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On this Day in History ... 5th May

05 May is in May.

1010 Battle of Ringmere

1388 Merciless Parliament

1450 Murder of William de la Pole

1471 Battle of Tewkesbury

1535 Execution of the Carthusians

1535 Execution of Bishop Fisher and Thomas More

1536 Imprisonment of Anne Boleyn

1536 Trial of Anne and George Boleyn

1605 Christening of Princess Mary Stuart

1640 Short Parliament

1760 Trial and Execution of Earl Ferrers

1857 Battle of Inkerman

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 5th May

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 05 May 1010. This year came the aforesaid army, after Easter, into East Anglia; and went up at Ipswich, Suffolk [Map], marching continually till they came where they understood Ulfcytel was with his army. This was on the day called the first of the Ascension of our Lord. The East-Angles soon fled. Cambridgeshire stood firm against them. There was slain Athelstan, the king's relative, and Oswy, and his son, and Wulfric, son of Leofwin, and Edwy, brother of Efy, and many other good thanes, and a multitude of the people. Thurkytel Myrehead first began the flight; and the Danes remained masters of the field of slaughter. There were they horsed; and afterwards took possession of East-Anglia, where they plundered and burned three months; and then proceeded further into the wild fens, slaying both men and cattle, and burning throughout the fens. Thetford, Norfolk [Map] also they burned, and Cambridge [Map]; and afterwards went back southward into the Thames; and the horsemen rode towards the ships.

On 05 May 1210 Alfonso III King Portugal was born to Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal (age 25) and Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal (age 22). He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1288 Charles I King Hungary was born to Charles Martel King Hungary (age 16) and Clementia Habsburg (age 26). On 05 May 1309 Charles I King Hungary succeeded I King Hungary.

On 05 May 1309 Charles II King Naples (age 55) died. His son Charles Martel King Hungary succeeded King Naples.

On 03 Feb 1388 the Merciless Parliament commenced. It ended on 04 Jun 1388. Its primary function was to prosecute members of the Court of King Richard II of England (age 21). The term "Merciless" is contemporary having been coined by the chronicler Henry Knighton.

Michael de la Pole 1st Earl Suffolk (age 58) was sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered in his absence. He had escaped to France.

Archbishop Alexander Neville (age 47) was found guilty of treason and it was determined to imprison him for life in Rochester Castle, Kent [Map]. He fled to Louvain [Map] where he became a parish priest for the remainder of his life.

On 19 Feb 1388 Robert Tresilian was hanged naked and his throat cut. See Chronicle of Adam of Usk.

On 25 Mar 1388 Nicholas Brembre was hanged. He was buried at Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map].

On 05 May 1388 Simon Burley (age 48) was executed despite the protestations of his friend Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York (age 46). See Chronicle of Adam of Usk.

On 12 May 1388 John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp (age 69) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at Worcester Cathedral [Map]. Baron Beauchamp of Kidderminster forfeit.

Robert de Vere 1st Duke Ireland (age 26) was attainted.

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On 05 May 1436 John Grey (age 49) was appointed 151st Knight of the Garter by King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 14).

Paston Letters V1 120 William Lomner to John Paston. 05 May 1450.

William Lomner to John Paston (age 28)1

RIGHT worchipfull sir, I recomaunde me to yow, and am right sory of that I shalle sey, and have soo wesshe this litel bille with sorwfulle terys, that on ethes ye shalle reede it.

As on Monday2 nexte after May day there come tydyngs to London, that on Thorsday3 before the Duke of Suffolk (deceased) come unto the costes of Kent full nere Dower with his ij shepes and a litel spynner; the qweche spynner he sente with certeyn letters to certeyn of his trustid men unto Caleys warde, to knowe howe he shuld be resceyvyd; and with hym mette a shippe callyd Nicolas of the Towre, with other shippis waytyng on hym, and by hem that were in the spyner, the maister of the Nicolas hadde knowlich of the dukes comyng. And whanne he espyed the dukes shepis, he sent forthe his bote to wete what they were, and the duke hym selfe spakke to hem, and seyd, he was be the Kyngs comaundement sent to Caleys ward, &c.

And they seyd he most speke with here master. And soo he, with ij or iij of his men, wente forth with hem yn here bote to the Nicolas; and whanne he come, the master badde hym, 'Welcom, Traitor,' as men sey; and forther the maister desyryd to wete yf the shepmen woldde holde with the duke, and they sent word they wold not yn noo wyse; and soo he was on the Nicolas tyl Saturday4 next folwyng.

Note 1. [From Fenn, i. 38.] The date of this letter is perfectly determined by the events to which it relates.

Note 2. 4th May.

Note 3. 30th April.

Note 4. 2nd May.

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On 05 May 1471 those captured at the Battle of Tewkesbury were tried in the Market Square Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [Map] by John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 46) and the Duke of Gloucester (age 18): Edmund Beaufort 3rd Duke of Somerset (age 32), Hugh Courtenay (age 44), Gervase Clifton (age 66), Thomas Tresham (age 51) and Humphrey Tuchet (age 37).

From 05 May 1492 to 13 Feb 1494 Bishop John Blythe (age 32) was appointed Master of the Rolls.

Letters and Papers 1535. 05 May 1535. 666. It is commonly reported that the King has summoned the Bishop of Rochester (age 65), Master Mur (age 57), a doctor who was lately his confessor, a chaplain of the Queen, and schoolmaster of the Princess1, to swear to the statutes made here against the Pope, the Queen, and Princess, otherwise they would be treated no better than the said monks, six weeks being given to them to consider the matter. They have replied that they were ready to suffer what martyrdom pleased the King, and that they would not change their opinion in six weeks, or even in 600 years if they lived so long; and many fear they will be despatched like the aforesaid.

Note 1. Richard Fetherston.

Letters and Papers 1535. 05 May 1535. 666. And it is to be feared that if the King is getting so inured to cruelty he will use it towards the Queen and Princess, at least in secret; to which the concubine (age 34) will urge him with all her power, who has lately several times blamed the said King, saying it was a shame to him and all the realm that they were not punished as traitresses according to the statutes. The said concubine is more haughty than ever, and ventures to tell the King that he is more bound to her than man can be to woman, for she extricated him from a state of sin; and moreover, that he came out of it the richest Prince that ever was in England, and that without her he would not have reformed the Church, to his own great profit and that of all the people. Some time ago the Queen suspected that foul dealing had been used towards the Princess, as appears by a letter which she caused to be written to me, and which I send to Granvelle.

Letters and Papers 1535. 05 May 1535. 666. The enormity of the case, and the confirmation it gives of the hopelessness of expecting the King to repent, compels me to write to your Majesty that yesterday there were dragged through the length of this city three Carthusians and a Bridgettine monk, all men of good character and learning, and cruelly put to death at the place of execution, only for having maintained that the Pope was the true Head of the universal Church, and that the King had no right in reason or conscience to usurp the sovereign authority over the clergy of this country. This they had declared to Cromwell, of their free will, about three weeks ago, in discharge of their own consciences and that of the King; and on Cromwell pointing out the danger, and advising them to reconsider it before the matter went further, they replied they would rather die a hundred times than vary. Eight days ago the duke of Norfolk sat in judgment on them, as the King's representative, assisted by the Chancellor and Cromwell, and the ordinary judges of the realm, and the knights of the Garter who had been at the feast (solempnite) of St. George. The monks maintained their cause most virtuously. No one being able to conquer them in argument, they were at last told that the statute being passed they could not dispute it, and that if they would not alter their language they were remanded till next day to hear their sentence. Next day, in the same presence, they were strongly exhorted to recant, and after a long discussion they were sentenced by lay judges and declared guilty of treason. Nothing was said about degrading them, or changing their habits. And the same fate has overtaken a priest for having spoken and written concerning the life and government of this King. It is altogether a new thing that the dukes of Richmond and Norfolk, the earl of Wiltshire, his son, and other lords and courtiers, were present at the said execution, quite near the sufferers. People say that the King himself would have liked to see the butchery; which is very probable, seeing that nearly all the Court, even those of the Privy Chamber, were there— his principal chamberlain, Norres, bringing with him 40 horses; and it is thought that he was of the number of five who came thither accoutred and mounted like Borderers (accoustrez et monstez comme ceulx des frontieres descosse), who were armed secretly, with vizors (?) before their faces, of which that of the duke of Norfolk's brother got detached, which has caused a great stir (que esbranle grandemen laffairez), together with the fact that while the five thus habited (vestuz et bouchez) were speaking all those of the Court dislodged.

Letters 1536. 05 May 1536. 908. Chapuys (age 46) to Charles V.

Three days after the Concubine's imprisonment the Princess removed, and was honorably accompanied both by the servants of the Little Bastard (age 2) and by several gentlemen who came of their own accord. Many of her old servants and maids upon these news went to her, and although her gouvernante (age 60) allowed them to remain, she was warned by me not to accept or retain anyone but those given her by the King her father. What I most fear as regards her is, that when the King is asked by Parliament to restore her to her rights, he will refuse his consent unless the Princess first swears to the statutes invalidating the first marriage and the Pope's authority. To this, I think, she will not easily yield, although I should advise her to acquiesce in everything as far as she can without prejudice to her conscience and her own rights. Desires to know the Emperor's opinion.

Letters 1536. Around 05 May 1536. Otho, C. x. 222. B. M. Singer's Cavendish, ii. 220. Ellis, I. Ser. ii. 56. 798. Sir William Kyngston (age 60) to Cromwell.

"After your departynge yesterday Greneway, gentelman yssher, cam to .... Mr. Caro and Master Bryan commaunded hym in the Kynges name to my .... Ratchfort (age 33) from my Lady hys wyf (age 31) and the message was now more .... se how he dyd and also she wold humly sut unto the Kynges hy[nes] .... for hyr husband, and so he gaf hyr thankes and desyred me to kno .... tyme he shuld cum affore the Kynges consell, for I thynk I .... cum forthe tylle I cum to my jogement, wepynge very .... I departed from hym, and when I cam to the chambre the .... of me and sent for me, and sayd, I here say my Lord my .... here; it ys trowth, sayd I. I am very glad, sayd s[he] .... bothe be so ny to gether, and I showed hyr here was .... Weston (age 25) and Brerton, and she made very gud contenans .... I also sayd Mr. Page and Wyet (age 15) wase mo then she sayd he ha .... one hys fyst tother day and ys here now bot ma .... I shalle desyre you to bayre a letter from me .... [to Master] Secretory. And then I sayd, Madam, telle it me by [word of mouth, and I] wille do it. And so gaf me thankes, sayinge I ha[ve much marvel] that the Kynges conselle commes not to me and thys .... [she] sayd we shuld have now rayne tyll she ware [delivered out] of the Towre. I pray you it may be shortly, by [cause, said I, of the] fayre wether; you know what I mayne. The Que[ne said unto me that same] nyght that the Kyng wyst what he dyd w[hen he put such] ij. abowt hyr as my Lady Boleyn and Mestres [Cofyn; for] [Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin (age 36)] thay cowd tell her now thynge of my [Lord her father (age 59), nor] nothynge ellys, bot she defyed them alle. [But then upon this my Lady Boleyn (age 35)] sayd to hyr, Seche desyre as you have h[ad to such tales] hase browthe you to thys, and then sayd [Mrs. Stoner, Mark (age 24)] ys the worst cherysshe of hony m[an in the house, for he w]ayres yernes. She sayd that was [because he was no gen]telman; bot he wase never in [my chamber but at Winchester, and there] she sent for hym to pl[ay on the virginals, for there my] logynge wa[s above the King's] .... for I never spake with hym syns bot upon Saterday before Mayday; and then I fond hym standyng in the ronde wyndo in my chambre of presens. And I asked why he wase so sad, and he ansured and sayd it was now mater; and then she sayd, You may not loke to have me speke to you as I shuld do to a nobulle man by cause you be an inferor [pe]rson. No, no, madam, a loke sufficed me, and thus fare you welle. [Sh]e hathe asked my wyf whether hony body makes thayr beddes, [and m]y wyf (age 60) ansured and sayd, Nay, I warant you; then she say[d tha]y myght make balettes well now, bot ther ys non bot .... de that can do it. Yese, sayd my wyf, Master Wyett by .... sayd trew .... my Lorde my broder wille dy .... ne I am sure thys was as .... tt downe to dener thys day.

William Kyngston.

Letters 1536. Around 05 May 1536. Otho, C. x. 209 b. B. M. Singer's Cavendish, ii. 225. Ellis, 1 Ser. ii. 61. 799. Sir Edward Baynton (age 44) to Mr. Treasurer (age 46) [Fitzwilliam?].

There is much communication that no man will confess anything against her, but only Marke (age 24) of any actual thing. It would, in my foolish conceit, much touch the King's honor if it should no further appear. I cannot believe but that the other two are as f[ully] culpable as he, but they keep each other's counsel. I think much of the communication which took place on the last occasion between the Queen (age 35) and Master Norres (age 54). Mr. Almoner [told] me that I might speak with Mr. S[ecretary] and you, and more plainly express my opinion in case they have confessed "like wret .... all things as they should do than my n .... at a point." I have mused much at [the conduct] of Mrs. Margery, who hath used her[self] strangely toward me of late, being her friend as I have been. There has been great friendship of late between the Queen and her. I hear further that the Queen standeth stiffly in her opinion, that she wi[ll not be convicted], which I think is in the trust that she [hath in the o]ther two. I will gladly wait upon you. Greenwich, .... morning. Signed.

Mutilated.

Diary of Edward VI. 05 May 1550. The marquis du Means (age 31) departid into Scoteland3 with mons. de Brisay, to comfort the quen of the death of the duc of Guise.

Note 3. On the 1st of May, "Upon request being made to the counsaill by the marques du Mayne, that, being one of the hostaiges for the first payment of the Frenche, he might neverthelesse, without retorning to Calays, immediately passe hense into Scotland, affirming it to be the Frencli king's pleasure, It was agreed that, being a nobleman and in singler favor with the King his maister, it was necessarie to gratifie him; and so ordre was taken for his entertaignment by the way, and lettres written both to th'erle of Shrewsbury (age 50) and also to sir Robert Bowes (age 58), wardeignes of the marches, to receave him according to his estate. And hereupon a lettre to sir John Wallop (age 60), sir Morrice Dennys (age 42), and sir William Sherrington (age 55), signifieng unto them the hole case, and willing them to declare the same unto mouns' de la Rochepote to knowe his opinion, to th'entent that if he misliked the marquess proceeding, ordre may be taken for the stale of him, to be retorned unto Calays according to the treatie, if the case so require.

"And likewise a speciall lettre from the lord privie scale and the lord Paget to Mouns' de la Rochepote of the same effect."

The letter addressed by the lords on this occasion (May 2) to the earl of Shrewsbury, lord president of the North, is printed in Lodge's Illustrations of Brit. History, i. 137.

"May iiij. A warraunt to (blank) to deliver to Eichard Shelley and [Thomas] Stukeley c li. towards their charges in accompanying the marques du Mayne into Scotlande."

"May xxxi. A warraunt to deliver to William Aman, one of the groomes of the chambre, xx li. for his charges and diligence used in conveighing the marques du Mayne with his traine Northwards."

"June xiij. A warrant to the First-fruicts to deliver John Keyme x li. by him paid to Thomas Stukeley towards charges in conducting the marques du Mayne homewards."

"June xxiij. A warraunt to (blank) to pay to Richard Shelley Ix li. towardes his charges as well in conveying the marques du Maine into Scotlande and backe again, as also in taking the musters of straungers in divers places." (Council Book.)

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On 05 May 1576 Nicholas Hilliard (age 29) was given the monopoly on producing miniatures and engravings of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 9) by the King.

On 05 May 1605 Princess Mary Stewart was christened at the Palace of Placentia [Map]. Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby (age 29) carried the child. The infant's clothing, a train of purple velvet, embroidered with gold and furred with Ermines, was supported by two countesses, being so long that it fell to the ground. Richard Bancroft Archibishop Canterbury (age 60) performed the christening. The Queen's (age 30) brother Prince Ulrik Oldenburg (age 26), the King's (age 38) first cousin Arabella Stewart (age 30) and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 41) were godparents. The King presented Queen Anne (who was not present) with new jewelry.

John Evelyn's Diary. 11 Apr 1640. I went to London to see the solemnity of his Majesty's (age 39) riding through the city in state to the Short Parliament, which began the 13th following,-a very glorious and magnificent sight, the King circled with his royal diadem and the affections of his people: but the day after I returned to Wotton, Surrey [Map] again, where I stayed, my father's (age 53) indisposition suffering great intervals, till April 27th, when I was sent to London to be first resident at the Middle Temple: so as my being at the University, in regard of these avocations, was of very small benefit to me. Upon May the 5th following, was the Parliament unhappily dissolved; and, on the 20th I returned with my brother George to Wotton, Surrey [Map], who, on the 28th of the same month, was married at Albury to Mrs. Caldwell (an heiress of an ancient Leicestershire family, where part of the nuptials were celebrated).

On 05 May 1640 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 39) dissolved the Short Parliament.

On 05 May 1643 Charles Leke was killed at Lansdown Hill, Bath.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 05 May 1663. Up betimes and to my office, and there busy all the morning, among other things walked a good while up and down with Sir J. Minnes (age 64), he telling many old stories of the Navy, and of the state of the Navy at the beginning of the late troubles, and I am troubled at my heart to think, and shall hereafter cease to wonder, at the bad success of the King's cause, when such a knave as he (if it be true what he says) had the whole management of the fleet, and the design of putting out of my Lord Warwick, and carrying the fleet to the King (age 32), wherein he failed most fatally to the King's ruin.

John Evelyn's Diary. 05 May 1664. Went with some company a journey of pleasure on the water, in a barge, with music, and at Mortlake had a great banquet, returning late. The occasion was, Sir Robert Carr (age 27) now courting Mrs. Bennett, sister to the Secretary of State (age 46).

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 05 May 1665. After dinner to Mr. Evelyn's (age 44); he being abroad, we walked in his garden, and a lovely noble ground he hath indeed. And among other rarities, a hive of bees, so as being hived in glass, you may see the bees making their honey and combs mighty pleasantly.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 05 May 1665. Up betimes, and by water to Westminster, there to speak the first time with Sir Robert Long (age 65), to give him my Privy Seal and my Lord Treasurer's (age 58) order for Tangier Tallys; he received me kindly enough.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 05 May 1667. We talked of Tangier, of which he is ashamed; also that it should put the King (age 36) to this charge for no good in the world: and now a man going over that is a good soldier, but a debauched man, which the place need not to have. And so used these words: "That this place was to the King as my Lord Carnarvon (age 34) says of wood, that it is an excrescence of the earth provided by God for the payment of debts".

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 05 May 1668. At noon home to dinner and Creed with me, and after dinner he and I to the Duke of York's playhouse; and there coming late, he and I up to the balcony-box, where we find my Baroness Castlemayne (age 27) and several great ladies; and there we sat with them, and I saw "The Impertinents" once more, now three times, and the three only days it hath been acted. And to see the folly how the house do this day cry up the play more than yesterday! and I for that reason like it, I find, the better, too; by Sir Positive At-all, I understand, is meant Sir Robert Howard (age 42). My Lady [Castlemaine] pretty well pleased with it; but here I sat close to her fine woman, Willson, who indeed is very handsome, but, they say, with child by the King (age 37). I asked, and she told me this was the first time her Lady had seen it, I having a mind to say something to her. One thing of familiarity I observed in my Baroness Castlemayne: she called to one of her women, another that sat by this, for a little patch off her face, and put it into her mouth and wetted it, and so clapped it upon her own by the side of her mouth, I suppose she feeling a pimple rising there.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 05 May 1669. Up, and thought to have gone with Lord Brouncker (age 49) to Mr. Hooke (age 33) this morning betimes; but my Lord is taken ill of the gout, and says his new lodgings have infected him, he never having had any symptoms of it till now. So walked to Gresham College, to tell Hooke that my Lord could not come; and so left word, he being abroad, and I to St. James's, and thence, with the Duke of York (age 35), to White Hall, where the Board waited on him all the morning: and so at noon with Sir Thomas Allen (age 36), and Sir Edward Scott, and Lord Carlingford (age 66), to the Spanish Embassador's, where I dined the first time. The Olio not so good as Sheres's. There was at the table himself and a Spanish Countess, a good, comely, and witty lady-three Fathers and us. Discourse good and pleasant. And here was an Oxford scholar in a Doctor of Law's gowne, sent from the College where the Embassador lay, when the Court was there, to salute him before his return to Spain: This man, though a gentle sort of scholar, yet sat like a fool for want of French or Spanish, but [knew] only Latin, which he spoke like an Englishman to one of the Fathers. And by and by he and I to talk, and the company very merry at my defending Cambridge against Oxford: and I made much use of my French and Spanish here, to my great content. But the dinner not extraordinary at all, either for quantity or quality.

John Evelyn's Diary. 05 May 1681. Came to dine with me Sir William Fermor (age 32), of Northamptonshire, and Sir Christopher Wren (age 57), his Majesty's (age 50) architect and surveyor, now building the Cathedral of St. Paul [Map], and the column [Map] in memory of the city's conflagration, and was in hand with the building of fifty parish churches. A wonderful genius had this incomparable person.

John Evelyn's Diary. 05 May 1686. There being a Seale It was fear'd we should be requir'd to passe a doquett dispensing with Dr Obadiah Walker (age 70) and four more, whereof one was an apostate curate of Putney, ye others officers of University College, Oxford, to hold their masterships, fellowships, and cures, and keepe publiq schooles, and enjoy all former emoluments, notwithstanding they no more frequented or us'd the public formes of prayers or communion with ye Church of England, or took yc test and oathes of allegiance and supremacy, contrary to 20 Acts of Parliament; which dispensation being also contrary to his Ma*'s (age 52) owne gracious declaration at ye beginning of his reigne, gave umbrage (as well it might) to every good Protestant, nor could we safely have pass'd it under the Privy Seale, wherefore it was done by immediate warrant, sign'd by Mr. Solicitor. This Walker was a learned person, of a monkish life, to whose tuition I had more than 30 yeares since recommended the sonns of my worthy friend Mr. Hyldyard of Horsly in Surrey, believing him to be far from what he prov'd, an hypocritical conceal'd Papist, by wch he perverted the eldest sonn of Mr. Hyldyard, Sr Edwd Hale's (age 41) eldest sonn, and severall more, to the greate disturbance of the whole Nation, as well as of the University, as by his now publiq defection appear'd. All engines being now at work to bring in Popery, wch God in mercy prevent ! This day was burnt in the old Exchange, by the common hangman, a translation of a booke written by ye famous Monsr Claude, relating onely matters of fact concerning the horrid massacres and barbarous proceedings of ye French King (age 47) against his Protestant subjects, without any refutation of any facts therein; so mighty a power and ascendant here had the French Ambass', who was doubtlesse in greate indignation at the pious and truly generous charity of all the Nation, for ye reliefe of those miserable sufferers who came over for shelter. About this time also the Duke of Savoy (age 19), instigated by ye French King to extirpate the Protestants of Piedmont, slew many thousands of those innocent people, so that there seem'd to be an universal designe to destroy all that would not go to masse, throughout Europe. Quod avertat D. O. M ! No faith in Princes!

John Evelyn's Diary. 05 May 1695. I came to Deptford, Kent [Map] from Wotton, Surrey [Map], in order to the first meeting of the Commissioners for endowing an hospital [Map] for seamen at Greenwich; it was at the Guildhall [Map], London. Present, the Archbishop of Canterbury (age 58), Lord Keeper, Lord Privy Seal, Lord Godolphin (age 49), Duke of Shrewsbury (age 34), Duke of Leeds (age 63), Earls of Dorset (age 52) and Monmouth (age 37), Commissioners of the Admiralty and Navy, Sir Robert Clayton, Sir Christopher Wren (age 71), and several more. The Commission was read by Mr. Lowndes, Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, Surveyor-General.

On 05 May 1695 Daniel Brevint (age 78) died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].

Daniel Brevint: On or before 11 May 1616 he was born. He was baptised 11 May 1616. In Dec 1660 he was appointed Rector of St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth. On 07 Jan 1682 he was appointed Dean of Lincoln which position he held for life. Before 05 May 1695 he and Anne Carteret were married.

On 05 May 1705 Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 64) died. His son Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor (age 26) succeeded I Holy Roman Emperor.

On 05 May 1713 Charlotte Albertine Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia (age 24) and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 26). She a granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 8.31%.

On 05 May 1760 Laurence Shirley 4th Earl Ferrers (age 39) was hanged at Tyburn [Map] (the last peer to be hanged) for having shot his old family steward. His estates and titles were forfeit however.

On 19 Aug 1769 Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote (age 36) died. On 05 May 1772 Bridget White Lady Heathcote (age 64) died. Monument to in St Mary's Church, Edith Weston, Rutlandshire [Map].

Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote: On 23 Mar 1733 she was born to Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke. On 22 Jun 1749 Gilbert Heathcote 3rd Baronet and she were married. She the daughter of Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.

Bridget White Lady Heathcote: In 1705 she was born to Thomas White of Walling Wells in Nottinghamshire. In 1720 John Heathcote 2nd Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Heathcote of London.

On 05 May 1831 Admiral Joseph Sydney Yorke (age 62) drowned when the boat in which he was travelling was hit by lightning. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map].

Large grey marble panel with achievement of arms, descriptive tablet with naval trophies and emblems, and a female mourner, all in white marble.

On 05 May 1840 William Russell (age 72) was murdered.

The London Gazette 21997. War-Office, May 5, 1857.

The Queen (age 37) has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention to confer the Decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned Officers of Her Majesty's Army, who have been recommended to Her Majesty for that Decoration,—in accordance with the rules laid down in Her Majesty's Warrant of the 29th of January, 1856,—on account of acts of bravery performed by them before the Enemy during the late War, as recorded against their several names; viz.

Grenadier Guards. Colonel Hon. Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (age 37). Date of Act of Bravery, 5th November, 1854 [ at the Battle of Inkerman]

At a moment when the Guards were at some distance from the Sand Bag Battery, at the Battle of Inkerman, Colonel Percy charged singly into the battery, followed immediately by the Guards; the embrasures of the battery, as also the parapet, were held by the Russians, who kept up a most severe fire of musketry.

At the Battle of Inkerman Colonel Percy, found himself with many men of various regiments, who had charged too far, nearly surrounded by the Russians, and without ammunition. Colonel Percy, by his knowledge of ground, though wounded, extricated these men, and, passing under a heavy fire from the Russians then in the Sand Bag Battery, brought them safe to where ammunition was to be obtained, thereby saving some fifty men, and enabling them to renew the combat. He received the approval of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, for this action, on the spot.—Colonel Percy was engaged with, and put hors de combat, a Russian soldier.

The Diary of George Price Boyce 1865. 05 May 1865. Rossetti (age 36) sent for the study he gave me, a pencil head of Ellen Smith, said it was by inadvertence he had parted with it, as he particularly wished to dispose of it with other studies of the same picture (Bride in Song of Solomon) to the purchasers of the picture. He promised me good measure" in exchange. Dined at Mills' Coffee House. The beautiful Rafiaelesque girl has left—the waiter thinks for Australia. Alas!

On 05 May 1957 Robert Grosvenor 5th Baron Ebury (age 43) died in a car accident at Prescott, Gloucestershire whilst driving a Jaguar C-type. His son Francis Grosvenor 8th Earl Wilton (age 23) succeeded 6th Baron Ebury.

Births on the 5th May

On 05 May 1210 Alfonso III King Portugal was born to Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal (age 25) and Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal (age 22). He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1288 Charles I King Hungary was born to Charles Martel King Hungary (age 16) and Clementia Habsburg (age 26). On 05 May 1309 Charles I King Hungary succeeded I King Hungary.

On 05 May 1675 Philadelphia Lynch Lady Cotton was born to Thomas Lynch.

On 05 May 1705 John Campbell 4th Earl Loudon was born to Hugh Campbell 3rd Earl Loudon (age 30).

On 05 May 1707 Frances Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 56) and Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 26).

On 05 May 1713 Charlotte Albertine Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia (age 24) and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 26). She a granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 8.31%.

On 05 May 1728 John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland was born to Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland (age 27) and Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland.

On 05 May 1750 Jane Elizabeth Leslie 12th Countess of Rothes was born to John Leslie 10th Earl Rothes (age 52) and Hannah Cole Countess Rothes.

On 05 May 1771 Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg was born.

On 05 May 1782 Edward Richard Stewart was born to John Stewart 7th Earl Galloway (age 46) and Anne Dashwood Countess Galloway (age 39).

On 05 May 1786 Clementina Sarah Drummond Baroness Gwydyr and Willoughby was born to James Drummond 11th Earl Perth (age 42) and Clementia Elphinstone Countess Perth (age 36).

On or before 05 May 1788, the date he was baptised at the Church of St Mary Magadalene, Mitford [Map], where his father was Curate, James Thomson was born to James Thomson.

On 05 May 1800 John Trollope 1st Baron Kesteven was born to John Trollope 6th Baronet (age 34) and Anne Thorold.

On 05 May 1809 Frederick Shelley 8th Baronet was born to John Shelley 6th Baronet (age 37).

On 05 May 1823 William Ogle 5th Baronet was born to Charles Ogle 2nd Baronet (age 47) and Letitia Burroughs (age 28).

On 05 May 1868 Susan Mary Keppel was born to William Keppel 7th Earl Albermarle (age 36) and Sophia Mary MacNab of Dundurn Castle (age 35).

On 05 May 1876 Dorothea Augusta Fitzclarence was born to William Fitzclarence 2nd Earl Munster (age 51) and Wilhelmina Kennedy-Erskine (age 45). She a great granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.

On 05 May 1894 Amy Gwendoline Gordon-Lennox was born to Charles Gordon-Lennox 8th Duke Richmond (age 23) and Hilda Madeline Brassey Duchess Richmond (age 21).

On 05 May 1897 Brograve Beauchamp 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Beauchamp 1st Baronet (age 48).

On 05 May 1958 Amanda Elizabeth Souter was born to Richard Souter 25th Baron Audley (age 43).

Marriages on the 5th May

On 05 May 1405 Reinald Jülich 4th Duke Guelders 3rd Duke Jülich (age 40) and Marie Harcourt Duchess Guelders were married. She by marriage Duchess Guelders, Duchess Guelders. She the daughter of John Harcourt VI Count Harcourt. He the son of William Jülich I Duke Jülich and Marie Guelders Duchess Jülich.

Before 05 May 1471 Humphrey Tuchet (age 37) and Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Dunster (age 41) were married. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 05 May 1583 Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar (age 21) and Sophie of Württemberg Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (age 19) were married. He the son of Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar and Dorothea Susanne Palatine Duchess Saxe Weimar.

Before 05 May 1587 Rowland Laugharne of St Brides (age 24) and Lettice Perrot Baroness Chichester (age 27) were married.

On 05 May 1589 Edward Carr 1st Baronet (age 46) and Catherine Bolle were married.

On 05 May 1629 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 41) and Mary Egioke Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.

On 05 May 1659 John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl (age 28) and Amelia Stanley Marchioness Atholl (age 26) were married. She the daughter of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 59). He the son of John Murray 1st Earl Atholl and Jean Campbell Countess Atholl. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 05 May 1776 David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 48) and Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

On 05 May 1778 Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Baronet (age 22) and Mary Palmer Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (age 18) were married. She by marriage Lady Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk.

On 05 May 1782 George Waldegrave 4th Earl Waldegrave (age 30) and Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave Countess Waldegrave (age 22) were married. She the daughter of James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 45). He the son of John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 64) and Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave (age 58). They were first cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 05 May 1794 George King 3rd Earl Kingston (age 23) and Helena Moore Countess Kingston (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Stephen Moore 1st Earl Mount Cashell and Helena Rawdon Countess Mount Cashell. He the son of Robert King 2nd Earl Kingston (age 40) and Caroline Fitzgerald.

On 05 May 1807 John Crewe 2nd Baron Crewe (age 35) and Henrietta Maria Anna Walker-Hungerford were married. She the heiress to a substantial fortune derived from her father's family's Barbados sugar plantations. They had three daughters and a son.

On 05 May 1825 Charles Brodrick (age 33) and Emma Stapleton were married.

On 05 May 1829 George Lewen Glyn 4th Baronet (age 24) and Henrietta Amelia Glyn Lady Glyn were married. They were first cousin once removed.

On 05 May 1829 Grenville Temple 10th Baronet (age 29) and Mary Baring (age 17) were married in Florence, Italy.

On 05 May 1868 Odo Russell 1st Baron Ampthill (age 39) and Emily Theresa Villiers Baroness Ampthill (age 25) were married. She the daughter of George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon (age 68) and Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon (age 58). He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 05 May 1927 Alexander Montagu 10th Duke of Manchester (age 24) and Nell Vere Stead Duchess Manchester (age 25) were married at Kimbolton Castle [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Manchester. They had two sons. He the son of William Montagu 9th Duke Manchester (age 50) and Helena Zimmerman (age 48).

Deaths on the 5th May

Before 05 May 1243 Hubert de Burgh Count Mortain 1st Earl Kent (age 73) died at Banstead, Surrey. He was buried at Blackfriars Church Holborn. Earl Kent extinct.

On 05 May 1309 Charles II King Naples (age 55) died. His son Charles Martel King Hungary succeeded King Naples.

On 05 May 1337 Margaret Mortimer Baroness Berkeley (age 33) died.

On 05 May 1356 John Sutton 2nd Baron Sutton (age 48) died. Baron Sutton of Holderness extinct.

On 03 Feb 1388 the Merciless Parliament commenced. It ended on 04 Jun 1388. Its primary function was to prosecute members of the Court of King Richard II of England (age 21). The term "Merciless" is contemporary having been coined by the chronicler Henry Knighton.

Michael de la Pole 1st Earl Suffolk (age 58) was sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered in his absence. He had escaped to France.

Archbishop Alexander Neville (age 47) was found guilty of treason and it was determined to imprison him for life in Rochester Castle, Kent [Map]. He fled to Louvain [Map] where he became a parish priest for the remainder of his life.

On 19 Feb 1388 Robert Tresilian was hanged naked and his throat cut. See Chronicle of Adam of Usk.

On 25 Mar 1388 Nicholas Brembre was hanged. He was buried at Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map].

On 05 May 1388 Simon Burley (age 48) was executed despite the protestations of his friend Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York (age 46). See Chronicle of Adam of Usk.

On 12 May 1388 John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp (age 69) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at Worcester Cathedral [Map]. Baron Beauchamp of Kidderminster forfeit.

Robert de Vere 1st Duke Ireland (age 26) was attainted.

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On 05 May 1389 Bishop John Gilbert died.

On 05 May 1400 Pedro Enríquez (age 45) died.

Around 05 May 1579 Elizabeth Strange Baroness De La Warr (age 55) died.

On 05 May 1637 William Petre 2nd Baron Petre (age 61) died. His son Robert Petre 3rd Baron Petre (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baron Petre.

On 05 May 1662 Mary Witham 1st Baronetess Bolles (age 82) died at Heath Old Hall. Her grandson William Jobson 2nd Baronet (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bolles then Jobson of Osberton.

On 05 May 1672 Samuel Cooper (age 63) died.

Before 05 May 1679 Robert Button 3rd Baronet (age 57) died. His brother John Button 4th Baronet (age 57) succeeded 4th Baronet Button of Alton in Wiltshire.

On 05 May 1691 Archbishop Thomas Lamplugh (age 76) died.

On 05 May 1705 Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 64) died. His son Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor (age 26) succeeded I Holy Roman Emperor.

On 05 May 1722 Mary Yate Lady Throckmorton (age 54) died.

On 27 Apr 1726 William Cann 3rd Baronet (age 32) died. He was buried on 05 May 1726 at St Mary's Churchy, Almonsbury [Map].

On 05 May 1742 Trevor Hill 1st Viscount Hillsborough (age 49) died.

On 05 May 1760 Laurence Shirley 4th Earl Ferrers (age 39) was hanged at Tyburn [Map] (the last peer to be hanged) for having shot his old family steward. His estates and titles were forfeit however.

On 19 Aug 1769 Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote (age 36) died. On 05 May 1772 Bridget White Lady Heathcote (age 64) died. Monument to in St Mary's Church, Edith Weston, Rutlandshire [Map].

Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote: On 23 Mar 1733 she was born to Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke. On 22 Jun 1749 Gilbert Heathcote 3rd Baronet and she were married. She the daughter of Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.

Bridget White Lady Heathcote: In 1705 she was born to Thomas White of Walling Wells in Nottinghamshire. In 1720 John Heathcote 2nd Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Heathcote of London.

On 05 May 1788 Phoebe Hollins Lady Boothby (age 71) died.

On 05 May 1790 Maria Teresa Silva Duchess Berwick and Veragua (age 73) died.

On 05 May 1842 Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond (age 73) died.

On 05 May 1869 Thomas Maryon Wilson 8th Baronet (age 69) died unmarried. His brother John Maryon Wilson 9th Baronet (age 66) succeeded 9th Baronet Wilson of Eastbourne in Sussex.

On 05 May 1871 George Nugent 1st Marquess Westmeath (age 85) died.

On 05 May 1891 Archbishop William Connor Magee (age 69) died. He was buried at Peterborough Cathedral [Map].

On 05 May 1931 Edward Hamilton Seymour 16th Duke of Somerset (age 70) died. His son Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour 17th Duke of Somerset (age 49) succeeded 17th Duke Somerset, 15th Baronet Seymour of Berry Pomeroy. Edith Mary Parker Duchess Somerset (age 50) by marriage Duchess Somerset.

On 05 May 1951 Maud Emily Hammersley Lady-Duff-Gordon died.

On 05 May 1957 Robert Grosvenor 5th Baron Ebury (age 43) died in a car accident at Prescott, Gloucestershire whilst driving a Jaguar C-type. His son Francis Grosvenor 8th Earl Wilton (age 23) succeeded 6th Baron Ebury.