 39).
On 5th March 1825 Blanche Mary Harriet Gascoyne-Cecil was born to James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury (age 33) and Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury (age 19).
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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 March 1827 Louisa Caroline Stewart Baroness Ashburton was born to James Alexander Stewart (age 42) in Seaforth Lodge, Stornaway, Isle of Lewis.
On 5th March 1835 Captain Augustus Henry Archibald Anson VC was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield (age 39) and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield (age 35).
On 5th March 1835 Courtenay Honywood 7th Baronet was born to John Edward Honywood 6th Baronet (age 22).
On 5th March 1844 Berkeley Charles Sydney Paget was born to Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey (age 46) and Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey.
On 5th March 1847 Charles Gordon 11th Marquess Huntly was born to Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 55) and Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 26).
On 5th March 1847 Robert Bermingham Clements 4th Earl of Leitrim was born to Francis Nathaniel Clements (age 35).
On 5th March 1851 Commander Conyngham Denison was born to Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough (age 45) and Ursula Lucy Grace Bridgeman (age 27).
On 5th March 1868 Frederick Curzon was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe (age 46) and Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe (age 36).
On 5th March 1873 James Dutton 6th Baron Sherborne was born to Charles Dutton (age 30) at Fatchgarn.
On 5th March 1886 Florence Wilhelmina Lidiard "Kitty" Apps Lady Blake was born.
On 5th March 1891 Winifred Mordaunt was born to Charles Mordaunt 10th Baronet (age 54) and Mary Louisa Cholmondeley Lady Massingham Parva (age 39).
On 5th March 1899 Major John Joseph Stourton of Miniature Hall in Sussex was born to Charles Botolph Joseph Stourton 21st Baron Stourton 23rd Baron Segrave 22nd Baron Mowbray (age 31) and Mary Constable Baroness Stourton, Segrave and Mowbray (age 28).
On 5th March 1901 Alexander William Fuller-Acland-Hood 6th and 8th Baronet was born to William Fuller-Acland-Hood (age 32).
On 5th March 1906 Katherine "Kitty" Kinloch Baroness Brownlow was born to Brigadier David Alexander Kinloch 11th Baronet (age 50).
On 5th March 1932 Carolyn Mary Wynyard Hardinge was born to Caryl Nicholas Hardinge 4th Viscount Hardinge (age 26).
On 5th March 1940 Henrietta Joan Tiarks Duchess Bedford was born.
On 5th March 1955 William Cooper 6th Baronet was born to Charles Cooper 5th Baronet (age 48).
On 5th March 1963 Michael George Edward Shiffner 9th Baronet was born to George Frederick Shiffner (age 26).
Marriages on the 5th March
On 5th March 1599 Roger Manners 5th Earl of Rutland (age 22) and Elizabeth Sidney Countess Rutland (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess of Rutland. Childless, unhappy and possibly not consummated. She the daughter of Philip Sidney and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 32). He the son of John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland.
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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 March 1737 Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia (age 35) and Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia (age 25) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Sardinia. She the daughter of Leopold Duke of Lorraine and Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine (age 60). He the son of Victor Amadeus King Sardinia and Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia. They were half first cousins. He a great grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 5th March 1740 Thomas Pakenham 1st Baron Longford (age 26) and Elizabeth Cuffe 1st Countess Longford (age 20) were married.
On 5th March 1752 George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry (age 29) and Maria Gunning Countess Coventry (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Coventry. He the son of William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry.
On 5th March 1818 George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford (age 28) and Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford (age 27) were married. He the son of Orlando Bridgeman 1st Earl Bradford (age 55) and Lucy Elizabeth Byng Countess Bradford (age 51).
On 5th March 1887 William Frend De Morgan (age 47) and Evelyn de Morgan aka Mary Evelyn Pickering (age 31) were married.
Deaths on the 5th March
On 5th March 1473 Jean V Count Armagnac (age 53) died. His brother Charles (age 48) succeeded I Count Armagnac.
On 5th March 1588 Henri Bourbon Condé Prince Condé (age 35) died.
On 5th March 1607 Oliver Plunkett 4th Baron Louth died. His son Matthew succeeded 5th Baron Louth.
On 5th March 1664 Wentworth Fitzgerald 17th Earl of Kildare (age 30) died. His son John (age 3) succeeded 18th Earl Kildare.
On 5th March 1675 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester (age 77) died. His son Charles (age 45) succeeded 6th Marquess Winchester, 6th Earl Wiltshire, 6th Baron St John. Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
On 5th March 1681 Jonathan Trelawny 2nd Baronet (age 58) died. His son Jonathan (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baronet Trelawny of Trelawny in Cornwall.
On 28th December 1694 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 32) died of smallpox shortly after midnight at Kensington Palace. Her body lay in state at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 5th March 1695 she was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Tenison (age 58) preached the sermon.
She had reigned for five years. Her husband King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 44) continued to reign for a further eight years.
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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 March 1701 Richard Coote 1st Earl Bellomont (age 65) died. His son Nanfan (age 20) succeeded 2nd Earl Bellomont.
On 5th March 1706 John Dillington 4th Baronet (age 41) died. His half brother Tristram (age 28) succeeded 5th Baronet Dillington of Knighton, Isle of Wight in Hampshire.
On 5th March 1710 John Holt (age 67) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Redgrave. His grey and white marble monument, with some gilt, and was made by Thomas Green of Camberwell (age 51). In the centre of the monument is the seated effigy of a judge, flanked by statues representing personifications of Justice and Vigilance, all contained in an elaborately carved aedicule.
On 5th March 1726 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 71) died. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His grandson Evelyn (age 15) succeeded 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull, 2nd Marquess Dorchester, 6th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 6th Viscount Newark, 6th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
On 5th March 1737 Justinian Isham 5th Baronet (age 49) died without issue. His brother Edmund (age 46) succeeded 6th Baronet Isham of Lamport in Northamptonshire.
On 5th March 1795 Patrick Bellew 5th Baronet (age 60) died. His son Edward (age 35) succeeded 6th Baronet Bellew of Barmeath in Louth.
On 5th March 1813 Anne Frankland Countess Chichester (age 78) died.
On 5th March 1813 Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon (age 40) died at Shooter's Hill, Greenwich [Map].
On 5th March 1813 Henry Vavasour 1st Baronet (age 73) died. His son Henry (age 45) succeeded 2nd Baronet Vavasour of Spaldington.
On 5th March 1815 Stephen Richard Glynne 8th Baronet (age 34) died in Nice, France. His son Stephen (age 7) succeeded 9th Baronet Glynne of Bicester aka Bisseter in Oxfordshire.
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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 March 1830 Augusta Murray Duchess Sussex (age 62) died at Ramsgate, Kent.
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