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Events on the 7th January
On 7th January 1114 Henry V Holy Roman Emperor (age 32) and Empress Matilda (age 11) were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 46) and Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England (age 34). They were fourth cousin once removed.
. 7th January 1121. Meanwhile, two clerks were chosen to fill sees which had been vacant for some time; namely, Richard, who was keeper of the king's seal under the chancellor, and Robert, who had filled the office of steward of the meat and drink in the king's household with great industry. The first of these was preferred to the see of Hereford, the latter to the see of Chester [Note. Bishop of Coventry?]. Herbert, also, a monk of Westminster, was made abbot of that monastery.
Richard, chosen bishop of Hereford on Friday the seventh of the ides [the 7th] of January, was consecrated at Lambeth on Sunday the seventeenth of the calends of February [17th January] by Ralph, archbishop of Canterbury, with the assistance of Richard, bishop of London, and the bishops, Robert of Lincoln, Arnulph of Rochester, Urban of Glamorgan (age 45), and Bernard of St. David's.
On 7th January 1325 Denis I King Portugal (age 63) died. His son Alfonso (age 33) succeeded IV King Portugal. Beatrice Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal (age 32) by marriage Queen Consort Portugal.
On 7th January 1355 Inês Castro (age 30) was murdered on the orders of her husband's (age 34) father Alfonso "Brave" IV King Portugal (age 63) who didn't approve of their marriage, or relationship. He, Peter, subsequently captured two of the murderers and had them executed.
On 7th January 1355 Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester was born to King Edward III of England (age 42) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 40) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
Before 7th January 1400 King Henry IV of England (age 32) was forewarned, probably by Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle (age 27), and began to raise an army in London.
On 7th January 1400 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire [Map] Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley (age 40) was beheaded by the townspeople following an unsuccessful attempt to seize the town. Baron Lumley forfeit.
Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 26) was beheaded. He had to forfeit the honours and estates he had gained after the arrests of Gloucester and Arundel: Duke Surrey extinct. He retained those he had received before: His brother Edmund (age 16) succeeded 4th Earl Kent, 3rd Baron Holand, 8th Baron Wake of Liddell.
John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury (age 50) was captured, tried and beheaded. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu forfeit.
Bernard Brocas (age 46) was captured.
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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.
After 7th January 1400. Henry IV's (age 32) Parliament. 2.30. Also, be it remembered that whereas Thomas Holland, formerly earl of Kent (deceased), John Holland, formerly earl of Huntingdon (age 48), John Montague, formerly earl of Salisbury (deceased), Thomas, formerly Lord Despenser (age 26), and Ralph Lumley (deceased), knight, recently rose up in various parts of England and rode in warlike manner, treacherously, against our lord the king, contrary to their allegiance, to destroy our said lord the king and other great men of the realm, and to populate the said realm with people of another tongue, they were seized and beheaded in their armed uprising by the loyal lieges of oursaid lord the king; and for that reason all the lords temporal present in parliament, by the assent of the king, declared and adjudged the said Thomas, John, John, Thomas, and Ralph to be traitors for their armed uprising against their aforesaid liege lord, and that they should forfeit as traitors all the lands and tenements that they held in fee simple on 5 January, the eve of the feast of the Epiphany of our lord Jesus Christ, in the first year of the reign of our aforesaid lord [1400], or after, as the law of the land requires, together with all their goods and chattels, notwithstanding the fact that they were killed during the said armed uprising without due process of law.
On 7th January 1483 Francis I King Navarre (age 15) died. His sister Catherine (age 15) succeeded I Queen Navarre, Countess Foix.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 7th January 1535. R. O. 24. John Husee to Lord Lisle (age 70).
Wrote to you this day by Sir Oliver of Mr. Saymer's (age 35) award, and the delivery of your mule to Mr. Secretary, and how Tison was rewarded by his kinsman for the carriage of the mule, which pleased him but easily. Sir Edward Saymer hath not received the award. I wish he would refuse it. Has made Boyes' bill for 8d. There is no news of the King's going over. Had it not been for Mr. Syllyard, Mr. Basset would have been appointed of the Chamber in Lincoln's Inn. London, 7 Jan.
Hol., p. 1. Add. Endd.
On 7th January 1536 Catherine of Aragon (age 50) died at Kimbolton Castle [Map] in the arms of her great friend Maria de Salinas Baroness Willoughby (age 46).
Letters and Papers. 7th January 1536. R. O. St. P. I. 452. 37. Sir Edward Chamberleyn (age 52) and Sir Edm. Bedyngfeld (age 57) to Cromwell (age 51).
This 7th Jan., about 10 a.m., the Lady Dowager (age 50) was annealed with the Holy ointment, Chamberleyn and Bedyngfeld being summoned, and before 2 p.m. she died. Wishes1 to know the King's (age 44) pleasure concerning the house, servants, and other things. The groom of the Chamber here can cere her. Will send for a plumber to close the body in lead.
Note 1. The letter, though signed by two, is written throughout in the first person singular,— apparently by Bedingfield, who was steward of Catharine's household, though he signs second.
Spanish Chronicle Chapter 24. [7th January 1536]. How the blessed queen Katharine (age 50) died.
Wriothesley's Chronicle. 7th January 1536. This yeare, the morrowe after twelve daie being Fridaie and the 7th daie of Januarieb, 1536 the honorable and noble Princes, Queene Katherin (age 50), former wife to King Henrie the VIII (age 44), departed from her worldlie lief at Bugden [Map], in Huntingdonshire, about tenne of the clocke at nightb, and...
Note. Stow and Hall, with other authorities, state that Queen Katharine died on the 8th Jannary, but the correctness of our text as to the day is placed beyond a doubt by the original letter of Sir Edward Chamberleyn (age 52) and Sir Edmund Bedyngfeld (age 57) transmitting this intelligence to Cromwell (age 51), still extant in the Public Record Office, and which runs thus:
"Pleaseth yt yower honorable Maystershipp to be advertysed, that this 7th day of January, abowt 10 of the clock before none, the Lady Dowager was aneled with the Holy Oyntment, Mayster Chamberlein and I called to the same; and before 2 of the clock at aftenone she departed to God. Besechyng yow that the Kyng may be advertyscd of the same, and furder to know yower pleasour yn every thyng aperteynyng to that purpose; and, furder, in all other causes concernyng the hows, the servantes, and all other thynges, as shall stand wyth the Kynge's pleasour and yowers."
Note b. This would appear to be an error for 2 o'clock in the afternoon. See preceding note.
Letters and Papers. After 7th January 1536. 39. Burial of Katharine of Arragon.
"A remembrance for thenterrement of the right excellent and noble Princesse the Lady Catherin, Doughter to the right highe and mighty Prince Ferdinand, late King of Castle, and late Wief to the noble and excellent prince Arthur, Brother to our Soveraign Lorde King Henry the viijth."
Directions as to the corpse being "sered, tramayled, leded, and chested with spices, &c.;" for a hearse "with five principalles and lights." to be set in the church or chapel where the body shall first remain, and another "with nine principalls or lights" in the church where it shall be buried; for staff torches to be borne by yeomen and long torches in great towns as the body shall pass; for wax; for double barriers about the principal hearse, the inner for ladies and the outer for lords. At the removal the body is to be attended by three mutes; divers noblemen and four knights to bear a canopy over it, six knights to bear the body and six barons to assist. The chief mourner and eight others to accompany the corpse. Arrangements for nightly watch, chariot to convey the corpse, with pall and puffed image of a Princess; four gentlemen to bear at the four corners, &c. "The chief mourner on horseback, her horse trapped with black velvet to follow immediately the corpse," with eight ladies after her on palfreys trapped in black cloth. Two other chariots to follow.
ii. "The painter's charge;" for the supply of banners and scutcheons.
iii. "The charges of the wardrobe." To provide cloth for 30 ladies and gentlemen mourners, and for the noblemen present, and for her officers.
iv. "The rate of the liveries" for dukes or duchesses, earls, &c., cloth for themselves and for a number of servants according to their degrees.
v. "To be also remembered." To appoint prelates to execute for the time she shall be unburied, &c.; also touching doles and various other matters; among others what place the body shall be interred in.
"The 25th day of this present month of January, it is commanded that all such stuff as is committed to the doings of the chandler, the painter, the saddler, and all other having anything to be done touching the interment, shall be ready and bestowed in such places as be to them appointed for the same."
In Wriothesley's hand, pp. 8.
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Letters and Papers. After 7th January 1536. R. O. 38. [Katharine of Arragon?]
Provision to be made for bowelling, coring, and enclosing the corpse in lead. For lights and other things about the corpse, in the house, or the next church or chapel, and who shall execute exequies and ceremonies. Proportions for all manner of lights, and for blacks to be distributed. What personages, aud how many personages, women, to be appointed as principal mourners. How many chariots shall follow the corpse, and what apparel shall be appointed for them. Where the body shall be interred. How many prelates shall be present at the interment. What dole shall be dealt in every place, and in pence, half groats, or groats, or in all after the diversity of the place.
Letters to be made for the appointment of such personages of honour as shall be at the same.
In Wriothesley's hand, p. 1.
Letters and Papers. After 7th January 1536. Jan. Otho. C. x. 219b. B. M. 41. [Sir Edmund Bedyngfeld (age 57)] to Cromwell.
The bowelling and cering is already done in the best manner. The leading and chesting is prepared for, and shall be finished with all speed. We are glad of the coming of the Comptroller hither by the King's commandment to order all things for the interring, which is directed to be at Peterborough.
To the best of our power we have commanded the safe custody of the gates so that nothing can issue. The persons who had the custo[dy of her] jewels, plate, and apparel, have given us a just and plain declaration, containing much more than [we could] see or know before. Will do all we can for the entertainment of such personages of honour as repair hither by commandment. [We have] declared to the servants how good and [gracious] master you have been in obtaining the King's favour towa[rds them. They are] greatly comforted with his gracious pro[mise]. "Further[more as for] the preparation of the house, it shall be d[one] . . . . and likewise the prelates and priests s . . . . . repair for the execution of all manner c[eremonies ap]pertaining for the funerals and a . . . [acco]rding to your mastership's command."
P. 1. Mutilated.
Letters and Papers. After 7th January 1536. 40. Will of Katharine of Arragon.
Desires the King to let her have the goods she holds of him in gold and silver and the money due to her in time past; that her body may be buried in a convent of Observant Friars; that 500 masses be said for her soul; that some personage go to our Lady of Walsingham on pilgrimage and distribute 20 nobles on the way. Bequests: to Mrs. Darel 200l. for her marriage. To my daughter, the collar of gold which I brought out of Spain. To Mrs. Blanche 100l. To Mrs. Margery and Mrs. [Whyller] 40l. each. To Mrs. Mary, my physicians [wife, and] Mrs. Isabel, daughter to Mr. Ma[rguerite], 40l. each. To ray physician the year's coming [wages]. To Francisco Philippo all that I owe him, and 40l. besides. To Master John, my apothecary, [a year's wages] and all that is due to him besides. That Mr. Whiller be paid expenses about the making of my gown, and 20l. besides. To Philip, Anthony, and Bastian, 20l. each. To the little maidens 10l. each. That my goldsmith be paid his wages for the year coming and all that is due to him besides. That my lavander be paid what is due to her and her wages for the year coming. To Isabel of Vergas 20l. To my ghostly father his wages for the year coming. That ornaments be made of my gowns for the convent where I shall be [buried] "and the furs of the same 1 give to my daughter."
Pp. 2. Mutilated.
Ibid. f. 216b. ii. The following is written in Cromwell's hand on a separate slip, not as Strype says, at the end of the will:—" Tawnton; Downton; Hendon. Richard Polerd, William Portma[n], Thomas Powlet, William Peter, Tho. Lee, Raffe Sadeler."
Otho. C. x. 217. 2. French translation of the above.
Pp. 2. Mutilated.
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On 7th January 1543 Helena Habsburg Spain was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor (age 39) and Anne Jagiellon (age 39).
On 7th January 1558 the English surrendered Calais to the French following a one week siege. It had been in English hands since 1347. At 6am Thomas Wentworth (age 33), Governor of Calais, surrendered Calais [Map] to François de Lorraine-Guise, 2nd Duke of Guise (age 38), after a seven-day siege. Calais was the last English owned territory in France. The loss was a huge blow for Queen Mary I (age 41) and it is said that upon hearing the news she stated "When I am dead and opened, you shall find 'Philip' and 'Calais' lying in my heart" although the source for this is unknown.
Edward Grimston (age 50) was captured and imprisoned at the Bastille [Map].
On or before 7th January 1619 Geoffrey Pole (age 42) was murdered in Rome. Fourteen years before his brother Arthur Pole had also been murdered in Rome.
On 7th January 1619 Nicholas Hilliard (deceased) was buried in St Martin's in the Fields [Map]. In his will he left twenty shillings to the poor of the parish, thirty between his two sisters, some goods to his maidservant, and all the rest of his effects to his son, Lawrence Hilliard, his sole executor.
John Evelyn's Diary. 7th January 1657. Came Mr. Matthew Wren (age 28) (since secretary to the Duke (age 23)), slain in the Dutch war, eldest son to the Bishop of Ely (age 71), now a prisoner in the Tower [Map]; a most worthy and honored gentleman.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th January 1660. Saturday. At my office as I was receiving money of the probate of wills, in came Mrs. Turner (age 37), Theoph. (age 8), Madame Morrice, and Joyce, and after I had done I took them home to my house and Mr. Hawly came after, and I got a dish of steaks and a rabbit for them, while they were playing a game or two at cards. In the middle of our dinner a messenger from Mr. Downing came to fetch me to him, so leaving Mr. Hawly there, I went and was forced to stay till night in expectation of the French Embassador, who at last came, and I had a great deal of good discourse with one of his gentlemen concerning the reason of the difference between the zeal of the French and the Spaniard. After he was gone I went home, and found my friends still at cards, and after that I went along with them to Dr. Whores (sending my wife (age 19) to Mrs. Jem's to a sack-posset), where I heard some symphony and songs of his own making, performed by Mr. May, Harding, and Mallard. Afterwards I put my friends into a coach, and went to Mrs. Jem's, where I wrote a letter to my Lord by the post, and had my part of the posset which was saved for me, and so we went home, and put in at my Lord's (age 34) lodgings, where we staid late, eating of part of his turkey pie, and reading of Quarles' Emblems. So home and to bed.
Diary of John Nicoll. 7th January 1661. For, upone Monday thaireftir, being the fevint of Januar 1661, the magiftrates and counfell of Edinburgh caufit the timber and fklaites nerreft to that pairt of the Tolbuitli quhair the Erles heid was pricked and fixt to be takin doun, and maid a lairge fcaffold thairon, quhair findry pepill and trumpettoris founding wer placed, wayting thair difcoverit till his corps wer raifit, and brocht in from the Burrow mure. In the meintyme, the Toun of Edinburgh airlie, about nyne in the clok, fet out four of thair captanes with thair companyes, all of thame in thair airmes and difplayit cullouris; quha, eftir a lang fpace marching up and doun the ftreitis, went out thaireftir to the Burrow mure quhair his corps wer bureyit, and quhair findry nobles and gentrie, his freindis and favorites, both hors and fute, wer thair attending; and thair, in prefence of findry nobles, erles, lordis, barones, and utheris convenit for the tyme, his graif wes raifit, his body and bones takin out, and wrappit up in curious clothes, and put in a coffin, quhilk, under a cannopy of riche velwet, wer careyit from the Burrow mure to the Toun of Edinburgh; the nobles, barones, and gentrie on hors, the Toun of Edinburgh, and many thowfandis befyde, convoyit thefe corpis all along, the cullouris fleying, drumes towking, trumpettis founding, mufketis craking, and cannones from the caftell roring; all of thame walking on till thai come to the Tolbuith of Edinburgh, fra the quhilk his heid wes very honorablie and with all dew refpectis takin doun and put within the coffin under the cannopie with great acclamatioun of joy; all this tyme the trumpettis, the drumes, cannounes, gunes, the difplayit cullouris, geving honor to these deid corps. From thence, all of thame, both hors and fute, convoyit thefe deid corps to the Abay kirk of Halyrudhous, quhair he is left inclofit in ane yll, till farder ordour be by his Majeftie and Eftaites of Parliament for the lolempnitie of his buriall.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th January 1661. From thence by link to my cozen Stradwick's, where my father and we and Dr. Pepys, Scott, and his wife, and one Mr. Ward and his; and after a good supper, we had an excellent cake, where the mark for the Queen (age 51) was cut, and so there was two queens, my wife and Mrs. Ward; and the King being lost, they chose the Doctor to be King, so we made him send for some wine, and then home, and in our way home we were in many places strictly examined, more than in the worst of times, there being great fears of these Fanatiques rising again: for the present I do not hear that any of them are taken. Home, it being a clear moonshine and after 12 o'clock at night. Being come home we found that my people had been very merry, and my wife tells me afterwards that she had heard that they had got young Davis and some other neighbours with them to be merry, but no harm.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th January 1666. Lord's Day. Up, and being trimmed I was invited by Captain Cocke (age 49), so I left my wife, having a mind to some discourse with him, and dined with him. He tells me of new difficulties about his goods which troubles me and I fear they will be great. He tells me too what I hear everywhere how the towne talks of my Lord Craven (age 57) being to come into Sir G. Carteret's (age 56) place; but sure it cannot be true. But I do fear those two families, his and my Lord Sandwich's (age 40), are quite broken. And I must now stand upon my own legs.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th January 1667. He tells me how the Parliament is grown so jealous of the King's being unfayre to them in the business of the Bill for examining Accounts, Irish Bill, and the business of the Papists, that they will not pass the business for money till they see themselves secure that those Bills will pass; which they do observe the Court to keep off till all the Bills come together, that the King (age 36) may accept what he pleases, and what he pleases to reject, which will undo all our business and the Kingdom too. He tells me how Mr. Henry Howard (age 38), of Norfolke, hath given our Royal Society all his grandfather's library: which noble gift they value at £1000; and gives them accommodation to meet in at his house, Arundell House [Map], they being now disturbed at Gresham College.
Minutes of the Society of Antiquaries. 7th January 1719. The Society Balloted for the Officers for this Year ensuing and the present President (age 57), Secretary (age 31), Director (age 41), and Treasurer (age 36) were unanimously Elected and declared.
The Question being proposed wheather or no, any member should have liberty to subscribe for prints in a larger than common proportion, it by way of ballot carryed in the Negative.
On 7th January 1743 Anne Sophie Reventlow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 49) died.
On 7th January 1762 Mary Grey (age 42) died. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 15 January 1761, p4: Last Saturday night died here, after a tedious illness, Lady Mary Gregory, Wife of the Rev Dr Gregory, Dean of Christ Church Oxford.
Mary Grey: In May 1719 she was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. Before 7th January 1762 David Gregory and she were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent.
On 7th January 1785 Jean-Pierre Blanchard completed the first air crossing of the English Channel by balloon.
On 7th January 1792 Mary Wollstonecroft's (age 32) Vindication of the Rights of Women was published.
On 7th January 1796 Princess Charlotte Augusta Hanover was born to King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 33) and Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England (age 27) at Cartlon House. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.39%.
Greville Memoirs. 7th January 1832. Gorhambury [Map]. Came here to-day. Berkeley Paget and Lushington; nobody else. Had a conversation with Lady C. before I came away; between Palmerston, Frederick Lamb (age 49), and Melbourne she knows everything, and is a furious anti-Reformer. The upshot of the matter is this: the question about the Peers is still under discussion; Lord Grey and the ultra party want to make a dozen, now, the others want only to yield five or six. Lord Grey wrote to Palmerston saying the King had received his proposition (about the Peers) very well, but desired to have his reasons in writing, and to-day at twelve there was to be another Cabinet on the subject, in order probably that the 'reasons' might go down by the post. The moderate party in the Cabinet consists of Lansdowne, Richmond, Palmerston, Melbourne, and Stanley. Palmerston and Melbourne, particularly the latter, are now heartily ashamed of the part they have taken about Reform. They detest and abhor the whole thing, and they find themselves unable to cope with the violent party, and consequently implicated in a continued series of measures which they disapprove; and they do not know what to do, whether to stay in and fight this unequal battle or resign. I told her that nothing could justify their conduct, and their excuses were good for nothing; but that there was no use in resigning now. They might still do some good in the Cabinet; they could do none out of it. In fact, Durham and the most violent members of the Cabinet would gladly drive Palmerston and Melbourne to resign if they could keep Stanley, who is alone of importance of that squad; but he is of such weight, from his position in the House of Commons, that if he can be prevailed upon to be staunch, and to hold out with the moderates against the ultras, the former will probably prevail. Durham wants to be Minister for Foreign Affairs, and would plague Lord Grey till he gave him the seals, unless his other colleagues put a veto upon the appointment. But the anxiety of the Reformers to make Peers has not reference to the Reform Bill alone; they undoubtedly look further, and knowing their own weakness in the House of Lords, they want to secure a permanent force, which may make them stronger than their antagonists in that House. Otherwise they would not be so averse to all questions of conciliation, express their disbelief in conversions, and trumpet forth their conviction that any individual of the late majority will vote just the same way again. The earnest desire of the moderate party in the Cabinet is that those who will vote for the second reading shall make haste to declare their intention, and I have written to Lady Harrowby (age 59) to endeavour to get Lord Harrowby to take some such step. I had already written to De Ros, urging him to speak to Wharncliffe (age 55), and get him to take an opportunity of giving the King to understand that the necessity for a creation of Peers is by no means so urgent as his Ministers would have him believe.
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Births on the 7th January
On 7th January 1355 Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester was born to King Edward III of England (age 42) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 40) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
On 7th January 1434 Adolf Wittelsbach was born to William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 59) and Margarethe La Marck (age 17) at Munich.
On 7th January 1535 Edward Stafford 3rd Baron Stafford was born to Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 33) and Ursula Pole (age 31).
On 7th January 1543 Helena Habsburg Spain was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor (age 39) and Anne Jagiellon (age 39).
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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 7th January 1629 Edmund Anderson 4th Baronet was born to Edmund Anderson 1st Baronet (age 23).
On 7th January 1639 Edward Stanley was born to James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby (age 31) and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 39).
On 7th January 1643 Samuel Grimston 3rd Baronet was born to Harbottle Grimston 2nd Baronet (age 39) and Mary Croke (age 33).
On 7th January 1675 John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower was born to William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet (age 28) and Jane Granville Baroness Gower.
On 7th January 1707 John Burgoyne 5th Baronet was born to Roger Burgoyne 4th Baronet (age 25).
On 7th January 1714 Bourchier Wrey 6th Baronet was born to Bourchier Wrey 5th Baronet (age 32) and Diana Rolle (age 31). He was baptised on 13th January 1714 in Westminster. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.37%.
On 7th January 1741 General George Hotham was born to Beaumont Hotham 7th Baronet (age 35).
On 7th January 1746 George Keith Elphinstone 1st Viscount Keith was born to Charles Elphinstone 10th Lord Elphinstone (age 35).
On 7th January 1770 Elizabeth Fane was born to John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland (age 41) and Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland (age 18).
On 7th January 1786 Thomas Charles Gascoigne was born to Thomas Gascoigne 8th Baronet (age 40) and Mary Shuttleworth Lady Turner and Gascoigne (age 35). His mother died a month later.
On 7th January 1796 Princess Charlotte Augusta Hanover was born to King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 33) and Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England (age 27) at Cartlon House. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.39%.
On 7th January 1816 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne (age 35) and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne (age 30).
On 7th January 1816 Henry Thomas Leopold Fox-Strangways was born to Henry Fox-Strangways 3rd Earl of Ilchester (age 28) and Caroline Leonora Murray Countess Ilchester.
On 7th January 1821 Charles Cavendish Clifford 4th Baronet was born to Augustus Clifford 1st Baronet (age 32) and Elizabeth Frances Townshend (age 31).
On 7th January 1824 Ernest Neville Fitzroy Fane was born to John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland (age 39) and Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland (age 30).
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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 7th January 1826 John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley was born to Henry Wodehouse (age 27) in Wymondham, Norfolk [Map].
On 7th January 1827 George Grey 7th Earl Stamford 3rd Earl Warrington was born to George Harry Grey 8th Baron Grey of Groby (age 24) and Katherine Charteris Baroness Grey Groby (age 26) at Enville Hall, Staffordshire. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.13%.
On 7th January 1839 Charles Lindley Wood 2nd Viscount Halifax was born to Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax (age 38) and Mary Grey Viscountess Halifax (age 31).
On 7th January 1852 Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret was born.
On 7th January 1854 Herbert Gladstone 1st Viscount Gladstone was born to William Ewart Gladstone (age 44) and Catherine Glynne (age 42).
On 7th January 1855 William Grimston was born to James Walter Grimston 2nd Earl Verulam (age 45) and Elizabeth Joanna Weyland Countess Verulam (age 30).
On 7th January 1867 Ernest William Tate 3rd Baronet was born to William Tate 2nd Baronet (age 24).
On 7th January 1868 Eleanor Harbord Lady Musgrave was born to Charles Harbord 5th Baron Suffield (age 38) and Cecilia Annetta Baring Baroness Suffield (age 34) at Gunton, Norfolk.
On 7th January 1877 John Frecheville Ramsden 6th Baronet was born to John William Ramsden 5th Baronet (age 45) and Helen Guendolen Seymour (age 31).
On 7th January 1940 Thomas Stockdale 2nd Baronet was born to Edmund Stockdale 1st Baronet (age 36) and Louise Fermor-Hesketh (age 28).
On 7th January 1957 Charles Patrick Hugh Fitzroy was born to Hugh Denis Charles Fitzroy 11th Duke Grafton (age 37) and Ann Fortune Smith Duchess Grafton (age 36).
On 7th January 1960 Andrew Hardinge 7th Viscount Hardinge was born to Henry Hardinge 5th Viscount Hardinge (age 30).
Marriages on the 7th January
On 7th January 1114 Henry V Holy Roman Emperor (age 32) and Empress Matilda (age 11) were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 46) and Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England (age 34). They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 7th January 1430 Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy (age 33) and Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy (age 32) were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of King John I of Portugal (age 78) and Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 7th January 1593 Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar (age 22) and Dorothea Maria Anhalt were married at Altenburg. He the son of Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar and Dorothea Susanne Palatine Duchess Saxe Weimar.
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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 7th January 1622 John Kennedy 6th Earl Cassilis and Jean Hamilton Countess Cassilis were married. She by marriage Countess Cassilis. She the daughter of Thomas Hamilton 1st Earl Haddington (age 59).
On 7th January 1658 Gilbert Hay 11th Earl Erroll (age 26) and Catherine Carnegie Countess Erroll were married. She by marriage Countess Erroll. She the daughter of James Carnegie 2nd Earl Southesk (age 44). He the son of William Hay 10th Earl Erroll and Anne Lyon Countess Erroll.
On 7th January 1707 Walter Calverly 1st Baronet (age 37) and Julia Blacket Lady Calverley (age 20) were married at St Andrew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map].
On 7th January 1745 John Dyke Acland 7th Baronet (age 22) and Elizabeth Dyke Lady Acland were married. She by marriage Lady Acland of Columb John in Devon.
On 7th January 1762 George Paulett 12th Marquess Winchester (age 39) and Martha Ingoldsby Marchioness Winchester were married.
On 7th January 1801 Francis Stuart 10th Earl of Moray (age 29) and Margaret Jane Ainslie Countess Moray were married. He the son of Francis Stuart 9th Earl of Moray (age 64) and Jean Gray Countess Moray. They were half first cousins.
On 7th January 1834 Johnathan Frederick Pollock 1st Baronet (age 50) and Sarah Anne Anowah Langslow Lady Pollock were married. They had twelve children together bring his total to twenty-four.
On 7th January 1835 Montagu Bertie 6th Earl of Abingdon (age 26) and Elizabeth Lavinia Harcourt Countess Abingdon were married at Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire. He the son of Montagu Bertie 5th Earl of Abingdon (age 50) and Emily Gage Countess of Abingdon. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 7th January 1956 Henry Herbert 7th Earl of Carnarvon (age 31) and Jean Margaret Wallop Countess of Carnarvon (age 20) were married at St James' Episcopal Church, New York. He the son of Henry Herbert 6th Earl Carnarvon (age 57) and Anne Catherine Tredick Wendell Countess Carnarvon (age 55). They were third cousins.
On 7th January 1963 Geoffrey Hope-Morley 2nd Baron Hollenden (age 77) and Violet Norris Leverton Baroness Hollenden were married. She by marriage Baroness Hollenden of Leigh in Kent.
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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 7th January 1325 Denis I King Portugal (age 63) died. His son Alfonso (age 33) succeeded IV King Portugal. Beatrice Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal (age 32) by marriage Queen Consort Portugal.
On 7th January 1355 Inês Castro (age 30) was murdered on the orders of her husband's (age 34) father Alfonso "Brave" IV King Portugal (age 63) who didn't approve of their marriage, or relationship. He, Peter, subsequently captured two of the murderers and had them executed.
On 7th January 1400 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire [Map] Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley (age 40) was beheaded by the townspeople following an unsuccessful attempt to seize the town. Baron Lumley forfeit.
Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 26) was beheaded. He had to forfeit the honours and estates he had gained after the arrests of Gloucester and Arundel: Duke Surrey extinct. He retained those he had received before: His brother Edmund (age 16) succeeded 4th Earl Kent, 3rd Baron Holand, 8th Baron Wake of Liddell.
John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury (age 50) was captured, tried and beheaded. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu forfeit.
Bernard Brocas (age 46) was captured.
On 7th January 1451 Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy (age 67) died. His son Louis (age 37) succeeded I Count Savoy.
On 7th January 1483 Francis I King Navarre (age 15) died. His sister Catherine (age 15) succeeded I Queen Navarre, Countess Foix.
On 7th January 1536 Catherine of Aragon (age 50) died at Kimbolton Castle [Map] in the arms of her great friend Maria de Salinas Baroness Willoughby (age 46).
On 7th January 1588 Jean Stewart Countess Argyll (age 55) died.
On 7th January 1626 Thomas Palmer 1st Baronet (age 86) died at Barnet [Map]. He was buried at Wingham, Kent. His grandson Thomas succeeded 2nd Baronet Palmer of Wingham in Kent.
On 7th January 1661 Arthur Haselrigge 2nd Baronet (age 60) died at the Tower of London [Map]. His son Thomas (age 36) succeeded 3rd Baronet Haselrigge of Noseley Hall in Leicestershire.
On 7th January 1670 Arthur Jones 2nd Viscount Ranelagh (age 60) died. His son Richard (age 28) succeeded Viscount Ranelagh. Elizabeth Willoughby Countess Ranelagh (age 37) by marriage Viscountess Ranelagh.
On 7th January 1681 Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 32) died.
On 7th January 1689 James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 69) died at Great Chesterford. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His brother George (age 63) succeeded 4th Earl Suffolk. Anne "Mary" Wroth Countess Suffolk by marriage Countess Suffolk. Baron Howard de Walden abeyant between the his daughter and the descendants of his daughter's daughter (age 12).
On 7th January 1694 Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield (age 76) died. His son Charles (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Macclesfield, 2nd Viscount Brandon of Brandon in Suffolk, 2nd Baron Gerard of Brandon in Suffolk. Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield (age 26) by marriage Countess Macclesfield.
On 7th January 1704 Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds (age 75) died.
On 7th January 1715 Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort (age 84) died.
On 7th January 1716 George Lowry aka Weir 1st Baronet (age 41) died. His son William (age 14) succeeded 2nd Baronet Weir of Blackwood in Lanarkshire.
On 7th January 1739 John Turner 2nd Baronet (age 69) died. His son John (age 26) succeeded 3rd Baronet Turner of Warham in Norfolk.
On 7th January 1743 Anne Sophie Reventlow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 49) died.
On 7th January 1748 Thomas Hales 2nd Baronet (age 81) died. His son Thomas (age 53) succeeded 3rd Baronet Hales of Beakesbourne in Kent.
On 7th January 1765 Elizabeth Widdrington (age 75) died.
On 7th January 1788 Bishop John Harley (age 59) died.
On 7th January 1830 Thomas Lawrence (age 60) died. He was buried in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral on the 21st January 1830.
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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 7th January 1851 Henry Blackwood 2nd Baronet (age 49) died. His son Henry (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baronet Blackwood of the Navy.
On 7th January 1862 Charles Anderson-Pelham 2nd Earl Yarborough (age 52) died. His son Charles (age 26) succeeded 3rd Earl Yarborough, 4th Baron Yarborough.
On 7th January 1866 Frances Fitzroy Baroness Churchill Wychwood (age 85) died.
On 7th January 1866 or 27th January 1866 John Gibson (age 75) died at Rome, Italy [Map]. He bequeathed the contents of his studio, a large selection of his works and a large sum of money to the Royal Academy.
On 7th January 1892 William Henry Cope 12th Baronet (age 80) died. His son Anthony (age 49) succeeded 13th Baronet Cope of Hanwell in Oxfordshire.
On 7th January 1892 Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 66) died. His son Thomas (age 36) succeeded 3rd Earl Lichfield, 4th Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 4th Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire. Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 38) by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 7th January 1904 Albert Woods Howard (age 87) died.
On 7th January 1932 Harry Bennedetto Renwick 1st Baronet (age 70) died. His son Robert (age 27) succeeded 2nd Baronet Renwick of Coombe in Surrey.
On 7th January 1932 John Wodehouse 2nd Earl Kimberley (age 83) died. His son John (age 48) succeeded 3rd Earl Kimberley, 5th Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley in Norfolk, 10th Baronet Woodhouse of Wilberhall. Frances Margaret Irby Countess Kimberley (age 47) by marriage Countess Kimberley.
On 7th January 1950 Thomas Garmondsay Wrightson 2nd Baronet (age 78) died. His son John (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baronet Wrightson of Neasham Hall in County Durham and Eryholme 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 7th January 1967 Ivor Grosvenor Guest 2nd Viscount Wimborne (age 63) died. His son Ivor (age 27) succeeded 3rd Viscount Wimborne of Canford Magna in Dorset, 3rd Baron Ashby St Ledgers of Ashby St Ledgers in Northampton, 4th Baron Wimborne of Canford Magna in Dorset, 5th Baronet Guest of Dowlais in Glamorganshire.
On 7th January 1974 Paul Ayshford Methuen 4th Baron Methuen (age 87) died. His brother Anthony (age 82) succeeded 5th Baron Methuen of Corsham in Wiltshire.
On 7th January 1980 Francis Henry Biddulph 9th Baronet (age 97) died. His son Stuart (age 71) succeeded 10th Baronet Biddulph of Westcombe in Kent.