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10 Mar is in March.
1536 Anne Boleyn's Miscarriage
1661 Charles II Continues to Reward those who Supported His Restoration
Events on the 10th March
Chronicle of Gregory. 10th March 1434. Ande the x daye of Marche the Lord Talbot (age 51) wente in too Fraunce whythe a goodely meyne.
On 10th March 1452 Ferdinand II King Aragon was born to John II King Aragon (age 53) and Juana Enríquez Queen Consort Aragon (age 27).
On 10th March 1463 Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset (age 27) was subject to a general pardon so his titles Duke Somerset, Marquess Dorset, Earl Dorset were restored.
On 10th March 1503 Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 24) and Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 24) at Alcalá de Henares. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
On 10th March 1526 Charles V Holy Roman Emperor (age 26) and Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Manuel "Fortunate" I King Portugal and Maria Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile and Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 47). They were first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Archives of Venice. March 10. [1533] Sanuto Diaries, v. liii. p. 24. 567. Letter from—to the Marquis of Mantua.
The English ambassadors1, amongst whom is the father of the King's sweetheart (inamorata) are expected. They come to declare to the Pope and the Emperor that their King insists upon a divorce, and will repudiate his first wife. Two Florentines within the city (of Florence) sent a challenge to two of their countrymen in the camp of the besiegers, giving them the choice of weapons, and calling them rebels and traitors, and the enemies of God; and tomorrow is the day appointed for this contest.
Bologna, 10th March. Registered by Sanuto 15th March.
Note 1. Thomas Boleyn, Lord Wiltshire (age 56), Stokisley (age 58), and Lee. (See "State Papers," vol. vii., part v. continued, p. 230, footnote.)
Calendar of State Papers of Spain. [10th March 1536] Today a courier returning from Scotland has arrived. He has related to some one, who came and told me, that it had been decided that immediately after Easter this king and that of Scotland shall hold an interview at York, and that for the security of the latter the duke of Richmond (age 16), the eldest son of Norfolk (age 20), and the son of the marquis [of Dorset] (age 19), shall be given as hostages.
This Parliament has resolved and made it law that all abbeys and priories not possessing a revenue exceeding 1,000 crs. per annum are to be destroyed and rased to the ground; and I understand that the measure has already begun to be executed in some parts of the country, which will enormously increase the King's budget. Yet, not satisfied with this addition to his revenue, and the numberless ways and means he is daily devising to procure money, he has caused a motion to be made in Parliament to this effect: All and every one of his subjects to be obliged, according to the amount of his fortune, to offer a "saint sacrament;" the offerings to be collected by officers appointed by the King, and spent in food for the poor and weak, as well as for the robust and strong, who for the benefit of the kingdom are to be employed in public works, such as the harbour of Dover and similar undertakings.
Calendar of State Papers of Spain. 10th March 1536. Wien, Rep. P. C., Fase. 229½. Eustace Chapuys (age 46) to the Emperor (age 36).
In my letter of the 7th inst. I mentioned the fact of Mr. Cromwell showing great desire of holding a conference with me. I thought at first that this was caused by the suspicion and fear these people have of Your Majesty coming to friendly terms or contracting a close alliance with France,— of which they are extremely suspicious. As, however, they must have since received intelligence from that country that there is no probability at present of such an alliance being made, I observed that Cromwell did not show so much eagerness for the proposed interview. This very day, however, he has sent me word that if he knew when I should be disengaged, he would call on me, were it for no other purpose than to know how I was faring. I will still wait a day or two to see what he intends doing, and if he does not come, shall go to him, and hear the news he has, so as to prevent their making a treaty with the French to Your Majesty's prejudice; from which, however, as far as I can gather from various quarters, they are now farther off than ever they were, being thoroughly disgusted with their neighbours, so much so that they will not hear about them and their intrigues,—not even the duke of Norfolk, who some time ago, in conversation with the French ambassador and with his brother, was heard to say that one of the greatest boons this King could confer on him would be the permission for him to raise 10,000 men and lead them across the seas in the service of king Francis whereas now, lately, upon the French ambassador mentioning to him his master's great military preparations, and how advantageous it would be both for Francis and Henry to join in a common enterprise, the Duke merely observed, in the coldest possible manner, that he and the rest of the Privy Councillors were too much pre-occupied with parliamentary affairs just now to mix themselves up in French wars. And even today Cromwell has assured one of my men that, whatever the French might say or do, they could never prevail on the King, his master, to join in that dance; after which he began to abuse them for their inhumanity towards Monseigneur of Savoy. The same French ambassador has this very day had a long conference with the Privy Councillors at Westminster for the sole purpose of remonstrating against the griefs, annoyances, and injuries of which the most Christian King pretends his subjects here are the victims,—a most odious and unpleasant task, which the said most Christian King seems to have taken much to heart, writing continually and urging his ambassador to get redress thereof. Nothing, however, has yet been decided in favour of or against the said French claims, and I am told that this king is about to send four doctors into France, there to discuss the affair. Yet it strikes me that if the French really wish to treat with these people, they ought not to cause them annoyance in matters of this sort.
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Letters and Papers. 10th March 1536. Add. MS. 8715, f. 220 b. B. M. 450. Bishop of Faenza (age 36) to the Prothonotary Ambrogio.
Reports a conversation he has had today with Francis, showing the imminence of war and the forces going to Piedmont under the Admiral. Francis said, among other things, that the duke of Gueldres was ready to make war on the Emperor, even if he (Francis) did not help him, having discovered that his Majesty wished to deprive him of two fortresses (terre), on which account he has beheaded some persons; that Henry will pay the third of the expense of the war outside this kingdom, and half in its defence, if need be, even though at present he seems to stand aloof, because he thinks that here they are too devoted to the Church; but Henry (quello) only desires the war to begin. He has become extremely avaricious, and has gained so much profit from the Church that the French king has not much hope of bringing him back. This he said in answer to a remark of the Bishop's, made as of himself, according to the Prothonotary's orders. Francis said also that they are committing more follies than ever in England, and are saying and printing all the ill they can against the Pope and the Church; that "that woman (age 35)" pretended to have miscarried of a son, not being really with child, and, to keep up the deceit, would allow no one to attend on her but her sister (age 37), whom the French king knew here in France "per una grandissima ribalda et infame sopre tutte1." The king of England is infinitely displeased at the conclusion of the marriage with the king of Scotland, to whom Francis has given some artillery in certain castles held by the duke of Albany in an island there, but garrisoned at the expense of France. Ital., pp. 7. Modern copy. Headed: Al Signor Prothonotario Ambrogio, Da Monte Plaisant, li 10 Marzo.
Note 1. "a great prostitute and infamous above all".
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On 10th March 1538 Philip Hoby (age 33) arrived in Brussels [Map] with Hans Holbein The Younger (age 41) having been sent by Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl Essex (age 53) to procure a portrait of Christina Oldenburg Duchess Lorraine (age 16). King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 46) received the portrait on 18th March 1538 and was reported to have been pleased.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 10th March 1558. The x day of Marche the Quen('s) (age 42) grace removyd unto Grenwyche [Map], in lentt, for to kepe ester.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 10th March 1559. The x day Marche was a goodly herse of wax set up for my old lade of Oxford (age 62) at Lambeth.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 10th March 1560. The x day of Marche dyd pryche at Powlles [Map] the byshope Skorre (age 50), and ther was my lord mare (age 64) and the althermen, and grett audyence, and he prechyd in ys rochet and ys chymber.
On 10th March 1629 Katherine Knyvet (age 50) died. Monument in St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map] sculpted by Nicholas Stone (age 42). His diary ... made a tomb for my lady Paston ... veryy extraordinary entertained, and pay'd for it £340. The inscription is by John Donne (age 57): To the Reviving Memory of the virtuous and right worth Lady, Dame Katherine Paston, daughter unto the Right Worp'll Sir Thomas Knevitt, Knt., and wife to Sir Edmund Paston, Knight with whom she lived in wedlock 26 years and issue two sonnes yet surviving, vizt. William and Thomas, She departed this life the 10th day of March, 1628, and lyeth here intombed expecting a Joyful Resurrection.
On the pedestal ...
Can a man be silent and not Praise find.
For her that lived the praise of womankind.
Whose outward frame was sent this world to gess.
What shapes our soules shall weare in happiness.
Whose verture did all ill so overswaye.
That her whole life was a communion daye.
On another panel ...
Not that she needeth monument of stone.
For her wel-gotten fame to rest upon.
But this was reared to testifie.
Katherine Knyvet: On or before 22nd June 1578 she was born to Thomas Knyvet 4th Baron Berners and Muriel Parry. On 22nd June 1578 she was baptised at Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk. On 28th April 1603 Edmund Paston and she were married. They were fourth cousin once removed. In 1611 Edmund Paston and Katherine Knyvet moved into Paston Hall on the death of his grandfather Christopher Paston.
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On 10th March 1653 Phelim Roe O'Neill of Kinard (age 49) was hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.
In early 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) rewarded of further tranche of those who supported his Restoration ...
On 2nd January 1661 Henry Bedingfield 1st Baronet (age 46) was created 1st Baronet Bedingfield of Oxburgh in Norfolk.
On 10th January 1661 Andrew Rutherford 1st Earl Teviot was created 1st Baron Rutherford with special remainder to his heirs and assignees whatsoever, and that under what provisions, restrictions, and conditions the said Lord Rutherford should think fit.
On 23rd January 1661 John Cole 1st Baronet (age 41) was created Baronet Cole of Newland.
On 23rd February 1661 Edward Smythe 1st Baronet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Smythe.
On 4th March 1661 Compton Reade 1st Baronet (age 36) was created 1st Baronet Reade of Barton in Berkshire. Mary Cornwall Lady Reade (age 31) by marriage Lady Reade of Barton in Berkshire.
On 10th March 1661 Brian Broughton 1st Baronet (age 42) was created 1st Baronet Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire.
On 20th March 1661 Thomas Rich 1st Baronet (age 60) was created 1st Baronet Rich of Sonning in Berkshire.
On 29th March 1661 Robert Cholmondeley 1st Viscount Cholmondeley (age 21) was created 1st Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath.
On 30th March 1661 James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 50) was created 1st Duke Ormonde by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 45) by marriage Duchess Ormonde.
On 30th March 1661 John Fettiplace 1st Baronet (age 35) was created 1st Baronet Fettiplace of Childrey in Berkshire. Anne Wenman Lady Fettiplace (age 31) by marriage Lady Fettiplace of Childrey in Berkshire.
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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.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th March 1664. Up and to the office, where all the morning doing business, and at noon to the 'Change [Map] and there very busy, and so home to dinner with my wife, to a good hog's harslet1, a piece of meat I love, but have not eat of I think these seven years, and after dinner abroad by coach set her at Mrs. Hunt's and I to White Hall, and at the Privy Seale I enquired, and found the Bill come for the Corporation of the Royall Fishery; whereof the Duke of Yorke (age 30) is made present Governor, and several other very great persons, to the number of thirty-two, made his assistants for their lives: whereof, by my Lord Sandwich's (age 38) favour, I am one; and take it not only as a matter of honour, but that, that may come to be of profit to me, and so with great content went and called my wife, and so home and to the office, where busy late, and so home to supper and to bed.
Note 1. Harslet or haslet, the entrails of an animal, especially of a hog, as the heart, liver, &c.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th March 1665. Home to dinner, and thence to the Committee of Tangier at White Hall, where my Lord Barkely (age 63) and Craven and others; but, Lord! to see how superficially things are done in the business of the Lottery, which will be the disgrace of the Fishery, and without profit.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th March 1666. Thence to Hales's (age 66) to have seen our pictures, but could not get in, he being abroad, and so to the Cakehouse hard by, and there sat in the coach with great pleasure, and eat some fine cakes and so carried them to Pierces and away home. It is a mighty fine witty boy, Mrs. Pierce's little boy.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th March 1667. Towards the evening comes Mr. Spong to see me, whose discourse about several things I proposed to him was very good, better than I have had with any body a good while. He gone, I to my business again, and anon comes my Lady Pen (age 43) and her son-in law (age 26) and daughter (age 16), and there we talked all the evening away, and then to supper; and after supper comes Sir W. Pen (age 45), and there we talked together, and then broke up, and so to bed. He tells me that our Mr. Turner has seen the proclamation against the Duke of Buckingham (age 39), and that therefore it is true what we heard last night. Yesterday and to-day I have been troubled with a hoarseness through cold that I could not almost speak.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th March 1668. So home; and there comes Mr. Moore to me, who tells me that he fears my Lord Sandwich (age 42) will meet with very great difficulties to go through about the prizes, it being found that he did give orders for more than the King's letter do justify; and then for the Act of Resumption, which he fears will go on, and is designed only to do him hurt, which troubles me much. He tells me he believes the Parliament will not be brought to do anything in matters of religion, but will adhere to the Bishops. So he gone, I up to supper, where I find W. Joyce and Harman (age 43) come to see us, and there was also Mrs. Mercer and her two daughters, and here we were as merry as that fellow Joyce could make us with his mad talking, after the old wont, which tired me. But I was mightily pleased with his singing; for the rogue hath a very good eare, and a good voice. Here he stayed till he was almost drunk, and then away at about ten at night, and then all broke up, and I to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th March 1669. Up, and by Hackney-coach to Auditor Beale's Office, in Holborne, to look for records of the Navy, but he was out of the way, and so forced to go next to White Hall, to the Privy Seal; and, after staying a little there, then to Westminster, where, at the Exchequer, I met with Mr. Newport and Major Halsey; and, after doing a little business with Mr. Burges, we by water to White Hall, where I made a little stop: and so with them by coach to Temple Bar, where, at the Sugar Loaf we dined, and W. Hewer (age 27) with me; and there comes a companion of theirs, Colonel Vernon, I think they called him; a merry good fellow, and one that was very plain in cursing the Duke of Buckingham (age 41), and discoursing of his designs to ruin us, and that ruin must follow his counsels, and that we are an undone people. To which the others concurred, but not so plain, but all vexed at Sir W. Coventry's (age 41) being laid aside: but Vernon, he is concerned, I perceive, for my Lord Ormond's (age 58) being laid aside; but their company, being all old cavaliers, were very pleasant to hear how they swear and talk. But Halsey, to my content, tells me that my Lord Duke of Albemarle (age 60) says that W. Coventry being gone, nothing will be well done at the Treasury, and I believe it; but they do all talk as that Duncombe, upon some pretence or other, must follow him.
John Evelyn's Diary. 10th March 1682. This day was executed Colonel Vrats, and some of his accomplices, for the execrable murder of Mr. Thynn (deceased), set on by the principal Koningsmark (age 22). He went to execution like an undaunted hero, as one that had done a friendly office for that base coward, Count Koningsmark, who had hopes to marry his widow, the rich Baroness Ogle (age 15), and was acquitted by a corrupt jury, and so got away. Vrats told a friend of mine who accompanied him to the gallows, and gave him some advice that he did not value dying of a rush, and hoped and believed God would deal with him like a gentleman. Never man went, so unconcerned for his sad fate.
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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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John Evelyn's Diary. 10th March 1687. His Majesty (age 53) sent for the Commissioners of the Privy Seal this morning into his bedchamber, and told us that though he had thought fit to dispose of the Seal into a single hand, yet he would so provide for us, as it should appear how well he accepted our faithful and loyal service with many gracious expressions to this effect; upon which we delivered the Seal into his hands. It was by all the world both hoped and expected, that he would have restored it to my Lord Clarendon; but they were astonished to see it given to Lord Arundel, of Wardour (age 79), a zealous Roman Catholic. Indeed it was very hard, and looked very unkindly, his Majesty (as my Lord Clarendon protested to me, on my going to visit him and long discoursing with him about the affairs of Ireland) finding not the least failure of duty in him during his government of that kingdom, so that his recall plainly appeared to be from the stronger influence of the Papists, who now got all the preferments.
John Evelyn's Diary. 10th March 1687. Most of the great officers, both in the Court and country, Lords and others, were dismissed, as they would not promise his Majesty their consent to the repeal of the test and penal statutes against Popish Recusants. To this end, most of the Parliament men were spoken to in his Majesty's closet, and such as refused, if in any place of office or trust, civil or military, were put out of their employments. This was a time of great trial; but hardly one of them assented, which put the Popish interest much backward. The English clergy everywhere preached boldly against their superstition and errors, and were wonderfully followed by the people. Not one considerable proselyte was made in all this time. The party were exceedingly put to the worst by the preaching and writing of the Protestants in many excellent treatises, evincing the doctrine and discipline of the reformed religion, to the manifest disadvantage of their adversaries. To this did not a little contribute the sermon preached at Whitehall before the Princess of Denmark (age 22) and a great crowd of people, and at least thirty of the greatest nobility, by Dr. Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells (age 49), on John viii. 46 (the Gospel of the day), describing through his whole discourse the blasphemies, perfidy, wresting of Scripture, preference of tradition before it, spirit of persecution, superstition, legends, and fables of the Scribes and Pharisees, so that all the auditory understood his meaning of a parallel between them and the Romish priests, and their new Trent religion. He exhorted his audience to adhere to the written Word, and to persevere in the Faith taught in the Church of England, whose doctrine for Catholic and soundness he preferred to all the communities and churches of Christians in the world; concluding with a kind of prophecy, that whatever it suffered, it should after a short trial emerge to the confusion of her adversaries and the glory of God.
John Evelyn's Diary. 10th March 1694. Mr. Stringfellow preached at Trinity parish, being restored to that place, after the contest between the Queen (age 31) and the Bishop of London (age 62) who had displaced him.
John Evelyn's Diary. 10th March 1695. The new edition of Camden's "Britannia" was now published (by Bishop Gibson (age 26)), with great additions; those to Surrey were mine, so that I had one presented to me. Dr. Gale (age 60) showed me a MS. of some parts of the New Testament in vulgar Latin, that had belonged to a monastery in the North of Scotland, which he esteemed to be about eight hundred years old; there were some considerable various readings observable, as in John i., and genealogy of St. Luke.
John Evelyn's Diary. 10th March 1695. I dined at the Earl of Sunderland's (age 53) with Lord Spencer (age 19). My Lord showed me his library, now again improved by many books bought at the sale of Sir Charles Scarborough, an eminent physician, which was the very best collection, especially of mathematical books, that was I believe in Europe, once designed for the King's Library at St. James's; but the Queen dying, who was the great patroness of that design, it was let fall, and the books were miserably dissipated.
On 10th March 1736 Colonel William Cosby (age 46) died of tuberculosis between 1 and 2 pm, in the Governor's House at Fort George, New York, today's Battery Park, New York City. He was initially buried in a vault at Fort George's chapel. But in 1788, his remains were moved to an unmarked grave at St Paul Church's Cemetery, New York, together with the remains of the Earl of Bellomont, who served as New York governor between 1698 and 1701.
St Albans Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to William King of Fineshade, died 10th March 1766.
On 10th March 1774 William Browne (age 82) died. Church of St Mary, Hillington [Map]. Large mural marble tablet with plain open pilasters open pediment and relief rondal. Inscribed Sir W B Archit. Roundel sculpted by Joseph Wilton (age 51). Armorial quartered 1&4 Unknown three leopard's faces jessant de lys 2&3 appears to be 
Temple Arms includes an escutcheon for his wife Mary Greene.
William Browne: In 1692 he was born. On 24th August 1717 he and Mary Greene were married.
Mary Greene: On 29th September 1699 she was born to Charles Greene.
On 10th March 1794 Francisco de Paula of Spain was born to Charles IV King Spain (age 45) and Maria Luisa of Parma (age 42). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.98%.
On 10th March 1796 Henry Askew of Redheugh (age 66) died. He was buried at St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map]. He was buried on 23rd March 1796. Memorial at the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map] sculpted by Henry Webber (age 41).
Henry Askew of Redheugh: On 15th March 1729, or 1730, he was born. He was baptised at St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map] on 21st April 1730. Before 18th March 1792 he and Dorothy Boultby were married.
After 10th March 1807. Wall memorial to Reverend William Augustus Irby (deceased) at St Nicholas Church, Whiston [Map].
Reverend William Augustus Irby: Around 1781 he was born to Frederick Irby 2nd Baron Boston and Christian Methuen. On 10th March 1807 Reverend William Augustus Irby died.
Letters and Journals of Lord Byron by Moore 10 March 1814. 10th March 1814. Thor's day. On Tuesday dined with Rogers (age 50),-Mackintosh, Sheridan (age 62), Sharpe,-much talk, and good,-all, except my own little prattlement. Much of old times-Horne Tooke-the Trials-evidence of Sheridan, and anecdotes of those times, when I, alas! was an infant. If I had been a man, I would have made an English Lord Edward Fitzgerald.
Set down Sheridan at Brookes's,-where, by the by, he could not have well set down himself, as he and I were the only drinkers. Sherry means to stand for Westminster, as Cochrane (age 38)1 (the stock-jobbing hoaxer) must vacate. Brougham (age 35)2 is a candidate. I fear for poor dear Sherry. Both have talents of the highest order, but the youngster has yet a character. We shall see, if he lives to Sherry's age, how he will pass over the red-hot ploughshares of public life. I don't know why, but I hate to see the old ones lose; particularly Sheridan, notwithstanding all his méchanceté.
Received many, and the kindest, thanks from Lady Portsmouth, père and mère, for my match-making. I don't regret it, as she looks the countess well, and is a very good girl. It is odd how well she carries her new honours. She looks a different woman, and high-bred, too. I had no idea that I could make so good a peeress.
Went to the play with Hobbouse (age 27). Mrs. Jordan (age 52) superlative in Hoyden3, and Jones well enough in Foppington. What plays! what wit!-helas! Congreve and Vanbrugh are your only comedy. Our society is too insipid now for the like copy. Would not go to Lady Keith's (age 49). Hobhouse thought it odd. I wonder he should like parties. If one is in love, and wants to break a commandment and covet any thing that is there, they do very well. But to go out amongst the mere herd, without a motive, pleasure, or pursuit-'sdeath! 'I'll none of it.' He told me an odd report,-that I am the actual Conrad, the veritable Corsair, and that part of my travels are supposed to have passed in privacy. Um!-people sometimes hit near the truth; but never the whole truth. H. don't know what I was about the year after he left the Levant; nor does any one-nor-nor-nor-however, it is a lie-but, 'I doubt the equivocation of the fiend that lies like truth!
I shall have letters of importance to-morrow. Which, **, **, or **? heigho!-** is in my heart, ** in my head, ** in my eye, and the single one, Heaven knows where. All write, and will be answered. 'Since I have crept in favour with myself, I must maintain it;' but I never 'mistook my person,' though I think others have.
** called to-day in great despair about his mistress, who has taken a freak of ***. He began a letter to her, but was obliged to stop short-I finished it for him, and he copied and sent it. If he holds out and keeps to my instructions of affected indifference, she will lower her colours. If she don't, he will, at least, get rid of her, and she don't seem much worth keeping. But the poor lad is in love-if that is the case, she will win. When they once discover their power, finita è la musica.
Sleepy, and must go to bed.
Note 1. Thomas, Lord Cochrane (1775-1860), eldest son of the ninth Earl of Dundonald, a captain in the Royal Navy, and M. P. for Westminster, had done brilliant service in his successive commands-the Speedy, Pallas, Impérieuse, and the flotilla of fire-ships at Basque Roads in 1809. In the House of Commons he had been a strong opponent of the Government, an advocate of Parliamentary Reform, and a vigorous critic of naval administration. In February, 1814, he had been appointed to the Tonnant for the American Station, and it was while he was on a week's leave of absence in London, before sailing, that the stock-jobbing hoax occurred.
During the days February 8-26, 1814, it seemed possible that Napoleon might defeat the Allied Armies, and the Funds were sensitive to every rumour. At midnight on Sunday, February 20, a man calling himself Du Bourg brought news to Admiral Foley, at Dover, that Napoleon had been killed by a party of Cossacks. Hurrying towards London, Du Bourg, whose real name was Berenger, spread the news as he went. Arrived in London soon after daybreak, he went to Cochrane's house, and there changed his uniform. When the Stock Exchange opened at ten on February 21, 1814, the Funds rose rapidly, and among those who sold on the rise was Cochrane. The next day, when the swindle had been discovered, the Stocks fell.
A Stock Exchange Committee sat to investigate the case, and their report (March 7) threw grave suspicion on Cochrane. He, his uncle, Cochrane Johnstone, a Mr. Butt, and Berenger, were indicted for a conspiracy, tried before Lord Ellenborough, June 8-9, and convicted. Cochrane was sentenced to a year's imprisonment and a fine of £1000. On the back of the note for £1000 (still kept in the Bank of England) with which he paid his fine on July 3, 1815, he wrote:
My health having suffered by long and close confinement, and my oppressors being resolved to deprive me of property or life, I submit to robbery to protect myself from murder, in the hope that I shall live to bring the delinquents to justice."
Cochrane was also expelled from the House of Commons and from the Order of the Bath. There is little doubt that the circumstances were extremely suspicious. Those who wish to form an opinion as to Cochrane's guilt or innocence will find the subject of the trial exhaustively treated in Mr. J.B. Atlay's Lord Cochrane's Trial before Lord Ellenborough (1897).
Note 2. Henry, Lord Brougham (1778-1868) acknowledged that he wrote the famous article on Byron's Hours of Idleness in the Edinburgh Review (Sir M.E. Grant-Duff's Notes from a Diary, vol. ii. p. 189). He lost his seat for Camelford in September, 1812, and did not re-enter the House till July, 1815, when he sat for Winchelsea. In the postscript of a letter written by him to Douglas Kinnaird, December 9, 1814, he speaks of Byron thus:
Your friend, Lord B., is, in my opinion, a singularly agreeable person, which is very rarely the case with eminent men. His independent principles give him a great additional charm."
But the part which Brougham played in the separation, both as counsel and in society, infuriated Byron, who wrote of him in his letters with the utmost bitterness. (See also the passage, now for the first time published, from Byron's Detached Thoughts, on his Parliamentary experiences, p. 198, first paragraph of note.)
Note 3. Dorothy Jordan (1762-1816) first appeared as "Phoebe" in As You Like It at the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, in 1777. After acting in provincial theatres, she made her début on the London stage at Drury Lane (October 18, 1785) as "Peggy" in Garrick's Country Girl, an expurgated version of Wycherley's Country Wife. During the season she appeared also in six of her best parts: "Miss Hoyden" in The Trip to Scarborough, "Priscilla Tomboy" in The Romp, "Hypolita" in She would and she would not, "Mrs. Brady" in The Irish Widow, "Viola" in Twelfth Night, and "Rosalind" in As You Like It. Her last appearance on the London stage was as "Lady Teazle" in The School for Scandal, at Covent Garden, June 1, 1814. A list of her principal characters is given by Genest (English Stage, vol. viii. pp. 432-434). As a comic actress, Mrs. Jordan was unrivalled; her voice was perfect; and her natural gaiety irresistible. Sir Joshua Reynolds preferred her to all other actresses as a being "who ran upon the stage as a playground, and laughed from sincere wildness of delight." In genteel comedy, critics like Genest (English Stage, vol. viii. p. 431) and Leigh Hunt (Dramatic Essays, ed. 1894, p. 82) agree that she failed, perhaps, as the latter suggests, because she was so "perpetually employed" in "broad and romping characters."
In private life Mrs. Jordan was chiefly known as the mistress of the Duke of Clarence, to whom she bore ten children. She died at St. Cloud, July 3, 1816.
The play acted at Covent Garden, March 10, 1814, was Sheridan's Trip to Scarborough, which is a close adaptation of Vanbrugh's Relapse. The performance is thus described in the Courier, March 11, 1814:
"Mrs. Jordan, the only Miss Hoyden on the stage, supported that character with unabated spirit. In every scene, from her soliloquy on being locked up, which was delivered with extraordinary naïveté, both with reference to her tones, her emphasis, and her action, until the consummation of the piece, the house was shaken by loud and quick-succeeding peals of laughter. The style in which she expressed Hoyden's rustic arithmetic, 'Now, Nursey, if he gives me six hundred pounds a-year to buy pins, what will he give me to buy petticoats?' was uncommonly fine. The frock waving in her hand, the backward bound of two or three steps, the gravity of countenance, induced by a mental glance at the magnitude of the sum, all spoke expectation, delight, and astonishment."
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On 10th March 1863 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 21) and Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 18) were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. She the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark (age 44) and Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (age 45). He the son of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 43). They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
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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.
10th March 1863. William Powell Frith (age 44). Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra. The artist has depicted the moment when the Prince (age 21) is about to place the ring on the Princess' (age 18) finger. The two little boys dressed in tartan are Prince Leopold (age 9) and Prince Arthur (age 12), Queen Victoria's youngest sons. At the top right of the painting the Queen (age 43) herself looks down on the ceremony.
The London Gazette 26496. AT the Court' at Windsor, the 10th day of March, 1894.
PRESENT
The Queen's (age 74)s Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
This day the Right Honourable Archibald Philip, Earl of Rosebery (age 46), K.G., took the oath of Allegiance and the oath of Office of First Lord of Her Majesty's Treasury.
After 10th March 1900 Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey 10th Baronet (deceased) was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. Inscription: In loving memory of Sir Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey, D.L. 10th Baronet, of Tawstock Court, Born June 27th 1829, Died March 10th 1900. Married the Honble Marianne Sarah, Only child of Philip Castel, 9th Lord Sherard, of Clatton Hall, Peterborough.
Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey 10th Baronet: On 27th June 1829 he was born to Henry Bourchier Wrey 9th Baronet and Ellen Maria Toke. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.45%. On 6th September 1854 Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey 10th Baronet and Marianne Sarah Sherard Lady Wrey were married at Sidmouth, Devon. On 23rd December 1882 Henry Bourchier Wrey 9th Baronet died. His son Henry succeeded 10th Baronet Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall. On 10th March 1900 Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey 10th Baronet died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight. His son Robert succeeded 11th Baronet Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall.
Marianne Sarah Sherard Lady Wrey: On 4th April 1835 she was born to Henry or Philip Sherard 9th Baron Sherard. On 16th February 1896 Marianne Sarah Sherard Lady Wrey died.
On 10th March 1907 George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn (age 70) died. His son Edward (age 42) succeeded 3rd Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire. Blanche Georgiana Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn by marriage Baroness Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire.
Monument in Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutlandshire [Map].
George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn: On 30th September 1836 he was born to Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant. In 1860 George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn and Pamela Blanche Rushout were married. On 31st March 1886 Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn died. His son George succeeded 2nd Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire.
Edward Sholto Douglas-Pennant 3rd Baron Penrhyn: On 10th June 1864 he was born to George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn and Pamela Blanche Rushout. In 1887 Edward Sholto Douglas-Pennant 3rd Baron Penrhyn and Blanche Georgiana Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn were married. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. On 22nd August 1927 Edward Sholto Douglas-Pennant 3rd Baron Penrhyn died. His son Hugh succeeded 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire. Sybil Mary Hardinge Countess Fortescue by marriage Baroness Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire.
Blanche Georgiana Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn: she was born to Charles Fitzroy 3rd Baron Southampton and Ismania Katharine Nugent Baroness Southampton. In November 1944 Blanche Georgiana Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn died.
On 10th March 1964 Prince Edward Windsor Duke of Edinburgh was born to Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 42) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 37).
Births on the 10th March
On 10th March 1262 Isabella Clare Baroness Berkeley was born to Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 18) and Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 26).
On 10th March 1452 Ferdinand II King Aragon was born to John II King Aragon (age 53) and Juana Enríquez Queen Consort Aragon (age 27).
On 10th March 1503 Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 24) and Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 24) at Alcalá de Henares. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
On 10th March 1527 Alfonso Este Lord Montecchio was born illegitimately to Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (age 50).
On 10th March 1533 Francesco Gonzaga III Duke Mantua was born to Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua (age 32) and Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua (age 22).
On 10th March 1536 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk was born to Henry Howard (age 20) and Frances Vere Countess of Surrey (age 19) at Kenninghall Palace, Norfolk [Map].
On 10th March 1589 Bishop Brian Duppa was born.
On 10th March 1607 Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester was born to Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton (age 33) and Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton (age 35).
On 10th March 1629 Metcalfe Robinson 1st Baronet was born to William Robinson and Frances Metcalfe.
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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 10th March 1652 Mary Langham Countess Warrington was born to James Langham 2nd Baronet (age 32) and Mary Alston (age 25).
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 10th March 1679 Thomas Modyford 5th Baronet was born to Charles Modyford 3rd Baronet (age 38) and Mary Norton Lady Modyford (age 28).
On 10th March 1682 William Hesse-Kassel was born to Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 27) and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.66%.
On 10th March 1696 John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland was born to John Campbell 2nd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 33) and Henrietta Villiers Countess Breadalbaine and Holland.
On 10th March 1719 General Thomas Gage was born to Thomas Gage 1st Viscount Gage (age 18) and Benedicta Maria Theresa Hall Viscountess Gage in New Brunswick New Jersey.
On 10th March 1742 Philip Tufton Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont (age 31) and Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont (age 20).
On 10th March 1760 Thomas Maitland was born to John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale (age 42) and Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale.
On 10th March 1772 María Teresa Fernández Silva Duchess Veragua Duchess Berwick was born to Pedro Fernández Silva 10th Duke Híjar at Florence, Tuscany.
On 10th March 1787 William Etty was born.
On 10th March 1788 Edward Hodges Baily was born.
On 10th March 1792 George Taylour aka Quin was born to Thomas Taylour 1st Marquess of Headfort (age 34) and Mary Quin Marchioness of Headfort.
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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 10th March 1794 Francisco de Paula of Spain was born to Charles IV King Spain (age 45) and Maria Luisa of Parma (age 42). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.98%.
On 10th March 1797 Henry Thomas Liddell 1st Earl Ravensworth was born to Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth (age 22) and Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe (age 24).
On 10th March 1819 George Samuel Brooke-Pechell 5th Baronet was born to Samuel George Pechell of Bereleigh, Hampshire (age 28) and Caroline Thoyts at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire.
On 10th March 1844 Marie Spartali aka Stillman was born to Michael Spartali and Euphrosyne Varsini. Her mother's name some spelled Valsami, sometimes Varsami.
On 10th March 1866 Mabell Gore Countess Airlie was born to Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 27) and Edith Jocelyn (age 21).
On 10th March 1876 Lilian Florence Chetwynd Marchioness of Anglesey was born to George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 26) and Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 33).
On 10th March 1877 Constance Anne Montagu-Douglas-Scott was born to William Scott 6th Duke Buccleuch 8th Duke Queensberry (age 45) and Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 40).
On 10th March 1884 Blanche Frances Conyngham was born to Henry Conyngham 4th Marquess Conyngham (age 26) and Frances Elizabeth Sarah Eveleigh-de-Moleyns Marchioness Conyngham.
On 10th March 1893 Fergus Frederick Graham 5th Baronet was born to Richard James Graham 4th Baronet (age 34) and Mabel Cynthia Duncombe Lady Graham. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.64%.
On 10th March 1912 Elizabeth Mary Yorke Countess of Leicester was born to Charles Yorke 8th Earl of Hardwicke (age 42).
On 10th March 1934 Thomas Henry Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington 14th Baronet was born to Arthur William Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington 13th Baronet (age 35).
On 10th March 1964 Prince Edward Windsor Duke of Edinburgh was born to Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 42) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 37).
Marriages on the 10th March
On 10th March 1526 Charles V Holy Roman Emperor (age 26) and Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Manuel "Fortunate" I King Portugal and Maria Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile and Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 47). They were first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 10th March 1691 Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath (age 29) and Isabella van Nassau (age 23) were married. He the son of John Granville 1st Earl Bath (age 62) and Jane Wyche.
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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 10th March 1720 Charles Douglas 3rd Duke Queensberry (age 21) and Catherine Hyde Duchess Queensbury (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Queensberry. She the daughter of Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Rochester 4th Earl Clarendon (age 47) and Jane Leveson-Gower Countess Rochester and Clarendon. He the son of James Douglas 2nd Duke Queensberry and Mary Boyle Duchess Queensbury. They were second cousins.
On 10th March 1758 Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 32) and Mary Hartop were married.
On 10th March 1792 Henry Agar 2nd Viscount Clifden (age 31) and Caroline Spencer Viscountess Clifden (age 29) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Clifden of Gowran in County Kilkenny. She the daughter of George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough (age 53) and Caroline Russell Duchess of Marlborough (age 49).
On 10th March 1792 John Perceval 4th Earl Egmont (age 24) and Bridget Wynn Countess Egmont were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of John Perceval 3rd Earl Egmont (age 54) and Isabella Powlett Countess Egmont.
On 10th March 1829 Henry Peyto Verney 24th Baron Latimer 16th Baron Willoughby (age 55) and Margaret Williams (age 30) were married at St Asaph Cathedral [Map]. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
On 10th March 1851 Henry William Parnell 3rd Baron Congleton (age 41) and Caroline Margaret Dawson were married. They were first cousins.
On 10th March 1859 William Robert Kemp 10th Baronet (age 67) and Mary Saunders Lady Kemp were married. She by marriage Lady Kemp of Gissing in Norfolk.
On 10th March 1863 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 21) and Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 18) were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. She the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark (age 44) and Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (age 45). He the son of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 43). They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 10th March 1926 Edward Russell 26th Baron de Clifford (age 19) and Dorothy Evelyn Meyrick were married. He was nineteen and required the consent of his mother in order to marry, but fearing that such consent would be withheld he made out that he was in fact twenty-two and the son of an engineer named Jack Russell. When this subterfuge was discovered, which wasn't difficult given that details of the marriage was announced in all the newspapers, he was brought before the Lord Mayor of London, sitting as a magistrate, and fined the maximum penalty of £50 for making a false oath and ordered to pay an additional ten guineas in costs.
Deaths on the 10th March
On 10th March 1040 Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois (age 70) died.
On 10th March 1040 Odo Duke Gascony and Aquitaine (age 30) died. His half brother William (age 17) succeeded VII Duke Aquitaine.
On 10th March 1289 Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 66) died.
On 10th March 1335 Richard Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Codnor (age 53) died at Codnor, Derbyshire [Map]. His son John (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baron Grey of Codnor.
On 10th March 1340 Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 61) died at Buchan. His son John (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Beaumont. Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 21) by marriage Baroness Beaumont.
On 10th March 1396 John Sutton 3rd Baron Sutton (age 34) died at Coleshill, Warwickshire. His son John (age 16) de jure 4th Baron Sutton of Dudley although he was never summoned to Parliament.
On 10th March 1426 Thomas Pomeroy 13th Baron Pomeroy died. His grandson Edward succeeded 14th Baron Pomeroy Feudal.
On 10th March 1476 Richard West 7th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron West (age 45) died. His son Thomas (age 19) succeeded 8th Baron De La Warr, 5th Baron West.
On 10th March 1490 Joan Stanhope died. Her sister Maud abeyance terminated 4th Baroness Cromwell.
On 10th March 1513 John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 70) died at Hedingham Castle [Map]. He was buried at Colne Priory, Essex [Map]. His nephew John (age 13) succeeded 14th Earl of Oxford.
On 10th February 1561 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 62) died. He was buried on 10th March 1561 at the Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave. His grandson William (age 3) succeeded 3rd Earl Bath, 13th Baron Fitzwarin.
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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 10th March 1572 William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 89) died. On His son John (age 62) succeeded 2nd Marquess Winchester, 2nd Earl Wiltshire, 2nd Baron St John. Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
On 10th March 1627 Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby (age 51) died at Richmond, Surrey [Map]. She was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
On 10th March 1629 Katherine Knyvet (age 50) died. Monument in St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map] sculpted by Nicholas Stone (age 42). His diary ... made a tomb for my lady Paston ... veryy extraordinary entertained, and pay'd for it £340. The inscription is by John Donne (age 57): To the Reviving Memory of the virtuous and right worth Lady, Dame Katherine Paston, daughter unto the Right Worp'll Sir Thomas Knevitt, Knt., and wife to Sir Edmund Paston, Knight with whom she lived in wedlock 26 years and issue two sonnes yet surviving, vizt. William and Thomas, She departed this life the 10th day of March, 1628, and lyeth here intombed expecting a Joyful Resurrection.
On the pedestal ...
Can a man be silent and not Praise find.
For her that lived the praise of womankind.
Whose outward frame was sent this world to gess.
What shapes our soules shall weare in happiness.
Whose verture did all ill so overswaye.
That her whole life was a communion daye.
On another panel ...
Not that she needeth monument of stone.
For her wel-gotten fame to rest upon.
But this was reared to testifie.
Katherine Knyvet: On or before 22nd June 1578 she was born to Thomas Knyvet 4th Baron Berners and Muriel Parry. On 22nd June 1578 she was baptised at Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk. On 28th April 1603 Edmund Paston and she were married. They were fourth cousin once removed. In 1611 Edmund Paston and Katherine Knyvet moved into Paston Hall on the death of his grandfather Christopher Paston.
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On 10th March 1724 Samuel Garrard 4th Baronet (age 74) died. He was buried at St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead. His son Samuel (age 31) succeeded 5th Baronet Garrard of Lamer.
On 10th March 1733 Elizabeth Hutchinson Countess Ruglen (age 56) died.
On 10th March 1736 Colonel William Cosby (age 46) died of tuberculosis between 1 and 2 pm, in the Governor's House at Fort George, New York, today's Battery Park, New York City. He was initially buried in a vault at Fort George's chapel. But in 1788, his remains were moved to an unmarked grave at St Paul Church's Cemetery, New York, together with the remains of the Earl of Bellomont, who served as New York governor between 1698 and 1701.
On 10th March 1737 John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham (age 49) died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Ashburnham [Map]. His son John (age 12) succeeded 2nd Earl Ashburham, 4th Baron Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex
On 10th March 1759 Stewkley Schuckburgh 4th Baronet died unmarried. His first cousin Charles (age 36) succeeded 5th Baronet Schuckburgh of Schuckburgh in Warwickshire.
On 10th March 1769 Kenrick Clayton 2nd Baronet (age 56) died. His son Robert (age 29) succeeded 3rd Baronet Clayton of Marden Park in Surrey.
On 10th March 1770 Lionel Tollemache 4th Earl Dysart (age 61) died. His son Lionel (age 35) succeeded 5th Earl Dysart, 6th Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk. Charlotte Walpole Countess Dysart (age 32) by marriage Countess Dysart.
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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 10th March 1772 Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III (age 72) died at Gotha. His son Duke (age 27) succeeded Augus Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg.
On 10th March 1774 William Browne (age 82) died. Church of St Mary, Hillington [Map]. Large mural marble tablet with plain open pilasters open pediment and relief rondal. Inscribed Sir W B Archit. Roundel sculpted by Joseph Wilton (age 51). Armorial quartered 1&4 Unknown three leopard's faces jessant de lys 2&3 appears to be Temple Arms includes an escutcheon for his wife Mary Greene.
William Browne: In 1692 he was born. On 24th August 1717 he and Mary Greene were married.
Mary Greene: On 29th September 1699 she was born to Charles Greene.
On 10th March 1791 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford (age 68) died. His first cousin Frederick (age 59) succeeded 3rd Earl Strafford.
On 10th March 1792 John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 78) died. His son John (age 47) succeeded 4th Earl Bute. Charlotte Jane Windsor Marchioness Bute (age 46) by marriage Countess Bute.
On 10th March 1796 Henry Askew of Redheugh (age 66) died. He was buried at St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map]. He was buried on 23rd March 1796. Memorial at the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map] sculpted by Henry Webber (age 41).
Henry Askew of Redheugh: On 15th March 1729, or 1730, he was born. He was baptised at St John the Baptist's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map] on 21st April 1730. Before 18th March 1792 he and Dorothy Boultby were married.
On 10th March 1823 George Keith Elphinstone 1st Viscount Keith (age 77) died. Viscount Keith and Baron Keith of Stonehaven Marischal Kincardine extinct
Margaret Mercer Elphinstone Countess Flahaut and 2nd Baroness Keith (age 34) succeeded 2nd Baroness Keith of Stonehaven Marrischal, 2nd Baroness Keith of Banheath in Dumbarton.
On 10th March 1824 Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard (age 71) died. His nephew Charles (age 37) succeeded 3rd Viscount Maynard of Easton Lodge in Essex, 3rd Baron Maynard of Much Easton in Essex, 6th Baronet Maynard of Walthamstow in Essex.
On 10th March 1831 Montague Cholmeley 1st Baronet (age 58) died. He was buried at St Andrew and St Mary's Church, Stoke Rochford where he has a monument by Robert Blore (age 51). His son Montague (age 28) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire. Georgiana Beauclerk Lady Cholmeley (age 22) by marriage Lady Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire.
On 10th March 1845 Francis Almeric Spencer 1st Baron Churchill (age 65) died. His son Francis (age 43) succeeded 2nd Baron Churchill Wychwood in Oxfordshire. Jane Conyngham Baroness Churchill (age 18) by marriage Baroness Churchill Wychwood in Oxfordshire.
On 10th March 1849 John Thynne 3rd Baron Carteret (age 76) died at his home Hawnes Park, Bedfordshire. Baron Carteret extinct. His estates including Hawnes Park, Bedfordshire were inherited by his nephew John Thynne (age 50).
On 10th March 1871 Anton Einsle (age 70) died.
On 10th March 1892 Rudolph Feilding 8th Earl of Denbigh 7th Earl Desmond (age 68) died. His son Rudolph (age 32) succeeded 8th Earl Desmond, 9th Earl Denbigh, 9th Viscount Feilding, 9th Baron Feilding of Newnham Paddocks in Warwickshire, 8th Viscount Callan of Callan in Kilkenny, 8th Baron Feilding of Lecagh in Tipperary, 8th Baron St Liz.
On 10th March 1900 Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey 10th Baronet (age 70) died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight. His son Robert (age 44) succeeded 11th Baronet Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall.
On 10th March 1903 James McGarel-Hogg 2nd Baron Magheramorne (age 42) died in Paris. His brother Dudley (age 39) succeeded 3rd Baron Magheramorne of Magheramorne in Antrim, 4th Baronet Hogg of Upper Grosvenor Street in London.
On 10th March 1907 George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn (age 70) died. His son Edward (age 42) succeeded 3rd Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire. Blanche Georgiana Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn by marriage Baroness Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire.
Monument in Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutlandshire [Map].
George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn: On 30th September 1836 he was born to Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant. In 1860 George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn and Pamela Blanche Rushout were married. On 31st March 1886 Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn died. His son George succeeded 2nd Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire.
Edward Sholto Douglas-Pennant 3rd Baron Penrhyn: On 10th June 1864 he was born to George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn and Pamela Blanche Rushout. In 1887 Edward Sholto Douglas-Pennant 3rd Baron Penrhyn and Blanche Georgiana Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn were married. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. On 22nd August 1927 Edward Sholto Douglas-Pennant 3rd Baron Penrhyn died. His son Hugh succeeded 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire. Sybil Mary Hardinge Countess Fortescue by marriage Baroness Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire.
Blanche Georgiana Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn: she was born to Charles Fitzroy 3rd Baron Southampton and Ismania Katharine Nugent Baroness Southampton. In November 1944 Blanche Georgiana Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn died.
On 10th March 1911 Henry Brudenell-Bruce 5th Marquess of Ailesbury (age 68) died. His son George (age 37) succeeded 6th Marquess Ailesbury, 12th Earl Cardigan, 7th Earl Ailesbury, 6th Earl Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire, 6th Viscount Savernake of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, 12th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire, 7th Baron Bruce of Tottenham in Wiltshire.
On 10th March 1917 George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 67) died. His son Guy (age 43) succeeded 5th Baronet Chetwynd of Brocton Hall in Staffordshire.
On 10th March 1928 Montagu Arthur Bertie 7th Earl of Abingdon (age 91) died. His grandson Montagu (age 40) succeeded 8th Earl Abingdon, 12th Baron Norreys of Rycote. Elizabeth Valetta Montagu-Stuart-Wortley Countess Abingdon (age 31) by marriage Countess Abingdon. It isn't clear whether their marriage took place before or after the death of his father.
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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 10th March 1931 Joseph Hood 1st Baronet (age 67) died. His son Harold (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hood of Wimbledon in Surrey.
On 10th March 1934 Alexander Bannerman 11th Baronet (age 62) died. His third cousin Arthur (age 68) succeeded 12th Baronet Bannerman of Elsick in Kincardineshire.
On 10th March 1949 Reginald Brabazon 13th Earl of Meath (age 79) died. His son Anthony (age 38) succeeded 14th Earl Meath, 15th Baron Ardee, 5th Baron Chaworth of Eaton Hall in Herefordshire.
On 10th March 1973 Evelyn Baring 1st Baron Howick (age 69) died. His son Charles (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale.
On 10th March 1985 Victor Hervey 6th Marquess of Bristol (age 69) died in Monaco. His son Frederick (age 30) succeeded 7th Marquess of Bristol, 7th Earl Jermyn of Horningworth in Suffolk, 11th Earl Bristol, 12th Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk.
On 10th March 2013 John Horsbrugh-Porter 4th Baronet (age 74) died. His son Andrew (age 42) succeeded 5th Baronet Porter of Merrion Square in Dublin.