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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 this Day in History ... 11th January

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Events on the 11th January

On 11th January 1350 King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 56) and Blanche Évreux Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 37 years. She the daughter of Philip "Noble" III King Navarre and Joan Capet II Queen Navarre. He the son of Charles Valois I Count Valois and Margaret Capet Countess Valois. They were half first cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 10th and 11th of January, 1358, Isabella (age 63) is visited by the Countess of Pembroke (age 41), the Countess of Kent (age 28), and Sir John de Wynewyk. Of these, the Countess of Pembroke has been already noticed. The Countess of Kent was Isabella, daughter of the Marquess of Juliers (age 59), and widow of John Plantagenet, Earl of Kent. Her husband had died in the year 13531; upon which she took the veil at Waverley [Map]; but afterwards, as Dugdale tells us, "quitting her profession, was clandestinely married to Sir Eustace Dabrischecourt." The name of this knight is usually written D'Ambreticourt. He was the son of Sir Sanchez D'Ambreticourt (age 28), Knight of the Garter, and a descendant of the poor knight of Ostrevant, in Hainault, in whose house Isabella found shelter on her dismissal from the court of her brother, Charles IV. of France, and whom, with his whole family, she had invited over into England, and had in various ways advanced. In reference to the Countess of Kent, Froissart says— "This lady was greatly attached to Sir Eustace D'Ambreticourt, for his gallant deeds of arms, which had been related to her: and she sent him coursers, hackneys, and letters full of love; which so much emboldened Sir Eustace, and spurred him to perform such feats of chivalry and of arms, that all those under him made fortunes." Dugdale tells us, in respect of the Countess's breach of her vows, that "she and her said husband, being personally convented before the said Archbishop of Canterbury in his manor house of Maghfeld," the Archbishop imposed on them a certain penance of prayers and alms very skilfully adapted to their offence.

Of Sir John de Wynewyk, I have been unable to learn anything of certainty. He appears to have been attached to the King's court, and was perhaps the medium employed for managing Isabella's affairs. He visited her and exchanged letters with her constantly.

Note 1. Possibly a mistake for 1352? John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent died 26 Dec 1352.

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Calendar of State Papers of Milan 1461. 11th January 1461. Potenze Estere. Inghilterra. Milan Archives. 56. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, to Pope Pius II1.

Your Holiness must not be troubled if you have heard of the events in England and of the destruction of some of my kinsmen in the battle against our enemies. With the help of God and the king, who is excellently disposed, all will end well. We shall obtain either a fair and sure peace or victory, especially if you confer the long-expected promotion on your legate. The people will then see that our adversaries, who daily scorn your authority and the legate's, and say the latter has no power and is no legate, adding marvellous falsehoods to make him unpopular, to the detriment of the Church and the king. If, according to your former letters, you value my allegiance and the allegiance of those who are conscientiously aiding the king and the legate (in conformity with the statement of Dom. Antonio della Torre, his Majesty's ambassador), it will be necessary so to deal with us and the legate that all may know such to be the fact, and that he may bear the cross which you sent him without envy and opposition on the part of our two archbishops and primates, as dom. Antonio, the bearer, can inform you. Be pleased to give him full credence, and do not desert me and the others, whom you formerly received as sons, for eventually you will see us end well and devoutly. The king sends his recommendations and desires certain concessions, which Antonio will declare.

London, the 11th January, 1461.

[Latin; copy.]

Note 1. Venetian Calendar, vol. i. No. 363.

11th January 1513. Ferdinand King of Aragon (age 60) to Pedro De UREA, his Ambassador at the Imperial Court.

Shows that the treaty which the Cardinal of Gurk (age 45) has, with the consent of Urea and Vich, concluded at Rome, by excluding the Venetians, undoes all that has been done against France. Henceforth they must make no binding declaration without consulting Ferdinand. Had the English followed his plan they would now be masters of Guienne; and, like them, the Emperor has now hindered the accomplishment of his own wishes and made France stronger. Takes this as a command from God for Christian princes to unite in reforming the Church, and has therefore devised the measures explained in instructions sent by Beltrian. Gurk is to be shown the instructions, but not this letter. If the King of France (age 50) offers Madame Renée (age 2) as security, or offers to put fortresses in trust of third persons, Urea shall point out to the Emperor how little these offers are to be trusted. The marriage of Prince Charles (age 12) with the King of England's (age 21) sister (age 16) must not be broken off; or France will gain the King of England, to the detriment of Spain and the House of Burgundy. Another essential condition is that all acts of the schismatical Council be annulled. Is glad to hear of the meeting between the Emperor and the King of England, whose alliance is both the guarantee that France will keep peace if concluded and the most valuable support in case of war.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 11th January 1562. The xj day of January was bered in Suffoke my lade contes of Bayth wedow, and the last wyff to the sed erle, and late the wyff of ser Thomas Cutsun, and late to ser Recherd Longe knyght; with a grett banar of armes and vj banar-rolles of all mareges [marriages], and a x dosen skochyons of armes, and vj of sylke wrought with fyne gold.

Note. P. 275. Funeral of the countess of Bath. Margaret, only child of John Donnington, of Stoke Newington in Middlesex, married successively to sir Thomas Kytson, sir Richard Long, and John Bourchier earl of Bath. The last died in 1560. Her monument in Hengrave church, Suffolk, with recumbent effigies of herself and her three husbands, is engraved in Gage's History of that parish, 1822, 4to. p. 65; and in the same volume are several letters to and from her, an inventory of her property, her will, and an account of her funeral expenses, &c.

The Huntingdon Peerage Chapter IX Ferdinando Sixth Earl of Huntingdon. FERDINANDO, sixth Earl of Huntingdon, heir and successor of Henry the fifth Earl (age 21), was born at Ashby [Map], January 11th, 1608. In March, 1627, he was returned to serve in Parliament for the county of Leicester, and two years after was joined with his father in the Lieutenancy of the counties of Leicester and Rutland. By indenture, dated May, 1638, he and his brother Henry, in consideration of the sum of 4,50l. granted, to John Earl of Bridgewater (age 29) and Thomas Davies, a moiety of the rectory of Mould, otherwise Mouldesdale, in Flintshire. On the 13th of November, 1641, his father being then still living, he had summons to Parliament amongst the barons of the realm; and in 1643 he succeeded to the family honours. He married Lucy, daughter and sole heir to Sir John Davys (age 38), of Englefield, Berks, Knt. (Premier Serjeant at Law to James the First, and Charles the First, as also Solicitor, and afterwards Attorney General in Ireland, and finally Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench,) by his wife Lady Eleanor (age 18), youngest daughter of George Lord Audley, Earl of Castlehaven (age 57), and, settling at Donnington Park, had by her four sons; Henry, John, Ferdinando, and Theophilus, born after the decease of his three brothers; and likewise six daughters, Alice, Eleanor, both of whom died young; Elizabeth, married to Sir James Laughan, of Cottesbroke, in Nottinghamshire, Bart, being his second wife, and dying without issue; Lucy, who died unmarried; Mary, espoused to Sir William Joliffe, of Caverswell Castle in Staffordshire, Knt.; and lastly Christiana.

Diary of Anne Clifford. 11th January 1619. The 11th my Lord (age 29) went to Knole.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1660. Wednesday. Being at Will's with Captain Barker, who hath paid me £300 this morning at my office, in comes my father (age 58), and with him I walked, and leave him at W. Joyce's, and went myself to Mr. Crew's (age 62), but came too late to dine, and therefore after a game at shittle-cocks with Mr. Walgrave and Mr. Edward (age 12), I returned to my father, and taking him from W. Joyce's, who was not abroad himself, we inquired of a porter, and by his direction went to an alehouse, where after a cup or two we parted. I went towards London, and in my way went in to see Crowly, who was now grown a very great loon and very tame. Thence to Mr. Steven's with a pair of silver snuffers, and bought a pair of shears to cut silver, and so homeward again. From home I went to see Mrs. Jem, who was in bed, and now granted to have the smallpox. Back again, and went to the Coffee-house, but tarried not, and so home.

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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1661. Office day. This day comes news, by letters from Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map], that the Princess Henrietta (age 16) is fallen sick of the meazles on board the London, after the Queen (age 51) and she was under sail. And so was forced to come back again into Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map] harbour; and in their way, by negligence of the pilot, run upon the Horse Sand. The Queen and she continue aboard, and do not intend to come on shore till she sees what will become of the young Princess. This news do make people think something indeed, that three of the Royal Family should fall sick of the same disease, one after another.

John Evelyn's Diary. 11th January 1662. I received of Sir Peter Ball, the Queen's (age 52) attorney, a draft of an Act against the nuisance of the smoke of London, to be reformed by removing several trades which are the cause of it, and endanger the health of the King (age 31) and his people. It was to have been offered to the Parliament, as his Majesty commanded.

John Evelyn's Diary. 11th January 1662. I dined at Arundel House [Map], where I heard excellent music performed by the ablest masters, both French and English, on theorbos, viols, organs, and voices, as an exercise against the coming of the Queen (age 23), purposely composed for her chapel. Afterward, my Lord Aubigny (age 42) her Majesty's Almoner to be) showed us his elegant lodging, and his wheel-chair for ease and motion, with divers other curiosities; especially a kind of artificial glass, or porcelain, adorned with relievos of paste, hard and beautiful. Lord Aubigny (brother to the Duke of Lennox) was a person of good sense, but wholly abandoned to ease and effeminacy.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1663. After dinner comes a footman of my Lord Sandwich's (age 37) (my Lord being come to town last night) with a letter from my father, in which he presses me to carry on the business for Tom with his late mistress, which I am sorry to see my father do, it being so much out of our power or for his advantage, as it is clear to me it is, which I shall think of and answer in my next.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1664. Thence after dinner to White Hall, where the Duke (age 30) being busy at the Guinny business, the Duke of Albemarle (age 55), Sir W. Rider, Povy (age 50), Sir J. Lawson (age 49) and I to the Duke of Albemarle's lodgings, and there did some business, and so to the Court again, and I to the Duke of York's lodgings, where the Guinny company are choosing their assistants for the next year by ballotting.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1664. Thence to the Coffee-house, whither comes Sir W. Petty (age 40) and Captain Grant (age 43), and we fell in talke (besides a young gentleman, I suppose a merchant, his name Mr. Hill (age 34), that has travelled and I perceive is a master in most sorts of musique and other things) of musique; the universal character; art of memory; Granger's counterfeiting of hands and other most excellent discourses to my great content, having not been in so good company a great while, and had I time I should covet the acquaintance of that Mr. Hill. This morning I stood by the King (age 33) arguing with a pretty Quaker woman, that delivered to him a desire of hers in writing. The King showed her Sir J. Minnes (age 64), as a man the fittest for her quaking religion, saying that his beard was the stiffest thing about him, and again merrily said, looking upon the length of her paper, that if all she desired was of that length she might lose her desires; she modestly saying nothing till he begun seriously to discourse with her, arguing the truth of his spirit against hers; she replying still with these words, "O King!" and thou'd him all along.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1664. The general talke of the towne still is of Collonell Turner (age 55), about the robbery; who, it is thought, will be hanged. I heard the Duke of York (age 30) tell to-night, how letters are come that fifteen are condemned for the late plot by the judges at York; and, among others, Captain Oates, against whom it was proved that he drew his sword at his going out, and flinging away the scabbard, said that he would either return victor or be hanged.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1666. Up and to the office. By and by to the Custome House to the Farmers, there with a letter of Sir G. Carteret's (age 56) for £3000, which they ordered to be paid me. So away back again to the office, and at noon to dinner all of us by invitation to Sir W. Pen's (age 44), and much other company. Among others, Lieutenant of the Tower (age 51), and Broome, his poet, and Dr. Whistler, and his (Sir W. Pen's) son-in-law Lowder (age 25), servant [lover] to Mrs. Margaret Pen, and Sir Edward Spragg (age 46), a merry man, that sang a pleasant song pleasantly. Rose from table before half dined, and with Mr. Mountney of the Custome House to the East India House, and there delivered to him tallys for £3000 and received a note for the money on Sir R. Viner (age 35).

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1669. Thence to the New Exchange, to buy some things; and, among others, my wife did give me my pair of gloves, which, by contract, she is to give me in her £30 a-year. Here Mrs. Smith tells us of the great murder thereabouts, on Saturday last, of one Captain Bumbridge, by one Symons, both of her acquaintance; and hectors that were at play, and in drink: the former is killed, and is kinsman1 to my Lord of Ormond (age 58), which made him speak of it with so much passion, as I overheard him this morning, but could not make anything of it till now, but would they would kill more of them.

Note 1. Captain Francis Bromwich's mother Ann was half-sister of the Duke of Ormond's mother Elizabeth Poyntz (age 82).

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John Evelyn's Diary. 19th February 1693. The Bishop of Lincoln (age 56) preached in the afternoon at the Tabernacle near Golden Square, set up by him. Proposals of a marriage between Mr. Draper and my daughter Susanna (age 24). Hitherto an exceedingly warm winter, such as has seldom been known, and portending an unprosperous spring as to the fruits of the earth; our climate requires more cold and winterly weather. The dreadful and astonishing earthquake swallowing up Catania, and other famous and ancient cities, with more than 100,000 persons in Sicily [Map], on 11th January last, came now to be reported among us.

John Evelyn's Diary. 11th January 1694. Supped at Mr. Edward Sheldon's, where was Mr. Dryden (age 62), the poet, who now intended to write no more plays, being intent on his translation of Virgil. He read to us his prologue and epilogue to his valedictory play now shortly to be acted.

After 11th January 1701 Monument to Thomas Brotherton (deceased).

On 11th January 1797 Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey (age 73) died. Marquess Grey extinct. Her daughter Amabel (age 45) succeeded 5th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. She was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].

Amabel Yorke Countess Grey: On 22nd February 1751 she was born to Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey. In 1816 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey was created 1st Countess de Grey with a special remainder to her sister Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham and her sister's male heirs.

The London Gazette 25308. Whitehall, January 11, 1884. The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, for appointing Ernest Augustus Charles, Marquess of Ailesbury (age 73), to be Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Berks, in the room of George Grimston, Earl of Craven, deceased.

On 11th January 1900 Archibald James Leofric Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (age 36) died from wounds received a week before at Wagon Hill during the Siege of Ladysmith.

On 11th January 1923 Constantine I King Greece (age 54) died.

On 11th January 1934 María del Rosario de Silva Duchess of Alba (age 33) died of tuberculosis.

After 11th January 1955. Memorial at St Columb's Church, St Columb. On 11 January 1955, two squadron Shackleton MR.2s (WG531 and WL743) disappeared while operating near Fastnet Rock. Both missing believed to have collided. Eighteen aircrew missing presumed killed. The two Shackletons departed on a routine exercise off Fastnet Rock on the southwest Irish coast. The two maritime patrol aircraft took off from RAF St Eval at 10:14 and 10:20 respectively to carry out search exercises as part of their 15-hour patrol. Radio messages received from the two airplanes through 20:00 that night indicated that they were flying at the prescribed 85 mi (137 km) distance from one another, despite their having departed St. Eval with only six minutes' separation. From 20:58 all contact was lost. A three-day search was conducted, but both aircraft remained missing without a trace, leading to the assumption that there had been a mid-air collision. In 1966, the starboard outer (No. 4) engine of WL743 was recovered about 75 miles north of where authorities had long assumed the collision had occurred.

Births on the 11th January

On 11th January 1591 Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex was born to Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex (age 25) and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 24).

On 11th January 1640 Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet was born to Francis Burdett 2nd Baronet (age 32) and Elizabeth Walter.

On 3rd January 1657 Heneage Finch 5th Earl Winchilsea was born to Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Winchilsea (age 29) and Mary Seymour Countess Winchelsea (age 20). He was baptised on 11th January 1657.

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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 11th January 1659 Ambrose Browne was born to Adam Browne 2nd Baronet (age 33) and Philippa Cooper Lady Browne.

On 11th January 1668 John Egerton was born to John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater (age 21) and Elizabeth Cranfield.

On 11th January 1694 Eleonore Antoine Hesse-Kassel was born to Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 39) and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel (age 40). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.66%.

On 11th January 1695 Francis Scott 2nd Duke Buccleuch was born to James Scott (age 20) and Henrietta Hyde Countess Dalkeith (age 18). On 20th January 1695 Francis Scott 2nd Duke Buccleuch was baptised at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 11th January 1697 William Capell 3rd Earl Essex was born to Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex (age 26) and Mary Bentinck Countess Essex (age 17).

On 11th January 1716 Edmund Sheffield 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby was born to John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 67) and Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby (age 36). He a grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 11th January 1751 Anne Croker 1st Baroness Crofton was born.

On 11th January 1803 Dudley Coutts Stuart was born to John Stuart 1st Marquis of the Isle of Bute (age 58) and Frances Coutts Marchioness Bute.

On 11th January 1805 Maria Augusta Windham Countess Listowel was born to Vice Admiral William Lukin Windham (age 36) and Anne Sara Thellusson (age 30) at Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk.

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On 11th January 1807 Bishop Charles Baring was born to Thomas Baring 2nd Baronet (age 34) and Mary Ursula Sealy Lady Baring (age 33).

On 11th January 1810 Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke was born to Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth (age 34) and Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe (age 37).

On 11th January 1812 Blanche Georgiana Howard was born to George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 38) and Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 28).

On 11th January 1818 William Twisden 9th Baronet was born to William Twisden (age 19).

On 11th January 1821 John Henry Campbell was born to John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll (age 43) and Joan Glassel (age 46).

On 11th January 1825 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet was born to Thomas Hesketh 4th Baronet (age 25) and Annette Maria Bomford Lady Hesketh (age 26).

On 11th January 1855 Eva Fitzgerald was born to Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster (age 35) and Caroline Leveson-Gower Duchess Leinster (age 27) at Kilkea Castle, Castledermot, County Kildare.

On 11th January 1859 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston was born to Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale (age 27) and Blanche Pocklington Senhouse Baroness Scarsdale (age 21).

On 11th January 1933 Caroline Anne Carew Pole was born to John Carew Pole 12th Baronet (age 30) and Cynthia Mary Burns Lady Pole (age 24).

On 11th January 1950 Richard Thomas Legh 5th Baron Newton was born to Peter Legh 4th Baron Newton (age 34) and Priscilla Egerton-Warburton (age 34). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.

Marriages on the 11th January

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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 11th January 1311 Reginald "Black" I Duke Guelders (age 16) and Sophia Berthout Berthout were married. He the son of Reginald I Count Guelders (age 56) and Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders (age 39).

On 11th January 1350 King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 56) and Blanche Évreux Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 37 years. She the daughter of Philip "Noble" III King Navarre and Joan Capet II Queen Navarre. He the son of Charles Valois I Count Valois and Margaret Capet Countess Valois. They were half first cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 11th January 1673 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 20) and Mary Rich (age 35) were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick and Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick.

On 11th January 1755 William Legge 2nd Earl Dartmouth (age 23) and Frances Catherine Gounter Nicoll Countess Dartmouth (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Dartmouth.

Deaths on the 11th January

On 11th January 1372 Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 53) died at Arundel [Map]. She was buried at Lewes Priory [Map].

On 11th January 1374 Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 70) died at Greystoke, Cumberland. She was buried at Durham Cathedral [Map].

On 11th January 1494 Domenico Ghirlandaio (age 45) died.

On 11th January 1546 Ernest I Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 48) died. On 11th January 1546 His son William (age 10) succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.

On 12th December 1561 Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 52) died at Stoke Newington [Map]. She was buried on 11th January 1562 at the Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave; see Henry Machyn's Diary.

On 11th January 1564 Richard Southwell (age 61) died at Windham Manor, Norfolk. He was buried in the north side of the chancel of St Nicholas' Church, Woodrising [Map]. His will of 24 Jul 1561, to which he had added a codicil on the day of his death, was proved on 22 June by Norfolk, Thomas Cornwallis and Thomas aka Francis Gawdy (age 36). He bequeathed over 10,000 sheep to members of his family and left his personal armour to his 'cousin and friend' Henry Bedingfield (age 55) and other armour to the young 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 27), whom he named an executor

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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 11th January 1629 Thomas Haselrigge 1st Baronet (age 65) died. His son Arthur (age 28) succeeded 2nd Baronet Haselrigge of Noseley Hall in Leicestershire.

On 28th December 1660 Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe (age 38) died. On 11th January 1661 he was buried in Wroxton, Oxfordshire. His uncle Thomas (age 62) succeeded 3rd Earl Downe.

On 11th January 1668 Thomas Pope 3rd Earl Downe (age 70) died.

On 11th January 1700 Elizabeth Gerard Baroness Gerard (age 41) died.

On 11th January 1719 John Wynn 5th Baronet (age 91) died without issue. Baronet Wynn of Gwydir extinct. He bequeathed his estates, the second or third largest in Wales, to his second-cousin once-removed Jane Thelwall, who had predeceased him, daughter of his great-aunt Sydney Wynn (age 79). By doing so the his estates and the Williams estates of her former husband William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 54), also the second or third largest in Wales, were combined into the largest estate in Wales which far execeeded any other. At this time William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet changed his surname from Williams to Williams-Wynn.

On 11th January 1744 James Hamilton 7th Earl Abercorn (age 57) died. His son James (age 31) succeeded 8th Earl Abercorn.

On 11th January 1744 Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater (age 62) died. His son John (age 16) succeeded 2nd Duke Bridgewater, 5th Earl Bridgewater, 6th Viscount Brackley, 6th Baron Ellesmere.

On 11th January 1762 Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 59) died. He was buried in St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. His funeral was attended by Joshua Reynolds (age 38) among many others. His apprentice Nicholas Read (age 29) took over his studio at 66 St Martin's Lane.

On 11th January 1769 Thomas Style 4th Baronet (age 84) died. His son Charles succeeded 5th Baronet Style of Wateringbury in Kent.

On 11th January 1794 Bishop John Hinchcliffe (age 63) died. He was buried at Peterborough Cathedral [Map].

On 11th January 1794 Bishop John Hinchliffe (age 63) died. He was buried in Peterborough Cathedral [Map].

On 11th January 1794 Caroline Campbell 1st Baroness Greenwich (age 76) died. Baron Greenwich extinct since her

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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 11th January 1797 Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey (age 73) died. Marquess Grey extinct. Her daughter Amabel (age 45) succeeded 5th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. She was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].

Amabel Yorke Countess Grey: On 22nd February 1751 she was born to Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey. In 1816 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey was created 1st Countess de Grey with a special remainder to her sister Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham and her sister's male heirs.

On 11th January 1817 Francis North 4th Earl Guildford (age 55) died. His brother Frederick (age 50) succeeded 5th Earl Guildford, 7th Baron Guildford.

On 11th January 1837 François Gérard (age 66) died.

On 11th January 1841 Anne Buck Lady Wood died.

On 11th January 1876 Mary Tyrell Lady Champion de Crespigny (age 53) died.

On 11th January 1890 Thomas Edward Colebrooke 4th Baronet (age 76) died. His son Edward (age 28) succeeded 5th Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey.

On 11th January 1892 George Robert Osborn 6th Baronet (age 78) died. His grandson Algernon (age 21) succeeded 7th Baronet Osborn of Chicksands in Bedfordshire.

On 11th January 1923 Constantine I King Greece (age 54) died.

On 11th January 1939 Edward Arthur Palk 5th Baron Haldon (age 85) died. Baron Haldon of Haldon in Devon extinct. His second cousin Wilmot (age 62) succeeded 9th Baronet Palk of Haldon House in Devon.

On 11th January 1943 Walter Geoffrey Shakerley 3rd Baronet (age 83) died. His brother George (age 79) succeeded 4th Baronet Shakerley of Somerford-Park in Cheshire. Evelyn Mary France-Hayhurst Lady Shakerley (age 73) by marriage Lady Shakerley of Somerford-Park in Cheshire.

On 11th January 1960 Major Wilfred Barrow 5th Baronet (age 62) died. His son Richard (age 26) succeeded 6th Baronet Barrow of Ulverstone in Lancashire.

On 11th January 1967 Algar de Clifford Charles Meysey-Thompson 3rd Baronet (age 81) died. Baronet Meysey-Thompson of Kirby Hall in the West Riding of Yorkshire extinct. There was a potential 4th Baronet, (Humphrey) Simon Meysey-Thompson 1935–2002, who never successfully proved his succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.

On 11th January 1975 Victor Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 5th Countess Minto (age 83) died.

On 11th January 1997 Michael Henry Croft 2nd Baron Croft (age 80) died. His son Bernard (age 47) succeeded 3rd Baron Croft of Bournemouth in Hampshire, 3rd Baronet Croft of Knole in Hampshire.