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On this Day in History ... 11th August

11 Aug is in August.

991 Battle of Maldon

1660 August Creation of Baronets

1666 Holme's Bonfire

1718 Battle of Cape Passaro

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Events on the 11th August

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 11 Aug 991. This year was Ipswich, Suffolk [Map] plundered; and very soon afterwards was Alderman Britnoth47 slain at Maldon, Essex [Map]. In this same year it was resolved that tribute should be given, for the first time, to the Danes, for the great terror they occasioned by the sea-coast. That was first 10,000 pounds. The first who advised this measure was Archbishop Siric.

Note 47. Vid. "Hist. Eliens." ii. 6. He was a great benefactor to the church of Ely.

On 11 Aug 991 Alderman Britnoth was killed at the Battle of Maldon.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 11 Aug 991. This year came Anlaf with three and ninety ships to Staines, which he plundered without, and went thence to Sandwich, Kent [Map]. Thence to Ipswich, Suffolk [Map], which he laid waste; and so to Maldon, Essex [Map], where Alderman Britnoth came against him with his force, and fought with him; and there they slew the alderman, and gained the field of battle; whereupon peace was made with him, and the king received him afterwards at episcopal hands by the advice of Siric, Bishop of Canterbury, and Elfeah of Winchester.

On 11 Aug 1081 (possibly 1086) Henry V Holy Roman Emperor was born to Henry Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and Bertha Savoy (age 29).

On or before 11 Aug 1136 Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon (age 50) and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon (age 31) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon. She the daughter of William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine and Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona and Felicia Montdidier Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona.

On 11 Aug 1171 Louis Loon I Count Loon (age 64) was killed in battle whilst attempting to conquer the Country of Duras.

Chronicle of Gregory 1431. 11 Aug 1431. And the same year, the xj day of Auguste, the Earl of Warwyke (age 49), the Earl of Stafforde (age 28), slowe and toke a grete nombyr of pepylle be-syde Bevys; and ther was take on Potyn and a scheparde that was namyd le Bergere, and he namyd him sylfe hooly and a saynte, for the Fraynysche men hadde a be-leve on him that yf he hadde layde his honde on a castelle walle that it shulde have fallyn downe by the power of his holynys.

Wriothesley's Chronicle 11 Aug 1554. 11 Aug 1554. The 11 of August the King (age 27) and Queen (age 38) removed to Richmond [Map].

Henry Machyn's Diary. 11 Aug 1559. The xj day of August the vesetars [visitors] satt at Powlles, master docthur Horne (age 49), and master (blank) and master (blank), apon master Harpfeld, and master Harpfeld and dyvers odur.

On 12 Mar 1560. [Some sources say 25 Feb 1560] Catherine Blount (deceased) died. On 11 Aug 1580 Maurice Berkeley (age 54) died. Church of St Mary, Bruton [Map]. Elizabethan Period recumbent effigies of himself and his two wives Catherine Blount and Elizabeth Sands (age 27) in an Easter sepulchre-type recess with double round arched front, Corinthian pilasters and strapwork panels. Ruff. Panel with quartered arms 1 Berkeley Arms 2 probably Tiptoft Arms, possibly Wotton Arms 3 Unknown Arms 4 probably Babington Arms, possibly Zouche Arms differenced with a label three points, overall a Crescent.

Catherine Blount: John Champernowne and she were married. Around 1518 she was born to William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy and Alice Keble Baroness Mountjoy. After 1541 Maurice Berkeley and she were married. Henry Machyn's Diary. 12 Mar 1560. The xij day of Marche was bered at Dyttun my lade Barkeley, the wyff of ser Mores Barthelay knyght, with a penon of armes and a iiij dosen of skochyons, and a harold of armes, master Rychemond.

Elizabeth Sands: In 1533 she was born to Anthony Sands of Throwley in Kent. In 1562 Maurice Berkeley and she were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. On 16 Jun 1585 she died at Berkeley House. She was buried at the St James' Church, Clerkenwell where a monument was constructed. Before 16 Jun 1685 she was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland.

Diary of Anne Clifford 1616. 11 Aug 1616. Upon the 11th came Mr Marsh and brought a letter of the King’s hand to it that I should not be molested in Brougham Castle and with all how all things went well and that my Lord (age 27) would be here very shortly1.

Note 1. About this time my Lady Exeter was brought to bed of a Daughter and my Lady Montgomery of a Son, being the rst Son.

Diary of Anne Clifford 1617. 11 Aug 1617. The 11th my Lord (age 28) went from Buckhurst, beginning his progress into Sussex. My Uncle Nevil1, my Brother Compton, Tom Glenham, Coventry and about 30 horsemen, they being very gallant, brave and merry. Mr Ran brought me a message from Matthew how willing he should be to have my favour, whereto I desired M® Ran to tell him as I was a Christian I would forgive him, and so had some hours speech with M? Ran.

Note 1. Sir Henry Neville Lord Abergavenny married Mary 3rd daughter of Thomas 1st Earl of Dorset.

In Aug 1660 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) rewarded those who supported his Restoration by awarding them Baronetcies ...

On 02 Aug 1660 Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet (age 62) was created 1st Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.

On 10 Aug 1660 Peter Leicester 1st Baronet (age 46) was created 1st Baronet Leicester of Tabley in Cheshire. Elizabeth Gerard Lady Leicester by marriage Lady Leicester of Tabley in Cheshire.

On 11 Aug 1660 William wheler 1st Baronet 1611 1666 (age 49) was created 1st Baronet Wheler of the City of Westminster with a special remainder failing the heirs male of his body, "to Charles Wheeler (age 40) [rectius Wheler], cosin to the said Sir William and the heires males of the body of the said Sir Charles."

On 16 Aug 1660 Thomas Lee 1st Baronet (age 25) was created 1st Baronet Lee of Hartwell in Buckinghamshire.

On 16 Aug 1660 John Newton 1st Baronet (age 49) was created 1st Baronet Newton of Barrs Court.

On 16 Aug 1660 Thomas Smith 1st Baronet (age 38) was created 1st Baronet Smith of Hatherton in Cheshire.

On 31 Aug 1660 John Drake 1st Baronet (age 35) was created 1st Baronet Drake of Ashe in Devon. Dionise Strode Lady Drake by marriage Lady Drake of Ashe in Devon.

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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11 Aug 1661. Lord's Day. To our own church in the forenoon, and in the afternoon to Clerkenwell Church, only to see the two1 fayre Botelers;2 and I happened to be placed in the pew where they afterwards came to sit, but the pew by their coming being too full, I went out into the next, and there sat, and had my full view of them both, but I am out of conceit now with them, Colonel Dillon (age 34) being come back from Ireland again, and do still court them, and comes to church with them, which makes me think they are not honest.

Note 1. Mrs. Frances Butler and her sister.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11 Aug 1663. This day I am told that my Lord Bristoll (age 50) hath warrants issued out against him, to have carried him to the Tower; but he is fled away, or hid himself. So much the Chancellor (age 54) hath got the better of him.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11 Aug 1663. Up and to my office, whither, by and by, my brother Tom (age 29) came, and I did soundly rattle him for his neglecting to see and please the Joyces as he has of late done. I confess I do fear that he do not understand his business, nor will do any good in his trade, though he tells me that he do please every body and that he gets money, but I shall not believe it till I see a state of his accounts, which I have ordered him to bring me before he sees me any more. We met and sat at the office all the morning, and at noon I to the 'Change [Map], where I met James Pearce Surgeon, who tells me that the King (age 33) comes to towne this day, from Tunbridge [Map], to stay a day or two, and then fetch the Queen (age 24) from thence, who he says is grown a very debonnaire lady, and now hugs him, and meets him gallopping upon the road, and all the actions of a fond and pleasant lady that can be, that he believes has a chat now and then of Mrs. Stewart (age 16), but that there is no great danger of her, she being only an innocent, young, raw girl; but my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 22), who rules the King in matters of state, and do what she list with him, he believes is now falling quite out of favour.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11 Aug 1664. So home to dinner, and by and by comes Mr. Creed, lately come from the Downes, and dined with me. I show him a good countenance, but love him not for his base ingratitude to me. However, abroad, carried my wife to buy things at the New Exchange, and so to my Lady Sandwich's (age 39), and there merry, talking with her a great while, and so home, whither comes Cocker (age 33) with my rule, which he hath engraved to admiration, for goodness and smallness of work: it cost me 14s. The doing, and mightily pleased I am with it.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11 Aug 1664. He gone, I late to my office, and cannot forbear admiring and consulting my new rule, and so home to supper and to bed. This day, for a wager before the King (age 34), my Lords of Castlehaven (age 47) and Arran (age 25) (a son of my Lord of Ormond's (age 53)), they two alone did run down and kill a stoute bucke in St. James's parke.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11 Aug 1666. Thence to the office, and there did the remainder of my business, and so home to supper and to bed. This afternoon I hear as if we had landed some men upon the Dutch coasts, but I believe it is but a foolery either in the report or the attempt.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11 Aug 1667. Lord's Day. Up by four o'clock, and ready with Mrs. Turner (age 44) to take coach before five; which we did, and set on our journey, and got to the Wells at Barnett [Map] by seven o'clock, and there found many people a-drinking; but the morning is a very cold morning, so as we were very cold all the way in the coach. Here we met Joseph Batelier, and I talked with him, and here was W. Hewer (age 25) also, and his uncle Steventon: so, after drinking three glasses and the women nothing, we back by coach to Barnett, where to the Red Lyon, where we 'light, and went up into the great Room, and there drank, and eat some of the best cheese-cakes that ever I eat in my life, and so took coach again, and W. Hewer on horseback with us, and so to Hatfield, Hertfordshire, to the inn, next my Lord Salisbury's house, and there rested ourselves, and drank, and bespoke dinner; and so to church, it being just church-time, and there we find my Lord and my Lady Sands and several fine ladies of the family, and a great many handsome faces and genteel persons more in the church, and did hear a most excellent good sermon, which pleased me mightily, and very devout; it being upon, the signs of saving grace, where it is in a man, and one sign, which held him all this day, was, that where that grace was, there is also the grace of prayer, which he did handle very finely. In this church lies the former Lord of Salisbury, Cecil, buried in a noble tomb.

On 11 Aug 1694 Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon (age 43) wrote to Laurence Cromp of the Herald's Office "I have been this summer, att a considerable charge, to repair and Beautifie a monument to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon, in Ashby Church".

11 Aug 1718. The Battle of Cape Passaro, aka the Battle of Avola and the Battle of Syracuse, was a major naval battle fought on between a fleet of the British Royal Navy under Admiral Sir George Byng (age 55) and a fleet of the Spanish Navy under Rear-Admiral Antonio de Gaztañeta. The British fleet secured a decisive victory.

Diary of a Dean by Merewether. 10 Aug 1849 and 11 Aug 1849. No. 2, the first of a range of five large barrows in the rising ground to the north of the last, nearly in a line, a mile and a half north-east of Avebury. These differ in form, 2 and 3 being of the bowl-shape, the others of the more elegant bell-shape, as described by Sir R. C. Hoare in his Ancient Wilts. Although the second and third of this range were not opened until the 10th and 11th of August, I shall describe their produce with the others as belonging to a separate class. After a laborious excavation of the first (No. 2), from the apex to a depth of 10 feet, until we came to the natural chalk through a thin layer, at about 9 feet ,—i e. about the level of the surrounding ground,—of black mould composed of burnt wood, we were obliged to give up the hope of any marked discoveries here. The earth throughout was peculiarly moist, and probably indicated that this barrow had been examined before; there were, however, many fragments of the usual sort of bones and teeth and charred wood.

On 11 Aug 1899 John Vinton Dahlgren (age 31) died of tuberculosis. His funeral was held on 18 Aug 1899, in Washington, D.C. at Georgetown University's Dahlgren Chapel, which had been constructed six years earlier as a memorial to the death of Dahlgren's infant son, Joseph.

Births on the 11th August

On 11 Aug 1081 (possibly 1086) Henry V Holy Roman Emperor was born to Henry Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and Bertha Savoy (age 29).

On 11 Aug 1542 Catherine Hastings Countess Lincoln was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon (age 28) and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 31). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%.

On 11 Aug 1604 Anne Cockayne was born to William Cockayne (age 43) and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 39) in Rushton, Northamptonshire.

Before 11 Aug 1687 Thomas Chudleigh was born to George Chudleigh 3rd Baronet (age 47).

On 11 Aug 1701 Henry Beauclerk was born to Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans (age 31) and Diana Vere Duchess St Albans (age 22). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 11 Aug 1702 Mary Stewart was born to Charles Stewart 4th Earl Traquair (age 43) and Mary Maxwell Countess Traquair (age 31). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.83%.

On 11 Aug 1718 George Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 7th Earl Abercorn (age 32) and Anne Plumer Countess Abercorn (age 28).

On 11 Aug 1736 Reverend Richard Kaye 6th Baronet was born to John Lister-Kaye 4th Baronet (age 38).

On 11 Aug 1737 Joseph Nollekens was born in 28 Dean Street.

On 11 Aug 1772 Rowland Hill 1st Viscount Hill was born to John Hill 3rd Baronet (age 32).

On 11 Aug 1848 Henry Stapleton 9th Baron Beaumont was born to Miles Thomas Stapleton 8th Baron Beaumont (age 43) and Isabella Anne Browne Baroness Beaumont (age 23).

On 11 Aug 1852 Hallam Tennyson 2nd Baron Tennyson was born to Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson (age 43) and Emily Sellwood Baroness Tennyson (age 39).

On 11 Aug 1862 Francis Barrow 4th Baonet was born to John Croker Barrow 3rd Baronet (age 29).

On 11 Aug 1863 Ernst Gunther Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg was born to Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 34) and Adelheid Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg.

On 11 Aug 1888 Walter Gibbs 2nd Baron Hunsdon 4th Baron Aldenham was born to Herbert Gibbs 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 34) and Anna Maria Gibbs Baroness Hunsdon (age 56).

On 11 Aug 1889 John Meynell Alleyne 4th Baronet was born to Reynold Henry Newton Alleyne (age 37).

On 11 Aug 1893 Francis Edward Colquhoun Blake 2nd Baronet was born to Francis Douglas Blake 1st Baronet (age 37).

On 11 Aug 1921 Rosalind Maud Cubitt was born to Roland Cubitt 3rd Baron Ashcombe (age 22) and Sonia Rosemary Keppel (age 21).

On 11 Aug 1934 Graham Connah was born.

Marriages on the 11th August

On or before 11 Aug 1136 Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon (age 50) and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon (age 31) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon. She the daughter of William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine and Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona and Felicia Montdidier Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona.

On 11 Aug 1325 Hugh Courtenay 10th Earl Devon (age 22) and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. He the son of Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 48) and Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 50). She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 11 Aug 1659 George Gordon 15th Earl Sutherland (age 25) and Jean Wemyss Countess Sutherland were married. She the daughter of David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss (age 48) and Anna Balfour. He the son of John Gordon 14th Earl Sutherland (age 50). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

After 11 Aug 1662 John Belasyse 1st Baron Belasyse (age 48) and Anne Paulett Baroness Belasyse were married. She the daughter of John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester (age 64) and Honora Burke Marchioness Winchester (age 57).

On 11 Aug 1685 Edward Seymour 5th Baronet (age 24) and Laetitia Popham Baroness Seymour (age 25) were married. She by marriage Lady Seymour of Berry Pomeroy.

On 11 Aug 1722 Edward Blount 4th Baronet (age 20) and Apollonia Throckmorton (age 18) were married.

On 11 Aug 1746 William Stanhope 2nd Earl of Harrington (age 26) and Caroline Fitzroy Countess Harrington (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 62) and Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton. He the son of William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington (age 63) and Anne Griffith. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 11 Aug 1750 Other Lewis Windsor 4th Earl Plymouth (age 19) and Catherine Archer Countess Plymouth (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Plymouth. He the son of Other Windsor 3rd Earl Plymouth.

On 11 Aug 1777 Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale (age 24) and Sophia Susanna Noel were married.

On 11 Aug 1801 or 01 Oct 1801 Marcus Somerville 4th Baronet and Mary Anne Gorges-Meredyth were married.

On 11 Aug 1804 John Cæsar Hawkins 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Charlotte Cassandra Surtees were married.

On 11 Aug 1846 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 25) and Jane Fortescue Seymour Baroness Coleridge (age 21) were married.

On 11 Aug 1858 Arthur Egerton 3rd Earl Wilton (age 25) and Elizabeth Charlotte Louisa Craven Countess Wilton (age 22) were married. There was no issue from the marriage. She the daughter of William Craven 2nd Earl Craven (age 48) and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven (age 42). He the son of Thomas Grosvenor 2nd Earl Wilton (age 58) and Mary Smith-Stanley Countess Wilton (age 57). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 11 Aug 1875 Charles Hay 20th Earl of Erroll (age 23) and Mary Caroline L'Estrange Countess of Erroll were married. He the son of William Harry Hay 19th Earl Erroll (age 52) and Eliza Amelia Gore Countess Erroll (age 46). He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

Deaths on the 11th August

On 11 Aug 1300 Isabel Vere Baroness Okehampton (age 78) died at Okehampton, Devon. She was buried at Exeter Cathedral [Map].

Around 11 Aug 1412 Elizabeth Grey Baroness Darcy Knayth (age 56) died at Knayth.

On 11 Aug 1486 Bishop William Waynflete (age 88) died. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral [Map] where he has a Chantry Chapel.

On 11 Aug 1518 Joan Beaufort Baroness Howth (age 85) died.

On 11 Aug 1672 Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Craven (age 55) died.

On 11 Aug 1683 Edward Conway 1st Earl Conway (age 60) died. He was buried in the Church of the Holy Trinity Arrow, Warwickshire [Map]. Earl Conway, Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire extinct.

He bequeathed his estates to his cousin's son Popham Seymour-Conway (age 8) with the condition he should change his name to Seymour-Conway and adopt the Conway Arms.

On 11 Aug 1697 Frances Sutton 6th Baroness Dudley (age 86) died. Her son Edward Ward 7th Baron Dudley 2nd Baron Ward (age 66) succeeded 7th Baron Dudley.

On 11 Aug 1778 Lionel Pilkington 5th Baronet (age 71) died unmarried. His brother Michael Pilkington 6th Baronet (age 63) succeeded 6th Baronet Pilkington of Stanley in Yorkshire.

On 11 Aug 1809 Elizabeth Dormer Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 85) died. She was buried at Bath Abbey [Map].

On 11 Aug 1862 Arthur Hill-Trevor 3rd Viscount Dungannon (age 63) died. Viscount Dungannon extinct. Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor (age 42) inherited his estates including those at Brynkinalt, and changed his surname from Hill to Hill-Trevor.

On 11 Aug 1883 Edouard Dubufe (age 63) died.

On 11 Aug 1911 Catherine Gurney Lady Buxton (age 97) died.